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Journal articles on the topic "Skåne county"
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Melander, Eva, Hans-Bertil Hansson, Sigvard Mölstad, Kristina Persson, and Håkan Ringberg. "Limited Spread of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Pneumococci, Skåne County, Sweden." Emerging Infectious Diseases 10, no. 6 (June 2004): 1082–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1006.030488.
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Högberg, Anders. "The Voice of the Authorized Heritage Discourse: A Critical Analysis of Signs at Ancient Monuments in Skåne, Southern Sweden." Current Swedish Archaeology 20, no. 1 (June 10, 2021): 131–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.37718/csa.2012.12.
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The study presents an investigation of a regional authorized heritage discourse, represented by the County Administrative Board on signs set up at an- cient monuments and sites in the province of Skåne in southern Sweden. The starting point is a critical analysis of layout, texts and illustrations to ascertain the narratives conveyed by the signs. The results show that slightly less than half of the studied signs work well according to the criteria set up for the study. The result also demonstrates that more than half of the studied signs do not work well according to these cri- teria. Those that work well give detailed information about the ancient monument or site. The signs that do not work well give inadequate information and risk excluding a majority of the people who read them. The latter signs confirm what so many other discourse analyses have shown, that the authorized heritage dis- course to a large extent still privileges the perspectives of a white, middle-class male. The former signs, that is, those that are judged to work well in terms of the criteria applied in this study, show that the authorized heritage discourse does not only offer something that privileges the perspectives of that white, middle class male, but also has the ability to offer narratives with other perspectives.
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Andréll, Cecilia, Josef Dankiewicz, Lizbet Todorova, Knut Olanders, and Hans Friberg. "Effects of fire-fighters as first responders in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A study of a selective dispatch system in Skåne County, Sweden." Resuscitation 130 (September 2018): e133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.07.284.
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Mohammad, Aladdin J., and Thomas Mandl. "Takayasu Arteritis in Southern Sweden." Journal of Rheumatology 42, no. 5 (March 15, 2015): 853–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.140843.
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Objective.To study the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of Takayasu arteritis (TA) in southern Sweden.Methods.The study area is situated in Skåne, the southernmost county in Sweden (total population December 2011: 983,419, 50.5% women). Patients were identified using clinical registries in all the 5 hospitals and private rheumatology clinics within the study area between the years 1997 and 2011. The diagnosis of TA was confirmed by medical records review. Only patients fulfilling the 1990 American College of Rheumatology classification criteria were included.Results.Thirteen patients (all women) were identified. The median age at diagnosis was 23 years [interquartile range (IQR) 16–38]. Ten patients were diagnosed between 1997 and 2011. The annual incidence rate was estimated to 0.7/million inhabitants (95% CI 0.3–1.2) and 1.5/million among women (95% CI 0.6–2.4). Patients were followed for a median of 9 years (IQR 4–17.5). As of January 1, 2012, all 13 patients were alive and living within the study area. The point prevalence per million inhabitants was 13.2 (95% CI 6.0–20.4), and 26.2 among women (95% CI 11.9–40.4). Subclavian arteries were the most commonly affected vessels. Organ damage was common, affecting all patients. Seven pregnancies resulting in 5 live births and 2 abortions were registered after the diagnosis of TA.Conclusion.The incidence of TA in Sweden is comparable to recently reported rates from other European studies, while the prevalence is higher than previously reported. The prognosis of TA is good, but the rate of damage is high.
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Saleh, Muna, Carl Turesson, Martin Englund, Peter A. Merkel, and Aladdin J. Mohammad. "Visual Complications in Patients with Biopsy-proven Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population-based Study." Journal of Rheumatology 43, no. 8 (June 1, 2016): 1559–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.151033.
