Search for dissertations about: "health safety construction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the words health safety construction.

2. 1. Safety leadership in the construction industry : Managing safety at Swedish and Danish construction sites

   Author : Martin Grill; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; occupational safety; safety leadership; construction manager; participative leadership; rule-oriented leadership; transformational leadership; transactional leadership; passive leadership; safety climate;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to identify and describe essential components of safety leadership behavior in the construction industry in Sweden and Denmark. The methods used were semi-structured interviews, cross-sectional and longitudinal questionnaire studies, and behavioral observations. READ MORE

4. 2. Safety in the making : studies on the discursive construction of risk and safety in the chemical industry

   Author : Joel Rasmussen; Birgitta Höijer; Åsa Kroon Lundell; Mark Elam; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; safety; risk; occupational health and safety; organizations; chemical industry; discourse; discursive practices; discursive strategies; power; governmentality; responsibilization; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This compilation thesis aims to analyse how risk and safety are constructed, reproduced, and negotiated by communicative means in safety-critical workplaces. It conceptualizes these communicative moments of shaping and reshaping risk and safety as enmeshed in multiple forms of governing. READ MORE

5. 3. Toward Accident Prevention Through Machine Learning Analysis of Accident Reports

   Author : May Shayboun; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; health and safety.; construction; machine learning; prevention; Accident report; accident causation models;

   Abstract : Occupational safety remains of interest in the construction sector. The frequency of accidents has decreased in Sweden but only to a level that remains constant over the last ten years. READ MORE

6. 4. Constructing patient safety. Exploring unsafe care events in hospital settings as reported by patients, relatives, and healthcare professionals

   Author : Anna Gyberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Access; Adverse events; Healthcare professional; Hospital care; Patient; Patient participation; Patient safety; Relatives; Unsafe care;

   Abstract : The conditions of hospital care are continuously transformed with advances in medicine and technology, and with organizational alterations influenced by the changing needs of the population. As these conditions affect patient safety, and because adverse events are a global public health problem today, knowledge about how unsafe care is understood and how patient safety can be achieved is needed. READ MORE

7. 5. (Dis)engaging in moving-body practices : physical activity correlates among university students in Mexico

   Author : Vanessa Garcia Gonzalez; Ema Cláudia Ribeiro Pires; Bengt Richt; Sam Willner; Ángel Ramon Zapata Moya; Rosalina Maria Pisco Costa; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Physical activity; correlates; university students; moving-body practices; 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