Sökning: "health awareness"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 567 avhandlingar innehållade orden health awareness.

  1. 1. Making visible the invisible : Health risks from environmental exposures among socially deprived populations of Nairobi, Kenya

    Författare :Thaddaeus Wandera Egondi; Joacim Rocklöv; Nawi Ng; Remare Ettarh; Patrick Kinney; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; air pollution; urban health; temperature-related mortality; particulate matter; exposure assessment; child health; Epidemiology; epidemiologi; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Most countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing a high rate of ur­banization accompanied with unplanned development resulting into sprawl of slums. The weath­er patterns and air pollution sources in most urban areas are changing with significant effects on health. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Social capital, health and community action : implications for health promotion

    Författare :Malin Eriksson; Maria Emmelin; Lars Dahlgren; Urban Janlert; Catherine Campbell; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; social capital; self-rated health; health promotion; community action; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; socialmedicin; Social Medicine;

    Sammanfattning : Background; The overwhelming increase in studies about social capital and health occurring since 1995 indicates a renewed interest in the social determinants of health and a call for a more explicit use of theory in public health and epidemiology. The links between social capital and health are still not clear and the meanings of different forms of individual and collective social capital and their implications for health promotion needs further exploration. LÄS MER

  3. 3. En mer hälsofrämjande hälso- och sjukvård : hinder och möjligheter utifrån professionernas perspektiv

    Författare :Helene Johansson; Lars Weinehall; Maria Emmelin; Lena Lundström; Charlie Eriksson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; health service; health personnel; re-orientation; qualitative methods; questionnaire; health; health promotion; attitude; perceptions; hälso- och sjukvård; omorientering; kvalitativ metod; enkätstudie; hälsa; hälsofrämjande; attityder; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; health services research; hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning;

    Sammanfattning : Introduktion: Under de senaste decennierna har det förts en diskussion om behovet av att omorientera hälso- och sjukvårdens verksamhet för att på ett effektivare sätt bidra till befolkningens hälsa. Detta togs också upp som ett av målen i 2003 års svenska nationella folkhälsopolitik som sedan uppdaterades 2008. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Living with head and neck cancer : a health promotion perspective - a qualitative study

    Författare :Margereth Björklund; Högskolan Kristianstad; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Head and neck cancer; public health; health promotion; empowerment; qualitative methods; everyday living; nursing; Huvud-halscancer; folkhälsa; hälsofrämjande; egenmakt; kvalitativa metoder; levda erfarenheter; omvårdnad; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Background and aim: In society there is a growing awareness that a vital factor for patientswith chronic diseases, such as head and neck cancer (HNC), is how well they are able to function in their every day lives – a common, but often overlooked, public health issue. The overall aim of this thesis is to reach a deeper understanding of living with HNC and to identify the experiences that patients felt promoted their health and well-being. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Hälsovägledning i barnhälsovården : syntetisering av två uppdrag

    Författare :Ewy Olander; Utbildningsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Population-individualisation; Grounded Theory; Health Education; Health Counselling; Child Health Promotion; Child Health Services; Synthesising; Sociology; Sociologi; Child Health Promotion;

    Sammanfattning : Child Health Services (CHS) form a strategic arena for Swedish health promotion, from a societal as well as individual perspective. The present study focuses on district nurses´ health counselling in CHS. LÄS MER