Essays about: "health discourse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 146 essays containing the words health discourse.

  1. 1. Securitized or Not Securitized? : A Case Study of Sweden's COVID-19 Strategy During the First Year of the Pandemic

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Max Anklev; [2024]
    Keywords : Securitization Theory; De securitization; Non-securitization; COVID-19; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes Sweden's unique and puzzling approach to the COVID-19 pandemic by using the securitization framework, exploring if Sweden's strategy during the pandemic's first year reflects securitization, (de)securitization, or non-securitization. It employs content analysis to evaluate Sweden's response, analyzing primary sources and academic literature, and uses a discourse table based on existing theoretical studies by Barry Buzan, Ole Waever, and Jaap de Wilde (1998) and Lene Hansen (2012) to assess indicators of securitization, (de)securitization or non-securitization. READ MORE

  3. 2. Consumers’ willingness to pay for food safety attributes of nectarines : A discrete choice experiment in the Polokwane Municipality of Limpopo, South Africa

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Kgodisho Tshipidi Mashego; [2023]
    Keywords : Food safety attributes; willingness to pay; discrete choice experiments; conditional logit; nectarines;

    Abstract : Consumer concerns about food safety are growing, and there is an increasing demand for quality fruits and vegetables. As such, fruit control procedures and standards should be based on understanding consumers’ choices and preferences. READ MORE

  4. 3. Indikatorer för hållbarhet på små mjölkgårdar i Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Theodor Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : mjölkkor; små mjölkgårdar; miljöpåverkan; hållbarhet; miljömässig hållbarhet; ekonomisk hållbarhet; social hållbarhet; djurhälsa; indikatorer; hållbarhetsindikatorer;

    Abstract : Den pågående minskningen av antalet mjölkgårdar i Sverige har drabbat mindre besättningar särskilt hårt. Små mjölkgårdar läggs ner i större utsträckning än stora, och många av de återstående utökar sin mjölkproduktion för att klara sig i konkurrensen. READ MORE

  5. 4. What is next for the digitalisation of Swedish Healthcare? An exploratory study of the digital healthcare ecosystem and the business model innovation of e-Health providers

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Ebba Salén; Erik Fritz; [2023]
    Keywords : Business Model Innovation; Ecosystem Strategy; Digital Disruption; Electronic Health; Marketisation;

    Abstract : With an ageing and growing population, health- and social systems globally are facing challenges in ensuring that their national infrastructure can handle this demographic shift. Within the upcoming 10-year period, the group of people above the age of 80 years is forecasted to increase by 50 per cent in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 5. 'It was never about the games' : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of "Video Game Addiction" in Swedish News 1991-2017

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Ulf Benjaminsson; Danielle Unéus; [2023]
    Keywords : discourse analysis; video game addiction; moral panic; moral entrepreneurs; Owe Sandberg; Patrik Wincent; youth culture; juvenism; forced treatment; Sweden;

    Abstract : This theoretical thesis employs critical discourse analysis to scrutinise the construction of video game addiction in Swedish press from 1991 to 2017, and examines its potential contribution to a moral panic. Our research is based on the assumption that media discourse influences societal norms, which in turn, can profoundly affect individuals and groups. READ MORE