Sökning: "birth order"

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  1. 6. Obstructed labour and Birth preparedness: Community studies from Uganda

    Författare :Jerome Kabakyenga; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; obstructed labour; individual factors; health system factors; protecting own integrity; adverse outcomes; knowledge of danger signs; birth preparedness; assistance by skilled birth attendants; Uganda;

    Sammanfattning : Labour is said to be obstructed when the presenting part fails to descend through the birth canal despite strong uterine contractions. The condition is mostly prevalent in low-income countries where the main causes are cephalopelvic disproportion and malpresentation. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Effects of family configuration on cognitive functions and health across the adult life span

    Författare :Sara Holmgren; Bo Molander; Lars-Göran Nilsson; Annika Melinder; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sibship size; birth order; intelligence; executive functioning; episodic memory; health; diseases; adulthood; old; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines whether childhood family configuration influences performance on cognitive functions and health in adulthood and old age. All studies examined participants in the Betula Prospective Cohort Study aged 35 to 85 years (Nilsson et al., 1997). LÄS MER

  4. 8. Pregnoscape : Den gravida kroppen som arena för motstridiga perspektiv på risk, kön och medicinsk teknik

    Författare :Birgitta Hellmark Lindgren; Hugh Beach; Birgitta Meurling; Marja-Liisa Honkasalo; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; Sweden; pregnancy; cesarean section; birth; reproduction; risk; gender; medical technology; medical anthropology; homebirth; ultrasound scan; pregnancy test; body; maternity care; screening; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : Pregnancy and birth are not only physiological processes but also socially and culturally organized events. Pregnancy is an individual experience as well as the focus of collective concerns and values. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Infectious and inflammatory mechanisms in preterm birth and cerebral palsy

    Författare :Bo Jacobsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; preterm birth; preterm labor; preterm prelabor rupture of membranes; intra-uterine infection; intra-amniotic inflammation; interleukin-6; interleukin-8; interleukin-18; monocyte chemotactic protein-1; cerebral palsy; antenatal risk factors; chorioamnionitis.;

    Sammanfattning : Background: International studies of women in preterm labor (PTL) and preterm pre-labor rupture of the membranes (pPROM) have shown a significant association between microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC), some cytokines and chemokines and preterm birth (PTB). These studies have been performed in countries with higher incidence of PTB than that in Sweden. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Individual Preferences, Choices, and Risk Perceptions - survey based evidence

    Författare :Elina Lampi; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; administrators; aircraft; airports; birth order; choice experiment; citizens; environmental policy; female infertility; free entrance; general risk; health care; information; media; museum; natural experiment; noise; only-child; optimistic bias; personal risk; positional concern; relative income; siblings; stated preferences; visitor composition.;

    Sammanfattning : Paper 1 investigates how birth order and having siblings affect positional concerns in terms of success at work and of income. We find that only-children are the most positional, but that number of siblings increases the concern for their position among those who grew up together with siblings. LÄS MER