Essays about: "medicalization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word medicalization.

1. 1. Non-governmental organizations preventive work against female genital mutilation in Kenya : a qualitative minor field study

   University essay from Sophiahemmet Högskola

   Author : Matilda Trolin; Törja Ngenge; [2023]
   Keywords : Empowerment; Female genital mutilation; Human rights; Kenya; Egenmakt; Kenya; Kvinnlig könsstympning; Mänskliga rättigheter;

   Abstract : FGM is practiced in around 30 countries, mainly in Africa, The Middle East, and Asia. An estimated 200 million girls and women have been cut anywhere between infancy and 15 years old. This practice is usually linked to traditions, cultures, and sometimes religion, although this seems to be more of a question of how religion is interpreted. READ MORE

3. 2. A Feasibility Study of a CBT-group Treatment for Hypersexual Disorder in Women

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Centrum för sexologi och sexualitetsstudier (CSS)

   Author : Theodor Mejias Nihlén; [2021]
   Keywords : Hypersexual disorder; Sex Addiction; Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder; Cognitive behavioral therapy; CBT; Group therapy; Treatment for women;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the feasibility of a treatment for hypersexual disorder (HD) by calculating and reporting the results with pre-collected data from a research project at ANOVA/Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset. The treatment was a cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) developed for HD administered in a 7-session group setting with a sample of HD-diagnosed women (n = 16). READ MORE

4. 3. The Role of Socio-Economic Factors on the Continuation of Female Genital Mutilation in Africa: A Critical Analysis of Kenya

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Christensson Patricia; [2021]
   Keywords : Socioeconomic factors; female genital mutilation FGM ; ethnic communities; marriageability; human rights.;

   Abstract : Kenya is one of the Sub-Saharan countries that continue to experience incidences of FGM among various ethnic communities. While FGM prevalence has reduced significantly in the last decade due to government crackdowns and the adoption of relevant anti-practice laws, several Kenyan communities continue to circumcise girls and women secretly. READ MORE

5. 4. Making sense of children’s mental illness and behaviours in school settings : Unravelling the cultural repertoires of school staff in Swedish compulsory education

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Helena Kestener; [2021]
   Keywords : Medicalization; Childhood; Schools; Sweden;

   Abstract : Increasing numbers of children are being diagnosed with some kind of mental illness and especially the diagnosis ADHD and Autism are often discussed in popular media and academic articles. Several studies have underlined the relation between educational systems and the processes of diagnosing the children. READ MORE

6. 5. Challenges in Challenging Menstrual Discourse: An Inquiry into the Nature of Dominating Social Discourse on Menstruation, and the Human Rights Agenda to Challenge its Effects

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Antonia Sophia von Buttlar; [2020]
   Keywords : Menstrual Discourse; Stigmatization; Medicalization; Commercialization; United Nations Human Rights Agenda;

   Abstract : Recent developments have seen a rise in empirical attempts to challenge the persistently negative sociocultural attitudes toward menstruation. The thesis proposes a Foucauldian feminist conception, as well as the identification of the three elements stigmatization, medicalization and commercialization, to provide a comprehensive theoretical framework conceptualizing dominant menstrual discourse and its effects, based on which the empirical contemporary UN human rights agenda on the topic is approached. READ MORE