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A checklist for identifying determinants of practice: A systematic review and synthesis of frameworks and taxonomies of factors that prevent or enable improvements in healthcare professional practice
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-03-23)Background: Determinants of practice are factors that might prevent or enable improvements. Several checklists, frameworks, taxonomies, and classifications of determinants of healthcare professional practice have been ... -
Chest pain out-of-hours – an interview study of primary care physicians’ diagnostic approach, tolerance of risk and attitudes to hospital admission
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12-21)Background: Acute chest pain constitutes a considerable diagnostic challenge outside hospitals. This will often lead to uncertainty in choosing the right management, and the physicians’ approach may be influenced by their ... -
Child alcohol use disorder in Eastern Uganda: screening, diagnostics, risk factors and management of children drinking alcohol in Uganda (TREAT CAUD): a mixed-methods research protocol
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Following a finding of alcohol use among children aged 5–8 years old in Mbale, Uganda, this project investigates the magnitude of alcohol and substance use among children ged 6–13 years old and related household, ... -
Child and adolescent mental health services in Uganda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction Worldwide, one in five children and adolescents suffer from mental health disorders, while facing limited opportunities for treatment and recovery. Growing up, they face multiple challenges that might contribute ... -
Child and Caregiver Reporting on Child Maltreatment and Mental Health in the Philippines Before and After an International Child Development Program (ICDP) Parenting Intervention
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Child maltreatment is a serious problem affecting millions of children. Research on self-reporting of child maltreatment has shown a difference in reporting between caregivers and children. Increased understanding of this ... -
Child and maternal malnutrition: A cohort study from a drought-prone area in southern Ethiopia
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-10-18)Bakgrunn: I Etiopia er underernæring hos barn og mødre fortsatt store folkehelseproblemer, spesielt i landlige og fattige husholdninger. Landet er langt fra å nå de globale ernæringsmålene, selv om ernæringspolitikk og ... -
Child development in rural Burkina Faso. Association between maternal alcohol consumption, stunting, schooling, and neuropsychological outcomes
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-06-04)Introduction: The general aim of this thesis was to evaluate the association of maternal alcohol consumption, stunting (low height-for-age) and schooling on neuropsychological outcomes among children in rural Burkina Faso ... -
Child health in a Ugandan cohort: Studies on survival, vaccination and malaria
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-10-24)Background: To reduce under-five mortality according to Millennium Development Goal 4, infant mortality must be reduced considerably. The aim of this thesis was to measure perinatal and infant mortality and to explore ... -
Child mental illness and the help-seeking process: a qualitative study among parents in a Ugandan community
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-11)Abstract Background: Child mental illness contributes signifcantly to the burden of disease worldwide, and many are left untreated due to factors on both the provider and user side. Recognising this, the Ugandan Ministry ... -
Child survival and BCG vaccination: A community based prospective cohort study in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02-22)Background Data on non-specific effects of BCG vaccination in well described, general population African cohorts is scanty. We report the effects of BCG vaccination on post-neonatal infant and post-infancy mortality in a ... -
Childhood Cancer in Ethiopia: Treatment Abandonment Rate and the Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Service Delivery
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-08-28)Bakgrunn: I motsetning til mange typer kreft hos voksne og eldre, kan kreft hos barn ofte helbredes, selv i land med begrensede ressurser, hvis kreften diagnostiseres tidlig og behandles riktig. Et barns diagnose med kreft ... -
Childhood tuberculosis case management in Pakistan: Addressing a priority
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-06-24)Childhood tuberculosis is considered a major cause of morbidity and mortality in high burden TB countries. It has had a low priority for research and development globally and was not given much attention in the past on ... -
Childhood tuberculosis deskguide and monitoring: An intervention to improve case management in Pakistan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-08-10)Background: Childhood tuberculosis (TB) has been a neglected area in national TB control programme (NTCP) in high burden countries. The NTP Pakistan adapted the global approaches by developing and piloting its policy ... -
Childhood tuberculosis in Pakistan. The role of the private sector in TB-control
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-03-28)Globalt dør omkring 650 barn (0-14 år) daglig på grunn av tuberkulose (TB), som kan både forebygges og behandles. TB hos barn blir ofte oversett siden de mangler typiske symptomer, og diagnostikk er vanskelig. Dermed er ... -
Childhood undernutrition and the potential of amaranth for reducing anaemia in southern Ethiopia
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-05-10)The overall objective of this thesis was to investigate the efficacy of consuming bread containing processed amaranth on the treatment of anaemia and IDA among children 2-5 years of age in southern Ethiopia. Also, it sought ... -
Children as next of kin and the general practitioner. A qualitative study about the general practitioner’s opportunities to help
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-05-30)Background and aims: Children whose parents suffer from mental illness, substance abuse, or severe somatic disease are at risk of developing psychosocial problems and a variety of health complaints. These children often ... -
Children with developmental problems and disorders : selected aspects of motor and multidisciplinary assessment and intervention
(Doctoral thesis, 2006-08-24)The general aim of this thesis was to apply a multidisciplinary approach to selected clinical aspects of children with developmental problems and disorders, in order to contribute to the development of assessment and ... -
Children’s and adolescents’ rising animal-source food intakes in 1990–2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Animal-source foods (ASF) provide nutrition for children and adolescents’ physical and cognitive development. Here, we use data from the Global Dietary Database and Bayesian hierarchical models to quantify global, regional ... -
Choice of generic antihypertensive drugs for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease - A cost-effectiveness analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-04-04)Background: Hypertension is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A range of antihypertensive drugs exists, and their prices vary widely mainly due to patent rights. The objective of this study was to ...