Browsing SAM - Master in International Social Welfare and Health Policy by Title
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Non-western First-generation Immigrant Women’s Musculoskeletal Pain and/or Depression Disorders, and the Impact of this on their Integration Process into Norwegian Society
(Master thesis, 2020)Objective: The study examined the health problems among non-Western first-generation immigrant women and its effect on their integration into Norwegian society. It was framed by Ager and Strang’s conceptual framework of ... -
ntegration Challenges: Immigrant women's experiences (The challenges immigrants women face during the integration process via Adult Education Center)
(Master thesis, 2020)Integration is a key process for both institutions and immigrants. Immigrants who already have a miserable past make efforts for a stable and calm life, and the institution’s objective is to empower them to integrate into ... -
Nudge fudge or crystal clear? Investigating nudges and how they work
(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 ... -
Nurses’ occupational turnover in the Nordics: a mixed method, systematized review
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis aims to explore the reasons behind nurses’ occupational turnover in the Nordics to construct an overview of what is known on the subject, identify possible gaps in the knowledge on nurses’ occupational turnover ... -
Nursing and caring: Effective fall detection among senior citizens living at home
(Master thesis, 2021)Falls are common in older people and can cause significant health problems. The Western European area, which includes Norway, has one of the highest fall-related injury and mortality rates among older adults in the world. ... -
Nursing shortages in Norway and England: Status quo, implications and policy interventions
(Master thesis, 2014)Nursing shortage or the shortage of nurse workforce is a global public health crisis affecting both the developed and developing countries alike. Because nurses are the frontline in most health systems, the lack of them ... -
Nutrition policy in developing countries : large-scale implementation constraints and the case of Mozambique
(Master thesis, 2012)Increased knowledge of causes and consequences of malnutrition, and of the inherent potential of investing in improved nutrition, has contributed to renewed attention to nutrition in policy and on the development agenda. ... -
Off the Beaten Track: Lifestyle Migration in Rural Isaan
(Master thesis, 2019)The thesis aims to give an insight into the ‘lifestyle migrations’ of Western men migrating to Isaan, the rural north-eastern region of Thailand. Perceptions of men migrating to Thailand are often negative, often assumed ... -
Older Volunteering: A Combination of Objective and Subjective Approaches
(Master thesis, 2020)Formal volunteering has become the forefront of discussion on productive aging activity. A growing interest in studying the determinants of volunteering often distinguished between two approaches: (1) objective approaches, ... -
Organising domestic workers : for decent work and the ILO Convention No. 189
(Master thesis, 2012)Domestic work is the largest sector of female employment world-wide, yet it is extremely undervalued and unprotected by labour law. Exasperating this situation, the estimated one hundred million domestic workers world-wide ... -
Pathogen risks due to climate change: Review of the health and policy context and legal basis for the introduction of mandatory vaccination in The Netherlands
(Master thesis, 2023)The Earth's climate is changing rapidly, and as a result, pathogenic diseases will spread across the globe. This thesis aims to give a global view on these potential environmental impacts of climate change, in relation to ... -
Pension system reforms in Argentina : why the u-turn?
(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 ... -
Perceived Discrimination, Its Impact on Health, and the Influence of Identity Among Western Muslims
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this literature review is to contribute to a better understanding of the role played by perceived ethnic and religious discrimination on health among Muslims living in the West. It is also an important goal ... -
Perceived Neighborhood Collective Efficacy and Adolescent Mental Health Problems: A Behavioral Genetic Study of Gene-Environment Interactions
(Master thesis, 2021)Background: Perceived neighborhood collective efficacy is known to buffer the impact of diverse social-environmental risk factors on adolescent mental health problems. However, it is unknown whether collective efficacy ... -
Perspectives and Experiences on Inclusion and Welfare of Children with Physical Disabilities in Education, The case of Amansie West District, Ashanti Region, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2020)This study explores perspectives and experiences on inclusion and welfare of children with physical disabilities in Ghana’s education system, specifically in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Four ... -
The political and religious impact on the development of school education and health services in Lebanon: A literature review
(Master thesis, 2022)Title: The political and religious impact on the development of school education and health services in Lebanon: A literature review Objective: To get better knowledge and understand the role of political and organizational ... -
Political integration of immigrant women : the role of voluntary organisations in social capital formation and political involvement
(Master thesis, 2007)In this thesis, I aim to make a review of existing literature on the subject of social capital, and relate it to voluntary immigrant organisations and political integration. Further, I choose a gender perspective, using ... -
Positions on Social versus Legal Measures as the Proper and Most Effective Tools in Dealing with Prostitution: a Comparative Study of Norway and Sweden
(Master thesis, 2009)The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore, and as a result, to better understand the positions of two central prostitution organisations, Pro Sentret in Norway, and Prostitutionsenheten (Prostitution Centre) ... -
Post-earthquake challenges to access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services in the daily life of people in rural Sindhuli, Nepal and its impact on girls and women
(Master thesis, 2020)This dissertation is an attempt to explore how the WASH services in Bitizor, a rural village located in the Sindhuli district of Nepal, were impacted by the devastating earthquake of 2015. The study also tries to see the ... -
Poverty reduction in Bangladesh through cash tranfser programs
(Master thesis, 2021)Target-based cash transfer programs of Bangladesh aim to protect vulnerable people from crisis through the direct transfer of food, resources, and cash. Bangladesh has an extensive range of social protection programs; ...