Search for dissertations about: "Childhood circumstances"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words Childhood circumstances.

2. 1. Subjective Well-being in an Adult Swedish Population : Findings from a Population-based Study

   Author : Anna Hansson; Pernilla Hillerås; Yvonne Forsell; Berit Lundman; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Subjective well-being; Depression; Life circumstances; Follow-up; Population-based; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Subjective well-being; depression; life circumstances; follow-up; population-based;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines various factors associated with subjective well-being (SWB) in an adult Swedish population, aged 20-64 years, using cross-sectional and longitudinal data. The thesis includes four studies based on the PART study, a current population-based study on mental health, work, and relations in Stockholm County, Sweden. READ MORE

4. 2. Childhood Sexual Abuse Against Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa : Individual and Contextual Risk Factors

   Author : Ismail Yahaya; Gloria Macassa; Joaquim Soares; Antonio Ponce De Leon; Antony Beech; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; alcohol; child sexual abuse; demographic and health survey; multilevel; neighbourhood; sexual violence; smoking; social disorganisation; socio-economic status; sub-Saharan Africa;

   Abstract : Background and objectives: Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a substantial public health and human rights problem, as well as a growing concern in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It has both short and long term effects on girls: physical and psychological, including negative sexual outcomes. READ MORE

5. 3. Socioeconomic factors and childhood cancer : survival and long-term consequences

   Author : Hanna Mogensen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Childhood cancer is rare and survival rates have increased substantially over the past 60 years as a result of better diagnostics and treatments. Despite this, childhood cancer is the most common disease-related cause of death among children aged 1-14 years in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 4. Subjective Well-Being in Swedish Women

   Author : Daiva Daukantaitė; Lars R. Bergman; Katariina Salmela-Aro; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; women; subjective well-being; longitudinal; cluster analysis; social circumstances; personality; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : The present thesis concerns middle-aged women’s subjective well-being (SWB). The interest is focused on the importance of childhood factors, social circumstances, and personality for middle-aged women’s general SWB. READ MORE

7. 5. LIVING WITH CHILDHOOD DIABETES - Family Experiences and Long-term effects

   Author : Anne Wennick; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health; Educational Status; Adult; Child; Type 1 Diabetes; Nursing; Family; Educational Status;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate families’ experiences when a child is diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes, and at one and three years after diagnosis. Since childhood health and the circumstances around it in the family have been shown to have a lasting impact on adult health and circumstances, an additional aim was to examine the long-term effect of childhood diabetes on education level attained and self-assessed health. READ MORE