Search for dissertations about: "Training for women"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 212 swedish dissertations containing the words Training for women.

2. 1. Women search for normality in birth : Solutions empowering resilience and reproductive agency while reducing adverse outcomes for Somaliland women

   Author : Jama Ali Egal; Marie Klingberg-Allvin; Fatumo Osman; Kerstin Erlandsson; Margareta Larsson; Högskolan Dalarna; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Maternal death; maternal near miss; midwifery care; reproductive agency; sexual and reproductive health; Somaliland;

   Abstract : This thesis aimed to explore the causes of severe pregnancy outcomes and maternal deaths in Somaliland (studies I and II) and how these causes are influenced by the context of the wider health system (studies III and IV). Methodology: Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies were used. READ MORE

4. 2. Visibility at risk for women as rights-holders : a study with regard to a refugee camp context

   Author : Jenny Zetterqvist; Joakim Nergelius; Kerstin Nordlöf; Catharina Calleman; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Women; rights-holder; human rights; CEDAW; gender-based violence; domestic violence; protracted refugee camp situations; local customary law tradition; East Africa; plural legal context;

   Abstract : By taking the recognition of persons as rights-holders in the framework of international human rights into account, this study directs its attention to women in protracted refugee situations, restricted to stay in camps also when their human rights are at risk due to various forms of violence. The question in focus is the following: To what extent may there be a risk that women in a refugee camp context, distinguished by a protracted refugee situation, do not become visible as rights-holders and entrusted to act with regard to international human rights and the problem of violence against women, especially domestic violence?The research process has taken the form of a continuous dialogue with the material for the study, a dialogue directing attention to material from an established international human rights system on one hand and material dealing with a local refugee camp context on the other. READ MORE

5. 3. Training and hormones in physically active women : with and without oral contraceptive use

   Author : Lisbeth Wikström-Frisén; Karin Larsén; Anna Nordtröm; Cecilia Fridén; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; female athletes; hormones; menstrual cycle; oral contraceptive cycle; resistance training; muscle strength; power; body composition; female athlete triad; overreaching; overtraining syndrome;

   Abstract : Background: The number of women participating in sports has increased dramatically, though research in sports are often performed on men. Physical exercise is known to increase physical performance and improve well-being. READ MORE

6. 4. A Salutogenic perspective on resistance training : a study on healthy old adult women

   Author : Helena Ericson; Mikael Quennerstedt; Monica Eriksson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health resources; exercise; resistance traning; salutogenes; old adult women; healthy aging; hope; negative affect; psychological outcomes; Sports Science; Idrottsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The number of people aged 60 years and over has doubled since 1980and the World Health Organization predicts that the population of over60s will reach 2 billion by the year 2050. An ageing population poses bothchallenges and opportunities for society and for individuals. READ MORE

7. 5. Human development and institutional practices : Women, child care and the Mobile Creches

   Author : Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child care; Communication; Construction workers; Development; Everyday learning; India; Institutional practices; Literacies; Migration; Mobile Creches; Nongovernmental Organizations; Participant observation; Urbanization; Women; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : This study presents an analysis of the everyday activities of an Indian Nongovernmental Organization (NGO), the Mobile Creches (MC). NGO' s - societal institutions which have grown in prominence in the post-World War II era - are primarily involved in providing services for marginalized sections of different southern nations. READ MORE