Beteendemedicin är ett paraplybegrepp där den fysioterapeutiska tillämpningen i praktik kan se ut på många olika sätt. Hur fysioterapeuter tillämpar beteendemedicin i praktiken och hur det avspeglas i den individanpassade behandlingsplanen råder det oklarheter kring. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka fem fysioterapeuters upplevelser och erfarenheter av tillämpning av beteendemedicin inom sina respektive verksamheter i Uppsala län. Studien var av kvalitativ design. Enskilda semistrukturerade intervjuer avfem fysioterapeuter inom olika verksamheter utfördes. Databearbetning genomfördes i form av en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Deltagarna tillämpade flertalet olika tekniker inom beteendemedicin. De upplevde även att det finns utmaningar som att det är tidskrävande, att patienten inte förstår konceptet och att teorin är lättare än tillämpningen i praktik. Alla deltagare var överens om att det finns en nytta med beteendemedicinsk tillämpning, som att bli en bättre fysioterapeut, att det ger vinst i långa loppet samt att teorin fyller en viktig funktion för praktisk tillämpning. Det föreföll sig som att fysioterapeuterna tillämpar beteendemedicin på ett annat sätt än vad de lärt sig från den teoretiska utbildningen. Fyra huvudkategorier identifierades under databearbetningen; Olika tekniker inom beteendemedicin, Utmaningar med att arbeta beteendemedicinskt, Förståelse av nyttan med beteendemedicin, Blivit en “tyst” kunskap. Deltagarna upplevde att beteendemedicin fyller en viktig funktion i den individualiserade behandlingsplanen för patienten, men upplevde även många utmaningar. Trots utmaningarna så var deltagarna överens om att beteendemedicin är ett vinnande behandlingskoncept inom fysioterapi. Detta examensarbete kan bidra till utvecklingsmöjligheter för grundutbildningen i fysioterapi. / Behavioral medicine is an umbrella concept where the physiotherapeutic application in practice can differ in many ways. There are uncertainties about how physiotherapists apply it in practice and how this is reflected in the individualized treatment plan. The aim of this study was to investigate five physiotherapists' experiences of applying behavioral medicine in clinical practice within each of their workplaces in Uppsala. This study is of a qualitative design. Individual semi-structured interviews offive physiotherapists were performed. Data processing was carried out in the form of a qualitative content analysis. The participants applied several different behavioral medicine techniques. They also experienced challenges; it is time consuming, the patient does not understand the concept and the theory is easier than the application in practice. All participants agreed that there are benefits to behavioral medicine application; becoming a better physiotherapist, it provides benefits in the long run and the theory fulfills an important function for practical application. It seemed that the physiotherapists apply behavioral medicine in a different way than what they have learned. Four main categories were identified; Different techniques in behavioral medicine, Challenges when working with behavioral medicine, Understanding the benefits of behavioral medicine, Has become a “silent” knowledge. The participants experienced that behavioral medicine fulfills an important function in individualized treatment plans for patients, but they also experienced many challenges. Despite the challenges, the participants agreed that behavioral medicine is a winning concept in physiotherapy. This degree project can contribute to development opportunities for the undergraduate education in physiotherapy.

The aim is to study the trends of cigarette smoking from 2001 to 2012 using a California representative sample in the US. Data was taken from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) from 2001 to 2012, which is a population-based, biennial, random digit-dial telephone survey of the non-institutionalized population. The CHIS is the largest telephone survey in California and the largest state health survey in the US. 282,931 adults (n = 184,454 with age 18–60 and n = 98,477 with age >60) were included in the analysis. Data were weighted to be representative and adjusted for potential covariance and non-response biases. During 2001–2012, the prevalence of current smoking decreased from 18.86 to 15.4 % among adults age 18–60 (β = −0.8, p = 0.0041). As for adults age >60, the prevalence of current smoking trend decreased with variations, started from 9.66 % in 2001, slightly increased to 9.74 % in 2003, but then gradually decreased, falling to 8.18 % in 2012. In 2012, there was a 14 % reduction of daily smoking adults age 18–60 (OR 0.84, 95 % CI 0.76–0.93, p = 0.0006) compared to 2001, while no significant reduction of daily smoking was observed for those age >60. The reductions of smoking prevalence for adults younger than 60 are encouraging. However, there is a concern for smoking cessation rates among those older than 60 years of age, particularly for African Americans.

Conducting proper and thorough investigations is one of the most important and most difficult responsibilities for today's health care manager in terms of avoiding or successfully defending lawsuits. This article provides guidance for managers on how to use proper interview and investigative techniques while avoiding a violation of employees' rights to privacy. Suggestions are provided on how to protect confidential information obtained by the investigation. Interview questions that may be asked during the investigation are provided. By asking appropriate questions and documenting all aspects of the investigative process, employers can provide useful information to their legal counsel and be on the winning side if the situation results in litigation.

Religious studies should give students the opportunity to reflect over life questions. Religious studies give students the opportunity to reflect over their identity and ethical approach. Reflecting over life and questions about life in the classroom have become a central part of religion education. This interview study investigates how six legitimized high school teachers teach about death. The teachers explain what teaching methods they use and what difficulties and problems they encounter while teaching students about death. Previous studies have demonstrated that kids prefer discussing the philosophy of life. The purpose of this of the study is to search how teachers in high school educate their students on death, what kind of relationship the students have to death and what kind of difficulties they encounter with in practice. The study Is based on a qualitative approach that has a semi-structured interview method. In the results the teachers responses are presented within four themes which are analyzed with a pragmatism theory and previous research. The end results proved that the teachers had various and different thoughts on educating about death and life and that they all used different ways of working.

