The aim of this study was to examine former criminals? experiences of help and support of importance to leave a criminal life style. The study consists of six interviews with former criminals and earlier studies on the subject. These studies show that relapse in crime are most common among those who are socially excluded from society. They also show that important factors to end a life in criminality are for example a supportive social network.

Following is a study of fathers 'experiences of balance between work and home life. The method the researchers used was based on qualitative interviews aimed at describing father?s own experiences and values, which affects them. The researchers chose to specifically study situations where the fathers were faced with situations where their children needed to be cared for in the home because of a cold or similar illness since this is a situation that directly affects the time that was meant for work, but now risk being moved to areas of life that the researchers define as home life. This is to see whether the respondents felt that this situation affected the balance between work- and home life.

Short-term-fostercare has a huge burden of work, hence they get harder and harder cases since placements in institutions decreases and short-term-forstercare increases. We wanted to study short-term-fosterparents experiences of their work, since they makes an important effort. The aim of the study was to describe the teamwork with them and the groups: the social care, the children/youth and the biological patents, from a short-term-fosterparent perspective. We´ve also been interviewing two fostercare-secretaries, hence we wanted to get an insight in the organization of short-term-fostercare. The study is a qualitative attempt and we´ve done six interviews with short-term-parents.

In this thesis, the results of a survey regarding grade progression between secondary and upper secondary school in a municipality in the north of Sweden serve as the starting point for a study of the experiences and expectations of a number of 16 year old girls who are in the first year of upper secondary school. The study is performed by means of focus group interviews with female pupils from the three largest upper secondary schools in said municipality in an attempt to gauge their experiences of grades, grade assessment, teacher practices and perceived differences in how boys and girls are treated. The results show that most of the girls are disappointed with upper secondary school so far. Many of them feel that secondary school was both more fun and more rewarding in a sense of learning. Their appreciation of how this more rewarding atmosphere affected their grades differed between the various groups.

The situation that one can discern on the Swedish real estate market is that while there are several offices vacant, the need for apartments is high ? the vacancy rate for apartments is non-existent. According to the rebuilding of Skatteskrapan one will realise that the project requires a lot of money, even though it promotes the residential situation. The real estate owner experiences a risk in rebuilding real estates ? whether it will generate good yield or not.

The purpose of this study was to investigate registered nurses experiences about the current model for triage at the emergency department at Uppsala University Hospital. The study is descriptive with qualitative approach. The data collection was made in the form of semi structured interviews. The interviews took place at the emergency department. The sample consisted of eight registered nurses with varying work experience of emergency care.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhusets, SUs, medarbetare uppfattar organisationens varumärke, samt vad de vill att det ska stå för i framtiden. Vi ämnar även att utifrån undersökningens resultat ge förslag på hur organisationen skulle kunna gå vidare i det fortsatta varumärkesarbetet.Uppsatsens huvudfrågeställning lyder: Hur ser Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhusets medarbetare i dagsläget på organisationens varumärke? Utifrån denna fråga har ett antal delfrågeställningar utvecklats. Dessa berör bland annat vad medarbetarna uppfattar är SUs styrkor respektive svagheter, massmedia som en påverkansfaktor i sammanhanget samt vad medarbetarna anser att organisationen bör stå för i framtiden.För att besvara dessa frågeställningar har en kvantitativ metodansats använts. Dock förekommer kvalitativa metodinslag i analysen.

Bakgrund: Ett barns sjukhusvistelse innebär mycket oro och stress för hela familjen. Forskning visar att långt ifrån all personal på intensivvårdsavdelningar idag ser föräldrar som en självklar del i barnets omvårdnad. Forskning tyder även på att föräldrar önskar närvara i barnets dagliga omvårdnad inkluderat akuta situationer såsom vid återupplivning. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att belysa sjuksköterskors upplevelser av föräldrars närvaro vid återupplivning inom allmän och neonatal intensivvård. Metod: En kvalitativ studie med induktiv ansats genomfördes.

