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Severe Anemia in Malawian Children: Risk Factors, Mortality and Malaria Chemoprevention
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-11-24)Children aged less than five years who are hospitalized with severe anemia have nine times higher risk of mortality compared to children in the community. The risk of dying and re-hospitalization remains high up to 6 months ... -
Severe events in the first 6 months of life in a cohort of HIV-unexposed infants from South Africa: effects of low birthweight and breastfeeding status
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10)Objective: To report on risk factors for severe events (hospitalisation or infant death) within the first half of infancy amongst HIV-unexposed infants in South Africa. Methods: South African data from the multisite ... -
Severe malnutrition with and without HIV-1 infection in hospitalised children in Kampala, Uganda: differences in clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ cell count
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-10-16)Background: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ and CD8+ cell counts of severely malnourished children in relation to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. ... -
Severe pneumonia in hospitalized young Nepalese children. Studies on the efficacy of oral zinc, respiratory viruses and prognostic determinants
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-04-19)Pneumonia is a leading cause of death in children less than five years of age in low and middle income countries and contributes importantly to their disease burden. Zinc, essential for normal function of the immune system, ... -
Severity and duration of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) before seeking care as predictors of healing time: A retrospective cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05-12)Objectives: To investigate whether A) duration of ulcer before start of treatment in specialist health care, and B) severity of ulcer according to University of Texas classification system (UT) at start of treatment ... -
Severity as a priority setting criterion: Setting a challenging research agenda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-22)Priority setting in health care is ubiquitous and health authorities are increasingly recognising the need for priority setting guidelines to ensure efficient, fair, and equitable resource allocation. While cost-effectiveness ... -
Severity of Giardia infection associated with post-infectious fatigue and abdominal symptoms two years after
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-12-15)Background: A high rate of post-infectious fatigue and abdominal symptoms two years after a waterborne outbreak of giardiasis in Bergen, Norway in 2004 has previously been reported. The aim of this report was to identify ... -
Sex differences in childhood cancer risk among children with major birth defects: a Nordic population-based nested case-control study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Childhood cancer is more common among children with birth defects, suggesting a common aetiology. Whether this association differs by sex is unclear. Methods We performed a population-based nested case-control ... -
Sex differences in HIV prevalence persist over time: Evidence from 18 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02-03)Objective: The aim of this study was to examine changes over time in the female: male HIV prevalence ratio in 18 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, overall and when stratified by area of residence, educational attainment and ... -
Sexual Risk Behaviours and Willingness to Be Circumcised among Uncircumcised Adult Men in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-14)Background: There has been substantial demand for safe male circumcision (SMC) in Uganda in the early programme scale-up phase. Research indicates that early adopters of new interventions often differ from later adopters ... -
Sexual violence against migrants and asylum seekers. The experience of the MSF clinic on Lesvos Island, Greece
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objectives Sexual violence can have a destructive impact on the lives of people. It is more common in unstable conditions such as during displacement or migration of people. On the Greek island of Lesvos, Médecins Sans ... -
Shame in medical clerkship: “You just feel like dirt under someone’s shoe”
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction This study explores how senior medical students’ experience and react to shame during clinical placements by asking them to reflect on (1) manifestations of shame experiences, (2) situations and social ... -
Shaping the abortion policy – competing discourses on the Zambian termination of pregnancy act
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-28)Introduction: The Zambian Termination of Pregnancy Act permits abortion on socio-economic grounds, but access to safe abortion services is limited and this constitutes a considerable problem for rights to sexual and ... -
“She gives it to her child who doesn’t even talk”: a qualitative exploration of alcohol and drug use among primary school-age children in Uganda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background There is little research on alcohol and other drugs (AOD) use by school-age children in low-resource settings like Uganda. Including the voices of children in research can inform prevention and early intervention ... -
“She would sit with me": mothers’ experiences of individual peer support for exclusive breast feeding in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)Background: Different strategies have been used to improve the initiation and duration of breastfeeding. Peer counsellors are reported to improve exclusive breastfeeding levels, but few studies have assessed the satisfaction ... -
A shift to something better? A longitudinal study of work schedule and prescribed sleep medication use in nurses
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives To explore whether a change in work schedule was associated with a change in the probability of prescribed sleep medication use. Methods A longitudinal study with annual questionnaire data (2008/2009–2021, ... -
Shift work and age in the offshore petroleum industry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)Background. Shift work is associated with sleep and health problems. Tolerance to shift work is reported to decrease with age. Shift work tolerance should be considered in different shift work populations. The aim of the ... -
Shift Work and Lifestyle factors: A 6-year follow-Up Study Among Nurses
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-16)Objectives: To evaluate different work schedules, short rest time between shifts (quick returns), and night shift exposure for their possible adverse effects on different lifestyle factors in a 6-year follow-up study. ... -
Shift work: Weight change and lifestyle factors
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-02-10)Our society is dependent on 24hour services: healthcare, transportation, law enforcement, and fire services, as well as an ever-expanding service sector. The employees who contribute to these 24hour services, collectively ... -
Shift workers are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 compared with day workers: Results from the international COVID sleep study (ICOSS) of 7141 workers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The present study had two main aims. First, to investigate whether shift/night workers had a higher prevalence and severity of COVID-19 compared with day workers. Second, to investigate whether people regularly working in ...