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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION At the end of 2007 an estimated 2.1 million children were living with HIV/AIDS, and 2 million of those were in sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated that 90% of children living with HIV acquired ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)It is widely acknowledged that providing family planning services to adolescents would not encourage them to indulge in sexual behaviors but would rather help them with information on how to protect themselves if sexually ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) most of which progress to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing world wide. An apprehensive increase of GDM is also observed in Bangladesh in line with growing ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Background: Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the world, especially in developing countries. Tuberculosis can transmit from person to person through the air. Thus, household contacts ...
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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, 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, 2004)Objectives: To investigate the use of lactobacillus as a simple tool for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV) using wet mounts in pregnant women and to assess the positive predictive value of absence of lactobacillus ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in the Horn of Africa, with Ethiopia being the most affected where TB is increasing at a rate of 2.6% each year. The main contributing factor for this rise is ...
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Socio-cultural perceptions and practices of dietary choices with focus on fat intake in middle aged (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)ABSTRACT Socio-cultural perceptions and practices of dietary choices with focus on fat intake in middle aged Pakistani women in Oslo – a qualitative study Introduction: The nutritional transition has resulted globally in ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Background: There is much evidence from epidemiological studies of a link between poor realization of genetic growth potential in utero and elevated risk of some adult diseases. The associations between low birth weight ...
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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)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 ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)Background: Available evidences show that Nepal has now entered into a concentrated HIV epidemic phase, as HIV prevalence is found above 5% among CSWs, IDUs. Studies show that mobility is one of the factors behind wide ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Introduction: Childhood immunization coverage in Uganda has been declining over the last few years thus wiping out a significant part of the initial gains made in the immunization sector. The period of this decline coincides ...
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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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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)Background: There are 63 million persons with disabilities (PWDs) in China, and most of them live in rural areas. They have received inadequate education, employment and the treatment for rehabilitation. They are disadvantaged ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)Background Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in Nepal and most often they are diagnosed as stage 2 or more. Despite having country’s cancer referral hospital B.P Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital (BPKMCH), the biggest ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)OBJECTIVE — To observe the implementation of American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines for care of type 2 diabetics at Peripheral Diabetes Clinics (PDCs) in Karachi, Pakistan. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS — The study ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)ABSTRACT Background: The vulnerability to HIV and AIDS of school children and youth in general raised the need for school-based prevention programs that encourage safe sexual behaviour. This study was conducted as a ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Copperbelt province of Zambia Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious public health problem in Zambia. The long treatment (DOTS) patients have to undergo is challenging, and poor communication between TB patients and ...