Search for dissertations about: "gender awareness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 118 swedish dissertations containing the words gender awareness.

2. 1. “I am solely a professional – neutral and genderless” : on gender bias and gender awareness in the medical profession

   Author : Gunilla Risberg; Toine Lagro-Janssen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : Gender; gender bias; gender awareness; physicians; clinical decision-making; research evaluation; medical education; medical teachers; tutors; division of labour; hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; health services research;

   Abstract : Aim: During the last decades research has reported seemingly unjustified differences between how women and men are perceived as patients, medical students and physicians. Most studies have been performed outside Scandinavia. READ MORE

4. 2. Business as Usual? : Doing gender equality in Swedish forestry work organisations

   Author : Maria Johansson; Malin Lindberg; Ulrika Haake; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Feminist action research; Forestry; Gender; Gender equality; Organization; Male dominated industries; Genus och teknik; Gender and Technology; Industriell design; Industrial Design;

   Abstract : The title of this thesis is Business as usual? Doing gender equality in Swedish forestry work organizations and while the latter part, the subtitle, is rather self-explanatory, the former part can be read in different ways. The aim of the thesis is to increase the understanding of the doing of gender equality in the male dominated work organizations of the Swedish forestry sector, and thereby contribute both theoretical and empirical understanding regarding how doing gender equality in the forestry sector relates both to notions of gender and notions of organizations. READ MORE

5. 3. In Search for Gender awareness in Technology Education

   Author : Gunilla Rooke; Sven Ove Hansson; Inga-Britt Skogh; Minna Salminen-Karlsson; KTH; []
   Keywords : gender; technology; technology education; gender awareness; gender aware methods; recruitment;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of two essays and an introduction. The main theme is gender awareness in technology education and the theoretical standpoint is gender theory. READ MORE

6. 4. To Plan or Not to Plan : Gender Perspectives on Pregnancy Planning, Fertility Awareness and Preconception Health and Care

   Author : Maja Bodin; Margareta Larsson; Tanja Tydén; Lisa Folkmarson Käll; Lars Plantin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Reproductive Health; Preconception Care; Fertility Awareness; Pregnancy Planning; Men; Fathers; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science; Patologi; Pathology;

   Abstract : The level of pregnancy planning is of importance to the well-being of parents and children. Unintended and/or unwanted pregnancies are often associated with less health promoting behavior during pregnancy, poorer health of the new born, and relationship dissatisfaction. READ MORE

7. 5. Gender inequity in child survival : travails of the girl child in rural north India

   Author : Anand Krishnan; Nawi Ng; Peter Byass; Chadrakant Pandav; Per Ashorn; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Conditional cash transfers; girl child; inequities; gender; prejudice; mortality; non-specific effects; sex; socio-economic; vaccines; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

   Abstract : Background: While substantial progress has been made globally towards achieving United Nations Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4) on child mortality, the decline is not sufficient to reach the targets set for 2015. The South Asian region, which includes India, was to achieve the MDG 4 target of 39 deaths per 1000 live births by 2015 but was estimated to have reached only 61 by 2011. READ MORE