Blar i Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care på dokumenttype "Master thesis"
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´A storehouse of mother´s unconditional love and nectar´- The role of the National Comprehensive Lactation Management Centre in strengthening feeding of premature infants in New Delhi, India
(Master thesis, 2021-12-15)Introduction: Providing human milk to sick- and premature infants is a lifesaving intervention that alone can reduce neonatal mortality. Studies have shown that donor human milk is the second-best alternative after mother’s ... -
Adaptive Translation of the Genetic Counselling Outcome Scale – A Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Application in Genetic Counselling in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022-05-30)Bakgrunn: The Genetic Counselling Outcome Scale (GCOS-24) er et instrument for pasientrapportert utfallsmål (PROM) opprinnelig utviklet på britisk engelsk. Dens hensikt er å måle og evaluere pasientenes opplevelse av ... -
Adolescents' perceptions of masculinity and femininity in the context of sexual and reproductive health in Southern Province, Zambia
(Master thesis, 2017-06-28)Adolescence is a very critical period in which gender norms develop for young people and are carried into adulthood. The gender norms of how adolescents construe themselves as fitting the masculine ideal for boys or the ... -
Akutt Ambulant Team - kva innverknad kan opningstida ha?
(Master thesis, 2011-03)Bakgrunn: Psykisk helsevern har dei siste tiåra gjennomført ein modernisering og omstilling av sine behandlingstilbod frå tradisjonell institusjonsbehandling til meir polikliniske og ambulante tenester. Det har vore satsa ... -
Akutt intermitterende porfyri- kartlegging av funksjonelle og termodynamiske eigenskapar til hydroksymetylbilan syntase og utvalte mutantar
(Master thesis, 2011-05-16)Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an inherited disorder. The majority of patients diagnosed with AIP have half-normal activity of hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS), the third enzyme in the heme- pathway. Although the ... -
An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Tumor Volume Delineation
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Analyse av variasjon i representative doser ved Computed-tomografi undersøkelser
(Master thesis, 2008-11-04)Background: Radiation doses from CT examinations vary much between different hospitals and X-ray institutes, and the increased numbers of examinations are the reason for the increase in collective effective dose. The aim ... -
Assessment of dietary intake and body mass index in a nutritionally deprived population in rural Democratic Republic of Congo
(Master thesis, 2015-06-10)Introduction: In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), about 70% of the total population and more than 40% of children under the age of 5 are undernourished. In such an area, assessment of nutritional adequacy is ... -
Assessment of the utility of repeat tuberculin testing: a prospective study of adolescents in a high tuberculosis prevalence setting in South India
(Master thesis, 2012-04-11)Background -Under-nutrition is associated with sub-optimal or false -negative tuberculin responses, while BCG vaccination may produce false-positive reactions. The two-step tuberculin test may be of value in populations ... -
Assessment of treatment outcomes of registered tuberculosis patients in Laquintinie Hospital of Douala, Cameroon: a retrospective cohort study
(Master thesis, 2021-05-18)Background Globally, tuberculosis is a major public health problem and especially in low-income settings where resources are limited for proper treatment. The disease is managed by control programs that follow patients ... -
Association between healthy dietary intake and food expenditure in Malawi: A cross-sectional study, based on Fourth Integrated Household Survey (LSMS) 2017
(Master thesis, 2022-08-31)Safe, nutritious dietary intake is crucial for developmental stage of life. Healthy dietary intake can alleviate the malnutrition problem and unhealthy dietary intake along with sedentary lifestyle can cause the rise of ... -
Association of maternal plasma total cysteine and growth among infants in Nepal: A cohort study
(Master thesis, 2020-06-17)Cysteine is a conditionally essential amino acid that has been positively associated with growth in children. However, transgenerational effects remain unclear. The aim of this analysis was to assess whether maternal plasma ... -
The association of prepregnancy body mass index and changes of prepregnancy BMI/ body weight between pregnancies with risk of preeclampsia: a birth registry study from Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2014-05-29)Objective: Preeclampsia is among the three leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide, occurs in 6-8% of all pregnancies, and is estimated to account for at least nine percent of maternal deaths in Africa. ... -
Asthma, respiratory symptoms and lung function across age groups in an indigenous Mayan population in Guatemala, and relation to work in the traditional textile industry: a cross-sectional pilot study
(Master thesis, 2022-01-31)Background: Occupational exposure to fabrics and dyes in the textile industry is associated with low lung function, higher prevalence of asthma and other respiratory symptoms. Mayan communities in Guatemala have worked in ... -
Avgjørelser i klinikken - en praxeologisk studie om myndighet mellom leger og sykepleiere i en ortopedisk klinikk ved et norsk sykehus, og om forholdet mellom evidensbasert og erfaringsbasert kunnskap som forskrift for medisinske avgjørelser
(Master thesis, 2020-07-01)Studien har til hensikt å beskrive, forstå og forklare hva som ligger bak avgjørelser som blir tatt i det medisinske feltet som gjelder pasientbehandling. Temaet er avgrenset til anestesimetode og postoperativ smertelindring ... -
Avviksregistrering, prosedyrer og dokumentasjon. Sammenheng eller motsetninger?
(Master thesis, 2015-06-14)Background: Adverse events are an important issue that gives consequences for all involved parts. Nationally several changes have been made in order to try to reduce the number of adverse events. The challenge is to find ... -
Awareness and prevalence of acute mountain sickness and prevalence of obstructive airflow limitation among Nepalese porters: A cross-sectional study in Khumbu Valley, Nepal
(Master thesis, 2009-06-26)Background: Acute mountain sickness is a major public health problem in high altitudes. Similarly, anecdotal evidence suggests that there is high prevalence of tobacco smoking among this group though prevalence of obstructive ... -
"Å leve med visshet om Huntingtons sykdom" : En kvalitativ studie om erfaringer med å ha testet positivt på presymptomatisk test for Huntingtons sykdom
(Master thesis, 2010-05-16)Huntington's disease is a severe, dominantly inherited disease in which there is no curative treatment for. A person at risk can take a pre-symptomatic test that provides a safe answer if the person has inherited the ...