Mind-mindedness refers to the mother?s ability to treat her child as an individual with a mental life of his or her own. In the present study, the purpose is to investigate the relationship between the amount of mind-related comments the mother produces when the child is 9 months of age and the child?s development in language and communication at the age of 15 months. The hypothesis is that the amount of mind-related comments the mother produces has a positive affect on the child?s language abilities as well as his or her ability to initiate joint attention.

År 2000 fick 6 348 kvinnor diagnosen bröst cancer. Bröst cancer är därmed den vanligaste formen av cancer hos kvinnor. Personer som har fått diagnosen cancer upplever stora existentiella förändringar, osäkerhet och ensamhet. Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva bröst cancerpatienters upplevelser i mötet med sjuksköterskan. Studien är en litteraturstudie och författarna har använt sig av Polit & Hunglers modell.

The purpose of the present pilot study was to evaluate the parentalintervention ComAlong at the Division of Child Language, for parents ofchildren with severe language impairment. ComAlong is one of the parentalinterventions developed in the AKKTIV project. AKKTIV stands foraugmentative and alternative communication ?early intervention. Thepresent study consists of a case study, a compilation of course evaluationsand an interview with the two leaders of the course.

The purpose of this study is to, from the preschool teachers? point of view, deepen the knowledge about influential factors regarding a mandatory report from preschools to the Child Protective Agency (CPA) when suspecting child maltreatment and feeling uneasiness regarding the child. The purpose is also to furthermore investigate collaboration between preschools and the CPA in Hagfors municipality. The study has the following questions: How do preschools teachers handle their suspicions and uneasiness about a child being maltreated? Which factors can be influential on whether or not the suspicions are reported to the CPA? Which experiences do preschool teachers have of collaboration with the CPA?The study is based on qualitative methods in the formof individual interviews.

This study aims to create an understanding of how employees relate to directives that come from a level above them in the hierarchy and is to be implemented in their working activities. This is studied by examining a case where a work group has tried to implement orders, given to them by the government and through a work group in the level above them in the organizations, concerning how employees working with child health care is to educate parents regarding the child convention. The method that have been use in this study is group interviews with 19 child health care nurses and the two main questions that are asked is why has it been difficult to implement the orders and how have the child health care nurses expressed their resistance to the changes, this since only five of the nurses had begun working with the child convention. The theories that have been used focus on how resistance towards change is expressed, organizational incapability and reluctance towards change, as well as how grass root bureaucrats relates to change. The conclusion that can be drawn from this study is that it is important to let the concerned parties participate from the beginning of the process, to minimize their reluctance to the changing process.

The aim of this study is to examine how preschools contribute to the forming of identity in children, with a specific focus on the quiet and socially withdrawn child. How do the teachers describe the quiet child and the socially withdrawn child? Are there any opportunities for children to be quiet/withdrawn in preschools? These questions have also been analysed from a gender perspective. The method chosen is qualitative method. Nine preschool teachers from two Swedish preschools have been interviewed.

Bakgrund: Varje år drabbas ca 300 barn av cancer som är den vanligaste dödsorsaken hos barn i Sverige. Hela familjen påverkas av detta under lång tid. En säker och trygg vardag ersätts med ständig strävan om överlevnad, att både barnet och familjen ska ta sig igenom denna period av rädsla, kaos och hjälplöshet. Syfte: Att beskriva föräldrar och syskons upplevelser av att ha ett cancersjukt barn i familjen. Metod: Litteraturstudie av vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ ansats.

För personer som drabbas av sjukdom förändras livet och det kan upplevas som en traumatisk händelse. Personer med cancer har ett varierande behov av stöd under denna tid. Kontaktsjuksköterska är ett begrepp som innebär en kontaktperson i vården för patienter med sjukdom. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva upplevelsen hos personer med cancer av att ha en kontaktsjuksköterska.. Elva vetenskapliga studier analyserades med kvalitativ manifest innehållsanalys.

