Search for dissertations about: "ill-health"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 177 swedish dissertations containing the word ill-health.

  2. 1. Migration, Stress and Mental Ill Health : Post-migration Factors and Experiences in the Swedish Context

    Author : Petter Tinghög; Lennart Nordenfelt; John Carstensen; Thomas Hemmingsson; Matti Similä; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cross-cultural equivalence; foreign-born; Hopkins Symptom Checklist HSCL-25 ; Living conditions; mental ill health; migration; phenomenology; population-based; Risk factors; Stress; WHO Wellbeing Index; Cross-cultural equivalence; foreign-born; Hopkins Symptom Checklist HSCL-25 ; Living conditions; mental ill health; migration; phenomenology; population-based; risk factors; stress; WHO Wellbeing Index; invandrare; psykisk hälsa; migration; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : This predominantly empirical dissertation deals with how socio-economic living conditions and immigrant-specific factors can be linked to immigrants’ mental ill health. It is also explored how cultural representations can affect stress and whether mental ill health is expressed differently among immigrants from Iraq and Iran than among individuals of Nordic origin. READ MORE

  4. 2. Mental ill-health in childbearing women : Markers and risk factors

    Author : Anne-Marie Wangel; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : markers; mental ill-health; pregnancy; psychiatric inpatient care; risk factors;

    Abstract : The awareness of mental health problems in women of reproductive age has increased worldwide in the recent decades. Much research has focused on symptoms of depression in women and the risk of postpartum depression, as a factor of attachment problems and adverse health effects on the newborn and growing child. READ MORE

  5. 3. Mental ill health and diversity : Researching human suffering and resilience in a multicultural context

    Author : Karin Ingvarsdotter; Malmö högskola; []
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    Abstract : The general objective of this dissertation was to study the putative underutilisation of mental health services in a multicultural context. The method followed a qualitative interview-based naturalistic approach, and the interview format was primarily semi-structured. READ MORE

  6. 4. Stress, sleep disturbance, and related ill-health : from prevalence and risk-factors to indicated interventions

    Author : Per Höglund; Steven Nordin; Camilla Hakelind; Steven Linton; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Stress-related ill-health; Prevalence; Risk factors; Burnout; Insomnia; Non-experts; Low intensity psychological interventions; Primary care; Scalability; Indicated prevention.; klinisk psykologi; Clinical Psychology; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

    Abstract : With focus on stress-related ill-health and insomnia/sleep disturbance, the overall aim of this thesis was to determine severity and prevalence, risk factors and effectiveness of low-intensity group sessions. This was accomplished by taking epidemiological and quasi-experimental approaches. READ MORE

  7. 5. How privatization and corporatization affect healthcare employees’ work climate, work attitudes and ill-health : Implications of social status

    Author : Helena Falkenberg; Magnus Sverke; Katharina Näswall; Bo Melin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Privatization; corporatization; organizational change; ownership; healthcare employees; acute care hospitals; physicians; social status; hierarchic level; gender; work climate; work attitudes; ill-health; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : Political liberalization and increased public costs have placed new demands on the Swedish public sector. Two ways of meeting these novel requirements have been to corporatize and privatize organizations. READ MORE