This study aims to examine the effect management control systems have on which goals health centers prioritize. The management control systems of one privately owned and one publicly owned health center have been studied through a qualitative case study. Robert Simons (1995) framework with four levers of control (diagnostic control systems, interactive control systems, belief systems and boundary systems) has been used to structure the study. For both health centers we found a conflict of interest mainly between the diagnostic control system and the beliefs system, where the diagnostic control system is biased towards quantitative goals and the beliefs system is mainly biased towards qualitative goals. However, despite the unbalanced levers of control the studied health centers have been able to reach a well functioning compromise between quantitative and qualitative goals..

AbstractThe research in the interdisciplinary field of natural-human-health-design has in recent decades gainedmomentum and led to new or new-old ways of thinking and acting in terms of planning and design of outdoorenvironments with the aim of health promotion. Concrete concept models and design guides have begun toemerge as a result of this research.The purpose of this work is to use these guides to develop a design proposal for a supposed health garden,with Wij Trädgårdar in Ockelbo as a base. This has been done in the form of a process description. The targetgroup for the design proposal is long-term unemployed and people who have come to Sweden as refugees.Since the specific design recommendations could not be found for the selected target group, the main materialwas general guidelines for health gardens in combination with guidelines for health gardens directed to targetgroups with stress-related problems, which is a broad target group for which there are relatively much currentresearch.The result is a process description of the progression towards a sketch on a health garden, designed for aspecific spot on Wij Trädgårdar, but available for use in other locations, provided adjustments is made to thespecific location. The sketch is supplemented with plant suggestions to different parts of the garden.

Personer med IBS lider av en sjukdom som inte syns utåt vilket kan skapa påfrestningar i det dagliga livet och i mötet med vården. Därför är det väsentligt att sjuksköterskan har empati, kunskap och engagemang i mötet med dessa personer. Syftet med studien var att belysa det stöd som efterfrågas av personer med IBS i mötet med sjukvården och hur sjuksköterskan förhåller sig i mötet. Metoden som användes till studien var litteraturstudie. Resultatet visar att personer med IBS är i behov av stöd genom information, bekräftelse och ett professionellt förhållningssätt av vårdarna i mötet.

Det har i tidigare studier framkommit att barnen glöms bort i sorgearbete då de mister en förälder och att barnen inte får bearbeta sorgen som de upplever. Om inte barnet får bearbeta sin sorg kan det bli deprimerat i framtiden. Studiens syfte är att beskriva barns upplevelser av att förlora en förälder. Studien är en litteraturstudie gjord på två böcker där barnen genom författarna beskriver upplevelserna av att mista en förälder. Böckerna analyserades sedan enligt en innehållsanalys.

The aim of this quantitative study is to describe the prevalence of mental health problems within the group of children and adolescents who receive support from two in home care units within the social services of Rinkeby-Kista and Södermalm stadsdelsförvaltning in Stockholm. Another purpose is to examine whether socioeconomic background and/or gender are associated with the prevalence of poor mental health, or mental health problems of a specific kind, in the studied population. Mental health is measured with the SDQ, a behavioral screening questionnaire that is widely used in Sweden and internationally. The study is based on data collected by the two units, which routinely screen children and adolescents with the SDQ. The main results of this study indicate that mental health problems are common in the studied population.

The number of persons with problems of abuse or addiction seeking care has increased during the last years in Sweden. Recent international studies show stigmatizing attitudes among nursing staff, which affect the treatment and care negatively. The purpose of this study was to describe experiences among nursing staff of treating persons with problems of abuse or addiction at an emergency department. The participants were six nurses and one assistant nurse who worked at an emergency department. The interviews were analyzed through qualitative content analysis.

Diabetes typ 2 är en kronisk sjukdom som ständigt ökar. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva patienters upplevelser av att leva med diabetes typ 2. Nio vetenskapliga artiklar analyserades. Analysen resulterade i fem huvudkategorier; upplevelser av att ändra livsstil, coping - ett sätt att hantera sin diabetes, upplevelser av en förändrad självkänsla, upplevelser av vårdpersonalens bemötande och framtidssyn. Resultat som framkom i studien var svårigheter med att ändra livsstil beträffande kostvanor, hantering av medicinering och fysisk aktivitet.

