Search for dissertations about: "education Turkey"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words education Turkey.
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1. Inscription on Stone : Islam, State and Education in Iran and Turkey
Abstract : This study explores the role of education as means of creation and maintenance of religious hegemony in Iran and Turkey. In the context of this study, state-sponsored systems of mass education aim to socialize generations of children into accepting the ideology and values of the dominant groups as the normal state of affairs. READ MORE
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2. Success at work and in family life : studies in selected Western fertility and family dynamics
Abstract : This thesis contains three studies that address the issues of childbearing and working life and the connection between working life and success in family life. The first two studies investigate third-birth rates in two West-European countries, based on two national surveys concerning the family and working life. READ MORE
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3. Cardiovascular diseases in immigrants in Sweden
Abstract : Aims: The general aim with this project was to elucidate coronary heart disease (CHD) morbidity and mortality among immigrants in Sweden, by investigating the morbidity from CHD, comparing all-cause and CHD mortality between immigrants in Sweden and natives in the country of birth, analyzing the trend of CHD, and estimating the prevalence of CHD risk factors. Methods: The first study was designed as a follow-up study of the incidence of CHD among twelve immigrant groups. READ MORE
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4. Aspects of foreign-born women's health and childbirth-related outcomes : an epidemiological study of women of childbearing age in Sweden
Abstract : This thesis aims to study the association between aspects of health and childbirth-related outcomes and country of birth. A theoretical model has been developed from a feministic perspective to reflect foreign-born women's risk of poor health and childbirth-related outcomes in a broader context. READ MORE
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5. Inequalities in health : social, biological, ethnic and life-course perspectives
Abstract : There is an unmistakable consistency in differences in risks for morbidity and mortality between social groups. The more advantaged, whether measured in terms of income, education, class, status or ethnicity in general fare better when compared to others, emphasizing the importance of the social environment in determining health in all stages of life. READ MORE