Essays about: "taboos"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the word taboos.

  1. 1. A (COMPREHENSIVE) SEXUALITY EDUCATION? A Qualitative Field Study About the Support or Resistance of Communities Toward Sexuality Education in Guatemala

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karolina Lecalonnec; [2023-04-11]
    Keywords : Sexual Politics; Comprehensive Sexuality Education; Resistance; Support; Communities; Secondary School Teachers; Guatemala;

    Abstract : Sexuality education is considered a fundamental element to improve public health outcomes, informing young people about their rights and sexual health, and contributing to sustainable development. However, in many countries around the world, it remains a sensitive topic, often as a result of sociocultural and religious taboos, which due to recent efforts has received renewed resistance and opposition. READ MORE

  3. 2. Barriers for help-seeking refugee- and asylum seeker women with mental ill-health : A qualitative interview study

    University essay from Röda Korsets Högskola

    Author : Hanna Placid Solimena; [2023]
    Keywords : asylum seeker women; help-seeking barriers; mental ill-health; refugee women; Sweden; asylsökande kvinnor; flyktingkvinnor; hjälpsökande hinder; psykisk ohälsa; Sverige;

    Abstract : Backround: Many patients from ethnic and minority groups have cultural needs and belief perceptions about health and care that differ from the mainstream population. To be able to cover the needs of the ongoing changing society in healthcare, does the nursing care professionals have awareness of the differences a patient’s cultural background is related to their health and how to help the patient in her new health related cultural environment. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Greener Way to Go: Climate Adaptation Imperatives for Western Deathcare

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Amandine Clairo; [2022]
    Keywords : Death; Funerals; Deathcare; Burial; Cremation; COVID-19; Climate Change; Climate Change Adaptation; Natural Burial; Alkaline Hydrolysis; Natural Organic Reduction; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Death is a universal human experience, yet the ecological impact of the care and disposition of dead bodies is rarely considered, due in part to cultural taboos surrounding the physical reality of death and decomposition. If negative environmental consequences are to be limited, deathcare will need to adapt. READ MORE

  5. 4. “We are the granddaughters of the witches you could not burn”. The Functions of Protest Art in the Argentinian Green Wave Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Daniele Zubrickaite; [2022]
    Keywords : protest art; social movements; abortion; Argentina; cultural politics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Protest, as a collective struggle to challenge the dominant orthodoxies, involves aesthetics that have the power to articulate the movement’s identity, protestors’ ideas, preferences, and interests. This research is a case study exploring the functions of art in the reproductive rights movement marea verde (en. READ MORE

  6. 5. Relevance of the sexual function scale for Swedish occupational therapists and nurses : A qualitative study

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Madelen Sjödon; [2021]
    Keywords : Occupational therapy; sexual health Quality of sexual function Scale; occupational therapist; nurse; focus groups discussion;

    Abstract : Background: For human beings´ sexuality is a core characteristic and in the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework sexuality is listed as an activity of daily living (ADL). Still, sexuality related issues are rarely investigated in occupational therapy and nursing. READ MORE