The purpose of the study was to investigate the problem of defaulting of tuberculosis (TB) treatment in the Khomas region of Namibia. A quantitative, descriptive research approach was used to investigate the reasons for defaulting of TB treatment under the DOTS strategy in Khomas Region of Namibia. Data was collected by using a structured interview schedule with 54 participants who were on DOTS strategy and defaulted. Data were analysed by using the Epi info computer program. The major findings from the data obtained, revealed that the respondents did not have an in-depth knowledge of TB and the health education was not successful. This contributed to the defaulting of their treatment. Based on the study findings nurses should improve health education to TB patients on DOTS and also educate members of the community to address the stigmatisation of TB. Recommendations for further improvement in the compliance of TB treatment were made. / Public Health / M.A. (Public Health)

The purpose of the study was to investigate the problem of defaulting of tuberculosis (TB) treatment in the Khomas region of Namibia. A quantitative, descriptive research approach was used to investigate the reasons for defaulting of TB treatment under the DOTS strategy in Khomas Region of Namibia. Data was collected by using a structured interview schedule with 54 participants who were on DOTS strategy and defaulted. Data were analysed by using the Epi info computer program. The major findings from the data obtained, revealed that the respondents did not have an in-depth knowledge of TB and the health education was not successful. This contributed to the defaulting of their treatment. Based on the study findings nurses should improve health education to TB patients on DOTS and also educate members of the community to address the stigmatisation of TB. Recommendations for further improvement in the compliance of TB treatment were made. / Public Health / M.A. (Public Health)

<p><strong>Aim of the Thesis:</strong> To investigate the practice of using a CRM strategy in football clubs by comparing earlier successful and unsuccessful CRM implementations by football clubs and study fan relationship theories in a large Swedish football club, thereby presenting guidelines on how to further develop a CRM strategy in a Swedish football club.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>A quantitative approach and a qualitative approach have been used, first collecting empirical data on supporter views through a questionnaire further strengthened by gathering empirical data through an interview. The quantitative data has been presented with descriptive statistics and the qualitative data has been analyzed using a realist approach.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Theoretical Perspectives:</strong> A literature review has been conducted and resulted in a theoretical framework illustrating the concepts of benefits and risks with CRM, fan relationship marketing, CRM implementation process, CRM systems in football clubs, and supporter loyalty. A research model, “FRM implementation process” has been developed from the theoretical findings. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Empirical Data: </strong>The quantitative empirical data has been collected by distributing a questionnaire to supporters of AIK Fotboll. The qualitative empirical data has been collected through interviews with the head of sales and marketing within AIK Fotboll AB.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong>:<strong> </strong>A CRM strategy can benefit Swedish football clubs in areas such as to better capture customer data, better communication between the club and its supporters and provide customized offers as long as the supporters are informed about the changes in strategy. In order for Swedish football clubs to successfully implement a CRM strategy they need to ensure adequate financing and management commitment since an unsuccessful implementation can be devastating to a Swedish football club’s finances.</p>

<p>The interest for professional football has increased during the last decades; more people attend football games and buying club merchandise. This has lead to increased turnover for the football clubs. This new development has forced the football clubs to transform in order to take advantage of the opportunities an increased turnover creates. The way Swedish football clubs have changed; is to start joint stock companies besides the non-profit football club. The supporter clubs today have a close relationship with the football clubs they are connected to. The purpose with this thesis is to investigate how the organizational change in the football club affects the close relationship between the supporters and the football club. The problem has been investigated with help of an open questionnaire, which has been sent out to supporter clubs connected to football clubs in the highest division in Sweden.</p><p>The result of this thesis shows that the organizational change that has taken place in the Swedish football clubs, has not affected the relationship between the supporters and football clubs in a negative way. However, some of the supporters feel that the development has lead to a situation where the supporters have less opportunity to participate in the decision-making process.  </p><p>To conclude, the supporter clubs felt that a change in organizational form had or would mean that they did not have the same opportunity to be involved in the decision-making process.</p>

This thesis assessed responses toward rape against women as experienced by the victims and victim supporters in the context of the interaction between victims, supporters, and formal agencies in Tanzania. The overall research design was based on triangulation with a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. A semi-qualitative study, in which free listings and semi-structured questionnaires were used, explored social reactions from 44 community nurses and 50 rape victims (Paper I). A tool developed from this first study was utilized for collecting data on people’s attitudes and their behavior toward rape and rape victims from a representative community sample of 1505 men and women aged 18-65 years (Paper II). Both studies helped to access suitable rape victims and supporters who participated in the third study to share experiences on the process of rape disclosure to formal and informal social networks (Papers III and IV). The results highlighted the salient social reactions and how rape victims perceived the impact of these reactions. Half of the participants interpreted rape situations based on social relationships, circumstances, and social status of the woman, rather than the legal definition. Two-thirds of the adults explained they would express negative social reactions toward a victim in some rape scenarios, and this correlated with their attitudes towards rape and rape victims. A variety of barriers in the informal and formal networks with potentially negative impacts on rape reporting, service utilization and, health outcomes were identified. In conclusion, successful interventions aimed at improving people’s response to rape, rape disclosure and, health outcomes in Tanzania should assume a holistic approach to address the negative factors identified at the individual, family and, community levels without forgetting the normative context that appears to underlie most decisions and practice.

