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Umbilical Cord Stump Infections in Central Uganda: Incidence, Bacteriological Profile, and Risk Factors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Umbilical cord stump infection (omphalitis) is a risk factor for neonatal sepsis and death. We assessed the incidence of omphalitis, described the bacteriological and antibiotic-resistance profile of potentially pathogenic ... -
Uncertainties Associated with Quantifying Climate Change Impacts on Human Health: A Case Study for Diarrhea
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-06)Background: Climate change is expected to have large impacts on health at low latitudes where droughts and malnutrition, diarrhea, and malaria are projected to increase. Objectives: The main objective of this study was to ... -
Uncertainties in proton therapy: Analysis of the effects of density changes, calibration curve errors and setup errors in proton dose distributions. A treatment planning study performed on water phantoms and craniospinal treatment plans
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)Aim: To analyse the dosimetric effects of density changes, calculation curve errors and geometric errors in proton dose distributions. Methods: Single field optimized treatment plans were created on homogenous and heterogeneous ... -
Under-five mortality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: secondary analyses of survey and conflict data by province
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective To compare coverage of key child health policy indicators across provinces and to explore their association with under-five mortality and level of conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Methods We ... -
Undernutrition and Associated Factors Among Adolescents in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Background : Adolescence is an important stage in human life as it lays the foundation for good health. Adolescents have rapid physical, psychosocial and cognitive growth increasing their nutritional needs. Inadequate ... -
Understanding Inequalities in Child Health in Ethiopia: Health Achievements Are Improving in the Period 2000– 2011
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-28)Objective In Ethiopia, coverage of key health services is low, and community based services have been implemented to improve access to key services. This study aims to describe and assess the level and the distribution of ... -
Understanding of and adherence to advice after telephone counselling by nurse: A survey among callers to a primary emergency out-of-hours service in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-09-05)Background: To investigate how callers understand the information given by telephone by registered nurses in a casualty clinic, to what degree the advice was followed, and the final outcome of the condition for the patients. ... -
Understanding recent trends in incidence of invasive breast cancer in Norway: age-period-cohort analysis based on registry data on mammography screening and hormone treatment use
(Journal article, 2012-01-30)Objective: To quantify the separate contributions of menopausal hormone treatment and mammography screening activities on trends in incidence of invasive breast cancer between 1987 and 2008. Design: Population study ... -
Understanding the child : A mental needs manual for caretakers in children’s homes
(Report, 2008)Giving adequate care for children in children’s homes (we prefer the expression “children’s home” to “orphanage”, since there are few institutions where all the children are real orphans) is very demanding and difficult. ... -
The unequal distribution of health workers in Tanzania. Its magnitude, causes and remedies
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-02-04)Increasing recruitment of health workers in remotely located areas has recently become a crucial policy concern of many countries. There is currently a universal consensus that increasing access to health workers in such ... -
Unfulfilled expectations to services offered at primary health care facilities: Experiences of caretakers of underfive children in rural Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-14)Background: There is growing evidence that patients frequently bypass primary health care (PHC) facilities in favour of higher level hospitals regardless of substantial additional time and costs. Among the reasons given ... -
Unge menneskers bruk av anabole androgene steroider: En praxeologisk studie fundert i Bourdieus teori- og begrepsgrunnlag.
(Master thesis, 2019-09-12)I denne masteroppgaven søker man å forstå hvorfor noen unge mennesker velger å bruke veksthormonet anabole androgene steroider i forbindelse med trening. Forskningsspørsmålet sikter seg mot å forklare treningsfeltet som ... -
Uniformspraktikker som distinksjonsmarkører. Sykepleieruniformer i praktikken (Haukeland universitetssykehus) og teorien (Høgskolen i Bergen) slik de har materialisert seg gjennom lærebøker og forskrifter. En praxeologisk studie med Bourdieus teori og begreper som verktøy.
(Master thesis, 2016-05-20)Sykepleieruniformer har en sterk symbolsk funksjon og sykepleiere har historisk sett vært lett gjenkjennelige med sine klassiske uniformer i form av blå kjole, hvitt forkle og hodeplagg. Slik er det ikke lengre. Dagens ... -
Universal antiretroviral therapy for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Northern Uganda : Studies on determinants, adherence, breastfeeding and viral load
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-06-24)Background: Uganda’s decrease in mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) has stagnated, making it almost impossible to achieve the target of zero new HIV infections. Objectives: The aim of this study has been to ... -
Universal health coverage of HIV, TB and malaria interventions in Ethiopia: economic burden, health benefits and financial risk protection
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-04-07)Introduction: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Tuberculosis (TB) and malaria remain a major threat to the Ethiopian population. In the past decades, substantial gains have been achieved in reducing morbidity and mortality ... -
Unmet Surgical Need in Malawi
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-10-04)Introduction Globally, and especially in sub-Saharan Africa, including Malawi, surgical conditions receive a low level of priority in national health systems. The burden of surgical diseases is not well documented and the ... -
Unravelling the prospective associations between mixed anxiety-depression and insomnia during the course of cognitive behavioral therapy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objective Previous studies have suggested that there is a reciprocal relationship between anxiety/depression and insomnia. However, little is known about the prospective relationships between these constructs across the ... -
Upper limb disability in Norwegian workers with hand-arm vibration syndrome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-11)Background: Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) is a well-known disease among workers using hand-held vibrating tools. These patients experience major symptoms from their upper limbs. However, there are few studies on ... -
Uptake and predictors of direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C among people receiving opioid agonist therapy in Sweden and Norway: a drug utilization study from 2014 to 2017
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) offers an opportunity to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) endemic among people who inject drugs (PWID) and people enrolled in opioid agonist therapy (OAT) ... -
Urban settings do not ensure access to services: findings from the immunisation programme in Kampala Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-03-06)Background: Previous studies on vaccination coverage in developing countries focus on individual- and community-level barriers to routine vaccination mostly in rural settings. This paper examines health system barriers to ...