The purpose of this study is to find out which attitudes, norms and values exists about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) families in preschools. Based on five qualitative interviews with teachers that work at a LGBT-certified preschool and one that is active in their work with norm critical pedagogy. To be able to fulfil my purpose of this study I concentrated on why these teachers believed that it was of importance to counter society?s heteronormativity, to prevent discrimination and mistreatments towards children and their LGBT parents in preschool. I wanted to find out what the teachers thoughts were on the concept of what a family is and how the diversity of families is shown in the preschools material and pedagogy.When I analysed the results of my qualitative interviews I used queer theories that include heteronormativity and norm critical pedagogy.

The aim of this thesis was to study elderly people?s experiences of and approach to their usage of home care services with tax deduction. The aim was also to describe how elderly people reason about their underlying motives of using home care service with tax deduction. The study is based on six qualitative interviews with people between the ages of 65 and 80, living in Nacka, Sweden. This thesis is a collaboration with Stiftelsen Stockholms la?ns A?ldrecentrum/ Stockholm Gerontology Center and part of their follow up study concerning simplified administration for elderly people applying for home care services in Nacka.

The proportion of women entrepreneurs in Sweden is, as in many countries, smaller than the proportion of men entrepreneurs. Sweden has therefore created political measures with the ambition to increase women entrepreneurship. However, knowledge about the determinants of women entrepreneurship is needed in order to enable the promotion of it and, at the same time one can question the treatment of women entrepreneurs as a homogenous group. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the determinants of women entrepreneurship and whether these determinants fluctuate regionally. If this proves to be the case, a more spatial/individual approach should be used, when creating measures to promote entrepreneurship.

The purpose of this study is to hightlight experiences of living in a relationship where BDSM is being exercised. The acronym is an umbrella term for bondage/discipline, dominance/submission and sadomasochism. The study is based on qualitative interviews with five persons who define themselves as BDSM practitioners. The overall questions of this study are: How does the BDSM practice appear in everyday life? How did the practice start and how has it developed over time? What's included in the sexual BDSM practice? The empirical material has been analyzed with interactionism as the theoritical framework. The picture that emerges is complex.

The purpose of this study was to illustrate a parental perspective of children´s participation and quality of live through personal assistance. Important aspects of parents' experiences were highlighted based on how they experienced participation and quality of life for their children. We chose to use a qualitative approach in the form of four individual interviews with parents from different municipalities in central Sweden. The study was conducted with a narrative approach in which we used a holistic perspective. Parents' experiences were highlighted over time to create a complete picture.

Idag finns möjligheten för svårt sjuka människor att få dö i sitt hem, ofta med hjälp och stöd av närstående och av andra professionella vårdgivare. I den palliativa vården och vid vård i livets slutskede är närstående betydelsefulla i omvårdnaden och behöver stöd från distriktssjuksköterskan. För att det ska bli så bra som möjligt för de närstående att vårda i hemmet behöver distriktssjuksköterskan veta vilka stödåtgärder som de närstående behöver.Syftet med studien var att beskriva närståendes upplevelse av att vårda en närstående som är i en palliativ fas eller i livets slutskede i hemmet.Metoden som användes var en litteraturstudie. Tretton kvalitativa artiklar som motsvarade syftet analyserades med hjälp av kvalitativ innehållsanalys.Ur resultatet framkommer närståendes upplevelser som sammanställts i åtta kategorier. Dessa är att uppleva trygghet, att uppleva otrygghet, att bli bekräftad, att bli negligerad, att uppleva glädje och tillfredställelse i vårdandet, att uppleva vårdandet som en börda, att försöka bevara det invanda samt att uppleva förändrad livssituation.Resultatet visar att närståendes upplevelser av att vårda i hemmet kan skilja sig från individ till individ.

Älvdalens Savings Forest was formed in the late 1800's. During this time the country was conducting the first major land reform in Sweden, namely the redistribution of arable land through government action. In Älvdalen people saw an opportunity to form Savings Forest, that is jointly owned forests, where everyone would get part of the proceeds. The yield in the first place would cover were costs to manage and monitor the forest and to the measures to ensure regrowth and improve the forests. You could also use the proceeds to develop the area and make it easier for the population to manage their forest. In early summer, a survey was sent to all the members of Älvdalens Savings Forest.