Search for dissertations about: "adolescence hiv"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words adolescence hiv.
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1. THE WINDING ROAD TO WOMANHOOD. Adolescents? attitudes towards menstruation, womanhood and sexual health - observational and interventional studies
Abstract : Menarche is a unique marker of female maturation representing the transition from childhood to womanhood. When entering adolescence, children face a number of challenges in areas such as the parent-adolescent relationship, development of the self and identity, an expanding network of social relationships, pubertal changes and the development of sexuality. READ MORE
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2. Maternal deaths in Mozambique : an audit approach with special reference to adolescence, abortion and violence
Abstract : The main purpose of the present thesis was to elucidate the causes and circumstances that surround maternal deaths occurring in Hospital Central de Maputo (HCM). The specific aims were 1: to identify the major causes of direct and indirect matemal deaths, and by utilizing the audit approach, to address the avoidability aspect in each case, 2: to estimate the contribution of malaria to matemal mortality, 3: to compare the main causes of direct and indirect matemal death in adolescents with those in non-adolescents, and the prevalence of risk factors used in antenatal cards with the intention to identify "high risk pregnancy" among such women, 4: to review pregnancy-related deaths due to injuries in HCM, and to elucidate the contribution of violence (homicide and suicide) to these deaths, 5: to estimate the trends of matemal mortality in a ten year period, with special reference to adolescents, and to compare the contribution of induced abortion to matemal mortality in two periods in which different policies regarding abortion were applied. READ MORE
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3. Multiple sexual relationships and the stigma associated with anti-retroviral therapy in rural Tanzania : implications for HIV prevention and treatment interventions
Abstract : Background: Risky sexual behavior, HIV-related stigma, and poor access to HIV care and treatment are three interrelated factors in the prevention and treatment of HIV. For every person starting on HIV treatment, there are three who become newly infected, and social stigma hinders enrollment and access to HIV treatment. READ MORE
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4. Maternal morbidity in Uganda : studies on life-threatening pregnancy complications in low-income settings
Abstract : Introduction: Life-threatening complications in pregnancy rarely achieves public health prominence in the same way as maternal mortality partly because they represent a wide spectrum of conditions. The improved level of care in many high-income countries has significantly reduced morbidity and risk of death from these conditions. READ MORE
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5. Adolescent sexuality and sexual abuse : a Swedish perspective
Abstract : In the late 1980’s, teenage abortions and genital chlamydial infections were increasing adolescent health problems in Sweden, indicating unsafe sex practices among young people. The emergence of HIV highlighted the need for research on adolescent sexual health issues. READ MORE