SAM - Master in International Social Welfare and Health Policy: Nye registreringer
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The Association between soseconomic condition and quality of reletionship
(Master thesis, 2020)Background: Low quality of relationship is the reason for poor mental health and well-being of any individual. Research has often linked socioeconomic conditions to quality of partner relationship. Partners are struggling ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
What are the reported contributing factors preventing Spatial Assimilation of Non-Western Immigrants in the Rental and Homeownership sector is Oslo, Norway? - a scoping review
(Master thesis, 2020)This paper will discuss the reported factors hindering spatial assimilation into the rental and homeownership sector for Non-Western immigrants in the city of Oslo. The existing data concluded that the following are the ... -
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 ... -
A SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON CANNABIS USE AMONG NORWEGIAN ADOLESCENTS - A multilevel study
(Master thesis, 2020)Aim of the study: The main aim of this study is to explore the impact of the school-class on individual cannabis use, and the following research questions have been formulated; To what extent does the schoolclass influences ... -
Is social media useful for migrations? The perspective of Turkish young adults in Oslo
(Master thesis, 2020)Previous studies have demonstrated that migration can be a very hard and stressful process. However, new social media websites may be able to alleviate the problems, making it easier for the migrants to develop and use ... -
Ageing well in different community context - A quantitative study of life satisfaction among adults over 50 years of age in association with living environment and municipality population size in Norway.
(Master thesis, 2020)In Norway, an increased proportion of the population are relocating from less central areas to be closer to the bigger cities. Moving tendencies towards more central locations are on historic highs but it is important to ... -
Fertility, Gap Between Ideal and Reality: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Fertility Decline in 17 High-Income Countries
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Narratives of Motherhood: Polish Mothers Living in Norway
(Master thesis, 2020)In brief, the purpose of this research project is to shed light on the experiences of Polish women living in Norway and to highlight the positions and themes most significant to them, utilizing their own narratives relating ... -
“We can always return to the forest” Narratives of European labour migrants navigating the informal rental market in Oslo
(Master thesis, 2020)The focus of this study is the housing careers, housing strategies and experiences of five European labour migrants who are currently living, or who have at some point, lived informally in Oslo. There has been little focus ... -
A study of Homelessness in Canada and the application of the Housing First model; The extent of clients’ choice of housing
(Master thesis, 2020)Housing First has gained grounds in Canada starting from the year 2009 after an evidence-based research (At Home/Chez Soi (AC/CS)), funded by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), demonstrated with supported ... -
Front-line experiences of work on victims of domestic violence in Peru. An approach to considering front-line workers’ perspectives
(Master thesis, 2020)Domestic violence in Peru is becoming more recurrent and brutal, with a total of 181,885 cases being reported to the Women’s Emergency Center in 2019, equating to approximately 400 cases per day. Those who work directly ... -
Municipal-Level Variations in Violent Behavior among Norwegian Adolescents and its Association to Health-Risk Behaviors, Familial Predictors, and Municipal Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional Multilevel Study using Ungdata Survey 2014-2016
(Master thesis, 2020)Violence perpetration among adolescents is a global public health and social problem. The prevalence of adolescent violence perpetration in Norway is lower than most countries in Europe. However, the occurrence persisted ... -
Armed Ideological Conflict in North Waziristan, Pakistan Impacts on Livelihoods and Education
(Master thesis, 2020)The US attack on Afghanistan in 2001 has changed the landscape of North Waziristan Tribal District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A vast number of the Taliban and ally foreign militants made an influx into the NWTD, ... -
Masculinity through the Lens of the Introduction Program among Ethiopian Immigrant Men in Oslo: Work Inclusion
(Master thesis, 2019)Norwegian Introduction Program has been studied and understood fairly from the perspective of the female migrant. However, it is less understood how experience and perception of masculinity in an intersection with class ... -
A study of coping strategies and social resilience among people with disabilities after the civil war in Nepal
(Master thesis, 2019)The reintegration of ex-combatants, after the civil war of Nepal into normal civilian life, has been very important and challenging. Many of the former combatants found employment either in the Nepalese Army or were ... -
Experiences of Filipino Nurses in Migration and Workforce Integration in Norway
(Master thesis, 2019)The study is centralized on Filipino nurse migration and workforce integration into Norway. The Philippines is the leading exporter of nurses in developed countries, and this export-oriented strategy is placed by ... -
Exposure to physical and sexual violence, mental health and help-seeking behaviors among Norwegian youth: A cross-sectional study using data from Ungvold, 2015.
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis is written with consideration of adolescents’ mental health by looking at the connections with help-seeking and two types of violence, physical and sexual. The purpose was to investigate the association between ...