Search for dissertations about: "Social functioning"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 536 swedish dissertations containing the words Social functioning.
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1. Adulthood Outcomes of Child and Adolescent Depression : From Mental Health to Social Functioning
Abstract : Depression is a common mental disorder affecting people across the lifespan, with first onset frequently occurring in the teenage years. The disorder is costly to society and constitutes one of the leading causes of disability in youths and adults worldwide. READ MORE
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2. Impact on participation and service for persons with deafblindness
Abstract : Persons with deafblindness experience difficulties in daily life and they experience service to sometimes barrier. The overall aim of this thesis is therefore to discover, evaluate and explain: 1. mechanisms that might have impact on participation restrictions for people who have visual and hearing impairment i.e. READ MORE
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3. Applicability of the ICF-CY to describe functioning and environment of children with disabilities
Abstract : The aim of the thesis, with four empirical studies, was to explore the applicability of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, version for children and youth (ICF-CY) to describe functioning and environment of children with disabilities. The components and categories in the ICF-CY were explored by studying items in ICF-CY based questionnaires in studies I and II and by linking texts of individual habilitation plans to the ICF-CY in studies III and IV. READ MORE
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4. Blood on the tracks : Life-course perspectives on health inequalities in later life
Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to explore social inequalities in: a) mortality during mid-life, b) health in later life, and c) old-age mortality, from a life-course perspective. The studies are based on longitudinal Swedish survey and registry data. READ MORE
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5. Participation in everyday life for adults with profound intellectual (and multiple) disabilities
Abstract : Background: Adults with profound intellectual (and multiple) disabilities need society’s support to live under “as normal circumstances” as possible. Support should be carried out in accordance with the Swedish disability policy vision of full participation in community and equality in living conditions. READ MORE