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Objective.To study the clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA) with visual complications, and to evaluate the incidence rate of visual complications in GCA compared to the background population.Methods.Data from 840 patients with GCA in the county of Skåne, Sweden, diagnosed between 1997 and 2010, were used for this analysis. Cases with visual complications were identified from a diagnosis registry and confirmed by a review of medical records. The rate of visual complications in patients with GCA was compared with an age- and sex-matched reference population.Results.There were 85 patients (10%) who developed ≥ 1 visual complication after the onset of GCA. Of the patients, 18 (21%) developed unilateral or bilateral complete visual loss. The mean age at diagnosis was 78 years (± 7.3); 69% were women. Compared with patients without visual complications, those with visual complication had lower C-reactive protein levels at diagnosis and were less likely to have headache, fever, and palpable abnormal temporal artery. The use of β-adrenergic inhibitors was associated with visual complications. The incidence of visual complications among patients with GCA was 20.9/1000 person-years of followup compared to 6.9/1000 person-years in the reference population, resulting in a rate ratio of 3.0 (95% CI 2.3–3.8).Conclusion.Ten percent of patients with GCA developed visual complications, a rate substantially higher than that of the general population. Patients with GCA who had visual complications had lower inflammatory responses and were more likely to have been treated with β-adrenergic inhibitors compared with patients without visual complications.
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Mohammad, Aladdin J., Jan-Åke Nilsson, Lennart TH Jacobsson, Peter A. Merkel, and Carl Turesson. "Incidence and mortality rates of biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis in southern Sweden." Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 74, no. 6 (January 17, 2014): 993–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204652.
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ObjectivesTo study the epidemiology and mortality in patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA) in southern Sweden.MethodsThe study area was the County of Skåne. Patients with a positive temporal artery biopsy between 1997 and 2010 were identified using a regional register and a structured review of all histopathology reports. Standardised mortality ratios (SMR) were calculated using data for the Swedish population as the reference.ResultsThere were 840 patients with biopsy-proven GCA (626 women). The annual incidence rate per 100 000 inhabitants aged ≥50 years was 14.1 (95% CI 13.1 to 15.0); 7.7 (6.7 to 8.7) for men and 19.6 (18.1 to 21.1) for women, without seasonal variations. The incidence increased with age, with estimates of 2.0, 11.8, and 31.3 per 100 000 in the age groups 50–60, 61–70, 71–80 years, respectively (p<0.001). The age-standardised and sex-standardised incidence rate decreased from 15.9/100 000 in 1997–2001 to 13.3/100 000 in 2007–2010 (p=0.026). Two hundred and seventy-nine patients (207 women) died during the observation period. Mortality was significantly increased over the first 2 years after GCA diagnosis (SMR 1.52 (95% CI 1.20 to 1.85)), but not with longer follow-up. The estimated excess mortality was greater in women and in patients aged ≤70 years at diagnosis.ConclusionsIn this large population-based study of biopsy-proven GCA from southern Sweden, the incidence of GCA may have decreased over time. Short-term mortality was increased, in particular among those diagnosed at ≤70 years of age, but long-term survival was not impaired.
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Olofsson, Tor, Martin Englund, Tore Saxne, Anna Jöud, Lennart T. H. Jacobsson, Pierre Geborek, Saralynn Allaire, and Ingemar F. Petersson. "Decrease in sick leave among patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the first 12 months after start of treatment with tumour necrosis factor antagonists: a population-based controlled cohort study." Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 69, no. 12 (August 6, 2010): 2131–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2009.127852.
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ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) antagonist treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on sick leave (SL) and disability pension (DP) in a population-based setting in southern Sweden.MethodsAll patients with RA in the South Swedish Arthritis Treatment Group register living in the county of Skåne (population 1.2 million), who started their first treatment with a TNF antagonist between January 2004 and December 2007 and were 18–58 years at treatment start (n=365), were identified. For each patient with RA, four matched reference subjects from the general population were randomly selected. Data were linked to the Swedish Social Insurance Agency register and the point prevalence of SL and DP as well as days of SL and DP per month were calculated from 360 days before until 360 days after treatment start.ResultsAt treatment start 38.6% of the patients with RA were registered for SL. During the first 6 months this share dropped to 28.5% (decrease by 26.2%, p<0.001). This level remained stable throughout the first treatment year. Comparing patients with RA to the reference group the relative risk of being on SL was 6.6 (95% CI 5.2 to 8.5) at initiation of anti-TNF treatment and 5.2 (95% CI 4.0 to 6.8) 1 year after that. The corresponding figures for DP were 3.4 (95% CI 2.7 to 4.2) and 3.2 (95% CI 2.7 to 3.9).ConclusionsThere was a marked decline in SL during the first 6 months of TNF antagonist treatment in patients with RA in southern Sweden, maintained throughout the first year, which was not offset by a corresponding increase in DP.
