Sökning: "Vulnerable children"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 141 avhandlingar innehållade orden Vulnerable children.

  1. 1. Ethics of User Involvement in Sensitive Design Situations

    Författare :Susanne Lindberg; Magnus Bergquist; Maria Åkesson; Maja van der Velden; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; ethics; participatory design; user involvement; design research; children; schizophrenia; cancer; sensitive; vulnerable; design; participation; principles; digital peer support;

    Sammanfattning : While this era of digital technology brings great possibilities for improving the lives of many people with digital healthcare services, the design of these services in turn present challenges that are ethical in nature. Participatory Design (PD) values user involvement in design from a democratic, empowerment and ethical perspective. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Consuming for friendship : Children´s perceptions of relational consumption

    Författare :Erika Lundby; Tapio Salonen; Carl Hult; Kristina Gustafsson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; Consumption; Economic Recourses; Economic Vulnerability; Friendship; Materialism; Money; Peers; Relational Consumption; Socialisation; Tweens.; Barn; Ekonomisk utsatthet; Ekonomiska resurser; Konsumtion; Materialism; Pengar; Relationell Konsumtion; Socialisering; Tweens; Vänskap.; Socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Sammanfattning : Swedish children have, from a historical perspective and compared with many other countries, greater economic resources and a higher material living standard. However, there is a widening gap between affluent and vulnerable households in Sweden. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Wasting time or having fun? : Cultural meanings of children and childhood

    Författare :Gisela Eckert; Gunilla Halldén; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; Childhood; Parental Ideas; Cultural Meaning; Dilemmas; Play; TV; Barndomen; Barn och TV; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores contemporary cultural meanings of children and childhood in a Swedish context. Its point of departure is an understanding that the meanings ascribed to what it is to be a child and what childhood is, are part of culture and, as such, transform through time and space. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Vitamin A Intake, Status and Improvement Using the Dietary Approach : Studies of Vulnerable Groups in Three Asian Countries

    Författare :Viveka Persson; Ulf Svanberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Vitamin A deficiency; vitamin A intake; plant sources; preformed vitamin A; variability; reliability; 24-h recall; helminthiasis; retinol; beta-carotene; iron; bioavailability; children; pregnancy; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; pediatrik; Pediatrics;

    Sammanfattning : Studies were performed on methodological issues on vitamin A intake, status and improvement in three Asian countries, to improve the dietary approach recommended by FAO/WHO to alleviate vitamin A deficiency in low-income countries.The reliability of the practical 24-hour dietary recall method to assess individual intake of vitamin A during pregnancy was investigated in Central Java, Indonesia. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Targeting Children Online : Young internet users and producers in the commercial media environment

    Författare :Carolina Martinez; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; internetreklam; internet; reklamspel; barn; reklamproducenter; marknadsförare; mobilspel; virtuella världar; online advertising; internet; mobile games; children; advertising professionals; marketers; virtual worlds; tactics;

    Sammanfattning : Children’s daily internet usage takes place to a large extent in a commercial environment, where advertising and the sale of virtual goods are ever-present parts of the online experience. The overall goal of this thesis is to contribute to a critical understanding of children’s commercial online environment as spaces for children’s everyday life activities and participation, and as spaces for commercial interests that seek to target children and monetize their internet usage. LÄS MER