Search for dissertations about: "children s perceptions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words children s perceptions.

  2. 1. Consuming for friendship : Children´s perceptions of relational consumption

    Author : Erika Lundby; Tapio Salonen; Carl Hult; Kristina Gustafsson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; Consumption; Economic Recourses; Economic Vulnerability; Friendship; Materialism; Money; Peers; Relational Consumption; Socialisation; Tweens.; Barn; Ekonomisk utsatthet; Ekonomiska resurser; Konsumtion; Materialism; Pengar; Relationell Konsumtion; Socialisering; Tweens; Vänskap.; Socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Abstract : Swedish children have, from a historical perspective and compared with many other countries, greater economic resources and a higher material living standard. However, there is a widening gap between affluent and vulnerable households in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 2. Community-based interventions : implications for childhood anemia prevention and control in India

    Author : Arun S Shet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Childhood anemia;

    Abstract : Background: Nutritional iron deficiency is the number one cause of anemia worldwide. Iron deficiency anemia has morbidity and mortality effects borne predominantly by premenopausal women and children living in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. READ MORE

  5. 3. Beyond “test and treat” : Malaria diagnosis for improved pediatric fever management in sub-Saharan Africa

    Author : Emily White Johansson; Stefan Peterson; S. Patrick Kachur; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis examined malaria test use, adherence and integration into clinical practice for improved pediatric fever management in sub-Saharan African countries and explored Access, Facility Readiness and Clinical Practice bottlenecks to achieve this program goal.Study I examined diagnostic testing rates and its determinants for pediatric fevers across 13 countries in 2009-2012 including Access bottlenecks. READ MORE

  6. 4. Someone has to tell them : exploring hereditary cancer risk disclosure in Sweden

    Author : Carolina Hawranek; Anna Rosén; Senada Hajdarevic; Beatrice S. Melin; Barbro Numan Hellquist; Maria Katapodi; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancer; hereditary cancer; prevention; family disclosure; family communication; cancer worry; risk information; at-risk relatives; cascade testing; genetic counselling; public opinion; Oncology; onkologi; Genetics; genetik;

    Abstract : Summary in EnglishBackground: An awareness of hereditary susceptibility for breast, ovarian and colorectal cancer in high-risk families enables targeted cancer prevention. A discovered hereditary risk in one family member (proband) may thus be important for several members of that family. READ MORE

  7. 5. Parents' perceptions of children's accident risk

    Author : Anita Gärling; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Risk perceptions; childhood accidents; residential satisfaction; Teknisk psykologi;

    Abstract : The purpose of the present thesis was, first, to study how parents and other adults percieve or judge children’s accident risk, and, secondly, to relate such judgements to the subjects’ preferences for and satisfaction with different residential conditions.A theoretical framework is proposed which assumes that judgements of children’s accident risk are based on beliefs about what causes accidents to children. READ MORE