Browsing Institutt for allmenn- og samfunnsmedisin ( -2009) by Title
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2008)Background Obesity is one of the most important risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA) in knee(s). However, the relationship between obesity and OA in hand(s) and hip(s) remains controversial and needs further ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2007)Background In this study, we wanted to investigate the relationship between background variables, communication skills, and the bio-psychosocial content of a medical consultation in a general practice ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)Great strides are being made in trying to prevent postnatal Mother to child transmission of HIV AIDS. One of the strategies is through counselling on infant feeding options to HIV mothers, using the UNAIDS/WHO/UNICEF ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)Background An increasing proportion of immigrants to Western countries in the past decade are from war affected countries. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of war experience among ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2007)Background Persons of Pakistani origin living in Oslo have a much higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism but similar bone mineral density compared with ethnic Norwegians. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)Objective: To assess the quality of care midwives provide to clients during the postpartum period. Design: A cross sectional descriptive qualitative and quantitative survey among 65 practising registered nurse midwives. ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2008)While traffic-related particulate air pollution has been associated with both exacerbation and development of asthma and allergic diseases, little is known about the health effects of wood smoke particles.<br> The purpose ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in the Horn of Africa with Ethiopia being the most affected where TB cases increase at the rate of 2.6% each year. One of the main contributing ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)Background Delay in start of tuberculosis (TB) treatment has an impact at both the individual level, by increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality, and at the community level, by increasing the risk of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Background. The investigation aims to explore the factors giving rise to the development of persistent diarrhoea (PD) and to find out the prevalence of persistent diarrhoea and Giardia lamblia in children aged 6 to 23 ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)Background Lateral epicondylitis is a painful condition responsible for loss of function and sick leave for long periods of time. In many countries, the treatment guidelines recommend a wait-and-see policy, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)Background The Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) programme in Malawi aims to reduce pneumonia deaths among children under-five years of age. Pneumonia standard case management is implemented through the Child Lung Health ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)Background: Pneumonia is a major cause of under-five morbidity and mortality in Sudan. Pneumonia standard case management has been followed in Sudan through the National ARI Programme. No studies have thus far looked at ...
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Pneumonia perceptions and management : a focused ethnographic study in rural area of Lalitpur, Nepal (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Childhood pneumonia is one of the main reasons for childhood mortality in Nepal. In this study, local beliefs, perceptions and illness management in childhood pneumonia are explored. A focused ethnographic study was carried ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)Background Knowledge of how work demands vary between different practice areas could give us a better understanding of the factors that influence the working conditions in the health services, and could ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Background: Evidence-based obstetric care is widely advocated for in developing countries. However, the success of its implementation is not well documented. Selected normal childbirth practices in the main referral hospital ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)Objective To explore what domains of work are important for job satisfaction among doctors, nurses and auxiliaries and to discuss differences between professional groups in the perspective of micro team ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)Abstract This short follow-up study was part of a larger prospective cohort of clients followed up for 18 months in a prevention of mother-to-child transmission program in Lilongwe-Malawi. It was set out to investigate ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)This short follow-up study was part of a larger prospective cohort of clients followed up for 18 months in a prevention of mother-to-child transmission program in Lilongwe-Malawi. It was set out to investigate why women ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Background: Information on prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in Ethiopian prisons is non-existent, despite its highly endemic nature. So, the aim of this study was to determine prevalence and associated risk factors for ...