Browsing Institutt for allmenn- og samfunnsmedisin ( -2009) by Issue Date
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 1984)Avhandlingen ble utgitt som Rapport nr 1, 1984, i rapportserie hos Gruppe for helsetjenesteforskning, Statens institutt for folkehelse.
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)Only a small proportion of women in developing countries –less than 30% -receive adequate postpartum care (WHO 1998). In very poor countries and regions, as few as 5% of women receive such care. A large proportion of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)Objective: To assess the quality of care midwives provide to clients during the postpartum period. Design: A cross sectional descriptive qualitative and quantitative survey among 65 practising registered nurse midwives. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)Objective: To assess the quality of care midwives provide to clients during the postpartum period. Design: A cross sectional descriptive qualitative and quantitative survey among 65 practising registered nurse midwives. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)Client satisfaction, one of the health outcome measurements, is directly related with utilization of services and continuity of care. Moreover, the possible effect of clients’ satisfaction that might bring on improvement ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)This is a study to explore the knowledge, attitude and practice of family planning among men in Ngara district Tanzania. The first objective of the study was to assess the knowledge of different contraceptive methods and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)DESIGN: Strains isolated from 119 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis were studied by the BACTEC method. Medical records of the patients were reviewed, retrospectively, to identify factors associated with drug ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)Objective: The study was designed to assess the effect of health and nutrition training among health workers on anaemia in rural communities of Tanzania. Methods: The study utilised two sets of data. Data on haemoglobin ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)Tuberculosis (TB) is still a big and growing health problem in most developing countries. In Vietnam, the intensity of spread of tubercle bacilli seems to increase with a higher number of TB patients detected year by year ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)Background: Most refugees live in low-income countries. More than one hundred thousand Bhutanese refugees have been living in Nepal for several years. The association of torture and psychiatric morbidity with disability ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)Background: Surgical site infections (SSI) are the most common infection among surgical patients. SSI causes patient morbidity and mortality. Local nosocomial infection surveillance and prevention programs are reported to ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2001)Objective To explore whether there is a potential for greater use of research-based information in public health practice in a local setting. Secondly, if research-based information is relevant, to explore ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Introduction: In the Chinese community, rapid urbanization, sedentary life style, stress, smoking and changes in dietary may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. Studies conducted in China showed an increasing prevalence ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Malaria is one of the most challenging problems in the tropical parts of the world, causing about 1.5 to 2.7 million deaths annually. Ninety percent of these deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa and 5% of children die from ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Background: This study investigated the relationship between family background and adolescent sexuality among secondary school students in Botswana. Objective: Controlling for individual, household, and community level ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Background. The investigation aims to explore the factors giving rise to the development of persistent diarrhoea (PD) and to find out the prevalence of persistent diarrhoea and Giardia lamblia in children aged 6 to 23 ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)BACK GROUND: The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in the whole world and in Palestine. Prevention of the disease would help to stop the epidemic. Education is an important element in diabetes prevention and treatment. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)A cross sectional study using both quantitative and qualitative approaches was carried out in Assosa Town, Ethiopia (2001-2002) to investigate what proportion of couples were discussing about family planning, if there was ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Rationale: Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world with a GDP of 260 USD per capita. The public health expenditure was 10.2% of the GDP in 1999. 59% of the population has access to health facility within 15 km ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)In order to gain more knowledge about the working environment and on the occurrence of solvent-exposure symptoms among workers of car painting workshops, we conducted a cross-sectional occupational survey (descriptive ...