Search for dissertations about: "health survey"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 939 swedish dissertations containing the words health survey.
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1. Adolescent boys’ health : managing emotions, masculinities and subjective social status
Abstract : The health of adolescent boys is complex and surprisingly little is known about how adolescent boys perceive, conceptualise and experience their health. Thus, the overall aim of this thesis was to explore adolescent boys’ perceptions and experiences of health, emotions, masculinity and subjective social status (SSS). READ MORE
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2. School health nursing : perceiving, recording and improving schoolchildren's health
Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis is to explore School health nursing through school nurses’ descriptions of school children’s health and to analyse factors influencing the recording of schoolchildren’s health in the School Health Record (SHR). An additional aim is to evaluate family nursing interventions as a tool for the school nurses in the School Health Service (SHS). READ MORE
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3. Health workforce development post-1990s health sector reforms : the case of medical doctors in Tanzania
Abstract : Background: Health systems in many low- and middle-income countries suffer from critical shortages and inequitable geographical distribution of the health workforce. Since the 1940s, many low- and middle-income countries have passed through different regimes of health sector reforms; the most recent one was in the 1990s. READ MORE
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4. Making visible the invisible : Health risks from environmental exposures among socially deprived populations of Nairobi, Kenya
Abstract : Background: Most countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing a high rate of urbanization accompanied with unplanned development resulting into sprawl of slums. The weather patterns and air pollution sources in most urban areas are changing with significant effects on health. READ MORE
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5. Essays on Social Capital, Health and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health A Health Economic Study
Abstract : The thesis comprises four independent research papers and a summary that focus on two related dimensions. The first dimension focuses on the understanding of the production of health. Particularly, the question is asked whether community's stock of social capital influence individual's health. READ MORE