Blar i SAM - Master in International Social Welfare and Health Policy på utgivelsesdato
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High Infant and Maternal Mortality Rate and Health Services: A Comparative Study between Far Western and Central Development Regions of Nepal
(Master thesis, 2014)Safe Motherhood Conference convened in Kenya in 1987 put light on the global maternal mortality rates and its dominant presence in the developing countries securing an agreement to establish Safe Motherhood initiatives. ... -
Barriers to accessing health care services for children with disabilities in Southern Africa: The case of Namibia
(Master thesis, 2014)In developing countries there has been a reduction in infant and child mortality as a result of advancement in disease management and socio-economic developments. Within this survivor group are children with disabilities. ... -
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 ... -
The Shame of pverty - A Comparative Analysis Of The Shaming Experience In Welfare Programmes Provided By Public And Private Institutions Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Faculty of
(Master thesis, 2016)In recent years there has been an increase in the public expenditure for providing welfare assistance to the people. With the UN convention making the access to social welfare to maintain a decent standard of living as a ... -
Dhaka Women - Negotiators for Gender Equality and Change A Critical Discourse Analysis about women, family and society in Bangladesh
(Master thesis, 2016)The situation of women in different societies and cultures is a much debated and contested field. Scholars, politicians and others have throughout history upheld different beliefs about women, female agency and what ... -
Pursuit of Social Legitimacy - A Case Study on Rhetorical Strategies Used by the Six Largest Pharmaceutical Companies to Restore Social Legitimacy
(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 ... -
Implementing inclusive education for persons with disabilities in Lusaka, Zambia. A symbolic interactionist perspective
(Master thesis, 2016)Inclusion of students with disability in their local schools has been promoted since 1996 in Zambia. However, the experiences of students with disabilities has been mixed. The study has examined conditions under which ... -
A Comparative Study of Factors Outside the Therapy Room Influencing Therapeutic Practice in The United States and Norway
(Master thesis, 2016)Objective. The goal of this thesis is to describe the experiences of psychotherapists in the United States and in Norway in dealing with the outside influencers, namely managed care organizations (MCO) in the United States ... -
Factors Associated with Self-Rated Health Among Elderly People Living in Old Age Homes of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
(Master thesis, 2016)Background: Self-rated health (SRH) is the subjective assessment of own general health. It has been used frequently to predict future health, disability, functional ability and mortality. Exploring factors associated with ... -
Autonomy and Marriage: Impact on Mental health. A study on local Indian women in India and Indian immigrant women in Norway Oslo
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis aims to understand the factors that contribute to poor mental health among local Indian women living in India and Indian immigrant women living in Norway. By focusing on the interplay of marriage and autonomy ... -
Experience of Collaboration between Advocacy NGO’s and Government Social Welfare Officers in Preventing Children from Sexual, Emotional and Physical abuse in Arusha City, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2016)It is estimated that 86% of children aged 2 to 14 are subjected to sexual, emotional and physical abuse globally. Regardless of the vulnerable situations, which expose children to the risk of being harmed, it is very ... -
Being in control or being controlled? A qualitative study to explore women’s empowerment in Eastern Nepal
(Master thesis, 2016)The overall aim of this thesis is to explore women’s empowerment as a strategy for development. Awareness raising and changing power relations lay on the core of empowerment, and as such this thesis assesses, as part of ... -
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 ... -
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index - A measurement tool striving to make women’s empowerment a tangible and measureable concept
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis assesses the effectiveness and practicality of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) based on two pilots that were conducted in Bangladesh and Uganda. Currently, there is a major gap in gender ... -
Assessing the quality of life among patients with breast cancer at Tikur Anbassa specializd hostpital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(Master thesis, 2016)Background: Breast cancer is certainly the most common form of cancer among women in Ethiopia. For a long time the focus has been on clinical management of cancer but nowadays Quality of Life is emerging as an important ... -
Ready to score against Social Exclusion: An analysis on how football can offer avenues of social inclusion for street children in India
(Master thesis, 2016)This dissertation examines the role of sports, especially football in the lives of street children and their inclusion into the society and schooling system in India. Twin fold motivation of this research are social inclusion ... -
Returning The Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Minors: Policy and Strategies Put in Place in the Best Interest of the Child
(Master thesis, 2016)The study has been conducted with the objective of examining Norway’s policy on the returning (deportation) of unaccompanied asylum seeking minors as well as the strategies put in place in the best interest of the child. ... -
“We are at the bottom of the society” A qualitative study of dignity related experiences in non-standardized activation policies implemented towards social assistance recipients in Norway
(Master thesis, 2016)Active labor market policies have a long tradition in Norway, and since early the 1990s, conditional activation policies have increasingly become a core component in the provision of social assistance. The primary aim of ... -
Contextual factors influencing Thai immigrant women`s mental health, and their strategies to cope with mental health problems - A qualitative study of Thai immigrant women in Norway
(Master thesis, 2016)With a growing immigrant population, Norwegian society faces new challenges in provision of health care. Multicultural challenges are particularly visible in mental health care and immigrant women seem to be underrepresented ... -
From Dignity to Employment - Newly arrived immigrants and refugees’ interpretations of opportunities to improve labor market participation through the Introduction Program
(Master thesis, 2016)The aim of this thesis is to explore how newly arrived immigrants and refugees interpret their opportunities to improve labor market participation through the Introduction Program. The thesis is based on qualitative ...