Search for dissertations about: "preventive measures"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 228 swedish dissertations containing the words preventive measures.

2. 21. Understanding Skin Cancer Risk and Prevention : with Emphasis on Actinic Keratosis Patients

   Author : Ghassan Guorgis; Magnus Falk; Chris Anderson; Magdalena Claeson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The rising incidence of skin cancer globally makes it important to emphasize preventive measures that promote sun protection, particularly among individuals with phenotypic predisposition and/or risky sun habits. Actinic keratosis (AK) is the predominant actinic lesion observed in fair-skinned populations, recognized as a sign of actinic skin damage and as an occasional precursor to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). READ MORE

4. 22. Pictorial presentation of subclinical atherosclerosis : a measure to reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease

   Author : Anna Bengtsson; Margareta Norberg; Eva Fhärm; Per Wester; Mai-Lis Hellénius; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cardiovascular disease; non-adherence; pictorial information; prevention; subclinical atherosclerosis;

   Abstract : The overall aim was improved cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention through the VIPVIZA intervention. This includes the provision of pictorial information of subclinical atherosclerosis to participants and their general practitioners (GPs), follow-up phone call, and written information to the participant. READ MORE

5. 23. The two faces of smallpox : a disease and its prevention in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Sweden

   Author : Peter Sköld; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; epidemiologic transition; historical demography; infectious disease; inoculation; mortality; public health; smallpox; Sweden; vaccination;

   Abstract : This study deals with the history of smallpox in Sweden between 1750 and 1900 and the two preventive measures that were used against it: inoculation during the eighteenth and vaccination during the nineteenth Century. Between 1750 and 1800 300,000 children died from smallpox in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 24. It´s never too late : health-promotion and disease-prevention for very old person

   Author : Lina Behm; University of Gothenburg/ Sahlgrenska Academy; []
   Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate the effects of health-promoting and disease-preventive interventions on health and frailty in very old community-dwelling persons, and to explore the participants’ experiences in relation to these interventions. Studies I and II were evaluations of the three-armed randomised, single-blind and controlled trial Elderly Persons in the Risk Zone, which consisted  of the two health-promoting and disease-preventive interventions preventive home visits (PHV) and multi-professional senior group meetings (senior meetings). READ MORE

7. 25. Risk behaviour and prevention of blood borne infections among injecting drug users

   Author : Lillebil Nordén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : In Stockholm County the two major injecting drugs are amphetamine and heroin, injected by about 9 000 persons almost every day. There is no access to needle and syringe program and about 1000 patients are in substitution programs, mostly Methadone and Burprenorphine programs. READ MORE