Search for dissertations about: "alcohol consumption"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 264 swedish dissertations containing the words alcohol consumption.
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1. Alcohol Consumption among Adolescents : Psychosocial and Genetic influences
Abstract : The present thesis is based on four studies focusing on alcohol consumption among Swedish adolescents, and therewith related psychosocial and genetic factors. One main objective was to study the reasons for drinking alcohol among different population - representative samples of adolescents in order to identify motives for drinking. READ MORE
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2. Addressing Alcohol : Alcohol Prevention in Swedish Primary and Maternity Health Care and Occupational Health Services
Abstract : Alcohol consumption in Sweden has reached its highest levels of the past 100 years in the wake of the country’s entry into the European Union in 1995. Increased alcohol prevention efforts in Swedish health care settings have been given high priority by the authorities. READ MORE
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3. Swedish alcohol discourse : Constructions of a social problem
Abstract : In this dissertation it is argued that alcohol problems in Sweden are not strictly an objectivephenomenon, but are largely discursive constructions that have been reconfigured in substantial ways since at least 1910. The empirical work aims to identify and discuss thesereconfigurations. READ MORE
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4. Bridging the world : Alcohol Policy in Transition and Diverging Alcohol Patterns in Sweden
Abstract : The present dissertation aims at analysing the effects of recent alcohol policy changes. The traditional strict policy in Sweden had focused on high pricing and limited availability to control levels of alcohol consumed and thus alcohol-related harms. READ MORE
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5. Alcohol consumption during pregnancy : Prevalence, predictors and prevention
Abstract : It is well established that fetal alcohol exposure can disturb the development of the fetus and cause a range of effects for the affected child. However, research on the effects of exposure to lower levels is inconclusive and the subject is debated. READ MORE
