Sökning: "health seeking behavior"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 46 avhandlingar innehållade orden health seeking behavior.
1. The rough journey to access health care : the case of leishmaniasis in the Bolivian rainforest
Sammanfattning : Background: Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infectious disease transmitted by vectors that cause three main clinical syndromes: cutaneous (CL), mucosal (ML), and visceral (VL). Since VL is not relevant to this thesis, only CL and ML will be further discussed. LÄS MER
2. Mental health problems among adolescents : Public health nurses' work and interprofessional collaboration within the school health service
Sammanfattning : The aim with this thesis was to study adolescents with mental health problems, factors that are associated with mental health problems, visits to the public health nurse (PHN), and how PHNs and other professionals experience the collaboration in school and school health services related to mental health problems. Methods: Qualitative and quantitative methods were used. LÄS MER
3. Gambling and gender : A public health perspective
Sammanfattning : Prevalence studies around the world show that men are the largest group at risk of becoming problem gamblers and that men gamble more than women. However, gambling research has long been gender blind. The gambling market is rapidly changing, with the Internet making gambling more accessible. LÄS MER
4. Pregnant Adolescents in Vietnam : Social context and health care needs
Sammanfattning : Background: The number of childbearing adolescents in Vietnam is relatively low but they are more prone to experience adverse outcome than adult women. Reports of increasing rates of abortion and prevalence of STIs including HIV among youth indicate a need to improve services and counselling for these groups. LÄS MER
5. The Bumpy Road to Universal Health Coverage : Access to Primary and Emergency Care in Rural Tropical Ecuador
Sammanfattning : Background: By the turn of the new millennium 84% of families in rural coastal Ecuador had difficulties to access health services. A health reform some years earlier to improve this situation had not been implemented. LÄS MER