The aim with this essay has been to illuminate different health perspectives, social work and the concept of salutogenesis. My central questions have been: What is the meaning of the concept of health? In what way is the concept of salutogenesis related to different concept of health? How can the concept of salutogenesis be a framework theory for social work? My method has been a qualitative theor

The phenomenon murder, in the name of honor, you can describe in several different ways. The purpose with our work was trying to describe honor related crimes from the investigators perspective. From the valid discourses we were looking for answers about how a social worker understand girls crying for help and what aspects are determine in the judge for a propitiate measure. During our work with t

The purpose of this project was to investigate what is causing early disturbances in the mother- and infant relationship and what sorts of treatments are available. Our main questions where: -What does the development within infant research say about when it comes to the importance of early relationships? -What is causing the disturbances in the mother- and infant relationship seen from an attachm

Kagera region is the most severely AIDS affected region in Tanzania. With its more than 150.000 AIDS orphans, which is 1/3 of the children of the region, the disease lays a heavy burden on society and on peoples' lives. It has a crucial demographical and economical impact on the society. It kills the productive part of the population and leaves the orphans without financial and psychological s

The purpose of this essay was; to shed light on men's and women's experiences and feelings being sibling to an abuser of narcotics and to visualise if these experiences and feelings have any connection with growth conditions. Essential questions were; - How are growth conditions described in families where a child is an abuser of narcotics? - How is the relation described between the abuse

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The purpose with this research is to comprehend the function of a local Victim Support Service in comparison to other local organisations, and also to receive a deeper understanding of the function role of the crime victim in the supportive work, and with this information interpret and analyse the work with crime victim on a local level. The research is based on six qualitative interviews, previou

The purpose with this paper is to illuminate a strategy that successfully helps individuals to reconstruct their ability to work and take them out of a condition of burnout. I have chosen to describe the way out of illness, from the individuals stricken with illness’ point of view. The common treatment for the burnout syndrome is often focusing on the interaction in the place of work. The research

This paper concerns the issue about juvenile delinquency and how social problems are constructed. The purpose has been to explore the debate about juvenile delinquency in Denmark and Sweden with the following sub-questions; which possibilities does the legislation give to put young people in institutional care by force? What problems are debated about juvenile delinquency in Denmark and Sweden tod

This study aimed to shed light on the conseption empowerment and paternalism, to show some of the inherent tension that lies within the conceptions. I wanted to see if empowerment and paternalism really could be seen as it´s contrary, as it often is described in litterature. I looked into the conceptions different parts to see if, and which parts, where shared or contradict each other. This is an

This essay is a study about the sexuality of young women, their riskbehavior in sexual relations and the attitudes about the sexuality of young women among the professionals. We heard from a documentary that young heterosexual women lie within the biggest riskgroup for getting infected by the HIV virus. Our main purpose with this study was to examine whether women have changed their sexual lifesty

Uppsatsskribenterna frågar sig om bidragstagare och organisationsföreträdare har samma syn på vad som är viktigt när det gäller arbetsmarknadsåtgärder, och om synen är densamma på demokrati- och ekonomivärdena. Till sin hjälp har författarna använt sig av relevant litteratur, och man har dessutom gjort ett antal kvalitativa intervjuer för att få svar på sina frågeställningar. De har dessutom titta

The aim of my essay was to compare women's and men's ways out of drug abuse, and with help from chosen theories and concepts explain and understand women's situation. My research started with a few questions concerning differences between women's and men's changing process and the role of the social network in this. I also wanted to find out how the women experienced other peop

The purpose of this paper was, from a starting point of children’s own perspectives and a perspective of gender, to find out what love and relations to peers mean to children. The main questions were: What does friendship mean to children?, Are there any differences in the way boys and girls look at and handle love and relations?, In what way do children express their feelings about love and frien

The purpose of this essay was to examine how young girls experience the media as a norm and which attitudes and values it creates within the group. Questions that have been discussed are: - In what way are the girls’ attitudes influenced by what media introduce? - What opinion do the girls have of the medias range and messages? - Do the girls have a view of media as a model, and how do they value

The purpose of this essay was to, from teenagers’ own perspective and from a perspective of gender, find out what teenagers think about friendship. The main issues were: What characterizes teenagers’ thoughts about friendship? What do teenagers think about their friends’ thoughts about friendship? What characterizes teenagers’ experiences of friendship? Is there a difference between girls and boys

The purpose was to investigate the situation of African immigrants coming to the southern coast of Spain. Also to find out if the situation at the border changed somehow the last years, since EU started to increase the control at the borders to countries outside the union. From which countries do the immigrants come? How do they come to the border? How are they received at the border? How is the s

The aim of the study was to evaluate care given at a diabetes foot clinic from the patient's perspective. A comparison between Swedish- and foreign-born patients with severe diabetic foot ulcers/problems concerning their experiences of the content and organisation of health care was made. A qualitative, descriptive study design was chosen and a consecutive sampling procedure was used. Fifteen