Essays about: "youth"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 767 essays containing the word youth.

  1. 36. Communicating Participatory Budgeting : Insights from Makueni County in Kenya

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Elmi Hussein; [2023]
    Keywords : Participatory communication; participatory budgeting; power dynamics; WhatsApp; Facebook; social media; digital tools; mobilisation; dialogue; elite capture; public engagement; development; Makueni; Kenya;

    Abstract : Kenya's 2010 Constitution marked a significant shift towards decentralised governance and public participation as key drivers of sustainable development (Finch and Omolo, 2015). One of the primary strategies county governments employ to achieve this goal is participatory budgeting (PB), which empowers communities and devolves power to support inclusive and equitable development. READ MORE

  3. 37. European Tobacco Taxation and Youth Smoking - Findings from two decades of Health Behaviour in School-aged Children surveys

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Haggren; Lucas Henriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Youth smoking; smoking initiation; tobacco taxation; cigarette taxation; two-way fixed effects.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Using data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey on smoking behaviors for roughly 440,000 European youths over the years 2001-2018, we show that a one euro increase in cigarette excise taxes reduces smoking prevalence (share of children who has smoked) by 2 percentage points using a two-way fixed effects model. This translates to a participation elasticity of -0. READ MORE

  4. 38. Swedish National Team selections in ice hockey : A retrospective study

    University essay from Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH/Institutionen för fysisk aktivitet och hälsa

    Author : Oscar Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Talent selection; National team selection; Relative age effect; RAE; Ice Hockey;

    Abstract : Countries invest a large amount of money in talent development and talent identification. The Swedish ice hockey federation is reorganizing and evaluating the national team selection system. Relative age effect (RAE) refers to a selection bias when relatively older athletes get selected because maturity can be mistaken for talent. READ MORE

  5. 39. Bridging the past, the present and the future : Ecuadorian indigenous youth defenders’ role in the creation of just social change in Ecuador

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

    Author : Isabela Pérez; [2023]
    Keywords : indigenous peoples; indigenous youth; social change; Ecuador; indigenous rights; indigenous identities; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Indigenous peoples are one of the most marginalized social groups in Ecuador. Emerging as a new actor contesting this situation, indigenous youth defenders (IYD) appear to be leading initiatives that promote indigenous rights in the country. READ MORE

  6. 40. Investigating the relationship between psychological safety, well-being and performance in youth team sport athletes

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Filip Myrman; Axel Lundgren; [2023]
    Keywords : psychological safety; psychological well-being; positive affect; negative affect; vitality; performance; psykologisk trygghet; psykologiskt välmående; positiv affekt; negativ affekt; vitalitet; prestation;

    Abstract : The present study aimed to investigate the linear association between psychological safety and psychological well-being, and psychological well-being and self-perceived individual and team performance in Swedish youth team sport athletes. A cross-sectional design was used, and data were collected through questionnaires of psychological safety, positive affect, negative affect, vitality, individual performance, and team performance from 131 team sport athletes (93 males, 38 females). READ MORE