Search for dissertations about: "Yulia Blomstedt"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Yulia Blomstedt.

2. 1. Self-reported health among immigrants from the former Soviet Union : quantitative and qualitative studies in Sweden

   Author : Yulia Blomstedt; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Immigrants; self-reported health; the Former Soviet Union; Russian; Sweden; acculturation; quantitative; qualitative;

   Abstract : Aims: The general aim was to study self-reported health and its determinants in immigrants from the FSU in Sweden. Study I: to analyze (i) whether there is an association between being born in the FSU and other countries of the former Soviet Bloc and poor self-reported general health among immigrants in Sweden and (ii) whether this association persists after adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic, and migration-related variables. READ MORE

4. 2. "In general, how do you feel today?" Self-rated health in the context of aging in India

   Author : Siddhivinayak Hirve; Nawi Ng; Stig Wall; Yulia Blomstedt; Stephen M. Tollman; SV Subramanian; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Self-rated health; quality of life; aging; mortality; disability; reportingheterogeneity; anchoring vignettes; India; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

   Abstract : Background: Most aging research comes from the developed world. Aging research in India is focused on disease states and risk factors. Evidence on elderly health, physical performance and disability to understand the psycho-social or socio-behavioral risk is limited in India. READ MORE