Blar i SAM - Master in International Social Welfare and Health Policy på forfatter "Øverbye, Einar"
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Access to health care among marginal groups in Lima, Peru
Gonzalez, Mayra Elizabeth Urquizo (Master thesis, 2019)In the World 400 million people do not have access to essential health services. The rapid growth rate of the population and increasing urbanization calls for an analysis of the perceived access to health care services and ... -
Challenges for implementation of the health insurance program in Nepal: Implementer's perspectives
Paudel, Binita (Master thesis, 2021)ntroduction: The National Health Insurance Program is one of the most significant policy initiatives by the Nepal government. The program was started in 2016 as a pilot project in three districts with the objectives to ... -
Conditional cash transfers as a risk management and poverty reduction strategy: a literature review and an assessment of barriers that hinder the full implementation of livelihood empowerment against poverty (LEAP) in Ghana
Danquah, Jones Kwame Adom (Master thesis, 2019)Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) is the largest social intervention policy in Ghana directed mainly to the poor and vulnerable. Since its first implementation in 2008, the aim of the LEAP programme is the ... -
Crowding out or crowding in informal safety nets? : the role of formal social protection targeted at addressing child poverty in South Africa
Chomutare, Gillian Fred (Master thesis, 2012)Formal social protection in the form of cash transfers has been adopted as one of the strategies for addressing child poverty in South Africa. The Child Support Grant (CSG) established in 1998, is the largest social ... -
Diffusing Contribution-Based Social Security Fund (CBSSF) in Nepal: Understanding the Causes of Low Take-Up
Khulal, Kumar (Master thesis, 2023)Introduction The government of Nepal introduced the Social Security Act in 2018 which incorporated comprehensive social security schemes such as old age pensions, gratuity, dependent family protection, medical benefits, ... -
Eradication of Polio in Tribal Areas of Pakistan: A comparative analysis of the situation before and after the inclusion of Tribal areas into the Khyber Pukhtoon Khwa (KPK) province of Pakistan.
Shakir, Alamgir (Master thesis, 2022)The study analyzes the eradication of polio in the tribal areas of Pakistan by employing a qualitative methodology for the collection of data and thematic analysis for subsequent analysis of the collected data. The data ... -
Evaluation of social inequalities in health on different health indicators across several social dimensions in Ghana
Owusu, Thomas Marcus (Master thesis, 2023)Aim: To evaluate the social inequalities in Ghana’s health sector on different health indicators across several social dimensions in Ghana. Background: In recent decades, global health indicators have improved, yet ... -
Fertility, Gap Between Ideal and Reality: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Fertility Decline in 17 High-Income Countries
Haruta, Miki (Master thesis, 2020)To maintain the current population of a country in the long run, the key threshold of the fertility level is 2.1 births per women. Among the approximately 80 countries that so far have reached this so-called replacement ... -
Has NCMS improved equity in access to healthcare for the Chinese rural population? - An assessment based on the framework “benchmarks of fairness”
Biao, He (Master thesis, 2019)Introduction: The collapse of the previous medical insurance made most of the rural population restricted to healthcare services. The launching of NCMS since 2003 has been expected to help change this severe situation. ... -
Implementation of the Paris Declaration on aid coordination: A literature review and a case study of the Ethiopian health sector
Gebreselassie, Mirtu Beyene (Master thesis, 2021)The aim of this literature review is to examine in detail the structure (architecture) of aid in Ethiopia´s health sector vis-à-vis the Paris declaration on aid coordination. The focus is giving a literature review on the ... -
The meaning of vaccination. How do parents in India justify a choice no to vaccinate their children?
Thomas, Thejes Thankam (Master thesis, 2019)Even though the government emphasize on the importance of immunization in India, the vaccine preventable diseases are still prevailing in the country. The perception of parents regarding vaccines vary according to different ... -
Nudge fudge or crystal clear? Investigating nudges and how they work
Sande, Victoria (Master thesis, 2016)Recently there has been growing interest in the use of “nudges” as a policy tool and their potential to solve some of society’s biggest problems, such as obesity or climate change. Thaler and Sunstein in their influential ... -
Pension system reforms in Argentina : why the u-turn?
Rickert, Silvia I. Reyna (Master thesis, 2012)The 2008 Argentine pension reform represented a new change of paradigm in the country’s pension policy. It encompassed the elimination of the fully funded, defined contribution (DC), private tier of the so-called Integrated ... -
Pursuit of Social Legitimacy - A Case Study on Rhetorical Strategies Used by the Six Largest Pharmaceutical Companies to Restore Social Legitimacy
Aurmo, Erlend (Master thesis, 2016)Legitimacy has become one of the most critical issues for corporations, and especially for the global pharmaceutical industry, which is facing a fading reputation and increasing industry mistrust. Over the past few years ... -
The Relationship Between Psychological Capital and Job Performance Among Nurses
Amini, Sanaz (Master thesis, 2023)The nursing job has always been physically and emotionally challenging. Nurses as a in front line health care providers, have a direct impact on patients and it is vital to do their jobs as best as possible. Therefore, ... -
Religiousness and fertility among muslims in Europe : does Islam influence fertility?
Burner, Bobby (Master thesis, 2012)There seems to exist a concern over and a belief that fertility among Muslims in Europe is much higher than among non-Muslims, and that this together with Muslim immigration will create a Muslim majority Europe. Furthermore, ...