Search for dissertations about: "Homeless people"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Homeless people.

2. 1. Design for Participation and Inclusion will Follow : Disabled People and the Digital Society

   Author : Stefan Johansson; Jan Gulliksen; Per-Olof Hedvall; Bodil Jönsson; Katarina Lindblad-Gidlund; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Design; Accessibility; Universal Design; Participation; Disability Digital Divide; Inclusion; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

   Abstract : Digitalization is rapidly taking over all aspects of society, but still there are parts of the population who have to struggle for access to, and to be able to use, the digital resources. Design processes and outcomes in the form of artefacts, that takes accessibility into account, is key to participation. READ MORE

4. 2. Oral health among a group of homeless individuals from dental professional's and patient's perspective

   Author : Patricia Alvarado De Palma; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Dental Status; homeless adults; dental care; substance abuse; dignity; phenomenology; content analysis; questionnaire; attitudes.;

   Abstract : The homeless are a vulnerable group in society. They are frail, in poor general health and tend to have difficulty expressing expectations and needs. While poor oral health is clearly an added burden for people who struggle daily to survive under miserable living conditions, there are also many barriers to dental care. READ MORE

5. 3. Homelessness and health : analysis of mortality and morbidity from a gender perspective

   Author : Ulla Beijer; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Homeless people; gender; hospital care; mortality; mental disorders; substance misuse; physical diseases;

   Abstract : In this thesis, results from epidemiological cohort studies of morbidity and mortality among homeless men and women are presented. Comparisons were made with the general population concerning hospital care for somatic diseases, injury and mental disorders, and concerning mortality. READ MORE

6. 4. Pulmonary tuberculosis in pre-trial detentions in St. Petersburg, Russia

   Author : Tatiana Lobacheva; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Tuberculosis; prison; epidemiology; Russia;

   Abstract : During the last 15 years situation with Tuberculosis (TB) in prison system in Russia has been worsened as well as in the whole country. High TB rates in prison system reflect not only bad conditions there, but also the economical situation in the country and the health of whole population. READ MORE

7. 5. Needed by Nobody : Homelessness, Humiliation, and Homelessness in Post-Socialist Russia

   Author : Tova Höjdestrand; Karin Norman; Galina Lindquist; Bruce Grant; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Russia; post-socialist society; homelessness; housing; state surveillance; informal economy; urban space; intimate social relationships; gender; identity; ; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi;

   Abstract : Homelessness became a conspicuous facet of Russian metropolitan cityscapes only in the 1990s, when the Soviet criminalization of ‘vagrancy’ and similar offences was abolished. This study investigates homelessness as a sociostructural phenomenon as well as an individually experienced life condition, with a focus on homeless people in St. READ MORE