Auton'Al 60: Prevention program for the loss of autonomy of elderly in France

AbstractIntroductionThe loss of autonomy in elderly varies according to the individual health status, but also to the social and psychological environment. Multiple risk factors play a role, including limited access to a balanced diet, physical inactivity or a poor social network. Prevention programs must therefore be based on a multidimensional approach, but are rarely studied with regard to their effectiveness.Materials and methodsThe objective of the Auton'Al 60 program is to prevent the loss of autonomy related to diet, physical activity and mental health in elderly, aged 60 to 89, in the county of Oise, North of France. Between February and July 2018, 7 different prevention workshops were conducted in 5 geographical areas (urban and rural). A blog and a monthly newsletter have been created to limit the loss to follow- up. Evaluation was based on an in-depth interview at T0 inquiring about the level of autonomy, the dietary habits and the health status, as well as on 2 self-administered questionnaires during and at the end of the program. In addition, each workshop has been evaluated separately according to key indicators. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 17.Results69 workshops have been completed during 5 months. In total, 91 subjects (27.8% men - 71.9% women) participated in at least one workshop, with a mean age of 69.1 years (± 6.3). 72.6% of the subjects were present at 6 or 7 workshops, and 49.5% participated in all activities. A state of loss of autonomy was reported by 6.7% of the participants. 32.6% of the population were chronic-disease-free and 43.8% had a normal BMI (kg / m2). The prevalence of obesity was 15.7%. The program showed effectiveness to decrease the consumption of high-fat products in 52.9% as well as the consumption of sugary products in 60.9% of the participants. Furthermore, 23.2% of the subjects started a new social activity during the program. However, compared to other age groups observed fragility seemed to be particularly high in elderly aged from 66 to 69 years.ConclusionThe Auton'Al 60 program confirms the heterogeneity in the level of autonomy, health status and health behavior in elderly. The multidimensional approach has shown satisfactory effectiveness. Prevention strategies have been developed for isolated or low-income subjects and are under current evaluation.

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Pengaruh Faktor Demografi dan Sosial Ekonomi terhadap Status Kesehatan Individu di Indonesia

Kajian Ekonomi dan Keuangan ◽

10.31685/kek.v5i2.1008 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 146-157

Author(s):

Liani Surya Rakasiwi

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Health Status ◽

Low Income ◽

The Other ◽

Individual Health ◽

Indonesia Family Life Survey ◽

Individual Health Status ◽

The Individual ◽

Logit Regression Model ◽

The Impact

This study analyzed the impact of demography and socioeconomic status on individual health status in Indonesia. The data used Indonesia Family Life Survey 5 (IFLS 5). The study use logit regression model for analysis with health status variable as dependent variable. The other variable such as demography and socioeconomic status as independent variables. Socioeconomic status seen from two measures, namely education and income. The result of this study concludes the demography influence significantly on individual health status in Indonesia. Individual who lives in urban area has higher probability of being health by 1,02 percent compared to individual who lives in rural area. The other variable like socioeconomic status also influences significantly on the individual health status in Indonesia. Individual with longer years of education has higher probability of being health by 3,07 percent compared to individual with less years of education. Individual with high income has higher probability of being health compared to individual with low income.

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Interaction of Socio-demographic Characteristics on Acceptance of Disability Among Individuals With Physical Disabilities

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2021.597817 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Eun-Young Park ◽

Jung-Hee Kim

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Health Status ◽

Low Income ◽

Physical Disabilities ◽

Economic Status ◽

Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽

Team Members ◽

The Disabled ◽

Employment Education ◽

The Individual

This study aimed to investigate the interaction of sociodemographic characteristics on acceptance of disability among individuals with physical disabilities (IWPD). Data from the 8th Panel Survey of Employment for the Disabled in Korea (PSED) in the second wave were used. A sample concerning the first phase of disability was extracted using the one-step colony method to extract regions and was stratified based on the type of disability, disability grade, and age. To explore the association between acceptance of sociodemographic characteristics and of disability, we used a general linear model. A significant main effect was observed in employment, health status, degree of help, and subjective economic status. Regarding employment status, acceptance of disability in unemployment of IWPD with less than high school was lower as compared to those with more than high school. We observed that unemployed IWPD with low income or poor health status could be the group with the highest risk for acceptance of disability. Individuals in the low economic group were more religious than those in the high economic one. These findings indicate that specialized intervention programs that consider religion, economic status, employment, education, health, and their interactions would be effective for acceptance of disability. Interdisciplinary team members should consider the individual profiles of these populations and implement suitable support and rehabilitation programs.

