Sökning: "Child growth"
Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 136 avhandlingar innehållade orden Child growth.
6. Världen, Sverige och barnen : Internationell påverkan på svensk barnpolitik under välfärdsstatens framväxt i mellankrigstidens tidevarv
Sammanfattning : I den här avhandlingen granskas framväxten av den svenska välfärdsstaten i ljuset av internationell påverkan och kunskapsutbyten med andra länder. Avhandlingen handlar om barnavårdsavdelningen inom Svenska fattigvårds- och barnavårdsförbundet och den reformpolitik som fördes inom avdelningen under 1920- och 1930-talen – det vill säga det tidevarv då den den svenska välfärdsstaten formerades. LÄS MER
7. Hemsökt barndom : Bilder av barnet i gotisk barnlitteratur
Sammanfattning : The 21st century has seen an increase in the publication of Gothic literature for children and young adults. The aim of this study is to explore this development and to discuss images of the child in Scandinavian Gothic fiction for children in relation to ideas about childhood in a contemporary context. LÄS MER
8. Early life environmental exposures and children's growth : A longitudinal study evaluating prenatal exposure for endocrine disrupting chemicals and nutrition in relation to children's growth up to seven years of age
Sammanfattning : Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) have the potential to disrupt the endocrine system in humans and animals with importance for health and development. Additionally, optimal nutrition during pregnancy is critical for fetal growth and pregnancy outcomes. LÄS MER
9. About Child Poverty – A Bangladesh's Perspective
Sammanfattning : Taking child poverty into account as an enormous concern on the pathway to human development, the present dissertation aims to examine child poverty’s extent and characteristics, poor children’s views on this issue and their policy recommendation to reduce it. The research questions are: 1) what are the extent and characteristics of child poverty in Bangladesh? 2) What is child poverty? Why and how do children experience it? 3 (a) To what extent and in what respect does child poverty differ between Bangladesh and China? 3 (b) What are the reasons for the differences in child poverty over time between the two countries? 4 ) What is needed to reduce child poverty in Bangladesh according to its principal victims? The present dissertation is based on research mainly with young children aged up to 14 years. LÄS MER
10. The Impact of Violence Against Women on Child Growth, Morbidity and Survival : Studies in Bangladesh and Nicaragua
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to explore the impact of physical, sexual and emotional violence against women of reproductive age and the level of controlling behaviour in marriage on child health and survival in two different cultural settings: Bangladesh and Nicaragua. Data were acquired from four quantitative community-based studies. LÄS MER