Essays about: "social epidemiology"

Found 5 essays containing the words social epidemiology.

  1. 1. Impact of Covid-19 Response Strategies on the Rate of Change in Mortality in Europe During the First and Second Waves: A Retrospective Cohort Study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Nicole Quattrini; [2021]
    Keywords : global health; epidemiology; covid-19; sars-cov-2; non-pharmaceutical interventions;

    Abstract : The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to more than 3,000,000 deaths globally. During the first year of the pandemic, countries have focused their response strategies on non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as lockdowns and use of facial coverings. READ MORE

  3. 2. Clean water technologies and urban mortality in Sweden 1885-1925

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Önnerfors; [2015]
    Keywords : epidemiology; urban penalty; Sweden; waterborne disease; clean water technology; mortality decline; mortality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Using a newly digitised historical dataset on clean water technologies in Swedish cities, this study tries to find the causal effect (and the magnitude of this effect) of the introduction of clean water technology on mortality in urban areas. Using urban mortality data on a county level, and clean water access data on city level, both OLS, fixed effects, and difference-in-differences models are tried in order to isolate an effect. READ MORE

  4. 3. Automatic detection of honeybees in a hive

    University essay from Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Mihai Iulian Florea; [2013]
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    Abstract : The complex social structure of the honey bee hive has been the subject of inquiry since the dawn of science. Studying bee interaction patterns could not only advance sociology but find applications in epidemiology as well. READ MORE

  5. 4. Is the effect of income on the suicide rate always negative? A test of Barnes' theory

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sara Magnusson; [2008]
    Keywords : suicide; public health; social medicine; sociology of medicine; Durkheim; sociological theory; replication; ecological study; quantitative; socio economic; epidemiology; social epidemiology; economic theory of suicide; income;

    Abstract : Durkheim’s socioeconomic hypothesis of suicide has been a popular theory to test for sociologists. However the results have been mixed, offering very little cumulative sociological knowledge. READ MORE

  6. 5. Analysis of a Medical Translation : Terminology and cultural aspects

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Nina Rask; [2008]
    Keywords : cultural adaptation; dementia; medical translation; terminology;

    Abstract : This analysis deals with the difficulties in translating a medical text from English into Swedish. As primary source, I have used a British textbook about geriatrics called Nursing Older People which is aimed at university students of nursing. READ MORE