Search for dissertations about: "socioeconomic factors"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 393 swedish dissertations containing the words socioeconomic factors.

  2. 6. Mental ill-health in childbearing women : Markers and risk factors

    Author : Anne-Marie Wangel; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : markers; mental ill-health; pregnancy; psychiatric inpatient care; risk factors;

    Abstract : The awareness of mental health problems in women of reproductive age has increased worldwide in the recent decades. Much research has focused on symptoms of depression in women and the risk of postpartum depression, as a factor of attachment problems and adverse health effects on the newborn and growing child. READ MORE

  4. 7. Improving neonatal survival in East Africa Analysis of maternal service utilization, effectiveness of care and risk factors for neonatal mortality in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania

    Author : Malachi Ochieng Arunda; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neonatal survival; Neonatal Mortality; Antenatal care; Childbirth; Postnatal care; Low birthweight; Cesarean delivery; Continuum of care seeking; care-seeking behaviour; Effectiveness of care; Sociodemographic factors; socioeconomic factors; Attributable neonatal mortality-risk fraction;

    Abstract : Despite profound progress made in reducing neonatal mortality, it remains one of the major global health challenges. In 2019, the World Health Organization estimated that 2.4 million neonatal deaths occurred, accounting for over 45 percent of under-5 deaths worldwide. READ MORE

  5. 8. Migration, Stress and Mental Ill Health : Post-migration Factors and Experiences in the Swedish Context

    Author : Petter Tinghög; Lennart Nordenfelt; John Carstensen; Thomas Hemmingsson; Matti Similä; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cross-cultural equivalence; foreign-born; Hopkins Symptom Checklist HSCL-25 ; Living conditions; mental ill health; migration; phenomenology; population-based; Risk factors; Stress; WHO Wellbeing Index; Cross-cultural equivalence; foreign-born; Hopkins Symptom Checklist HSCL-25 ; Living conditions; mental ill health; migration; phenomenology; population-based; risk factors; stress; WHO Wellbeing Index; invandrare; psykisk hälsa; migration; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : This predominantly empirical dissertation deals with how socio-economic living conditions and immigrant-specific factors can be linked to immigrants’ mental ill health. It is also explored how cultural representations can affect stress and whether mental ill health is expressed differently among immigrants from Iraq and Iran than among individuals of Nordic origin. READ MORE

  6. 9. Smoking, snuffing and oral health with special reference to dental caries

    Author : Lena Hellqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; carbohydrates; dental care habits; dental caries; nicotine-containing snus; nicotine-free snus; plaque pH; salivary factors; smokeless tobacco; smoking; snuff; socioeconomic factors; tobacco; Dental Hygiene; Oral hälsa; carbohydrates; dental care habits; dental caries; nicotine-containing snus; nicotine-free snus; plaque pH; salivary factors; smokeless tobacco; smoking; snuff; socioeconomic factors; tobacco;

    Abstract : Background and aims: This thesis describes oral health and the use of tobacco with the emphasis on dental caries and Swedish snuff (snus). There appears to be a general opinion in Sweden that snus protects against caries, but there are no scientific studies that support these speculations. READ MORE

  7. 10. Risk and survival for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden : sociodemographic factors and surveillance programs

    Author : Olle Sjöström; Beatrice S. Melin; Lars H Lindholm; Richard Palmqvist; Johannes Blom; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Colorectal cancer; Risk factors; Cancer epidemiology; Endoscopy general; Health economy; Cancer prevention; Hereditary colorectal; Surveillance colonoscopy; Cancer Epidemiology; cancerepidemiologi; Genetics; genetik; Surgery; kirurgi; Oncology; onkologi;

    Abstract : BackgroundColorectal cancer (CRC) – i.e., cancer in the colon or rectum – is one of the most common cancers both globally and in Sweden. The risk for CRC is mainly related to age, heredity, and life-style risk factors. READ MORE