Social network support and risk factors for obesity and overweight in adolescents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milton Carlos Guevara-Valtier ◽  
Luis Arturo Pacheco-Pérez ◽  
Laura Alicia Velarde-Valenzuela ◽  
Karla Judith Ruiz-González ◽  
Velia Cárdenas-Villarreal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Obesity And Overweight ◽  
Social Network Support

scholarly journals A Relational Perspective on Social Support Between Bereaved and Their Networks After Terror: A Qualitative Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 233339361879207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Dyregrov ◽  
Pål Kristensen ◽  
Atle Dyregrov
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Terror Attack ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Relational Perspective ◽  
Social Network Support ◽  
Stressful Experiences ◽  
Relational Regulation ◽  
Depth Interviews

The aim of this study is to increase the understanding of social network support after traumatic deaths and, by demonstrating the complexities of such encounters, to highlight whether such support may be totally beneficial. A phenomenological dynamic and relational perspective was applied to 22 in-depth interviews with parents bereaved as a result of the 2011 terror attack in Norway. Three main themes were identified in respect of interactional support processes: (a) valued support, (b) stressful experiences, and (c) interactive barriers. As well as describing the value of experienced support, the article also elaborates on the effect of lacking, avoidant, and inept support. The findings show that insecure communication and a nonmatching understanding of time and emotional overload can form interactive barriers between the bereaved and their networks. By better understanding the relational regulation processes inherent in social support we may provide informed advice to both the bereaved and their networks to maximize recovery.

scholarly journals The role of social network support in treatment outcomes for medication for opioid use disorder: a systematic review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Navin Kumar ◽  
William Oles ◽  
Benjamin A. Howell ◽  
Kamila Janmohamed ◽  
Selena T. Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Treatment Outcomes ◽  
Opioid Use Disorder ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Social Network Support ◽  
Partner Relationships

AbstractBackgroundSocial connections can lead to contagion of healthy behaviors. Successful treatment of patients with opioid use disorder, as well as recovery of their communities from the opioid epidemic, may lay in rebuilding social networks. Strong social networks of support can reinforce the benefits of medication treatments that are the current standard of care and the most effective tool physicians have to fight the opioid epidemic.MethodsWe conducted a systematic review of electronic research databases, specialist journals and grey literature up to August 2020 to identify experimental and observational studies of social network support in patient populations receiving medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD). We place the studies into a conceptual framework of dynamic social networks, examining the role of networks before MOUD treatment is initiated, during the treatment, and in the long-term following the treatment. We analyze the results across three sources of social network support: partner relationships, family, and peer networks. We also consider the impact of negative social connections.ResultsOf 5193 articles screened, 46 studies were identified as meeting inclusion criteria (12 were experimental and 34 were observational). 39 studies indicated that social network support, or lack thereof, had a statistically significant relationship with improved MOUD treatment outcomes. We find the strongest support for the positive impact of family and partner relationships when integrated into treatment attempts. We also identify strong evidence for a negative impact of maintaining contacts with the drug-using network on treatment outcomes.ConclusionsSocial networks significantly shape effectiveness of opioid use disorder treatments. While negative social ties reinforce addiction, positive social support networks can amplify the benefits of medication treatments. Targeted interventions to reconstruct social networks can be designed as a part of medication treatment with their effects evaluated in improving patients’ odds of recovery from opioid use disorder and reversing the rising trend in opioid deaths.

Evaluating Learning Experience through Educational Social Network Support in Blended Learning

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Marva Mirabolghasemi ◽  
Noorminshah A. Iahad
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Course Management Systems ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Social Network Support

The Community of Inquiry (CoI) model has been used for exploring various aspects of blended learning courses using technology such as Course Management Systems (CMSs). However, there is a lack of research literature evaluating CoI in environments where students use an educational social network in addition to a CMS and face to face teaching and learning. This study investigates a learning experience in blended learning that combines the usage of a CMS, Edmodo, which is an educational Social Network Site (SNS) and face to face teaching and learning. The results have shown a significant relationship and prediction of overall learning experience in relation to teaching, cognitive and social presence in blended learning. Moreover, social presence is the most significant factor to predict the overall learning experience of students.

scholarly journals Mental Health, Sexual Orientation, and Perceived Social Network Support in Relation to Hazardous Alcohol Consumption Among Active Duty Military Men

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 155798832097630
Author(s):  
Cheríe S. Blair ◽  
Shannon Dunlap ◽  
Michael Tzen ◽  
Carl A. Castro ◽  
Jeremy T. Goldbach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Social Network Support ◽  
Hazardous Alcohol ◽  
Hazardous Alcohol Consumption

