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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)Latinos are nationally overrepresented among the uninsured, and rural Latinos are shown to face a variety of barriers to accessing quality health care. The Latino community continues to grow in the rural Midwest, and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)Background: There are large variations in vaccination coverage, not only between high and low-income countries but also across low income countries and within low income countries. The reasons behind these variations are ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)OBJECTIVES Fruit and vegetable intake (FVI) is below recommended levels among adolescents in the U.S., especially among low-income populations and minorities at higher risk for diet-related disease. The main objective of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)Many countries rich and poor alike, among them Norway, have committed themselves to work to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) 4 and 5, which focus on children’s health and maternal mortality. An initiative ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)AIM AND OBJECTIVES - This study qualitatively explored socio-cultural factors associated with men's involvement in care and support of women during pregnancy and childbirth through in-depth interviews and focus group ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)Childhood obesity has become a serious public health problem because of its strong association with adulthood obesity and the related adverse health consequences. No published information is available on the prevalence of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)India contributes to 22% of the global burden of maternal mortality. With the recent implementation of Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), a governmental program giving incentives for institutional deliveries, the National Rural ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)This thesis aimed at exploring means of integrating surveillance systems for disease and outbreak in Sudan; visiting both the national and the capital state, with emphasis on both the facility based statistics or Health ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia having the highest burden which is related to continued transmission of the disease to uninfected individuals as a result of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)Malawi is among the five sub-sahara Africa presenting with very high maternal mortality rates, 984 per 100,000 live. Inadequate access to and under-utilisation of quality maternal health care services was identified as a ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Background and Objective The concept of dignity is broad and complex as its interpretation is based on culture and social norms of a particular setting. According to the United Nations General Assembly and the World Health ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Cultural competence has been demonstrated to be of great importance in the delivery of quality healthcare to immigrants. Iraqi immigrants experience a high burden of illness; however, little research exists regarding this ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)There are approximately 650 million people living with disabilities worldwide, an estimated 200 million of this number are children. A majority of disabled children live in poverty and lack access to basic health services ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Background Food insecurity which is the one of the causes of child malnutrition is still prevalent in Tanzania. One of the causes of food insecurity as it has been reported by other scholars is gender inequality. Women, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Background: Sudan shoulders the second highest TB burden in WHO-EMRO (Eastern Mediterranean Region). Khartoum state, where this study was conducted, has the highest number of notified TB cases in comparison to other states, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Vaccination is a globally accepted public health initiative. Recently, there has been a new push to vaccinate children to meet the millennium development goal four. This push for mass vaccination has undeniable benefits ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Introduction Nepal is an ambivalent society in terms of alcohol use: alcohol consumption is frowned upon among traditionally ruling upper caste people whereas its use is socially accepted among certain lower caste people. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Background: Previously, the costs of maternity care services in public health facilities in The Gambia was a one-time standard fee of D5( US$0.18 ) payable on registration. Normal vaginal delivery at an institution and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)This study was intended to assess the existing Information System (IS) of Primary Health Care (PHC) programs, as an example of vertical health programs, in Sudan, specifically the Northern State. Particular attention was ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Human immune deficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection remains the most common risk factor for the development of active and reactivation of latent tuberculosis (TB); on the other hand, TB is commonly known to accelerate ...