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The Influence of Regional Social Inequality and Labour Market Characteristics on Health

Comparative Population Studies ◽

10.12765/cpos-2013-15 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Christiane Gross ◽

Peter Kriwy

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Unemployment Rate ◽

Multilevel Models ◽

Educational Inequality ◽

Panel Study ◽

Regional Unemployment ◽

Individual Health ◽

Individual Health Status ◽

Regional Unemployment Rate ◽

The Individual

The influence of contextual factors on individual health status has been demonstrated by a number of studies even when controlling for the individual socio-economic situation (and other relevant factors). The article examines whether and to what extent variables of the place of residence have an effect on individual health status. We do not only refer to income levels and inequality, but also to effects of the educational level and inequality and the regional unemployment rate. As data basis for the individual level, we use the 2006 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and add regional information on the aggregate level based on the regional units (Raumordnungsregionen) of the Microcensus of 2005. These data will be analysed using multilevel models. The results reveal that regional educational inequality intensifies the individual educational effect, whereby members of less-educated groups in educationally disparate regions exhibit particularly low health chances. In addition, a high regional unemployment rate intensifies the negative effect of individual unemployment on men’s health.

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Limitations to current methods to estimate cause of death: a validation study of a verbal autopsy model

Gates Open Research ◽

10.12688/gatesopenres.13132.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 55

Author(s):

Clara Menéndez ◽

Llorenç Quintó ◽

Paola Castillo ◽

Carla Carrilho ◽

Mamudo R. Ismail ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Verbal Autopsy ◽

Age Groups ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

Kappa Statistic ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Accurate Information ◽

Effective Interventions ◽

And Performance ◽

The Individual

Background: Accurate information on causes of death (CoD) is essential to estimate burden of disease, track global progress, prioritize cost-effective interventions, and inform policies to reduce mortality. In low-income settings, where a significant proportion of deaths take place at home or in poorly-resourced peripheral health facilities, data on CoD often relies on verbal autopsies (VAs). Validations of VAs have been performed against clinical diagnosis, but never before against an acceptable gold standard: the complete diagnostic autopsy (CDA). Methods: We have validated a computer-coded verbal autopsy method –the InterVA- using individual and population metrics to determine CoD against the CDA, in 316 deceased patients of different age groups who died in a tertiary-level hospital in Maputo, Mozambique between 2013 and 2015. Results: We found a low agreement of the model across all age groups at the individual (kappa statistic ranging from -0.030 to 0.232, lowest in stillbirths and highest in adults) and population levels (chance-corrected cause-specific mortality fraction accuracy ranging from -1.00 to 0.62, lowest in stillbirths, highest in children). The sensitivity in identifying infectious diseases was low (0% for tuberculosis, diarrhea, and disseminated infections, 32% for HIV-related infections, 33% for malaria and 36% for pneumonia). Of maternal deaths, 26 were assigned to eclampsia but only four patients actually died of eclampsia. Conclusions: These findings do not lead to building confidence in current estimates of CoD. They also call to the need to implement autopsy methods where they may be feasible, and to improve the quality and performance of current VA techniques.

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Adolescent Obesity and Overweight Prevalence amongst Urban Population of Pakistan

Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research ◽

10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i530296 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Zulfiqar Khosa ◽

M. Yaseen Bazai ◽

Tariq Mehmood ◽

Mukhtar Mehboob ◽

Muhammad Zubair ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Age Groups ◽

