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Social crisis and the formation of medico-social service in Russia
- Authors:
- SHCHEPIN O., SIDOROV P., VYAZMIN A.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 7(1), January 1998, pp.2-8.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Socio-economic reforms have changed the social life of Russia. A large number of social problems in the transition period has negatively affected the social well-being and health of the nation. The critical situation of the health care system does not allow for the maintenance of the public health of the Russian population at the required level. To solve this problem, it is necessary to improve social services in Russia. The training of medico-social workers is currently being conducted within the system of higher medical education in Russia with the support of the Swedish universities.
The effects of poverty on sleep problems in Sweden
- Authors:
- BLANK N., DIDERICHSEN F.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(2), April 1997, pp.91-98.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Looks at whether there is a relationship between poverty and health. These are measured in terms of self-reported sleep problems from a survey of living conditions in Sweden. Reports on findings.
Short-term and long-term effects of an outpatient rehabilitation program for patients with musculoskeletal disorders
- Authors:
- EJLETSSON G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(2), April 1997, pp.99-104.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Investigates whether intensified rehabilitation efforts in primary care, in Sweden, produce any short-term or long-term reduction in sick leave.
Social well-being and gender: post-soviet Estonia and the welfare state in Finland
- Authors:
- NARUSK A., KANDOLIN I.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(2), April 1997, pp.127-136.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
In this article the differences between men's and women's well-being in Estonia and Finland are studied according to the subjects' perceived stress symptoms within their work-family arrangements. Findings support previous research which illustrates the more women-friendly character of Finnish social policy.
Young immigrants on long-term sick-leave
- Authors:
- LOVFANDER M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(1), January 1997, pp.54-60.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Sickness certification data for all immigrants 16-45 years of age on long-term sick-leave enlisted at a local health insurance office were studied. The diagnostic pattern was remarkably homogenous, characterised by imprecise pain and/or imprecise mental disorders. Clinical data were provided by a multiaxial evaluation of 52 people (mean age 38 years, mean length of sick-leave 1 year, full-time). Ratings of pain behaviour and functional ability regarding occupational duties were also included. Reports on findings. Argues that the study this illustrates the ease with which a vicious circle of pain behaviour and further sickness certification could be created. Concludes that social distress and iatrogenic factors may have played an important part in the sock-leave pattern seen in this group of young immigrants.
Unemployment, shame and ill health - an exploratory study
- Authors:
- RANTAKEISU U., STARRIN B., HAGQUIST C.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(1), January 1997, pp.13-23.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Unemployed young people in six Swedish municipalities were studied in respect of the degree of shaming elements experienced by them in their social environment in respect of mental ill health. The nature of the investigation was exploratory. The study shows that experience of shaming elements in the environment owing to unemployment is relatively frequent. A larger proportion of the long-term unemployed and men account for more shaming elements that do the short-term unemployed and women. It seems as if the factor of shaming elements in the environment is important in order to understand the adverse health-related consequences of unemployment. A greater proportion of those who live in a more shaming environment show mental disorders, deteriorated health, changes in living habits, activities and social relations, than do those living in a less shaming environment. This report discusses possible explanations of the results in the light of existing moral concepts of work and unemployment, as well as of shaming attitudes towards the unemployed.
Ethnicity, migration and health - a population-based study of 338 refugees from Latin America, 396 nonrefugee immigrants from Finland and 161 from southern Europe and 996 age-, sex- and education-matched controls from Sweden
- Author:
- SUNDQUIST J.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 4(1), January 1995, pp.2-7.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Reports research which identified the influence of being a refugee from Latin America or a nonrefugee immigrant from southern Europe or Finland on self-reported illness, controlling for social factors and lifestyle.