Search for dissertations about: "UK university"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 95 swedish dissertations containing the words UK university.

  2. 1. Child Health, Health Services and Systems in UK and other European countries

    Author : Ingrid Wolfe; Staffan Jansson; Boel Gäre; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; child health; public health; health services and Systems assessment; UK; Europe; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : BackgroundThis work in child population medicine describes child health problems, increases knowledge of health services, systems, and wider determinants, and makes recommendations for improvements.AimsTo explore trends in UK child health and health service quality and highlight policy lessons from the UK and other European countriesTo study child health and health services in western Europe and derive lessons from different approaches to common challengesTo enhance knowledge on child to adult transition careTo describe trends in UK and EU15+ child and adolescent mortality and seek explanations for deteriorating UK health system performance, and make recommendations for improving survivalMethodsPopulation level measures of health status and system performance; primary and secondary research on policies and practice for health system assessments. READ MORE

  4. 2. Tear Secretory IgA: A Noninvasive Biomarker of Mucosal Immune Competence

    Author : Helen Hanstock; Neil Walsh; Michael Gleeson; Bangor University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Since early studies investigated the influence of exercise on salivary secretory IgA(SIgA) in the 1980s, there has been demand for non-invasive biomarkers capableof monitoring the immune response to exercise, training and stress, and provideinsight into whether such stressors may influence susceptibility to URTI. In spiteof >30 years of research and ~200 original articles investigating a multitude ofcandidate markers, this tool remains elusive. READ MORE

  5. 3. The power of place : Place security in the context of pregnancy

    Author : Margareta Rämgård; Eric Clark; Ann-Chatrine Bäcklund; Gatrell Tony; Lund University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The study explores the importance of place attachment for women’s sense of security during pregnancy. Coping strategies of pregnant women are analysed, focusing on how the prospect of giving birth affects their relationship to place. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Critical God : Revisiting Reinhold Niebuhr's existential turn in the realist tradition

    Author : Guilherme Marques-Pedro; Howard Williams; Andrew Linklater; David McLellan; Campbell Craig; UK Aberystwyth University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International Relations Theory; Realism; Liberalism; Existentialism; Christian Theology; Reinhold Niebuhr; Thomas Hobbes; Statskunskap; Political Science;

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  7. 5. Exploring the relationship between alcohol use disorders and internalising disorders in longitudinal cohorts of adolescents

    Author : Lina Homman; Francis O'Neill; UK Queen's University Belfast; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Alcohol use disorder; Mental health; Children; Youth; Comorbidity; Longitudinal analysis;

    Abstract : The literature supports a relationship between alcohol use disorders and internalising disorders, but how they relate to each other is unclear. Both disorders, as well as their comorbidity increase in adolescence, making adolescence of particular interest. READ MORE