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  1. 6. Images, Motives, and Challenges for Western Health Workers in Humanitarian Aid

    Författare :Magdalena Bjerneld; Gunilla Lindmark; Beth Maina Ahlberg; Lars Dahlgren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; humanitarian action; human resource management; relief workers; aid workers; volunteers; images; motives; qualitative research; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden; Medicin; Medicine;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents how humanitarian aid workers were attracted, motivated, recruited, and prepared for fieldwork, and how they reported their work experience directly from the field and when they returned home. Data were derived from interviews with experienced aid workers, focus group discussions with presumptive aid workers, analysis of letters from aid workers in the field on MSFs homepages in Europe, and from interviews with recruitment officers at some of the main humanitarian organisations. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Models for Dispatch of Volunteers in Daily Emergency Response

    Författare :Niki Matinrad; Tobias Andersson Granberg; Jan Lundgren; Anna Fredriksson; Karen Aardal; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Sufficient emergency resources are essential for emergency services to provide timely help to affected people and to minimize damage to public and private assets and the environment. Emergency services, however, face resource shortages and increasing demand over time. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Incentives in Education and Moral Behavior in Groups

    Författare :Pol Campos-Mercade; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Field experiment; Academic performance; Threshold incentives; Lab experiment; Moral action; Group size; Bystander effect; Volunteer s dilemma; Social preferences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis uses field experiments, lab experiments, and theory to study questions that are relevant to the fields of education and behavioral economics.The first paper, Threshold Incentives and Academic Performance, begins with the observation that students often face incentives to reach performance thresholds. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Lower limb lymphedema: evaluation of measurements and exercise

    Författare :Charlotta Jönsson; Rehabilitering och hållbar hälsa; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Lower extremity; healthy volunteers; lower limb lymphedema; intra-rater reliability; circumferential measurements; outcome measures; bicycling exercise; moderate intensity;

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  7. 10. Essays on behavioral economics: Nudges, food consumption and procedural fairness

    Författare :Verena Kurz; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Nudging; Field experiment; Meat consumption; Climate change mitigation; Decision heuristics; Food choice; Procedural fairness; Experiment; Coordination; Correlated equilibrium; Recommendations; Volunteer s dilemma;

    Sammanfattning : Decreasing meat consumption holds significant potential for the reduction of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions and the mitigation of climate change. Fostering behavioral change to reduce climate emissions related to food consumption is challenging and requires new strategies based on an understanding of human decision-making. LÄS MER