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Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Susanna Toivanen.
1. Work-Related Inequalities in Health : Studies of income, work environment, and sense of coherence
Sammanfattning : Ill health is unevenly distributed across different groups in society, with the disadvantaged groups displaying higher rates of ill health than the more advantaged groups. The aim of the thesis is to study work-related inequalities in health, and to focus on how income, aspects of the physical and psychosocial work environment, and sense of coherence, individually or jointly, generate inequalities in a number of health outcomes in the Swedish working population. LÄS MER
2. Working Conditions, Income Differences, and Sense of Coherence in Relation to Ill Health
Sammanfattning : The licentiate thesis explored the relationship between working conditions and wage income, and the relationship between working conditions and sense of coherence in relation to ill health, focusing on cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal pain, and psychological distress among the working population in Sweden. The studies were based on cross-sectional and longitudinal survey data (ULF and LNU), and on the Swedish census (FoB90) linked to the national cause of death registry. LÄS MER
3. Between Two Worlds : Studies of migration, work, and health
Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to investigate the extent to which work-related factors contribute to the health inequalities often observed between foreign-origin and native-origin persons in Sweden. Four empirical studies using survey data and population-based registers assessed the health impact of different labor market adversities among groups of foreign-origin persons who were both in and outside the labor market relative to native-origin Swedes. LÄS MER
4. Epistemology of practice and its consequences in practice : Educating for knowing-in-action in working life
Sammanfattning : Education and competence development are of increased interest in today’s society and organizations, to increase the wellbeing, lifelong learning, and mobility of the labor force, and contribute to companies’ global competition. As a consequence, formal and informal education is growing. LÄS MER
5. Risks for cardiovascular disease in middle-aged women in different social environments
Sammanfattning : Background: The importance of the social environment and human life conditions for public health was early recognized in community medicine. Despite major reductions in recent decades, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity for both genders in all European countries. LÄS MER