Disputas- Cand. Med. Kiwumulo Stella Robinah Amelia Nakandi

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! The doctoral thesis! Prøvefoelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 0915 i Auditorium Cortex: Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) in cancer survivorship: Current landscape and recommendations for the future. Prøveforelesningen vil også bli strømmet/the trial lecture will also be streamed here. Disputasen starter kl. 1115 i Auditorium Cerebrum. Auditoriet er åpent for publikum, men vil også bli strømmet her. Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn. The auditorium is open to the public. The defense will still be streamed here. A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:
This thesis examines how people who have or have had cancer use Traditional and Complementary Medicine. The study is based on surveys among cancer survivors in Tromsø and linkage to data from the Cancer Registry of Norway. I investigated who uses such treatments, how they use conventional healthcare services, and how this relates to the official lifestyle recommendations. 
The results show that many cancer survivors combine Traditional and Complementary Medicine with regular follow-up in the healthcare system, rather than replacing it. The use appears to be more related to how people experience their own health than to how severe their illness is or was. The findings also show that different groups using Traditional and Complementary Medicine have different health behaviors. This knowledge can contribute to better dialogue between cancer survivors and healthcare professionals and to more holistic follow-up of people living with and after cancer.

Hovedveileder
Seniorforsker Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffer, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.

Bi-veileder
Forsker Trine Stub, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.

Bedømmelseskomité
Associate Professor John Hughes, University of West London- 1. opponent.

Professor Þóra Jenný Gunnarsdóttir, Háskóli Íslands/Islands Universitet - 2. opponent.

Forsker Dolley Charles, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité.

Disputasleder: Professor Arne Johan Nordheim Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, UiT Norges arktiske universitet