Search for dissertations about: "out of school youth thesis"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words out of school youth thesis.
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1. The (re)construction of home Unaccompanied children’s and youth’s transition out of care
University dissertation from Jönköping : Jönköping University, School of Health and WelfareAbstract : This dissertation focuses on how perceptions of ethnicity and culture become meaningful in relation to the transition from care into independent living, studied from unaccompanied youths’, professionals’, and a methodological perspective. The findings from interviews with unaccompanied youth with experience of leaving care showed that thoughts about their ethnic minority background are constantly present in the young men’s lives. READ MORE
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2. Out-of-Home Care and Educational Outcomes Prevalence, Patterns and Consequences
University dissertation from Stockholm : Department of Sociology, Stockholm UniversityAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine educational stratification in the context of out-of-home care (OHC; foster family care, residential care) and to place one of society’s most vulnerable groups in the fields of social stratification and family complexity research. About 5% of the Swedish population experience OHC during childhood or adolescence. READ MORE
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3. Expressions of context Studies of schools, families, and health risk behaviours
University dissertation from Stockholm : Department of Sociology, Stockholm UniversityAbstract : This thesis explores the health behaviours of young people. The main focus is on risk behaviours, i.e. those which may have adverse consequences for health. READ MORE
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4. Lived transitions experiences of learning and inclusion among newly arrived students
University dissertation from Stockholm : Department of Sociology, Stockholm UniversityAbstract : This thesis explores how newly arrived students experience conditions for learning and inclusion in their lived transitions within the Swedish school system. The thesis deploys an ethnographic approach combining interviews with participant observation. READ MORE
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5. Exit Strategies: Testing Ecological Prediction Models of Resilient Outcomes in Youth with Histories of Homelessness
University dissertation from Library and Archives CanadaAbstract : National incidence and prevalence estimates of homelessness in Canadian youth are unknown. However, a recent annual profile of shelter users in a large urban centre estimated that one in five consumers of emergency shelter services are youth. Adolescence is a period of vulnerability from developmental perspective. READ MORE