Coordinator of public health has recently become a new profession in the field of Health Promotion. During the last few years the pedagogic perspective has been increasingly important for the coordinators as a way of adapting their work methods to the circumstances. The conditions for coordinators of public health differ between municipalities and thus their tasks and responsibilities may vary with the local structure. According to the literature there are several ways to conduct Health Promotion and it is in the hands of the coordinator to adjust the methods to fit local conditions. The purpose of the study was to examine what influences the coordinators of public health and how that affects their work methods.

This study is about young girls' mental health. In Sweden, the mental health deteriorated in recent years among adolescents, particularly among young girls. Results of the Liv & Hälsa Ung in 2011 in the southern part of the county of Örebro is the basis for the study. The results of the survey showed that a remarkable number of young girls rate their mental health as poor. The purpose of this study was to examine what young girls in southern part of the county of Örebro County believes are contributing factors for good mental health and the method used is qualitative.

Bakgrund: Patienter med fibromyalgi upplever att de sällan blir tagna på allvar då de på utsidan ser ut att må bra, men i själva verket har ont. Då smärtan inte syns ökar svårigheten att förklara smärtans påverkan för andra. Det är således en utmaning för patienter med fibromyalgi att få andra att förstå deras situation. Syfte: Att belysa kvinnors utsagor av att leva med fibromyalgi. Metod: Den metod som valdes var en analys av två självbiografiska böcker med en kvalitativ metod.

För att patienter med demenssjukdom ska kunna orientera sig, bör miljön utformas så att den stödjer individen. förändringar kan göras i deras miljö såsom att använda namnskyltar på förrar och olika färger på väggar och golv. Syftet med studien var att belysa hur vårdmiljöns utformning kan stödja förmågan av tidsuppfattning och orientering för patienter med demenssjukdom. Metoden som användes var litteraturstudie av artiklar baserade på kvalitativa och kvantitativa forskningsmetoder. Polits och Hunglers arbetsmodell användes vid artikelsökningen.

Inom alla vårdformer möts patienter och vårdare. En viktig komponent i det vårdande mötet som presenteras i olika omvårdnadsteorier är att vårdaren är närvarande i mötet med hela sitt jag. Då kan patienten känna sig sedd och hörd samt känna att vårdaren är delaktig. Studiens syfte var att belysa hur närvarandet framträder i ett vårdande möte. Vår studie utgår från en kvalitativ metodansats med fem vetenskapliga artiklar som analyseras med hjälp av innehållsanalys.

The aim of this study is to describe how unemployment is experienced by unemployed persons and how this situation affects their health and wellbeing. A qualitative semi structured interview method has been applied. The study includes seven persons in the age between 29- 58. Four of them were women and three were men. The following four themes are presented in the study: psychological health and wellbeing and how unemployment is experienced, social factors, economic factors and, how they value a job.

AbstractIn this study eight caregivers, all with long experience from working in nursing homes for people with dementia, were interviewed.  The aim of the study was to describe the caregiver?s experiences in caring for people with dementia and Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia disorder. Data were processed by qualitative, inductive, content analysis. The results were presented in four categories: To connect, Two days are never the same, Being calm and giving time and All are needed. The result showed that caregivers met a variety of difficult and varied tasks in nursing.

Background: Good health at community and individual levels are key policy priorities. These priorities can be shown through supporting parents about various different healthy lifestyle choices. In order to know where interventions are needed, it is of interest to study how parents generally feel and how they perceive their parenting.Aim: To study how parents rate their own health and parenting skills, and examine whether there is any correlation between perceived general health and perceived parental competence.  Further, this study will show whether there is a correlation between rate of perceived general health and rate of perceived parental competence when it comes to gender.Method: 64 questionnaires were collected at strategic open kindergartens in the municipality of Uppsala. The questionnaires were distributed to the parents present and who chose to participate in this study.Main result: The result of this study shows that parents have a high rate of general health.