Essays about: "health on a policy level"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 104 essays containing the words health on a policy level.

1. 1. Navigating the Happiness Economics Landscape: Mapping the Influences on Life Satisfaction and Possible Interventions

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Klendeta Bivolaku; Linn Hellqvist; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : Happiness Economics; Personality traits; Life satisfaction; World Bank’s STEP survey; WVS; Double-lasso; Forward selection;

   Abstract : This study explores factors that influence subjective well-being in low- and middle-income countries by analysing unique individual- and country-level data. The study focuses on several unexplored determinants including personality traits, economic shocks and cultural differences. READ MORE

3. 2. Evaluation of a twinning project between midwife associations in Sweden and Ghana

   University essay from

   Author : Hanna Fjellström; Emelie Sandberg; [2023-02-13]
   Keywords : Twinning; midwife associations; implementation science;

   Abstract : Background: Globally, maternal and newborn health is a priority and progress has been made through the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in developing countries millions of women and newborn still have inadequate access to antenatal care, safe abortions and to be able to give birth in a health facility. READ MORE

4. 3. Spend More, Feel Better? Investigating the impact of social policy expenditure on the severity of individual depressive symptoms throughout Europe

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ari Eger-Beyeler; [2023]
   Keywords : Mental Health; Depressive Symptoms; Social Policy Expenditure; Fixed-Effects Regression Model; European Social Survey; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Depression has recently been highlighted across OECD countries as a public health crisis in need of immediate action. Unfortunately, the most popularized public policy solutions focus on individual biomedical or psychosocial interventions. READ MORE

5. 4. Problematic social media use and self-rated health among Swedish adolescents : Is the association moderated by perceived familial social support?

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

   Author : Åsa Ledel; [2023]
   Keywords : Adolescents; perceived familial social support; HBSC survey; SRH; Sweden; problematic social media use; ungdomar; upplevt föräldrastöd; HBSC; självuppskattad hälsa; Sverige; problematisk sociala medier användning;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore the association between problematic social media use (PSMU) and self-rated health (SRH) among Swedish adolescent boys and girls, and additionally to examine whether perceived familial social support buffers against poor health in the same association. The study was based on the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey from 2017/2018. READ MORE

6. 5. The Dynamics of Air Pollution, Socio-Economic Status and Mortality Rate: Panel Study Evidence from Sweden

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Uzma Humayun; [2023]
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   Abstract : This study investigated the relationship between the mortality rate and air pollution, as well as socioeconomic factors such as education, socioeconomic status, smoking behavior, and unemployment in Sweden using regional data on county level from 2005 to 2021. The study adopted Environmental Justice Theory as the theoretical framework and used fixed effects model to control for unobserved heterogeneity. READ MORE