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FGAE:s arbete för att uppnå målen för familjeplanering i Addis Abeba, Etiopien : En kvalitativ studie om organisationens arbete och kvinnornas syn på preventivmedel och familjeplanering
No full textThe Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE) is an active non-governmental organization in Ethiopia. The Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, hereafter referred to as FGAE, works to promote family planning and to create a safe environment for openness around family planning, contraceptives, and accessibility. However, there are still some challenges that remain. Reproductive health in Ethiopia is influenced by a range of factors such as healthcare, education, and cultural and traditional values. To improve the situation, a holistic approach is needed—one that includes education, healthcare, and a change in social norms. Working for family planning in Africa, but also in Ethiopia, is very important, because one can see women's desire for independence, education, work, economic security and well-being. The study shows that family planning is about more than providing contraception - it is about creating awareness and knowledge about family planning among both women and men. By educating and informing, FGAE works to strengthen women's right to make decisions about their reproductive health. The study was conducted using qualitative interview methods; two groups were interviewed. One group consisted of women who are involved with FGAE, and the other group consisted of employees working within FGAE. Most of the women interviewed married young and had low education and limited knowledge about family planning and contraception. FGAE works to raise awareness about these topics, despite challenges such as low education among the population and lack of resources. Many women often receive information about family planning and contraception through conversations with those around them. Even though the subject is sensitive and taboo in the country, FGAE has been successful in spreading knowledge, although there are still challenges in reaching the entire country. All of the women interviewed were positive about family planning and contraception.
Like Peeking Through the Door : An Essay on Librarians, Reading Memories, and Reading lives
No full textDen här vetenskapliga essän handlar om bibliotekarier och skönlitteratur. Den utgår från en workshopövning kallad "Den biblioterapeutiska livslinjen". I essän berättar fyra bibliotekarier om sina biblioterapeutiska livslinjer som handlar om deras erfarenheter av läsning, skönlitteratur och yrkespraktik. Presentationen av bibliotekariernas berättelser fokuserar på hur deras läsminnen och relation till litteratur påverkar deras yrkesroll och arbete med litteraturförmedling. Bibliotekariernas berättelser relateras till den skönlitterära romanen En vänskap av Silvia Avallone, som handlar om läsning och skönlitteratur. Presentationen är inspirerad av narrativ teori, där berättelser ses som bärare av både individuella upplevelser och gemensamma kulturella föreställningar. Essän syftar till att undersöka normer och värden kring bibliotekariepraktiken och skönlitteraturläsning. Föreställningar kring bibliotekarien ochmyten om den goda litteraturen undersöks. Analysen befinner sig i ett fält av röster från olika forskningsområden: den praktiska kunskapens teori, biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap och litteraturvetenskap. Texter från framförallt Simone de Beauvoir, Aristoteles, Jenny Lindberg och Sven Anders Johansson ger perspektiv på bibliotekariepraktiken, bibliotekariers yrkeskunskap och skönlitteraturens betydelse och värde.This scholarly essay focuses on librarians and fiction. It is based on a workshop exercise called "The Bibliotherapeutic Lifeline." In the essay, four librarians share their bibliotherapeutic lifelines, which explore their experiences with reading, fiction, and professional practice. The presentation of their stories focuses how their reading memories and relationship with literature influence their professional roles and their work with literary mediation. The librarians’ stories are connected to the novel A Friendship by Silvia Avallone, which deals with reading and fiction. The presentation is inspired by narrative theory, where stories are viewed as carriers of both individual experiences and shared cultural notions. The essay aims to examine the norms and values surrounding librarian practice and fiction reading. It explores ideas about the librarian and the myth of "good literature." The analysis is situated within a field of voices from various research areas: the theory of practical knowledge, library and information science, and literary studies. Writings by Simone de Beauvoir, Aristotle, Jenny Lindberg, and Sven Anders Johansson provide perspectives on librarian practice, professional knowledge, and the meaning and value of fiction
”Kan man kanske vara med på mötet utan att ha läst kallelsen?” : Att lista ut vad en lista kan göra
No full textArtikeln analyserar en lista i form av en möteskallelse och dagordning, i syfte att undersöka dess potential som medierande redskap i en för den akademiska världens vardagliga aktivitet handledarkollegium. Detta görs i jämförelse med Ledin (2014) där listan undersöks i termer av seminotisk resurs. Analysen visar att även den relativt generiska listan har sina särdrag som kräver kunskap och erfarenhet av den specifika verksamheten, dvs. erfarenhet av eget deltagande. Därmed har listan vissa drag av medierande redskap för att delta i just denna verksamhet.
