The world is black and dark : What concerns pastors in the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden when they preach about society

Boij, A. 2002: Jorden är mörk och svart. Vad som rör pastorer i Svenska Missionsförbundet när de ska predika om samhället. (The world is black and dark. What concerns pastors in the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden when they preach about society). Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Psychologia et Sociologia Religionum 16. 239 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 91-554-5488-7. The dissertation reflects a study of what pastors in the Mission Covenant Church in Sweden say in their sermons about society and social responsibility and represents an attempt at finding factors such as gender, education, age, values, and faith behind what has been said in the sermons. The results show that in general pastors have a negative picture of society irrespective of which of its aspects they are addressing. The pastors’ view of Christian responsibility for society is that it is primarily something for the individual to take, not for the congregation. Above all, Christian responsibility for society is about individual Christians' taking responsibility for her fellow human beings. For theoretical clarification the findings are discussed within the framework of the concept of secularisation, following Casanova (1994) sub-divided into differentiation, decline of religion and privatisation. In the study differentiation is identified when pastors do not relate theological reflection to their description and analysis of society. Thus they do not provide an integrated system of meaning for everyday life. As for privatisation, even when pastors are mainly speaking about public events, they are unable to place those events in a religiously interpreted context. According to the pastors social problems are to be met with private and individual solutions through Christians' actions to the benefit of their fellow men. The MCC is a part of what in Swedish can be called a popular movement, a kind of "social movement" or "voluntary organisation." The analysis shows that its pastors in their sermons do not embrace some of the central parts of the ideology that generally pertain to popular movements, namely concern with reforming society

The world is black and dark : What concerns pastors in the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden when they preach about society

Boij, A. 2002: Jorden är mörk och svart. Vad som rör pastorer i Svenska Missionsförbundet när de ska predika om samhället. (The world is black and dark. What concerns pastors in the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden when they preach about society). Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Psychologia et Sociologia Religionum 16. 239 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 91-554-5488-7. The dissertation reflects a study of what pastors in the Mission Covenant Church in Sweden say in their sermons about society and social responsibility and represents an attempt at finding factors such as gender, education, age, values, and faith behind what has been said in the sermons. The results show that in general pastors have a negative picture of society irrespective of which of its aspects they are addressing. The pastors’ view of Christian responsibility for society is that it is primarily something for the individual to take, not for the congregation. Above all, Christian responsibility for society is about individual Christians' taking responsibility for her fellow human beings. For theoretical clarification the findings are discussed within the framework of the concept of secularisation, following Casanova (1994) sub-divided into differentiation, decline of religion and privatisation. In the study differentiation is identified when pastors do not relate theological reflection to their description and analysis of society. Thus they do not provide an integrated system of meaning for everyday life. As for privatisation, even when pastors are mainly speaking about public events, they are unable to place those events in a religiously interpreted context. According to the pastors social problems are to be met with private and individual solutions through Christians' actions to the benefit of their fellow men. The MCC is a part of what in Swedish can be called a popular movement, a kind of "social movement" or "voluntary organisation." The analysis shows that its pastors in their sermons do not embrace some of the central parts of the ideology that generally pertain to popular movements, namely concern with reforming society

The world is black and dark : What concerns pastors in the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden when they preach about society

Boij, A. 2002: Jorden är mörk och svart. Vad som rör pastorer i Svenska Missionsförbundet när de ska predika om samhället. (The world is black and dark. What concerns pastors in the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden when they preach about society). Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Psychologia et Sociologia Religionum 16. 239 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 91-554-5488-7. The dissertation reflects a study of what pastors in the Mission Covenant Church in Sweden say in their sermons about society and social responsibility and represents an attempt at finding factors such as gender, education, age, values, and faith behind what has been said in the sermons. The results show that in general pastors have a negative picture of society irrespective of which of its aspects they are addressing. The pastors’ view of Christian responsibility for society is that it is primarily something for the individual to take, not for the congregation. Above all, Christian responsibility for society is about individual Christians' taking responsibility for her fellow human beings. For theoretical clarification the findings are discussed within the framework of the concept of secularisation, following Casanova (1994) sub-divided into differentiation, decline of religion and privatisation. In the study differentiation is identified when pastors do not relate theological reflection to their description and analysis of society. Thus they do not provide an integrated system of meaning for everyday life. As for privatisation, even when pastors are mainly speaking about public events, they are unable to place those events in a religiously interpreted context. According to the pastors social problems are to be met with private and individual solutions through Christians' actions to the benefit of their fellow men. The MCC is a part of what in Swedish can be called a popular movement, a kind of "social movement" or "voluntary organisation." The analysis shows that its pastors in their sermons do not embrace some of the central parts of the ideology that generally pertain to popular movements, namely concern with reforming society

