Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Title
Now showing items 1827-1846 of 2026
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Tanzania national survey on iodine deficiency: impact after twelve years of salt iodation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-09-03)Background: In many low-income countries, children are at high risk of iodine deficiency disorders, including brain damage. In the early 1990s, Tanzania, a country that previously suffered from moderate to severe iodine ... -
Target weight gain for moderately wasted children during supplementation interventions – a population-based approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-12)Objective: In malnourished populations, the weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) distribution is shifted to the left. The aim of nutrition interventions should be to restore a normal WHZ distribution for the whole population. ... -
Targeting condom distribution at high risk places increases condom utilization-evidence from an intervention study in Livingstone, Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-01-05)Background: The PLACE-method presumes that targeting HIV preventive activities at high risk places is effective in settings with major epidemics. Livingstone, Zambia, has a major HIV epidemic despite many preventive efforts ... -
Task-Shifting and Quality of HIV Testing Services: Experiences from a National Reference Hospital in Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-25)Background: With new testing technologies, task-shifting and rapid scale-up of HIV testing services in high HIV prevalence countries, assuring quality of HIV testing is paramount. This study aimed to explore various cadres ... -
Teacher ratings of mental health among school children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2005)Introduction: In Africa, little is known about child mental health. This study piloted the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in Kinshasa, investigated mental health problems and the association between these ... -
Teater som danning i helseprofesjonene
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Healthcare workers who watch a theatre play about dementia, gain experiential knowledge about living with dementia. In this essay we discuss the nature of this knowledge in light of the concept of bildung. This discussion ... -
Telemedicine in diabetes foot care delivery: health care professionals’ experience
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-04-18)Background: Introducing new technology in health care is inevitably a challenge. More knowledge is needed to better plan future telemedicine interventions. Our aim was therefore to explore health care professionals’ ... -
Telemedicine Versus Standard Follow-Up Care for Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Noninferiority Trial (DiaFOTo)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-07-18)Background: This paper presents the protocol for an ongoing study to evaluate a telemedicine follow-up intervention for patients with diabetes-related foot ulcers. Diabetes-related foot ulcers represent challenges for ... -
Telephone counselling by nurses in Norwegian primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-06)Background: The primary care out-of-hours (OOH) services in Norway are characterized by high contact rates by telephone. The telephone contacts are handled by local emergency medical communication centres (LEMCs), mainly ... -
Telephone triage by nurses in primary care out-of-hours services in Norway: an evaluation study based on written case scenarios
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-01-24)Background: The use of nurses for telephone-based triage in out-of-hours services is increasing in several countries. No investigations have been carried out in Norway into the quality of decisions made by nurses regarding ... -
‘‘Telling my husband I have HIV is too heavy to come out of my mouth’’: pregnant women’s disclosure experiences and support needs following antenatal HIV testing in eastern Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-14)Introduction: Disclosure of HIV serostatus by women to their sexual partners is critical for the success of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme as an integrated service in antenatal care. ... -
Ten-year changes in health-related quality of life after biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09)Background: Long-term data on health-related quality of life (HRQL) after biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPDDS) are scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in HRQL from baseline to 10 years ... -
Tenkning i sykepleie om eksklusjon av foreldre ved barns innleggelse i sykehus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Analyses of textbooks in nursing, of photographs and numerous other documents suggest that parents had limited access to participate in the care for their hospitalized children in Norway in the period 1877-1940. The analyses ... -
Tensions and interplay: A qualitative study of access to patient-centered birth counseling of maternal cesarean requests in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective: This study aimed to explore women's access to patient-centered counseling for concerns initiating cesarean requests in absence of obstetric indications in pregnancy, and to identify tensions, barriers and ... -
Test-retest reliabilitet av fire impingementtester for skulder.
(Master thesis, 2012-10-31)Background Between 30-50% of the population experience shoulder pain every year. Subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS) is the most common shoulder disorder, and represents 44-65% of shoulder problems encountered in clinical ... -
Therapeutic elements in a self-management approach: Experiences from group participation among people suffering from chronic pain
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-16)Objective: Chronic pain is a complex, multifaceted subjective experience that involves the whole person. Self-management is the dynamic and continuous process of adapting one’s situation to the cognitive, behavioral, and ... -
The Thermal Effects of Therapeutic Lasers with 810 and 904nm Wavelengths on Human Skin
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-03-06)Objective: To investigate the effect of therapeutic infrared class 3B laser irradiation on skin temperature in healthy participants of differing skin color, age, and gender. Background: Little is known about the potential ... -
"They don't care what happens to us" The situation of double orphans heading households in Rakai District, Uganda.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-09-04)Background: This article is based on information collected about the situation of double orphans who are heading households in Rakai District, Uganda. The information will be used as justification and guidance for planning ... -
Thorakal manipulasjon (HVLAT) på generelle kroniske smerter
(Master thesis, 2010-10-29)Background and aim of study: Manual therapists regularly treat patients with chronic pain, and these patients represent a challenge regarding adequate therapy. A therapy which is often used by manual therapists is manipulation ... -
Three ebola outbreaks in Uganda 2000-2011
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-01-20)Three separate outbreaks of Ebola associated with high fatality occurred in Uganda between 2000 and 2011. A country wide national response contained each epidemic with various degrees of success .The experiences challenges ...