Browsing Institutt for allmenn- og samfunnsmedisin ( -2009) by Issue Date
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)The Life and Health Status of Urban Elderly People in Beijing, China Background Population ageing has becoming an important development issue that requires urgent action. Health, economic and social issues of ageing are ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Objective: The study was designed to estimate the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among the urban slum population and to make a valid comparison of differential prevalences along with its risk factors. Further, the agreement ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Development of an effective vaccine against HIV has faced great challenges due to the great genetic diversity of the virus. However, in different geographical areas candidate vaccines based on the prevalent HIV-1 subtype(s) ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Intestinal worm infections are prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas, and are, from a public health perspective, a significant cause of morbidity in many areas. Factors that contribute to spreading infections are ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)SETTING: Khartoum, Gazira and camps for displaced people OBJECTIVES: To find the extent of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in Sudan and to estimate the association between drug resistance-TB and proportion of new cases ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Abstract Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has been one of the challenging health related practices which is prevalent in different continents. Though, there are some documents indicating the declining of this ancient surgery ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Rationale for the Study: The Gambia is a small West African state of about 10,680 square kilometers with a population of just over 1.2 million inhabitants. It is a densely populated country with approximately 97 people per ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)This study aims to recognize and describe the self-perceived working conditions for immigrants and their experiences performing blue-collar work at Rikshospitalet, the national hospital of Norway. Reasons for this study ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Rationale Mother to child transmission of HIV is the predominant manner in which children acquire HIV. UNAIDS estimates 1800 HIV infected infants continue to be born every day in the developing world. In the absence of any ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Background. The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in the general population is alarming. Studies on musculoskeletal pain in clinical settings and in the community show that there exists a relationship between widespread ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Background: Data on adolescent nutritional status in Palestine are not available, although adolescents represent one-fourth of the Palestinian population. Nutritional needs of adolescents as a group have been largely ignored ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)This study was undertaken to assess the extent of pollution of water and contamination of vegetables grown by irrigation with polluted river water. The study was done in the Akaki and Mekanisa areas of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)This is a study to explore the knowledge, attitude and practice of high school students in the Capital city and one province in the mountainous area in Lao PDR, the land of million elephants . The first objective of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) in 1985 and 1999 recommended the use of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and 2-h post glucose load with a 75 gm oral glucose (OGTT) for identification of diabetic cases. The ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Background. Malnutrition is a global health problem. Madagascar has had an increase in the percentage of malnourished children since the beginning of 1980. Forty-nine percent of children less than 5 years of age are stunted. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Background: China is undergoing a rapid nutrition transition. While malnutrition is still a problem in rural and low-income urban groups, adolescent obesity is becoming a major nutrition problem in urban areas and is needing ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Adolescents, like everybody else have a right to health including sexual health. Their sexuality ishowever clouded by problems that increase their vulnerability to HIV infection. Several factors contribute to this. This ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)This thesis presents the results of a qualitative study into the experience of an economic intervention for landmine victims with chronic pain syndrome in rural Cambodia. The study aims to find changes in chronic pain after ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Health Care Workers (HCWs) exposure to blood and body fluids is frequent during health care practice, through various procedures (surgical procedures, injections, disposal of used sharps, cleaning etc) and in the different ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Transmission of HIV in breast milk is well established, but public health approaches to its prevention in resource poor setting remain problematic. HIV-infected women are advised to avoid breastfeeding if possible, otherwise ...