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  1. 1. Den gränslösa hälsan : Signe och Axel Höjer, folkhälsan och expertisen

    Författare :Annika Berg; Karin Johannisson; Jenny Beckman; Roger Qvarsell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of medicine; public health; mother and child healthcare; social medicine; family policy; healthcare administration; international health; development aid; family planning; population; policy transfer; governmentality; gender; expertise; Sweden; India; Travancore-Cochin; Kerala; Ghana; World Health Organization; Signe Höjer; Axel Höjer; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; idé- och lärdomshistoria; History Of Sciences and Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation investigates the mutual life project of Signe (1896-1988) and Axel Höjer (1890-1974), a married couple who were key actors in the construction of the Swedish welfare state. It emphasises the ways in which they went about asserting a special public health expertise in different contexts. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Contemporary home-based care : encounters, relationships and the use of distance-spanning technology

    Författare :Britt-Marie Wälivaara; Aina Willman; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nursing; Omvårdnad;

    Sammanfattning : Encounters and relationships are basic foundations of nursing care and the preconditions for these foundations are changing along with a change in healthcare towards an increase of home-based care. In this development the use of distance-spanning technology is becoming increasingly common. LÄS MER

  4. 3. A Pill for the Ill? : Depression, Medicalization and Public Health

    Författare :Andreas Vilhelmsson; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pharmaceuticalization; Medicalization; Adverse drug reaction; Antidepressants; Consumer reporting; Depression; Medical encounter; Mental health; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Mental disorders, especially depression, have been increasingly described as a growing burden to global public health. Critics argue, however, that the use of mental health surveys, underlying these descriptions, tends to overestimate the prevalence of mental disorders by not distinguishing everyday experiences of distress from pathological conditions. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Social determinants and the role of maternal health care services for equity in maternal health in Ghana from 1988 – 2008

    Författare :Benedict Oppong Asamoah; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; inequality; social determinants; equity; socio-economic factors; maternal mortality; maternal health; fertility; modern contraception; antenatal care; skilled birth attendants; policy; health care services; Ghana;

    Sammanfattning : Maternal health services are the least equitable health care services in most low- and middle-income countries. Improving maternal health in Ghana continues to be a major public health challenge. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Precipitation, Raw Water Quality, Drinking Water Treatment and Gastrointestinal Illness

    Författare :Andreas Tornevi; Bertil Forsberg; Gordon Langston Nichols; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

    Sammanfattning : Background On numerous occasions, outbreaks of acute gastrointestinal illnesses (AGI) have been linked to municipal drinking water in the industrialised world. Many of the reported outbreaks were observed after heavy rainfall events, which suggests that such events could result in a deterioration in the quality of drinking water. LÄS MER