Scandinavian journal of primary health care
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Sep 2005
Comparative StudyNo association found between sickness absence and duration of pregnancy benefit.
Issuing sickness absence certifications is a time-consuming part of GPs' and obstetricians' work in antenatal care. The aim was to study whether a social benefit, the Pregnancy benefit, introduced in Sweden in 1980 and especially targeted at pregnant women working in arduous occupations, had any demonstrable effect on sickness absence among employed pregnant women. ⋯ Increasing costs of social security insurance among pregnant women are more probably coupled to levels in the social security insurance, as pregnant women seem more inclined to apply for a sickness absence certificate during periods when the economic compensation practically equals their salary.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Sep 2005
Interpreters' experiences of general practitioner-patient encounters.
To study interpreters' experiences of problems in cross-cultural communication with special regard to the general practitioner (GP)-patient encounter. ⋯ The interpreters notice a set of difficulties that need to be highlighted in order to improve consultations with cross-cultural GP-patient encounters.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Sep 2005
Parents' reported reasons for avoiding MMR vaccination. A telephone survey.
During the second half of the 1990s and the first years of the 2000s a declining coverage for MMR vaccination in two-year-olds was observed in Sweden. The aim was to assess reasons for postponement or non-vaccination. ⋯ Postponers and abstainers may have different reasons for their decision. The role of well-trained healthcare staff in giving advice and an opportunity to discuss MMR vaccination with concerned parents is very important.