Essays about: "loneliness risk factors"

Found 5 essays containing the words loneliness risk factors.

  1. 1. Lonely Places : Investigating the impact of environmental factors on loneliness and social isolation

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Daniel Botha; [2021]
    Keywords : Loneliness; social isolation; loneliness mapping; loneliness risk factors; environmental interventions; social infrastructure; co-presence;

    Abstract : Loneliness is increasingly understood as a significant physical and mental health concern in modern society. Yet studies of the subject typically characterise it as resulting entirely from subjective individual characteristics and circumstances. READ MORE

  3. 2. WEAVING IN WOOD : An architectural strategy in Umeå that strive to decrease loneliness and include elderly with physical and cognitive impairments

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Rebecka Littbrand; [2020]
    Keywords : architecture; elderly; impairments; dementia; loneliness; older people; physical and cognitive impairments; physical impairments; cognitive impairments; physical decline; cognitive decline; physical and cognitive decline; social isolation;

    Abstract : WEAVING IN WOOD  An architectural strategy in Umeå that strive to decrease loneliness and include elderly with physical and cognitive impairments A Master Thesis by Rebecka Littbrand                                                                                                   Spring 2020   Background Feelings of loneliness is common in the whole western world, especially among older people. Loneliness is of public health concerns as being a risk factor for many severe diseases and premature mortality. READ MORE

  4. 3. Managing loneliness as a risk factor in the suicidal behaviour of elderly people in Sweden : A case study in Region Skåne

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och kulturvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Talal Khalil; [2020]
    Keywords : Sweden; Region Skåne; elderly; loneliness; social isolation; suicide; risk factors; prevention; help-seeking behaviour; Sverige; Skåne; äldre; ensamhet; social isolering; självmord; riskfaktorer; förebyggande; hjälpsökande beteende.;

    Abstract : Suicide is among the major public health problems in Sweden and worldwide with social, emotional and financial consequences. Suicide is present in almost all age groups, and the elderly shows no exception of this trend. The research defines the elderly as those 65 years of age and older. READ MORE

  5. 4. Katter på svenska äldreboenden: : användning, uppfattning och kattens välmående

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Ellen Nyberg; [2018]
    Keywords : terapidjur; äldreboenden; användning; uppfattning; katter;

    Abstract : I inte bara Sverige utan i de flesta västerländska länderna används djur inom många olika delar av humansjukvården. Ett område där många positiva effekter setts från användningen av djur både ute i verksamheterna och inom vetenskapen är inom äldrevården. READ MORE

  6. 5. How loneliness affects sexual risk-taking behavior; A cross-sectional study using data from a survey on young people in Skåne, Sweden.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

    Author : Erika Hjelm; [2014]
    Keywords : multi-system framework; personal support; loneliness; sexual behaviour; young people; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Background: The high prevalence of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among young people in Sweden are the result of a trend towards increased sexual risk-taking behaviour. While a few qualitative studies suggest that some of these young people take sexual risks as an escape from loneliness, the associations between loneliness and sexual risk-taking behavior are still not well researched. READ MORE