Search for dissertations about: "safety promotion"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the words safety promotion.
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1. Societal risk and safety management : Policy diffusion, management structures and perspectives at the municipal level in Sweden
Abstract : This compilation thesis investigates risk and safety management at the Swedish local governmentallevel. It sets special focus on municipal implementation of overall international and nationalstrategies and objectives regarding holistic, cross-sectorial and multi-strategic risk and safetywork, and the prevention of accidents and injuries. READ MORE
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2. Studies in safety promotion for preschool children
Abstract : The multifactorial aetiology in childhood injuries indicates a need for a systemic approach in the development of safety promotion strategies. In the present thesis, the feasibility of a systemic approach for the development of safety promotion strategies directed at pre-school children was investigated. READ MORE
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3. Safety promotion and injury surveillance with special focus on young people´s club sports : Challenges and possibilities
Abstract : Physical activity in youth has many benefits, but parallel to these benefits, sport related injuries pose considerable risks. It is important to public health to address sport related injuries, particularly those affecting young people, who comprise the majority of participants in organised sport in Sweden. READ MORE
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4. Safety interventions in Swedish small-scale forestry
Abstract : In private non-industrial forestry, self-employed work has long been associated with high risks for injuries. This thesis is based on four studies that focused on two of the major high-risk activities in this sector in Sweden: two on felling, de-limbing and bucking trees with a chainsaw; and two on off-road use of quad bikes. READ MORE
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5. Essays on the Political Economics of China's Development
Abstract : Complementary Roles of Connections and Performance in Political Selection in ChinaWho becomes a top politician in China? We focus on provincial leaders and examine how their chance of being promoted depends on performance and connections with top politicians. We find a positive correlation between promotion and growth that is robustly stronger for connected provincial leaders than for unconnected ones. READ MORE