Search for dissertations about: "socio-cultural factors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 65 swedish dissertations containing the words socio-cultural factors.

  2. 1. Exposure to household air pollution among women and children in Ethiopia: Socio-cultural factors and the association with airway health

    Author : Mulugeta Tamire; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Household air pollution; Solid fuel use; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Particulate matter; socio-cultural barriers; Ethiopia;

    Abstract : Abstract Using solid fuel generates emissions of many health-damaging pollutants including inhalable fine particulate matter (PM2.5). Such exposure is known to cause morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries, including Ethiopia, where solid fuel, mainly wood, is a primary source of energy. READ MORE

  4. 2. Migration, Stress and Mental Ill Health : Post-migration Factors and Experiences in the Swedish Context

    Author : Petter Tinghög; Lennart Nordenfelt; John Carstensen; Thomas Hemmingsson; Matti Similä; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cross-cultural equivalence; foreign-born; Hopkins Symptom Checklist HSCL-25 ; Living conditions; mental ill health; migration; phenomenology; population-based; Risk factors; Stress; WHO Wellbeing Index; Cross-cultural equivalence; foreign-born; Hopkins Symptom Checklist HSCL-25 ; Living conditions; mental ill health; migration; phenomenology; population-based; risk factors; stress; WHO Wellbeing Index; invandrare; psykisk hälsa; migration; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : This predominantly empirical dissertation deals with how socio-economic living conditions and immigrant-specific factors can be linked to immigrants’ mental ill health. It is also explored how cultural representations can affect stress and whether mental ill health is expressed differently among immigrants from Iraq and Iran than among individuals of Nordic origin. READ MORE

  5. 3. Language, identity and social behaviour : a sociocultural approach to the study of the concept "will" on the effectiveness of the "how's" and "why's" of bilingualism

    Author : Ali Reza Sahaf; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; socio-cultural systems; comvergent thinking; equilibrium; mini-culture; cultural in; contrapoise; unipoise; equipoise.;

    Abstract : The study is theoretically and empirically a multidisciplinary survey of the problems surrounding the issues of bilingualism in multicultural multiracial communities. The main purpose is to explore the influence of the synergy effects of the socio-cultural forces both on the quality and the outcome of minority language education in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Sustainable Competence Development of Librarians in Pakistan

    Author : Syed Rahmat Ullah Shah; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainable competence development; motivated learning; socio-cultural learning; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates proactive learning and competence development among academic librarians in Pakistan. The concept of motivation comes out of McClelland’s need theory, while the idea of competence development in this thesis emerges from the continuous contact of a person with the professional learning environment. READ MORE

  7. 5. Pupils in remedial classes

    Author : Anna-Lena Ljusberg; Jane Brodin; Peg Lindstrand; Pirjo Lahdenperä; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : Remedial class; attention and or concentration deficits; pupil perspective; pupil’s perspective; classroom climate; socio-cultural perspective; self-concept; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to increase understanding of being a pupil in a remedial class. The thesis is based on interviews, questionnaires, and observations and includes parents, teachers, and pupils in ten remedial classes. Fifty-five percent of the studied pupils had no specific diagnosis. READ MORE