Search for dissertations about: "information technology in maternal health"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words information technology in maternal health.

2. 1. Maternal Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings: Investigations of IT as a resource

   Author : Hawa Nyende; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Maternal Healthcare; Value-based healthcare; Low-resource settings; Service-dominant Logic; Value Co-creation; Information Technology; Task-shifting strategy;

   Abstract : Maternal mortality is a major problem especially in developing countries. Maternal deaths are partly attributed to the limited access to healthcare and a shortage of medically trained health professionals who can provide maternal healthcare service. Approaches have been adopted to improve access and quality of healthcare. READ MORE

4. 2. Some reproductive health indicators in Ukraine : A study with special emphasis on factors behind induced aboartion and perinatal mortality

   Author : Iryna Mogilevkina; Sven-Eric Olsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Ukraine; induced abortion; contraception; perinatal mortality; self-completion survey; perinatal audit; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; obstetrik och gynekologi;

   Abstract : Objectives: To study indicators specifically reflecting the reproductive health of Ukrainian women and to analyse factors behind the indicators. Methods: Induced abortion and maternal mortality were studied in some countries/regions of the former Soviet Union, using official statistics. READ MORE

5. 3. The Gut Bacterial Flora - Focus on Early Life and Physiological Traits

   Author : Caroline Linninge; Avdelningen för livsmedel och läkemedel; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; gut microbiota; atopic eczema; inflammation; bacterial diversity; Escherichia coli; Lactobacillus plantarum; molecular-genetic methods;

   Abstract : The gastrointestinal tract of the foetus is considered sterile but during vaginal birth the neonate comes into contact with bacteria from the maternal vaginal and intestinal microbiota. The main focus of this doctoral thesis was to elucidate the initial bacterial ecosystem in newborns and to relate microbial perturbations to physiological traits. READ MORE

6. 4. Sawubona MAMA : using mHealth to improve maternal, neonatal and child health outcomes in South Africa

   Author : Jesse Coleman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : BACKGROUND: At the end of the first decade of the 2000’s, South Africa had poor, and worsening, maternal and neonatal health outcomes. In parallel, the use of mobile phone technology to support health care (mHealth) increased dramatically. READ MORE

7. 5. On people, data and systems : perspectives on routine health data processing and its digitalization in Tanzania

   Author : Regine Unkels; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Facility-based routine health information is captured in health management information systems by health care providers and is the main data source for health system planning and outcome monitoring in Tanzania and other low- and middle-income countries. While this system is fully digitalized in high-income countries, it is still partly paper-based in others. READ MORE