Search for dissertations about: "Empowerment"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 247 swedish dissertations containing the word Empowerment.

  2. 6. Health-promoting health services : personal health documents and empowerment

    Author : Lars Jerdén; Lars Weinehall; Erik Bergström; Gunilla Burell; Charli Eriksson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Empowerment; health promotion; health behaviour; self-rated health; medical records; adolescents; health services; primary health care; nursing; cost-effectiveness; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi;

    Abstract : In 2003, the Swedish Parliament adopted a national public health policy that included the domain - “A more health-promoting health service”. Strategies and tools are needed in the work to reorient health services. Personal health documents are documents concerning a person’s health, and are owned by the individual. READ MORE

  4. 7. Designing Intranets for Viability : Approaching Organizational Empowerment and Participation

    Author : Christina Amcoff Nyström; Stig C Holmberg; Louise Yngström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Informatics; computer and systems science; Intranet design; Viable System Model; Empowerment; Democracy; Autonomy; Recursion; Viability; Participation; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap; Informatics; computer and systems science; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap; computer and systems sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : Intranets appeared in the mid-1990s and were perceived as the answer to the need for the integration of existing Information Systems into organisations. Despite the fact that there has been extensive research regarding implementation, development processes, policies standardisation vs. READ MORE

  5. 8. Working Life Among First-Line Managers and Their Subordinates in Elderly Care : an Empowerment Perspective

    Author : Heidi Hagerman; Maria Engström; Bernice Skytt; Barbro Wadensten; Lotta Dellve; Högskolan i Gävle; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Elderly Care; First-Line Manager; Structural and Psychological Empowerment; Subordinate; Working Life; Nursing; Omvårdnad; Health-Promoting Work; Hälsofrämjande arbete; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : Aim: The aim of this thesis was to study the working life of first-line managers and their subordinates in elderly care from an empowerment perspective. Methods: Paper I and II used a qualitative approach, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 male and 14 female first-line managers. READ MORE

  6. 9. The circle of strength and power : Experiences of empowerment in intensive care

    Author : Ingrid Wåhlin; Ewa Idvall; Anna-Christina Ek; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Empowerment; Critical care; Experiences; Relationships; Work satisfaction; Patient; Family; Nurse; Physician; Comparison; Atmosphere; Quality of care; Interview; Intensive care; Intensivvård;

    Abstract : Patients and next of kin in intensive care often experience powerlessness, anxiety and distress and intensive care staff are repeatedly exposed to traumatic situations and demanding events. Empowerment has been described as a process of overcoming a sense of powerlessness and a model through which people may develop a sense of inner strength through connections with others. READ MORE

  7. 10. Attitudes towards Sustainable Development. Priorities, Responsibility, Empowerment

    Author : Marianne Lindström; Marianne Henningsson; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; sustainable development; responsibilities; priorities; personality; feelings; empowerment; Agenda 21; control; Psychology; Psykologi; Miljövetenskap; Psychology;

    Abstract : The UN conference in Rio on Environment and Development in 1992 was the starting point for the local Agenda 21 work and several Swedish municipalities began their local Agenda 21 processes in 1993. This thesis aims at investigating how people perceive sustainable development in four Swedish municipalities. READ MORE