Search for dissertations about: "THESIS INTRODUCTION FOR SMOKING CESSATION"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words THESIS INTRODUCTION FOR SMOKING CESSATION.

  2. 1. Smoking cessation during pregnancy : a person-centred approach among disadvantaged women in South Africa

    Author : Zainonisa Petersen; Maria Emmelin; Krisela Steyn; Maria Nilsson; Mimi Nichter; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Stage of change theory; smoking; cessation interventions; peer counsellor; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Abstract : Smoking remains a leading cause of premature, preventable death in South Africa killing 44 000 South Africans each year. Through the introduction of comprehensive tobacco control policies, the South African government has tried to reduce the death toll and a significant reduction in tobacco use has been recorded since its peak in the 1990’s. READ MORE

  4. 2. Socioeconomic status and myocardial infarction : influence on secondary prevention and prognosis

    Author : Joel Ohm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background and Aims: In the wealth of research undertaken on myocardial infarctions (MIs), secondary prevention is less well studied. Incidence and death from MI have declined substantially in the past decades due to the identification of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, methods to assess risk in the general population, development of efficient therapies that modify risk factor levels, and the introduction of revascularization therapies used in the acute phase of a MI. READ MORE

  5. 3. Surgery and stomas in Crohn's disease

    Author : Thordis Disa Kalman; Pär Myrelid; Johan D Söderholm; Bjørn Moum; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This study investigates the evolution of abdominal surgery in treatment of Crohn´s disease (CD) in the era of immunomodulatory drugs and biologicals. It concerns risk of abdominal surgery overall and sub-categories of abdominal surgery, risk of repeat surgery and factors that affect this risk, and risk of getting a stoma. READ MORE