Knowledge surrounding perceived network support and alcohol consumption among active duty U.S. military personnel is limited, particularly among sexual minorities. We sought to determine the correlates of hazardous alcohol consumption and whether perceived network support moderated the relationship between sexual orientation and Alcohol Use Identification Test (AUDIT-C) score. The sample comprised cisgender men currently serving in the U.S. military ( N = 292). Participants were recruited through respondent-driven sampling and completed an online survey. Logistic regression analysis evaluated associations between positive AUDIT-C with sociodemographic characteristics (including sexual orientation), military service, mental health, and perceived social network support. Interaction analysis assessed the moderating effect of perceived network support on sexual orientation and AUDIT-C. Among study participants, 52.7% (154/292) had positive AUDIT-C, while 65.4% (191/292) self-identified as heterosexual/straight and 34.6% (101/292) identified as gay or bisexual. In adjusted analysis, positive AUDIT-C was associated with increased post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology (adjusted odds ratio [adjOR] 1.03; 95% CI [1.00, 1.06]; p = .019) and high perceived network support (adjOR 1.85; 95% CI [1.04, 3.29]; p = .036), while mental health service utilization had reduced odds of positive AUDIT-C (adjOR 0.40; 95% CI [0.20, 0.78]; p = .007). In interaction analysis, high perceived network support was associated with increased odds of positive AUDIT-C among sexual minority men (adjOR 3.09; 95% CI [1.21, 7.93]; p = .019) but not heterosexual men (adjOR 1.38; 95% CI [0.68, 2.81]; p = .37). Hazardous alcohol use was prevalent among all men in our sample. Perceived social network support may influence hazardous alcohol consumption, particularly among sexual minority servicemen. These findings suggest the potential role of tailored social network-based interventions to decrease hazardous alcohol use among military personnel.

The Social Network, Support and Neurosis

1977 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Primary Group ◽  
Positive Interaction ◽  
Network Support ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Medical Consultations ◽  
Social Network Support ◽  
Habitual Responses ◽  
Medical Morbidity

SummaryThe psychological function of the social network is considered in terms of attachment theory. Social bonds are proposed as essential for obtaining a commodity commonly but unsatisfactorily referred to as support. Requirements for this complex commodity can be discerned in a wide range of contexts. Examples considered are the evolutionary origin of the social network itself, the concept of psychosocial supplies, the distribution of neurosis in Western and non-Western populations, the use of medical consultations, psychotherapy and habitual responses to adversity or disaster. In these and other contexts, it is apparent that individuals have, quite simply, a requirement for affectively positive interaction with others. Under stressful conditions this interaction is called ‘support’. When support is lacking there is evidence that psychiatric and perhaps medical morbidity rates increase. For research, the objective must now be to determine whether depleted primary group interaction is causally related to morbidity, or whether it is only an associated or a secondary factor in aetiology, or indeed wholly unrelated. Elucidating more precisely why people need people constitutes an important new task for social psychiatry.‘Thank you for your support; I shall wear it at all times.’Neddy Seagoon inThe Goon Show(Spike Milligan, 1959)

scholarly journals Motivators and Barriers to Prenatal Supplement Use Among Women in Northern Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 220-220
Author(s):  
Clement Kubreziga Kubuga ◽  
Jeremiah Asangalisa ◽  
Caroline Boahen ◽  
Sawudatu Mohammed ◽  
Eugenia Akoto-Mensah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Social Network Support

Abstract Objectives In developing countries, the benefits of using prenatal supplements on birth outcomes have been well established. The rate of prenatal supplement (iron-folic acid) use compliance is low (52.8%) in northern region of Ghana even though the supplements are provided free to all pregnant women by the government. Little is known about the reasons for the non-compliance. We aimed to investigate through focus groups the barriers and motivators for taking the supplement among subjects who attend health facilities located in northern region of Ghana. Methods We conducted six focus groups with lactating women with toddlers (0–23 months) as they were expected to reflect a complete experience of pregnancy cycle. Results We identified five common themes: a) knowledge on supplement benefits, b) family support, c) social network support, d) reinforcement by health care providers, and e) different views on benefits of prenatal supplements. Key motivators were knowledge on supplement benefits, family support, social network support, and reinforcement by health care providers. Common barriers were adverse effects, inadequate knowledge on supplements, and disrespectful communication from health care providers. Conclusions Motivators/barriers for prenatal supplements usage/non-usage is a complex web. Adherence may be enhanced by reducing barriers related to communication of health care providers and adverse effects, improving social network support, improving family support, and improving health care provider interactions. Funding Sources None.

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