Search for dissertations about: "Parental death"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 60 swedish dissertations containing the words Parental death.

  2. 1. Equality in Death? : How the Social Positions of Individuals and Families are Linked to Mortality

    Author : Jenny Torssander; Robert Erikson; Denny Vågerö; Pekka Martikainen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health inequality; mortality; socioeconomic factors; education; social class; social status; income; marital partner; intergenerational; child-parent relationship; cause of death; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : Socioeconomic positions of individuals are clearly associated with the chances of living a healthy long life. In four empirical studies based on Swedish population registers, two topics are examined in this thesis: The relationships between different indicators of social position and mortality, and the importance of family members’ socioeconomic resources for the survival of the individual. READ MORE

  4. 2. LOSING A PARENT TO CANCER AS A TEENAGER - Family cohesion, grief, long-term health and wellbeing and the development of a comprehensive care guide for personalized palliative care

    Author : Dröfn Birgisdóttir; allergologi och palliativ medicin Lungmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Palliative care; Bereavement; End-of-life care; Adolescents; Teenagers; Young adults; Family cohesion; Parental death; Loss; Health and wellbeing; Health prevention; Grief; Depression; Anxiety; Sleeping problems; Oncology; Quality improvement; Clinical practice guidelines; Healthcare services; Death and dying; Next-of-kin; Grief resolution; Grief reaction; long-term health;

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  5. 3. Disease, Death, and Displacement : The long-term effects of early-life conditions on income, education, and health in Sweden, 1937-2011

    Author : Luis Serratos-Sotelo; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; vaccine; polio; migration; forced migration; Yugoslavia; refugees; parental death; Early-life; income; education; health; Sweden;

    Abstract : How are people’s lives shaped by what they experience during infancy, childhood, and adolescence? How are their adult lives impacted by a sudden improvement or worsening in their early-life conditions?This dissertation aims at providing some insights about how specific changes in early-life conditions can affect individuals’ lives in the long-term. It focuses on three very different shocks to early-life conditions: (1) exposure to disease and vaccination, studied through the case of polio and the vaccine against it, (2) experiencing forced migration, studied through the case of Yugoslavian refugees in Sweden, and (3) losing a parent during the childhood years. READ MORE

  6. 4. Parents, Children and Childbearing

    Author : Johan Dahlberg; Juho Härkönen; Gunnar Andersson; Jennifer S. Barber; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Demography; Sociology; Fertility; Intergenerational transmission; Intergenerational influences; Social background; Parental death; Timing of first birth; Mode of delivery; Sibling correlation; Event history analysis; Childlessness; Sweden; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis provides a set of studies of social influences on fertility timing. Swedish register data are used to link individuals to their parents and siblings, thereby allowing the study of impacts of family of origin, social background, and parental death on fertility. READ MORE

  7. 5. Parental cancer and children’s well-being : understanding the potential role of psychological stress

    Author : Chen Ruoqing; Fang Fang; Unnur Valdimarsdóttir; Katja Fall; Kamila Czene; Corinna Bergelt; Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Institutionen för Medicinsk Epidemiologi och Biostatistik; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Early life stress has a major influence on one’s health through the life course. During childhood, early experience may not only affect the normal brain development, but also influence the susceptibility to mental and physical disorders. READ MORE