Aim of the Thesis: To investigate the practice of using a CRM strategy in football clubs by comparing earlier successful and unsuccessful CRM implementations by football clubs and study fan relationship theories in a large Swedish football club, thereby presenting guidelines on how to further develop a CRM strategy in a Swedish football club.   Methodology: A quantitative approach and a qualitative approach have been used, first collecting empirical data on supporter views through a questionnaire further strengthened by gathering empirical data through an interview. The quantitative data has been presented with descriptive statistics and the qualitative data has been analyzed using a realist approach.   Theoretical Perspectives: A literature review has been conducted and resulted in a theoretical framework illustrating the concepts of benefits and risks with CRM, fan relationship marketing, CRM implementation process, CRM systems in football clubs, and supporter loyalty. A research model, “FRM implementation process” has been developed from the theoretical findings.    Empirical Data: The quantitative empirical data has been collected by distributing a questionnaire to supporters of AIK Fotboll. The qualitative empirical data has been collected through interviews with the head of sales and marketing within AIK Fotboll AB.   Conclusion: A CRM strategy can benefit Swedish football clubs in areas such as to better capture customer data, better communication between the club and its supporters and provide customized offers as long as the supporters are informed about the changes in strategy. In order for Swedish football clubs to successfully implement a CRM strategy they need to ensure adequate financing and management commitment since an unsuccessful implementation can be devastating to a Swedish football club’s finances.

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This qualitative study is about the differences and similarities between the organization Friends and schools’ methods to prevent bullying. Aggression, bullying and discomfort in schools result in that many students do not dare to go to school because of their fear that they might get attacked and become systematically bullied. Bullying is a universal and persistent problem. In this study the reader will receive a better understanding and get an insight into the problems that teachers and students experience and struggle with every day in dealing with bullying in schools. Bullying has been a major problem among children for a long time. It was about 40 years ago the word bullying was first employed. Despite all the measures and  methods to address bullying, the problem of bullying still remains. This study focuses on the problem of bullying in multicultural schools. The research is based on two multicultural schools in Botkyrka municipality. It examines how they work to prevent bullying and their collaboration with the organization Friends.

The interest for professional football has increased during the last decades; more people attend football games and buying club merchandise. This has lead to increased turnover for the football clubs. This new development has forced the football clubs to transform in order to take advantage of the opportunities an increased turnover creates. The way Swedish football clubs have changed; is to start joint stock companies besides the non-profit football club. The supporter clubs today have a close relationship with the football clubs they are connected to. The purpose with this thesis is to investigate how the organizational change in the football club affects the close relationship between the supporters and the football club. The problem has been investigated with help of an open questionnaire, which has been sent out to supporter clubs connected to football clubs in the highest division in Sweden. The result of this thesis shows that the organizational change that has taken place in the Swedish football clubs, has not affected the relationship between the supporters and football clubs in a negative way. However, some of the supporters feel that the development has lead to a situation where the supporters have less opportunity to participate in the decision-making process.   To conclude, the supporter clubs felt that a change in organizational form had or would mean that they did not have the same opportunity to be involved in the decision-making process.

