Search for dissertations about: "school of global studies"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 120 swedish dissertations containing the words school of global studies.

  2. 11. Measuring peer victimization and school leadership : A study of definitions, measurement methods and associations with psychosomatic health

    Author : Lisa Hellström; Curt Hagquist; Robert Thornberg; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Bullying; measurement methods; pedagogical leadership; psychosomatic health; Rasch analysis; Mobbning; mätmetoder; pedagogiskt ledarskap; psykosomatisk hälsa; Rasch analys; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore methods for assessing peer victimization and pedagogical leadership in school.The thesis includes four studies. Study I and II are based on web-based questionnaires among 2, 568 students in grades 7, 8 and 9. READ MORE

  4. 12. Social inequity in health : Explanation from a life course and gender perspective

    Author : Masuma Novak; Christina Ahlgren; Anne Hammarström; Kate Hunt; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social inequity; pathways; social causation; life course; gender; intersectionality; smoking; musculoskeletal disorders; obesity; social mobility; Sweden; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Gender studies; Genus; Epidemiology; epidemiologi; hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; health services research; näringslära; Nutrition; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin; Social environment; Social class; Life style; Obesity etiology; Smoking epidemiology; Musculoskeletal diseases etiology; Intersektionalitet; Socioekonomi; Hälsa vikten rökning Sverige; Sjukdomar kropp levnadsförhållanden; Klasstillhörighet genus utbildning; Social inequity; Pathways; Social causation; Life course; Gender; Intersectionality; Social mobility4; Sweden; Socioeconomics; Health obesity smoking Sweden; Diseases body living conditions; Class affinity gender education;

    Abstract : Background: A boy child born in a Gothenburg suburb has a life expectancy that is nine years shorter than that of another child just 23 km away, and among girls the difference is five years. There is no necessary biological reason to this observed difference. READ MORE

  5. 13. To do or not to do? Physical activity in relation to socioeconomic status and health – a salutogenic perspective in the context of targeted health dialogues

    Author : Lisbeth Johansson; Eleonor I. Fransson; Marie Golsäter; Hans Lingfors; Mai-Lis Hellénius; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; health; mastery; physical activity; quality of life; salutogenesis; self-rated health; sense of coherence; targeted health dialogues; vitality;

    Abstract : It is well known that physical activity (PA) has a major positive impact on health and that the performance of PA is lower in low socioeconomic groups. However, more knowledge about the relationship between PA and health is needed especially between and within socioeconomic groups. READ MORE

  6. 14. The Paradoxes of Socio-Emotional Programmes in School : Young people’s perspectives and public health discourses

    Author : Sofia Kvist Lindholm; Karin Zetterqvist Nelson; Karin Osvaldsson Cromdal; Vicky Coppock; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; socio-emotional programs; manual-based programs; mental health; social and emotional wellbeing; prevention; health promotion; children’s perspectives; interviews; participant observation; Socio-emotionella program; manualbaserade program; psykisk ohälsa; prevention; hälsopromotion; barns perspektiv; intervjuer; deltagande observation;

    Abstract : Over the past decades socio-emotional programmes have been implemented in schools worldwide. Depression in Swedish Adolescents (DISA) and Social and Emotional Training (SET) are two socio-emotional programmes being practised in Swedish schools. READ MORE

  7. 15. Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying among Swedish Adolescents : Gender differences and associations with mental health

    Author : Linda Beckman; Curt Hagquist; Charli Eriksson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adolescents; cyberbullying; bullying; school; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study the differences between traditional bullying and cyberbullying among adolescents, focusing on gender, psychosomatic problems, and disability, and to gain insight into health staff’s experience of bullying in schools.The four studies in this thesis were based on surveys undertaken among 3,800 adolescents in Grades 7, 8 and 9 in Sweden, as well as focus groups of 16 people consisting of school social workers and school nurses. READ MORE