Sökning: "cross-cultural care study"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 18 avhandlingar innehållade orden cross-cultural care study.
1. Vårdandets Tao : En fenomenologisk studie om vårdrelationer i Kina
Sammanfattning : This thesis researches the phenomenon ‘caring relationship’. The empirical studies in this thesis were carried out in China with the aim to describe the caring relationship in China through the lifeworld experiences of professional caregivers and patients. The result of this study will later on relate to a study of Swedish caring relationships. LÄS MER
2. Living with diabetes within the framework of Swedish primary health care : Somalian and professional perspectives
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to provide knowledge on the one handSomalian-born immigrants´ experiences of living with diabetes mellitus (DM)in a new cultural environment, on the other hand their encounter with Swedishdiabetic care – this from both their own point of view and that of the health-care professionals. There was an endeavour to describe methodological aspectsof the interpreter´s role in respect of the trustworthiness of research performedin multicultural societies. LÄS MER
3. Migration, mental health and suicide : an epidemiological, psychiatric and cross-cultural study
Sammanfattning : Background: In spite of restrictions in Swedish immigration policy during the 1990s, the foreign-born population (10.7% in 1996) is steadily increasing because of immigration of relatives of refugees and labor migrants. LÄS MER
4. Understanding "successful aging" : Cultural and migratory perspectives
Sammanfattning : This dissertation aims to contribute to the rectification of the atheoretization that characterizes the study of aging and diversity through the formulation and preliminary empirical testing of a culturally-relevant theoretical framework for the study of successful aging. Inspired by the Kluckhohnian approach to the study of cultural variation, the framework hereby proposed posits that there is congruence between the understandings of successful aging that people uphold and the value orientations that they prefer in regards to four topics: man-nature, time, activity and relational. LÄS MER
5. Bipolar disorder in rural Ethiopia : community-based studies in Butajira for screening, epidemiology, follow-up, and the burden of care
Sammanfattning : Background: The challenges of research in economically stunted countries’ settings remains a profound concern and is linked to socioeconomic development of these countries. More research is needed regarding psychiatric morbidity in rural areas of the developing and poverty stricken countries. LÄS MER