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Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words old age poverty.

2. 11. The Meaning of Health and Sexuality as experienced by Tanzanian Men and Women living with HIV/AIDS

   Author : Gunnel Balaile; Högskolan Dalarna; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : HIV AIDS; sexual health; prevention; qualitative method; gender; Tanzania; HIV AIDS; sexual health; prevention; qualitative method; gender; Tanzania;

   Abstract : Background: Sub-Saharan Africa has for more than two decades been hit by Human immunodeficiency virus/ Acquired immune-deficiency Syndrome, HIV/AIDS pandemic with a few signs of decline. In Tanzania, the prevalence of HIV is estimated to 7 percent and about 1.8 million Tanzanians are living with HIV. READ MORE

4. 12. Long-term adverse outcomes and resilience of individuals who misused substances as adolescents

   Author : Peter Larm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Little is known about the long-term outcomes in multiple domains of adult functioning of individuals who as adolescents misused substances. The goal of this thesis was to examine adverse and resilient outcomes through 30 years of adulthood of individuals who as adolescents had consulted a clinic for substance misuse problems and to identify risk and protective factors present in adolescence that distinguished trajectories of adult development. READ MORE

5. 13. Socio-economic consequences of longstanding illness

   Author : Christina Lindholm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Limiting longstanding illness; socio-economic consequences; socio-econornic group; job demands; economic inactivity; unemployment; economic difficulties.;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses an old research area of social medicine, the social and economic consequences of chronic illness and factors modifying this effect. Historically, illness was the main predictor of poverty. READ MORE

6. 14. The Emergence of the Post-Socialist Welfare State - The Case of the Baltic States : Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

   Author : Jolanta Aidukaite; Sven Hort E O; Joakim Palme; Stein Kuhnle; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Post-Socialist Welfare state; Social Policy; Baltic States; Eastern Europe; Sociology; Sociologi; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This dissertation takes a step towards providing a better understanding of post-socialist welfare state development from a theoretical as well as an empirical perspective. The overall analytical goal of this thesis has been to critically assess the development of social policies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania using them as illustrative examples of post-socialist welfare state development in the light of the theories, approaches and typologies that have been developed to study affluent capitalist democracies. READ MORE