Search for dissertations about: "health equity"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 111 swedish dissertations containing the words health equity.

2. 21. Vulnerabilities and Resources : Exploring intersecting conditions for health equity in sexual and reproductive health and rights(SRHR) among young people in Sweden

   Author : Anna ChuChu Schindele; Malin Lindroth; Kristina Areskoug Josefsson; Emma Sorbring; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health and society; Hälsa och samhälle;

   Abstract : SVENSK SAMMANFATTNINGBAKGRUND: Sexuell och reproduktiv hälsa och rättigheter (SRHR) är en central bestämningsfaktor för hälsa och utgör en viktig del av livet i övergången från barndom till vuxen ålder. Den nationella SRHR-policyn i Sverige strävar mot jämlika förutsättningar för hälsa. READ MORE

4. 22. SMOKING AND SMOKING CESSATION IN A HEALTH EQUITY PERSPECTIVE IN SWEDEN – AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY IN THE ADULT POPULATION

   Author : Kontie Moussa; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Environmental tobacco smoke; Immigrant women; Smoking trends; Smoking and pregnancy; Inequalities in health; Attributable fraction; Educational inequality; Workplace exposure; Passive smoking; Smoking epidemic; Socioeconomic status; Sweden.;

   Abstract : The widening inequalities in smoking are one of the growing public health challenges in western countries, where smoking and smoking cessation patterns are unequally distributed among the populations. Inequalities in smoking and smoking cessation are closely associated with factors such as socioeconomic status, psychosocial and cultural factors. READ MORE

5. 23. Counted - and then? : trends in child mortality within an Ethiopian demographic surveillance site

   Author : Anders Emmelin; Stig Wall; Peter Byass; Tord Kjellström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; child mortality; developing countries; demographic surveillance; equity; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

   Abstract : Background Knowledge of the state of health of a population is necessary for planning for health services for that population. It is  a paradox that the health of populations is most commonly measured by mortality and cause of death patterns, but the absence of medical services available to a majority of the world population has made it unavoidable to equate “state of health” with “cause of death pattern”. READ MORE

6. 24. Cultural Discord in a Medical Context: A Challenge for Physicians

   Author : Caroline Wachtler; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ethnology; medical training; Allmän medicinsk utövning; medicinsk utbildning; Cultural anthropology; General practice; Folkhälsa; epidemiologi; epidemiology; Public health; Equity in health; Communication; Medical education; Kulturantropologi; etnologi; Social medicine; Socialmedicin; samhällsmedicin; Cultural difference;

   Abstract : Physician and patient do not meet as equals in the consultation. It is the responsibility of the physician to actively work for better communication in order to provide equitable health care for all individuals. READ MORE

7. 25. Early and later life mechanisms in the aetiology of cardiovascular disease

   Author : Kristiina Rajaleid; Johan Hallqvist; Denny Vågerö; Amanda Sacker; Karolinska institutet Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

   Abstract : Evidence over the recent decades indicates that susceptibility to cardiovascular disease (CVD) may be established already prenatally and in early childhood, and that the aetiological processes of the disease involve biological and social influences occurring throughout a person’s life span. Numerous studies have shown that small size at birth is associated with increased risk of CVD later in life. READ MORE