Search for dissertations about: "female students"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 85 swedish dissertations containing the words female students.
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1. Students and Family Formation : Studies on educational enrolment and childbearing in Sweden
Abstract : This thesis explores the impact of educational enrolment on family formation in Sweden. The aim is to identify factors that are important for students’ childbearing and to find potential explanations as to why so few students have children while enrolled in education. READ MORE
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2. (Dis)engaging in moving-body practices : physical activity correlates among university students in Mexico
Abstract : The aim of this study was to gather in-depth data to provide insights into individual, social and environmental correlates of physical activity in order to identify priority elements to design feasible and effective intervention strategies to promote regular physical activity engagement among university students in a middle-income country such as Mexico. The situation of university students (dis)engaging in moving-body practices was explored through the use of a survey based on the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire and the construction of Moving-body diaries that included visual and verbal narratives. READ MORE
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3. Bringing women into computer engineering : Curriculum reform processes at two institutes of technology
Abstract : This study looks at curriculum reform processes at two Swedish institutes of technology in a gender perspective and relates them to two social theories: the reproduction theory of Bourdieu & Passeron and the gender contract theory of Yvonne Hirdman.The aim of the reform processes was to make educational programmes in computer engineering more attractive to female students. READ MORE
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4. Medical students' learning of the consultation and the patient-doctor relationship
Abstract : Background: In medical education, learning about the consultation and the patient-doctor relationship is nowadays highly recommended. However, research from educational practice from students? perspective is needed to facilitate a better understanding of students? learning. The thesis is based on four studies. READ MORE
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5. Between love and fear - determinants of sexual behavior among Ugandan university students
Abstract : Background: More than half of all new HIV infections in sub-Saharan African countries, including Uganda, occur among young people between the ages of 15 and 24, the most sexually active period of their lives. Understanding the contextual determinants of sexual behavior in this group is crucial in combating the pandemic. READ MORE