Search for dissertations about: "epidemiologic transition"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words epidemiologic transition.
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1. Dying to make a fresh start : mortality and health transition in a new South Africa
Abstract : Rationale: Vital registration is lacking in developing settings where health and development problems are most pressing. Policy-makers confront an “information paradox”: the critical need for information on which to base priorities and monitor progress, and the profound shortage of such information. READ MORE
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2. The two faces of smallpox : a disease and its prevention in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Sweden
Abstract : This study deals with the history of smallpox in Sweden between 1750 and 1900 and the two preventive measures that were used against it: inoculation during the eighteenth and vaccination during the nineteenth Century. Between 1750 and 1800 300,000 children died from smallpox in Sweden. READ MORE
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3. Molecular epidemiologic studies on helicobacter pylori infection and stomach cancer risk
Abstract : Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection increases stomach cancer risk. The aim of this thesis was to study genetic susceptibility from the host and to develop molecular methods for future characterization of bacterial virulence factors in longitudinal cohorts. READ MORE
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4. Challenges of learning and practicing motivational interviewing
Abstract : Background: The past three decades have seen a growth in health promotion research and practice, stimulated by the epidemiologic transition of the leading causes of death from infectious to chronic diseases. An estimated 50% of mortality from the 10 leading causes of death is due to behaviour, which suggests individuals can make important contributions to their own health by adopting some health-related behaviours and avoiding others. READ MORE