Search for dissertations about: "folkhälsovetenskap"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 810 swedish dissertations containing the word folkhälsovetenskap.

  2. 21. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure : preventive home visits among healthy seniors

    Author : Klas-Göran Sahlén; Lars Lindholm; Lars Dahlgren; Carsten Hendriksen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; preventive home visits; mortality; care utilisation; senior production; cost effectiveness; realist synthesis; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; health services research;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to existing knowledge. If the knowledge is not useful in building society it has limited value. In order to be a tool for decision-makers, Preventive Home Visits (PHVs) are described and discussed according to a realist synthesis approach. READ MORE

  4. 22. Socially structured health behaviors : Studies of social inequality in adolescent and young adult physical activity, alcohol consumption, and smoking in Sweden

    Author : Laura Wells; Viveca Östberg; Magnus Nermo; Olof Östergren; Curt Hagquist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; health behaviors; physical activity; alcohol consumption; smoking; health lifestyle; social inequalities; socioeconomic position; education; school performance; adolescents; young adults; life course perspective; folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Health behaviors contribute to the Swedish national disease burden and to social inequalities in health. This thesis aims to increase our knowledge of whether, when, and how health behaviors become socially structured during early life in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 23. The respondent’s perspective in health-related surveys

    Author : Marika Wenemark; Margareta Kristenson; Tommy Svensson; Mick Couper; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : Declining response rates are threatening the usefulness of and confidence in survey data. Survey practitioners have therefore studied why nonrespondents refuse to respond and have tried to counter the declining response rates by intensified follow-up methods. Such efforts sometimes yield negative reactions among respondents. READ MORE

  6. 24. Rhythm of the job stress blues : Psychosocial working conditions and depression in working life and across retirement

    Author : Julia Åhlin; Linda Magnusson Hanson; Hugo Westerlund; Tarani Chandola; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; job stress; psychosocial working conditions; job demand-control-support model; effort-reward imbalance model; organizational justice; depressive symptoms; longitudinal studies; trajectory analysis; latent class analysis; fixed-effects regression; folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Sciences;

    Abstract : A work environment characterized by poor psychosocial working conditions may lead to stress and mental health problems such as depression, a common and burdensome public health problem with significant consequences for individuals and for society at large. A number of psychosocial working characteristics have been found to be associated with increased depressive symptoms or clinical depression. READ MORE

  7. 25. Early and later life mechanisms in the aetiology of cardiovascular disease

    Author : Kristiina Rajaleid; Johan Hallqvist; Denny Vågerö; Amanda Sacker; Karolinska institutet Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

    Abstract : Evidence over the recent decades indicates that susceptibility to cardiovascular disease (CVD) may be established already prenatally and in early childhood, and that the aetiological processes of the disease involve biological and social influences occurring throughout a person’s life span. Numerous studies have shown that small size at birth is associated with increased risk of CVD later in life. READ MORE