Search for dissertations about: "community-based services"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 52 swedish dissertations containing the words community-based services.

  2. 11. Gender matters : understanding of access barriers to community-based tuberculosis care in Bangladesh

    Author : Fazlul Karim; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Community-based DOTS programme; Bangladesh; Gender; Delays; Stigma; Cultural epidemiology; Socio-economic divides; Smear-positive PTB prevalence;

    Abstract : Background: Females lesser use of TB control services is a grave concern worldwide, entailing more gender research in quest of practical remedies. Objective: To understand the gender differences in various clinical steps for TB care, explore gender-specific access barriers to TB control; and measure smear-positive PTB prevalence in different population groups of rural Bangladesh. READ MORE

  4. 12. The impact of health promotion on health in old age : results from community-based studies in rural Bangladesh

    Author : A K M Masud Rana; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Health promotion; older people; intervention study; community-based; rural; Bangladesh;

    Abstract : Background: It is common knowledge that Bangladesh has a high prevalence of illness among its older people and that the government healthcare services offer them inadequate support. Despite this, however, information about older people s health and illnesses as a function of health promotion is scant. READ MORE

  5. 13. Barriers and bridges for introducing agroforestry and community-based forestry among food insecure households in eastern Africa

    Author : Karl-Erik Johansson; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The aim of introducing agroforestry and community-based forestry is to secure and improve livelihoods, maintain and restore ecosystem services, and contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation. However, the adoption and scaling up of these systems among food insecure communities have proved to be difficult. READ MORE

  6. 14. Essays on Public Policy in the Informal Sector Context

    Author : Carolin Sjöholm; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; community-based health insurance; adverse selection; price sensitivity; female self-employment; childcare; microenterprises; daycare program; healthcare quality; structural inputs; process quality; Rwanda;

    Abstract : The Price Sensitivity of the Demand for Health Insurance – Evidence from the Community Health Insurance Scheme in Rwanda This study estimates the price elasticity of the demand for health insurance, exploiting the variation in insurance premiums created by the implementation of a new premium subsidy scheme for community-based health insurance in Rwanda. The subsidy scheme created variation in insurance premiums across households, over time. READ MORE

  7. 15. Quality and utilisation of antenatal care services in Lao PDR

    Author : Chanthanom Manithip; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Antenatal care (ANC) plays an important role in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity by detecting early risk factors in order to have an effective intervention in time and by linking the pregnant women to a planned delivery with a skilled birth attendant. However, the utilisation of ANC services of pregnant women is problematic in many low-income countries, and in Laos only 39% used the services in 2005. READ MORE