Sökning: "Community-based healthcare"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden Community-based healthcare.

1. 11. Economic evaluation of public health programmes : constraints and opportunities

   Författare :Pia Johansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Public health; health promotion; prevention; community-based; smoking cessation; elderly injuries; type 2 diabetes; cost-effectiveness analysis; economic evaluation; incentives; participation;

   Sammanfattning : The decision-making basis in health and medicine needs to be expanded by economic evaluations on public health programmes, to avoid that these are rejected without grounds when priorities are established. The first aim of this thesis is thus to assess the cost-effectiveness of three public health programmes, which were implemented in the Metropolitan area of Stockholm, Sweden during the period 1995-2004. LÄS MER

3. 12. Injury prevention and safety promotion in rural communities : contribution of community health workers and an injury data registry system in Iran

   Författare :Forouzan Rezapur Shahkolai; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Road traffic injuries; Injury healthcare-seeking; Community health worker; Behvarz; Injury prevention; Data registration system; Middle-income countries; Iran;

   Sammanfattning : Injuries affecting people from the rural populations of middle-income countries are poorly documented and so are people health care seeking behaviour and their views and concern about injury prevention. The aim of this thesis, based on studies conducted in rural areas of the Twiserkan district (Iran) is to increase knowledge about injury epidemiology and the potential contribution of community health workers to the control and prevention of injuries. LÄS MER

4. 13. Exploring barriers and enablers to the implementation of feasible interventions that address antibiotic resistance in Romania

   Författare :Ioana Ghiga; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global public threat to human and animal health and sustainable development with significant economic and societal implications. The key drivers of AMR are numerous with one key one being non-prudent use (whether misuse or overuse) of antibiotics. LÄS MER

5. 14. The use of a prehospital decision system in the emergency medical service : the acute chain for geriatric patients

   Författare :Veronica Vicente; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Background: The objective of this organisational study was to create and evaluate, for use by the prehospital emergency nurse (PEN), a Prehospital Decision System (PDS) and a decision support tool (DST), to safely steer geriatric patients to optimal healthcare in Stockholm, Sweden. Aim: The overall aim was to optimise the acute emergency chain to ensure that elderly persons ended up at the optimal healthcare based on their medical needs. LÄS MER

7. 15. Self-admission as a treatment tool in severe anorexia nervosa

   Författare :Mattias Strand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Self-admission to psychiatric inpatient treatment is an innovative collaborative approach to healthcare rationing that invites patients to play a more active role in deciding when they need a higher level of care. In self-admission, patients with a history of high utilization of inpatient treatment are offered the choice to decide for themselves when an episode of brief hospital admission—usually 3-7 days at a time—is warranted. LÄS MER