LINDA BRADLEY
Biographic Data
| ID | 5712934 |
|---|---|
| NAME | LINDA BRADLEY |
| GIVEN NAMES | LINDA |
| FAMILY NAME | BRADLEY |
| SIGNATURE | BRADLEY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7978-4113 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social media in school health promotion: The need for institutional and professional development
The progressive increase in youth use of social media can have implications for health. This study explores how school professionals working with health promotion (HP) position their practices at the intersection between the challenges and potential opportunities posed by social media. Empirical data were produced from seventeen semi-structured interviews with various school professionals from state-funded and private schools in Sweden where HP i…
Refugees’ aspirations, attitudes, and experiences of higher education and professional life in Sweden
Designing mobile language learning with Arabic speaking migrants
Learning the language is crucial to be included in a new society. For migrants, the smartphone is a commonly used device for staying connected, which could also be used for language learning purposes. This research concerns mobile literacy with newly arrived Arabic speaking migrants to Sweden and the use of mobile learning as a means for integration. The purpose is to investigate how mobile technology can be designed to support migrants' language…
Professional development of Syrian refugee women: Proceeding with a career within education
This research investigates professional development with Syrian refugee women teachers settled in Lebanon and Sweden. Both countries offer professional training programmes for migrant teachers, enabling them to proceed with their careers. The purpose is to investigate how moving to a new country calls for an opportunity to engage in practice development and the role digital literacy plays in the refugees’ lives. We conducted interviews with twent…
Social Support for Women Who Have Undergone Bariatric Surgery
We explored the role that social support plays in the lives of women who have undergone bariatric surgery. We conducted in-depth interviews with 13 women who had had bariatric surgery ( M age = 53.0 years) and analyzed the data using constant comparison processes. We found that individuals in participants' lives offered support by acting as role models and providing information, offering empathy and expressions of concern and caring, assisting wi…
Recent Work on the History and Culture of Religion and Dress
The Religious Life of Dress: Global Fashion and Faith, by Lynne Hume. Dress, Body and Culture Series. New York and London, Bloomsbury Publishers, 2013. 175 pages. $29.95 US (paper). Common Threads: A Cultural History of Clothing in American Catholicism, by Sally Dwyer-McNulty. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2014. xiii, 257 pp. $39.95 US (cloth). A Cultural History of Jewish Dress, by Eric Silverman. Dress, Body and Culture Serie…
Social Support for Women Who Have Undergone Bariatric Surgery
We explored the role that social support plays in the lives of women who have undergone bariatric surgery. We conducted in-depth interviews with 13 women who had had bariatric surgery ( M age = 53.0 years) and analyzed the data using constant comparison processes. We found that individuals in participants' lives offered support by acting as role models and providing information, offering empathy and expressions of concern and caring, assisting wi…
Recent Work on the History and Culture of Religion and Dress
The Religious Life of Dress: Global Fashion and Faith, by Lynne Hume. Dress, Body and Culture Series. New York and London, Bloomsbury Publishers, 2013. 175 pages. $29.95 US (paper). Common Threads: A Cultural History of Clothing in American Catholicism, by Sally Dwyer-McNulty. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2014. xiii, 257 pp. $39.95 US (cloth). A Cultural History of Jewish Dress, by Eric Silverman. Dress, Body and Culture Serie…
Social Support for Women Who Have Undergone Bariatric Surgery
We explored the role that social support plays in the lives of women who have undergone bariatric surgery. We conducted in-depth interviews with 13 women who had had bariatric surgery ( M age = 53.0 years) and analyzed the data using constant comparison processes. We found that individuals in participants' lives offered support by acting as role models and providing information, offering empathy and expressions of concern and caring, assisting wi…
Professional development of Syrian refugee women: Proceeding with a career within education
This research investigates professional development with Syrian refugee women teachers settled in Lebanon and Sweden. Both countries offer professional training programmes for migrant teachers, enabling them to proceed with their careers. The purpose is to investigate how moving to a new country calls for an opportunity to engage in practice development and the role digital literacy plays in the refugees’ lives. We conducted interviews with twent…
Refugees’ aspirations, attitudes, and experiences of higher education and professional life in Sweden
Designing mobile language learning with Arabic speaking migrants
Learning the language is crucial to be included in a new society. For migrants, the smartphone is a commonly used device for staying connected, which could also be used for language learning purposes. This research concerns mobile literacy with newly arrived Arabic speaking migrants to Sweden and the use of mobile learning as a means for integration. The purpose is to investigate how mobile technology can be designed to support migrants' language…
Social media in school health promotion: The need for institutional and professional development
The progressive increase in youth use of social media can have implications for health. This study explores how school professionals working with health promotion (HP) position their practices at the intersection between the challenges and potential opportunities posed by social media. Empirical data were produced from seventeen semi-structured interviews with various school professionals from state-funded and private schools in Sweden where HP i…
Sociology (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (2 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (2 works) · Literacy (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works)