Search for dissertations about: "drug policy"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 62 swedish dissertations containing the words drug policy.

2. 11. Towards a functioning retail health market : Evaluating the integrated Community Case Management Intervention for Pediatric Febrile Illness in Drug Shops in Rural South Western Uganda

   Author : Freddy Eric Kitutu; Andreas Martensson; Ib Bygbjerg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Integrated community case management; Malaria; Pneumonia symptoms; Drug shops; Retail health markets; Uganda; Under-five; Evaluation; Mixed-methods; Febrile illness; Universal Health Coverage; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Abstract : Objectives: This thesis examined the health systems effects of implementing the integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) intervention for paediatric febrile illnesses in a retail health market in South Western Uganda. More specifically, it evaluated drug seller interpretation of malaria Rapid Diagnostics Test (RDT) results (study I), adherence to iCCM guidelines (study II) and the intervention effect on households’ perceived quality of drug seller fever care and care-seeking choice. READ MORE

4. 12. Moral concerns - Treatment staff and user perspectives on alcohol and drug problems

   Author : Jessica Palm; Robin Room; Felipe Estrada; Hildigunnur Ólafsdóttir; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; alcohol and drug problems; treatment; categorization; moralization; attitudes; Criminology; Kriminologi;

   Abstract : Constructions of alcohol and drug problems, as well as of treatment, show a great variation that can be understood from the perspective of societal needs to categorize individuals as deviant. The thesis deals with contemporary perspectives, among staff in treatment of alcohol and drug problems and a group of drug users, on alcohol and drug problems and how these problems should be handled in the public sphere. READ MORE

5. 13. Drug use at licensed premises : prevalence and prevention

   Author : Johanna Gripenberg Abdon; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: There are a number of public health concerns related to the use of illicit drugs such as violence, injuries, unprotected sex, and drug dependence. Particularly, there is a strong need to reach adolescents and young adults with drug prevention programs. READ MORE

6. 14. Managing childhood malaria in rural Tanzania : focusing on drug use and resistance

   Author : Jaran Eriksen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Malaria; Policy change; Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine; Chloroquine; Tanzania; Health workers; Drug resistance;

   Abstract : Background: Malaria is a leading cause of death in underfive children in Africa. Due to the spread of chloroquine (CQ) resistance, sub-Saharan African countries such as Tanzania have changed their malaria treatment policies. In 2001 Tanzania replaced CQ with sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP) as first line malaria treatment. READ MORE

7. 15. Knowledge in practice : The feasibility of recovery capital in Swedish alcohol and other drug treatment

   Author : Sofia Härd; Ninive von Greiff; Lisa Skogens; Kerstin Svensson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; the recovery model; recovery capital; alcohol and other drug treatment; assessment tools; feasibility study; transferability; applicability; jurisdiction; social work practice; socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Abstract : The recovery model, endorsed by various governmental bodies, emphasises the integration of a recovery perspective into alcohol and drug policy, with a focus on post-treatment interventions such as housing, employment and education needs. In an effort to enhance the utility of the recovery perspective in treatment, the concept of recovery capital (RC) has been used as a foundation for operationalisations used to measure treatment needs and progress. READ MORE