Blar i Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care på tittel
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Spatial variations in child undernutrition in Ethiopia: Implications for intervention strategies
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-09-16)Background: Ethiopia is one of the countries with the highest burden of undernutrition, with rates of stunting and underweight as high as 40% and 25%, respectively. National efforts are underway for an accelerated reduction ... -
Spatio-temporal analysis of smear-positive tuberculosis in the Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-06-01)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of public health concern, with a varying distribution across settings depending on socio-economic status, HIV burden, availability and performance of the health system. Ethiopia ... -
Spatiotemporal clustering of malaria in southern-central Ethiopia: A community- based cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-30)Introduction: Understanding the spatiotemporal clustering of malaria transmission would help target interventions in settings of low malaria transmission. The aim of this study was to assess whether malaria infections were ... -
Spatiotemporal gait parameters for older adults – An interactive model adjusting reference data for gender, age, and body height
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction Since it is well documented that spatiotemporal gait parameters are affected by body size, it is of limited clinical value to compare individual scores against reference values without taking body size into ... -
Spectrum of congenital anomalies among VACTERL cases: a EUROCAT population-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: The VACTERL (Vertebral anomalies, Anal atresia, Cardiac malformations, Tracheo-Esophageal fistula, Renal anomalies, Limb abnormalities) association is the non-random occurrence of at least three of these ... -
Spedbarnsasymmetri, kjært barn med mange navn? Hvilke erfaringer har barnelege, barnefysioterapeuter og manuellterapeuter med begrepsbruk, diagnostisering og behandling?
(Master thesis, 2010-11-30)Background: There is confusion about how different health professions understand the concepts of infant asymmetry and torticollis. Traditionally, the condition is called torticollis and the causal explanation has been ... -
Spesialisthelsetjenesten eller primærhelsetjenesten? Hvilken oppfølging ønsker kvinner fra Nordhordland den første uken etter fødsel? - en spørreundersøkelse
(Master thesis, 2011-01-05)Bakgrunn: Liggetid på barselavdelingene er blitt kortet ned de siste år i Norge, noe som har medført innføring av poliklinisk oppfølging på sykehus av friske nyfødte og barselkvinner i løpet av den første uken etter fødsel. ... -
Sporelementer i morsmelk
(Master thesis, 2016-05-17)The level of trace elements in breast milk is of significance for a child's growth and development. Some trace elements in breast milk such as zinc, copper, lead and cadmi-um have been thoroughly investigated while others ... -
Språk – uttrykk for inntrykk
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)I dette essayet undersøkes Braatøys1 tanker om språk i lys av Løgstrups2 sansefilosofiske perspektiv på språket. Løgstrup arbeidet med distinksjoner, som er å sette en forskjell, dvs. å beskrive det forskjellige i det ... -
Stability Analysis for Single-Lane Traffic with a Relay Controller in a Closed Loop
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Rule-based relay controllers are common in single-lane urban traffic control systems and introduce significant nonlinearity. In this paper, we analyze the closed-loop stability for a traffic process with a relay controller ... -
The stability of the Bayley scales in early childhood and its relationship with future intellectual abilities in a low to middle income country
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development is widely used worldwide. The objective of the current study was to measure the stability of the Bayley Scales during early childhood and its relationship with ... -
Stability selection enhances feature selection and enables accurate prediction of gestational age using only five DNA methylation sites
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: DNA methylation (DNAm) is robustly associated with chronological age in children and adults, and gestational age (GA) in newborns. This property has enabled the development of several epigenetic clocks that can ... -
Staff distress improves by treating pain in nursing home patients with dementia: results from a cluster-randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-12)Context. Most people with dementia develop neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs), which are distressing for their carers. Untreated pain may increase the prevalence and severity of NPSs and thereby staff burden. Objectives. We ... -
Staff Members’ Experience of Providing Parental Support in a National Burn Centre
(Journal article, 2019)Background: Paediatric burn injuries affect not only the child but the whole family, especially the parents. Knowledge of how parents are affected psychologically has increased, but there is an ongoing dearth of literature ... -
Stakeholder engagement in health-related decision making. The Case of Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Tanzania
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-09-30)Background: In Tanzania, the policy of decentralisation and health sector reform advocate bottom-up approaches, and places substantial emphasis on community participation in decision-making processes. Through these reforms ... -
Stakeholder views on work participation for workers with depression and intersectoral collaboration in depression care: a focus group study with a salutogenic perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective To explore how stakeholders in depression care view intersectoral collaboration and work participation for workers with depression. Design Focus group study applying reflexive thematic analysis using a ... -
Stakeholders' participation in planning and priority setting in the context of a decentralised health care system: the case of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programme in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-07-12)Background: In Tanzania, decentralisation processes and reforms in the health sector aimed at improving planning and accountability in the sector. As a result, districts were given authority to undertake local planning and ... -
Standard basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care training in Addis Ababa; trainees reaction and knowledge acquisition
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-24)Background: In 2010, the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia (FMOH) has developed standard Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (BEmONC) in-service training curricula to respond to the high demand for competency ... -
Standardisering og optimalisering av protokoll for hybrid bildediagnostikk ved prostatakreft
(Master thesis, 2019-12)Sammendrag Bakgrunnen for studien var oppstarten av en ny undersøkelse ved ST Olavs hospital for pasienter diagnostisert med prostatakreft. Hensikten er å fremme et forslag til standardisert og optimalisert protokoll for ... -
Stathmin expression associates with vascular and immune responses in aggressive breast cancer subgroups
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Studies indicate that stathmin expression associates with PI3K activation in breast cancer, suggesting stathmin as a marker for targetable patient subgroups. Here we assessed stathmin in relation to tumour proliferation, ...