Sökning: "Smoking mothers"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 43 avhandlingar innehållade orden Smoking mothers.
1. Smoking cessation during pregnancy : a person-centred approach among disadvantaged women in South Africa
Sammanfattning : Smoking remains a leading cause of premature, preventable death in South Africa killing 44 000 South Africans each year. Through the introduction of comprehensive tobacco control policies, the South African government has tried to reduce the death toll and a significant reduction in tobacco use has been recorded since its peak in the 1990’s. LÄS MER
2. Maternal smoking and congenital malformations
Sammanfattning : About two percent of Swedish newborn infants are born with a significant congenital malformations which is reported to the Swedish Registry of Congenital Malformations (RCM), and/or the Swedish Medical Birth Registry (MBR). In spite of persistent public health recommendations, about 16% of the Swedish pregnant women are smoking during pregnancy (1996). LÄS MER
3. Lika för alla? : Social position och etnicitet som determinanter för amning, föräldrars rökvanor och kontakter med BVC
Sammanfattning : Child Health Services (CHS) in Sweden are offered free of charge to all Swedish parents with children 0-5 years of age. The regular service schedule includes home visits, health examinations, vaccinations and participation in parenting groups. The CHS should pay extra attention to disadvantaged families. LÄS MER
4. Environmental risk factors for multiple sclerosis
Sammanfattning : Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. It usually strikes during young adulthood, and 2.5 million individuals are estimated to have the disease worldwide. LÄS MER
5. Maternal smoking and foetal growth b interaction with foetal and maternal characteristics
Sammanfattning : In the thesis are analyzed the combined effects of maternal characteristics and cigarettesmoking in pregnancy on foetal growth; and potential interactions with maternalanthropometry, haemoglobin levels in the three trimesters and maternal glucose metabolismin late pregnancy. Foetal growth was assessed through serial ultrasound measurementsfrom second trimester until term and by neonatal anthropometry. LÄS MER