Boström, Johanna & Fahlander, Ann. (2011).FriskvÄrd pÄ arbetsplatsen. En nulÀgesanalys pÄ Fastighetsförvaltning AB (A workplace physical activity intervention. An analysis of the situation at Fastighetsförvaltning AB). Bachelor Essay in Swedish.

Animal welfare issues are not considered as high priority in Malawi, a developing country in south east Africa, due to problems affecting the human population. In Lilongwe, the capital city, education programs are used to increase the awareness of animal welfare issues among primary school children. A study was undertaken to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of animal welfare in primary school children as well as two different teaching methods for animal welfare, namely humane lessons (HL) and Animal Kindness Clubs (AKC). The gender perspective, in terms of differences in attitude towards and knowledge in animal welfare, was also evaluated as well as the link between domestic and animal violence. The study was performed in collaboration with Lilongwe Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (LSPCA). A questionnaire of multiple choice character was handed out to 249 children aged between 9 and 15 from six different schools.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om man med en emotionell intervention jÀmfört med en kognitiv intervention vid intervju nÄr mer personliga och privata skikt hos personen och fÄr fler konkreta berÀttelser om sjÀlvupplevda episoder. En annan frÄga som undersöktes var om ett relationellt förhÄllningssÀtt jÀmfört med ett neutralt ökar personens benÀgenhet att berÀtta om privata förhÄllanden.TvÄ hypoteser formulerades;1: Den emotionella interventionen vÀcker upp fler konkreta minnen av sjÀlvupplevda episoder Àn en kognitiv intervention gör.2: Det relationella förhÄllningssÀttet ökar personens benÀgenhet att berÀtta om privata förhÄllanden.Ett experiment utfördes med sexton personer, Ätta mÀn och Ätta kvinnor. Var och en intervjuades under fyra olika betingelser utifrÄn fyra olika men likvÀrdiga teman vÀxelvis av tvÄ intervjuare, en man och en kvinna. Betingelserna var; Emotinell/Neutral, Emotionell/Relationell, Kognitiv/Neutral och Kognitiv/Relationell.Resultatet bekrÀftar Hypotes 1 med stark signifikans(0,01).Hypotes 2 bekrÀfats inte av resultatet.Av detta kan man dra slutsatsen att studien förefaller visa att emotionella interventioner jÀmfört med kognitiva interventioner hos intervjupersoner vÀcker upp flera minnen av sjÀlvupplevda konkreta episoder ur sitt eget liv relaterade till det tema som intervjuerna gÀller. En annan slutsats Àr att studien inte bekrÀftar antagandet att ett relationellt förhÄllningssÀtt jÀmfört med ett neutralt förhÄllningssÀtt ökar personens benÀgenhet att berÀtta om privata förhÄllanden..

Chronic illness is associated with conditions that may result in psychological ill-health in the adolescence. Consequently there is a need for development of preventive psychosocial support interventions for this target group. The objective was to develop, implement, and evaluate the effect of supportive intervention group program for teenagers suffering from chronic illness - aiming at increasing quality of life and supporting mental and physical health. Method: Six different intervention groups were conducted between 2007 and 2011, age 13?17.

Previous research has shown that children with multiple disabilities have been able to learn to make choices. Practising choice making is a good way to introduce an intervention using Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC). Choice making with objects should then be trainded before choice making with pictures. The present study is a single subject experimental design and was accomplished at a center for children with disabilities in Tanzania during 12 weeks. The primary purpose was to examine if the number of choices made by two boys with cerebral palsy increased after communicationintervention with objects and pictures.

Patienter som vÀntade pÄ en operation kÀnde ofta oro och Ängest och studier visade att förutom att skapa obehag för patienten, försÀmrades ÄterhÀmtningen postoperativt. Tidigare studier har visat att musik har god effekt som oro och Ängest dÀmpare. Syftet med denna studie var att genom en evidensbaserad systematisk litteraturöversikt ge svar pÄ om musik kan lindra oro och Ängest dygnet innan operation. Studien grundades pÄ tre frÄgestÀllningar: kan musik minska den upplevda oron och Ängesten dygnet innan operation, kan musik minska fysiologiska symtom skapade av oro och Ängest dygnet innan operation, om möjligheten att vÀlja musik pÄverkar effekten av interventionen? Nio studier granskades utifrÄn frÄgestÀllningarna.

This thesis is a case study that examines what political decisions have been taken and how these policies have been implemented. Further this thesis discusses how legitimacy of local policy makers and implementors is affected. The subject studied have been the social service of Jönköping municipality and the intervention of safe-housing aimed at women who have been, or are subject to violence by person close to them. In our study we have examined local policy within the territory of the intervention and how this policy is implemented. A qualitative method with semi-structured interviews was used in combination with quantitative methods to examine protocols from the social welfare board and an action program named "Skydd och stöd för misshandlade kvinnor och deras barn? [Protection and support for abused women and their children].The purpose of this study has been to highlight how the social services implemented the local policy of safe-house accommodation in Jönköping municipality from the legitimacy and discretion perspectives.

Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva hur sjuksköterskor arbetar med preventiva ÄtgÀrder vid trycksÄrs uppkomst samt vilka omvÄrdnadsÄtgÀrder som ges till patienter som utvecklat trycksÄr. Vetenskapliga artiklar söktes i databaserna Medline via Pubmed och Cinahl med sökorden nursing, pressure ulcer, prevention, treatment, therapy, intervention. Endast artiklar frÄn Är 2003- mars 2008 anvÀndes i studien. BÄde kvantitativa och kvalitativa artiklar anvÀndes, dessa artiklar granskades utifrÄn tvÄ modifierade granskningsprotokoll. Resultatet pÄvisade variationer av dessa preventiva insatser som sjuksköterskor anvÀnde sig av.

Sweden is the country that has got the largest amount of elderly in the adult population in the world. The physical activity level decreases as we grow old and we experience muscle mass loss and a bone density reduction. This leads to an increased risk for falls and subsequent fractures. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether an exercise program could affect muscle function and balance ability to prevent falls. 17 women (age 64-79) participated in this study and was assigned to a control group (n=7) and an intervention group (n=10).

The purpose of this study has been to increase the awareness of what significance models of explanation have for intervention programmes, aimed at perpetrators of intimate partner violence, within the Swedish social services. The study is not gender neutral, it centres on male batterers in heterosexual relationships. The study is based on qualitative interviews with five people working within the topical field. I analyzed their statements using an ecological model of understanding violence. The main finding was that the people I interviewed had a multiple understanding when it came to comprehending the violence, but that when it came down to the actual intervention they targeted mainly on elements in the individual spectra, such as feelings of frustration.

The purpose of this study is to incrementally, through a combination of various methods, examine the assumptions about the working economic outcomes that can be made based on planned ergonomic intervention in a department at Pfizer Health AB in StrÀngnÀs. The study contributes to knowledge about how assumptions on OSH financial results can be made, based on planned ergonomic interventions. These assumptions were based on biomechanical calculations made on the basis of ergonomics measurements with inclinometer. The study is important because previous research has shown that poor work environment have a bad impact on the economy of a company in different ways. It can for example be negative impact on the company's productivity and quality of the units produced or the services provided.

Although known and feared for thousands of years, rabies remains a real and present threat to thousands of people, especially in low- and middle income countries. In India, rabies is an endemic disease, causing human deaths every year. The primary mode of transmission is through the bite of an infected dog. Fighting the disease in the dog population through vaccinations remains the most efficient way to eradicate the disease. The knowledge of rabies in India is unsatisfactory, as a lot of people lack awareness about the severity of the disease and the importance of washing the bitten area and seeking medical attention for post exposure prophylaxis when bitten by a dog.

Background: Dementia is an umbrella term for a group of diseases that affects the brain and causes cognitive impairment. Animal-assisted Therapy's goal is to meet patients' physical, psychological and social dimensions within the current health care field. To avoid problems like infections and allergy, robotic animals has been developed. The purpose of robotic animals is to induce relaxation and well-being of persons with cognitive impairment for example.Purpose: To compile scientific articles on which effects care dog and robotic animals have on mental and physical health in patients with dementia. Method: A literature review consisting of nine quantitative research articles.

During the last decade research in leadership has escalated and newleadership styles have started to prevail. This study intends to examinewhether a leaders increased level of motivation in turn can motivateemployees. A major company included all employees in a leader position inan exhaustive intervention with the purpose to increase the leaders?motivation in order for them to motivate their employees. After theintervention, which ended in spring 2012, interviews with six differentemployees at the company were made to see if their level of motivation hadincreased.

Bakgrund: VÄrdrelaterade infektioner Àr ett globalt problem inom hÀlso- och sjukvÄrd. Patienter smittas ofta av vÄrdrelaterade infektioner genom vÄrdpersonalens hÀnder. Hög följsamhet till riktlinjer för handhygien har visat sig minska risken för vÄrdrelaterade infektioner. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att utvÀrdera vilka interventioner som Àr effektiva för att öka följsamhet till riktlinjer för handhygien hos vÄrdpersonal. Som tillÀgg undersöktes incidensen av vÄrdrelaterade infektioner som mÄtt pÄ följsamhet. Metod: Litteraturstudie utarbetad efter SBUs principer för litteraturöversikter bestÄende av tio vetenskapliga studier med kvantitativ ansats. Resultat: Tre typer av interventioner identifierades; utbildning, stöd och uppmuntran samt utbildning kombinerat med stöd och uppmuntran. Nio av tio studier visade varierande grad av ökad följsamhet till riktlinjer för handhygien efter en intervention.