Bakgrund: Användningen av digitala videobesök har ökat inom fysioterapin under de senaste åren, särskilt i samband med covid-pandemin. Den nuvarande kunskapen om fysioterapeuters upplevelser och erfarenheter av användandet av digitala videobesök är begränsad.  Syfte: Att undersöka fysioterapeuters upplevelser och erfarenheter av att möta patienter via digitala videobesök. Metod: Studien har en kvalitativ design. Data insamlades genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med fem fysioterapeuter inom primärvården. Datan bearbetades genom kvalitativ innehållsanalys.  Resultat: Insamlad data resulterade i följande huvudkategorier: Begränsningar för användandet av digitala videobesök, fördelar med digitala videobesök samt utveckling av digitala videobesök. Konklusion: Sammanfattningsvis ansåg fysioterapeuterna generellt att digitala videobesök är ett bra verktyg att tillgå. Framförallt genom att det ökar tillgängligheten till fysioterapeuten och att det möjliggör ett mer flexibelt arbete. De beskrev även begränsningar i arbetet med videobesök. Bland annat organisatoriska hinder och frånvaron av fysisk kontakt med patienten. Dessutom framfördes olika tankar om utveckling av videobesök. Exempelvis tekniska förbättringsmöjligheter och möjlighet till mer utbildning på området. / Background: The use of digital video meetings in physiotherapy has increased in recent years, particularly  in conjunction with the covid-pandemic. The current evidence for physiotherapists' experiences and perceptions of using digital video meetings is limited.  Purpose: To investigate physiotherapists experiences and perceptions of meeting patients through digital video meetings.  Method: The study has a qualitative design. Data were collected through semi structured interviews of five physiotherapists in primary care. The data was processed using qualitative content analysis.  Results: Collected data resulted in the following main categories: restrictions in the use of digital video meetings, benefits of digital video meetings and development of digital video meetings.  Conclusion: In summary, physiotherapists generally considered digital video meetings to be a good tool available. Mainly by increasing the accessibility to the physiotherapist and by contributing to  a more flexible job. They also described limitations in their work with video meetings. For instance, organizational obstacles and the absence of physical contact with the patient. Furthermore, different ways of developing the video meetings were presented. For example, technical opportunities for improvement and opportunities for more education in the field.

dissertation thesis: Construction of motherhood and feminity in the three generations Author: Mgr. Romana Marková Volejníčková This dissertation aims to analyze the norms of "good" motherhood, discourses, and social practices related to these norms, and their connection and interrelationship with the issue of agency and women's/mothers' free choice under specific conditions over the course of three defined periods. In particular, in this study, I focused on the prevalent conditions (be it legislation, i.e. family and social policies, expert discourses in the field of psychology, demography, pediatrics, etc., but also societal expectations of women within family and employment) during the three defined periods. I analyzed how individual standards of "good" motherhood and "proper" child care are defined and conceived under these circumstances, in which the interviewed mothers carried out their motherhood projects. Furthermore, I focused on what choices mothers could make in these normative conditions, what choices they considered available to them and realistic in each one period, and whether some of the mothers' personal traits may have bolstered or diminished their ability to make informed choices concerning their motherhood project. In the three periods examined, the manifestations of biopower...

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Each year, hundreds of thousands of children fall victim to child abuse in the United States, most often perpetrated by a parent or legal guardian (Children’s Bureau – An Office of the Administration for Children and Families, 2015). The current project used secondary data from a Children’s Advocacy Center to explore abuse disclosure rates in forensic interviews. The three main objectives of this project were as follows: 1) to determine whether children with certain demographic characteristics (i.e., race, gender, and age) were more likely to disclose abuse, 2) to determine whether interviewers with certain demographic characteristics (i.e., race and age) were more likely to elicit a disclosure from a child, and 3) to determine whether children were more likely to disclose abuse when they were matched with an interviewer of the same race, or a similar age. This research found that females, older children, victims of physical abuse and those who witnessed a violent crime, and children referred from the police department were the most likely to disclose abuse. Additionally, when the child and the interviewer were similar in age, the child was more likely to disclose abuse.

Stockholm is a vibrant and attractive city. Surveys show that the residents in Stockholm are happy with their lives. It has also been proved that Stockholm is a highly socio-economic segregated city.Suburbs that are well known as segregated precarious residential areas in Stockholm, are Botkyrka, Tensta, Husby, Skärholmen, Rinkeby, and others. These suburbs were built during the 1960s-1970s as a part of Sweden’s Million Programme housing. Most of the residents are immigrants, and these areas are stigmatized as dangerous locations, it has been proved that non-European migrants face higher segregation than the European ones. These peripheries have mutual characteristics: they suffer from segregation, bad reputation, stigmatization, criminality, mistrust, and a high unemployment rate.Unfortunately when immigrant women; who used to live under patriarchal-male dominant oppressing societies, moved to democratic multicultural societies, found themselves in a stage of transition.