Search for dissertations about: "Dissertations on Adolescent Health Care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words Dissertations on Adolescent Health Care.

2. 1. Gender power dynamics in sexual and reproductive health. A qualitative study in Chiredzi District, Zimbabwe

   Author : Jeremiah Chikovore; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Public health; Folkhälsomedicin; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden;

   Abstract : This thesis presents perspectives of men regarding abortion, contraceptive use and sexuality. Contrary to what we had expected, men expressed anxiety over abortion and contraceptive use, not because the issues concerned women’s health, but rather because men associated them with extramarital sexual activity they thought women were concealing. READ MORE

4. 2. Adolescents' experiences of undergoing scoliosis surgery : psychological aspects and patterns of pain

   Author : Anna-Clara Rullander; Viveca Lindh; Karin Enskär; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Scoliosis; Nursing; Perioperative care; Pain; Adolescent; Recovery;

   Abstract : Background: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) affects 1 – 3% of all children aged 10 – 16 years; of these approximately 80% are girls. Scoliosis surgery is a major (one of the most extensive) elective paediatric orthopaedic procedure and is known to cause severe and excruciating pain that requires advanced postoperative pain management. READ MORE

5. 3. Grown-up children of divorce : Experiences and health

   Author : Teresia Ängarne-Lindberg; Marie Wadsby; Carina Berterö; Michael Gähler; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parental divorce; mental health; somtic health; narratives; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

   Abstract : The comprehensive purpose of the thesis was to study the health and experiences, with a main focus on mental health, of a group of grown-up children of divorced parents in comparison to a group of persons without this experience. Mental health, experienced life events, narratives of divorce related experiences and personal resources were therefore examined in a group of young adults (age 22-33 years) whose parents divorced 15 years before the start of the first three studies. READ MORE

6. 4. Adolescent mental health and utilisation of psychiatric care : the role of parental country of birth and neighbourhood of residence

   Author : Anna-Karin Ivert; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : children; mental health; psychiatric care; neighbourhoods; parental country of birth;

   Abstract : The studies included in this thesis aim to illustrate different aspects of mentalhealth and the utilisation of psychiatric care among Swedish children andadolescents, with the overarching aim being to improve the existingknowledge on how the neighbourhood of residence and parental country ofbirth influence adolescents’ mental health and their pathways into andutilisation of psychiatric care.The first study investigates referral pathways to child and adolescentpsychiatric clinics, directing a special focus at how these pathways differ onthe basis of parental country of birth and neighbourhood of residence. READ MORE

7. 5. Long-Term Health Outcome of Adolescent  Mood Disorders : Focus on Bipolar Disorder

   Author : Aivar Päären; Ulf Jonsson; Anne-Liis von Knorring; Frank Lindblad; Anne Mari Sund; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : adolescent mood disorders; bipolar disorder; long-term follow-up assessment; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

   Abstract : There has recently been an intense debate about the increased rate of bipolar disorders (BPD) in children and adolescents observed in clinical settings. Thus, there is great interest in child and adolescent symptoms of hypomania and whether these symptoms subsequently will develop into BPD. READ MORE