Search for dissertations about: "preventive home visits"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words preventive home visits.
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1. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure : preventive home visits among healthy seniors
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to existing knowledge. If the knowledge is not useful in building society it has limited value. In order to be a tool for decision-makers, Preventive Home Visits (PHVs) are described and discussed according to a realist synthesis approach. READ MORE
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2. Health-promoting aspects of preventive home visits for older persons: An individual and a societal perspective
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3. Preventive home visits for 75 year-old persons by the district nurse
Abstract : Background: Action plans are needed to promote health and to prevent diseases amongst older persons so that they can remain with good health in their homes for as long as possible. One method which has been tried in many countries is preventive home visits. READ MORE
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4. Preventive home visits among older people : risk assessment, self-rated health and experiences of healthy ageing
Abstract : Background: The worldwide population is ageing and life expectancy is increasing. This increase in age is associated with physiological and psychosocial challenges and changes that lead to decreased intrinsic capacity and functional ability. READ MORE
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5. Making a difference with home visiting : studies of an intervention in multicultural, disadvantaged settings in Sweden
Abstract : Introduction: Inequalities in health, including child health, occur even in welfare countries like Sweden because of unequal distribution of the social determinants of health. Children’s health is poorer in multicultural and disadvantaged neighborhoods in Stockholm, compared with the Stockholm County average. READ MORE