Sökning: "Care-seeking behaviour"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 27 avhandlingar innehållade orden Care-seeking behaviour.

1. 6. Emergency care seeking behaviour : in relation to patients' and providers' perceptions and attitudes

   Författare :Ann-Sofie Backman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Emergency department;

   Sammanfattning : Background: This study was developed with the main objective of evaluating users of emergency departments (ED) triaged as non-urgent following a period of time when large cutbacks in hospital and ambulatory care were taking place in Sweden. Aim: To analyse patients seeking medical attention for conditions triaged as non-urgent at an ED and patients who used non-scheduled services in primary care (PC) in relation to their symptoms, perceptions and the physicians’ assessments of urgency, and to register their subsequent health care use within one month. LÄS MER

3. 7. Classification, care-seeking behaviour and pre-hospital triage of patients exposed to whiplash trauma

   Författare :Artur Tenenbaum; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Whiplash; WAD; Pre-hospital triage; Medical decision-making; Clinical decisions;

   Sammanfattning : Classification, care-seeking behaviour and pre-hospital triage of patients exposed to a whiplash trauma Artur Tenenbaum Avdelning för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa, Institutionen för medicin, Sahlgrenska akademin, Göteborgs universitet, Sverige. Abstract Knowledge about the optimal first acute care level and classification after exposure to a whiplash trauma is important for the injured individual and for the healthcare system. LÄS MER

4. 8. Migration, health and diabetes mellitus - Studies comparing foreign-and Swedish-born diabetic subjects living in Sweden

   Författare :Katarina Hjelm; Samhällsmedicin; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; sekretion; Endokrinologi; secreting systems; diabetology; Endocrinology; samhällsmedicin; Social medicine; Socialmedicin; diabetes mellitus; prevalence; Migrants; glycaemic control; diabetes mellitus complications; social class; health services needs and demand; diabetologi; perceived health; lifestyle; health care professionals; health illness beliefs; care-seeking behaviour; self-care;

   Sammanfattning : To study the influence of migration on health in migrant diabetic subjects, foreign-and Swedish-born persons were compared as regards objective and subjectively perceived health in relation to social position, and beliefs about health and illness and their influence on self-care and care-seeking behaviour. Persons (foreign- and Swedish-born) with known diabetes mellitus (DM), aged 16-74 years, were chosen from two different counties in Southern Sweden (n=143/1384; 113/1564), and from a random sample of the Swedish population, the annual Swedish Survey of Living Conditions (n=31/446). LÄS MER

5. 9. Social capital, trust in institutions, discrimination and self-rated health. An epidemiological study in southern Sweden

   Författare :Mohabbat Mohseni; Socialepidemiologi; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; acute myocardial infarction AMI ; Self-rated health; social capital; institutional trust; horizontal trust; access to health care; care-seeking behaviour; political trust; ethnicity; Sweden; discrimination; anticipation;

   Sammanfattning : The rational for studying health consequences of social determinants is to enable understanding of factors that affect population patterns of health, disease and well-being in order to produce knowledge useful for guiding policies and actions to reduce social inequalities in health and promote social well-being. The aims of this study have been to investigate the association between aspects of social capital, discrimination and health. LÄS MER

7. 10. Female sex workers in Laos : perceptions, care seeking behaviour and barriers related to sexually transmitted infection services

   Författare :Ketkesone Phrasisombath; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :female sex workers;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) cause health, social and economic burdens in both low- and high-income countries. Not only do STIs impact quality of life, reproductive health and child health, but they also play a crucial role in facilitating sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). LÄS MER