Search for dissertations about: "mental health among adolescents"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 70 swedish dissertations containing the words mental health among adolescents.

2. 1. Mental health problems among adolescents : Public health nurses' work and interprofessional collaboration within the school health service

   Author : Marie Dahlen Granrud; Birgitta Bisholt; Agneta Anderzen-Carlsson; Anne Kjersti Myhrene Steffenak; Lisbet Gravdal Kvarme; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adolescents; interprofessional collaboration; mental health problems; public health nurse; secondary school; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad;

   Abstract : The aim with this thesis was to study adolescents with mental health problems, factors that are associated with mental health problems, visits to the public health nurse (PHN), and how PHNs and other professionals experience the collaboration in school and school health services related to mental health problems. Methods: Qualitative and quantitative methods were used. READ MORE

4. 2. Health for future : self-rated health and social status among adolescents

   Author : Junia Joffer; Lars Jerdén; Reneé Flacking; Ann Öhman; Anna Sarkadi; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescent; health; self-rated health; smoking; self-esteem; social status; subjective social status; gender; social norms; think-aloud interview; Public health; folkhälsa;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore self-rated health, subjective social status and smoking in adolescents.This thesis consists of a qualitative and a quantitative study. The qualitative study was an interview study that included 58 participants in the 7th and 12th grades. READ MORE

5. 3. Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying among Swedish Adolescents : Gender differences and associations with mental health

   Author : Linda Beckman; Curt Hagquist; Charli Eriksson; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adolescents; cyberbullying; bullying; school; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study the differences between traditional bullying and cyberbullying among adolescents, focusing on gender, psychosomatic problems, and disability, and to gain insight into health staff’s experience of bullying in schools.The four studies in this thesis were based on surveys undertaken among 3,800 adolescents in Grades 7, 8 and 9 in Sweden, as well as focus groups of 16 people consisting of school social workers and school nurses. READ MORE

6. 4. Exploring mental health and potential health assets in young people

   Author : Katrin Häggström Westberg; Petra Svedberg; Jens M. Nygren; Maria Nyholm; Catrine Kostenius; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mental health; health assets; young people; adolescents; help-seeking; user perspective;

   Abstract : Young people in Sweden generally claim to have a good quality of life, but also report increasing mental health problems. It is a concern that only a minority of young people seek and/or access support when encountering mental health problems as mental health is a fundamental human right and integral to a positive development in both childhood and throughout the lifespan. READ MORE

7. 5. Adolescents' perspectives : on mental health, being at risk, and promoting initiatives

   Author : Agneta Tinnfält; Charli Eriksson; Elinor Brunnberg; Bengt Lindström; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; abuse and neglect; adolescent; bioecological model; child public health; children of alcoholics; Convention on the Rights of the Child; school health service; social work; barn i riskzon; barn till alkoholiserade föräldrar; folkhälsa för barn; Konventionen om barnets rättigheter; skolhälsovård; socialt arbete; utvecklingsekologisk modell; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

   Abstract : Mental health is a major child public health issue in Sweden. The overall aims of this thesis are to explore girls’ and boys’ perspectives on mental health and on mental health-promoting initiatives, and to deepen the knowledge of disclosure and support for ado-lescents at risk of abuse and neglect. READ MORE