Sökning: "Sven Bremberg"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Sven Bremberg.
1. Assessing the effects of societal injury control interventions
Sammanfattning : Injuries have emerged as one of the biggest public health issues of the 21th century. Yet, the causal effects of injury control strategies are often questioned due to a lack of randomized experiments. LÄS MER
2. Online health promoting communities : Design, implementation and formative evaluation of an intervention
Sammanfattning : In Sweden, obesity among children has not yet reached the epidemic proportions reported from other parts of the world. However, among adolescents, being overweight and self-consciousness regarding body shape, diet and exercise influence social, psychological and physical health. LÄS MER
3. Preventive psychosocial parental and school programmes in a general population
Sammanfattning : Introduction Numerous preventive programmes have emerged, and need to be investigated to determine their effects on the normal population. Earlier studies have shown a decrease in depressive symptoms, positive effects on children’s disruptive behaviour problems, and an improvement in parental competence. LÄS MER
4. Recurrent pain and health related quality of life in young schoolchildren
Sammanfattning : The objectives of this thesis were 1) to describe the occurrence and co-occurrence of recurrent pain (headache, stomach-ache, and backache) in young school children; 2) to describe Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in these children, from the perspective of the child, 3) to examine the psychometric properties of the PedsQL, a pediatric HRQoL instrument. Three data collections were performed, two in Umeå, Sweden, and one in a nearby smaller municipality, Lycksele. LÄS MER
5. Balancing body perception during growth and development
Sammanfattning : Among children and adolescents, the drive to be slender and the fear of being fat is a growing public health concern. This trend stands in contrast to the increasing prevalence of overweight reported worldwide. LÄS MER