Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Title
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Interferon-γ–induced inflammatory markers and the risk of cancer: The Hordaland Health Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06-19)Background It has been reported that interferon-γ (IFN-γ)–induced inflammatory markers, such as circulating neopterin and kynurenine-to-tryptophan ratio (KTR), are increased in patients with cancer and are also a predictor ... -
Internal migration and utilization of reproductive and maternity care among women in Pakistan: evidence from a recent National Survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: During the last decades, migratory behavior has had a key role in population growth and redistribution in Pakistan. Migration has far-reaching socioeconomic implications for individuals and society at large ... -
An international contrast of rates of placental abruption: An age-period-cohort analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-27)Background: Although rare, placental abruption is implicated in disproportionately high rates of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Understanding geographic and temporal variations may provide insights into possible amenable ... -
An international road map to improve pain assessment in people with impaired cognition: the development of the Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition (PAIC) meta-tool
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12-10)Background: Pain is common in people with dementia, yet identification is challenging. A number of pain assessment tools exist, utilizing observation of pain-related behaviours, vocalizations and facial expressions. Whilst ... -
International versus national growth charts for identifying small and large-for-gestational age newborns: A population-based study in 15 European countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background To inform the on-going debate about the use of universal prescriptive versus national intrauterine growth charts, we compared perinatal mortality for small and large-for-gestational-age (SGA/LGA) infants according ... -
Internettbasert audiologisk rehabilitering av voksne - En litteraturoversikt
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Interpersonal Barriers to and Facilitators of Interprofessional Collaboration : Insights from Community Pharmacists’ and General Practitioners’ Positioning of Themselves and Each Other
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-05-24)Tverrprofesjonelt samarbeid mellom apotekfarmasøyter og allmennleger er vist å ha en positiv effekt på pasienters helse, og blir stadig viktigere i en tid hvor pasienter i primærhelsetjenesten blir behandlet med mer og mer ... -
The interplay between environmental risk factors for multiple sclerosis
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-04-28)Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system whose etiology is unknown. While several genetic factors and environmental exposures, including low vitamin D, smoking, ... -
Interpregnancy weight change and recurrence of gestational diabetes mellitus: a population-based cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective: To estimate recurrence risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) by interpregnancy weight change. Design: Population-based cohort study. Setting and population: Data from the Swedish (1992–2010) and the ... -
Interprofessional education : an analysis of the introduction of a common core in curricula for selected health professions
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-12-12)The aim of the study: - to to identify cultural differences between various professions and educational institutions - to to explore how the implementation of the common core in curricula influenced students’ professional ... -
Interprofessional Workplace Learning in Primary Care: Students from Different Health Professions Work in Teams in Real-Life Settings
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Interprofessional education may be defined as an occasion when two or more professions learn with, from, and about each other in order to improve collaboration and quality of care. We studied the self-reported experiences ... -
Intertester og test-retest reliabilitet for skåring av smertetegninger ved kroppsområde-analyse.
(Master thesis, 2014-11-03)Intertester and test-retest reliability of pain drawings, using body area analysis. Clinical program in Manual therapy for physical therapists, Institute for Social Medicine, University of Bergen, 2014 Background and ... -
Intertester reliabilitet av fysiske tester -testet på arbeidstakere med muskel- og skjelettplager
(Master thesis, 2015-05-15)Background: In the project named Function, Activity and Work (FAktA) workers with musculoskeletal pain, who either were on sick leave or at risk of being sick-listed, were examined by a functional evaluation. Objective: ... -
Intertester-reliabilitet ved kliniske provokasjonstester for skulderimpingement
(Master thesis, 2012-10-31)Background: If shoulder impingement isn´t properly diagnosed and treated this may cause damage to subacromial structures, hence give decreased range of motion and pain. Good reliability is of outmost importance to ensure ... -
Interventions for Keeping Adolescent Girls in School in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Adolescent girls dropping out of school may lead to gender inequality, high illiteracy levels, single motherhood, unemployment, and many more undesirable outcomes that inhabit human capital development for ... -
Interventions in Primary Care and their contributions to improving equity in health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-14)Primary Care constitutes the first and most important point of contact between the health system and the population it is there to serve. Through it, essential, continuous, comprehensive, and coordinated care that does not ... -
Interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-04)Aim. To provide comprehensive evidence of the effect of interventions on early initiation, exclusive, continued and any breastfeeding rates when delivered in five settings: (i) Health systems and services (ii) Home and ... -
Interviewing adolescent girls about sexual and reproductive health: a qualitative study exploring how best to ask questions in structured follow-up interviews in a randomized controlled trial in Zambia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Numerous studies have documented inconsistent reporting of sexual behaviour by adolescents. The validity and reliability of self-reported data on issues considered sensitive, incriminating or embarrassing, is ... -
Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda: implications for HIV prevention
(Journal article, 2006-11-20)Background: We were interested in finding out if the very low antenatal VCT acceptance rate reported in Mbale Hospital was linked to intimate partner violence against women. We therefore set out to i) determine the prevalence ... -
Intimate partner violence among pregnant teenagers in Lira district, northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
(Journal article, 2020)Background/aims: Intimate partner violence during pregnancy is associated with adverse health outcomes for mothers and their unborn babies. Whereas the literature on intimate partner violence in the general population is ...