Essays about: "social determinants of health"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 essays containing the words social determinants of health.

  1. 1. Social Impacts of Climate Change on Women’s Health in Belize

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Mathilda Jerenius; [2019-10-09]
    Keywords : Climate change; health; women; social work; public health;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to investigate whether climate change affects women’s health in Belize, and if so, how. Belize, being a low-lying coastline country is prone to suffer from repercussions of climate change. The data was collected by conducting four focus group discussions with female participants in four rural villages in Belize. READ MORE

  3. 2. Now you see it, now you don’t - A literature-based study on identifying normative whiteness in relation to structural racism and social determinants of health

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för medicin

    Author : Laura Voutilainen; [2019-08-01]
    Keywords : whiteness; critical race and whiteness studies; social determinants of health; public health; structural racism; vithet; kritiska ras- och vithetsstudier; hälsans sociala bestämningsfaktorer; folkhälsovetenskap; strukturell rasism;

    Abstract : Bakgrund: Strukturell rasism betraktas alltmer som en central faktor för skillnader i hälsans sociala bestämningsfaktorer. Att eliminera sådana strukturer kan därmed ses som ett centralt mål för att nå jämlik hälsa för alla med lika villkor. Rollen av normativ vithet har dock inte ännu betraktats som en faktor inom folkhälsoområdet. READ MORE

  4. 3. Does Order Matter? The relationship between premarital pregnancy and woman’s career interruption in South Korea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Wooseong Kim; [2019]
    Keywords : career interruption; nonmarital pregnancy; premarital conception; premarital birth; South Korea; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is an initial attempt to investigate the relationship between premarital pregnancy and women’s career interruption in the Korean context. The case of marriage preceded by pregnancy has increased in South Korea in recent years. Previous studies have focused on the determinants of the premarital conception. READ MORE

  5. 4. Hur vet vi om vi gör skillnad? : om Malmö stads arbete för en jämlik hälsa

    University essay from SLU/Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Jenny Ekstam; [2019]
    Keywords : social hållbarhet; hälsa; Malmö; jämlikhet; stadsutveckling; sociala bestämningsfaktorer;

    Abstract : Studien undersöker Malmö stads arbete för en jämlik hälsa. 2013 släpptes Malmökommissionens slutrapport med mål och åtgärdsförslag baserade på WHOs rapport Closing the gap i a generation. Den här uppsatsen handlar om jämlik hälsa kopplat till hållbar stadsutveckling och hälsans sociala bestämningsfaktorer. READ MORE

  6. 5. To Chip or Not to Chip? Determinants of Human RFID Implant Adoption by Potential Consumers in Sweden & the Influence of the Widespread Adoption of RFID Implants on the Marketing Mix

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Natasha Boella; Daria Gîrju; Ieva Gurviciute; [2019]
    Keywords : Human RFID Implants; Microchip Implants; Marketing Mix; Technology Adoption; UTAUT 2; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is twofold. Firstly, we explore the perceptions of young people in Sweden towards the adoption of human RFID implants. Secondly, the paper aims to understand how companies’ marketing activities would be influenced by the widespread adoption of this technology. READ MORE