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Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words health promotion project dissertations.

2. 1. Participatory approaches to strengthening district health managers' capacity : Ugandan and global experiences

   Author : Moses Tetui; Anna-Britt Coe; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Elizabeth-Ekirapa Kiracho; Suzanne N Kiwanuka; Bart Criel; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Participatory Action Research; Qualitative Research; Management; Health Managers; Systems Strengthening; Health Systems; Districts; Uganda; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Abstract : Introduction:Residents of low in-come countries have persistently suffered poor health outcomes, modest progress made over time notwithstanding. Weak health systems are one of the key reasons for the less than optimum progress. These health systems are constrained by inadequately equipped managers who play a main role in curbing this progress. READ MORE

4. 2. MINISTOP 2.0 : a smartphone app integrated in primary child health care to promote healthy diet and physical activity behaviors and prevent obesity in preschool-aged children

   Author : Christina Alexandrou; Marie Löf; Hanna Henriksson; Ulrika Müssener; Nina Cecilie Øverby; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MHealth; Primary child health care; Early prevention; Preschool; Diet; Physical activity; Childhood overweight and obesity; Smartphone app; Randomized controlled trial;

   Abstract : BackgroundChildhood overweight and obesity is currently estimated to affect 39 million children under the age of five worldwide. After the COVID-19 pandemic, further increases have been observed in several countries including Sweden, where an increased incidence was observed in 3- and 4-year-old children, especially in disadvantaged areas. READ MORE

5. 3. Community-based osteoporosis prevention: Physical activity in relation to bone density, fall prevention, and the effect of training programmes : The Vadstena Osteoporosis Prevention Project

   Author : Ann-Charlotte Grahn Kronhed; Margareta Möller; Toomas Timpka; Leif Svanström; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Vadstena Osteoporosis Prevention Project VOPP ; weight-bearing training study; physical activity; training programmes; elderly; forearm bone mineral density BMD ; balance-training; Orthopaedics; Ortopedi;

   Abstract : This thesis is based on studies of the ten-year community-based intervention programme entitled, the Vadstena Osteoporosis Prevention Project (VOPP). The specific aims of the research were to describe the effects of physical activity and training programmes on bone mass and balance performance in adults, to determine whether a fall risk prevention programme could motivate personal actions among the elderly, to ascertain whether the intervention programme could reduce the incidence of forearm and hip fractures. READ MORE

6. 4. Healthy women or risk patients? : Non-attendance in a cervical cancer screening program

   Author : Marie Oscarsson; Eva Benzein; Barbro Wijma; Eva Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Non-attendance; screening; cervical cancer; health promotion; improverment; informed consent; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Omvårdnad;

   Abstract : Women afflicted with cervical cancer who have the highest morbidity and mortality rates have been the least likely to be screened. The overall aim of this research project was to investigate non-attendance in a cervical cancer screening (CCS) program among women with no registered cervical smear during the previous five years. READ MORE

7. 5. Psychosocial Work Conditions and Aspects of Health

   Author : Cathrine Reineholm; Kerstin Ekberg; Maria Gustavsson; Magnus Sverke; Linköpings universitet; []
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   Abstract : Today’s working life has led to new requirements and conditions at the workplace, and additional factors may be of importance for employees’ health. Most earlier research has taken place in stable organizations, and has not taken changes in organizations into account. READ MORE