Search for dissertations about: "youth"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 418 swedish dissertations containing the word youth.

  2. 16. Studies on routine inquiry about violence victimization and alcohol consumption in youth clinics

    Author : Anna Palm; Ulf Högberg; Ingela Danielsson; Carl Göran Svedin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Violence victimization; Youth; Alcohol consumption; Routine Inquiry; Screening; Youth friendly health care; Randomized controlled study; Qualitative study; Våldsutsatthet; Unga; Alkohol; Rutinfrågor; Screening; Ungdomsmottagning; Randomiserad studie; Kvalitativ studier;

    Abstract : Objectives: Violence victimization is common in youth, and the association between victimization and ill-health is well established. Youth is also the period when alcohol risk drinking is most prevalent. READ MORE

  4. 17. Close to the edge : discursive, gendered and embodied stress in modern youth

    Author : Maria Wiklund; Ann Öhman; Eva-Britt Malmgren-Olsson; Carita Bengs; Erik Bergström; Charli Eriksson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sweden; adolescent; youth; young women; stress; distress; health; psychosomatic; subjective health; body; embodiment; lived experience; gender; modernity; discourse; qualitative method; content analysis; interviews; school survey; questionnaire; epidemiology; Sverige; ungdomar; tonår; unga vuxna; tonårsflickor; stress; ångest; subjektiv hälsa; kropp; förkroppsligande; levd erfarenhet; genus; modernitet; kvalitativ metod; kvalitativ innehållsanalys; intervjuer; skolenkät; frågeformulär; epidemiologi; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Abstract : Background Adolescent subjective health and mental problems have become a public health concern not only in Sweden but worldwide. The overall aim of this thesis is to deepen and widen the understanding of young peoples’ subjective health, psychosomatic and stress-related problems. READ MORE

  5. 18. Getting Ready for Life : Life Strategies of Town Youth in Mozambique and Tanzania

    Author : Linda Helgesson; Gunnar Malmberg; Aina Tollefsen; Nora Räthzel; Katherine Gough; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth; life strategies; qualitative research; development geography; Tanzania; Mozambique.; livelihood; education; mobility; urbanisation; town; vulnerability; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to explore how and under what conditions life strategies of young men and women unfold in the towns of Masasi in southern Tanzania and Montepuez in northern Mozambique. These towns are located in regions which in their national contexts are perceived as peripheral and rural. READ MORE

  6. 19. Embodied Citizenship in the Making : Bolivian Urban Youth at the Crossroads of Social Hierarchies

    Author : Nika Rasmussen; Charlotta Widmark; Thaïs Machado-Borges; Andrew Canessa; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth; Social Hierarchies; Citizenship; Everyday Life; Intersectionality; Political Practices; Nationhood; Bolivia; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the body as a nexus for playing out power relations and feelings of belonging. Based upon twelve months of fieldwork amongst young urban people living in La Paz and El Alto, it examines the connections between bodily conceptions, social hierarchies and societal inclusions. READ MORE

  7. 20. Injury Prevention in Youth Male and Female Floorball Players : Effects, Compliance, and Experiences of the Knee Control Programme

    Author : Ida Åkerlund; Martin Hägglund; Sofi Sonesson; Markus Waldén; Kati Pasanen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Compliance; Injury prevention; Implementation; Motivation; Neuromuscular training; Youth; Följsamhet; Idrottsskador; Motivation; Skadeförebyggandeträning; Ungdomsidrott;

    Abstract : Background: Floorball is one of the most popular team ball sports in Northern Europe, particularly among youths. The injury incidence is high, as is the case in other pivoting youth team ball sports, such as football. The injury prevention exercise programme (IPEP) Knee Control is developed to reduce injuries in team ball sports. READ MORE