Cancer är ett samlingsnamn för över 200 olika sjukdomar. Varje år drabbas ett av 600 barn i världen utav cancer. De vanligaste cancerformerna hos barn är leukemi och hjärntumörer. Det är ännu oklart varför barn får cancer, men forskning visar att bidragande faktorer kan vara ärftlighet, miljögifter och strålning. När ett barn drabbas av cancer är det inte bara barnet som ställs inför en förändrad livsvärld utan hela familjen påverkas. Syftet var att belysa hur familjens livsvärld påverkas när ett barn drabbas av cancer. En litteraturstudie med kvalitativ ansats baserad på elva vetenskapliga originalartiklar användes för att få svar på syftet. Analys av texten utfördes enligt Graneheim och Lundmans (2008) kvalitativa innehållsanalys. Resultatet presenteras i fem olika teman. Dessa var: trygghet byts mot kaos, starka känslor och förändrade relationer, att finna en balans i den nya vardagen, behov av stöd, information och kontroll samt att kunna gå vidare trots osäkerhet. Alla i familjen reagerar olika på cancersjukdomen och därför behövs det individuellt och anpassat stöd. Behovet av stöd var som störst i samband med att diagnosen konstaterades men även efter avslutad behandling. Resultatet visar att det finns brister inom sjukvården gällande stöd och information, därför behövs vidare forskning för att sjuksköterskan ska kunna ge familjen anpassad vägledning genom sjukdomstiden.

Mottagandet av flyktingbarn som kommer till Sverige med sin familj är ett relativt outforskat område. I den här uppsatsen redogörs barnens upplevelser av mottagandet i syfte att undersöka vilka skillnader och likheter som finns i barnets upplevelser beroende på ifall det kommit ensamt eller tillsammans med anhöriga. Genom åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer ger barnen sin bild av mottagandet i två kommuner i Jämtlands län. Den största skillnaden som framkom var att de ensamkommande barnen hade ett mycket större kontaktnät i kommunen, tack vare kontakter med socialtjänst, boendepersonal m.fl. vilket påverkar deras Känsla av Sammanhang. Det framkom även att samtliga barn upplevde svårigheter att påverka sin tillvaro och att få sin röst hörd. Barnen belyser också vikten av att ha nära vänner och sätter vännerna före föräldrarna på prioriteringslistan över viktiga personer.

Background:Overweight and obesity among children has increased, this is seen to be due to genetic causes in combination with environmental factors. Overweight and obesity is a contributing factor due to diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease and psychological stress of the individual. Aim: The aim of the present study was to describe the families' perceptions related to their child being overweight or obese. Furthermore, the aim has been to describe the articles included data collection method. Method: Twelve pieces of scientific papers were used as a basis for a literature study with a descriptive design. Main results:This literature study shows that families rarely perceive their child's proper weight. In most cases families underestimated child obesity because they considered them as normal weight. Difference between girls and boys was something that emerged, it turned out that the parents had a higher acceptance regarding overweight boys related to girls being overweight. Socioeconomic differences were also significant when one clearly saw a higher acceptance regarding obesity in parents with low income. The parents felt that in the preventive work with overweight children, it was important that the focus would be on the whole family and not just the overweight child. Articles data collection method consisted of interviews and questionnaires. Conclusion: Families often underestimated their child's obesity. Parents felt that in the preventive work with overweight or obese children, it was important that the focus would be on the whole family and not just on the child. Knowledge of how families perceive their child's overweight and obesity are important to increase understanding of how prevention work should be improved and be made by health care professionals.

The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of and to contribute with new knowledge on how social workers in social service work to combat, respectively, deal with threatening or violent situations at client meetings where the public authority is present. Through semi-structured qualitative interviews with seven social workers from five different municipalities the study have observed several strategies that the social workers use. These strategies can be categorized in to six themes which point out different aspects of the subject. These themes are: relationship and previous knowledge, the ability to be adaptive and empathetic, the relevance of clarity, characteristics, unfavorable strategies and other strategies. The current study has studied the phenomenon of threat or use of force in the field of social work, in addition, the study can be said to have studied also the interaction and response between a social worker and the client that have contributed with more knowledge of the meeting with the client.

Syftet med denna studie var att explorativt undersöka socialsekreterares föreställningar och förhållningssätt till personer med könsöverskridande identiteter inom området barn och familj. Studien är baserad på en kvalitativ metod där semistrukturerade intervjuer med sex socialsekreterare utgör studiens empiri. Queerteori och genusteori har bidragit till en djupare förståelse för informanternas utsagor och för analys av studiens resultat.Resultatet visar att erfarenheten av och kunskapen om könsöverskridande identiteter är begränsad hos socialsekreterarna på arbetsplatsen. Socialsekreterarna använder sig i huvudsak av heteronormativa antaganden i bemötandet av sina klienter. Därmed uppfattas enbart två olika kön, liksom dess respektive motsvarighet i två pronomen, som de enda existerande alternativa könsidentiteterna. Samtliga socialsekreterare som deltog i studien saknade gedigna erfarenheter av att ifrågasätta könsstereotyper i utredningar och bedömningar. Informanterna påtalar själva att de tror sig sakna kunskap och kompetens. Risker med begränsade erfarenheter och bristande kunskap kan vara att viktiga aspekter, som exempelvis kan handla om att en klient utsatts för diskriminerande behandling i någon form på grund av sin könsidentitet, förbigås av socialsekreteraren. Den fortbildning som socialsekreterarna hitintills fått på arbetsplatsen har inte berört frågan om könsöverskridande identiteter. Enligt informanterna beror det på att denna fråga inte prioriterats.Nyckelord:

