Search for dissertations about: "gender health men"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 475 swedish dissertations containing the words gender health men.

  2. 6. Gambling and gender : A public health perspective

    Author : Jessika Svensson; Mikael Nordenmark; Anna Månsdotter; Gerda Reith; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gender; problem gambling; concerned significant others; relatives; PGSI; SOGS-R; Internet; public health; social support; incidence;

    Abstract : Prevalence studies around the world show that men are the largest group at risk of becoming problem gamblers and that men gamble more than women. However, gambling research has long been gender blind. The gambling market is rapidly changing, with the Internet making gambling more accessible. READ MORE

  4. 7. Carving out collective spaces : Exploring the complexities of gender and everyday stressors within rural youth leisure

    Author : Anne Gotfredsen; Evelina Landstedt; Isabel Goicolea; Sanna Aaltonen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth mental health; stressors; leisure participation; gender; femininities; rurality; precarity; space and place; visual methods; ethnography; Public health; folkhälsa; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Abstract : Background: The reasons why young people are increasingly suffering frommental health problems, and the opportunities to turn this development aroundare globally debated. Stressors such as education, relationships, futuretrajectories of housing and employment all constitute important factors affectingyoung people’s mental health, leading to stress and achievement pressureespecially among girls and young women. READ MORE

  5. 8. “It was like I had to fit into a category” : people with trans experiences navigating access to trans-specific healthcare and health

    Author : Ida Linander; Lisa Harryson; Isabel Goicolea; Anne Hammarström; Erika Alm; Jan Wickman; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transgender; Gender dysphoria; Qualitative; Access to healthcare; Health inequalities; Affective labour; Trans studies; Queer phenomenology; Foucault; Governmentality; Sex reassignment; folkhälsa; Public health; gender studies; genusvetenskap;

    Abstract : Background: Trans issues have received increased attention over the last couple of years and important changes have been made in the legislation relating to gender reassignment and in trans-specific healthcare practices. At the same time, many people with trans experiences report poor mental health, bad experiences when encountering the healthcare and a tendency to postpone seeking care due to being badly treated. READ MORE

  6. 9. From young to adult : health consequences of unemployment from a gender perspective

    Author : Ieva Reine; Anne Hammarström; Mehmed Novo; Kristina Alexanderson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; unemployment; reemployment; unstable labour market position; active labour market measures; psychological health; smoking; alcohol consumption; self-rated health; gender; age; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Social Medicine; socialmedicin;

    Abstract : Background The point of departure in this thesis is that unemployment is a recognised determinant of health, which may vary between different ages and among men and women. Despite governmental policies to tackle unemployment and ease its effects on health, unemployment continues to bea growing public health problem. READ MORE

  7. 10. Simplifying Reproductive Health in Low-Resource Settings : Access to medical abortion and contraceptive choice, the importance of gendered structures in Rajasthan

    Author : Mandira Paul; Marie Klingberg-Allvin; Birgitta Essén; Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson; Johanne Sundby; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medical abortion; Contraception; Access; Simplified; Gender; Sexual and reproductive health and rights; India; International Health; Internationell hälsa;

    Abstract : India introduced family planning in the ‘50s, legalized abortion in the ‘70s, and accomplished a remarkable drop in maternal mortality and fertility since 1990. Nevertheless, abortions account for a large proportion of maternal deaths, and sterilization is the most frequently used contraception. READ MORE