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Bakgrund: ADHD är en av de vanligaste funktionsnedsättningarna hos barn och unga vilket kan påverka individens förmåga till aktivitet och delaktighet. En vanlig konsekvens är att barnet kan få svårt att klara skolgången vilket skapar lidande för eleven och familjen, samt utgör en stor kostnad för samhället. Arbetsterapi i skolan syftar till att möjliggöra aktivitet och delaktighet för individen. Background: ADHD is one of the most common diagnoses among children and adolescents in Sweden, which can affect the individual's ability to activity and participation. A common consequence is that the child may find it difficult to cope with schooling, which generates suffering for the student, the family and constitutes a great cost to society. Occupational therapy in school aims to enable pa

In recent years, there has been a surge in research on menstrual poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, and scholars are debating which interventions are the most appropriate. One of the leading theories is Civil Society Based Intervention which prescribes a mix of sanitary product-provision and menstrual education. This study contributes to the discussion by testing the Civil Society Based Intervention o

There has been an increase in emergency preparedness measures aimed at individual households in the recent years in Sweden. The reason for this is that the Swedish government have deemed Swedish households' preparedness to be deficient and in need of improvement in order to better meet the risks of the modern society. It has been done through a number preparedness-raising campaigns. Risk commu

En fri rörlighet för tjänster inom EU innebär en fri rätt för arbetsgivare att tillhandahålla tjänster på lika villkor i alla medlemsstater. Rätten till tjänsters fria rörlighet har dock gett upphov till en rad olika problem när det kommer till området för utstationering av arbetstagare. För att förhindra arbetsgivare från att exploatera sin arbetskraft genom social dumpning vid utstationering har

Digital literacy has become increasingly important. It's often linked to concepts like the information society, which we use to understand the complex changes in ways we socially and economically organize and run society today. The public library is faced with the task of ensuring that the professional skills of their workforce are in line with what is expected – and also interpreting what is

Since hormones entered the scientific stage in the early 20th Century they were intrinsically connected with expectations of a better future. The new molecules appeared to be the missing piece in understanding the puzzle that was the human body. Hormones exhibited an impact on bodily functions way beyond anything previously seen, they rejuvenated the old, altered sexes and cured imbeciles. The aim

Authors: Emma Gund and Gabriella Dagnevik Title: Belly ache, headache, soul ache – A qualitative study of depressed children from the perspective of the professional. Supervisor: Lars B Ohlsson The purpose of this study was to, from a professional perspective; examine the situation that occurs around a child when suffering from depression. This has been studied through an analysis of how profess

Abstract Authors: Caroline Persson & Theodora Sjöberg Aas Title: Hurtbullar och smala ideal! – En jämförande studie om ungas och äldres mottagande och upplevelse av medias hälsobudskap The purpose of this study was to examine the receptivity of Media’s image of health with focus on age differences. We wanted to examine and compare how Media's messages are experienced by young and old, ho

Abstract Authors: Emelie Nilsson & Mairi Winbladh Title: Changing fathering roles with the internet as a venue (translated title) Supervisor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson The aim of our study was to collect material from male Swedish bloggers that themed their blog about fatherhood. We wanted to distinguish if there were any factors visible through a blog that could create, uphold or change the

Abstract The content of this essay is a study of how people with dementia, and people around this person, handle the increasing need of help and still let the person with dementia have control in his own life and be a part of decisions. Our empirical data is two different kinds of movies where people with dementia are in focus. One of the movies is a commercial movie where the focus is on the fami

Our aim with this study was to follow seven mums who are blogging about their everyday life and all of them are struggling with different traumatic crisis. Their blogs can also be called a personal blog because it contains a high level of self-disclosure to the publics. We wanted to examine the fine line between public and private and how the mother balances this line in their emotions, intimate s

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the region in its role as a regional security provider through a within-case study of West Africa. The point of departure is on one hand that contemporary threats to international peace and security are increasingly regional, arising within states rather than from a global or out-of-region origin, and on the other hand that the regions among the world has b

Author: Julie Jacobson Title: In Pursuit of a Healthy Public Sphere: A News Frame Analysis of the Farmer Suicide Phenomenon in Daily English-language Indian Newspapers Supervisor: Annette Hill Examiner: Yiannis Mylonas The motivation behind this thesis is to better understand the role of the media in the construction of the farmer suicide phenomenon in India. Through theories of communication an

Moatize district located in Tete province in the center of Mozambique has one of the largest unexploited coal deposits of the world with a capacity of 2.5 billions of tones. Recently many multinational coal mine companies started exploitation of coal in Moatize. Coal exploitation has economical, social and environmental impacts. The main environmental impact is generation of acid mine drainage (AM

The aim of our study was to examine how the staff at community residences handles the residents’ right and ability to make choices and decisions regarding their health, in relation to their disability. We investigated this through semi-structured interviews. Our population consisted of 7 staff members from 4 different community residences, in 3 municipalities in Skåne, Sweden. We constructed an in

Environmental degradation is often understood as linked to poverty and ignorance of ecosystem values. Taking point of departure in the theories of ecological economics and political ecology, this study seeks to offer an alternative explanation of the concurrence of environmental degradation and economic challenges. Through participatory observation, semi-structured interviews and group interviews,

With the popularity of sustainability reports in industry due to rising awareness about environmental, economic, and social issues stakeholder pressure has increased on companies to formally report on the triple bottom line. Not only that, the process of developing a sustainability report by itself is beneficial to the company in monitoring its practices and planning for the future. This need has

Since 2010, family member immigration in Sweden is subject to a maintenancerequirement. This means that a person living in Sweden, the sponsor(s),must be able to support themselves and the members of their family who areapplying for residence permits. The maintenance requirement can be regardedas an instrument that, along with other regulations, determines who can and should belong to the nation a