Essays about: "institutional living"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 75 essays containing the words institutional living.

1. 21. Unfold

   University essay from Konstfack/Industridesign

   Author : Karin Petrusson; [2020]
   Keywords : Service design; design for social innovation; process design; institutional design; material probe;

   Abstract : My degree work has been an exploration in what specific skills, knowledge and understan­dings that are needed in service design as a practice, in order to successfully engage in complex contexts with multiple stakeholders, different relations, structures and regulations. In this investigation, I have been especially interested in the role of physical forms in a process where social structures are discussed and reshaped. READ MORE

3. 22. Inclusive development in landlocked states

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

   Author : Philip Latif; [2020]
   Keywords : landlocked; inclusive development; inclusive development index; composite sustainability indices; institutions; growth; trade; GDP; inlandsstat; inkluderande utveckling; inclusive development index; hållbarhetskompositindex; institutioner; tillväxt; handel; BNP;

   Abstract : We estimate the effects of the landlocked dummy on inclusive improvements in living standards using the recently developed Inclusive Development Index (IDI). Utilizing cross-country regression models from recent literature, contributions of income, institutional quality, trade and relevant controls are used to examine the effects of the landlocked trap on inclusive development. READ MORE

4. 23. The relationship between institutional and interpersonal trust and health information seeking behaviour in Sweden – a quantitative analysis

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Gabriella Stuart; [2020]
   Keywords : Medical sociology; health information seeking behaviour; interpersonal trust; institutional trust; health information; health behaviour;

   Abstract : Trust for health care professionals (interpersonal trust) and the health care system (institutional trust) is imperative for the performance of health care systems. However, at the same time, contemporary societies today are characterised by decreasing levels of trust and citizens today are increasingly inclined to seek health information from sources beyond health care professionals. READ MORE

5. 24. “I am fighting the best I can” : Women’s adaptive capacity when facing rain variability in Paje,Zanzibar (Tanzania)

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Felicia Folkeryd; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Many of the world’s most impoverished populations rely on farming, hunting and gathering to eat and earn a living where people often have just enough food and assets to last through the next season, and ultimately inadequate reserves to fall back on in the event of a poor harvest. Rural resource-dependent livelihoods are embedded in high risks, as climate variability and climate extremes are additional stressors to poverty. READ MORE

6. 25. Factors associated with the place of delivery among ever-married women in Bangladesh : A secondary analysis of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2014

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

   Author : Munmun Ahmed; [2020]
   Keywords : Factors; place of delivery; ever-married women; Bangladesh; DHS 2014;

   Abstract : Abstract Background: Although the maternal mortality ratio has dropped globally, the ratio is still unacceptably high in many low and lower-middle-income countries, like Bangladesh. Maternal deaths can occur from preventable complications due to pregnancy and childbirth. READ MORE