Search for dissertations about: "risk perception"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 273 swedish dissertations containing the words risk perception.

2. 26. What's behind sexual risk taking? : exploring the experiences of chlamydia-positive, HIV-positive, and HIV-tested young women and men in Sweden

   Author : Monica Christianson; Eva Johansson; Ann Lalos; Göran Westman; Tanja Tydén; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; youth; sexual risk taking; qualitative methods; gender; agency; Chlamydia trachomatis; HIV and HIV test; Family medicine; Allmänmedicin;

   Abstract : The overall aim was to explore the experiences of sexual risk taking among Chlamydia Trachomatis positive (CT+), HIV positive (HIV+), and HIV tested young women and men. The specific aims were to explore, from a gender perspective, the course of events, the norms, considerations and emotions involved in sexual risk taking in CT+, explore the perception of sexual risk taking in HIV+ youth, and their understanding of why they caught HIV and look at how the Law of Communicable Diseases Act impacts their sexuality. READ MORE

4. 27. A Risk or a Resource? : A Study of the Swedish State’s Shifting Perception and Handling of Minority Religious Communities between 1952-2019

   Author : Linnea Lundgren; Lars Trägårdh; Annette Leis-Peters; Elisabeth Christiansson; Grace Davie; Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; religion; religious diversity; faith community; state; government documents; mixed method; policy; civil society; religion-state; pluralism; religious schools; Människan i välfärdssamhället; Social välfärd med inriktning mot civilsamhället; The Individual in the Welfare Society; Social Welfare and the Civil Society;

   Abstract : In Sweden, as in many other European countries, governments and other public authorities increasingly seem to view religious communities as an important resource that should be included in welfare provision and help combat problems that societies are facing, thereby intentionally or unintentionally bringing religion back into the public arena. However, religious communities also seem to be perceived as a risk and a problem that needs to be further regulated and controlled. READ MORE

5. 28. Pressure sores : risk assessment and prevention

   Author : Margareta Lindgren; Christina Lindholm; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to study the prevalence, incidence, prevention and treatment of pressure sores, to further develop a risk assessment scale, and test the reliability and validity of this scale, to identify risk factors for pressure sore development, and to study skin blood flow in non-blanchable erythema areas as compared to undamaged skin.Criteria used for pressure sore assessment were persistent discoloration i. READ MORE

6. 29. Psychological and Behavioral Aspects of Receiving Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Cancer

   Author : Afsaneh Hayat Roshanai; Karin Nordin; Richard Rosenquist; Yvonne Brandberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Hereditary cancer; genetic counseling; psychological distress; adherence; genetic knowledge; risk perception; sharing genetic information; at-risk relatives’ experiences; informational needs; Clinical genetics; Klinisk genetik; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Psychology; Psykologi; Genetics; Genetik;

   Abstract : The overall aims of this thesis were to investigate psychological and behavioral effects of receiving cancer genetic counseling for breast, ovarian and colorectal cancer and/or with a family history of these cancer types and to determine whether counselees’ informational needs were met. Study I was performed 3-7 years post-counseling. READ MORE

7. 30. Constipation in palliative care : Prevalence, definitions, symptom distress and risk-factors

   Author : Eva Erichsén; Maria Friedrichsen; Anna Milberg; Tiny Jaarsma; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Palliative care; constipation; prevalence; definition; symptom-distress; risk factors;

   Abstract : Background and aims: Constipation for patients in palliative care is common and described with variations in prevalence. Side -effects from opioid- treatment, is considered to be one of the main factors leading to constipation. READ MORE