Sökning: "non-communicable disease"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 34 avhandlingar innehållade orden non-communicable disease.
1. Food environments in socioeconomically disadvantaged and immigrant populations through a non-communicable disease lens
Sammanfattning : Background: Globally, non-communicable diseases are increasing. With an evidenced link to the social determinants of health, this highlights a social gradient, whereby socioeconomic status, ethnicity and other factors influence poorer health outcomes. LÄS MER
2. Dynamic Modelling of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of two papers dealing with the stochastic dynamic modelling of one communicable and one non-communicable disease respectively. In the first paper we derive a patient- and organ-specific measure for the estimated negative side effects of radiotherapy using a stochastic logistic birth-death process. LÄS MER
3. Non-communicable diseases and war injuries in Palestine : burden, incidence and management in the health system
Sammanfattning : Background: The epidemics of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and war-related injuries are a significant health concerns, and are rapidly emerging as major causes of mortality and disability globally, particularly in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Palestine. Health research on the epidemiology and management of NCDs and war injuries is scarce and largely neglected. LÄS MER
4. Where are the world’s disease patterns heading? : The challenges of epidemiological transition
Sammanfattning : INTRODUCTION: Epidemiological transition theory, first postulated by Omran in 1971, provides a useful framework for understanding cause-specific mortality changes and may contribute usefully to predictions about cause-specific mortality. However, understandings of mortality transitions and associated epidemiological changes remain poorly defined for public health practitioners due to lack of evidence from low- and middle-income countries. LÄS MER
5. Working with community : exploring community empowerment to support non-communicable disease prevention in a middle-incom country
Sammanfattning : Background: Non communicable diseases (NCD) are recognized as a major burden of human health globally, especially in low and middle-income countries including Indonesia. This thesis addresses a community intervention program utilizing a community empowerment approach to study whether this is a reasonable strategy to control NCD. LÄS MER