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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, 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, 2008)Aim: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is more common among Han Chinese immigrants who have immigrated from inland China (from low altitude to high altitude Tibet) than among native Tibetans living at the same altitude. The ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Aim: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is more common among Han Chinese immigrants who have immigrated from inland China (from low altitude to high altitude Tibet) than among native Tibetans living at the same altitude. The ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Background Hairdressers are exposed to chemicals and work tasks which may be harmful to their health. Studies have shown that this group of working women have a high incidence of both asthma and skin problems. The information ...
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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, 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)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, 2009)Introduction: Early marriage is both socially and culturally accepted in Shivgarh, a rural area of Uttar Pradesh, India. About 61.1% of all rural women residing in this province are married before they reach the age of ...
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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, 2006)ABSTRACT Background: China is making efforts to reduce maternal mortality. But there are still over ten thousand women who die of maternal causes every year. Research on underlying factors of maternal mortality is insufficient. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)This article examines the pathways to health seeking as seen from the lived experiences of people with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Zambia, as they negotiate their livelihoods in pluralistic health care settings. Zambia, together ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Introduction: Despite the significant investments put into improving the provision of contraceptive services in Uganda, the desired outcomes have not been realized. Contraceptive prevalence rate remains low and only 18% ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)Abstract Background : Sedentary lifestyle along with easy access to fast foods have resulted in a global epidemic of diabetes with a prediction that it will rise from the current estimate of 190 million to 324 million in ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)The HIV/AIDS pandemic, fuelled by a number of broader political cultural and social factors, affects lives of millions of people and cripples the economy of countries. According to UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update Report ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)Background: Acute diarrheal disease among children younger than 5 years old remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Severe infectious diarrhea in children occurs most frequently under circumstances of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)ABSTRACT Background. Neurodevelopmental impairment (NI) is a serious problem because it not only affects the individual s quality of life but it also decreases the future s human resources for the entire society. Early ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Background and purpose. The relationship between paediatric HIV infection and neurodevelopment has been studied largely in developed countries even if the burden of paediatric HIV is in Sub -Sahara Africa. This study ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)Abstract Tanzania like other Sub Saharan African countries is having high HIV prevalence. Adolescents are among the risk groups. So far studies focusing on long term survey of primary school pupils HIV/AIDS knowledge, ...
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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 ...