Search for dissertations about: "Astrid Fjell"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Astrid Fjell.

  2. 1. Preventive home visits among older people : risk assessment, self-rated health and experiences of healthy ageing

    Author : Astrid Fjell; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: The worldwide population is ageing and life expectancy is increasing. This increase in age is associated with physiological and psychosocial challenges and changes that lead to decreased intrinsic capacity and functional ability. 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