Sökning: "Inequity"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 38 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Inequity.

  1. 11. Steering health and social care through quasi-markets

    Författare :David Isaksson; Ulrika Winblad; Paula Blomqvist; Anders Anell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; patient choice; contracting; equity; health policy; public procurement; quasi-markets; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health Care Research;

    Sammanfattning : Municipalities and county councils try a multitude of different strategies when they design and steer health and social care markets to ensure that goals such as quality and equity are met. Depending on the strategies used, different problems arise. LÄS MER

  3. 12. The problem-solving citizen

    Författare :Jonas Dahl; Malmö högskola; []
    Nyckelord :Mathematics education; Problem solving; Equity; Upper secondary school; Curriculum;

    Sammanfattning : The present thesis is made up by three articles and in all of these the mathematics curriculum for upper secondary school in Sweden is analysed. The main focus is the citizen and citizenship and the point of departure is problem solving as a competence. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Crucial Considerations: Essays on the Ethics of Emerging Technologies

    Författare :Karim Jebari; Sven-Ove Hansson; Ingmar Persson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; neuroethics; brain machine interface; convergence seminars; moral enhancement; human enhancement; privacy; autonomy;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I explores brain machine interface (BMI) technologies. These make direct communication between the brain and a machine possible by means of electrical stimuli. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Contrasting language-in-education policy intentions, perceptions and practice : the use of English and Kreol Seselwa in the Seychelles

    Författare :Justin Zelime; Mats Deutschmann; Anders Steinvall; Angeline Mbogo Barrett; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Code switching; Kreol Seselwa Seychelles Creole ; L2 Medium of Instruction; Post Colonialism; Language Policy; Translanguaging; Bilingualism; Multilingualism; language studies; språkvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Many studies have shown that Second Language (L2) Medium of Instruction (MoI) policies in Africa are linked to educational inequity, substandard teaching practice, low literacy skills and poor overall academic performance. In the light of this background, this thesis aims to make a more thorough inquiry into questions related to language-in-education policies, L2 as MoI, and academic success in the Seychelles, a small island nation in the Indian Ocean. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Adolescent pregnancies in the Amazon basin of Ecuador : a rights and gender approach to girls' sexual and reproductive health

    Författare :Isabel Goicolea; Marianne Wulff; Miguel San Sebastian; Johanne Sundby; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :adolescent pregnancy; adolescent motherhood; reproductive and sexual health; right to health; gender relations; gender structures; Ecuador; Amazon; Sexuality; agency; medicin; Medicine;

    Sammanfattning : Adolescent pregnancy has been associated with adverse health and social outcomes, but it has also been favorably viewed as a pathway to adulthood. In Ecuador, where 20% of girls aged between 15-19 years get pregnant, the adolescent fertility rate has increased and inequalities between adolescent girls from different educational, socio-economic levels and geographical regions are prominent: 43% of illiterate adolescents become pregnant compared to 11% with secondary education. LÄS MER