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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion continue to be a major public health problem in Uganda. This study has demonstrated that the problem of abortion is still on the increase ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)ABSTRACT Rationale of the Study: The Gambia is a developing country and the majority of the population are women. They need adequate support, information and knowledge to protect themselves from acquiring HIV, and for those ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)This is a study about young homeless mothers and their perspective of health and experiences with access to and utilization of health care. The study was conducted in Durban, South Africa with a group of eleven young ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)Abstract Background: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is important for effective treatment. Little is known about barriers and facilitators to ART in Zambia. The aim of the study was to gain knowledge about ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Background: Non-adherence to treatment poses a challenge to tuberculosis (TB) treatment since it increases the risk of drug resistance, death, relapse and prolonged infectiousness. TB patients co-infected with human ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Albinism is an inherited, genetic condition. People with albinism exhibit little or no pigment in eyes, skin or hair, and often have problems with vision and sensitive skin. Albinism in Malawi is a qualitative project ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)ABSTRACT OF THESIS ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUG ACCESSIBILITY TO HIV/AIDS PATIENTS IN BAMAKO, MALI (West Africa) Background The republic of Mali is a landlocked country located in West Africa. The national HIV infection prevalence ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)Only a small proportion of women in developing countries –less than 30% -receive adequate postpartum care (WHO 1998). In very poor countries and regions, as few as 5% of women receive such care. A large proportion of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Objective: Even with an increasing immigrant population in Norway, there are still a limited number of studies among the group. Chronic musculoskeletal and psychiatric disorders frequently occur and there is a need to ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Aim: Asthma is a common chronic condition in both children and adults worldwide and it has a high socio-economic cost. Little is known about asthma in Tibet and especially about asthma in rural and high altitude parts of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)A community based cross-sectional study inquiring into determinants and correlates of sexual risk taking was conducted from June to December 2003. The objective of the study was describing sexual behavior and assessing ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)Client satisfaction, one of the health outcome measurements, is directly related with utilization of services and continuity of care. Moreover, the possible effect of clients’ satisfaction that might bring on improvement ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)This study was undertaken to assess the extent of pollution of water and contamination of vegetables grown by irrigation with polluted river water. The study was done in the Akaki and Mekanisa areas of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)Background: Child undernutrition is a major health problem and an important risk factor for child mortality as more than 50% of deaths among children under five are either a direct or indirect attributable to undernutrition. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)Introduction; this study explores cultural beliefs and coping behaviour of families with pre-school disabled children; using culture as one of its variables. It focuses on the household and sees coping with care for a ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)ABSTRACT Background and Aims: Global distribution, determinants, and financial aspects of type 2 diabetes mellitus from data in developed countries depict it as a major health problem increasing at an alarming rate. But ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Organ donation and transplantation is about bodies and body parts. It is about life, death, and the range of social experiences and relationships that fill the spaces between the beginning and end of a life. The study is ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)Introduction: In the Chinese community, rapid urbanization, sedentary life style, stress, smoking and changes in dietary may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. Studies conducted in China showed an increasing prevalence ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)Settings: The study was carried out in 4 administrative territories of the North-western federal region of Russia Federation. Namely, in Arkhangelsk oblast, Murmansk oblast, Republic of Karelia, and Republic of Komi. Study ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) in 1985 and 1999 recommended the use of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and 2-h post glucose load with a 75 gm oral glucose (OGTT) for identification of diabetic cases. The ...