Kultur och hälsa : En fenomenologisk studie av den kulturella bakgrundens roll i individens hälsouppfattning
(2005)Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The aim of the study has been to see if there are cultural differences in the perception of health and, if so, analyze if this is something needed to be taken in consideration in Swedish healthcare, schools and so forth.
The participants were children aged between nine and nineteen. The study was performed at Islamic center's Islamic free school in Rosengård, Malmö. We have used a phenomenological approach that encourages the participants to talk freely and in their own words about a given subject, in our case, health. To analyze the transcribed interviews we have used software, Minerva, an application of Meaning Constitution Analysis (MCA) developed by Roger Sages, lector at The University of Lund.
The results show that all the... (More) - The aim of the study has been to see if there are cultural differences in the perception of health and, if so, analyze if this is something needed to be taken in consideration in Swedish healthcare, schools and so forth.
The participants were children aged between nine and nineteen. The study was performed at Islamic center's Islamic free school in Rosengård, Malmö. We have used a phenomenological approach that encourages the participants to talk freely and in their own words about a given subject, in our case, health. To analyze the transcribed interviews we have used software, Minerva, an application of Meaning Constitution Analysis (MCA) developed by Roger Sages, lector at The University of Lund.
The results show that all the participants, regardless of culture, feel that eating right and exercising are crucial for their health. Additional to this we have found that the participants have a very strong solidarity whit their family and their origin country. Apart from this we have found no overall perception of health. (Less)
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- author
- Billgren, Carolin and Ressaissi, Zackaria
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- culture, health, hälsa - attityder till, kulturskillnader, Psychology, Psykologi
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1332149
- date added to LUP
- 2005-06-03 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2005-06-03 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The aim of the study has been to see if there are cultural differences in the perception of health and, if so, analyze if this is something needed to be taken in consideration in Swedish healthcare, schools and so forth.
The participants were children aged between nine and nineteen. The study was performed at Islamic center's Islamic free school in Rosengård, Malmö. We have used a phenomenological approach that encourages the participants to talk freely and in their own words about a given subject, in our case, health. To analyze the transcribed interviews we have used software, Minerva, an application of Meaning Constitution Analysis (MCA) developed by Roger Sages, lector at The University of Lund.
The results show that all the participants, regardless of culture, feel that eating right and exercising are crucial for their health. Additional to this we have found that the participants have a very strong solidarity whit their family and their origin country. Apart from this we have found no overall perception of health.}},
author = {{Billgren, Carolin and Ressaissi, Zackaria}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Kultur och hälsa : En fenomenologisk studie av den kulturella bakgrundens roll i individens hälsouppfattning}},
year = {{2005}},
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