The aim of this study was to reach a deeper understanding of the process that occurs within the social services after receiving a notification according to Chapter 14, section 1, The Social Services Act. More specifically the focus of this study was to illustrate how social secretaries reason about children?s participation in the process, as well as to examine whether the legislative change, Chapter 11, section 1 a, The Social Services Act, has affected the process in any way. The study?s results reflect interviews with five social secretaries who are active in four different municipalities in southern Sweden.

Introduction: In Sweden the definition of ambulance nursing is the examination and treatment of sick or injured people done by ambulance nurses during transport.  This means not only focus on the illness or injury but also the human being treated. The paramedic service must be based on the presumption that the medical needs of the patients are guaranteed, and that the expectations and demands of the public are satisfied. Competence and availability are basic terms for a well-functional paramedic service. There is a lot of pressure put on the people working with pre-hospital nursing. One mistake can lead to serious consequences for the patient.

Bakgrund: Migrationen ökar över hela världen. Sverige har, i likhet med andra länder, förvandlats från ett relativt homogent till ett multikulturellt samhälle. Varje kultur har sin syn på hälsa och sjukdom. Vårdpersonal uppger att de upplever stora svårigheter i mötet med patienter från andra kulturer. Syfte: Denna studies syfte var att belysa hur sjuksköterskor och sjuksköterskestudenter upplever mötet med patienter från andra kulturer.

AbstractAim: The aim of this study was to describe which coping strategies women use when they have been diagnosed with breast cancer. In addition, the purpose was to describe how woman?s self-image changes after a mastectomy. Method: A literature review study has been carried out with a descriptive design. The result of the study included 16 articles which were found in the databases: Cinahl, PubMed, PsycInfo and through manual search.

Introduction: Every year about 450 women in Sweden are diagnosed with cervical cancer, almost 200 die and thousands undergo surgery because of cell changes in the cervix. A HPV infection can lead to cervical cancer and therefor costs for the society. The implementation of a vaccination program against HPV is a way to avoid these costs. Aim: The study aimed to calculate the economic impact of the HPV- vaccination program for children in Sweden through a cost-benefit analysis. Method: In this analysis, status quo was compared with non-administration of the HPV-vaccine for the selected cohort of ten-years-old girls in Sweden.

Does playing have to hurt? - A quantitative study of ergonomics and double bass playing. This is a paper about ergonomics and double bass playing. I have studied the prevalence of playing-related pain in professional double bass players, teachers and students. This study is based on a questionnaire with 11 questions about double bass playing and pain.

Syftet med denna systematiska litteraturstudie var att beskriva hur patienter med cancer upplevde att vårdas palliativt i hemmet samt vilket behov av stöd de hade. Litteratursökningen genomfördes på databaserna Blackwell Synergy, PubMed och Elin. Artiklarna skulle vara publicerade mellan åren 1999 och 2007. Granskningen av artiklarna genomfördes med hjälp av en modifierad mall av Willman, Stoltz och Forsberg, Wengström. Urvalet resulterade i elva kvalitativa och sex kvantitativa artiklar.

Suicide and attempted suicide frequently occur in society today and represent a major public health problem. In inpatient psychiatric care the nurse have a central role when caring for suicidal patients. Few systematic studies exists that address the nurse?s practical work with these patients. The purpose of this study was therefore to describe the nursing care of suicidal patients as it was perceived by registered clinical expert nurses.

Att få cancer och att genomgå cytostatikabehandling är en realitet för många människor idag, vilket orsakar flera förändringar i en människas liv. I denna litteraturstudie var syftet att beskriva upplevelsen av cytostatikabehandling. Sexton internationella vetenskapliga artiklar publicerade mellan år 1995-2002 som analyserades med kvalitativ manifest innehållsanalys. Analysen resulterade i fyra kategorier: att vara deprimerad och ha funderingar kring livet och döden, att självbilden, kroppens utseende och funktion förändrats, att tröttheten och förlusten av energi påverkar humöret och viljan, samt att få förändringar i munhåla, svalg och problem från magen. .

Många kvinnor som överlevt bröstcancer får en rädsla för återfall. Trots avsaknad av sjukdom kan människan uppleva minskad känsla av välbefinnande. Människans livsvärld kan påverkas av att vardagen eller den fysiska kroppen ändras. Studiens syfte är att belysa hur rädslan för återfall påverkar svenska kvinnor som drabbats av bröstcancer. Datamaterial har samlats in från nio biografier och självbiografier.

Background: Documents and legislation inform us that parts of the public health service of Sweden, at a political level, aim to support people?s sexual health. Statistics show there has been an increase among young woman, seeking help for sexual pain during intercourse. The diagnosis that the media has come to observe lately is vulvar vestibulitis. In general there is a lack of knowledge about the existence of this state of pain and its causes, which impacts woman to get appropriate help and support in time.

Background: When a child is diagnosed with food allergy with risk of anaphylaxis, it affects the whole family. The child must learn to live with a chronicle disease and learn the importance of avoiding the specific allergens that may cause a life-threatening condition. The parents must adapt to a way of life with limitations in the everyday life as well as a constant concern for the child. They must learn to handle an auto-injector and to recognize symptoms of a coming anaphylaxis. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe parent?s experiences of living with children who has foodallergy with special focus on anaphylaxis.

AbstractJerfström, M. (2013). Mission overweight and obesity ? how do child-care centers operate? C-thesis in Public Health. Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies.

Bakgrund: Antal personer som får diagnosen cancer ökar varje år. Palliativ vård innebär vård, lindring och stöd i det skede då sjukdomen inte längre går att bota. Cancer är en av de sjukdomar som kan leda till palliativ vård. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka personens upplevelser av sjuksköterskans omvårdnad inom palliativ vård. Metod: Metoden som användes var litteraturstudie.

ABSTRACT The persons whom the authorized nurse encounters in hospital wards and nursing homes are in great extent elderly persons. According to Wasserman (2000), about 30 to 40 percent among these, show signs of depression. To be aware of the signs of depression, and how an authorized nurse can support the patient is therefore of great value. The introduction to this study describes the symptoms of depression and how depression in elders is expressed. It also describes treatment possibilities and nursing aspects of concern. The aim of this study is to illustrate what possibilities the authorized nurse has to detect and to support the depressed elderly patient.