Sökning: "marital partner"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade orden marital partner.

1. 1. Spouses' experiences of living with a partner with Alzheimer's disease

   Författare :Christina Sällström; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Home-care; dementia care; perception of health; social networks; marital relationship; valuation of the other; life-span development;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the study was to gain some understanding of the lived experience of the care-giving spouses regarding their experiences of the manifestations of the disease, perception of their own health, the possibility of influencing the interpretation of the past, the present and future, outlook on life, surrounding contacts and intimate relationships with their sick partners. The spouses (n=13) of Alzheimer victims were followed with the help of personal interviews, diaries and telephone interviews during a two-years period. LÄS MER

3. 2. Equality in Death? : How the Social Positions of Individuals and Families are Linked to Mortality

   Författare :Jenny Torssander; Robert Erikson; Denny Vågerö; Pekka Martikainen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health inequality; mortality; socioeconomic factors; education; social class; social status; income; marital partner; intergenerational; child-parent relationship; cause of death; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : Socioeconomic positions of individuals are clearly associated with the chances of living a healthy long life. In four empirical studies based on Swedish population registers, two topics are examined in this thesis: The relationships between different indicators of social position and mortality, and the importance of family members’ socioeconomic resources for the survival of the individual. LÄS MER

4. 3. Disability in individual life and past society : life-course perspectives of people with disabilities in the Sundsvall region of Sweden in the nineteenth century

   Författare :Helena Haage; Lotta Vikström; Erling Häggström Lundevaller; Luciana Quaranta; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; disability; nineteenth century; marriage; mortality; partner selection; life course; event history analysis; sequence analysis; gender; Sweden; historisk demografi; Historical Demography; historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : What did a life with disability imply for individuals in a past society? Since disabled men and women have long been hidden in history, the aim with this thesis is to uncover them and their living conditions in nineteenth-century Sweden, represented by the Sundsvall region. The data consist of parish registers, which help to trace people’s life courses and the consequences if disabilities interfered with their lives. LÄS MER

5. 4. Causes and consequences of violence against child labour and women in developing countries

   Författare :Koustuv Dalal; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Child labour; domestic violence; cost of violence; developing countries.;

   Sammanfattning : Violence against children and women is a serious public health and human rights problem. In low income countries it is closely related to poverty and culture with major social consequences and economic burden for the families. LÄS MER

7. 5. Using a life-course approach to better understand depression in older age

   Författare :Linnea Sjöberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis aimed to explore the prevalence of depression, and to identify risk factors, secular changes, and consequences of depression in late adulthood from a life-course perspective. The four studies in this thesis were based on data from the H-70 study, the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K), and the Kungsholmen Project (KP). LÄS MER