scholarly journals A New and Worrisome Predictor of Attitudes Toward Suicide: Self-Rated Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 381-381
Author(s):  
Julene Cooney
Keyword(s):  
General Social Survey ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Incurable Disease ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Vital Component ◽  
Attitudes Toward Suicide ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
Physician Patient

Abstract Do people have the right to end their own lives? The General Social Survey has monitored the attitudes of Americans towards suicide since 1977 using four questions: Do you think a person has the right to end his or her own life if this person has an incurable disease, has gone bankrupt, has dishonored his or her family, or is tired of living and ready to die? These four responses can be combined into a reliable index representing an individual’s attitude toward suicide. As average population education levels have increased and religiosity has fallen, attitudes favoring the right to suicide have increased across the population. This research project introduces a previously understudied predictor of attitudes toward suicide: self-rated health. Using logistic and ordinal logistic regression, and controlling for age, education level, religiosity, marital status, survey year, race, and sex, I find that, over time, self-rated health has become a significant predictor of attitudes toward suicide. Since 2002, respondents who perceived themselves to be in poor health are significantly more likely to favor the right to end one’s life, especially if the individual has an incurable disease. After stratifying by age and race, I find that the relationship between self-rated health and attitudes toward suicide is strongest among individuals in the mid-life and is equally significant as a predictor for White and Black Americans after 2010. These findings provide further evidence that mental health screening is an increasingly vital component of physician/patient interactions and highlight the importance of continuity of care.

Confidentiality and Patients’ Records: Balancing the Interests of Society and the Individual

1979 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-70
Author(s):  
Robert E. Paul
Keyword(s):  
Third Parties ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
Privileged Communications ◽  
Physician Patient ◽  
Do So

This article defines and describes the interrelated but conceptually distinct terms “confidentiality,” “privilege,” “privileged communications,” “privacy,” and “records.” It reviews the parameters of these words, discusses the variance between the extent of the physician-patient and that of the much broader licensed psychologist-patient privilege in Pennsylvania and, in particular, reviews the situations in which assertions of confidentiality and privilege cannot prevent third parties from gaining access to records and the information contained in them and the legal cases which set out the law in these areas. Finally, it reviews the demands to see records by patients and the increasing willingness of courts, legislators, and regulators to grant not only access but also the right to correct, add to, or destroy such records if the patient wishes to do so.

scholarly journals The Health Consequences of Social Mobility in Contemporary China

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Yan ◽  
Guangye He ◽  
Yunsong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Downward Mobility ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Provincial Level ◽  
Class Mobility ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Individual

Although numerous studies have shown the importance of an individual’s socioeconomic status on his or her self-rated health status, less well-known is whether self-perceived class mobility, a measure highly correlated with an individual’s de facto social class and past mobility experiences, affects self-rated health. In this paper, we attempt to fill the gap by examining how perception of class mobility is associated with self-rated health. Using eight waves of Chinese General Social Survey data spanning the years 2005 to 2015, we conducted an analysis at the micro (individual) level and the macro (provincial) level. Analyses at both levels yielded consistent results. At the individual level, we employed ordered logistic regression and found that the perception of experiencing downward mobility was associated with significantly lower self-rated health in both rural and urban areas compared with those who consider themselves to be upwardly mobile or immobile. At the provincial level, the findings from static panel analysis further revealed that there is a positive relationship between the self-perceived class mobility and self-rated health level.

scholarly journals Women in health: Social practices in online health information management

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 371
Author(s):  
Rizghina Ikhwan
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Online Health Information ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

Women have the right to take health measures on their bodies. In carrying out health measures, individuals need to seek health information. Health information can be obtained from the environment such as family, neighborhood, and groups involved in it. Along with the increase in technology, information is obtained from the individual environment and the outside world through electronic media and information spread in electronic media can be accessed anytime and anywhere. One of the groups seeking information about health from electronic media is PKK Gunung Anyar Tambak. This study used a qualitative method by conducting in-depth interviews with 16 members of the PKK Gunung Anyar Tambak using snowball sampling. This study found that the information conveyed by women was considered correct after carrying out the information management process with other people, so it requires a negotiation process when taking health measures for their families. In this case, negotiations were carried out with each of the husbands of PKK Gunung Anyar Tambak members. The husband has the power to reject or accept the information conveyed by the wife. The wife must manage online health information obtained from electronic media before it is conveyed to her husband and it can be accepted and practiced in her family.

Communication in View of Limited Resources: International Perspective

2013 ◽  
pp. 157-161
Author(s):  
Matjaz Zwitter
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Cancer Management ◽  
Incurable Disease ◽  
The Individual

Low socioeconomic status is associated with several risk factors for cancer, including a higher risk of presentation with advanced and often incurable disease. Treating patients in areas with limited resources requires not only the goal of saving or prolonging life, but also to alleviate suffering, including physical, emotional, and social components. Because complete coverage of all costs for modern cancer management by local institutions or governments is not possible in most (if not all) areas, most patients with cancer have to contribute toward the costs of their treatment. However, the demand for financially sustainable health care leads to restrictions in the spectrum of available treatments and often results in the creation of waiting lists for people requiring treatment. Communication between patients and providers in such circumstances is often challenging, especially when coupled with patients who have limited or no health care insurance and/or lack any ability to pay for services. Ultimately, any treatment plan should take into account the risks, benefits, personal goals, and beliefs of the individual with cancer. In areas of limited resources, the financial burden of treatment placed on the patient and his or her family must also be a part of the conversation and decisions regarding therapy. Within these parameters, sharing information and options becomes an indispensable condition for communication and the foundation of trust in the doctor–patient relationship.

