Search for dissertations about: "quasi-experimental"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 118 swedish dissertations containing the word quasi-experimental.
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1. Institutions, policy and quasi-experimental evidence
Abstract : Political economics has been an active research area in the last decades. Lately, the number of empirical studies has caught up with the vast amount of theoretical work. However, the empirical studies that rely on natural experiments or exogenous sources of variation are relatively few. READ MORE
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2. Phonemic awareness and learning to read : a longitudinal and quasi-experimental study
Abstract : Phonemic awareness is the ability to attend to the formal, phonetic or phonemic, aspects of spoken language. Skill in analysis of speech sounds and synthesis of phonetic segments into real words has often been found to correlate with success in reading acquisition. READ MORE
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3. Improving Health-seeking Behavior and Care among Sexual Violence Survivors in Rural Tanzania
Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to assess the effects of providing community education and training to healthcare workers to improve community response, healthcare and support for rape survivors in the Kilombero district of Tanzania. The overall design of the project was to begin with an exploratory study (Paper I) to establish the community’s perceptions towards sexual violence and their perceived recommendations to address this issue. READ MORE
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4. Peer mentoring - A complementary support to persons after an acute myocardial infarction
Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate the experience of having an acute myocardial infarction in newly afflicted persons living in sparsely populated counties, and whether an intervention with peer mentors would provide support by affecting the perception of illness, health related quality of life and everyday life. The aim was also to describe the support of peer mentors from their perspective and what the mentoring meant to them. READ MORE
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5. Compulsory treatment for alcohol use disorders : Clinical and methodological studies of tratment outcome
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