The advancements of Internet have contributed to the expansion of social networks and new communities online where people are given an opportunity to get help and support. An important reason why people join these groups and organizations is to share their experiences, meet people in a similar situation and get support. Social media is nowadays an important part of our society. In this study, we will focus on investigating the interaction in closed communities online and blogs. The study aims to investigate whether social media and social networks online can be a support for young adults with cancer in the same way as physical meeting places.

Introduction: Breast pain, mastalgia, is a common problem for many women. The pain can cause so much concern that the woman seeks help in health care. The cause of concern is often that that the pain may be due to breast cancer. Women with mastalgia are referred for mammography to investigate the cause of the pain. Experience says that the mammography is mostly normal.Aim: The aim of the study was to get an overall picture of the results of the mammograms performed on Mammography SU / Sahlgrenska in 2011.

Obesity is one of the biggest threats to child- and adolescent health. The amount of obese children is today increasing more in Sweden than in the US. This may in a couple of years have bad consequences for the Swedish children?s quality of life. When a child suffers from obesity it is a big stress on the body and can lead to serious consequences in adulthood.

Background: Almost every 20th child is borne premature in Sweden, before the parents are ready to care for a new family member. The parents need to cope with the stress and anxiety of having their newborn child in the neonatal ward and influenced by nursing care of neonatal staff grow their parental role.Purpose: The aim of this study was to illustrate experiences of parenthood within the care of premature at the neonatal ward.Method: A review where 18 articles between 2000 and 2005 were chosen and examined. The articles were analysed according to VIPS, which facilitates the practical use of the result.Result: The study reveals that parenthood is experienced as a time dependent process with three phases, primary, secondary and tertiary, where the parent?s needs and experiences changed character. The parents experienced that they developed from passive to active in the care of the premature child when the neonatal staff guided their participation, gave information/education and support.

Bakgrund: Cancer är en av de mest fruktade sjukdomarna i västvärlden eftersom den är oförutsägbar och kan drabba vem som helst utan förvarning. FLera studier har belyst cancerpatienternas behov av information och psykosocialt stöd under sjukdomsförloppet. Syfte: Att genom en litteraturstudie undersöka hur personer med cancer upplever bemötandet från vårdpersonalen under första året efter diagnosbeskedet. Metod: Studien baserades på vetenskapliga artiklar och hade en kvalitativ ansats. Artikelsökningar genomfördes i databaserna Cinahl och Elin. Resultat: Genom analys av de vetenskapliga studierna framkom att det finns en mångfald i hur personer med cancer upplever bemötandet av vårdpersonal. De flesta patienter vill vara delaktiga i beslutstaganden men i olika utsträckning. Slutsats: Varje patient har en unik upplevelse av bemötandet från vårdpersonalen, och att varje möte måste anpassas efter individen..

The focus of this thesis is on what is considered to be a suitable foster home. For the study to be carried out an application had to be made to get access to the foster home assessments in a medium-sized municipality in Sweden. With the support of attachment theory and theory of standards different categories have been picked out and analyzed in foster home assessements that have been approved. The conclusion to what is considered to be a suitable foster home is a complex issue, as there are many factors that are interacting. Social workers seem to focus on the importance of a family?s ability to provide some kind of stability and security for a child who is considered to be placed within their home.

Cancer är en av våra vanligaste sjukdomar. Var tredje svensk kommer någon gång under sin livstid att drabbas av sjukdomen. Cancer utgör en oerhörd svårighet för patienterna, deras familjer och samhället.Syfte: Belysa patienters upplevelser av att leva med cancer. Frågeställningarna som besvarades var vilka positiva och negativa upplevelser beskrev patienter som lever med cancer samt vilka strategier användes för att hantera livssituationen.Metod: Litteraturöversikten inkluderade primärkällor från nio kvalitativa artiklar. Urvalet av artiklarna gjordes i databaserna PubMed och Cinahl.