Search for dissertations about: "determinants of risk taking"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words determinants of risk taking.

  2. 1. Constructing Risk-Taking Youth : Extrapolating Theories of Health Education and Constructed Determinants of Risk-Taking among Youth in Preventive Sexual Health Education Interventions

    Author : Katarina Wijk; Högskolan i Gävle; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Intervention; Health Education; Risk-Taking; Youth; Adolescents; STD HIV; Prevention; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

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  4. 2. Risk and Rationality : Effects of contextual risk and cognitive dissonance on (sexual) incentives

    Author : Andréa Mannberg; Karl-Gustaf Löfgren; Magnus Johannesson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HIV AIDS; Health risk; Uncertainty; Risk aversion; Self-Control; Time-inconsistency; Cognitive dissonance; Regret; Norms; Social identity; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Paper [I] theoretically analyzes how the level and uncertainty of future prospects affect incentives to abstain from sexual risk taking in the presence of HIV. The results suggest that, for individuals with limited access to HIV treatment, uncertainty of future health may be an important factor driving unsafe sex practices and support the empirical finding of a weak link between sexual behavior, HIV prevalence, and HIV knowledge in poor countries; therefore suggesting that AIDS policy needs to be calibrated in order to fit within different social contexts. READ MORE

  5. 3. Planning and Implementing Health Interventions : Extrapolated Theories of Health Education and Constructed Determinants of Risk-Taking

    Author : Katarina Wijk; Sverker Lindblad; Peter Gill; Per Nilsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Intervention; Health Education; Planning; Implementing; Risk-Taking; Youth; Adolescents; STD HIV; Prevention; Pedagogik; Education; Pedagogik;

    Abstract : Health interventions are usually preceded by calculations of risks, i.e. ascribed or supposed problem(s). READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Risk Attitudes in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Author : Mohammad H. Sepahvand; Ranjula Bali; Chuan-Zhong Li; Supriya Garikipati; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Risk attitudes; determinants of risk taking; test-retest reliability; gender; inter and multigenerational transmission; socialization; family background; sibling correlations; exogenous shock; revolution; gender differences; agriculture; productivity; Burkina Faso; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I (submitted): Risk-taking is an important topic in Africa, as access to financial institutions and social security is scarce. Data on risk attitudes in Africa is limited and the available data collected might not be reliable. READ MORE

  7. 5. Planning and Implementing Health Interventions - : Extrapolating Theories of Health Education and Constructed Determinants of Risk-Taking

    Author : Katarina Wijk; Högskolan i Gävle; []
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