Search for dissertations about: "older adult health"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 91 swedish dissertations containing the words older adult health.
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1. Health-promoting aspects of preventive home visits for older persons: An individual and a societal perspective
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2. Abdominal obesity among older population in Indonesia : socioeconomic and gender inequality, pattern and impacts on disability and death
Abstract : Background: Population ageing has contributed to the rise of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Concurrently, obesity prevalence is increasing in all age groups and has become a serious public health problem. Obesity is the main risk factors of the major chronic NCDs such as type 2 diabetes and has been linked to disability and mortality. READ MORE
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3. Close to the edge : discursive, gendered and embodied stress in modern youth
Abstract : Background Adolescent subjective health and mental problems have become a public health concern not only in Sweden but worldwide. The overall aim of this thesis is to deepen and widen the understanding of young peoples’ subjective health, psychosomatic and stress-related problems. READ MORE
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4. Adult and pediatric trauma : outcomes and health-related quality of life
Abstract : Background: Trauma is the number one killer of children and young adults and the most common cause for hospital admissions for these age-groups in Sweden. Trauma is also one of the most common causes for hospital care and early death for older people. READ MORE
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5. Does health insurance contribute to improving responsiveness of the health system? : the case of elderly in rural Tanzania
Abstract : Background: Financing healthcare in Tanzania has for years depended on out-of-pocket payments. This mechanism has been criticized as being inefficient, contributing to inequity and high cost as well as denying access to healthcare to those most in need, including the elderly in rural areas. READ MORE