Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Title
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What Facilitates Return to Work? Patients Experiences 3 Years After Occupational Rehabilitation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-03-26)Objective We have limited knowledge about the specific elements in an occupational rehabilitation programme that facilitate the process leading to return to work (RTW) as perceived by the patients. The aim of the study was ... -
What happens when the doctor denies a patient’s request? A qualitative interview study among general practitioners in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Objective: To explore general practitioners (GPs’) experiences from consultations when a patient’s request is denied, and outcomes of such incidents. Design and participants: We conducted a qualitative study with semi-structured ... -
What if the baby doesn't survive? Health-care decision making for ill newborns in Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-12)Despite efforts to improve access to and quality of care for newborns, the first month after birth remains the most dangerous period of life. Given high neonatal mortality in low-income countries, saving newborn lives is ... -
What is the effect of independent medical evaluation on days on sickness benefits for long-term sick listed employees in Norway? A pragmatic randomised controlled trial, the NIME-trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Independent medical evaluations are used to evaluate degree and reason for work disability, uncertainty around the functional status, and/or the employee’s rehabilitation potential in several jurisdictions, but ... -
What is the ideal dose and power output of low-level laser therapy (810 nm) on muscle performance and post-exercise recovery? Study protocol for a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-27)Background: Recent studies involving phototherapy applied prior to exercise have demonstrated positive results regarding the attenuation of muscle fatigue and the expression of biochemical markers associated with recovery. ... -
"What lies beneath it all?" - an interview study of GPs' attitudes to the use of guidelines
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-10-22)Background: General practitioners (GPs) adopt clinical practice guidelines to varying degrees. Several factors have been found to influence application of guidelines in practice and the GP is apparently the key actor. ... -
What Might Be Required for Inspections to Be Considered Fair? Comment on “What Lies Behind Successful Regulation? A Qualitative Evaluation of Pilot Implementation of Kenya’s Health Facility Inspection Reforms”
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Tama et al offer us an interesting analysis of a piloted regulatory reform that introduced a Joint Health Inspections (JHIs) system in three Kenyan counties. The study highlights key factors facilitating or hindering the ... -
What’s in the pipeline? Drugs in development for autism spectrum disorder
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-20)Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with both core symptoms and associated symptoms (eg, irritability, aggression, and comorbidities) that affect both the individual and the family/systems ... -
When abortion becomes public - Everyday politics of reproduction in rural Zambia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article takes the public reaction to the discovery of an aborted foetus in a rural Zambian community as the empirical starting point for exploring the everyday politics of reproduction. It builds on eleven months of ... -
The when and how of the gynaecological examination: a survey among Norwegian general practitioners
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Introduction: Little is known about the indications general practitioners (GPs) perceive as relevant for performing gynaecological examinations (GEs), how GPs master the GE and associated procedures, and how they handle ... -
When is a randomised controlled trial health equity relevant? Development and validation of a conceptual framework
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-25)Background Randomised controlled trials can provide evidence relevant to assessing the equity impact of an intervention, but such information is often poorly reported. We describe a conceptual framework to identify health ... -
When the law makes doors slightly open: ethical dilemmas among abortion service providers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-05)Background: In 2005, Ethiopia changed its abortion law to curb its high maternal mortality. This has led to a considerable reduction in deaths from unsafe abortions. Abortion is now legal if the woman’s pregnancy is a ... -
Where Are the Newly Diagnosed HIV Positives in Kenya? Time to Consider Geo-Spatially Guided Targeting at a Finer Scale to Reach the “First 90”
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: The UNAIDS 90-90-90 Fast-Track targets provide a framework for assessing coverage of HIV testing services (HTS) and awareness of HIV status – the “first 90.” In Kenya, the bulk of HIV testing targets are aligned ... -
Where Is Equity in HiAP? Comment on “A Realist Explanatory Case Study Investigating How Common Goals, Leadership, and Committed Staff Facilitate Health in All Policies Implementation in the Municipality of Kuopio, Finland”
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Health equity is no longer a central feature of Health in All Policies (HiAP) approaches despite its presence in select definitions of HiAP. In other words, HiAP is not just about considering health, but also health equity. ... -
Which factors increase informal care hours and societal costs among caregivers of people with dementia? A systematic review of Resource Utilization in Dementia (RUD)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Nearly 19 million people across OECD countries are living with dementia, and millions of family caregivers are affected by the disease. The costs of informal care are estimated to represent 40–75% of the total ... -
Who benefits from increased service utilisation? Examining the distributional effects of payment for performance in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-01-29)Background: Payment for performance (P4P) strategies, which provide financial incentives to health workers and/or facilities for reaching pre-defined performance targets, can improve healthcare utilisation and quality. P4P ... -
Who Has Mycobacterial Disease? A Cross Sectional Study in Agropastoral Communities in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05-23)Objective: To determine and describe clinical symptoms, demographic characteristics and environmental exposures as determinants of pulmonary mycobacterial diseases among patients examined for tuberculosis in agropastoral ... -
Who takes the medicine? Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Southern Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-29)Background: Treatment adherence is critical for the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV. There is limited representative information on ART drug adherence and its associated factors from ... -
Why caretakers bypass Primary Health Care facilities for child care - a case from rural Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-11-17)Background: Research on health care utilization in low income countries suggests that patients frequently bypass PHC facilities in favour of higher-level hospitals - despite substantial additional time and financial costs. ...