Search for dissertations about: "health and safety promotion"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words health and safety promotion.
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1. Safety promotion and injury surveillance with special focus on young people´s club sports : Challenges and possibilities
Abstract : Physical activity in youth has many benefits, but parallel to these benefits, sport related injuries pose considerable risks. It is important to public health to address sport related injuries, particularly those affecting young people, who comprise the majority of participants in organised sport in Sweden. READ MORE
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2. Societal risk and safety management : Policy diffusion, management structures and perspectives at the municipal level in Sweden
Abstract : This compilation thesis investigates risk and safety management at the Swedish local governmentallevel. It sets special focus on municipal implementation of overall international and nationalstrategies and objectives regarding holistic, cross-sectorial and multi-strategic risk and safetywork, and the prevention of accidents and injuries. READ MORE
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3. Participatory approaches to strengthening district health managers' capacity : Ugandan and global experiences
Abstract : Introduction:Residents of low in-come countries have persistently suffered poor health outcomes, modest progress made over time notwithstanding. Weak health systems are one of the key reasons for the less than optimum progress. These health systems are constrained by inadequately equipped managers who play a main role in curbing this progress. READ MORE
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4. A health-promotive approach to maintain and sustain health in women-dominated work in Nepal and Sweden
Abstract : Background: The characteristics of women-dominated work differ in Nepal compared to Sweden. Women in Nepal perform household and other low-income work, including nursing, which is a women-dominated occupation in both Nepal and Sweden. READ MORE
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5. On the use and experience of a health garden : exploring the design of the Alnarp rehabilitation garden
Abstract : During the last decades an increasing amount of research suggests that a stay in a natural environment could reduce stress and help people restore. Furthermore, several decades of horticultural therapy have shown good outcomes in treating for example post-traumatic stress symptoms. READ MORE