Sökning: "Child mortality"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 153 avhandlingar innehållade orden Child mortality.

1. 21. Surviving the loss of a child, a spouse, or both : Implications on life satisfaction and mortality in older ages

   Författare :Anna S. Bratt; Mikael Rennemark; Ulf Stenström; Gerd Ahlström; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; negative life events; child and spouse loss; bereavement; older adults; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : Losing a loved one – a child or a spouse –is described as one of the most stressful or negative experience of a person’s life. Aging is associated with a higher risk of the death of close family members, yet few studies have investigated the impact of such losses on different health outcomes either by type of loss or by the combined loss of both a child and a spouse. LÄS MER

3. 22. Dying to make a fresh start : mortality and health transition in a new South Africa

   Författare :Kathleen Kahn; Anneli Ivarsson; Stig Wall; Michel Garenne; Debbie Bradshaw; Vinod Diwan; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; age-specific mortality; agincourt; demographic surveillance system; epidemiologic transition; health transition; mortality trends; rural; South Africa; verbal autopsy; vital registration.; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi;

   Sammanfattning : Rationale: Vital registration is lacking in developing settings where health and development problems are most pressing. Policy-makers confront an “information paradox”: the critical need for information on which to base priorities and monitor progress, and the profound shortage of such information. LÄS MER

4. 23. Growth and Survival : Child Health Disparities and Early Life Adversity in Sub-Saharan Africa

   Författare :Omar Karlsson; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; child health; under-mortality; sub-Saharan Africa; low-and-middle-income countries; parental factors;

   Sammanfattning : Sound physical health is a critical component of the human development process, wherein early life and childhood are pivotal periods. Although child health in sub-Saharan Africa has been improving for the past few decades, the region still has the highest mortality rate for children under five as well as high levels of child morbidity. LÄS MER

5. 24. Metabolic Control, Morbidity and Mortality in Type 1 Diabetes with Onset in Childhood/Adolescence

   Författare :John Samuelsson; Karin Åkesson; Ragnar Hanås; Lena Hanberger; Ann-Marie Svensson; Jonas Ludvigsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Type 1 diabetes; HbA1c; Mortality; Autoimmune comorbidity;

   Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to study mortality in individuals with onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in childhood and adolescence in Sweden, related to clinical characteristics such as metabolic control in childhood/adolescence and comorbidity.  Methods: All studies in this thesis were register-based observational studies using a nationwide and population-based quality register, the paediatric part of the Swe-dish National Diabetes Register (NDR), for identification and collection of clinical data of individuals with T1D diagnosed before 18 years of age. LÄS MER

7. 25. Population Dynamics, Diet and Migrations of the Únetice Culture in Poland

   Författare :Dalia Anna Pokutta; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; palaeodemography; Bronze Age; Central Europe; Únětice culture; stable isotopes analyses; 13C and 15N analyses; 87Sr 86 strontium analyses; radiocarbon dating; palaeopathology; mobility; diet; prehistoric identity; child in prehistory; eldery in prehistory; Únětice tribal elites; prehistoric homicide; fertility; mortality; population growth; Bronze Age transportation; theory of migrations; Silesia; Wrocław; Nebra;

   Sammanfattning : Únětice kulturens roll när det kommer till formandet av bronsåldern i Europa kan inte överskattas. Uppkomsten och existensen av denna originella, utvidgande och dynamiska population markerar en av de mest intressanta tidpunkterna i europeisk förhistoria, tidpunkten då en era avslutas och en ny tar vid. LÄS MER