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Detection of pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with cough attending outpatient departments in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: does duration of cough matter?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-07-01)Background: According to WHO estimates, tuberculosis case detection rate in Tanzania is less than 50% and this poses a major challenge to control tuberculosis in the country. Currently, one of the defining criteria for ... -
Deteksjon av tidlige veggforandringer i halsarterier hos barn og unge med type-1 diabetes
(Master thesis, 2010-05-14)Detection of early changes in the carotid artery walls in children and adolescents with type-1 diabetes. Background and objectives. Diabetics have twice the mortality rate as non-diabetics, atherosclerosis being the main ... -
Determinants of airborne benzene evaporating from fresh crude oils released into seawater
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03)Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, naphthalene and n-hexane evaporating from a thin oil film was measured for 30 min in a small-scale test system at 2 and 13 °C and the impact of physicochemical properties on airborne ... -
Determinants of child malnutrition. Studies from a rural area in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Determinants of Cognitive Development in the Early Life of Children in Bhaktapur, Nepal
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-06)Background: Children in low and middle income countries may have many risk factors for poor cognitive development, and are accordingly at a high risk of not reaching their developmental potential. Determinants for cognitive ... -
Determinants of Health Facility Utilization at Birth in South Sudan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-09)South Sudan has a high maternal mortality ratio estimated at 800 deaths per 100,000 live births. Birth in health facilities with skilled attendants can lower this mortality. In this cross-sectional study, we determined the ... -
Determinants of infant growth in Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-12-22)Background: Child under-nutrition is a leading factor underlying child mortality and morbidity in Sub- Saharan Africa. Several studies from Uganda have reported impaired growth, but there have been few if any community-based ... -
Determinants of male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-06-23)Background: Mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) accounts for over 95% of all paediatric HIV infections worldwide. Several studies have shown that male participation in the antenatal care of their spouses together ... -
Determinants of self-perceived risk of HIV infection: population-based observations in Zambia
(Master thesis, 2008-06-06)Background Perception of risk of HIV infection has been suggested to be an important area of study as it can be an assumed to be an indicator of one’s understanding of susceptibility to HIV infection and a precursor to ... -
Determinants of trabecular bone score and prevalent vertebral fractures in women with fragility fractures: a cross-sectional sub-study of NoFRACT
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Summary: Determinants of trabecular bone score (TBS) and vertebral fractures assessed semiquantitatively (SQ1–SQ3) were studied in 496 women with fragility fractures. TBS was associated with age, parental hip fracture, ... -
Determinants of Treatment Adherence Among Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Southern Ethiopia
(PLoS Medicine 2007 4(2): e37, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-02-13)Background: Defaulting from treatment remains a challenge for most tuberculosis control programmes. It may increase the risk of drug resistance, relapse, death, and prolonged infectiousness. The aim of this study was to ... -
Determinants of utilization of antenatal and delivery care at the community level in rural Bangladesh
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-28)Background: Timely utilization of antenatal care and delivery services supports the health of mothers and babies. Few studies exist on the utilization and determinants of timely ANC and use of different types of health ... -
Determinants of voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) uptake among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nepal
(Master thesis, 2015-05-29)Background: In an era of treatment as prevention, voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) is a crucial point to link individuals with HIV infection with treatment, care and support. VCT also promotes safer behavior (e.g. ... -
Developing a realist informed framework for cultural adaptation of lifestyle interventions for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in South Asian populations in Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Aims Selected lifestyle interventions proven effective for White-European populations have been culturally adapted for South Asian populations living in Europe, who are at higher risk of type 2 diabetes. However, a limited ... -
Developing and promoting qualitative methods in general practice research: Lessons learnt and strategies convened
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Fifty years ago, qualitative research methods were unknown in medicine. Biomedicine and the positivist paradigm were universal academic standards. In the late 1980s, however, humanist perspectives emerged as substantial ... -
Developing targeted client communication messages to pregnant women in Bangladesh: a qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)AbstractBackground:Timely and appropriate evidence-based practices during antenatal care improve maternal andneonatal health. There is a lack of information on how pregnant women and families perceive antenatal care ... -
Development and feasibility testing of a play-based psychosocial intervention for reduced patient stress in a pediatric care setting: experiences from Pakistan
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Hospitalization can be a source of great stress for children and their families. In high-income countries, there are specialized staff to help children cope using different techniques including play. However, ... -
Development and initial validation of questionnaire on predictors for the use of hearing protection devices among noise exposed manufacturing workers in Tanzania: A methodological study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-09)Introduction: The use of hearing protection devices (HPDs) has been an intervention of choice in many workplaces such as in the construction industry for quite some time due to impractical effects of engineering and ... -
Development and nutritional evaluation of local ingredients-based supplements to treat moderate acute malnutrition among children aged below five years: A descriptive study from rural Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In Ethiopia, moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) is a persistent public health problem. The current management approaches for MAM among children are counseling in food‐secure settings and food supplementation in chronically ...