Essays about: "thesis in health care promotion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words thesis in health care promotion.

1. 1. Growing memories : a research-based design proposal for Björklunden dementia facility

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

   Author : Amalie Svendsen; Linnéa Andersson; [2022]
   Keywords : Dementia; Alzheimer’s; Dementia Gardens; Dementia Facility; Research-based Design; Therapeutic Gardens; Garden Design; Health Promotion; Environmental Psychology; Plant Design; Management plans;

   Abstract : Access to outdoor environments at dementia institutions can help maintain and improve mental and physical well-being. There have been several beneficial aspects identified in research such as lowering stress and agitation and studies suggest that familiar plants with their sensory traits may help people with dementia recall memories. READ MORE

3. 2. Digital health interventions to reduce stress in adolescents - Development of an accessible, digital preventive health tool to promote stress recovery

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi

   Author : Jessica Kågeman; Linnea Wenäll; [2021]
   Keywords : co-designing with adolescents; mental health; digital health intervention; eHealth; interaction design; stress; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Mental illness among Swedish adolescents is increasing, which partly might be a result of an observed increase in stress. Consequently, the number of adolescents seeking and receiving psychiatric care from pediatric psychiatry is higher than ever, and has resulted in a worsened accessibility with longer waiting times for appointments and treatment. READ MORE

4. 3. “Enjoying health benefits without losing individual autonomy” Employees’ experiences of an app-based health promotion intervention at the workplace – a grounded theory study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

   Author : Moa Eskilsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

   Abstract : Background: The workplace setting is a prioritized arena for health promotion to battle non-communicable diseases. App-based interventions have shown promise to be useful tools for workplace-based health promotion. However, the effects of app-based interventions have been found to be moderate. READ MORE

5. 4. 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

6. 5. “It’s so much more than just sports…” : a study of public health in the municipalities of Hultsfred and Vimmerby

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Emma Sahlström; [2018]
   Keywords : public health; health discourse; biopolitics; governmentality;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how the public health discourse takes its expression in the municipalities of Vimmerby and Hultsfred, as health has become an imperative guiding the conduct of everyday life. In the understanding of public health having both political and symbolic dimensions, the theoretical framework of Foucault and the concepts of governmentality and biopower are applied to the empirical material by means of qualitative research methods. READ MORE