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Arthursson, Victoria, Roberto Rosén, Jenny M. Norlin, Katarina Gralén, Ervin Toth, Ingvar Syk, Henrik Thorlacius, and Carl-Fredrik Rönnow. "Cost comparisons of endoscopic and surgical resection of stage T1 rectal cancer." Endoscopy International Open 09, no. 10 (September 16, 2021): E1512—E1519. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-1522-8762.
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Abstract Background and study aims Management of T1 rectal cancer is complex and includes several resection methods, making cost comparisons challenging. The aim of this study was to compare costs of endoscopic and surgical resection and to investigate hypothetical cost scenarios for the treatment of T1 rectal cancer. Patients and methods Retrospective population-based cost minimization study on prospectively collected data on T1 rectal cancer patients treated using endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM), open, laparoscopic, or robotic resection, in Skåne County, Sweden (2011–2017). The hypothetical cost scenarios were based on the distribution of high-risk features of lymph node metastases in a national cohort (2009–2017). Results Eighty-five patients with T1 RC undergoing ESD (n = 16), TEM (n = 17), open (n = 35), laparoscopic (n = 9), and robotic (n = 8) resection were included. ESD had a total 1-year cost of 5165 € and was significantly (P < 0.05) less expensive compared to TEM (14871€), open (21 453 €), laparoscopic (22 488 €) and robotic resection (26 562 €). Risk factors for lymph node metastases were seen in 68 % of 779 cases of T1 rectal cancers included in the national cohort. The hypothetical scenario of performing ESD on all T1 RC had the lowest total 1-year per patient cost compared to all other alternatives. Conclusions This is the first study analyzing total 1-year costs of endoscopic and surgical methods to resect T1 rectal cancer, which showed that the cost of ESD was significantly lower compared to TEM and surgical resection. In fact, based on hypothetical cost scenarios, ESD is still justifiable from a cost perspective even when all high-risk cases are followed by surgery in accordance to guidelines.
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Blomstedt, Kristina, Helena Nilsson, and Anders Johansson. "The public’s perception of prehospital emergency care in the County of Skane, southern Sweden." International Emergency Nursing 21, no. 2 (April 2013): 136–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2012.05.004.
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Ahmad Kiadaliri, Aliasghar, Aleksandra Turkiewicz, and Martin Englund. "Educational inequalities in falls mortality among older adults: population-based multiple cause of death data from Sweden." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 72, no. 1 (November 3, 2017): 68–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-209616.
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BackgroundFalls are the leading cause of fatal injuries among elderly adults. While socioeconomic status including education is a well-documented predictor of many individual health outcomes including mortality, little is known about socioeconomic inequalities in falls mortality among adults. This study aimed to assess educational inequalities in falls mortality among older adults in Sweden using multiple cause of death data.MethodsAll residents aged 50‒75 years in the Skåne region, Sweden, during 1998‒2013 (n=566 478) were followed until death, relocation outside Skåne or end of 2014. We identified any mention of falls on death certificates (n=1047). We defined three levels of education. We used an additive hazards model and Cox regression with age as time scale adjusted for marital status and country of birth to calculate slope and relative indices of inequality (SII/RII). We also computed the population attributable fraction of lower educational attainment. Analyses were performed separately for men and women.ResultsBoth SII and RII revealed statistically significant educational inequalities in falls mortality among men in favour of high educated (SII (95% CI): 15.5 (9.8 to 21.3) per 100 000 person-years; RII: 2.19 (1.60 to 3.00)) but not among women. Among men, 34% (95% CI 19 to 46) of falls deaths were attributable to lower education.ConclusionsThere was an inverse association between education and deaths from falls among men but not women. The results suggest that individual’s education should be considered in falls reduction interventions.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Skåne county"
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Göransson, Emelie. "Preventing Welfare Fraud in Sweden. Interviews with Officials from the County Government of Kalmar and Skåne." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26379.
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Studies indicate that fraud is a growing issue in Sweden, outpacing law enforcement’s efforts to maintain it. There is limited research concerning welfare fraud, the aspects of prevention, and what processes have worked in Sweden. The prevention strategies need to progress towards this development considering that welfare fraud is a crime which affects every person in the welfare state. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate and analyse the prevention strategies against welfare fraud in Sweden through semi-structured interviews with six officials from the County Government of Kalmar and Skåne. The administration process was also investigated with the expectation to identify possible ways to develop preventive strategies. The Situational Action Theory was used as a tool to discuss and describe possible ways to prevent welfare fraud. The result showed that the tendency to report welfare fraud among officials is low. There is also a lack of cooperation between different governmental organisations and significant differences in the control work that varies between being thorough and absent. Although the county governments have started to examine the issue of welfare fraud, the results implicate that the issue is not as heavily prioritized as it needs to be. Future research is crucial. The controls and prevention strategies against welfare fraud within the County Governments needs to be developed further.
