Search for dissertations about: "client’s perception"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words client’s perception.

  1. 1. Work rehabilitation. Instrument development and women's perceptions of an intervention

    Author : Birgitta Wästberg; Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Work; assessment; daily activities; client’s perception; evaluation;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to contribute to the development of new instruments for use in work rehabilitation contexts and to investigate whether clients’ perceptions of their work environment changed while participating in a work rehabilitation programme, as well as how they perceived the programme. The work rehabilitation in focus was the Redesigning Daily Occupations (ReDO) programme. READ MORE

  2. 2. 'We are deaf, though we hear; we are dumb, though we talk; we are blind, though we see' : understanding Iranian late-in-life immigrants' perceptions and experiences of health, illness and culturally appropriate care

    Author : Azita Emami; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : elderly immigrants; ethnogerontology; cross-cultural elderly care; health perception; illness perception; culturally appropriate elderly care;

    Abstract : Despite the fact that elderly immigrants constitute nearly nine percent of the total population over 65-years of age, they have remained conspicuous by their absence in reports that underlie national welfare- and health care decision making in Sweden. The aim of this thesis was to deepen the understanding of Iranian late-in-life immigrants' experiences and perceptions of health, illness and culturally appropriate care. READ MORE

  3. 3. Legitimacy and comprehensibility of work-related assessments and official decisions within the sickness insurance system

    Author : Elin Karlsson; Christian Ståhl; Jan Sandqvist; Ida Seing; Ben Baumberg Geiger; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to contribute to the development of empirical and theoretical knowledge about the legitimacy and comprehensibility of assessment- and decision-making processes within the sickness insurance system from a client perspective. The focus has been on interactions between clients and other stakeholders within the system, and the extent to which the clients understood and accepted the procedures. READ MORE

  4. 4. Social work assessment of families with children at risk : similarities and differences in Italian and Swedish public services

    Author : Paolo Guidi; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : child maltreatment; adolescent alcohol consumption; Italy; Sweden; social work; assessment;

    Abstract : The thesis aims at understanding and explaining social work assessment of families with children at risk, at the level of practice, considering social workers' role in their national welfare system.· The thesis embodies four articles and is informed by a comparative perspective between Sweden and Italy. READ MORE

  5. 5. Illness Management and Recovery : Implementation and evaluation of a psychosocial program for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

    Author : Rickard Färdig; Anders Fredriksson; Lewander Tommy; Lennart Melin; Lars Hansson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; illness management and recovery; IMR; recovery; schizophrenia; schizoaffective; evidence-based; psychosocial; intervention outcome; neurocognition; remission; IMRS; psychometric properties; reliability; validity; Medical Science; Medicinsk vetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to examine the effectiveness of the Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) program for teaching clients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder to better manage their illness and to promote recovery. This was accomplished through an examination of the program’s effects on psychosocial functioning and psychopathology, the evaluation of general and specific impact of neurocognition on learning the fundamentals of illness self-management, and the impact of symptom severity on outcome of the IMR program. READ MORE