Search for dissertations about: "community-based services"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 51 swedish dissertations containing the words community-based services.
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21. Recovery-promoting factors in day centres and Clubhouses for people with psychiatric disabilities. A comparative study
Abstract : The thesis aims to compare two approaches to psychosocial rehabilitation – day centres and clubhouses – and to explore if either appears better suited to support people in mental health recovery. The recovery focus is on opportunities for engaging in meaningful daily occupations, accessibility to social interaction and factors pertaining to perceived health and well-being. READ MORE
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22. Five-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of early supported discharge and continued rehabilitation at home after stroke
Abstract : Introduction: Stroke constitutes the second leading cause of death and the leading determinant of disability among the world population. Stroke is the single physiological condition that requires the most bed-days in Swedish hospitals. READ MORE
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23. The Camberwell Assessment of Need as an Outcome Measure in Community Mental Health Care
Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to critically examine the current use of the Camberwell Assessment of Need (CAN) in outcome assessment for service evaluation. A further aim was to propose a metric for assessing the adequacy of community mental health services in meeting ongoing needs over longer stretches of time. READ MORE
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24. Identification and Community Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition : Empirical evidence in rural Southern Ethiopia
Abstract : The current recommended standard management for all children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM). CMAM has a community-based outpatient therapeutic program (OTP) to treat uncomplicated SAM and has been scaled-up and integrated with government health services in low-resource settings. READ MORE
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25. Psychiatric disability in the community : Surveying the social landscape in the post-deinstitutional era
Abstract : This dissertation presents a discussion of life in the community for people experiencing psychiatric disabilities in the post-deinstitutional era, with the goal of developing knowledge that can suggest a focus for planning more relevant services and supports. While evaluations of deinsitutionalization have focused on possibilities for providing community, rather than hospital-based services for these individuals, the intention was to support a participatory life in the community, a life defined by much more than just care and treatment. READ MORE