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Esp, Malin. "Tillämpning av ekologisk kompensation vid intrång i våtmarksmiljöer : En jämförelse mellan länsstyrelserna i Västerbotten, Gävleborg och Skåne." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-137548.
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The purpose of this study was to examine how different county boards in Sweden work with ecological compensation in case of intrusion in wetland habitats. The study also aimed to see if their work differ from each other or if they use similar processing routines. The study was performed by using a questionnaire which was sent out to three county boards in Sweden (Västerbotten, Gävleborg and Skåne). The questionnaire contained questions about wetland presence and exploitation of wetlands in the county, if/ how the county boards applied ecological compensation in case of intrusion in wetland habitats and lastly the county board’s own perception of ecological compensation as a tool. The results showed that the use of ecological compensation was very limited, Skåne was the only one that has demanded ecological compensation in matters regarding intrusion in wetland habitats. This was due to several factors, including an overall low interest from businesses to exploit wetlands, the high value of wetlands which often led to rejections of the applications and also some difficulty to demand ecological compensation with the support by the law that was being used. However, all three county boards thought of ecological compensation as a good tool to use at intrusion in wetland habitats. In the future we might see a better use of ecological compensation due to the new legislative changes that are being discussed today and that would make it easier to demand compensation.
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Sand, Nelly. "The Beveridge Curve : A comparison between the three largest labour market regions in Sweden; Stockholm-, Västra Götaland- and Skåne county and the effect of the building of the Öresund Bridge on the labour market matching efficiency of Skåne county." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105448.
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This paper investigates the relationship between vacant job positions and unemployed workers, illustrated by the Beveridge curve, a tool for observing the matching process and the condition of a labour market. The Swedish case is studied together with its three largest labour market regions, i.e., Stockholm-, Västra Götaland- and Skåne county. A comparison opens up a discussion of whether local labour markets with similar characteristics located in different parts of the country behave similarly or in what way they distinguish. Furthermore, these three regions are expected to influence the Swedish Beveridge curve to a larger extent, which is also examined in the paper. In addition, the effect of an exogenous shock, such as the building of the Öresund Bridge, expanding the labour market of Skåne county by connection to another metropolitan area, Copenhagen, is studied. This is done by comparing the matching efficiency before and after the bridge is opened. Moreover, the effect in Skåne is then analysed in accordance with the same period for the other regions included, to get an indication of whether the bridge alone provides a change in matching efficiency or if changes are connected to national events that influence all regions similarly. The analysis is based on monthly data from year 1996-2020, collected from the Swedish Public Employment service and Statistics Sweden, primarily. Graphical illustrations of the Beveridge curve in combination with OLS regressions provide concluding results that the Beveridge curves for the three regional labour markets observed are shaped rather similarly and experience shifts and movements during the same time points, generally. Skåne county is the exception and experience more horizontal and vertical movements compared to Stockholm- and Västra Götaland county and the Swedish average. Furthermore, there are statistically significant estimates ensuring the negative relationship between unemployment- and vacancy rate, i.e., a downward sloping Beveridge curve for all regions. Not enough evidence on the effect of the Öresund Bridge on the matching efficiency of Skåne county is provided to present a valid conclusion regarding this topic.
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Bastholm, Isabelle, and Victoria Fransson. "Impact and Perception of the Human-Wildlife Conflict; a Spatial Case Study of Management and Strategies in Skåne County." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21926.
