Search for dissertations about: "Child saving"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Child saving.

  2. 1. Saving the child : regional, cultural and social aspects of the infant mortality decline in Iceland, 1770-1920

    Author : ӓlöf Garðarsdóttir; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; infant mortality; neonatal mortality; breastfeeding; infant feeding; midwives; physicians; hygiene; neonatal tetanus; measles; fertility; literacy; history of medicine; Iceland;

    Abstract : The dissertation deals with the infant mortality decline in Iceland during the 19th and early 20th Century. It shows that despite its low degree of urbanization, pre-transitional Iceland displayed higher infant mortality rates than most other European countries. READ MORE

  4. 2. Exporting visions and saving children : the Swedish Save the Children Fund

    Author : Ann Nehlin; Bengt Sandin; Dominique Marshall; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Child saving; international child saving; organizational space; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The present study deals with the Swedish Save the Children Fund’s, Rädda Barnen’s expansion during 1938-1956. During this period, Rädda Barnen developed into anorganization of both national and international importance. READ MORE

  5. 3. Från arbete till hobby : En studie av pedagogisk filantropi i de svenska arbetsstugorna

    Author : Ole Olsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; History of childhood; child care; child labour; child saving; education; philanthropy; social welfare; welfare state; profession; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The overall objective of this study is to examine why the arbetsstuga unlike other philanthropic projects, did not survive the introduction and establishment of the Swedish welfare state. The aim formulated for arbetsstugor by their initiators was to provide meaningful after-school activities for the poorest children between seven and fourteen years of age who attended public elementary schools. READ MORE

  6. 4. The value of social investments : A health economic approach to evaluating parenting interventions

    Author : Camilla Nystrand; Inna Feldman; Filipa Sampaio; Anna Sarkadi; Eva-Maria Bonin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; health economics; cost-effectiveness; cost-benefit; public health; child health; mental health; parenting; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Child mental health problems are current welfare challenges and may be costly to the individual, the family and society at large. The problems may persist and result in adverse outcomes later in life, which also carries a large financial burden. READ MORE

  7. 5. Utilization of preventive maternal and child public health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa : a multilevel analysis of individual and small-area socioeconomic disadvantage

    Author : Olatunde Aremu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Uptake of programmatic maternal and childhood preventive interventions continue to be sub-optimal in sub-Saharan Africa with wide variations within and across the countries. There is evidence suggestive of socioeconomic inequities in access to and coverage of preventive health intervention. READ MORE