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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Maternal morbidity in Uganda : studies on life-threatening pregnancy complications in low-income settings /

Okong, Pius, January 2004 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2004. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.
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Intrauterine infection and neurodevelopmental disability in low birth weight infants /

Swanson, Marcia W. January 2000 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-78).
3

Genital and urinary tract infections in pregnancy in southern India : diagnosis, management and impact on perinatal outcome /

Mathai, Elizabeth, January 2004 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2004. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.
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Management of reproductive tract infections among health providers and in the community in Lao People's Democratic Republic /

Sihavong, Amphoy, January 2007 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2007. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.
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Exploring the effects of intimate partner violence on prevention of mother-to-child transmission service uptake: a nested cohort study

Hatcher, Abigail Mae January 2017 (has links)
A thesis completed by published work, Submitted to the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Johannesburg, South Africa 24 May 2017. / Introduction: Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) has potential to eliminate new HIV infections among infants. Yet, in many settings in sub-Saharan Africa, women are unable to adhere to PMTCT recommendations due to social constraints. One such factor may be intimate partner violence (IPV), or any actions taken by a relationship partner that cause physical, sexual, or psychological harm. Despite theoretical and empirical rationale for understanding the links between IPV and PMTCT adherence, few studies in the extant literature have explored this association. Methods: This thesis draws upon four distinct studies that interface using an overall mixed method study design. The first study is a systematic review of the literature around women’s experience of lifetime IPV and adherence to anti-retroviral treatment (ART). The second study is formative qualitative research with pregnant women, health workers, and other local stakeholders that explores how IPV may be related to PMTCT in the urban Johannesburg setting. The third study is a deeper qualitative examination of women living with both IPV and HIV, aiming to understand the mechanisms that link partner violence to PMTCT behaviors using a social constructionist lens. The final study is a quantitative cohort study nested within a randomized control trial testing an intervention for IPV in pregnancy. Using regression techniques and structural equation modeling, I aim to determine the association between IPV and ART adherence in pregnancy and postpartum and identify pathways that mediate the relationship between partner violence and PMTCT. Results: This doctoral research contributes several new findings to the extant literature around PMTCT. I find that IPV is related to ART adherence among HIV-positive women in extant literature, with meta-analysis showing significantly worse odds of ART uptake, self-reported adherence, and viral suppression among women reporting lifetime IPV. In one of first of studies among women in sub-Saharan Africa, I learn that impact of IPV on ART adherence in pregnancy and postpartum is marked. I identify several mechanisms through which IPV influences PMTCT adherence. Mental health emerges as a robust pathway linking IPV to worse adherence in both qualitative and quantitative papers. Partner non-disclosure due to IPV can impede adherence, or women can navigate this challenge through hiding their HIV status or medication. Women experiencing IPV may attend fewer antenatal clinic visits, leading to worsened adherence. An unexpected finding was that women in our qualitative and quantitative studies were resilient and used strategies to adhere despite IPV. Motherhood seems to be a central feature of women who are resilient to the effects of IPV on adherence. Conclusion: The findings of this research have implications for research, policy, and practice. Research should incorporate social factors, such as IPV, into future studies testing PMTCT adherence interventions. Clinical practice and HIV programs should recognize that partner-level dynamics such as IPV may drive persistent gaps in PMTCT coverage. HIV policy urgently needs to incorporate ethical and safety considerations for women who experience IPV around the time of pregnancy. Women living with recent or past IPV are highly resilient and often want to protect their own health and that of their children. Only by recognizing and addressing their experience within the context of HIV care can future PMTCT programs and studies ensure maternal and infant health. / MT2017
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Human papillomavirus infections among sexually active young women in Uganda implications for a vaccination strategy /

Banura, Cecily, January 2009 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2009.
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Diagnostic evaluation of fetal death with special reference to intrauterine infections /

Petersson, Karin, January 1900 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2002. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.
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Human parvovirus B19 : studies on the pathogenesis of infection /

Tolfvenstam, Thomas, January 1900 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2001. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.
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Clinical and immunological aspects of human parvovirus B19 infection /

Norbeck, Oscar, January 2005 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2005. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.
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Pathobiology of African relapsing fever Borrelia /

Larsson, Christer, January 2007 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Univ., 2007. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.

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