Search for dissertations about: "vaccination"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 358 swedish dissertations containing the word vaccination.

  2. 11. Prevention of Human Papillomavirus in a school-based setting

    Author : Maria Grandahl; Tanja Tydén; Ragnar Westerling; Tryggve Nevéus; Marie Oscarsson; Ann Josefsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Human papillomavirus; HPV; vaccination; cervical cancer; school nurse; school health; immigrants; parents; adolescents; belief; attitude; decision; prevention; public health; randomised controlled trial; intervention; focus group interviews; vaccine hesitancy; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science; Caring Sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to examine beliefs about human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention, especially vaccination, among parents, immigrant women, adolescents and school nurses, and to promote primary prevention among adolescents.The methods used in the thesis were focus group interviews, individual interviews, a web-based questionnaire, and finally, a randomised controlled intervention study. READ MORE

  4. 12. 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

  5. 13. Invasive haemophilus influenzae infection. Clinical, immunologic and pathogenic aspects

    Author : Svante Hugosson; Sweden Gothenburg University of Gothenburg; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Haemophilus influenzae; epidemiology; mortality; vaccination; epiglottitis; meningitis; hearing loss; neuropsychology immunology; physiopathology; adhesion;

    Abstract : Invasive Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) infection, predominantly manifested as acute meningitis and epiglottitis, is a serious disease with associated mortality and residual handicap. Prevention of the disease is possible by vaccination against Hi serotype b (Hib). READ MORE

  6. 14. Aspects of beta cell and thyroid autoimmunity in children

    Author : Bengt Lindberg; Pediatrisk endokrinologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pediatrics; virus; vaccination; type 1 diabetes mellitus; thyroiditis; allergy; autoantibodies; Pediatri;

    Abstract : The two most common autoimmune endocrine diseases in children are autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) and Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Autoantibodies (ab) can be found several years before clinical diagnosis in both diseases. READ MORE

  7. 15. Stochastic epidemics on random networks

    Author : Abid Ali Lashari; Pieter Trapman; Filip Lindskog; Peter Neal; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Branching process; Configuration model; Random graph; Epidemic process; Final size; Threshold behaviour; Duration of an epidemic; Vaccination; Mathematical Statistics; matematisk statistik;

    Abstract : This thesis considers stochastic epidemic models for the spread of epidemics in structured populations. The asymptotic behaviour of the models is analysed by using branching process approximations. The thesis contains four manuscripts. READ MORE