Search for dissertations about: "community knowledge"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 700 swedish dissertations containing the words community knowledge.

  2. 16. Patient Perspectives on Community Pharmacy Services

    Author : Tobias Renberg; Mary P Tully; Marjorie C Weiss; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; community pharmacy services; patient prespectives; pharmacy services; pharmaceutical care; Q methodology; Community pharmacy services; Samhällsfarmaci; Social Pharmacy; samhällsfarmaci;

    Abstract : Community pharmacy practice is changing, putting a greater emphasis on patient involvement and empowerment than on physical drug products. Developing practice philosophies, such as pharmaceutical care, are operationalised through an ever-evolving service proliferation. READ MORE

  4. 17. The Adoption of a New Contraceptive Method – Surveys and Interventions Regarding Emergency Contraception

    Author : Margareta Larsson; Tanja Tydén; Ragnar Westerling; Karin Eurenius; Ian Milsom; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Abortion applicants; adolescents; induced abortion; contraception; emergency contraception; over-the-counter; knowledge; attitudes; practices; sexual health; community-based; intervention; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to examine the adoption of emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) in Sweden. Two cross-sectional surveys and two quasi-experimental studies were used. READ MORE

  5. 18. Breast cancer in rural India : knowledge, attitudes, practices; delays to care and quality of life

    Author : Nitin Gangane; Miguel San Sebastian; Nawi Ng; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Peter Vedsted; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; breast cancer; rural; India; knowledge; attitudes; practices; delay; quality; folkhälsa; Public health; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

    Abstract : Background: Cancer is a major public health problem globally. The incidence of cancer is increasing rapidly in many low- and middle-income countries like India due to the epidemiological transition. At present, breast cancer is the leading cancer in females in many countries including India. READ MORE

  6. 19. The Balance of Meaning : Exploring the possibility of a recognition-transcendent meaning of religious and existentially important terms

    Author : Thord Svensson; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; metaphilosophy; competent user; grammar; reference; semantic meaning; conceptual analysis; intuition; Social externalism; natural kind externalism; experimental philosophy; concept-possession; community-view; ‘life’; ‘knowledge’;

    Abstract : Can we be mistaken or ignorant about the meaning of our own words? This dissertation explores this question. More specifically it investigates to what extent and in what sense, if at all, the semantic meaning of religious and existentially important words – like ‘God’, ‘friendship’, ‘justice’ or ‘life’ – can be recognition-transcendent to the competent user of them. READ MORE

  7. 20. Climate Science for Policy? The knowledge politics of the IPCC after Copenhagen

    Author : Jasmine Livingston; BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; climate change; science; politics; IPCC; knowledge; performance;

    Abstract : The rise of climate change as an issue of global concern has rested on scientific representation and understanding of the causes and impacts of, and responses to climatic change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in particular, has been central to how climate change has become known as a global political problem. READ MORE