Employment-Related Geographic Mobility (E-RGM), Place Attachment, and Philanthropy: Interconnections and Implications for Rural Community Well-Being in Newfoundland and Labrador

Background: Healthy lifestyle is one which helps keeping and improving health and well-being. This means maintaining hygiene, eating balanced diet, getting regular exercise, avoiding tobacco and drugs and getting adequate rest and recreation. Objective(s): To assess healthy lifestyle practice among selected rural-community of Sirajganj district. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among people living in selected villages of Sirajganj. A total of 490 respondents were interviewed face-to-face using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: Among the respondents 73.3% were female, mean age was 40.29 ± 15.84 years and 56.9% were literates. Mean monthly income was 10812.30±10039.63 taka. Majority (97.3%) said that they wash their hands 'before eating', 89.0% said 'after coming from washroom', 18.6% mentioned of 'after coming in contact with sick person', 3.9% said 'after playing and 3.1% mentioned of 'after holding coins'. About 84% used soap and water for hand washing. One third (33.9%) washed their hands for a period of more than 20 seconds. About 28% consume meat, fish, and egg daily. Majority (77.8%) consumed extra salt daily, 81.8% never took part in playing of doing exercises and 9.8% were current smokers. Conclusion: Subjects were ruralpeople and showed lack of many elements of healthy lifestyle. Proportion of tobacco-use was less. Yet a big proportion consumes extra salt, don't do any exercise, don't eat fruits and cannot eat protein rich food. KYAMC Journal Vol. 11, No.-4, January 2021, Page 193-198

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Rural Community-Based Tourism Development in Bangladesh: The Conceptual Issues

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i2.29.13657 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2.29) ◽

pp. 374

Author(s):

Md Afjal Hossain ◽

Uchinlayen .

Keyword(s):

Human Resource Development ◽

Rural Community ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Well Being ◽

Policy Formation ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Rural Tourism ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

Community Based ◽

Community People

The concept of rural tourism can revitalize the conventional concepts of tourism, and bring socio-economic and environmental well-being of the rural community ensuring sustainable development of a particular country. The aim of this paper is to identify the prospects and problems of rural community-based tourism development in Bangladesh. Rural tourism is one of the most promising tourism sectors in Bangladesh. It can bring economic, social and environmental benefits to the community people. Development of the rural tourism will have a significant impact on the GDP and employment opportunities for them who are involved in its development process. This paper finds out some barriers of rural community-based tourism development and provides some suggestions to overcome those challenges. For the development of this promising sector, it needs proper policy formation, infrastructure development, human resource development, enough investment for services and facilities in the destination areas, readiness of rural people to arrange tourism in their areas, public private partnership, sustainable tourism development guidelines, etc. Finally, this paper also looks into at how rural community people of Bangladesh can be involved in the development of tourism activities in their own areas.)

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Moderation role of proactive coping between psychological place attachment and its mental health consequences in sojourners

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association ◽

10.47391/jpma.02-336 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rida Muhammad Akbar ◽

Muhammad Naveed Riaz

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Psychological Distress ◽

Place Attachment ◽

Well Being ◽

Place Identity ◽

Self Report ◽

Proactive Coping ◽

Preventive Coping ◽

Mental Well Being ◽

The Relationship

Objective The study also examined the moderating impact of proactive coping strategies in the relationship of psychological place attachment and mental health related outcomes in sojourners. Methods The study was based upon self-report measures including Psychological Place Attachment Scale, Proactive Coping Inventory, Warwick Edinburg Mental Well-being Scale and Kasler Psychological Distress Scale. Total 300 sojourners participated in the study. Participants Academic sojourners are students who stay in a place for a limited period of time. Data of sojourners (N = 300) was collected from Sargodha using four self-report measures. Results Data analysis through PROCSS 3.2 revealed that Proactive coping, preventive coping and reflective coping were significantly moderated the relationship between affective and psychological distress. Proactive coping and reflective coping were significantly moderated the relationship between affective bonding and mental wells-being. Proactive coping preventive coping and avoidance coping significantly moderated the relationship home meaning and psychological distress. Proactive coping was moderated the relationship between home meaning and psychological distress. Proactive coping and reflective coping were moderated the relationship between place identity and psychological distress. Proactive coping was moderated the relationship between place identity and mental well-being. Instrumental support seeking was moderating the relationship between place dependence and psychological distress. Preventive coping and reflective coping were moderated the relationship between psychological place attachment and psychological distress. Reflective coping, strategic planning and preventive coping were significantly moderated the relationship between psychological place attachment and mental well-being. Continuous...

