Search for dissertations about: "public health sweden"

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2. 1. Health and Health Care Utilization among the Unemployed

   Author : Annika Åhs; Ragnar Westerling; Urban Janlert; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Social medicine; Unemployment; self-rated health; mental health; mortality; health care utilization; health promotion; Socialmedicin;

   Abstract : The number of persons who are not employed has increased in Sweden since the early 1990s. Unemployment has been found to influence health, especially when unemployment rates are low. The extent to which unemployment affects health when unemployment is high is less clear, and this needs to be further studied. READ MORE

4. 2. Health-promoting health services : personal health documents and empowerment

   Author : Lars Jerdén; Lars Weinehall; Erik Bergström; Gunilla Burell; Charli Eriksson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Empowerment; health promotion; health behaviour; self-rated health; medical records; adolescents; health services; primary health care; nursing; cost-effectiveness; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi;

   Abstract : In 2003, the Swedish Parliament adopted a national public health policy that included the domain - “A more health-promoting health service”. Strategies and tools are needed in the work to reorient health services. Personal health documents are documents concerning a person’s health, and are owned by the individual. READ MORE

5. 3. Health Promotion in Schools : Results of a Swedish Public Health Project

   Author : Louise Persson; Curt Hagquist; Viveca Östberg; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Children; Health Promotion; Mental Health; Schools; School Environment; Sweden; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

   Abstract : All children have the right to a safe school environment that promotes good health. The fact that children’s feeling of well-being is declining is a vital public health concern. Health promotion in schools can help to create an environment that fosters good health, and the Swedish school environment is in need of improvement. READ MORE

6. 4. Health of refugee migrants in the early post-migration phase in Sweden : The role of health resources and health promotion

   Author : Maissa Al-Adhami; Raziye Salari; Mats Målqvist; C Elin Larsson; Bernadette Nirmal Kumar; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; refugee migrants; early post-migration; health and well-being; health communication; health promotion; health resources; health literacy; social capital; Sweden; Social Medicine; Socialmedicin;

   Abstract : In the early post-migration phase, the health and well-being of newly settled refugee migrants is negatively affected by structural factors such as restrictive immigration policies, hostile political discourse and limited housing and work opportunities. There is a need for a better understanding of how individual health resources and health promotion can mitigate the impact of these ongoing stressors. READ MORE

7. 5. Private Health Insurance in Sweden : Implications for the legitimacy of the public health care system

   Author : Linn Kullberg; Ulrika Winblad; Paula Blomqvist; Anna Bendz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Private health insurance; Voluntary health insurance; Public health care; Sweden; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health Care Research;

   Abstract : The market for private health insurance (PHI) is growing in many countries with public, tax-funded health care systems. In Sweden, this development has generated an at times intense and polarised debate, exposing that the principles on which the public health care system rests in many aspects collide with the construction of PHI. READ MORE