Search for dissertations about: "Anna Westerlund"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Anna Westerlund.

  2. 1. Epidemiological perspectives on sleep : health-related outcomes and subjective-objective sleep assessments

    Author : Anna Westerlund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : This thesis aimed to expand knowledge about self-reported habitual sleep in relation to health outcomes and objectively measured sleep. Study I was a cross-sectional analysis of 40,197 Swedish adult volunteers participating in the National March, a fundraising event for the Swedish Cancer Society held in 1997. READ MORE

  4. 2. The role of implementation science in healthcare improvement efforts : investigating three complex interventions

    Author : Anna Westerlund; Monica Nyström; Anneli Ivarsson; Rickard Garvare; Eva Eurenius; Johan Thor; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; healthcare improvement; knowledge-practice gap; implementation science; complex interventions; implementation strategy; change facilitation; case studies; folkhälsa; Public health; hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; health services research;

    Abstract : For decades, scholars have found significant gaps between the knowledge available and the knowledge applied in healthcare. Many potential benefits of adequate knowledge based interventions are therefore never achieved. A considerable body of knowledge has evolved on how to promote a better uptake of evidence-based knowledge into routine use. READ MORE

  5. 3. Dentoalveolar and craniofacial changes from early adolescence to late adulthood

    Author : Nameer Al-Taai; Anna Westerlund; Maria Ransjö; Eva Levring Jäghagen; Timo Peltumäki; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Craniofacial growth; age-related changes; cephalometric superimposition; serial extraction; lower incisor crowding; odontologi; Odontology;

    Abstract : Objectives: Study I: To evaluate the reliability and validity of different superimposition methods and to increase the precision with which craniofacial growth and treatment can be quantified. Study II: To explore the craniofacial changes that occur from early adolescence to late adulthood. READ MORE

  6. 4. Revisiting dental caries as an immunodeficiency disorder

    Author : Nongfei Sheng; Nicklas Strömberg; Anders Esberg; Thomas Boren; Anna Westerlund; Vuokko Loimaranta; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; caries; immunodeficiency; proline-rich proteins; DMBT1; S. mutans; adhesin; SpaP; Cnm; Cbm; collagen binding; caries risk stratification; precision dentistry;

    Abstract : Worldwide, dental caries is the major human chronic disease, with billions of people affected in terms of life quality impairment and high society costs that consumes 5-10% of the global healthcare budget. In Western countries dental caries has declined dramatically, with a trajectory of 15% high-risk individuals with recurrent caries and a non-responder behavior to standard prevention. READ MORE