Sökning: "Health Belief Model"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 21 avhandlingar innehållade orden Health Belief Model.

  1. 11. Sexual Risk Taking : – Perceptions of Contraceptive Use, Abortion, and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Adolescents in Sweden

    Författare :Maria Ekstrand; Margareta Larsson; Tanja Tydén; Elisabeth Darj; Ann Lalos; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Obstetrics and gynaecology; Adolescents; attitudes; sexual risk taking; contraceptive use; unintended pregnancy; teenage abortion; communication; gender; decision making; STI; Chlamydia; condom use; Health Belief Model; emergency contraception; RCT; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to inestigate Swedish adolescents' perceptions and behaviours regarding sexual risk taking. Specific objectives were to explore teenagers' perceptions of contraceptive use, unintended pregnancy, and abortion; teenage girls' experiences of decision making process and support connected to abortion; and male adolescents' perceptions of sexual risk taking and barriers to practicing safe sex. LÄS MER

  2. 12. Models in chemistry education : A study of teaching and learning acids and bases in Swedish upper secondary schools

    Författare :Michal Drechsler; Jan van Driel; Helge Strömdahl; Ingo Eilks; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Chemistry Education; Chemistry; Kemi; Chemistry; Kemi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis reports an investigation of how acid-base models are taught and understood in Swedish upper secondary school. The definition of the concepts of acids and bases has evolved from a phenomenological level to an abstract (particle) level. Several models of acids and bases are introduced in Swedish secondary school. LÄS MER

  3. 13. Re-evaluation of the hypothesis that LTP has two temporal phases and that the late phase is protein synthesis-dependent

    Författare :Abdul-Karim Abbas; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine;

    Sammanfattning : Long-term potentiation (LTP) is an activity-dependent increase in synaptic efficacy that is most studied in the hippocampus and that is considered a cellular substrate for learning and memory. Accepting the belief that the durability (persistence in time) of LTP is analogical to long-standing store of hippocampus-dependent memories warrants the necessity for understanding the mechanisms underlying LTP stabilization. LÄS MER

  4. 14. Patients' perceived outcomes in tetraplegia hand surgery

    Författare :Johanna Wangdell; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Outcome; tendon transfer; tetraplegia; patient perspective; hand function;

    Sammanfattning : Aim: To investigate patients perceived benefits after upper limb surgery in persons with tetraplegia - with a special focus on the participants’ perspective and their experiences from regaining lost functions. Methods: A combined Quantitative and Qualitative design was used. LÄS MER

  5. 15. Vision in sight : the relationships between knowledge, health beliefs and treatment outcomes : the case of amblyopia

    Författare :Anne Göransson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Amblyopia; Compliance; Conceptions; Health beliefs; Phenomenographic analysis;

    Sammanfattning : The research reported is an experimental study on the effects of intensified education of parents of children with amblyopia on their understanding of the nature of the disease, its origins and treatment. Parents in the control group were exposed to the ordinary information provided at two departments of pediatric ophtalmology, whereas parents in the experimental group, attending the same clinics, were asked to read a booklet aiming at enhancing their understanding of the meaning of amblyopia and amblyopia-related phenomena. LÄS MER