Search for dissertations about: "child neglect"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words child neglect.

2. 1. Child Maltreatment in Bangladesh : Perceptions, Prevalence and Determinants

   Author : Md. Atiqul Haque; Ulla-Britt Eriksson; Sven Arne Silfverdal; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Child Maltreatment; ICAST-C; Public Health; Bangladesh; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

   Abstract : Background: Like most low- and middle-income countries Bangladesh have no prevalence data on Child Maltreatment (CM) and lack a reporting system.Objectives: The overall aims of the thesis were to generate knowledge on CM in the Bangladeshi society and to estimate the prevalence and associated risk factors. READ MORE

4. 2. Child physical abuse : Reports and interventions

   Author : Charlotta Lindell; Carl Göran Svedin; Staffan Jansson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : This thesis was begun in 1998 at a time when increased numbers of police reports regarding child physical abuse was presented. The increase had been overshadowed by the research on the sexual abuse of children and showed that child physical abuse in Sweden had only been scarcely investigated since the institution of the Swedish anti spanking law in 1979. READ MORE

5. 3. Dilemmas in child custody disputes : the child's best interest in courtroom discourse

   Author : Henrik Ingrids; Karin Aronsson; Lucas Gottzén; Jonathan Potter; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child custody disputes; discursive psychology; conversation analysis; institutional talk; interactional dilemmas; reported speech; reported affect; blame allocations; social accounts; membership categories; gendered categories; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis examines courtroom interactions involving child custody disputes, exploring how participants during courtroom hearings orient to and manage the task of presenting their own side, while contesting the opposing party, in matters like the child’s best interest, domestic violence, parental neglect and misconduct. Drawing on 42 audio-recorded courtroom examinations of litigating parents by the same side and opponent side attorneys, it examines authentic courtroom hearings. READ MORE

6. 4. Health sector and community response to child maltreatment in Sweden and in a European context

   Author : Gabriel Otterman; Lena Hellström-Westas; Staffan Janson; Steven Lucas; Jacqueline Mok; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Child physical abuse; Cause of death; Child death review; Disclosure; Police report; Child mortality; Register data; Multidisciplinary team; Pediatrik; Pediatrics; Pediatrik; Pediatrics;

   Abstract : Background Child maltreatment is a public health problem of global magnitude. This thesis examined different aspects of the multi-sector response to child maltreatment in Sweden and in Europe.Aims To explore how child physical abuse (CPA) is disclosed and how adolescents perceive adult support when they report physical abuse. READ MORE

7. 5. Protecting Our Children : A comparative study of the dynamics of structure, intervention and their interplay in Swedish child welfare and Canadian child protection

   Author : Evelyn Grace Khoo; Lennart Nygren; Ulf Hyvönen; Gudrun Kristinsdottir; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social service; child welfare; child protection; social services; comparative; cross-national; social work; Socialt arbete; Social work; Socialt arbete;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a case study of how two agencies in Umeå, Sweden and Barrie, Canada protect children found in need of child welfare services. The project's purposes are to describe how children are protected from harm in these two contexts, to illuminate the similarities and differences in the child welfare systems reflected at the local level, and explicate the significance of uncovered similarities and differences. READ MORE