Ekblom-Bak, Elin Ekblom, Örjan Fagman, Erika Angerås, Oskar Schmidt, Caroline Rosengren, Annika Börjesson, Mats Bergström, Göran
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European journal of preventive cardiology
Background The association between cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity and coronary artery calcium (CAC) is unclear, and whether higher levels of fitness attenuate CAC prevalence in subjects with metabolic syndrome is not fully elucidated. The present study aims to: a) investigate the independent association of fitness on the prevalence of...
Frederiksen, Nadja
Cirka 50.000 mennesker dør af tobaksrelaterede sygdomme hvert år i den nordiske region. Rygning er en af de største individuelle trusler mod folkesundheden, når man måler på sygelighed og dødelighed. Der er derfor et stort potentiale i at forebygge og fremme sundheden inden for rygning til gavn for den enkelte borger og samfundet. Nordens Velfærdsc...
Aldén, Erik
Background: Obesity has become one of our times most endemic disease on a global scale and changes to lifestyle is the most cost-effective way to treat patients, when the cost for healthcare related treatment is staggeringly high for obesity and sequela diseases NAFLD, diabetes typ 2, dyslipidaemia and metabolic syndrome.The problem with this remed...
Paillard-Borg, Stéphanie Hallberg, David
In its political structural reform, the Japanese government presents the urgency to consider an increase in labor mobility that includes the issue of immigration to Japan. Women from Southeast Asia represent a large proportion of this immigration. The aim of this case study was to identify factors associated with subjective well-being (SWB) among F...
Fredriksson, Ingela Geidne, Susanna Eriksson, Charli
Aims: The aim of this paper is to advocate for the importance of meaningful leisure time for young people from a health promotion perspective using experiences from two youth centres in multicultural neighbourhoods in Sweden. Methods: In this practice-based study, data were collected between 2012 and 2014 at two youth centres in multicultural, soci...
Burman, Pia Lidén, Lina
Today there is a major problem with stress in society where many suffer from burnout, especially women. It is of great importance to find ways to work with this in a health-promoting way to reduce these problems. The purpose of the study was to describe women's experiences of self-chosen health promoting activities that helped them feel better. The...
Vojdani Moghaddam, Mohammad
Background: The number of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in Europe has increased over the last decades and reached their peak so far in 2015 with 90,000 unaccompanied asylum seekers, of whom 35,000 came to Sweden. Unaccompanied children, who fled request asylum because war, conflict and poverty. The prolonged asylum process, temporary reside...
Eid, Daniel Guzman-Rivero, Miguel Rojas, Ernesto Goicolea, Isabel Hurtig, Anna-Karin Illanes, Daniel San Sebastian, Miguel
Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an endemic disease in Bolivia, particularly in the rainforest of Cochabamba, in the municipality of Villa Tunari. The precarious, dispersed, and poorly accessible settlements in these farming communities make it difficult to study them, and there are no epidemiological studies in the area. The aim of the ...
La Parra-Casado, Daniel Mosquera, Paola A. Vives-Cases, Carmen San Sebastian, Miguel
This paper explores whether the principles of horizontal and vertical equity in healthcare are met by the Spanish national health system in the case of the Roma and general populations. The 2011/2012 Spanish National Health Survey (n = 21,650) and the 2014 National Health Survey of the Spanish Roma Population (n = 1167) were analyzed. Use of health...
Odhiambo Sewe, Maquins Bunker, Aditi Ingole, Vijendra Egondi, Thaddaeus Oudin Åström, Daniel Hondula, David M. Rocklöv, Joacim Schumann, Barbara
BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have reported a strong association between temperature and mortality. Additional insights can be gained from investigating the effects of temperature on years of life lost (YLL), considering the life expectancy at the time of death. OBJECTIVES: The goal of this work was to assess the association between temperature and ...
