Search for dissertations about: "Infant Mortality trends"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Infant Mortality trends.

  2. 1. Infant and child mortality in Eritrea : levels, trends, and determinants

    Author : Gebremariam Woldemicael; Basia Zaba; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : demografi; Demography;

    Abstract : This thesis has three main objectives: first, to estimate age-specific levels, age patterns and period trends in early mortality at national and sub-national levels in Eritrea; second, to investigate the major possible determinants of infant and child mortality; and third to discuss implications of the main findings for health policy and future research directions.The data used for this study come from the 1995 Eritrea Demographic and Health Survey of 5,469 households and 5,054 women in the reproductive age span. READ MORE

  4. 2. CHILDREN BORN PREMATURELY. Their fathers' experiences and trends in mortality and morbidity during a ten-year period

    Author : Pia Lundqvist; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Preterm infant; mother; father; parents; experience; NICU; trend; morbidity; mortality;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to elucidate fathers’ experience of becoming parents of a pretermborn infant as well as their experience in the years after their infant’s birth. A further aim was to describe the context of neonatal care by investigating trends in outcome during a ten-year period in the southern region of Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 3. Child survival in Rwanda: Challenges and potential for improvement : Population- and hospital-based studies

    Author : Aimable Musafili; Lars-Åke Persson; Birgitta Essén; Baribwira Cyprien; Göran Tomson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Trends; social differentials; child mortality; perinatal mortality; perinatal audit; three delays model; training healthcare workers; Helping Babies Breathe; urban hospitals; Kigali; Rwanda; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : After the 1994 genocide and collapse of the health system, Rwanda initiated major social and health reforms in order to reduce child mortality and health inequities in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals. The aim of this thesis was to assess trends in under-five mortality (U5M) and equity in child survival, to study social barriers for improved perinatal and neonatal survival, and to evaluate Helping Babies Breathe (HBB), a newborn resuscitation program. READ MORE

  6. 4. Health sector and community response to child maltreatment in Sweden and in a European context

    Author : Gabriel Otterman; Lena Hellström-Westas; Staffan Janson; Steven Lucas; Jacqueline Mok; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Child physical abuse; Cause of death; Child death review; Disclosure; Police report; Child mortality; Register data; Multidisciplinary team; Pediatrik; Pediatrics; Pediatrik; Pediatrics;

    Abstract : Background Child maltreatment is a public health problem of global magnitude. This thesis examined different aspects of the multi-sector response to child maltreatment in Sweden and in Europe.Aims To explore how child physical abuse (CPA) is disclosed and how adolescents perceive adult support when they report physical abuse. READ MORE

  7. 5. The orofacial cleft phenome

    Author : Mimi Yow; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Introduction: The global average for prevalence in births with orofacial clefts is 9.92 per 10,000. Variability in prevalence could be as much as a seven-fold difference in different ethnicities. Precise phenotyping and subphenotyping were essential in understanding the orofacial cleft phenome. READ MORE