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- Karvonen, Sara, 1991-, et al.
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Perceptions concerning the MMR Vaccine on a Swedish Internet Platform
- 2019
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Ingår i: Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift. - Stockholm : Socialmedicinsk tidskrift. - 0037-833X. ; 96:4, s. 628-638
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Online conversations on the Internet may influence parents’ decision-makingprocess regarding vaccination. Therefore, it is essential to understand whatparents discuss and how they are advised about vaccinations in online com-munities. This qualitative study explores online conversations concerningthe measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine among members of a Swe-dish anti-vaccination community on the social media platform Facebook.We found that negative, erroneous, and pseudoscientific notions of vacci-nations were common and often related to broader understandings of childhealth. Members generally overlooked the beneficial societal aspects of thevaccination. To create trust among parents concerning the MMR vaccine,Swedish healthcare personnel should be given the means and resources topromote the beneficial aspects of the vaccination in relation to parents’ riskperceptions as well as to scientifically based arguments and understandings
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- Wedel, Johan, 1962
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Customary law and the mediation of witchcraft accusations in Eastern Nicaragua
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Ingår i: Journal of Legal Anthropology. - : Berghahn Books. - 1758-9576 .- 1758-9584. ; 3:1, s. 62-82
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article focuses on efforts to overcome the divide between state legality and local practices. It explores a pragmatic effort to deal with witchcraft accusations and occult-related violence in customary courts among the Miskitu people in Eastern Nicaragua, taking into account both indigenous notions of justice and cosmology, and the laws of the state. In this model, a community court (elected by the community inhabitants and supported by a council of elders), watchmen known as ‘voluntary police’ and a ‘judicial facilitator’ play intermediary roles. Witchcraft is understood and addressed in relation to Miskitu cultural perceptions and notions of illness afflictions, and disputes are settled through negotiations involving divination, healing, signing a legally binding ‘peace’ contract, a fine, and giving protection to alleged witches. This decreases tensions and the risk of vigilante justice is reduced. The focus is on settling disputes, conciliation and recreating harmony instead of retribution.
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- Wedel, Johan, 1962
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Santería
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Ingår i: Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. - Heidelberg : Springer. - 9789400777484 ; , s. 3847-3851
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- Wedel, Johan, 1962
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Witchcraft related violence and the law
- 2018
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Ingår i: Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Barcelona, Spain, May 23 - May 26..
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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