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This study seeks to find the best strategies to be implemented to decrease the human-wildlife conflict (HWC). Other countries management practises and strategies to manage HWC was reviewed, in order to identify if Skåne county in Sweden could pursue improvements. To be able to tackle HWC, a greater understanding of people's ethical views were investigated and their perceptions of improvements were documented and researched. This study aims to provide quantitative data with web based surveys and spatial mapping of impacts from the HWC in Skåne county. It further aims to map the values that affects society caused by the HWC, and to answer the following questions; What are the optimal strategies in order to decrease HWC in Skåne? Where can cost effective improvements be implemented? This was both answered in the interviews conducted, and the gathered data. Optimal strategies that were detected where Skåne county can improve were; extensive implementations of ecoducts and passages for game, reducing the use of fencing, translocating, compensation actions, increase hunting opportunities and an installment of further game warning systems. Ethical views of different respondents’ towards the HWC were also analyzed. The online survey revealed that there were a difference in respondents views of HWC, based on if they were environmental science students, hunters or the general public. The gathered data and result, stated that the general public and the environmental students/workers were categorized in the ethical views of ecocentrism. The hunters ethical views could not be determined, due to the inconsistency of the answers of the questions. By showing differences and similarities in ethical views and how to manage HWC, strategies and incentives can more easily be adapted, to reach a better community base that can work together to reduce the HWC. Because of the different knowledge of the respondent groups and of their ethical views, there needs to be a broader incentive program that can maintain different interests of people and reduce conflicts, as well as preserve the biological state of ungulates in Skåne. In the online survey, all of the respondents agreed that the stakeholder, most suitable to handle and manage the problematics regarding HWC, is the government/county government. Other stakeholders that were believed suitable for managing HWC in Skåne, were organisations, for-profit companies and lastly, private self-acting individuals. Furthermore, the respondents beliefs on coexistence between humans and wildlife were also studied. The data showed that the general public and the hunters believed that future were to be positive, and the environmental students/workers believe the HWC would still be a problem in the future.
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De, Carlo Viola, and Chatarina Bengtsson. "HEM- OCH KONSUMENTKUNSKAPS BIDRAG TILL HÅLLBAR UTVECKLING : En studie om årskurs 9 elevers engagemang och förändringsbeteende i Skåne." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kost- och måltidsvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-184509.
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Bakgrund Agenda 2030 för hållbar utveckling (HU) är den största utmaningen för mänskligheten och Sverige har valt att ha en ledande roll i detta arbete. Undervisning för HU är ett sätt att arbeta för att nå en del av de globala målen och läroplanen för Hem- och Konsumentkunskap (HK) omfattar HU i dimensionerna hälsa, ekonomi och miljö. Syfte Syftet med studien var att undersöka om HK-undervisning hade bidragit till engagemang och handlingskompetens för en HU hos åk 9 elever i Skåne. Metod Studien genomfördes med en webbenkät där åk 9 elever i åtta skolor i Skåne svarade under vårtermin 2021. Chi-två test genomfördes för att undersöka eventuella könsskillnader med signifikansnivå p<0,05.Resultat I studien deltog 152 elever. Studien visade att nästan hälften av deltagarna ansåg att HK-undervisningen hade ökat deras kunskaper om HU, medan ungefär en tredjedel menade att de saknade verktyg för att kunna agera hållbart. Mer än hälften ville jobba aktivt och påverka sin familj mot hållbarare vanor, däremot upplevde 60% att deras förändringar inte skulle göra någon skillnad. Hela 90% hade försökt påverka familjen mot hållbarare vanor genom en eller flera handlingar. Områdena där deltagarna hade gjort mest förändringar och lyckats bättre att påverka sin familj var sopsortering och matsvinn. Området med lägsta engagemanget var klädkonsumtion. Flickor ville göra mer framtida förändringar i större utsträckning än pojkar (p=0,002). Slutsats Eleverna visade ett engagemang och en vilja att agera hållbart, men även en känsla av maktlöshet. Resultaten tyder även på att HK-undervisning delvis har påverkat eleverna, men att den kan förstärkas. Ökat antal undervisningstimmar, ökat ämnesövergripande arbete och involvering av föräldrar skulle kunna skapa bättre förutsättningar för en hållbarare framtid.Background Agenda 2030 for sustainable development (SD) is the greatest challenge for humanity and Sweden has chosen to play a leading role concerning this issue. Teaching for SD is a way to achieve some of the global goals and the curriculum for Home Economics (HE) includes SD in the dimensions of health, economy and environment. Objective This study investigated whether HE-teaching has contributed to commitment and “action competence” for SD among 9th grade pupils in the County of Skåne (in southern Sweden). Method The study was conducted through a web-based survey, answered by pupils in eight schools in Skåne during the spring-semester 2021. Chi-squared test were performed to see possible gender differences with a significance level of p <0.05. Results The number of research participants were 152. The study showed that almost half of the participants felt that HE-teaching had increased their knowledge about SD, but about a third thought that they lacked the tools to act sustainably. More than half wanted to work actively and influence their family towards more sustainable habits, however 60% questioned if their changes could make a difference overall. As many as 90% had tried to influence their family towards more sustainable habits through one or more actions. The areas where the participants had made most changes and managed to influence their family were waste sorting and food waste. The area with the lowest commitment was clothing consumption. Girls wanted to make more future changes to a greater extent than boys (p=0.002). Conclusion The pupils showed commitment and willingness to act sustainably, but they also showed a feeling of powerlessness. The results suggest that HE-teaching has partly affected the pupils, but that it can be strengthened. An increased number of teaching-hours, increased interdisciplinary work and involvement of parents could create better conditions for a more sustainable future.
