Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Subject "VDP::Medical disciplines: 700"
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Anxiety and depression in association with morbid obesity: changes with improved physical health after duodenal switch
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-05-21)Background Patients with morbid obesity have an increased risk for anxiety and depression. The "duodenal switch" is perhaps the most effective obesity surgery procedure for inducing weight loss. However, to our knowledge, ... -
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 ... -
Dietary methyl donors, methyl metabolizing enzymes, and epigenetic regulators: diet–gene interactions and promoter CpG island hypermethylation in colorectal cancer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-12-14)Dietary methyl donors might influence DNA methylation during carcinogenesis of colorectal cancer (CRC). Among 609 CRC cases and 1,663 subcohort members of the Netherlands Cohort Study on diet and cancer (n = 120,852), we ... -
Dramatic and sustained increase in HIV-testing rates among antenatal attendees in Eastern Uganda after a policy change from voluntary counselling and testing to routine counselling and testing for HIV: a retrospective analysis of hospital records, 2002-2009
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-14)Background The burden of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Uganda is high. The aim of this paper is to describe the experience of the first 7 years of the prevention of mother- to- child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) ... -
Effekt av baseutkuttingsreparasjon på 5-formyluracil-indusert mutagenese
(Master thesis, 2010-11-30)5-Formyluracil (fU) is an oxidation derivate of the DNA-base thymine. It can emerge in the organism by attack of reactive oxygen species, either endogenously or exogenously. Examples of exogenous agents are irradiaton or ... -
Health related quality of life after extremely preterm birth: a matched controlled cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-05-23)Background: The majority of infants born before the last trimester now grow up. However, knowledge on subsequent health related quality of life (HRQoL) is scarce. We therefore aimed to compare HRQoL in children born extremely ... -
A hierarchical frailty model applied to two-generation melanoma data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)We present a hierarchical frailty model based on distributions derived from non-negative Lévy processes. The model may be applied to data with several levels of dependence, such as family data or other general clusters, ... -
Home-based voluntary HIV counselling and testing found highly acceptable and to reduce inequalities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-06-17)Background Low uptake of voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) in sub-Saharan Africa is raising acceptability concerns which might be associated with ways by which it is offered. We investigated the acceptability of ... -
Patient-reported outcomes as predictors of 10-year survival in women after acute myocardial infarction
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-11-25)Background Patient-reported outcomes are increasingly seen as complementary to biomedical measures. However, their prognostic importance has yet to be established, particularly in female long-term myocardial infarction ... -
Selvopplevd helse hos barn og unge. En undersøkelse av samvarierende og predikerende faktorers betydning for selvopplevd helse
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-02-24)Viktige mål for det helsefremmende arbeidet er vedlikehold av og bedring av folkehelsen. Det samlede nivået på folkehelsen er et viktig mål på suksess i samfunnet. I det mangfold av tiltak som gjennomføres i ulike sektorer ... -
Smear microscopy and culture conversion rates among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients by HIV status in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-07-16)Background Tanzania ranks 15th among the world's 22 countries with the largest tuberculosis burden and tuberculosis has continued to be among the major public health problems in the country. Limited data, especially in ... -
Swabbing for respiratory viral infections in older patients: a comparison of rayon and nylon flocked swabs
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)The purpose of this study was to compare the sampling efficacy of rayon swabs and nylon flocked swabs, and of oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal specimens for the detection of respiratory viruses in elderly patients. Samples ... -
Zinc status in HIV infected Ugandan children aged 1-5 years: a cross sectional baseline survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-09-21)Background Low concentrations of serum zinc have been reported in HIV infected adults and are associated with disease progression and an increased risk of death. Few studies have been conducted in HIV infected children in ...