Search for dissertations about: "foreign background"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 95 swedish dissertations containing the words foreign background.

  2. 1. Health and Social Determinants Among Boys and Girls in Sweden : Focusing on Parental Background

    Author : Heidi Carlerby; Katja Gillander Gådin; Anders Knutsson; Eija Viitasara; Ina Borup; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; bullying involvement; discrimination; foreign extraction; gender; WHO-HBSC; intersectional perspective; health risk behaviour; parental background; PSP; SHC; SCOS; socio-demography; mobbning; diskrimination; utländsk härkomst; genus; WHO-HBSC; intersektionalitetsperspektiv; hälsoriskbeteende; föräldrabakgrund; PSP; SHC; SCOS; sociodemografi;

    Abstract : The majority of Swedish boys and girls have good psychosomatic health. Despite that the risk of mental health problems such as nervousness, feeling low and sleeping difficulties has increased steadily in recent decades. READ MORE

  4. 2. Foreign background and criminal offending among young males in Stockholm

    Author : Amber Beckley; Jerzy Sarnecki; Magnus Bygren; Torbjørn Skardhamar; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; immigrants and crime; foreign background; criminology; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis considers how factors from the home country, the family, and the individual impact the risk for criminal offending among young males from a foreign background residing in Stockholm. I use Swedish register data to examine the risk for police registered suspicion of criminal offending. READ MORE

  5. 3. Parent-child feeding dynamics and childhood obesity : The importance of foreign background and effects of early obesity treatment

    Author : Maria Somaraki; Paulina Nowicka; Anna Ek; Pernilla Sandvik; Silje Steinsbekk; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; childhood obesity; parenting practices; feeding practices; child eating behaviours; food intake; obesity treatment; foreign background; Nutrition; Nutrition;

    Abstract : Childhood obesity is often characterised as a global epidemic. Yet, little progress has been made in addressing its increasing levels, especially among certain populations. READ MORE

  6. 4. On oral health in young individuals with foreign and Swedish backgrounds

    Author : Brittmarie Jacobsson; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dental caries; diet; epidemiology; foreign background; gingivitis; immigrant;

    Abstract : In Sweden, children and adolescents with two foreign-born parents constitute 17% of all children in the Swedish population.AIMS: The aims of this thesiswere to collect knowledge of the prevalence of gingivitis, caries and caries associated variables, in the 3-, 5-, 10- and 15-year age groups with two foreign born parents compared with their counterparts with Swedish-born parents in a ten-year perspective (Study I). READ MORE

  7. 5. Consumer Foreign Online Purchasing : Uncertainty in the Consumer-Retailer Relationship

    Author : Aswo Safari; Amjad Hadjikhani; Rudolf Sinkovics; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Uncertainty; Trust; Commitment; Consumer foreign online purchasing; Relationship;

    Abstract : Consumer foreign online purchasing (CFOP) in this thesis refers to the exchange between consumers and foreign online retailers. Despite empirical facts showing increasing interest of consumers to purchase from foreign online retailers, researchers have only paid modest interest to this new marketing field. READ MORE