Adolescent Obesity ◽

Socioeconomic Condition ◽

Income Category ◽

Skin Fold Thickness ◽

Obesity And Overweight ◽

Triceps Skin Fold ◽

High Income Category

Background: Adolescent obesity is a worldwide threatening health challenge. Current study was designed to assess the obesity and overweight occurrence in adolescent age groups of 12-18 years pertaining to high and low income groups of the city of Quetta Pakistan. Methods and Results: A total of 2000 school children were investigated and classified into 1088 High Income Category (HIC) and 912 Low Income Category (LIC). Obesity and overweight were reviewed by using Body Mass Index (BMI) and Triceps Skin Fold Thickness (TSFT) specifying age and sex values for adolescents. By using BMI as the core value, occurrence of obesity and overweight remained as 1.3% to 0.5% in LIC respectively. And in HIC the obesity and overweight percentile remained 3.3% and 1.5% respectively (p<0001). While using TSFT criteria, the obesity and overweight occurrence in LIC was 0.4% and 0.4% and in HIC the obesity and overweight assessments were 1.4% and 0.7% respectively (p˂0001). Current study presented that obesity and overweight occurrence found higher in HIC compared to LIC adolescent age groups. This emphasizing the possibilities based on modified pattern of dietary habits and physical activities with mount in income height. Conclusions: Socioeconomic condition matters in pattern of obesity and overweight amongst adolescent.

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Limitations to current methods to estimate cause of death: a validation study of a verbal autopsy model

Gates Open Research ◽

10.12688/gatesopenres.13132.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 55

Author(s):

Clara Menéndez ◽

Llorenç Quintó ◽

Paola Castillo ◽

Carla Carrilho ◽

Mamudo R. Ismail ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Verbal Autopsy ◽

Age Groups ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

Kappa Statistic ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Accurate Information ◽

Effective Interventions ◽

And Performance ◽

The Individual

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Prior Lung Inflammation Impacts on Body Distribution of Gold Nanoparticles

BioMed Research International ◽

10.1155/2013/923475 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Salik Hussain ◽

Jeroen A. J. Vanoirbeek ◽

Steven Haenen ◽

Vincent Haufroid ◽

Sonja Boland ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽

Inductively Coupled ◽

Pulmonary Exposure ◽

Body Distribution ◽

Inflammatory Conditions ◽

Individual Health Status ◽

Oropharyngeal Aspiration ◽

Plasma Mass Spectrometry ◽

The Individual

Introduction. Gold- (Au-) based nanomaterials have shown promising potential in nanomedicine. The individual health status is an important determinant of the response to injury/exposure. It is, therefore, critical to evaluate exposure to Au-nanomaterials with varied preexisting health status.Objective. The goal of this research was to determine the extent of extrapulmonary translocation from healthy and inflamed lungs after pulmonary exposure to AuNPs. Male BALB/c mice received a single dose of0.8 mg·kg−1AuNPs (40 nm) by oropharyngeal aspiration 24 hours after priming with LPS (0.4 mg·kg−1) through the same route. Metal contents were analyzed in different organs by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).Results. Oropharyngeal aspiration resulted in high metal concentrations in lungs (P<0.001); however, these were much lower after pretreatment with LPS (P<0.05). Significantly higher concentrations of Au were detected in heart and thymus of healthy animals, whereas higher concentrations of Au NPs were observed in spleen in LPS-primed animals.Conclusions. The distribution of AuNPs from lungs to secondary target organs depends upon the health status, indicating that targeting of distinct secondary organs in nanomedicine needs to be considered carefully under health and inflammatory conditions.

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HEALTH STATUS AND DIETARY PATTERNS IN POLAND

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum - Oeconomia ◽

10.22630/aspe.2021.20.2.12 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 21-29

Author(s):

Anna Dąbrowska ◽

Liudmyła Shulgina ◽

Anita Szuszkiewicz

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Healthy Eating ◽

Dietary Patterns ◽

Research Study ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Scientific Cooperation ◽

Balanced Diet ◽

Study Results ◽

Delivery Services ◽

Desk Research

The main goal of this paper is to evaluate the health status of Poles in the context of their dietary patterns. Results of a desk research study on dietary habits of persons working during the coronavirus pandemic and attitudes of Poles towards meal delivery services provided to the authors by external research institutions were utilized for the purpose of the article. In the framework of practical scientific cooperation, the following reports containing results of research on dietary patterns of people working during the pandemic have been made available for the purpose of this study: “Healthy, speedy or conveniently?” and “Healthy eating”. The results were used with retain of copyright and ethical principles. Data analysis led to the conclusion that people have tended to pay more attention to the food intake as well as spend more time on self-preparation of meals during the pandemic. Based on analysis of the study results, a thesis was formulated that during a pandemic, we pay more attention to what we eat, and we also spend more time preparing meals on our own. Assuming that the population of Poland in 2020 was 38,265 thousand people, it could be stated in the light of the study results that almost 650 thousand Poles were on a well-balanced diet adapted to individual consumer needs.