Tobaksfri grundskola – fem år senare

A Non Smoking Generation (NSG) utvecklade, tillsammans med Landstinget Kronoberg, Gotlands och Järfälla kommuner, under åren 2003 till 2005 ett tobakspreventivt flerkomponentsprogram för grundskolan. År 2010 fick NSG nya medel för att utvärdera vad som fortfarande fanns kvar av programmet på de skolor som var med i projektet. Långtidsuppföljningen, fem år efter det projektet var avslutat, visar att grundskolorna åtminstone delvis fortsatt att använda programmet, men både programföljsamheten och vidmakthållandet minskat. Vid implementering av tobaksförebyggande program i grundskolan är det av betydelse att beakta både yttre strukturella faktorer som påverkar skolornas arbete som inre faktorer som lärarnas synsätt på hälsofrämjande arbete i skolan, personalkontinuitet och andra stödjande faktorer som främjar ett vidmakthållande av tobaksförebyggande arbete som implementeras i skolan

Kunskapsbaserat tobaksförebyggande arbete i skolan - A Non Smoking Generations (NSG) flerkomponentsprogram

 Den idéburna organisationen A Non Smoking Generation utvecklade under 2010–2017 ett kunskaps- och teoribaserat tobaksförebyggande flerkomponentsprogram för grund- och gymnasieskola tillsammans med en tvärvetenskaplig rådgivande forskargrupp. Här beskrivs programutvecklingsarbetet och genomförandet i fyra svenska kommuner, graden av engagemang och stöd för genomförandet samt elevernas syn på policy och lagar rörande tobak. Programmets teoretiska ramverk utgick från teorier och kunskap om förändringsberedskap, risk- och skyddsfaktorer, implementering, samt den processmodell som utvecklades och tillämpades i projektet. Alla skolor i kommunerna gick under projekttiden från att ha en lägre förändringsberedskap att arbeta tobaksförebyggande till en högre. I slutet av projektet var de tobaksspecifika skyddsfaktorerna inkluderade i tobakspolicys som tillämpades och andelen elever som kände till tobakspolicyn hade ökat. Resultaten visade också att kommunernas skolor hade kunnat tillämpa och kommit långt i arbetet med processmodellen. Av intervjuerna framkom att de var mycket nöjda med modellen och ansåg att den var lätt att arbeta utifrån och hålla fast vid i framtida arbete

Fimpar du, fimpar jag. Tobaksavvänjning för unga av unga: Tobacco cessation for young people of young people

During 2016–2020, a tobacco cessation program for young people in Region Kronoberg was designed and tested. It was called “Quit smoking together” and targeted 16–29-year-olds. The model was designed together with the young smokers, and the program was led by an MI-trained coach. The participants joined the program with a friend, mostly also a smoker, with meetings 7–8 times. The participants were satisfied with the tobacco cessation program. By the end, three participants were completely smoke-free, five participants smoked less. Six months after quitting, two participants were still non-smokers. The model with influencing and involved participants, who also receive support, encouragement and feedback from a coach, meets the National Board of Health and Welfare requirements for qualified counseling. However, its effect on tobacco cessation needs further study.Under 2016 till 2020 pågick ett projekt med att ta fram och pröva en tobaksavvänjning för unga i Region Kronoberg. Den kallades ”Fimpar du, fimpar jag” och vände sig till 16–29-åringar. Modellen utformades tillsammans med unga som var tobaksbrukare. Tobaksavvänjningen leddes av en MI-utbildad coach (MI står för Motiverande samtal). De unga deltog tillsammans med en kompis som oftast också var tobaksbrukare. De träffades 7–8 gånger. Deltagarna var nöjda med tobaksavvänjningen. Vid avslutningen var tre deltagare tobaksfria och fem deltagare använde mindre tobak än innan. Sex månader senare var två deltagare fortfarande tobaksfria. Modellen där deltagarna har inflytande och är delaktiga samtidigt som de får stöd, uppmuntran och feedback av en coach uppfyller Socialstyrelsens krav för kvalificerad rådgivning. Modellen behöver fortsätta att användas och studeras för att kunna fastställa dess effekt på tobaksanvändning