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  1. 1. Nyktra kvinnor : Folkbildare, företagare och politiska aktörer. Vita Bandet 1900-1930

    Författare :Åsa Bengtsson; Kim Salomon; Hanne Sanders; Irene Andersson; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; White Ribbon; WWCTU; temperance movement; women s movement; philanthropy; adult education; Swedish political history; political innovations; entrepreneurship; process of democratization; Sweden; Vita Bandet; nykterhetsrörelsen; kvinnorörelsen; deokratiseringsprocess; filantropi; folkbildning; politisk innovation; politiskt entreprenörskap; politisk historia; sociala rörelser; WWCTU; White Ribbon; folkbildning; kvinnorörelsen; social rörelse; genus; Svensk politisk historia; Svensk socialhistora; kvinnors företagande; filantripi; nykterhetsrörelsen; Vita Bandet;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis the female Christian temperance union the White Ribbon is in focus. The White Ribbon was founded in Stockholm in 1900 and it was part of the international organization World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WWCTU). LÄS MER

  3. 2. A Salutogenic perspective on resistance training : a study on healthy old adult women

    Författare :Helena Ericson; Mikael Quennerstedt; Monica Eriksson; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health resources; exercise; resistance traning; salutogenes; old adult women; healthy aging; hope; negative affect; psychological outcomes; Sports Science; Idrottsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The number of people aged 60 years and over has doubled since 1980and the World Health Organization predicts that the population of over60s will reach 2 billion by the year 2050. An ageing population poses bothchallenges and opportunities for society and for individuals. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Health and Nutrition in the Tarahumara of Northern Mexico : Studies among Women and Children

    Författare :Joel Monárrez-Espino; Ted Greiner; Gunilla Lindmark; Homero Martínez; Reynaldo Martorell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; International health; acculturation; anemia; anthropometry; body shape; cognitive anthropology; qualitative methods; ferritin; food; indian; infant feeding; malnutrition; Mexico; micronutrients; obesity; overweight; Raramuri; school children; Tarahumara; westernization; women; Internationell hälsa; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Belonging to an indigenous group in Mexico is usually associated with poor health, mainly as the result of social isolation from the mainstream society. The Tarahumara are no exception. They constitute the largest indigenous group in northern Mexico and one of the most marginalized ethnic minorities in North America. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Kvinnor - vakna, våga! : En studie kring pedagogen och samhällsvisionären Honorine Hermelin Grønbech

    Författare :Berit Lindberg; Pedagogik; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; The Women’s Civic College at Fogelstad; the history of education; adult education; the history of women gender history; hermeneuti; Pedagogy and didactics; fe-male civic education; Honorine Hermelin Grønbech; Tidevarvet The Epoch ; Kvinnliga Medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad; Pedagogik; didaktik; Tidevarvet The Epoch ;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to analyse, in the light of the history of education and of women, ”biographical sections” of the life and work of the Swedish educationalist Honorine Hermelin Grønbech (1886-1977). The focus is on adult education, and in particular female civic education, which set out to encourage Swedish women to exercise their newly won rights of citizenship (1921). LÄS MER

  7. 5. Diagnosens dilemman : Identitet, anpassning och motstånd hos kvinnor med ADHD

    Författare :Kitty Lassinantti; Rafael Lindqvist; Elisabet Näsman; Per Solvang; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; medical sociology; critical sociology; women; neuropsychiatric diagnosis; ADHD; biomedicalization; pharmaceuticalization; identity; gender; femininity; narrative analysis; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the increasing medicalization of society, the process whereby social phenomenon are transformed into medical problems. Alike the general tendency of neu- ropsychiatric diagnoses, the number of people with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactiv- ity Disorder) has increased and expanded from a boys’ diagnosis to include both adult men and women. LÄS MER