Search for dissertations about: "Breastfeeding IMPLICATIONS"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Breastfeeding IMPLICATIONS.

  2. 1. Nutrition and health in infancy and childhood : an epidemiological approach to the assessment of dietary habits, their determinants and implications

    Author : Lars Åke Persson; Gösta Samuelson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breastfeeding; dietary habits; growth; dental caries; obesity; CHD risk factors; infancy; childhood; epidemiology;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to describe the distribution of feeding habits and dietary habits of Swedish children of different ages, to search for determinants of the observed distributions and to analyse some possible implications of those habits regarding health and growth. The present results emanate from a longitudinal study of feeding, growth and development of 312 infants and from a cross-sectional study on the dietary habits of 738 children aged 4,8 and 13 years. READ MORE

  4. 2. Maternity care in Zambia : with special reference to social support

    Author : Margaret C Maimbolwa; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Social support; safe motherhood; maternity care; midwifery care; breastfeeding.;

    Abstract : The Zambian woman starts childbearing early and gives birth to an average of 5.9 children during her reproductive period. The already high levels of maternal deaths are increasing in Zambia. Only 43 per cent of the women deliver with the assistance of a skilled attendant. READ MORE

  5. 3. Exosomes from lung and breast milk : regulators of immune responses

    Author : Patricia Torregrosa Paredes; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Exosomes are key mediators of intercellular communication with the capacity to regulate immune responses, locally and distally. Most knowledge on exosomal function has been gained from exosomes generated from in vitro cell cultures, which has helped define the role of exosomes from specific cell types. READ MORE

  6. 4. Striving to Promote Family Health after Childbirth : Studies in Low-Income Suburbs of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Author : Columba K Mbekenga; Pia Olsson; Kyllike Christensson; Elisabeth Darj; Elisabeth Faxelid; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : First-time parents; postpartum; Health promotion; sexuality; informal support; qualitative; suburban Tanzania; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Deeper understanding of family health and support after childbirth from the perspective of first-time parents and their informal support network is needed. Postpartum experiences and health concerns of first-time mothers and fathers and, discourses on sexuality and informal support after childbirth were explored in low-income, suburban areas in Ilala, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. READ MORE

  7. 5. Mode of delivery : does it affect contact with the newborn child, future reproduction and health-related quality of life five years after the birth of the first child?

    Author : Anna-Karin Klint Carlander; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : mode of delivery;

    Abstract : Background: Major changes have occurred in Swedish maternity care since the early 20th century and is now characterized by an increased medicalisation. The incidence of caesarean section and instrumental vaginal births has risen substantially in Sweden the last decades, which means that fewer women give birth spontaneously. READ MORE