Browsing Institutt for allmenn- og samfunnsmedisin ( -2009) by Issue Date
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)Abstract Diarrhea has been one of the major causes of morbidity in under-five children in Malawi. About 86% of the population lives in rural areas where poverty is very rife. The aim of the study was to investigate ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)Background: Conflicts and wars in several areas in Indonesia had caused a large number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and 70% of IDPs are children and women. IDPs adolescent is a vulnerable group of having mental ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)Background: More than half of adults living with HIV today are women Worldwide. In Tanzania HIV prevalence was about 1.5 times higher for women than men among blood donors (12.5% and 9.1% respectively). While care and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)ABSTRACT This study starts out with recent global immunisation history; the success in achieving high immunisation coverage, and later the failure to sustain the same. With this in mind, the study is looking into effects ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion continue to be a major public health problem in Uganda. This study has demonstrated that the problem of abortion is still on the increase ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background Maternal mortality is the vital indicator with the greatest disparity between developed and developing countries. The challenging nature of measuring maternal mortality has made it necessary to ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2005)Gjennom kvalitative intervjuer med kvinner med kroniske muskelsmerter studeres utfordringer i møtet med legen og dagliglivet. Det ‘(tro)verdighetsarbeidet’ pasientene utfører synliggjøres og analyseres; et arbeid som peker ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background Several studies have shown that children who are relatively young within a school year are at greater risk for poorer school performance compared with their older peers. One study also reported ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background Worldwide immunization coverage shows an increase in the past years but the validity of the official reports for measuring change over time has been questioned. Facing this problem, donor supported ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background Leukemia is a clonal disorder characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of haematopoietic cells, and represents the most common form of cancer in children. Advances in therapy for childhood ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background The aim of this study was to describe the kinds of ethical dilemmas surgeons face during practice. Methods Five male and five female ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background Delayed diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) results in severe disease and a higher mortality. It also leads to an increased period of infectivity in the community. The objective of this ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background The prevalence of smoking in nursing personnel remains high. The aim of this study was to identify work factors that predict smoking cessation among nurses' aides. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background The aim of this study was to explore the ethical challenges in surgery from the surgeons' point of view and their experience of being in ethically difficult situations. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background The key elements in tuberculosis (TB) control are to cure the individual patient, interrupt transmission of TB to others and prevent the tubercle bacilli from becoming drug resistant. Incomplete ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Background. Mobile Rural Workers have been widely concern as potential source of new HIV infections in China, due to the nature of the mobility and magnitude of the population. Objective. The study aimed at assessing ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Background Childhood malnutrition, an important risk factor for child mortality, has been a major health problem with no improvement over the last eight years in Malawi. One of the direct causes to child malnutrition is ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Background: Antibiotic resistance has become a worldwide problem. Recently, there has been a global increase in infections caused by microorganisms resistant to multiple antibiotics. This has led to increases in morbidity ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Objective: The main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of food insecurity and its associated socio-demographic characteristics in Oria village North-East Tanzania. It also aimed at exploring the relationship ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Sudan TB Reference laboratory need more strengthening in issue of cultures and drug susceptibility testing . Drug-resistant TB is common among previously treated TB patients. Low Weight of the patients, number of previous ...