En se basant sur le Modèle Dualiste de la Passion (Vallerand, 2010; Vallerand et al., 2003), la présente thèse avait pour objectif général d'examiner le rôle modérateur de la passion dans la relation entre l'adaptation psychologique et la performance (Article 1) et le rehaussement du soi (Article 2) dans le cadre de l'activité passionnante. Le Modèle Dualiste de la Passion définit la passion comme une forte inclination envers une activité que l'on aime, que l'on trouve importante, et dans laquelle on investit du temps et de l'énergie de façon considérable. De plus, le modèle postule que ces activités deviennent si importantes qu'elles représentent des aspects centraux de l'identité des individus. Le modèle postule l'existence de deux types de passion, les passions harmonieuse et obsessive. La passion harmonieuse réfère à un fort désir de s'engager dans l'activité librement. Avec la passion harmonieuse, la personne est en contrôle de son engagement dans l'activité. Dans un tel cas, l'activité occupe une place importante, mais non écrasante de l'identité de la personne. L'activité est ainsi intégrée en cohérence et en harmonie avec les autres éléments de l'identité de la personne. À l'inverse, la passion obsessive réfère également à un fort désir de s'engager dans l'activité. Cependant, contrairement à la passion harmonieuse, la passion obsessive occupe une place prépondérante de l'identité de la personne. L'activité est ainsi hors du contrôle de la personne et est ressentie comme une pression à s'engager dans l'activité. Les recherches, dans des sphères variées d'activités, ont montré que la passion harmonieuse mène à des conséquences plus adaptatives que la passion obsessive (voir Vallerand, 2010, pour une recension). Le premier chapitre de cette thèse présente les résultats des deux études du premier article. La première étude avait comme objectif principal d'examiner, à l'aide d'un devis corrélationnel, le rôle modérateur de la passion dans la relation entre la performance et la satisfaction de vie chez des peintres professionnels. Notre hypothèse était que plus les participants ont une passion obsessive, plus ils devraient connaître une augmentation de leur satisfaction de vie lors de périodes de forte créativité (succès). À l'opposé, plus les participants ont une passion obsessive, plus ils devraient connaître une diminution de leur satisfaction de vie lors de périodes de faible créativité (échec). En contrepartie, la passion harmonieuse serait liée positivement à la satisfaction de vie indépendamment des périodes de forte ou de faible créativité. Les résultats de l'Étude 1 ont révélé que plus les participants ont une passion obsessive, plus leur satisfaction de vie augmente suite à un succès. D'autre part, plus les participants ont une passion obsessive, plus leur satisfaction de vie diminue suite à un échec. En revanche, la passion harmonieuse est liée positivement à la satisfaction de vie indépendamment de la performance dans l'activité. La seconde étude du premier article avait pour but de reproduire les résultats de l'Étude 1 en utilisant une méthodologie différente, soit la méthode du journal de bord. Un deuxième but de l'Étude 2 était d'éliminer une explication alternative des résultats de l'Étude 1. Plus précisément, on pourrait s'attendre à ce que la passion obsessive soit plus fortement liée à l'importance accordée à l'activité et que cela pourrait être le processus sous-jacent responsable de l'effet observé. Nous avons prédit que cela ne devrait pas être le cas. Ainsi, nous avons émis l'hypothèse que le patron de résultats obtenus dans l'Étude 1 serait reproduit, tout en contrôlant statistiquement l'influence de l'importance de l'activité. Un troisième but de l'Étude 2 consistait à reproduire les résultats de l'Étude 1 avec une population différente, des amateurs de hockey au cours des séries éliminatoires 2009 de la LNH. Notre hypothèse était que plus les amateurs de hockey ont une passion obsessive envers leur équipe, plus ils devraient connaître une augmentation de leur satisfaction de vie suite à une victoire de leur équipe favorite. D'autre part, plus les amateurs de hockey ont une passion obsessive envers leur équipe, plus ils devraient connaître une diminution de leur satisfaction de vie suite à une défaite de leur équipe favorite. En contrepartie, la passion harmonieuse serait liée positivement à la satisfaction de vie indépendamment de la performance de l'équipe. Les résultats de l'Étude 2 ont montré que le même patron de résultats que l'Étude 1 est obtenu tout en contrôlant statistiquement l'influence de l'importance de l'activité. Le deuxième chapitre de cette thèse présente les résultats des deux études du deuxième article. La première étude avait comme objectif principal d'examiner, à l'aide d'un devis corrélationnel, le rôle modérateur de la passion dans la relation entre le rehaussement du soi dans le cadre de l'activité passionnante (c.-à-d., perception exagérément positivement de soi; Sedikides & Gregg, 2008) et la satisfaction de vie chez des étudiants. Notre hypothèse était que plus les participants ont une passion obsessive, plus ils devraient connaître une augmentation de la satisfaction de vie lorsque la perception de soi est exagérément positive. En contrepartie, la passion harmonieuse serait liée positivement à la satisfaction de vie indépendamment du rehaussement du soi. Les résultats de l'Étude 1 ont révélé que plus les gens ont une passion obsessive, plus leur satisfaction de vie augmente lorsque leur perception de soi est exagérément positive. En revanche, la passion harmonieuse est liée positivement à la satisfaction de vie indépendamment du rehaussement du soi. La seconde étude du deuxième article avait pour but de reproduire les résultats de l'Étude 1 en utilisant une méthodologie différente, soit un devis expérimental. À cette fin, l'Étude 2 comprenait des manipulations expérimentales à la fois de la passion et du rehaussement du soi. Notre hypothèse était que les participants dans la condition passion obsessive devraient avoir une plus haute satisfaction de vie dans la condition rehaussement du soi que dans la condition contrôle. En contrepartie, les participants dans la condition passion harmonieuse devraient avoir une plus haute satisfaction de vie globale. Les résultats de l'Étude 2 ont montré que le même patron de résultats que l'Étude 1 est obtenu en utilisant un devis expérimental. Le dernier chapitre de la présente thèse met l'accent sur la contribution scientifique des deux articles présentés. Il se compose de trois sections. La première section aborde les implications théoriques des études qui composent cette thèse ainsi que des recherches futures qui en découlent. La deuxième section traite des différentes limites reliées aux études présentées. Finalement, la troisième section présente une courte conclusion. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : passion, satisfaction de vie, performance, rehaussement de soi