Search for dissertations about: "Risk behaviour"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 632 swedish dissertations containing the words Risk behaviour.

  2. 16. Migratory behaviour of Baltic salmon (Salmo salar L.) : adaptive significance of annual cycles

    Author : Torleif Eriksson; Lars-Ove Eriksson; Kees Groot; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Migratory behaviour; annual cycles; Baltic salmon; Salmo salar; annual time program; swimming behaviour; mortality; maturity; life history;

    Abstract : This thesis evaluates the adaptive significance of annual cycles on the migratory behaviour of Baltic salmon (Salmo salar L.). The studies have included field experiments as well as laboratory studies gf maturity and migratory behaviour patterns of smolts and postsmolts mainly from the Angerman river population. READ MORE

  4. 17. Disaster risk management and climate change adaptation in urban contexts: Integration and challenges

    Author : Claudia Rivera; Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mainstreaming; Nicaragua; risk governance; Sweden; urban planning; disaster risk reduction; disaster risk management; Climate change adaptation;

    Abstract : An increasing number of disasters continue to affect urban populations and housing infrastructure. The overwhelming majority of them have been caused by climate-related events. This situation has made the creation of synergies between climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk management (DRM) urgent. READ MORE

  5. 18. Child behaviour and pain after hospitalization, surgery and anaesthesia

    Author : Mats Karling; Bruno Hägglöf; Per Gustafsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; child behaviour; pain; validation; child; hospitalised; pain prevalence; factor analysis; risk factors; Anaesthetics; Anestesiologi;

    Abstract : Hospitalization, surgery and anaesthesia are for some children associated with anxiety and could be a frightful experience which may result in later problematic behaviour. Pain is associated with the fears of hospitalization. READ MORE

  6. 19. Predicting Health Behaviour – Population-Based Studies of Knowledge and Behaviour Related to Cardiovascular Diseases

    Author : Per Andersson; Jerzy Leppert; Rickard L Sjöberg; Mai-Lis Hellénius; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Public health; Population-based study; knowledge about risk factors; CVD; predicting behaviour; family history; experience of illness; obesity; comparison Sweden - Poland; stage of change; health belief model; Folkhälsomedicin;

    Abstract : The overall aim was to study factors that affect behaviour related to CVD (cardiovascular diseases). Study I tested whether gender, education and so-cioeconomic status correlated to knowledge about risk factors, and Study II studied knowledge and risk behaviour from a national perspective (Sweden versus Poland). READ MORE

  7. 20. Promoting traffic safety among young male drivers - the role of mental elaboration

    Author : Birgitta Falk; Henry Montgomery; Ola Svenson; Frank McKenna; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Young drivers; driving behaviour; social influence; persuasion; risk behaviour; intervention; speeding; test-retest effect; traffic safety; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the potential of mental elaboration as a means of decreasing risky driving among young male drivers. Around 600 young male drivers participated in the three studies. READ MORE