Search for dissertations about: "school screening"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 65 swedish dissertations containing the words school screening.

2. 1. Neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders in a young school-age population. Epidemiology and comorbidity in a school health perspective

   Author : Björn Kadesjö; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ADHD; DAMP; DCD; Asperger syndrome; autistic disorder; Tourette syndrome; tics; population study; comorbidity; ASSQ; ITPA; Raven; Conners; reading disorder; dyslexia; school health; screening; motor examination.;

   Abstract : A total population of 826 7-year old children attended schools in Karlstad, a middle-sized town in central Sweden in August of 1992. Of these, 818 attended mainstream classrooms. READ MORE

4. 2. Women’s participation in mammography screening

   Author : Tatiana Sterlingova; Maud Lundén; Berit Møller Christensen; Johan Kihlberg; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; breast cancer; health promotion; mammography screening; participation; women;

   Abstract : This dissertation focuses on women’s participation in mammography screening, which is a vital component of early detection and effective management of breast cancer. All Swedish women in the age group of 40-74 receive an invitation by mail at regular intervals of 18-24 months. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on job market screening, in-group bias and school competition

   Author : Gustaf Lundgren; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This dissertation contains four essays in various fields of economics. The first paper shows how to construct a model of the labor market with multiple applications and goes on to show empirical support for such a model compared to the standard version. READ MORE

6. 4. Health Complaints, Bullying and Predictors of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 10-year-olds in a Swedish Community

   Author : Kirsten Holmberg; Anders Hjern; Hans K:son Blomquist; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : ADHD; health complaints; psychosomatic; bullying; developmental screening; preschool children; school children; behavioural screening; Conners 10-item scale; Wilson and Jungner criteria; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Medicine; medicin;

   Abstract : Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common behavioural disturbances in school children. The aims of this thesis were to explore the association of ADHD with recurrent health complaints and bullying behaviour in children in grade four, and to evaluate whether it is possible to predict ADHD in grade four by screening before or at school entry. READ MORE

7. 5. On the necessity of screening and national registration of congenital cataracts

   Author : Gunilla Magnusson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : congenital cataract; glaucoma; intraocular surgery; posterior capsular opacification PCO ; prevalence; visual acuity VA ; visual impairment; screening; newborn examination; blindness prevention; cost-utility analysis; quality- adjusted life year QALY ;

   Abstract : Objectives: The overall aim of this thesis was to contribute to improvements in the management of congenital cataract by defining the most efficient screening procedure, examining the magnitude of the morbidity rate, optimizing the timing of surgery by relating surgical outcome to age at intervention and severity of visual deprivation and furthermore by evaluating costs versus consequences of introducing the most efficient screening procedure found, on a national basis.Methods: Paper I: 72 children born between 1992 and 1998 in the Stockholm County Council region, Västra Götaland and Halland county, Linköping-Motala, Malmö, and Lund, who had surgery for congenital cataract before the age of one year were included in a retrospective study. READ MORE