scholarly journals A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Employment Returns to Education and Health Status in China: Moderating Role of Gender

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Yahong ◽  
Salim Khan
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
The Individual

Based on the nationally representative sample data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS-2015), this study examines the relationship of education levels and health status with an individual's probability of being employed in China. The findings obtained from the binary logistic regression estimator suggest that people with a higher level of education were more likely to be employed than those who have less or no education. The individual with university or above education was found to be 85% more likely to be employed than college or equal diploma holders. Further, the healthier individual was found to be 11% more likely to be employed than relatively less healthy. Moreover, the resulting coefficients obtained from the moderation effect suggest that all of the two-way interaction effects among health status and education levels with gender are not statistically significant even at the 10% level. The results suggest that there was no multiplicative effect of gender with health status and level of education on an individual's probability of being employed. Further, the study also suggests important policy implications in the light of China's active labor force market and the gender gap in employment.

Boundaries of Restricting the Rights of Human and Citizen

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-236
Author(s):  
Manol Stanin
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
Positive Results

AbstractLimitation of rights is a measure proved its effectiveness with positive results for the community in war, military or another emergency.Attitude to rightsmust be human with a view to the right-to-human relationshipbecause the crossing of a certain boundary leads to a disintegration of rights and a negative impact on the personality.This implies necessity from legal institutionalization of clear criteria to refine the limitation of rights, both for the purpose of their protection and for the purpose of protecting the individual.

Tourism as a Tool for the Fulfilment of the Rights to Rest and Leisure Enshrined in Article No. 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 180-188
Author(s):  
Bianca Nicla Romano
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
Title V ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Real Right ◽  
Right To Work ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
Italian Constitution

Art. 24 of the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights recognises and protects the right of the individual to rest and leisure. This right has to be fully exercised without negative consequences on the right to work and the remuneration. Tourism can be considered one of the best ways of rest and leisure because it allows to enrich the personality of the individual. Even after the reform of the Title V this area is no longer covered by the Italian Constitution, the Italian legal system protects and guarantees it as a real right, so as to get to recognize its existence and the consequent compensation of the so-called “ruined holiday damage”. This kind of damage has not a patrimonial nature, but a moral one, and the Tourist-Traveler can claim for it when he has not been able to fully enjoy his holiday - the essential fulcrum of tourism - intended as an opportunity for leisure and/or rest, essential rights of the individual.

VALUE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyoti Narayan Patra ◽  
Jayanta Mete
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

Values are like seeds that sprout, become saplings, grow into trees and spread their branches all around. To be able to think right, to feel the right kind of emotions and to act in the desirable manner are the prime phases of personality development. Building up of values system starts with the individual, moves on to the family and community, reorienting systems, structures and institutions, spreading throughout the land and ultimately embracing the planet as a whole. The culture of inclusivity is particularly relevant and important in the context of our society, nation and making education a right for all children.

Ayurveda dietary guidelines during Covid-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 1477-1481
Author(s):  
Ishwari Gaikwad ◽  
Priyanka Shelotkar
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
The Body ◽  
Daily Regimen ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Healthy State ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

The current world situation is both frightening and alarming due to the massive disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The next few days are censorious as we need to be very precautious in our daily regimen as well as dietary habits. Ayurveda offers knowledge about food based on certain reasoning. Indecent food custom is the chief cause for the rising development of health disorders in the current era. In classical texts of Ayurveda, the concept of diet explained well, ranging from their natural sources, properties and specific utility in pathological as well as physiological manner. In this work, the review of the relevant literature of Ahara (Diet) was carried out from Charak Samhita and other texts, newspapers, articles, web page related to the same.  Every human being is unique with respect to his Prakriti (Physical and mental temperament), Agni (Digestive capacity), Koshtha  (Nature of bowel) etc. For that reason, the specificity of the individual should be kept in mind. Ahara, when consumed in the appropriate amount at the right moment following all Niyamas (Guidelines) given in Ayurveda texts, gives immunity and keeps the body in a healthy state during pandemics such as Covid-19. Ultimately, this will help the human body to maintain its strength for life. This article reviews the concept of diet viz. combination of foods, their quantity and quality, methods of preparation and processing, which are to be followed during pandemics and are essential in maintenance and endorsement of health and preclusion of diseases.

Fulfilling the Right to Food for South Africa: Justice, Security, Sovereignty and the Politics of Malnutrition

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 112-152
Author(s):  
Busiso Helard Moyo ◽  
Anne Marie Thompson Thow
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Food Justice ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Right To Food ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

Despite South Africa’s celebrated constitutional commitments that have expanded and deepened South Africa’s commitment to realise socio-economic rights, limited progress in implementing right to food policies stands to compromise the country’s developmental path. If not a deliberate policy choice, the persistence of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms is a deep policy failure.  Food system transformation in South Africa requires addressing wider issues of who controls the food supply, thus influencing the food chain and the food choices of the individual and communities. This paper examines three global rights-based paradigms – ‘food justice’, ‘food security’ and ‘food sovereignty’ – that inform activism on the right to food globally and their relevance to food system change in South Africa; for both fulfilling the right to food and addressing all forms of malnutrition. We conclude that the emerging concept of food sovereignty has important yet largely unexplored possibilities for democratically managing food systems for better health outcomes.

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