Decisionmakers’ experiences of clinical IT-support for agility and resilience during and after Covid-19 : A case study on experiences and the role of clinical IT-supported decision-making within IT-reliant work processes at a university hospital
No full textEn av de viktigaste förmågorna för sjukvårdsverksamheter är att anpassa sig efter förändringar och vara flexibel för att motstå plötsliga händelser. I takt med den snabba smittspridningen av Covid-19 ställdes sjukvården inför svåra utmaningar, med den centrala uppgiften att rädda liv. Behovet av att kunna fatta snabba informerade beslut under osäkra miljöer har därmed blivit centralt för sjukvårdens framgång. I samband med detta stödjer kliniskt IT-stött beslutsfattande både verksamhetens roller och funktioner för att enklare anpassa sig till förändringar. Kliniskt IT-stött beslutsfattande stödjer olika organisatoriska nivåer av beslutsfattanden genom att förbättra informationsflöden och skapa välgrundade beslut. För att fånga djupare insikt och mening i detta fenomen avser denna studie att undersöka huruvida olika roller på funktionen Perioperativ medicin och intensivvård (PMI) upplever rollen och nyttjandet av kliniskt IT-stött beslutsfattande under och efter Covid-19 för att hantera krisens olika faser. Denna studie tillämpar en interpretativ kvalitativ metod i form av djupintervjuer för att förstå upplevelserna hos deltagare i olika roller, från chefer till specialister eftersom det ger en bredare och mer nyanserad bild. För att säkerställa en hög kvalitet på intervjuerna har ett deduktivt konceptuellt ramverk utformats som styr formuleringen av frågor. Utifrån datainsamlingen identifierar studien varierade insikter kring upplevelser gällande rollen som kliniskt IT-stött beslutsfattande har för agilitet och motståndskraft, där den upplevs förenkla olika arbetsprocesser och beslutsfattandet men också att den tenderar att sakta ned arbetsprocesserna för forskning. Samtidigt upplever respondenterna att lärdomar och kunskaper spelar en betydande roll för verksamhetens agilitet att anpassa bland annat arbetsprocesser, men vissa kunskaper upplevs vara situationsbundna. To ensure an organization's ability to survive external changes in the environment, it is imperative for organizations to achieve digital resilience through agility. Consequently with the spread of Covid-19, healthcare as an organization have been required to make constant decisions to maintain a resilience against the evolving change. To delve deeper into the following topic this study focuses on perioperative medicine and intensive care unit (PMICU) at a university hospital during and after Covid-19 to understand the decision makers experiences of agility and digital resilience with Clinical IT-Supported Decision-Making Process for their decision processes. This research applies an interpretative qualitative methodology to understand individuals experiences with deep-interviews. To ensure quality with the interviews a conceptual deductive framework was developed based on theories of knowledge management, interpunctuated socio-technical change, and process-oriented dynamic capabilities. The empirical data gathered through means of recordings are used to inductively analyze various deeper reasons and meanings for the lived experiences. To ensure nuanced perspectives this study interviews various clinical practitioners ranging from specialists to managers with various roles and responsibilities. The results show varied experiences regarding the role of clinical IT-supported decision making for agility and digital resilience due to mixed receptions with interoperability and expertise. These experiences illustrate a mix of both positive and negative distinctions with the role and interoperability, and its relevance for healthcares ability to attain a digital resilience through agile decision making. Alongside mixed receptions with Clinical IT-Supported Decision-Making Process, learning and knowledge have been perceived by the interviewees as crucial for agility, but certain knowledge are interpreted as situation dependent among some interviewees
Utdelningstillväxt och ekonomisk styrka: Myt eller verklighet? : En kvantitativ analys av utdelningsbolag på OMX Stockholm PI
No full textSubject: Business Administration with specialization in finance - Bachelor thesis Purpose: The purpose of the study is to analyze the relationship between dividend growth and profit growth in dividend-based companies on the OMX Stockholm PI, as well as to analyze whether dividend growth correlates with other selected financial key figures. Theory: The study is based on two main theoretical frameworks concerning the relevance or irrelevance of dividends. Within the theory of dividend relevance, three underlying sub-theories are included, while the theory of irrelevance challenges these assumptions. The analysis also relates to five selected financial key ratios. Method: The study adopts an abductive approach, in which established theories and previous research are examined, while new data is generated and analyzed with the aim of investigating whether dividend growth exhibits a relationship with other financial key ratios.The analysis is conducted using four statistical models: two correlation analyses and two regression analyses. Empirics: The study analyzes a total of 100 dividend-based companies listed on the OMX Stockholm PI in 2025, over a period from 2020 to 2024. In total, 100 observations are included, with each company linked to five financial key ratios. The sample is analyzed both as a whole and sector-specific, to identify potential relationships between dividend growth and the other key ratios.Conclusion: The study demonstrates that dividend growth is a multifaceted phenomenon that cannot be explained by individual financial indicators alone. The results suggest that the relationship with earnings growth is statistically significant, but weak, and that sectoral variations play an important role. A composite model incorporating multiple variables provides a more accurate representation, highlighting the need for methodological breadth and a holistic perspective when analyzing dividend polic
