Search for dissertations about: "attitude behaviour relationship"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words attitude behaviour relationship.

  2. 6. Drug treatment of elderly : the need for changing behaviour among providers and patients

    Author : Johanna Ulfvarson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Medication-related illness is a great problem, particularly among the elderly. Elderly people use many different drugs, they have many diseases and symptoms, and also experience natural signs of aging. Altogether, the treatment of an elderly patient is complex and assessment of the appropriateness of a drug therapy is difficult. READ MORE

  4. 7. Antibiotic use and resistance in under five children in rural central India : implications of caregivers’ healthcare-seeking behaviour and informal healthcare providers’ practices

    Author : Shweta Khare; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming increasingly prevalent around the world, and this is true for both pathogenic and commensal bacteria. The findings of prior investigations have revealed a statistically significant relationship between antibiotic usage and the development of antibiotic resistance. READ MORE

  5. 8. Risk and Rates of Time Preferences of Farm Households in Ethiopia: Implications on land investment decisions

    Author : Mahmud Yesuf; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Summary Paper 1: Risk Preferences of Farm Households in Ethiopia: Implications to Land Investment Decisions This paper measures farmers' attitude towards risk using an experimental approach for a sample of 262 farm households in Ethiopian highlands. We find more than 50 percent of the households in severe to extreme risk aversion category, unlike similar studies in Asia, where the vast majorities are found under moderate to intermediate risk aversion category. READ MORE

  6. 9. Understanding the provision and processing of information for information-intensive products as a basis for market segmentation

    Author : Daniel Edward Hall; Terrence Brown; Leyland Pitt; Jan Kietzmann; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information-intensive products; consumer information search; consumer information processing; marketing strategy; wine marketing; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Engineering and Management;

    Abstract : This thesis helps to address the gap in literature relating to the study of the provision of information to consumers, consumer information search behaviour and consumer information processing and choice behaviour relating to information-intensive products. Throughout the thesis, wine is taken as an example of an information-intensive product. READ MORE

  7. 10. Essays on entrepreneurship and bureaucracy

    Author : Fredrik Svensson; Lars-Erik Wolvén; Roine Johansson; Elisabeth Sundin; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurship; bureaucracy; development; economic growth; agency; structure; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to explore the theoretical and empirical relationship between entrepreneurship and bureaucracy, and to examine the cause and effect of entrepreneurship. From this overall aim, four specific questions are investigated. READ MORE