Sökning: "Public health medicine research areas"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 83 avhandlingar innehållade orden Public health medicine research areas.

1. 21. Improving the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) : a study using Chlamydia trachomatis as a model infection

   Författare :Daniel Novak; Roger Karlsson; Berit Andersen; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Public health; STI; Prevention; Chlamydia; Postal screening; cost effective; condom; Internet; self-selective screening; Folkhälsomedicin; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden; Family Medicine; allmänmedicin;

   Sammanfattning : Despite the current preventive strategies sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are rising. This thesis presents a model with the aim of improving the prevention of STIs. Chlamydia being the most common STI in Sweden serves as a model infection. The presented model is based on five performed studies. LÄS MER

3. 22. Assessing responsiveness in the mental health care system : the case of Tehran

   Författare :Ameneh Setareh Forouzan; Miguel San Sebastián; Mehdi Ghazinour; Mojgan Padyab; Ahmad Mohit; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mental health care; responsiveness; health system; Iran; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Sammanfattning : Introduction: Understanding health service user perceptions of the quality of care is critical to developing measures to increase the utilisation of healthcare services. To relate patient experiences to a common set of standards, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the concept of health system responsiveness. LÄS MER

4. 23. Self-rated quality of life among unemployed people and people in work in northern Sweden

   Författare :Barbro Hultman; Sven Hemlin; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Unemployment; Quality of Life; Health; Well-being; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden;

   Sammanfattning : Self-assessed quality of life (QoL) is analysed using a QoL questionnaire (Hörnquist’s QLcs)covering the life spheres: somatic health, mental well-being, cognitive ability, social and family life,activity, financial situation, meaning in life and a global score for ‘entire life’. In all, 487unemployed and 2917 employed subjects aged 25-64; and 651 unemployed subjects and 2802 inwork (including employment, studying and military service) in the 18-24 age group, wereinvestigated in a population-based cross-sectional study on life and health in northern Sweden in1997. LÄS MER

5. 24. The presence of the past : a life course approach to the social determinants of health and health inequalities in northern Sweden

   Författare :Frida Jonsson; Per E. Gustafsson; Miguel San Sebastian; Anne Hammarström; Ilona Koupil; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; social determinants; life course; health inequalities; long-term health consequences; functional somatic symptoms; northern Sweden; Public health; folkhälsa;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Positioned at the intersection between the social and life course epidemiological sub-fields, this thesis builds on the idea that the health implications of life and living conditions can extend over years and decades before becoming expressed in the population patterns of ill-health. The overall purpose was to assess how multiple types of social determinants of health across the life course may contribute to ill-health and health inequalities in midlife. LÄS MER

7. 25. Gender power dynamics in sexual and reproductive health. A qualitative study in Chiredzi District, Zimbabwe

   Författare :Jeremiah Chikovore; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Public health; Folkhälsomedicin; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis presents perspectives of men regarding abortion, contraceptive use and sexuality. Contrary to what we had expected, men expressed anxiety over abortion and contraceptive use, not because the issues concerned women’s health, but rather because men associated them with extramarital sexual activity they thought women were concealing. LÄS MER