Sökning: "Iranian immigrants"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden Iranian immigrants.

  1. 1. Population based empowerment practice in immigrant communities : A socio-medical study of Iranian families in Sweden

    Författare :Alireza Moula; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Nyckelord :Immigrants; intervention; family change; parent-adolescent relationship; symbolic interaction; Iranian;

    Sammanfattning : I conduct an intervention study involving Iranian families in Sweden. The objectives were as follows (1) to describe how ideas about family pedagogy held by parents and adolescents are affected by move from a country like Iran to a country like Sweden... LÄS MER

  3. 2. Diet and Metabolic Risk Factors in Immigrant Women from the Middle East and Swedish-Born Women : A Cross-Sectional Study of Women from Iran, Turkey and Sweden

    Författare :Achraf Daryani; Bengt Vessby; Brita karlström; Per Wändell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Caring sciences; cardiovascular factors; metabolic risk factors; immigrants; Iranian; Turkish; Swedish; Middle East; dietary intake; underreporting; dietary fat; fat sources; antioxidant intake; oxidative stress; inflammation; C-reactive protein; isoprostanes; Vårdvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The increasing number of immigrants in Sweden during the past decades has brought the health of different ethnic groups into focus. Many groups of immigrants in Sweden have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) than a Swedish reference group. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Population-based empowerment practice in immigrant communities : a socio-medical study of Iranian families in Sweden

    Författare :Alireza Moula; Robert Dingwall; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Immigrants; Iranians in Sweden; intervention research; family change; parentadolescent relationships; power; communication; intimacy; the United Nations Child Convention; family pedagogy; social work; empowerment practice; educative radio lectures; telephone help-line; pragmatism; symbolic interactionism; social constructionism; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Sammanfattning : The significant social problems that confront Iranian families that have immigrated to Western countries have been described in the literature, in particular regarding the difficulties between parents and their adolescent children. However, the investigations that have been performed have not focused on how the situations of these families can be improved. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Understanding "successful aging" : Cultural and migratory perspectives

    Författare :Sandra Torres; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; sociology. social gerontology; successful aging; value orientations; culture; cross-cultural gerontology; ethnogerontology; migration; Iranian immigrants; culturally-appropriate care; gerontological theory; vignettes; gerontological methods; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    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

  7. 5. Levebröd eller entreprenörskap? : Om utlandsfödda personers företagande i Sverige

    Författare :Erik Ljungar; Göran Ahrne; Matti Similä; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethnicity; self-employment; entrepreneurship; discrimination; integration; social networks; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : Why are so many persons with an immigrant background self-employed in Sweden? To just say that it is discrimination in the labor market or that some immigrant groups have a “cultural inclination” that makes them fit to run a business does not provide for a full explanation.I first give an overview of the research of immigrant- and minority business in sociology. LÄS MER