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Wimer, Bergman Clara, and Sofie Nilsson. "En kvalitativ studie om naturområden och människans mående under covid-19 restriktioner." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-44280.
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Den 11 mars 2020 klassificerade Världshälsoorganisationen (WHO) covid-19 viruset som en pandemi. I Sverige infördes restriktioner för att begränsa smittspridningen av viruset genom att minska människans fysiska kontakt. Under pandemin började allt fler människor besöka naturområden och besöksantalet ökade kraftigt. Syftet med studien var att undersöka förhållandet mellan människa och natur i relation till stödjande- och kulturella ekosystemtjänster som människan tillgår när hon vistas i naturen. Studiens metod utgjordes av en kvalitativ intervjustudie som bestod av två delar för att inkludera flera perspektiv. Den första intervjumetoden begränsades till fyra naturområden belägna i Skåne och en naturvårdsförvaltare från vardera område samt en vaktmästare från ett av områdena intervjuades. Den andra intervjumetoden inkluderade fem individer som vistats i skånska naturområden under pandemin. Studiens resultat visade att besöksantalet ökat markant i tre av fyra naturområden och störningen från mänsklig aktivitet har varit kraftig i vissa områden. Effekten på hur stödjande ekosystemtjänster påverkats till följd av störningar gick inte att fastställa då det inte gått tillräckligt lång tid sedan besökstrycket ökade till följd av pandemin. Människan har kunnat nyttja naturområden för avslappning, återhämtning och sociala aktiviteter och därmed har kulturella ekosystemtjänster haft en större betydelse för människan under pandemin. Studiens slutsats är att vidare forskning behövs för att undersöka vilka långtgående konsekvenser som covid-19 pandemin haft på människans och naturens mående eftersom kunskap inom området saknas.The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the covid-19 virus a pandemic on the 11th of March 2020. Sweden introduced restrictions to limit the spread of the virus and to restrict people's physical contact with each other. During the pandemic people started to visit natural areas and the number of visitors in these places increased. The purpose of the study was to examine the relation between human and nature and the affiliation with the supportive- and cultural ecosystem services that people utilize when they spend time in nature. A qualitative interview method was chosen to fulfill the purpose of the study. We interviewed four nature conservation managers in four different natural areas in Skåne county, a caretaker in one of the areas, and five individuals who had visited natural areas during the pandemic. The result of the study displayed that the number of visitors had significantly increased in three out of four natural areas and the disturbance from human activity was potent in some of the areas. It was not possible to determine how human disturbance affected the supportive ecosystem services since not enough time had elapsed since the increase of visitors. People have used the natural areas to relax, be restored, and to engage in social activities. The cultural ecosystem services have thus been of greater importance for people during the pandemic. The study also concluded that more research is needed to examine the long-term effects of the pandemic on human’s and nature's wellbeing.
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Stenmark, Johan. "Evaluation of Skåne County’s capacity to be self-sufficient in foodstuffproduction: now and for the years 2030 and 2050." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-254919.
