Search for dissertations about: "School children"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 587 swedish dissertations containing the words School children.

2. 1. The Swedish School Meal as a Public Meal : Collective Thinking, Actions and Meal Patterns

   Author : Christine Persson Osowski; Christina Fjellström; Helen Göranzon; Päivi Palojoki; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; school meal; children; school; social constructionism; teachers; agreement; meal; Kostvetenskap; Food; Nutrition and Dietetics;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study what role the Swedish school meal has as a public meal in Swedish culture. An additional aim is to study the meal patterns of children, including the school meal.An ethnological questionnaire with 192 informants was used to study people’s perceptions and memories of the school meal. READ MORE

4. 2. Occupational performance in school settings : evaluation and intervention using the school AMPS

   Author : Michaela Munkholm; Anne G. Fisher; Britta Löfgren; Curt Hagquist; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Occupational therapy; Assessment; Rasch measurement; Children; schoolwork performance; Differential item functioning; Differential test funktioning; Outcomes; Efficacy of intervention; school-based practice; instrument development; Occupational therapy; Arbetsterapi; Occupational therapy; arbetsterapi;

   Abstract : Background: This thesis is was designed to evaluate aspects of reliability and validity of the School Version of the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (School AMPS) (Fisher, Bryze, Hume, & Griswold, 2007), an observation-based evaluation of quality of occupational performance when children perform schoolwork tasks in school settings. The long term goal was to contribute to knowledge about children at risk or with mild disabilities who experience difficulties with occupational performance in school settings, and describe how the School AMPS can be used when a true top−down process of planning and implementing school-based occupational therapy services is implemented in a Swedish context. READ MORE

5. 3. Active school transportation : Understanding the parental decision-making process

   Author : Hanna Forsberg; Stina Rutberg; Anna-Karin Lindqvist; Lars Nyberg; Maria Hagströmer; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Active commuting to school; children; health promotion; parents; theory of planned behavior; physical activity; social norms; Physiotherapy; Fysioterapi;

   Abstract : Few children and adolescents reach the recommended levels of daily physical activity. This trend is evident in the countries examined in this thesis: Sweden and Spain. READ MORE

6. 4. Children's Living Conditions : Studies on Health, Family and School

   Author : Sara Brolin Låftman; Jan O. Jonsson; Viveca Östberg; Anne H. Gauthier; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; living conditions; well-being; family; health; school; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The present dissertation includes four empirical studies, each of which focuses on specific aspects of children’s living conditions. Study I analyses the association between young people’s social relations and health complaints using Swedish nationally representative survey data on 10- to 18-year-olds. READ MORE

7. 5. Pre-school Children’s Food Habits and Meal Situation : Factors Influencing the Dietary Intake at Pre-school in a Swedish Municipality

   Author : Hanna Sepp; Margareta Wandel; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Domestic sciences; children; food; meals; nutrient; pre-school; teachers; Hushållsvetenskap; barn; mat; måltider; förskola; lärare; Domestic science and nutrition; Hushålls- och kostvetenskap;

   Abstract : A pre-school-based dietary survey, using seven-day records, focus group interviews and semi-structured interviews, was carried out in a suburban area of Stockholm. The overall objective was to investigate the individual food and nutrient intake of pre-school children at all meals during the day, as well as factors that might influence children’s intake. READ MORE