Sökning: "Community perceptions"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 158 avhandlingar innehållade orden Community perceptions.

1. 1. Working with community : exploring community empowerment to support non-communicable disease prevention in a middle-incom country

   Författare :Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi; Lars Weinehall; Hans Stenlund; Ann Öhman; Charli Eriksson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NCD; cardiovascular disease; community intervention; prevention; community empowerment; middle-incom countries; folkhälsa; Public health;

   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

3. 2. Prevention of intimate partner violence : community and healthcare workers´ perceptions in urban Tanzania

   Författare :Rose Mjawa Laisser; Maria Emmelin; Lennarth Nyström; Katarina Hjelm; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Intimate partner violence; healthcare workers; perceptions; gender norms; social support; prevention; Tanzania; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is public health and human rights concern. The studies forming this thesis seek to understand healthcare worker and community attitudes and perceptions about IPV; their role in support, care and prevention of IPV, and the feasibility of introducing routine screening for IPV among women attending healthcare. LÄS MER

4. 3. Air pollution in Nairobi slums : sources, levels and lay perceptions

   Författare :Kanyiva Muindi; Nawi Ng; Joacim Rocklöv; Elizabeth Kimani-Murage; Marie Thynell; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Air pollution; perceptions; slums; health impacts; Nairobi; Epidemiology; epidemiologi; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Sammanfattning : BackgroundAir quality in Africa has remained a relatively under-researched field. Most of the African population is dependent on biomass for cooking and heating, with most of the combustion happening in low efficiency stoves in unvented kitchens. LÄS MER

5. 4. Patient Perspectives on Community Pharmacy Services

   Författare :Tobias Renberg; Mary P Tully; Marjorie C Weiss; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; community pharmacy services; patient prespectives; pharmacy services; pharmaceutical care; Q methodology; Community pharmacy services; Samhällsfarmaci; Social Pharmacy; samhällsfarmaci;

   Sammanfattning : Community pharmacy practice is changing, putting a greater emphasis on patient involvement and empowerment than on physical drug products. Developing practice philosophies, such as pharmaceutical care, are operationalised through an ever-evolving service proliferation. LÄS MER

7. 5. Meals and Food in Older Women : Health Perceptions, Eating Habits, and Food Management

   Författare :Kerstin Gustafsson; Sandmann Per-Olof; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Medical sciences; rheumatoid arthritis; Older women; Parkinson’s disease; stroke; health perceptions; food habits; food-related work; food counselling; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The aim was to describe and explore the food-related work and eating habits of older community-dwelling women, with Parkinson’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis or stroke or without these diseases. The major focus is on health perceptions, eating habits and meal support. A theoretical framework based on cultural and health theories was adopted. LÄS MER