Sökning: "social stigmatisation"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 20 avhandlingar innehållade orden social stigmatisation.
16. Abortion, contraception and associated social stigma : consequences and solutions in a low-resource setting in western Kenya
Sammanfattning : Background: Complications of unsafe abortion is one of the top causes of maternal morbidity and mortality among women and adolescent girls globally. Stigmatising attitudes and behaviour seem to directly impact women’s and girls’ reproductive decision-making but are rarely explored. LÄS MER
17. Social Construction of Technical Aids - Personal Meaning and Interactional Effects of Disability and Assistive Devices in Everyday Life
Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns the role of disability and assistive devices in everyday life among persons with, for instance, impairments related to mobility (e.g. wheelchair users) and bodily shape and configuration (e.g. LÄS MER
18. Children with spina bifida and their mothers in Palestine. Lived experiences, self perceived health and sense of coherence
Sammanfattning : ABSTRACT The overall aim in this thesis was to describe the lived experiences of children with spina bifida (SB) and their mothers while living under specific social and cultural conditions in West Bank, Palestine. A further aim was to gain knowledge about the impact of SB on self-perceived health and sense of coherence (SOC) among a group of children and adolescents with SB in comparison to their healthy peers. LÄS MER
19. Performing Perfectly : Presentations of Childhood in Knutby Filadelfia Before and After the Dissolution of the Congregation
Sammanfattning : The Knutby Filadelfia Congregation, founded in 1921, started out as a Pentecostal congregation. It has, however, been considered a deviant and semi-isolated new religious movement ever since it became known to the public after a murder took place within its community in 2004. LÄS MER
20. Living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on how individuals with the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), an inherited connective-tissue disorder, experience and describe their daily lives with focus on physical and psychosocial problems. The syndrome primarily affects the skin, ligaments, joints and blood vessels and the symptoms in EDS vary from mild to more severe forms. LÄS MER