Sökning: "health-seeking"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 23 avhandlingar innehållade ordet health-seeking.

  1. 11. Sexually transmitted infections and other reproductive tract infections in rural Vietnam : current situation, management and implications for control

    Författare :Pham Thi Lan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Sexually transmitted infections; reproductive tract infections; prevalence; knowledge; perception; attitude; health-seeking pattern; community; healthcare provider; rural; Vietnam;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STI) and other reproductive tract infections (RTI) constitute a huge health and economic burden in low-income countries. The infections may result in severe sequelae, particularly in women, and facilitate HIV acquisition and transmission. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Developing a framework for prevention of childhood burn in a low-income country perspective : epidemiological appraisals

    Författare :Saidur Mashreky; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :burns;

    Sammanfattning : Childhood burn is a major issue in children's health in Bangladesh however it was not studies and documented systematically earlier. A comprehensive prevention programme is necessary to address this child health issue. LÄS MER

  4. 13. In Search of the State : An Ethnography of Public Service Provision in Urban Niger

    Författare :Gabriella Körling; Sten Hagberg; Christian Lund; Mathieu Hilgers; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; the state; public services; healthcare; education; development; Niamey; Niger; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores public health and education provision in Niamey, the capital of Niger, by merging the ethnographic study of public services with an anthropological analysis of the state and of local politics. Based on anthropological fieldwork carried out in a group of neighbourhoods in the periphery of Niamey, the study highlights the political dimensions of public service provision in a local arena where international development interventions and national plans meet local realities and where a wide range of actors and institutions, dis-courses, meanings, and practices are mobilized in the offering of and the regulation of access to public services. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Social determinants of health care use for Ugandan children : does social capital matter?

    Författare :Solome Kiribakka Bakeera; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Social determinants of health care use individually and synergistically contribute to substantial disparities that exist among children. Whilst many of the determinants that influence children’s effective health care use are well defined, social capital as a potential enabling factor is less well evidenced, particularly in low income countries. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Access to tuberculosis care in rural China : comparing the impact of alternative control projects

    Författare :Biao Xu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Tuberculosis; DOTS; socioeconomic status; diagnostic delay; expenditure; health care seeking; rural; China;

    Sammanfattning : Background: China has the second highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. The modern TB control strategies Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course (DOTS) has, since 1992, been adopted by the National TB Control Programme (NTP) with subsidized or free TB care to smear-positive TB patients. LÄS MER