Search for dissertations about: "newborn care thesis"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 82 swedish dissertations containing the words newborn care thesis.

2. 6. Seeking referral care for newborns in eastern Uganda : community health workers’ role, caretakers’ compliance and provision of care

   Author : Christine Nalwadda Kayemba; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Newborn;

   Abstract : Background: Newborn deaths contribute 44% of all under-five deaths. Community health worker (CHW) during home-visits may identify and refer newborns to health facilities for postnatal care and treatment of danger signs. READ MORE

4. 7. Understanding newborn care in Uganda : towards future interventions

   Author : Peter Waiswa; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Evidence-based; newborn care practices; preterm care; community health workers; delays; continuum of care; Uganda;

   Abstract : Background: The highest rates of newborn deaths are in Africa. Existing evidence-based interventions could reduce up to 72% of the 3.8 million newborn deaths which occur every year worldwide, but are yet to be operationalised at scale in sub-Saharan health systems. READ MORE

5. 8. Becoming a father : Sources of information, birth preference, and experiences of childbirth and postnatal care

   Author : Margareta Johansson; Ingegerd Hildingsson; Christina Rubertsson; Ingela Rådestad; Marie Berg; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : Birth experience; Fatherhood; Mode of birth; Postnatal care; Preference; Social support; Transition; Quality of care;

   Abstract : The period of pregnancy and childbirth is an important and sensitive time for men’s upcoming parenthood. Research into fathers’ experiences of childbearing has received less attention compared to maternal experiences. READ MORE

6. 9. Premedication for intubation in newborn infants; pain assessment, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

   Author : Elisabeth Norman; Lund Pediatrik; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Premedication; pain; premature; newborn; aEEG; randomized controlled trial; thiopental; morphine; remifentanil; rapid sequence induction; ibntubation; pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics;

   Abstract : Preterm infants undergo intensive care during a vulnerable period with hemodynamic instability and a rapidly developing and immature CNS. Adequate pain management is essential, since pain experience might lead to acute physiological reactions as well as neurological and neuropsychological sequels. READ MORE

7. 10. Care of the newborn infant during maternal-infant separation

   Author : Kerstin Erlandsson; Mälardalens högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : separation; father-infant bonding; full-term; skin-to-skin care; cesarean birth; cry; prefeeding; breathing; phenomenology; separation; father-infant bonding; full-term; skin-to-skin care; cesarean birth; cry; prefeeding; breathing; phenomenology;

   Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to describe care of the newborn infant immediately after birth, during maternal-infant separation; the father as primary caregiver and the mother’s experiences of separation and later reunion with the infant, in order to enhance development of care for the newborn infant during maternal-infant separation. In study I, II and III a phenomenological approach was used to gain access to mothers’ and fathers’ lived experiences (I, III) and lifeworld (II). READ MORE