Search for dissertations about: "human health"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 3828 swedish dissertations containing the words human health.

  2. 16. Novel Methods for Sampling, Characterization and Analysis of Airborne Street Particles in a Health Perspective

    Author : Ali Reza Nosratabadi; Anders Ljungman; Per Leandersson; Helen Karlsson; Peter Molnár; Henrik Kylin; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Fine; Coarse; wear particles; health; Lead; Cadmium; Brake wear particles; Endotoxin; Interleukins; TEOM; IPRL;

    Abstract : Over the last decades, there has been much attention on air quality, especially in urban environments. A significant factor effecting the air quality in the urban environment is airborne particulate matter (PM). Long-term exposure to PM causes increased risk for heart disease, decreased lung function, exacerbation of asthma, and lung cancer. READ MORE

  4. 17. Exploring mental health and potential health assets in young people

    Author : Katrin Häggström Westberg; Petra Svedberg; Jens M. Nygren; Maria Nyholm; Catrine Kostenius; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mental health; health assets; young people; adolescents; help-seeking; user perspective;

    Abstract : Young people in Sweden generally claim to have a good quality of life, but also report increasing mental health problems. It is a concern that only a minority of young people seek and/or access support when encountering mental health problems as mental health is a fundamental human right and integral to a positive development in both childhood and throughout the lifespan. READ MORE

  5. 18. Climate-associated human health effects

    Author : Tzu Tung Chen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; malaria; Plasmodium vivax; mortality; historical epidemiology; vector-borne diseases; climate change; Nordic countries;

    Abstract : The intensifying impacts of climate change on human health represent a significant and pressing global health threat of the current century. This encompasses both short and long-term effects on human health, as well as ecosystem changes linked to rapid shifts in climate, and the subsequent spread of vector-borne diseases. READ MORE

  6. 19. Forest for rest : recovery from exhaustion disorder

    Author : Elisabet Sonntag-Öström; Lisbeth Slunga Järvholm; Ann Dolling; Ylva Lundell; Maria Nordin; Marie Åsberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Burnout; nature-assisted therapy; rehabilitation; forestry; stress disorders; environmental medicine; restoration; human health; well-being; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Abstract : Background Exhaustion disorder (ED) is a common mental and behavioural disorder which often leads to severe negative consequences for the individual and the society. Natural environments have positive effects on mental, physiological and attentional recovery in stressed persons, which encouraged us to test if forest visits could improve recovery from ED. READ MORE

  7. 20. Health Promotion Intervention in Mental Health Services

    Author : Petra Svedberg; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicin människa och djur ; Nursing; Questionnaire; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Health promotion; Phenomenographic.; Mental health services;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to define and develop the concept of health promotion in mental health services as well as to develop a questionnaire to measure patients? subjective experiences of health promotion intervention in mental health services. The samples consisted of 12 patients in study I and 12 nurses in study II as well as 135 patients in mental health services in study III and IV. READ MORE