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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Objective: The study was designed to estimate the incidence and factors of diabetic retinopathy among Bangladeshi type 2 diabetic subjects. Methods: A random sample of 977 diabetic patients were recruited in 2008 from ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Objectives: To determine the prevalence and incidence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type-1(HIV-1) infections and to describe change in the prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s) and related risk sexual ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)This is a study to explore the knowledge, attitude and practice of high school students in the Capital city and one province in the mountainous area in Lao PDR, the land of million elephants . The first objective of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Background Childhood malnutrition, an important risk factor for child mortality, has been a major health problem with no improvement over the last eight years in Malawi. One of the direct causes to child malnutrition is ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)BACK GROUND: The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in the whole world and in Palestine. Prevention of the disease would help to stop the epidemic. Education is an important element in diabetes prevention and treatment. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)Results The cases had significantly lower plasma concentrations of selenium than the controls, but there were no significant differences in plasma concentrations of glutathione between the two groups. Body mass index was ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Rationale: Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world with a GDP of 260 USD per capita. The public health expenditure was 10.2% of the GDP in 1999. 59% of the population has access to health facility within 15 km ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)The Life and Health Status of Urban Elderly People in Beijing, China Background Population ageing has becoming an important development issue that requires urgent action. Health, economic and social issues of ageing are ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)Background: More than half of adults living with HIV today are women Worldwide. In Tanzania HIV prevalence was about 1.5 times higher for women than men among blood donors (12.5% and 9.1% respectively). While care and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Aim: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is more common among Han Chinese immigrants who have immigrated from inland China (from low altitude to high altitude Tibet) than among native Tibetans living at the same altitude. The ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Aim: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is more common among Han Chinese immigrants who have immigrated from inland China (from low altitude to high altitude Tibet) than among native Tibetans living at the same altitude. The ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Background Hairdressers are exposed to chemicals and work tasks which may be harmful to their health. Studies have shown that this group of working women have a high incidence of both asthma and skin problems. The information ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)This is a study to explore the knowledge, attitude and practice of family planning among men in Ngara district Tanzania. The first objective of the study was to assess the knowledge of different contraceptive methods and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Abstract Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has been one of the challenging health related practices which is prevalent in different continents. Though, there are some documents indicating the declining of this ancient surgery ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Background. Malnutrition is a global health problem. Madagascar has had an increase in the percentage of malnourished children since the beginning of 1980. Forty-nine percent of children less than 5 years of age are stunted. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Introduction: Early marriage is both socially and culturally accepted in Shivgarh, a rural area of Uttar Pradesh, India. About 61.1% of all rural women residing in this province are married before they reach the age of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Rationale for the Study: The Gambia is a small West African state of about 10,680 square kilometers with a population of just over 1.2 million inhabitants. It is a densely populated country with approximately 97 people per ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)ABSTRACT Background: China is making efforts to reduce maternal mortality. But there are still over ten thousand women who die of maternal causes every year. Research on underlying factors of maternal mortality is insufficient. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)This article examines the pathways to health seeking as seen from the lived experiences of people with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Zambia, as they negotiate their livelihoods in pluralistic health care settings. Zambia, together ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Introduction: Despite the significant investments put into improving the provision of contraceptive services in Uganda, the desired outcomes have not been realized. Contraceptive prevalence rate remains low and only 18% ...