The aim of this study was to illuminate critical factors that facilitate respectively obstruct the novice nurse's development during her first year in the profession. The method used was a systematic literature review according to Goodman's model. The 8 qualitative scientific articles were scrutinized by using a form developed by Pedersen and Sigling (2002). The result shows that cognitive factors, stress, social factors as well as affective factors are critical during the novice nurse's first professional year. The results are related to Antonovsky's concept sense of coherence..

Syftet med den här litteaturstudien var att studera personer med kronisk smärta, deras förmåga att hantera sin smärta samt vilka inre och yttre resurser som kan bidras till lindring. Vi ville också undersöka hur personens dagliga liv påverkades av att leva med kronisk smärta. Den teoretiska referensramen för den här studien var Aaron Antonovsky. Resultatet visade att acceptera sin smärta hade en stor betydelse för hur individen hanterade och upplevde sin situation. Omgivningen hade stor betydelse för en person med kronisk smärta både positiv och negativt..

The purpose of this study was to find knowledge about ostomy patients experience with a focus on overall life situation and the care they receive from the nurse. The method used was a systematic literature review according to Polit, Beck & Hungler. Six scientific research reports have been used as foundation of the result in this study. The articles have been reviewed according to Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence (SOC).The result shows that experiences of having ostomy are individual. Adapting to their new life situation varies depending on the reason for having an ostomy.

The purpose of our study was to establish whether the knowledge about vegetarian diet was enough among nurses in order to practise professional nursing. We made an empirical study based on a questionnaire. Twenty-one registered nurses answered the questionnaire that consisted of mostly open questions. The result showed that almost everyone experienced that they gave dietcounselling and many nurses mentioned that dietcounselling was important. The majority of the nurses thought that they had enough knowledge to be able in order to deliver a fundamental dietcounselling but nobody considered that they knew much about vegetarian diet..

Syftet med vår studie var att öka kunskapen om verksamma lärares undervisningspraktik i ämnet matematik relaterat till elevers upplevelse av begriplighet, hanterbarhet och meningsfullhet i densamma. Dessa tre begrepp utgör i sitt ursprungliga sammanhang komponenterna i KASAM (Känsla Av SAMmanhang), ett begrepp som har skapats av Aaron Antonovsky (2005). De tre begreppen definierades i relation till matematikundervisning för att kunna appliceras på denna studie. Ett underordnat syfte med studien var även att utveckla och utvärdera en metod för lärare att bli medvetna om sina elevers upplevelse av matematik- undervisning. I denna studie undersöktes undervisningspraktiker i ämnet matematik bedrivna av tre utbildade lärare i år 3 och jämförde med hur eleverna i respektive lärares klass upplevde undervisningen utifrån begriplighet, hanterbarhet och meningsfullhet.

Sense of coherence, SOC, is a way to study health and wellbeing in a salutogen perspective. SOC is a theory that Aaron Antonovsky came up with and it involves three elements; comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness. These three elements is a objective way to look at our existence. The aim of this study was to examine how high the pupils sense of coherence was in the grades 1, 3 and 6 in a school in Karlstad. And with the result as starting point have a discussion around the pedagogical consequences and which educational work procedures we can use to work with SOC in school.

This study aims to explore purposes of daily workshops for persons with disabilities. The method used was qualitative interviews. An inductive research strategy was used. Half-structured interviews with six managers of daily workshops were carried out, wherein they expressed their intentions with the daily workshops and the reasons for people to participate. The interviews were analysed with Antonovsky´s salutogenetic perspective, in which Sense of Coherence, SOC is a main concept, and with the normalisation principle.

AbstractThe intention of our study was to examine the meaning of home of elderly women and men and how they experience their getting older. We also wanted to see how elderly women and men experience to receive home-help-service in their own home. The study was based on qualitative interviews with elderly women and men. The informants were five women and four men between the ages of 60-84 years. They all had everyday help from the home-help-service.

SammanfattningSyfte och frågeställningarUppsatsen syftade till att undersöka elevers uppfattningar kring begreppet hälsa, ur ett salutogent och patogent perspektiv. De frågor som ställdes var: har eleverna en salutogen eller patogen bild av hälsa, var får eleverna sin uppfattning kring hälsa ifrån samt förmedlar lärare i idrott och hälsa en salutogen eller patogen bild av hälsa enligt eleverna?Metod10 elever (7 flickor och 3 pojkar) i årskurs 9 från tre skolor i västra och södra delen av Stockholm deltog alla i en halvstrukturerad intervju. Intervjuerna genomfördes på respektive elevs skola i ett avskilt rum. Deras svar kategoriserades och analyserades med utgångspunkt i Antonovskys teorier, och Quennerstedts utvecklingar av dessa, kring salutogent och patogent.Resultat5 av 10 elever ansågs ha en patogen bild av hälsa, 3 av 10 en salutogen bild medan 2 av 10 ansågs ha en tvetydig/oklar bild av hälsa där både ett salutogent och patogent perspektiv fanns representerat.

