ALBERT WESTERGREN
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6182378 |
|---|---|
| NOME | ALBERT WESTERGREN |
| PRENOMES | ALBERT |
| SOBRENOME | WESTERGREN |
| ASSINATURA | WESTERGREN A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Kristianstad University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4820-6203 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Engaging in Communication to Promote Healthy Ageing
Background To promote healthy ageing, it is crucial to involve older adults in social planning. Preventive home visits allow older adults to express their opinions, with home visitors playing a key role in gathering and relaying this information to decision‐makers. Thus, highlighting the perspectives of home visitors is essential for maximising the utility of the collected information. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to gain a deeper und…
Nurses’ health and work experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic in Swedish prehospital and hospital care
Working as a nurse offers job security but also poses risks for mental health issues. This study aims to explore factors and processes that affected health and work experiences among nurses in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 nurses from high COVID-19 patient load areas (ambulance, emergency departments, ICU, infection wards, and specialized COVID-19 wards). A deductive content analysis using …
Give Older Persons a Voice in the Society—By Using Information Compiled during Preventive Home Visits on a Societal Level
Preventive home visits (PHVs) are offered to older persons with the purpose of promoting health and preventing risks on an individual level. However, aspects of health need to be considered on a societal level as well. This study aims to get a deeper understanding of perceptions of the usability of the information compiled during the PHVs to promote health, among older persons, on a societal level. Three online focus groups were conducted with he…
Integrating sustainability in higher education
Purpose This paper aims to unveil how sustainability is integrated into the courses/programmes of higher education institutions. The research question addressed is: how do academics representing different disciplines cooperate and engage in the work of integrating sustainability into their teaching programmes. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws upon the notions of practise variation and institutional work from institutional theory and e…
Insomnia in Relation to Academic Performance, Self-Reported Health, Physical Activity, and Substance Use Among Adolescents
Insomnia was associated with other problems that in themselves are risk factors for poor health. This highlights the need for a holistic health-promoting approach to prevent insomnia, such as efforts to promote physical activity, school success, and the reduction of alcohol/cigarette use
Factors associated with good health among older persons who received a preventive home visit
The main conclusion of this study is that questions focusing on risks could be seen from a health promotion perspective and could thus be turned into assets with a positive impact on older persons' health. Furthermore, the mental and physical factors identified in the results as associated with good health have implications for the person's ability to feel valuable and participate in social activities. The results suggest that issues regarding bo…
The meal as a performance
The proportion of elderly people in the population is increasing, presenting a number of new challenges in society. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate how elderly persons with motoric eating difficulties perceive and perform their food and meal practices in everyday life. By using Goffman's concept of performance as a theoretical framework together with Bourdieu's thinking on habitus, a deeper understanding of food and meal …
The Swedish SCOPA-SLEEP for assessment of sleep disorders in Parkinson’s disease and healthy controls
Prevalence and association of female weight status and dietary habits with sociodemographic factors
Objective Research about the prevalence of underweight and overweight/obesity in the Saudi Arabian female population is limited. The aim of the present study was to examine the dietary habits and the prevalence of underweight and overweight/obesity and associated factors among female university students. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting A university centre for female students in south-western Saudi Arabia. Subjects The study involved 663 r…
Female University Students’ Physical Activity Levels and Associated Factors—A Cross-Sectional Study in Southwestern Saudi Arabia
This study raises four important determinants for female university students' PA levels. These factors could be of great importance in the endeavor to prevent the health-threatening increase in physical inactivity patterns and thus non-communicable diseases and obesity where the focus should be on the specific situation and needs of women in Saudi Arabia
Initial validation of the Swedish version of the London Handicap Scale
The Significance of Importance
Overall and health related quality of life among the oldest old in pain
The meal as a performance
The proportion of elderly people in the population is increasing, presenting a number of new challenges in society. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate how elderly persons with motoric eating difficulties perceive and perform their food and meal practices in everyday life. By using Goffman's concept of performance as a theoretical framework together with Bourdieu's thinking on habitus, a deeper understanding of food and meal …
Overall and health related quality of life among the oldest old in pain
Initial validation of the Swedish version of the London Handicap Scale
The Significance of Importance
Female University Students’ Physical Activity Levels and Associated Factors—A Cross-Sectional Study in Southwestern Saudi Arabia
This study raises four important determinants for female university students' PA levels. These factors could be of great importance in the endeavor to prevent the health-threatening increase in physical inactivity patterns and thus non-communicable diseases and obesity where the focus should be on the specific situation and needs of women in Saudi Arabia
Prevalence and association of female weight status and dietary habits with sociodemographic factors
Objective Research about the prevalence of underweight and overweight/obesity in the Saudi Arabian female population is limited. The aim of the present study was to examine the dietary habits and the prevalence of underweight and overweight/obesity and associated factors among female university students. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting A university centre for female students in south-western Saudi Arabia. Subjects The study involved 663 r…
The Swedish SCOPA-SLEEP for assessment of sleep disorders in Parkinson’s disease and healthy controls
The meal as a performance
The proportion of elderly people in the population is increasing, presenting a number of new challenges in society. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate how elderly persons with motoric eating difficulties perceive and perform their food and meal practices in everyday life. By using Goffman's concept of performance as a theoretical framework together with Bourdieu's thinking on habitus, a deeper understanding of food and meal …
Integrating sustainability in higher education
Purpose This paper aims to unveil how sustainability is integrated into the courses/programmes of higher education institutions. The research question addressed is: how do academics representing different disciplines cooperate and engage in the work of integrating sustainability into their teaching programmes. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws upon the notions of practise variation and institutional work from institutional theory and e…
Insomnia in Relation to Academic Performance, Self-Reported Health, Physical Activity, and Substance Use Among Adolescents
Insomnia was associated with other problems that in themselves are risk factors for poor health. This highlights the need for a holistic health-promoting approach to prevent insomnia, such as efforts to promote physical activity, school success, and the reduction of alcohol/cigarette use
Factors associated with good health among older persons who received a preventive home visit
The main conclusion of this study is that questions focusing on risks could be seen from a health promotion perspective and could thus be turned into assets with a positive impact on older persons' health. Furthermore, the mental and physical factors identified in the results as associated with good health have implications for the person's ability to feel valuable and participate in social activities. The results suggest that issues regarding bo…
Give Older Persons a Voice in the Society—By Using Information Compiled during Preventive Home Visits on a Societal Level
Preventive home visits (PHVs) are offered to older persons with the purpose of promoting health and preventing risks on an individual level. However, aspects of health need to be considered on a societal level as well. This study aims to get a deeper understanding of perceptions of the usability of the information compiled during the PHVs to promote health, among older persons, on a societal level. Three online focus groups were conducted with he…
Nurses’ health and work experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic in Swedish prehospital and hospital care
Working as a nurse offers job security but also poses risks for mental health issues. This study aims to explore factors and processes that affected health and work experiences among nurses in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 nurses from high COVID-19 patient load areas (ambulance, emergency departments, ICU, infection wards, and specialized COVID-19 wards). A deductive content analysis using …
Engaging in Communication to Promote Healthy Ageing
Background To promote healthy ageing, it is crucial to involve older adults in social planning. Preventive home visits allow older adults to express their opinions, with home visitors playing a key role in gathering and relaying this information to decision‐makers. Thus, highlighting the perspectives of home visitors is essential for maximising the utility of the collected information. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to gain a deeper und…
Medicine (10 obras) · Public health (7 obras) · Gerontology (6 obras) · Psychology (5 obras) · Environmental health (4 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 obras) · Health, psychology, and well-being (4 obras) · Nursing (4 obras) · Psychiatry (4 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras)