Sökning: "Community health volunteers"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 uppsatser innehållade orden Community health volunteers.

  1. 1. Rethinking social care services for elderly persons in Zambia

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Författare :Annette Hatembo; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Ageing; elderly people; family; community; caregiving; old people’s home; social care.; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The Elderly people in Zambia face numerous challenges resulting from high poverty levels, stigma, and social exclusion, poor service provision in old people's homes, and lack of proper care and support from family and the public. In addition, changes in population ageing have also resulted in increased longevity affecting the obligatory responsibilities of the state and the family to meet individual needs in caregiving adequately. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Volontärers upplevelser av att stötta tjejer med psykisk ohälsa på Tjejzonen och betydelsen av återkoppling i uppdraget

    Magister-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper (from 2013)

    Författare :Signe Fridell; Helena Olsson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Mental illness; Feedback; Tjejzonen; Volunteer; Non-profit organization; Psykisk ohälsa; Återkoppling; Tjejzonen; Volontär; Ideell förening;

    Sammanfattning : Bakgrund: Psykisk ohälsa är ett folkhälsoproblem som ökar nationellt och internationellt. I Sverige är den psykiska ohälsan ojämnt fördelad och den största ökningen går att se bland unga tjejer. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Towards a Collective Goal! Identifying relevant factors for collective action in local community initiatives. An ethnographic study of Food Rescue Gotland.

    Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen; Uppsala universitet/Uppsala universitet Innovation (UU Innovation)

    Författare :Tolulope Olalekan; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Collective Action; Sustainability; Local Community Initiatives; Relevant factors; Individual cooperation; Mancur Olsson; Elinor Ostrom; Food Rescue Gotland;

    Sammanfattning : The challenges of sustainability and its complexities born out of overexploitation of resources, leading to climate change issues, food wastage, and scarcity, economic and health-related dilemmas, has yet to find their solution in top-down models, taking the form of hierarchical control (rulers), as such, researchers have considered other alternatives to how communities can tackle these issues, and one of such approach is the bottom-up model. Recent research and literature on collective action have focused on sequencing events like regime changes, riots, revolutions, protests, and the founding of social movement organizations. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Street-Level Bureaucrats in Homa Bay County, Kenya – A bottom-up implementation analysis of the policies on malaria and gender inequalities

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Vindar Fritzell; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Community health volunteers; Street-level bureaucrats; Kenya; Policy implementation; Gender; Malaria in Pregnancy; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The fight against malaria in Kenya is tightly connected to gender inequalities. The traditional gender roles in some households create exposure patterns that affect the most vulnerable groups: pregnant women and children. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Is it a scandal that around 8 million Roma fall just outside the healthcare system? : A qualitative study exploring access to the health insurance and health care for Roma staying in Sweden

    Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för epidemiologi och global hälsa

    Författare :Nataliia Tsekhmestruk; [2019]
    Nyckelord :European Health Insurance; Romanian Roma migrants; qualitative thematic analysis; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction: The Roma is the largest ethnic minority in Europe, estimated to be over 11 million (1.35% of Europe’s total population). LÄS MER