En kunskapslucka gällande samverkan mellan socialsekreterare på barn och familj och poliser har påvisats. Syftet med föreliggande studie var därför att undersöka vilka hinder och framgångsfaktorer i samverkan och informationsutbyte som socialsekreterare på barn och familj och poliser upplever att det finns i ärenden där en förälder har drogproblematik. Metoden som används är kvalitativ intervjustudie där fyra socialsekreterare på barn och familj, och fyra poliser intervjuats via semistrukturerade intervjuer. Resultaten har analyserats med hjälp av tematisk analys samt kopplats till tidigare forskning och systemteoretiskt perspektiv. Resultatet visar att samverkan idag är till stor del begränsad av sekretess och att man arbetar för olika mål. Gällande informationsutbyte ses bra relationer och tillit som en framgångsfaktor och en brist på kunskap om varandras yrken som ett hinder. Utifrån den systeminriktade teorin framgår det att samverkan påverkas av alla tre systemen, mikro, meso, makro. / A study revealed a knowledge gap regarding collaboration between social workers in child and family services and police officers. The aim was to investigate the obstacles and success factors in collaboration and information exchange that social workers and police officers experience in cases involving parental substance abuse. The method used was a qualitative interview study involving four social workers and four police officers who were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The results were analyzed using thematic analysis and linked to previous research and a systems theory perspective. Findings indicate that collaboration is largely constrained by confidentiality issues and differing objectives. Good relationships and trust are seen as a success factor for information exchange, while a lack of knowledge about each other's professions is identified as a barrier. From a systems perspective, collaboration is influenced by all three systems: micro, meso, and macro.

The purpose of the study was through qualitative interviews get a greater understanding of potential difficulties that unit managers perceive in the working situation within the unit children and family, examine the unit managers work with their staff, and what conditions the unit managers feel are necessary for a sustainable working environment for social workers, within the unit children and family. We chose to use a semi structured interview manual during our interviews. The result showed that the work situation within the unit children and family was highly loaded and complex, a major difficulty to recruit staff and for low wages for work performed. The result showed that the unit managers who felt that they had a well-functioning working situation had less staff groups, tutoring each week and were close to its staff. The result also showed that the unit managers advocated the importance of leadership to create and maintain a sustainable work situation for their staff.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how social workers experience and understand threats and violence aimed towards them in their profession as well as what factors increase and decrease their motivation to report threats and violence from clients in order to conspire to a better work environment for social workers.   Method: The empirical material of this study was collected through semi-structured interviews  with six social workers within child protective service in Sweden.   Theory: The theories used to analyze the empirical material has been Berger and Luckmanns theory about social construction and Lundgrens theory about the normalization process.   Results: The results showed that all six social workers had experienced threats or violence from clients at some point. Our results also indicate that social workers normalize threats and violence from their clients. The normalization may be a result of the mentality that threats and violence is a part of the job which is present among social workers. Another finding was that the social workers propensity to report threats or violence depended on the relationship to the client. If they had a long and good relationship the propensity to report decreased.

Title:” Now I took his child, what will he do with mine?” A qualitative study on threat and violence aimed at social workers within child protective service. Authors:  Emma Andersson and Torbjörn Sjölin. Supervisor:  Peter Hultgren. Assessor: Barzoo Eliassi. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how social workers within child protective service understand and experience threat and violence aimed at them in their profession and how these understandings and experiences affects their well-being. The study will provide an understanding of the subject at hand and can also lead way for new research areas of how to improve the well-being of social workers within this field.   Method: A qualitative approach based on semistructured interviews has been used as method in this study. To collect empirical material seven currently working social workers from three different municipalities in the same region were interviewed. Theory: The theoretical points of this thesis has been Berger and Luckmanns theories about social construction, theory of social cognition and a model produced in the writing of how interaction between experience and understanding affects the well-being. The different theories and approaches has been a valuable tool to analyze the empirical material gathered in the study. Results: The result of this study is divided in different themes based on the purpose of the study. Our results indicate that social worker within child protective service consider threat and violence as occurring within their profession and that this perception has a negative impact on their well-being. Even though social workers consider threat and violence as not acceptable at work and perceive threat as a part of their job they continue to fulfill their obligations at work. The main explanation, found in this study, is that they consider the well-being of children as higher valued than their own.

The aim of this study was to investigate how the best interest of the child was considered and reasoned with in cases where one parent has been using violence against the other parent and child has been exposed to this. The focus of our study was to see how the different units in social services cooperate for the best interest of the child and also how they reason their own assessment in these cases. The empirical data of this study consists of 8 qualitative interviews with social workers in family law or child protection services. We have chosen to base our study with three scientific theories, which are: collaboration theory, interorganizational organization theory and the theory of professions. The outcome of this study has been coded and themed in diverse steps to pinpoint the fundamental categories. These categories are: factors of importance in collaboration and factors that affect what is considered to be the best interest of the child. Based on our results and the empirical data studied, we have drawn a conclusion that there are many different and complex factors that can influence the decision making of a child's contact with an abusive parent. The interpretation and collaboration can be influenced by different factors such as the goals and purpose of the unit. It can be stated through our study that there is a positive view of collaboration between family law and child protection services. However, it can also be stated that the collaboration does not occur to the same extent as one would have liked within the units and that this could be due to various factors. We have also noticed that there has not been a lot of research on our topic regarding the interaction between family law and child protection services, especially regarding cases of violence. There is a need for more research regarding an internal collaboration within the social services that can be implemented as there are shortcomings in practice that have emerged in our study. We believe that the social workers in the social services and the families in question would have benefited from a more comprehensive research on how to interact with each other for the best interests of the child.