Search for dissertations about: "Supportive environments for health"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words Supportive environments for health.
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1. Exploration and Development of Methodology for Accessibility Assessments: Based on the Notion of Person-Environment Fit
Abstract : To improve population health, it is important to create environments that support activity, participation and health. One crucial aspect concerns the degree to which the built environment is accessible for all people including those with reduced functional capacity. READ MORE
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2. Work-related stress among municipal employees in rural northern Sweden
Abstract : Background: Many rural municipalities in Sweden are facing challenges like depopulation, decreased economy, and difficulties in recruiting staff. Living and working in rural areas may involve adverse working conditions and higher risks of ill-health. READ MORE
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3. The role of nature in rehabilitation for individuals with stress-related mental disorders : Alnarp Rehabilitation Garden as supportive environment
Abstract : Abstract The Alnarp Rehabilitation Garden was established in 2002 as a research and development project involving nature-based rehabilitation (NBR), based on empirical evidence that natural environments (nature) can have a positive effect on human health and well-being. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the Alnarp Rehabilitation Garden as a supportive environment in NBR with a special focus on the role of nature in relation to the rehabilitation process and essential qualities that might affect health outcome. READ MORE
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4. Work and psychiatric disabilities. A person, environment, and occupation perspective on Individual Placement and Support
Abstract : This thesis adds to the knowledge base of how the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) can be optimized to secure a more sustainable working career for people with severe mental illness (SMI). The thesis has given the IPS-participants an active voice about what it is like to start to work in a Swedish context, visualised the psychiatric disability in relation to work, discerned the support and process in IPS, and emphasized the employers’ experiences in an IPS-context. READ MORE
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5. From experiences of the outdoors to the design of healthcare environments. : a phenomenological case study at nursing homes
Abstract : This thesis strives to create opportunities within landscape architecture to promote the development of the outdoors as a resource for health and well-being in healthcare settings. The overall aim is to describe users’ experiences of contact with the outdoors in healthcare environments, and from this generate frameworks and tools for use in the design processes of such environments. READ MORE