Search for dissertations about: "health app"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 76 swedish dissertations containing the words health app.

  2. 1. Users' agencies : juxtaposing public portrayals and users' accounts of app-mediated cardiac arrest volunteer work in Sweden

    Author : Malgorzata Ryczer-Dumas; Catherine Le Galès; Alf Westelius; Anita Mirijamdotter; Nathalie Pelletier-Fleury; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health and medical mobile app; Cardiac-Arrest assistance app; Lifesaving app; CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation ; Pre-Hospital emergency; Out-Of-Hospital cardiac arrest; On-Call volunteering work; Use; Users; Discourse; Co-Construction; Practices; Affective engagement; Emotion work; App dependency; App demands;

    Abstract : This thesis embraces a social science research perspective to examine uses of the app SMSlivräddare (eng. SMSlifesaving), now Heartrunner, dedicated to alert volunteers nearby to assist people suspected to suffer from a cardiac arrest outside hospital. READ MORE

  4. 2. MINISTOP 2.0 : a smartphone app integrated in primary child health care to promote healthy diet and physical activity behaviors and prevent obesity in preschool-aged children

    Author : Christina Alexandrou; Marie Löf; Hanna Henriksson; Ulrika Müssener; Nina Cecilie Øverby; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MHealth; Primary child health care; Early prevention; Preschool; Diet; Physical activity; Childhood overweight and obesity; Smartphone app; Randomized controlled trial;

    Abstract : BackgroundChildhood overweight and obesity is currently estimated to affect 39 million children under the age of five worldwide. After the COVID-19 pandemic, further increases have been observed in several countries including Sweden, where an increased incidence was observed in 3- and 4-year-old children, especially in disadvantaged areas. READ MORE

  5. 3. Striving for meaning in a diminishing world : Older persons’ experiences of reflective STRENGTH-giving dialogues including a digital tool

    Author : Cecilia Åberg; Mia Berglund; Catharina Gillsjö; Jenny Hallgren; Eva Brink; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Caring conversation; complex intervention; patient perspective; phenomenology; phenomenography; quasi-experimental design; reflected lifeworld research; Wellbeing in long-term health problems WeLHP ; Välbefinnande vid långvariga hälsoproblem WeLHP ;

    Abstract : The Reflective STRENGTH-Giving Dialogue (STRENGTH) method was developed, grounded in a lifeworld perspective, with a focus on identifying and meeting older persons’ needs for the promotion of health and well-being. In this thesis, STRENGTH, including the digital tool SelfSTRENGTH, was tested in the context of community-dwelling older persons living with long-term health problems. READ MORE

  6. 4. Developing and evaluating an interactive app to support self-care among older persons receiving home care

    Author : Carina Göransson; Karin Blomberg; Kristina Ziegert; Yvonne Wengström; Pernilla Hillerås; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health concerns; mHealth; older persons; self-care;

    Abstract : The proportion of older persons worldwide is growing. With older age, complex health problems may occur and the need for home care increases. To support older persons to maintain health and self-care, innovative ways need to be developed. The aim of the project was to develop and evaluate an interactive app among older persons receiving home care. READ MORE

  7. 5. Towards feminist health empowerment for self-testing apps : testing for dementia

    Author : Alexandra Kapeller; Jelmer Brüggemann; Lisa Guntram; Kristin Zeiler; Federica Lucivero; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Self-testing apps; MHealth; Empowerment; Phenomenology; Dementia; Självtest-appar; Mobilhälsa; Empowerment; Fenomenologi; Demens;

    Abstract : Health empowerment, the idea to enable people to assume more control over their health decisions, has been a buzzword in health care organisation and has recently received even more attention through the popularisation of mobile health (mHealth) apps. One form of mHealth are self-testing apps, which offer users to test themselves for medical conditions as severe as dementia and Parkinson’s disease. READ MORE