Sökning: "primary health care PHC"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 48 avhandlingar innehållade orden primary health care PHC.

  1. 1. Designing ICT-Supported Health Promoting Communication in Primary Health Care

    Författare :Amina Jama Mahmud; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; eHealth; eHealth literacy; empowerment; health communication; health literacy; health promotion; Internet; participatory action research; primary health care;

    Sammanfattning : Increasing lifestyle-related ill health, escalating health care costs, expanding health inequalities within and between nations, and an aging population are challenges facing governments globally. Governments, especially in industrialized countries like Sweden, are investing in health promotion and health communication, especially in ICT-supported health communication as a way to increase health literacy and empowerment at individual and population levels. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Strengthening lifestyle interventions in primary health care : the challenge of change and implementation of guidelines in clinical practice

    Författare :Therese Kardakis; Helene Johansson; Lars Weinehall; Lars Jerden; Monica Nyström; Charli Eriksson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health orientation; health promotion; prevention; primary health care; readiness for change; lifestyles; clinical practice guidelines; implementation; guideline development; tobacco use; alcohol use; unhealthy eating habits; physical activity; organizational support; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Lifestyle habits like tobacco use, hazardous use of alcohol, unhealthy eating habits and insufficient physical activity are risk factors for developing non-communicable diseases, which are the leading, global causes of death. Furthermore, ill health and chronic diseases are costly and put an increased burden on societies and health systems. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Evaluation of a primary health care strategy implemented in a market-oriented health system : the case of Bogota, Colombia

    Författare :Paola Andrea Mosquera Méndez; Miguel San Sebastián; Kjerstin Dahlblom; Roman Vega; Pol De Vos; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Primary health care; outcomes assessment; health services evaluation; population health; health equity; health policy implementation; Bogota; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction: Despite Colombia having adopted a health system based on an insurance market, Bogota in 2004, as part of a left-wing government (elected for first time in the city), decided to implement a Primary Health Care (PHC) strategy to improve quality of life, level of population health and reduce health inequities. The PHC strategy has been implemented through the HomeHealth program by three consecutive governments over the last eight years in the context of continuous political tension stemming from differences between national and district health policies. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Facilitating a healthy transition for involuntary migrant families within primary health care

    Författare :Kerstin Samarasinghe; Bengt Fridlund; Barbro Arvidsson; Eva Benzein; Högskolan Kristianstad; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; contextual analysis; culture; health promotion; interpreter; involuntary migration; nursing; phenomenography; Primary Health Care; refugee family; Sweden; transition.; Nursing; Omvårdnad; samhällsmedicin; family; transition; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Medicin människa och djur ; Social medicine; Socialmedicin;

    Sammanfattning : The refugee families face a complex transition due to the nature of the migration. This exposes them to vulnerability in cohesion and family function. Primary Health Care Nurses (PHCN) and Interpreters in Primary Health Care (PHC) play a vital role in their promotion of health because migrant health care is mainly carried out within PHC. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Women’s health in midlife - a person-centered approach in primary care -effects on mental, somatic, and urogenital symptoms, and quality of life

    Författare :Lena Rindner; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Folkhälsovetenskap; Klinisk medicin; Menopause transition; women’s health; quality of life; Menopause Rating Scale; primary health care; person-centered care; social support; mental health; stress-related illness; patient education; local oestrogen deficiency symptoms; menopause; district nurse; Allmän medicin;

    Sammanfattning : Midlife women, from 45-60, enter new challenges in life with various impacts on health and quality of life. Mental and stress-related illnesses are common causes for attending primary health care (PHC) and long-term sick leave. LÄS MER