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2022-02-08

Kathleen Galvin is named new honorary doctor: "International pioneer"

Kathleen Galvin, Professor of Nursing Practice at the University of Brighton, UK, will be honoured for her efforts to strengthen and develop research and education in the field of...

2022-01-28

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Lindex invests in Spacerpad

Lindex is investing in Spacerpad, the sustainable menstrual sanitary pad developed by researchers at the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås. This innovation is now leaving the world of academia and moving...

2021-11-29

How to promote a good life and working life in the care of older people

Involve the staff and the older people themselves in developing the care of older people, and support first-line managers. These are some of the results of a four-year research...

Portrait om Lamprini Xiarchi and illustrated statistics: 75 percent of NHS staff are women. 33 percent in senior positions are women. A woman is looking at a sign with the text "nursing" , thinking it's a female occupation.

2021-06-01

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Film highlights gender roles in healthcare

Fewer men than women choose to study to be nurses, but men often end up in better paid and higher positions in healthcare. Why is this? Lamprini Xiarchi, a doctoral student at the University of Borås, has worke...

A young African woman holding a menstrual pad.

2021-05-05

Period poverty in focus on international awareness day

Access to products for menstrual hygiene management is an issue of dignity and health – and is a luxury that up to one billion women lack. On the other hand, disposable pads made from plastic...

Portrait of Karoline Lang Mathiesen and Lamprini Xiarchi.

2021-04-20

"It has to do with the value of human life" – new projects on dignified care for older people

It is high time to focus on the oldest members of society – that is what doctoral students Lamprini Xiarchi and Karoline Lang Mathiesen want. They are conducti...

2021-04-15

Open lectures during Academic Week

During the last week of April, we will celebrate new professors, doctorate recipients, and honorary doctors at the University of Borås. You are welcome to take part in the lectures, which are open to the public, and...

2021-03-09

AI to give ambulance personnel better decision support

A Swedish-Norwegian project is developing a new form of decision support for prehospital care based on artificial intelligence (AI). In the project, doctoral student Anna Bakidou is to develop...

2021-01-20

New study on adolescents' experience of sleeping difficulties

Many adolescents do not get enough sleep. It is a growing public health problem, one in which adolescents' own voices are rarely heard. “Assumptions from the adult world can mean a risk of...

2021-01-18

How young adults experience existential concerns

Seeking help for life issues, such as the meaning of life, requires courage; it requires the same of healthcare staff caregivers, as well. In her doctoral thesis, Maria Lundvall, who holds a doctorate in...

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