The purposes of litteratur review were to describe patients experiences of living with HIV/AIDS and and their expectations when in contact with care/healthcare. As theoretical frame has Antonovsky, A (1991) salutogenic model, sense of coherence been used. After analyzing the content of the litterature it resulted in 5 categories of experiences and 3 categories regarding expectations. The categories that regards experiences were, to feel frustration and dependance, to switch between hope and despair and suicidal thoughts, to be able to cope with the changing self and to feel social support. The categories that regards expectations were, to feel proffessionalism/competence, to get caring treatment and feeling secure, to feel engagement/individuality in caring.

Hälsointresset har under senare år vidgat perspektivet till att handla om hälsans villkor och inte bara sjukdomars orsaker. Vi har utgått från Antonovskys salutogena teori om vilka faktorer som bidrar till att vara frisk och uppleva hälsa, där känsla av sammanhang har en central uppgift. Syftet och frågeställningen med vår intervjustudie var att se hur det salutogena perspektivet skulle kunna vara en tillämpningsbar möjlighet i behandlingspedagogiskt arbete. Resultatet visade att reflektioner kring behandlarens förhållningssätt är minst lika betydelsefullt för klienten som metoden man arbetar utifrån. Vi har diskuterat och belyst hur förhållningssättet kan komma att påverka behandlingsarbetet med klienten.

The number of HIV- positive is increasing all over the world and it's very likely to meet these patients as a nurse. The interaction between the nurse and the patient is characterized by experience and knowledge and at the same time the nurse is expected to act professionally. The purpose of this literature review is to investigate the nurse's complex of problems regarding the treatment of the HIV- positive patient by exploring the attitudes against HIV among nurses and how the nurse can maintain the integrity of the HIV- positive patient. Antonovsky's salutoqenic model, sense of coherence, has been used as theoretical frame. From 14 articles five topics have been found that influence the nurse's attitudes against HIV-positive patients.

This qualitative study examines if an interest in soccer can give the same meaningfulexperiences in a person's life as a religion would. Five soccer fans were interviewedregarding the meanings and impact of soccer in their lives. Two theories in the fields ofsport and religion were used to analyze the data: Antonovsky's sense of coherence (SOC)with its components meaningfulness, manageability and comprehensibility and Heelasand Woodheads "life-as" and "the subjective-life? derived from the concept "thesubjective turn". It was concluded that the interest in soccer affected the respondents?views of life.The respondents? personal identities were strongly associated with groupmembership, meaning that their interest in common with others was perceived to makeeveryday life meaningful and manageable.

Sense of coherence amongst employees with reduced work-capacity at Samhall.Sanela Jakupovic TrostekScientific essay in public health, 15 hp, Academy of Health and promoting Working Life, University of GävleThe aim of this study was to examine how employees at Samhall who has reduced work-capacity experienced their sense of coherence (SOC). The study includes gender, age and civil status in the analysis. The study includes 34 respondents which are divided as 20 men and 14 women. To measure SOC a quantitative method with a 29 standardized questionnaire was used.It was found that the employees felt, in general, low SOC, which means more difficult adaptation to their life situation. Noteworthy is that 70 % of the men in this study showed low SOC compared to 35,7 % of the women.One conclusion that can be drawn is that within Samhall, it showed that women had a higher SOC mean value than men which means they are more equipped to handle, understand and find meaning in their work life. Keywords: Antonovsky, Samhall, disability, work-capacity, sense of coherence (SOC).

Gymnasieelevers hälsa har under de senaste åren varit ett centralt diskussionsämne. Ungdomar upplever att skolan är en av de största stressfaktorerna i deras liv (SOU 2006:77). Ett växande program är individuella gymnasieprogrammet (IV) där 11 % av eleverna som slutar grundskolan går eftersom de inte har tillförskaffat sig en behörighet till ett nationellt program. Syftet med studien är att undersöka IV elevers stresstålighet i relation till skolans ansvar att tillhandahålla ett gott skolklimat. Frågeformuläret "Känsla av sammanhang" (KASAM) som mäter individens förmåga att bemöta olika stressorer som uppkommer i livet användes.