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Predicting place attachment through selfie tourism, memorable tourism experience and hedonic well-being

International Journal of Tourism Cities ◽

10.1108/ijtc-09-2020-0188 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Okki Trinanda ◽

Astri Yuza Sari ◽

Efni Cerya ◽

Tri Rachmat Riski

Keyword(s):

Significant Relationship ◽

Place Attachment ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Well Being ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Survey Method ◽

Content Type ◽

Tourism Experience ◽

Meaningful Experiences ◽

The Relationship

Purpose Selfie tourism is a fast-growing phenomenon. Given the convenience of photo-snapping and photo-sharing on social media, selfie tourism is seen as an emerging trend among travelers. This phenomenon gave consequence toward travelers’ behavior, especially on how it can affect their memorable tourism experience and place attachment. This paper aims to examine the relationship between selfie tourism, memorable tourism experience, hedonic well-being and travelers’ place attachment. Design/methodology/approach A self-administered survey method is used. This research was carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic, consequently, the data were collected via Google Form (online). The respondents are tourists who have visited various tourism destinations in West Sumatera, Indonesia. To test the hypotheses of this study, questionnaires are distributed to 450 respondents. The proposed model was tested using structural equation modeling. Findings The results of this study shows that selfie tourism has a positive and significant relationship toward both memorable tourism experience and hedonic well-being. In addition, memorable tourism experience and hedonic well-being also have a significant relationship with place attachment. Research limitations/implications The limitation of this study lies in the limited reference to the relationship between selfie tourism and memorable tourism experience and hedonic well-being, because this is the first study to examine the relationship of these variables. This study also has not tested the direct relationship between selfie tourism and place attachment and has not considered eudaemonic well-being as an antecedent of place attachment. Further research will discuss the direct effect of selfie tourism and eudaemonic experience on place attachment, as well as the moderating effect of memorable tourism and hedonic well-being. Practical implications This study shows the benefits obtained by tourism managers in preparing selfie facilities, as well as the ability to create meaningful experiences. It provides tourism practitioners with an understanding that tourist place attachment can be improved by both memorable tourism experience and hedonic well-being. Furthermore, both memorable tourism experience and hedonic well-being can be affected by selfie tourism. This understanding can enhance the tourism providers’ strategy to improve services that fit the characteristics of today’s tourists. Therefore, selfie tourism, memorable tourism experience and hedonic well-being can support tourism sustainability, especially in creating place attachments. Originality/value To the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first studies that investigated the relationship between selfie tourism, memorable tourism experience and place attachment. From a market-specific context, this is also the first study that investigated the antecedents of place attachment on West Sumatera’s tourism.

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Place Attachment, Well-Being, and Resilience

The Routledge Handbook of People and Place in the 21st-Century City ◽

10.4324/9781351211543-27 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 243-251

Author(s):

Leila Scannell ◽

Li Qin Tan ◽

Robin S. Cox ◽

Robert Gifford

Keyword(s):

Place Attachment ◽

Well Being

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Therapeutic landscapes, restorative environments, place attachment, and well-being

Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health ◽

10.1093/med/9780198725916.003.0036 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 57-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mardie Townsend ◽

Claire Henderson-Wilson ◽

Haywantee Ramkissoon ◽

Rona Weerasuriya

Keyword(s):

Place Attachment ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Illnesses ◽

Emotional States ◽

Restorative Environments ◽

Therapeutic Landscapes ◽

Hands On ◽

Human Perceptions ◽

Australian Case

Evidence of declining well-being and increasing rates of depression and other mental illnesses has been linked with modern humans’ separation from nature. Landscapes become therapeutic when physical and built environments, social conditions, and human perceptions combine. Highlighting the contextual factors underpinning this separation from nature, this chapter outlines three Australian case studies to illustrate the links between therapeutic landscapes, restorative environments, place attachment, and well-being. Case study 1, a quantitative study of 452 park users near Melbourne, Victoria, focuses on place attachment and explored the links between pro-environmental behaviour and psychological well-being. Case study 2, a small pilot mixed-methods study in a rural area of Victoria, explores the restorative potential of hands-on nature-based activities for people suffering depression, anxiety, and social isolation. Case study 3, a qualitative study of users’ experiences of accessing hospital gardens in Melbourne, highlights improved emotional states and social connections.

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