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1. 6. Older people in Sweden – Age at migration, poverty and utilization of long-term care services

   Författare :Hanna Mac Innes; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; labor market participation; old age poverty; Long-term Care Utilization; life course perspective; old age exclusion;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the significance of age at migration for labor market integration and old-age poverty, as well as the utilization of long-term care services by older people. This thesis comprises four studies. LÄS MER

3. 7. Mental health and employment amongst persons who resettled in Sweden in 1993-1994 due to the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina

   Författare :Karin Johansson Blight; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Mental health; labour market access; employment; integration; refugees; migrants; Sweden; Bosnia-Herzegovina;

   Sammanfattning : General aim: To explore employment and mental health among people from Bosnia-Herzegovina who came to Sweden in 1993-1994 due to the war. Hypotheses: 1) poor mental health is a barrier to employment; 2) exclusion from the labour market can lead to psychosocial stress. Methods: All data were collected from Oct 2001 to March 2002. LÄS MER

4. 8. Mental health after migration to Sweden : The role of the social determinants of health

   Författare :Helena Honkaniemi; Mikael Rostila; Sol Pía Juárez; Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi; Seeromanie Harding; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; mental health; migration; integration; social welfare policy; social determinants of health; survey data; register data; observational design; quasi-experimental design; systematic review; Public Health Sciences; folkhälsovetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Migrants often experience worse mental health after migration than natives in Sweden. Using survey, register and peer-reviewed published data, the five studies of this thesis explored the mental health variation of different migrant groups settled in Sweden, including by the timing of migration, level of integration and region of origin. LÄS MER

5. 9. Capturing the experience of health among persons aging in a migration context - Health promotion interventions as means to enable health and occupations in daily life

   Författare :Lea Annikki Arola; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Arbetsterapi; Hälsopromotion; Åldrande; Migration;

   Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to increase our understanding of health in everyday life among older persons aging in migration, and to evaluate the outcome of a health promotion intervention on sense of coherence, life satisfaction and engagement in activities. Methods: Studies I and II had a qualitative approach and aiming to obtain deeper descriptions of older Finnish immigrants experiences of health in daily life (study I), and to explore healthcare professionals’ experiences of health in daily life among older Finnish immigrants (study II). LÄS MER

7. 10. Socio-economic differentiation and selective migration in rural and urban Sweden

   Författare :Susanne Hjort; Gunnar Malmberg; Colin P. Pooley; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Migration; rural; urban; Sweden; rural gentrification; polarization; segregation; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to analyse migration and socio-economic differentiation in rural and urban spaces: where people move, what the characteristics of migrants are and whether experiences of rural and urban space affect attitudes toward the local living environment and place attachment. The background consists of five themes discussing different aspects of socio-economic differentiation and selective migration, for example polarization and rural gentrification. LÄS MER