Search for dissertations about: "Traditional Medical Practitioner"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Traditional Medical Practitioner.

  2. 1. Who died, where, when and why? : an investigation of HIV-related mortality in rural South Africa

    Author : Paul Mee; Peter Byass; Mark A Collinson; Sangeetha Madhavan; Frank Tanser; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HIV; AIDS; Mortality; Determinants; Risk Factor; Spatial Epidemiology; Structural Determinant; Antiretroviral Therapy; Healthcare Access; South Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Traditional Medical Practitioner; Traditional Medicine; Tuberculosis; Health and Demographic Surveillance System; Global Health; Population Health; Epidemiology; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

    Abstract : BackgroundSouth Africa has experienced the most severe consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Every community has been affected in some way, many experiencing huge increases in mortality,particularly before antiretroviral therapies (ART) were readily available. READ MORE

  4. 2. Monitoring blood glucose and obesity in type 2 diabetes in primary care

    Author : Anders Tengblad; Carl Johan Östgren; Per Wändell; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Diabetes; primary care; Family medicine; Allmänmedicin;

    Abstract : Background: Type 2 diabetes is a common chronic disease worldwide. An important part of the treatment is monitoring and treating the elevated levels of blood glucose. But there is also a need for monitoringother risk factors that confer an increased risk for vascular complications. READ MORE

  5. 3. Quality of Care in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes : Patients’ and Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives

    Author : Lena Hanberger; Johnny Ludvigsson; Ulf Samuelsson; Sam Nordfeldt; Reinhard Holl; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; type 1 diabetes; pediatric; quality of care; HbA1c; quality of life; patient education; e-health; Paediatric medicine; Pediatrisk medicin;

    Abstract : Background: Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease for which there is currently no cure, and high quality care is essential if acute and long-term complications are to be avoided. Many children and adolescents have inadequate metabolic control with increased risk for complications later in life, and adolescent girls have reported low quality of life. READ MORE

  6. 4. Primary Aldosteronism Screening and Diagnosis in Primary Health Care

    Author : Christina Westerdahl; Lund Kirurgi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; hypertension; primary health care; aldosterone; primary aldosteronism; fludrocortisone; aldosterone to renin ratio; renin; captopril;

    Abstract : Arterial hypertension is a very common disorder. In most cases the cause is unknown and therefore classified as essential or primary hypertension. Primary aldosteronism (PA), characterized by an inappropriate aldosterone secretion, has traditionally been estimated to account for approximately 1 % of all hypertensive cases. READ MORE