Trovärdigt eller inte? Glöm inte att vara källkritisk! : En studie om yngre och äldre generationers informationsinhämtning i sociala medier
No full textStudien genomfördes med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer och syftade till att förstå hur unga vuxna (18–24) och äldre (50–60) tar del av de nyheter som de kommer i kontakt med via sociala medier. Uppsatsen strävade efter att skapa en djupare förståelse om hur olika generationer hanterar informationsinhämtning i form av nyheter samt skapa en förståelse för likheter och skillnader mellan generationerna. I studien baserades det empiriska materialet på semistrukturerade intervjuer med tre unga vuxna och tre äldre som berättade om deras erfarenheter kring hur de förstår och tar del av nyheter i sociala medier. Materialet som samlades in analyserades med hjälp av begrepp och teorier såsom mediepraktiker, medie- och informationskunskap och källkritik. Resultatet från studien visar att det finns likheter och skillnader mellan hur generationerna praktiserar nyheter i sociala medier. Det finns ett högt förtroende för traditionella nyheter och ett varierat förtroende för nyheter i sociala medier. Respondenterna tillvägagångssätt för att läsa nyheter var något som skiljde sig mellan mediegenerationerna. Vidare fanns det en överensstämmelse mellan grupperna om nyhetsintaget kan bli överväldigande med all den information som finns i samhället, vilket kunde leda till en känsla av att det blev för mycket. Sammantaget belyser studien att individer i dagens samhälle behöver hantera ett komplext medielandskap med mycket information
Beneath the Military Horizon : Measuring Stone Age Hunter Weapon Point Technology at the Ecological Scale
No full textStone Age hunter-gatherer weapon studies should hold a more central position within war studies since the vast majority of human weapons ever in existence were once used by these types of societies. Among these weapons, the projectile, or the weapon point, is arguably the most numerous and well-studied in both archaeological and ethnographical contexts. However, from a warfare and conflict perspective, the study of weapon points in Stone Age and hunter-gatherer societies is beset by two substantial and intertwined issues: (i) the problem of categorizing and defining violent activities and (ii) the problem of identifying functions for weapon points. The thesis of this paper is that by turning to the ecological scale, i.e. the epistemology and ontology of Ecological Psychology and Dynamic Systems Theory (EP DST), these issues can be approached constructively. The ecological scale offers a consistent relational framework to quantitatively address weapon point property variation, covariation, historical and practical specificity, as well as experimental principles to quantitatively study emergent patterns in human-weapon point-environment relations. Archaeological studies and experiments with EP DST principles could potentially reveal how organisms, environment and emergent patterns affect the properties of a weapon point in traditional hunter-gatherer societies, given the typically intimate relationship between craft, body and usage. How this could be accomplished is exemplified with the Northern Eurasian inset point, an object that has been found in association with human bodies in Mesolithic Scandinavia. Hence, through EP DST perspectives and approaches, weapons points can be re-socialised in order to reveal their more specific or contextual conflict related dimensions
Geopolitikens irrvägar : Kjelléns eftermäle i världen
No full textThe stray ways of geopolitics. Rudolf Kjellén’s posthumous world-wide reputation.The text is an overview and analysis of how Kjellén’s concept of geopolitics has beeninterpreted and valued. After his death in 1922, Kjellén’s repute grew in Germanythrough the translations of his The State as a form of life and the last version ofThe Great Powers with Karl Haushofer’s revisions using Kjellén’s name. With theNazi take-over Kjellén’s legacy waned but was kept alive by geographers in Estonia,Denmark and Switzerland.After World War II, two scholars, Grabowsky and Kristof, both in 1960, publishedreviews of Kjellén’s work, explaining his world view and freeing him from allegationsof being a proto-Nazi. In Scandinavia and Finland his ideas were only occasionallymentioned.With the resurgence of geopolitics, Kjellén has been cited and evaluated indiverse ways. In Russia, Central Europe and Latin America Kjellén has for better orfor worse been mentioned as giving the state a wider role beyond its constitution,including that of performing geopolitics. In the English-speaking world Kjellén has,with some remarkable exceptions, only been given a short reference as the creatorof the concept of geopolitics, often misinterpreted as something fundamentallyaggressive, territorial states fighting for power
Journalistic practice in times of crisis : A scoping review of role shifts and challenges tied to news production under extraordinary conditions
No full textThis scoping review examines research on journalistic practices in the Nordic countries during societal crises, focusing on how such events disrupt newsroom routines and shape journalistic roles. Mapping the extent and focus of research on crises like the global Covid-19 pandemic, the 2011 Utøya terror attack in Norway, and the Jokela school shooting in Finland, the review identifies key challenges faced by journalists. These include balancing service and watchdog roles, navigating ethical dilemmas, and managing the growing influence of social media. The 32 studies (2007–2024) reveal a modest but growing research focus on journalistic practice during crises in the Nordic region. Findings show that, particularly in the acute phase, journalists prioritise information dissemination over critical scrutiny, often aligning with government messaging. While crises drive technological innovation and accelerate digital adaptation, they also raise ethical challenges, such as how to approach those affected and verify user-generated content. Furthermore, the findings show that the Nordic media systems demonstrated resilience and adaptability during crises