Search for dissertations about: "absenteeism"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 46 swedish dissertations containing the word absenteeism.

  2. 11. Home alone : sibling caretakers in León, Nicaragua

    Author : Kjerstin Dahlblom; Lars Dahlgren; Rodolfo Peña; Bengt Höjer; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; sibling caretakers; life skills; school absenteeism; ethnographic approach; children’s participation; children’s rights; developing country; Nicaragua; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : Sibling caretaking, although common across time and cultures, has not been well researched from the carer’s point of view. In Nicaragua, ranked as one of the poorest countries in the Americas, sibling caretaking is common. READ MORE

  4. 12. Continuous Quality Development by Means of New Understanding : A four year study on an Intensive Care Unit during times of hard work and demanding organisational changes

    Author : Eva Lindberg; Urban Rosenqvist; Bo Hellgren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health services research; Intensive Care Unit; Mechanical system; Complex Adaptive System; Diminishing resources; Workload; Sickness absenteeism; Sense of Coherence; Stress related symtoms; Organisational Climate; Longitudinal study; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health and medical services in society; Hälso- och sjukvård i samhället;

    Abstract : The present thesis follows an intensive care unit during four year of hard work and demanding organisational changes (1998-2001). The changes were mainly initiated by diminishing resources and a legislative claim to pay regard to the quality aspect of health care service. READ MORE

  5. 13. Swedish Work Environment Policy : An economic analysis

    Author : Carl Hampus Lyttkens; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; compensation; contract; enforcement; evaluation; information; occupational hazards; regulation; research; sickness absenteeism; social insurance; subsidies; Sweden; tax; work environment;

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  6. 14. Work, Sickness, Earnings, and Early Exits from the Labor Market: An empirical analysis using Swedish longitudinal data

    Author : Daniela Andrén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; annual earnings and hourly wages; short-term; and long-term absenteeism due to sickness; disability; exits from the labor market; multiple spells; unobserved heterogeneity; duration analysis.;

    Abstract : This thesis contains a general overview, and five papers on the work, earnings, sickness, and early exits from the labor market of individuals in Sweden. Using relatively reliable data for hours worked and annual earnings, Paper 1 analyses the effects of (previous) sickness on both annual earnings and hourly wages, and find that people have lower annual earnings if they have experienced long-term sickness, and there is only a very week effect on the hourly wages. READ MORE

  7. 15. Pain-related fear and movement : implications for physiotherapy and public health

    Author : Nina Buer; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Absenteeism; catastrophizing; chronic pain; fear-avoidance beliefs; fractures; general population; low back pain; risk factors; prospective study; psychosocial factors;

    Abstract : Long-term musculoskeletal pain is a large public health problem with serious consequences both for the individual and society. Fear-avoidance beliefs and catastrophizing are powerful cognitions in the process of developing chronic pain problems. Fear-avoidance refers to the avoidance of movement or activities based on fear. READ MORE