Browsing Department of Health Promotion and Development by Subject "736901"
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Attitudes toward wife beatings in Ghana: the case of age at first marriage, educational level, and household wealth. Evidence from the men’s perspective.
(Master thesis, 2024-05-31)This study adopted the SEM framework to study Attitudes toward wife beatings from the perspective of Ghanaian men amid contextual factors such as age at first cohabitation, household wealth, and educational level. The ... -
Childfreedom as Climate Action. Experiences of Pronatalist Pressures and Gendered Expectations Among Members of the BirthStrike Movement.
(Master thesis, 2021-12-14)Childfreedom is becoming an increasingly important topic of research worldwide, particularly since it is understood as a deviation from dominant pronatalist culture. Still, childfree choices related to climate change remains ... -
Climate Resilience Among Smallholder Farmers in Central Java: A Salutogenic Approach to Climate Change
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Climate change significantly affects farmers and causes them often to feel pressured from all sides as they must adapt to climatic changes while simultaneously being expected to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions ... -
Domestic violence and social norms: attitudes and practices of criminal justice and health workers in Norway and Brazil
(Master thesis, 2018-06-21)Background: In recent years, gender-based domestic violence has gained significant visibility and is currently considered a priority in the field of public health. Research objective: To explore how professional and social ... -
Early marriage among men : experiences from a rural community in Baitadi district, Nepal
(Master thesis, 2024-05-29)Background: Child marriage, or early marriage, is defined as any formal marriage or informal union between a child under the age of 18 and an adult or another child. According to Phase I 2016-2019 report of the UNFPA-UNICEF ... -
Ecological Risk Factors and Cumulative Risk for Intimate Partner Violence; Evidence from CMI Project 'Women in the Developmental State: Female Employment and Empowerment in Ethiopia'
(Master thesis, 2022-11-21)This high prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) against Ethiopian women is a concern from a human rights and development perspective. For targeted prevention programmes to be implemented, it is crucial to understand ... -
Employment as a tool of integration and empowerment? Experiences of female African migrants living and working in Norway
(Master thesis, 2018-06-21)This research study designed to explore female migrants from Africa experiences of employment as a tool for integration and empowerment into Norwegian society. It explores different social and economic effects of employment ... -
Exploring International Students' Experience on Changes in Pro-Environmental Behavior After Moving Norway
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Exploring the Connection Between Resilience in Children and their Study of Norwegian Folk Music
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Exploring the Experiences of Migrant Nurses in the UK: A Salutogenic approach to Integration of Ghanaian Nurses
(Master thesis, 2024-05-31)Background: Migration of nurses and other healthcare professionals from developing countries to advanced countries have a seen an unprecedented hike in recent times due largely to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This ... -
Exploring the experiences of National Health Insurance Scheme subscribers and non-subscribers in accessing healthcare within the Accra Metropolitan Area
(Master thesis, 2021-10-15)Maintaining the health and wellbeing of a nation largely depends on the state of health care policies and programs that guarantees citizens access to health care. Policies and social intervention programs such as the ... -
Exploring the religious and sociocultural challenges to condom use in the prevention of HIV and unintended pregnancies among married and cohabitating couples in rural Ghana
(Master thesis, 2024-05-31)Background: Condom use continues to be the most important strategy for effectively preventing the spread of HIV and STDs. In sub-Saharan African nations with high rates of HIV infection, Condom advocacy initiatives mainly ... -
Exploring the role of social media in the lives and well-being of young refugees in Bergen, Norway
(Master thesis, 2018-06-15)In the wake of the “refugee crisis”, social media is increasingly being used by governments, humanitarian organisations, voluntary groups, and refugees themselves, to respond to issues raised by forced migration. Social ... -
FGM/C and Empowerment as Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence among Women in Kenya
(Master thesis, 2018-06-21)The objective of this study is to determine if female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) is associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) (of all subtypes: emotional, physical and sexual). This study used secondary ... -
Gender Perceptions in a Vietnamese Community. The Impact of Acculturation on First- and Second-Generation Immigrant Women in Norway
(Master thesis, 2018-06-21)This thesis seeks to analyze how Vietnamese women have settled into Norwegian society since their arrival during the mid-1970s to early 80s. It seeks to investigate how acculturation has impacted how migrant mothers have ... -
“Getting the approach right: an empowerment analysis of Ghana’s Free Senior High School Programme (FSHSP) based on the perceptions and experiences of students and teachers”.
(Master thesis, 2021-12-03)Accessibility inequalities in formal education is still a growing worldwide concern and of high relevance, as it is known to make a far-reaching contribution to development. Accordingly, global educational reformers are ... -
The Impact of Contraceptive Use and Empowerment on Fertility Preference Using Pakistan Demographic Health Survey 2012-13
(Master thesis, 2018-12-21)Background: Fertility preference is an area of interest world over, particularly in the past five or six decades, given the prevalence of high fertility rates in many parts of the world. National and international ... -
An Integral Approach to Health: Perspectives on Health from Mayan-Tz'utujil Women in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. A Photovoice study
(Master thesis, 2018-06-19)Background: Health is a complex issue and can be approached from varying perspectives, from a technology-driven biomedical approach to a more intricate understanding of health as a result of social surroundings. In Guatemala, ...