Search for dissertations about: "health-and-care"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the word health-and-care.

2. 6. Co-producing healthcare quality improvement : the prerequisites for, the value of and the lessons from co-production in a Swedish cardiac care setting

   Author : Anne-Marie Suutari; Kristina Areskoug Josefsson; Johan Thor; Annika Nordin; Jacob Brix; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Co-production of healthcare; cardiac care; atrial fibrillation; heart failure; healthcare quality improvement; healhtcare improvement science; pragmatism; Learning Café; Experience-Based Co-Design; COM-B; Self-Determination Theory; MUSIQ; case study; content analysis; reflexive thematic analysis;

   Abstract : Background: The promotion of the best possible health and care is challenging to healthcare organizations worldwide. Healthcare organizations’ capability to improve the quality of care is therefore crucial to the sustainability of the welfare state. READ MORE

4. 7. The balancing act of living with symptoms. Patient-reported data and quality of care during and after treatment with proton beam therapy in patients with brain tumors

   Author : Ulrica Langegård; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; brain tumor; proton beam therapy; conventional radiotherapy; illness; symptom experience; symptom cluster; health related quality of life; quality of care;

   Abstract : is thesis focuses on patients with primary brain tumors undergoing proton beam therapy (PBT) and the consequences of the treatment. Quality of care (QoC) in a recently established clinic in Sweden was also evaluated. READ MORE

5. 8. Social network, perceived ill health and use of an emergency department : a descriptive and experimental study

   Author : Kjerstin Genell Andrén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : social network;

   Abstract : The contents of this thesis are focused on relationships between social inte­gration, social network and social support, on the one hand, and perceived ill health and care utilization on the other. The aims of the thesis were to: investigate the relationship between social network, perceived ill health and utilization of an emergency department (ED); relate the frequency of ED use to socio-demographic risk indicators for social disintegration; describe the psycho-social and medical situation of a group of heavy users of ED services In comparison to the general population; relate changes in social network in a group of heavy users to utilization of ED; eval­uate the effects of hospital social worker intervention for heavy users of ED. READ MORE

6. 9. Improving neonatal survival in East Africa Analysis of maternal service utilization, effectiveness of care and risk factors for neonatal mortality in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania

   Author : Malachi Ochieng Arunda; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neonatal survival; Neonatal Mortality; Antenatal care; Childbirth; Postnatal care; Low birthweight; Cesarean delivery; Continuum of care seeking; care-seeking behaviour; Effectiveness of care; Sociodemographic factors; socioeconomic factors; Attributable neonatal mortality-risk fraction;

   Abstract : Despite profound progress made in reducing neonatal mortality, it remains one of the major global health challenges. In 2019, the World Health Organization estimated that 2.4 million neonatal deaths occurred, accounting for over 45 percent of under-5 deaths worldwide. READ MORE

7. 10. Self-perceived oral health, dental utilization and satisfaction with dental care - a longitudinal study in one Swedish age cohort

   Author : K Ståhlnacke; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Det finns en officiell målsättning om oral hälsa i Sverige, uttryckt i tandvårdslagen som god tandhälsa och god tandvård på lika villkor för hela befolkningen. Det övergripande syftet med denna avhandling var att analysera tandvårdslagens målsättning från en grupp patienters egna upplevelser och uppfattningar. READ MORE