Sökning: "key informant method"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden key informant method.

1. 1. Studies on psychotic disorders in rural Ethiopia

   Författare :Solomon Teferra Abebe; Lars Jacobsson; Gunnar Kullgren; Martin Prince; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Attribution; caregivers; course and outcome; key informant method; khat; longitudinal study; mortality; psychotic disorders; qualitative methods; schizophrenia; semi-nomadic; severe mental illness; treatment; Ethiopia; sub-Saharan Africa; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

   Sammanfattning : Background Studies on course and outcome of schizophrenia coming from low income countries are increasingly becoming important to challenge the existing dogma claiming good outcome in these countries. Besides clinical course and outcome, mortality is considered a very important outcome measure for schizophrenia. LÄS MER

3. 2. From Children of the Garbage Bins to Citizens : A reflexive ethnographic study on the care of “street children”

   Författare :Wanjiku Kaime-Atterhög; Beth Maina Ahlberg; Gillian Ann Lewando Hundt; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health care seeking behaviour; Child participation; Re habilitation ; Street children; Caregiver; Reflexive ethnography; Transformative learning; Kenya; Africa; Southeast Asia;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of the study on which this thesis is based was to gain an understanding of the life situation of street children in Kenya and to investigate how caring institutions care for these children.  A reflexive ethnographic approach was used to facilitate entry into the children’s sub-culture and the work contexts of the caregivers to better understand how the children live on the streets and how the caregivers work with the children. LÄS MER

4. 3. Emergency contraception among young people in Uganda : user and provider perspectives

   Författare :Josaphat K Byamugisha; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Emergency contraception; young people; acceptability; utilization; health care workers; Uganda;

   Sammanfattning : Background: The maternal mortality ratio for Uganda is 435/100,000 live births. Between 12-30 percent of the maternal deaths are due to induced abortions. According to the 2007 Uganda demographic and health survey (UDHS), the contraceptive prevalence rate was 24 percent and only 18 percent used modern contraceptives. LÄS MER

5. 4. The law of the land contested: Bauxite mining in tribal, central India in an age of economic reform

   Författare :Patrik Oskarsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the contestation over a bauxite mining project in the State of Andhra Pradesh which includes a number of factors that may be seen as producing conflicts over both the physical environment and equitable, inclusive development for very vulnerable people. A key issue at stake is an alternative use of land in the constitutionally protected Scheduled Areas for mining rather than low intensity cultivation and extraction of forest products. LÄS MER

7. 5. Human resources and the response to HIV in Vietnam : policies and health workers' perspectives

   Författare :Nguyen Ha Pham; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Health policy analysis;

   Sammanfattning : Background: An effective response to HIV requires sound national policies, a strong and sustainable health system with a motivated and well-trained health workforce. Aim and objectives: To analyse development of HIV-related policy and describe health workers’ perception and experiences on the HIV response in Vietnam. LÄS MER