Search for dissertations about: "African parents"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words African parents.
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1. HIV-infected African parents living in Stockholm, Sweden : social networks, disclosure, parenthood, and knowledge about HIV-transmission
Abstract : Background: HIV-infected individuals born in Africa constitute about 30 percent of the about 5000 persons who are living with HIV in Sweden, and represent the largest group of those infected through heterosexual contact. Thus, most children of HIV-infected persons in Sweden have a parent of African origin. READ MORE
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2. The Maternal Migration Effect : Exploring Maternal Healthcare in Diaspora Using Qualitative Proxies for Medical Anthropology
Abstract : This project explores the 'maternal migration effect'. Following migration to a high-income country with a low maternal mortality rate, we assume that some immigrant women’s reliance upon maternal practices that respond to a low-income, high-mortality context can adversely affect care-seeking and utilization of treatment facilities. READ MORE
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3. Essays on Risk Attitudes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract : Essay I (submitted): Risk-taking is an important topic in Africa, as access to financial institutions and social security is scarce. Data on risk attitudes in Africa is limited and the available data collected might not be reliable. READ MORE
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4. The risk of type 1 diabetes in immigrants and their offspring in Sweden : the influence of perinatal factors
Abstract : Aims: The overall aim of this study was to investigate the trend in and risk factors for type 1 diabetes, with particular reference to parental socioeconomic position (SEP) and country of birth of subjects and their parents. We examined the effects of maternal body mass index (BMI), maternal duration of residence and parental diabetes on the risk of type 1 diabetes among children and adolescents/young adults with native Sweden-born or immigrant parents. READ MORE
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5. Inequalities in health : social, biological, ethnic and life-course perspectives
Abstract : There is an unmistakable consistency in differences in risks for morbidity and mortality between social groups. The more advantaged, whether measured in terms of income, education, class, status or ethnicity in general fare better when compared to others, emphasizing the importance of the social environment in determining health in all stages of life. READ MORE