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Sweden is becoming increasingly dependent on the import of foodstuffs from a globalfood system that is unsustainable due to its responsibility for environmental degradation and itsdependency on finite resources like fertilizers and fossil fuels. The diminishing ability to be selfsufficientin a time when peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, exponentialpopulation growth, and a troublesome global economy might reshape the structures of the currentsystems, in a not so distant future, could be a cause for great worry. Skåne County has functioned asa case study to investigate the level of self-sufficiency in foodstuffs at the present time and theprospects for self-sufficiency in the future. Forecasts for the years 2030 and 2050 have been madebased on five different variables: population size, production and consumption, climate change,available agricultural land, and the transition toward a sustainable agricultural system. At thepresent time, with today’s consumption patterns, the foodstuffs that are produced in Skåne Countycan sustain around 78% of the population. For the forecasts, different scenarios have been generatedby adjusting the five variables within a reasonable range. Scenarios are also in the forecasts inwhich suggested proactive implementations to enhance the possibilities for self-sufficiency havebeen included. Due to these proactive implementations and the high degree of uncertainty withinsome variables, the result ranges from a 16.7% self-sufficiency level up to 111.6%. In order to reacha 100 % level of self-sufficiency there are strong indications that this will require structural systemchanges as well as behavioral changes
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Svensson, Ola. "Nämnda ting men glömda : Ortnamn, landskap och rättsutövning." Doctoral thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för svenska språket (SV), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-46565.
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The dissertation describes the names related to justice and places in the landscape where justice was administered, applying an interdisciplinary perspective with place names as the chief source material. One aim is to collect and describe place names in Skåne designating or indirectly associated with meeting places and districts of the court, and to study the named places. The study covers many different periods, but especially the Middle Ages and the transition from the Late Iron Age to the Middle Ages. The analysis raises questions such as: Was there continuity in judicial sites between prehistoric and historic times? How old are the hundreds (härader)? Is there a spatial link between judicial sites and other central functions such as cult, markets, or rulers’ estates? The work is permeated by material-based onomastic research in combination with current perspectives in text research, historical geography, and archaeology. Nine case studies are conducted to describe the interaction between place, linguistic expression, and meaning. The study demonstrates the existence of a large corpus of names reflecting the early administration of justice. Most of the many field names which contain ting ‘court’ and galge ‘gallows’ can be related to the actual administration of justice. The medieval sites where courts assembled and people were executed stand out in particular, but in many cases these have prehistoric roots. Both unbroken continuity and the reuse of earlier places of assembly may be assumed. Close to sites with names indicating the administration of justice there are also landscape features with names that grant epic and mythical status to the locale. The special quality of these places was handed down, incorporated in larger narratives, based on changing ideas and circumstances in different periods. The landscape of the hundred courts (häradsting) is archaic, magnificent and mythical, and shared, qualities that contributed to the maintenance and legitimation of judicial practice. A division into a general, public judicial sphere and a more limited and exclusive sphere can be seen. In the medieval exercise of justice this division is manifested in two different judicial districts – härad and birk – but the phenomenon can be traced back to the Late Iron Age. The study also problematizes a traditional image of the names of the hundreds.
Book chapters on the topic "Skåne county"
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Öhrström, Lars. "When State Security was a Stinking Business." In The Last Alchemist in Paris. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199661091.003.0019.
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It is spring 1708, and Sweden has been at war for eight years. Charles XII camps out with the army in Lithuania, still a year from the fatal battle of Poltava in Ukraine, and it is a busy time for seasonal workers Per Larsson Gässaboda and Esbjörn Persson Bölsö. In the southern province of Småland (The Small Lands), the former border region with Denmark now just north of the new Swedish province of the recently occupied Skåne, the cows are out of the barns in which they have spent the cold winter, and it is time for Per and Esbjörn to take out their shovels, load their wagon, and set out on their mission for the King to the farmers of the region. They are part of the army, enrolled men, but not for combat because they are petermen, or ‘sjudare’ (simmers) as they were called in Swedish. The farmers do not look forward to their visits as these men can command their chariots and their horses at will, take the firewood (and they need huge quantities), and wreak havoc to barns, stables, and houses in their quest for the manure and urine-rich soils that form the valuable raw material for their trade. These men make nitrate—or to be specific, potassium nitrate (KNO3), also known as saltpetre—for delivery to the King’s gunpowder factories. More than 100 years ago Henry VIII’s contemporary, the equally shrewd and ruthless King Gustav Wasa, had realized Sweden’s precarious situation when it came to gunpowder, and with a simple stroke of his pen ruled that the soil underneath barns, stables, and cowsheds belonged to the King. In an additional law, perhaps more illustrating his fear of being cheated by innovative farmers than his well-known attention to detail, he also banned any building housing livestock from being paved with a stone floor. In a country in which buildings of stone were virtually unheard of, except for housing the very rich, this was hardly likely anyway, but the King didn’t like to take chances with money and the saltpetre was a valuable commodity that otherwise would have had to be imported.