Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Title
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Factors associated with severe disease from malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea among children in rural Tanzania – A hospital-based cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-14)Background: Mild cases of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea are readily treatable with complete recovery and with inexpensive and widely available first-line drugs. However, treatment is complicated and expensive, and mortality ... -
Factors associated with treatment in primary versus specialist care: A population-based study of people with type 2 and type 1 diabetes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Aims The objectives of this study are to identify the proportion and characteristics of people with type 1 and 2 diabetes treated in primary, specialist and shared care and to identify the proportion of persons with type ... -
Factors associated with undernutrition among 20 to 49 year old women in Uganda: a secondary analysis of the Uganda demographic health survey 2016
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-03)Background: Women are at risk of undernutrition due to biological, socio-economic, and cultural factors. Undernourished women have higher risk of poor obstetric outcomes. We aimed to determine the prevalence and factors ... -
Factors determining cognitive, motor and language scores in low birth weight infants from North India
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Children born with low birth weight (LBW) tend to have lower neurodevelopmental scores compared to term normal birth weight children. It is important to determine factors that influence neurodevelopment in these ... -
Factors explaining variation in self-esteem among persons with type 1 diabetes and elevated HbA1c
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-08-10)Objectives To investigate associations between perceived autonomy support from health-care professionals, autonomy-driven motivation, diabetes self-perceived competence and self-esteem in adults (age 18–55 yrs) with ... -
Factors influencing the use of reproductive health care services among married adolescent girls in Dang District, Nepal: a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-03)Background Child marriage is associated with adverse reproductive health outcomes, and the practice is still alarmingly common. Together with efforts to end child marriage, it is essential to provide adequate health care ... -
Factors predicting antibiotic prescription and referral to hospital for children with respiratory symptoms: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled study at out-of-hours services in primary care
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Objective: Acute respiratory infections and fever among children are highly prevalent in primary care. It is challenging to distinguish between viral and bacterial infections. Norway has a relatively low prescription rate ... -
Factors Predicting Physical Activity and Sports Participation in Adolescence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Physical activity is important for children’s health and wellbeing, yet participation declines across teenage years. It is important to understand the mechanisms that could support adolescents to maintain physical activity ... -
Factors related to previous tuberculosis treatment of patients with multidrugresistant tuberculosis in Bangladesh
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-08)Objective. Previous tuberculosis (TB) treatment status is an established risk factor for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). This study explores which factors related to previous TB treatment may lead to the development of ... -
Fair Pathways to Net Zero Healthcare
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-06-17)Bakgrunn Som følge av menneskelig aktivitet har den globale gjennomsnittstemperaturen allerede steget med 1,2 °C i forhold til førindustrielt nivå, og den vil fortsette å stige inntil klimagassutslippene når netto null. ... -
Fairness and legitimacy of decisions during delivery of malaria services and ITN interventions in Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-11-01)Background: Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and the second leading cause of mortality in Zambia. Perceptions of fairness and legitimacy of decisions relating to treatment of malaria cases within public health ... -
Faktorer som påvirker ressurssykepleierens rolle og funksjon i kommunehelsetjenestens kreftomsorg. Erfaringer hos ressurssykepleiere og sykepleiere i små kommuner i Helseregion Vest
(Master thesis, 2009)Cancer care and palliative care are two challenging and complicated disciplines which require good interaction between different personnel and levels in the health service. This is documented both in political studies and ... -
Familial risk of cerebral palsy: Population based cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-15)Objective To investigate risks of recurrence of cerebral palsy in family members with various degrees of relatedness to elucidate patterns of hereditability. Design Population based cohort study. Setting Data from the ... -
Family caregivers’ views on coordination of care in Huntington’s disease: a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12)Background: Collaboration between family caregivers and health professionals in specialised hospitals or community-based primary healthcare systems can be challenging. During the course of severe chronic disease, several ... -
Family values of young people in Limpopo, South Africa: A sociocultural psychological study on perceptions and experiences of reproduction and parenthood
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-12-12)Background: The institution of the family in South Africa is commonly described as being in a state of crisis, and young people’s family values are key in learning about how to break the negative trends in the institution ... -
Family-based genetic association models
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-06-15)The high heritability and recurrence rates observed for several complex diseases justify the search for genetic risk factors. However, despite decades of intense and extensive research, the underlying genetic basis of most ... -
A fast wavelet-based functional association analysis replicates several susceptibility loci for birth weight in a Norwegian population
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Birth weight (BW) is one of the most widely studied anthropometric traits in humans because of its role in various adult-onset diseases. The number of loci associated with BW has increased dramatically since ... -
Faster, better, safer? Studies of safety, workload and performance in naval high-speed ship navigation
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-09-04)Ship navigation in the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) involves high demands on navigators, who are required to work under a number of dangers. Operations are carried out in poor weather and darkness, at day and night, in ... -
Fastlegers reservasjonsadgang – hyklersk eller velbegrunnet?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)In the Norwegian debate about General Practitioners’ (GP) right to conscientious objection to referrals for abortion, some claimed that the GPs’ request was self-contradictory and inadequately justified. It was claimed ...