Stigma related to health conditions and offending behaviors: Social distance among students of health and social sciences.

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Cano ◽  
David Best ◽  
Melinda Beckwith ◽  
Lindsay A. Phillips ◽  
Paula Hamilton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Health Conditions

scholarly journals Investigating the Sociocultural Factors That Affect Learning a Second Language (on the Example of English)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Hatim H. Tawfiq
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
The Third ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
The Social

The present study investigates the sociocultural factors that affect second language learning. The investigation is built under five factors that are presumed to affect second language learning. The first factor is related to the effects of personality traits that are linked to second language learning, such as: self-efficiency, willingness, extraversion, and introversion, etc. The second factor pertains to motivation and second language learning. The third one is stereotyping and its effects on second language learning. The fourth is about social distance as a sociocultural factor of second language learning. And the fifth factor is about attitude. The study looks for how much effects do the factors mentioned so far have got in second language learning. A questionnaire is constructed to extract perceptions about the hypothesized factors from 62 participants. Responses are analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to get statistical descriptions about the factors that mostly affect second language learning. The analytic statistics gives the following mean values for each factor: attitude = 20.58, stereotype = 20.00, motivation = 19.84, social distance = 19.74, and personality 18.85. The study concludes with the consensus belief that attitude is a crucial factor of second language learning.

scholarly journals Condições de Saúde de Idosos com Diabetes Mellitus de uma Atenção Básica / Health Conditions of Elderly Persons with Diabetes Mellitus from a Basic Attention

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (45) ◽  
pp. 794-806
Author(s):  
José William Sousa Reis ◽  
Everson Mateus Almeida Magalhães ◽  
Tatiane Dias Casimiro Valença ◽  
Saionara Silva Brito ◽  
Anderson Pereira de Sousa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
The Social

Objetivo: Verificar as condições de saúde de idosos com diabetes mellitus cadastrados na atenção básica. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo, descritivo realizado com 63 idosos que convivem com diabetes mellitus cadastrados em duas Unidades Básicas de Saúde em Vitória da Conquista - BA, realizado entre setembro de 2017 e março de 2018. Para a coleta dos dados foi utilizado questionário sociodemográfico e econômico e outro de condições de saúde, ambos elaborados pelos pesquisadores. As coletas ocorreram nas unidades básicas de saúde e nos domicílios dos idosos com horário agendado. A análise foi realizada com o auxílio do programa estatístico Statistical Package for the Social Sciences® 22.0. O projeto foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Faculdade Independente do Nordeste com parecer nº 2.234.746. Resultados: A maioria dos idosos eram do sexo feminino (63,8%), com renda individual mensal de 1 salário mínimo (74,6%), de religião católica (52,4%), com diagnóstico da doença há mais de 5 anos (73%) e com histórico familiar de Diabetes Mellitus (61,9%). Em relação aos hábitos de vida, a maioria nunca fumou (60,3%), consome bebida alcoólica (81%) ou não pratica atividade física (73%). Quanto aos hábitos alimentares, 98,4% recebe orientações, 47,6% segue essas orientações, 88,9% não consomem sal ou açúcar 85,7% em excesso e consideram a sua saúde como boa 79,3%. Já as complicações relacionadas a Diabetes Mellitus mais encontradas foram visuais representando 53,9%, e a hipertensão sendo a comorbidade mais associada (80,9%). Conclusão: Os agravos a saúde dos idosos participantes do estudo podem estar relacionados a falta de adesão a uma alimentação adequada, a falta da prática de atividade física regular e a fatores econômicos que podem influenciar em uma melhor qualidade de vida desses indivíduos. Além disso, foi possível observar que a associação entre a diabetes mellitus, hipertensão arterial e alcoolismo são fatores que podem gerar diversas complicações à saúde do idoso, podendo causar infarto agudo do miocárdio, acidente vascular cerebral, o que pode trazer sequelas irreversíveis ou até mesmo levar o indivíduo ao óbito.

scholarly journals Prospect of Tele-Pharmacists in Pandemic Situations: Bangladesh Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
Abdul Kader Mohiuddin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Chronic Health Conditions ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Cochrane Central Register ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Central Register ◽  
The World ◽  
Online Library

Introduction. Telemedicine and telehealth technologies are especially effective during epidemic outbreaks, when health authorities recommend implementing social distance systems. Currently, coronavirus COVID-19 has affected 210 countries around the world, killed more than 240,000 and infected more than 3.4 million, according to Worldmeter, 03 May, 2020. Aim. The article reveals scope of pharmacy professionals in telemedicine sector during epidemic outbreaks. Material and methods. PubMed, ALTAVISTA, Embase, Scopus, the Science Web and the Cochrane Central Register have been carefully searched. The keywords were used to search out extensively followed journals from various publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Willey Online Library, and Wolters Kluwer. Results. Home-care is especially important in these situations because hospitals are not seemingly safe during pandemic outbreaks. Also, the chance to get out of the home during the lockdown period is limited. Telephone-based measures improve efficiency by linking appropriate information and feedback. It can also help provide education at distance on various health issues and topics. Conclusion. In addition to increasing access to healthcare, telemedicine is a fruitful and proactive way to provide a variety of benefits to patients seeking healthcare; diagnose and monitor critical and chronic health conditions; improve healthcare quality and reduce costs.

scholarly journals Prospect of Tele-Pharmacists in COVID-19 Pandemic Situation in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Access To Healthcare ◽  
Chronic Health Conditions ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Improve Efficiency ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
The World

Telemedicine and telehealth technologies are especially effective during epidemic outbreaks, when health authorities recommend implementing social distance systems. Currently, coronavirus COVID-19 has affected 210 countries around the world, killed more than 240,000 and infected more than 3.4 million, according to worldometer, 03 May, 2020. Home-care is especially important in these situations because hospitals are not seemingly safe during pandemic outbreaks. Also, the chance to get out of the home during the lockdown period is limited. Telephone-based measures improve efficiency by linking appropriate information and feedback. It can also help provide education at distance on various health issues and topics. In addition to increasing access to healthcare, telemedicine is a fruitful and proactive way to provide a variety of benefits to patients seeking healthcare; diagnose and monitor critical and chronic health conditions; improve healthcare quality and reduce costs. The article reveals scope of pharmacy professionals in telemedicine sector during epidemic outbreaks.

scholarly journals Prospect of Tele-Pharmacists in Pandemic Situations: Bangladesh Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
Mohiuddin AK
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Access To Healthcare ◽  
Chronic Health Conditions ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Chronic Health ◽  
Improve Efficiency ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
The World

Currently, coronavirus COVID-19 has affected 209 countries around the world, killed more than 82,000, and infected more than 1.4 million, according to worldometer, April 08, 2020. Home-care is especially important in these situations because hospitals are not seemingly safe during pandemic outbreaks. Also, the chance to get out of the home during the lockdown period is limited. Telemedicine and telehealth technologies are especially effective during epidemic outbreaks when health authorities recommend implementing social distance systems. Telephone-based measures improve efficiency by linking appropriate information and feedback. In addition to increasing access to healthcare, telemedicine is a fruitful and proactive way to provide a variety of benefits to patients seeking healthcare; diagnose and monitor critical and chronic health conditions; improve healthcare quality and reduce costs.

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