Search for dissertations about: "Toomas Timpka"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words Toomas Timpka.
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6. Role, Identity and Work : Extending the design and development agenda
Abstract : In order to make technology easier to handle for its users, the field of HCI (Human- Computer Interaction) has recently often turned the environment and the context of use. In this thesis the focus is on the relation between the user and the technology. READ MORE
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7. Online health promoting communities : Design, implementation and formative evaluation of an intervention
Abstract : In Sweden, obesity among children has not yet reached the epidemic proportions reported from other parts of the world. However, among adolescents, being overweight and self-consciousness regarding body shape, diet and exercise influence social, psychological and physical health. READ MORE
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8. Community-based osteoporosis prevention: Physical activity in relation to bone density, fall prevention, and the effect of training programmes : The Vadstena Osteoporosis Prevention Project
Abstract : This thesis is based on studies of the ten-year community-based intervention programme entitled, the Vadstena Osteoporosis Prevention Project (VOPP). The specific aims of the research were to describe the effects of physical activity and training programmes on bone mass and balance performance in adults, to determine whether a fall risk prevention programme could motivate personal actions among the elderly, to ascertain whether the intervention programme could reduce the incidence of forearm and hip fractures. READ MORE
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9. Development of IT-supported Inter-organisational Collaboration : A Case Study in the Swedish Public Sector
Abstract : Collaboration across the organisational boundaries takes place for different reasons. One of them is to solve complex problems that cannot be dealt with by a single organisation. The area of vocational rehabilitation constitutes an example of inter-organisational collaboration motivated by a need for joint problem solving. READ MORE
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10. Towards systematic prevention of athletics injuries : Use of clinical epidemiology for evidence-based injury prevention
Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to outline the design protocol for a prospective clinical epidemiological study of injuries among athletics athletes; study the 1-year prevalence, the point prevalence and incidence of injuries in total cohorts of Swedish elite adult and talented youth athletics athletes; pinpoint the risk indicators and factors for different injury types/patterns in athletics.In paper I, an argument-based method to investigate complex design problems was used to structure the collection and analysis of data. READ MORE