Search for dissertations about: "Astrid Blystad"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Astrid Blystad.

2. 1. Improving Health-seeking Behavior and Care among Sexual Violence Survivors in Rural Tanzania

   Author : Muzdalifat Abeid; Pia Axemo; Astrid Blystad; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : healthcare worker; community; sexual violence; rape; intervention; quasi-experimental; qualitative; rural; Tanzania; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to assess the effects of providing community education and training to healthcare workers to improve community response, healthcare and support for rape survivors in the Kilombero district of Tanzania. The overall design of the project was to begin with an exploratory study (Paper I) to establish the community’s perceptions towards sexual violence and their perceived recommendations to address this issue. READ MORE

4. 2. Otherness and disease in Reunion : The politicisation of the 2005 to 2007 chikungunya epidemic

   Author : Karine Aasgaard Jansen; Tove Ingebjørg Fjell; Astrid Blystad; Line Alice Ytrehus; Pamila Gupta; University of Bergen; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Abstract : In this dissertation I investigate how decolonisation through inclusion instead of independence has affected processes of othering, and reactions to being othered. By othering I mean discursive colonial practices described by post-colonial theories, in which racial and cultural difference is produced as inferior vis-à-vis the “superior” West. READ MORE