Sökning: "Quasi-experimental study"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 99 avhandlingar innehållade orden Quasi-experimental study.
1. Phonemic awareness and learning to read : a longitudinal and quasi-experimental study
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
2. Differences Between Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytically Oriented Psychotherapy : An Effectiveness Study
Sammanfattning : Although the differences between psychoanalysis and psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy have been the subject of debate for a long time, there is nevertheless a striking lack of systematic empirical studies of extended psychoanalytical treatment. The aim of this thesis is to use empirical evidence to describe similarities and dissimilarities between psychoanalysis and psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy, as well as the prospects and difficulties inherent in studying the outcomes of these treatments within the framework of a naturalistic quasi-experimental field study. LÄS MER
3. Improving Health-seeking Behavior and Care among Sexual Violence Survivors in Rural Tanzania
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
4. Peer mentoring - A complementary support to persons after an acute myocardial infarction
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
5. Health among people with psychotic disorders and effects of an individualized lifestyle intervention to promote health
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the thesis was to increase knowledge of health among people with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and other long-term psychotic conditions. The aim was also to investigate health effects, in terms of clinical health outcomes and self-reported questionnaires, of atwo-year individualized lifestyle intervention implemented in psychiatric outpatient services involving cooperation with the municipal social psychiatry services. LÄS MER