Sökning: "Inequalities in health"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 159 avhandlingar innehållade orden Inequalities in health.

  1. 16. Gender equality and health experiences : workplace patterns in Northern Sweden

    Författare :Sofia Elwér; Anne Hammarström; Annika Härenstam; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; gender equality; workplace; health experiences; focus groups; cluster analysis; gender; work environment; gender regimes; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Gendered practices of working life create gender inequalities through horizontal and vertical gender segregation in work, which may lead to gender inequalities in health experiences. The workplace is an important part of the social circumstances under which health opportunities and constraints are shaped. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Shadows and light : examining community mental health competence in North India

    Författare :Kaaren Mathias; Isabel Goicolea; Miguel San Sebastian; Michelle Kermode; Kuruthukulangara Sebastian Jacob; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Global mental health; Gender; Health determinants; India; Mental health competence; Social distance; Social exclusion; Caregiver; Depression; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : BackgroundGlobally, there is increasing emphasis on the importance of understanding the ways in which social inequality and injustice impact individual and community mental health. Set in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, India, this thesis examines the complex relationships between individuals, communities and the social environment in relation to mental health. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Capability for broader cost-effectiveness in public health and social welfare : developing, valuing, and applyingcapability-adjusted life years Sweden (CALY-SWE)

    Författare :Kaspar Walter Meili; Anna Månsdotter; Lars Lindholm; Jan Hjelte; Aki Tsuchiya; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; CALY-SWE; Cost-effectiveness; Social-welfare; Capability approach; Public health; Health economics; Delfi panel; TTO; DCE; NEET; Priority setting; Outcome measure; Delphi; Economics; nationalekonomi; medicinsk humaniora; Medical Humanities;

    Sammanfattning : Spending in social welfare areas such as healthcare, wider public health, education, and social care consumes a major part of the public budget. Cost-effective resource allocation is a moral obligation towards both taxpayers and beneficiaries: tax money should be used efficiently, and it should be transparently accounted for. LÄS MER

  5. 19. No woman should die while giving life : Does the Health Extension Program improveaccess to maternal health services in Tigray, Ethiopia?

    Författare :Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwet; Isabel Goicolea; Miguel San Sebastián; Kerstin Edin; Anette Agardh; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health extension program; maternal health; antenatal care; childbirth; postnatal care; access; utilization; Tigray; Health extension workers; Ethiopia.; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction: Ensuring access to universal primary health care is essential to secure a safe and pleasant motherhood and to provide compassionate care for mothers and newborns.However, inequalities in the access to maternal health services still remain a prominent problem in many countries. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Mental ill-health in Sweden. Causes and consequences from an inequality perspective

    Författare :Anna Linder; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mental health; Inequality in health; Determinants of health; Determinants of inequality in health; Education policy; School grades; Grade inflation; Grading bias; Human capital development;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to improve the understanding of factors related to mental ill-health, and itsdistribution, in the Swedish population. The thesis consists of four studies. In study I, we find thatbetween the years 1994 and 2011, the probability of receiving a psychiatric inpatient diagnosisincreased by 12. LÄS MER