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Eating NAFTA

10.1525/california/9780520291805.001.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Alyshia Gálvez

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Chronic Disease ◽

Low Income ◽

Food System ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Trade Agreement ◽

Well Being ◽

Health Crisis ◽

The North ◽

The World

In the two decades since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect, Mexico has seen an epidemic of diet-related illness. While globalization has been associated with an increase in chronic disease around the world, in Mexico, the speed and scope of the rise has been called a public health emergency. The shift in Mexican foodways is happening at a moment when the country’s ancestral cuisine is now more popular and appreciated around the world than ever. What does it mean for their health and well-being when many Mexicans eat fewer tortillas and more instant noodles, while global elites demand tacos made with handmade corn tortillas? This book examines the transformation of the Mexican food system since NAFTA and how it has made it harder for people to eat as they once did. The book contextualizes NAFTA within Mexico’s approach to economic development since the Revolution, noticing the role envisioned for rural and low-income people in the path to modernization. Examination of anti-poverty and public health policies in Mexico reveal how it has become easier for people to consume processed foods and beverages, even when to do so can be harmful to health. The book critiques Mexico’s strategy for addressing the public health crisis generated by rising rates of chronic disease for blaming the dietary habits of those whose lives have been upended by the economic and political shifts of NAFTA.

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ПСИХОЛОГІЧНИЙ СУПРОВІД СТАНОВЛЕННЯ УСПІШНОЇ ОСОБИСТОСТІ У ПРОФЕСІЙНОМУ СЕРЕДОВИЩІ В УМОВАХ СОЦІАЛЬНИХ ТА ОСВІТНІХ РЕФОРМ

Psychology of Personality ◽

10.15330/ps.8.1.221-226 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 221-226

Author(s):

Олена Горова

Keyword(s):

Social Activity ◽

Professional Activity ◽

Subjective Feeling ◽

Support Worker ◽

Gainful Employment ◽

Progressive Development ◽

Professional Success ◽

The Social ◽

The Individual ◽

Favorable Conditions

Професійне становлення особистості супроводжує всі етапи соціально-вікового розвитку особистості. Трудова діяльність є основним видом суспільної активності, який дозволяє працівнику задовольняти основні потреби, особливо у процесі постійних соціальних, освітніх реформ. Важливим завданням психологічного супроводу працівника у процесі виконання професійної діяльності є забезпечення сприятливих умов формування професійно важливих якостей. Соціальна успішність є результатом ефективного розв’язання виробничих завдань, які мають суспільно корисну важливість та пов’язані з потребами інших людей. Якісний прогресивний розвиток працівника можливий лише за умови збереження стійкого позитивного ставлення до професії. Позитивна професійна самоідентифікація пов’язана з ототожненням та персоналізацією працівником особистісних рис працівників, які досягли успіху у професії, мають суспільно визнані результати діяльності. Таким чином, професійна успішність як суб’єктне новоутворення у якості відчуття гордості за власні результати діяльності забезпечує реалізацію традиції наставництва і передачі позитивного професійного досвіду. Професійно успішний працівник усвідомлює необхідність та важливість результатів своєї діяльності для інших, що вимагає, відповідно, від соціального середовища усвідомлення необхідності визнання результатів діяльності фахівців. Знехтуваний суспільством працівник, або той, результати діяльності якого позиціонуються як меншовартісні, дистанціюється від професії та має негативний потенціал розвитку. Professional formation of the person accompanies all phases of social and age of the individual. Gainful employment is the main form of social activity that allows the employee to realize the basic needs. An important task of psychological support worker in the course of professional activity is to provide favorable conditions for the formation of professionally important qualities. Professional success is the result of an effective solution of industrial jobs that are socially useful and important related to the needs of others. High-quality progressive development of an employee is only possible while maintaining a stable positive attitude towards the profession. Positive professional identity associated with the identification and personalization of employee personality traits of employees who have been successful in the profession, who have publicly acknowledged performance. Thus professional success as the subjective feeling of a lump in the pride of their own results of operations ensures the implementation of the tradition of mentoring and of positive transfer of professional experience. Professionally successful employees aware of the need and the importance of the results of its operations for the other, which requires, respectively, from the social environment - awareness of the need to recognize the performance of specialists. Unclaimed society worker, or the results of operations, which are positioned as less important, is moving away from the profession and has a negative potential.

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