Search for dissertations about: "Ylva Almquist"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Ylva Almquist.
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1. A class of origin : The school class as a social context and health disparities in a life-course perspective
Abstract : The aim of the present thesis is to examine various aspects of the school-class structure and their links to health in a life-course perspective. The empirical studies are based on two longitudinal data materials of cohorts born in the 1950s, followed up until middle age. READ MORE
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2. Under the influence : Substance misuse from the perspective of linked lives
Abstract : Health risk behaviors shape, and are shaped by, the people with whom we interact throughout our lives. The use of substances, including alcohol or narcotics, is one such behavior, yet it is often empirically examined in isolation of other people. READ MORE
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3. Intervening in a social world : An evaluation of an alcohol prevention programme in a Swedish workplace context
Abstract : A sizeable portion of hazardous alcohol consumers are found in the workforce, suggesting that the workplace could provide opportunities for preventing and reducing hazardous alcohol use at an early stage. One such intervention is the multi-component alcohol prevention programme, ‘APMaT’ (Alcohol Policy and Managers’ skills Training), designed and delivered by Alna, an organisation that provides services to prevent harmful behaviours in Swedish workplaces. READ MORE
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4. Troubled childhoods cast long shadows : Studies of childhood adversity and premature mortality in a Swedish post-war birth cohort
Abstract : Taking a life course approach can help us to understand health inequalities. This thesis illustrates that socially-patterned childhood experiences might play a critical role for inequalities in mortality. The association between childhood adversity and premature mortality is investigated in the context of a 1953 Stockholm birth cohort. READ MORE
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5. Mental health, substance misuse and labour market participation in teenage refugees in Sweden – A longitudinal perspective
Abstract : Aim: To fill the knowledge gap about the importance of contextual factors after resettlement on mental health, substance misuse and labour market participation among young refugees who immigrate to Sweden as teenagers. Methods: Register studies in national registers of national cohorts of young refugees, unaccompanied and accompanied, who settled in Sweden as teenagers. READ MORE