Search for dissertations about: "conflict and health"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 121 swedish dissertations containing the words conflict and health.

  2. 1. Life in Immigration Detention Centers : An exploration of health of immigrant detainees in Sweden and three other EU member states

    Author : Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil; Magdalena Bjerneld; Beth Maina Ahlberg; Sofie Bäärnhielm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Immigration detention; irregular migrants; asylum-seeker; detention staff; Quality of Life; migration and health; health promotion; European Union; Common European Asylum System; Sweden; Belgium; the Netherlands; Luxembourg; International Health; Internationell hälsa;

    Abstract : Governments around the world use immigration detention to detain and deport irregular immigrants, which negatively affects their health. The aim of this thesis was to explore, describe and identify factors that could mitigate the effect of immigration detention on the health of detainees. READ MORE

  4. 2. Divergences, dissonances and disconnects : implementation of community-based accountability in India’s national rural health mission

    Author : Rakhal Gaitonde; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Miguel San Sebastian; VR Muraleedharan; Sara Van Belle; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Community Action for Health; Community-based Accountability; Policy Implementation; Problematization; Institutional Perspective; National Rural Health Mission National Health Mission; Tamil Nadu; India; Public health; folkhälsa;

    Abstract : Accountability of health systems to the individuals and communities they serve is increasingly recognized as a key aspect in efforts at health system strengthening. This has led to a greater focus on efforts to evolve systems that enable communities to hold health systems accountable. READ MORE

  5. 3. Institutionally Shaped Response to the Introduction of National Guidelines : Case Studies in the Swedish Regional Health Policy Arena

    Author : Johanna Sandberg; Peter Garpenby; Bo Persson; Lars Bernfort; Erik Hysing; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore the institutionally shaped response to the introduction of the national guidelines on the Swedish regional health policy arena. The thesis consists of two case studies. Adapting a qualitative approach, the data is based on individual interviews and these were analysed thematically. READ MORE

  6. 4. Social capital and well-being in the transitional setting of Ukraine

    Author : Kateryna Karhina; Malin Eriksson; Nawi Ng; Mehdi Ghazinour; Mikael Rostila; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; social capital; social support; volunteering; transformation; crisis; military conflict; transitional; well-being; health; inequality; Ukraine; socialt kapital; socialt stöd; volontärarbete; omvandling; kris; militär konflikt; övergångssamhälle; Ukraina; välbefinnande; hälsa; ojämlikhet; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Abstract : Background: The military conflict in Ukraine that started in 2014 was accompanied with many changes in the political, economic and social spheres. It brought informal volunteering activities (i.e. one form of social capital) to emerge, function and later to be formalized, in order to support soldiers and their families. READ MORE

  7. 5. Bodies and Battlefields : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Colombian Armed Conflict

    Author : Signe Svallfors; Sunnee Billingsley; Gudrun Østby; Mikaela Sundberg; Tiziana Leone; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; armed conflict; gender; women’s health; sexual and reproductive health and rights; radical reproductive justice; gender-based violence; family planning; contraception; Colombia; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

    Abstract : Since the Second World War, most contemporary wars have taken place within countries and imposed overwhelming stressors on civilian populations. Women living in conflict may be particularly at risk of sexual and reproductive health concerns, including pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity that could have been prevented, a lack of access to health care goods and services, and conflict-related sexual violence. READ MORE