Search for dissertations about: "Socialmedicin samhällsmedicin Social medicine"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 104 swedish dissertations containing the words Socialmedicin samhällsmedicin Social medicine.

  2. 1. Power of the Pill : Views about Cardiovascular Risk and the Risk-reducing Effect of Statins

    Author : Per Lytsy; Ragnar Westerling; Gunilla Burell; Arne Melander; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Statins; lipid-lowering drugs; cholesterol; treatment expectations; beliefs; adherence; health behaviour; Social medicine; Socialmedicin; Community pharmacy services; Samhällsfarmaci; Family medicine; Allmänmedicin; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Community medicine; Samhällsmedicin; Social Medicine; Socialmedicin;

    Abstract : Medical treatments with statins are prescribed to patients with increased risk of cardiovascular events. The benefits from statin treatment are well documented in clinical trials, but long-term adherence in patients is low, indicating that patients have an uncertainty about the necessity and benefits of treatment. READ MORE

  4. 2. A society With or Without Drugs : Continuity and change in Drug Policies in Sweden and the Netherlands

    Author : Dolf Tops; Socialhögskolan; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; theory of social work; Social changes; Context; Social Control; Social problems; Drug Policy; Institutions; Sweden; the Netherlands; Social problems and welfare; national insurance; Social medicine; teorier om socialt arbete; Sociala förändringar; Sociala problem; social välfärd; socialförsäkring; Socialmedicin; samhällsmedicin;

    Abstract : In debates about the Swedish and Dutch drug policies are usually positioned as opposites. The goal for the Swedish drug policy is to create a 'drug-free society'; while in the Netherlands a harm reduction approach prevails. READ MORE

  5. 3. Care Need Index, Social Deprivation and Health. Epidemiological Studies in Swedish Health Care

    Author : Marianne Malmström; Samhällsmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; coronary heart disease risk factors; socio-economic position; mortality; self-reported health; Social deprivation; primary health care; Social medicine; Socialmedicin; samhällsmedicin;

    Abstract : Aims: To analyse the associations between health and neighbourhood social position, measured by a composite index (Care Need Index, CNI). Furthermore evaluate CNI in preparation for future analysis of its usefulness for allocating primary health care resources to deprived neighbourhoods. READ MORE

  6. 4. Addressing smoking during pregnancy : the challenge to start from the woman's view

    Author : Agneta Abrahamsson; Högskolan Kristianstad; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Smoking cessation; Smoking prevention control; Smoking psychology; Pregnancy; Motivation; Health education; Tobaksrökning och graviditet; Pregnant women ¡ Tobacco use; Rökavvänjning; Graviditet; Graviditet; Rökning; Rökavvänjning; Rökvanor; Tobaksrökning; Health education; Smoking cessation; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; samhällsmedicin; Socialmedicin; smoking habits; smoking cessation; wellbeing; Sense of Coherence; health education; narrative; Social medicine; phenomenography; health providers;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE

  7. 5. Migration, health and diabetes mellitus - Studies comparing foreign-and Swedish-born diabetic subjects living in Sweden

    Author : Katarina Hjelm; Samhällsmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; sekretion; Endokrinologi; secreting systems; diabetology; Endocrinology; samhällsmedicin; Social medicine; Socialmedicin; diabetes mellitus; prevalence; Migrants; glycaemic control; diabetes mellitus complications; social class; health services needs and demand; diabetologi; perceived health; lifestyle; health care professionals; health illness beliefs; care-seeking behaviour; self-care;

    Abstract : To study the influence of migration on health in migrant diabetic subjects, foreign-and Swedish-born persons were compared as regards objective and subjectively perceived health in relation to social position, and beliefs about health and illness and their influence on self-care and care-seeking behaviour. Persons (foreign- and Swedish-born) with known diabetes mellitus (DM), aged 16-74 years, were chosen from two different counties in Southern Sweden (n=143/1384; 113/1564), and from a random sample of the Swedish population, the annual Swedish Survey of Living Conditions (n=31/446). READ MORE