Subjective Measures of Well-being: Differences in the Perception of Health and Social Problems

1982 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Measures ◽  
Perception Of Health

Common Enemies

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Kahn Best
Keyword(s):  
Medical Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Access To Healthcare ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Comprehensive Data ◽  
Time Changes ◽  
Perception Of Health ◽  
Individual Disease ◽  
Improve Health

Americans come together to fight diseases. For over 100 years, they have asked their neighbors to contribute to disease campaigns and supported health policies that target one disease at a time. Common Enemies asks why disease campaigns are the battles Americans can agree to fight, why some diseases attract more attention than others, and how fighting one disease at a time changes how Americans distribute charitable dollars, prioritize policies, and promote health. Drawing on the first comprehensive data on thousands of organizations targeting hundreds of diseases over decades, the author shows that disease campaigns proliferate due to the perception of health as a universal goal, the appeal of narrowly targeted campaigns, and the strategic avoidance of controversy. They funnel vast sums of money and attention to a few favored diseases, and they prioritize awareness campaigns and medical research over preventing disease and ensuring access to healthcare. It’s easy to imagine more efficient ways to promote collective well-being. Yet the same forces that limit the potential of individual disease campaigns to improve health also stimulate the vast outpouring of money and attention. Rather than displacing attention to other problems, disease campaigns build up the capacity to address them.

scholarly journals FORMATION OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE FOR CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE IN GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (87) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Viala ◽  
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Olena Denysiuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Health It ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Primary School Age ◽  
Perception Of Health

The article explores the problems of motivating a healthy lifestyle of primary school children. The issue of a healthy lifestyle will always be relevant because it plays a key role in maintaining and promoting health. It is especially relevant for the younger generation, because it is our future. The work presents scientists who analyzed the theoretical and methodological principles of forming a healthy lifestyle for children, the formation of a healthy lifestyle from the standpoint of medicine, as well as psychological and pedagogical aspects of educating a healthy lifestyle for children. Selection of previously unsolved parts of the overall problem. The main material of the article states that a healthy lifestyle of children should start with a healthy example of parents and teachers, because they are the ones who lay the foundation for the children lifestyle. The ideological principles of a healthy lifestyle are described, namely: the idea of the priority of the value of health, the perception of health not only as the absence of disease, understanding of health in its four areas - mental, physical, social and spiritual. The criteria for forming a positive motivation for a healthy lifestyle in students are indicated, namely: at the level of physical health, at the level of mental health, at the level of spiritual health and at the level of social well-being. It is necessary to pay special attention when choosing a strategy for the formation of a healthy lifestyle in primary school age, to: psychological and psychophysical characteristics and rely on the area of actual development of the child to work on the formation of a healthy lifestyle was successful. To be more effective in creating motivation for a healthy lifestyle, parents and educators must remember that there must be a systematic approach that includes methods that are comprehensively aimed at implementing a healthy lifestyle. The article presents the most common methods of forming motivation for a healthy lifestyle both in school and in distance learning. The most effective methods in working with primary school children are active methods, as younger students are very active and like to move a lot.

scholarly journals Social partnership in public sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-216
Author(s):  
Z. Smagulova
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The State ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Social Partnership ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Subject

Mechanisms of partnership of various structures in public sector for the decision of society social problems are considered in this article. The state as the subject of activity in public sector, during an industrial epoch was the only guarantor of satisfaction of person’s social requirements, irrespective of his family well-being and incomes. The state sociality is shown that it takes responsibility for a standard of well-being of its citizens and in the modern state should provide with it equal access to getting of social sphere services.

Social Entrepreneurship as an Innovative Form of Business

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Borscheva ◽  
Yulia Fedorova ◽  
Lyubov Zasova ◽  
Guzal Islamova ◽  
Ksenia Borscheva
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Legal Forms ◽  
Charitable Activities

Abstract As a result of the conducted research, the main approaches to the study of social entrepreneurship, its characteristic features and differences from charitable activities, traditional business and the activities of non-profit organizations were identified. The important role of social entrepreneurs - leaders who take risks and find innovative opportunities for combining resources to solve social problems and create social value is determined. The main approaches to the development of organizational and legal forms of social entrepreneurship implemented in different countries are highlighted. The analysis of foreign experience has shown that in the conditions of globalization, social entrepreneurship has covered all countries, and in many countries, it has already become a full-fledged economic institution. The emergence and development of social entrepreneurship not only makes it possible to increase the level of accessibility of consumption of goods and services, but also contributes to the mitigation or even solution of many existing social problems through the introduction of social innovations, which leads to an increase in the level of well-being of the population.

Health and Well-Being Among the Jats of Western Uttar Pradesh

2020 ◽  
pp. 136-160
Author(s):  
Dhananjay Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Life Cycle Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Implicit Perception ◽  
Perception Of Health ◽  
Empirical Field ◽  
Health And Well Being

The chapter interrogates the explicit and implicit perception of health and well-being among the Jats of Western Uttar Pradesh by using anthropological life cycle approach. The research combined village ethnography and empirical field work to discuss their behavioural choices that they make to maintain good spiritual, mental and physical well-being. For the purpose of the study, both primary and secondary data have been used. Taking a village as a unit is a generally accepted way of the doing research in the social anthropology, and the author has used this approach to gain the overview of health, well-being, wellness, and belief pattern as perceived by the villagers.

scholarly journals Patterns in weight reduction behaviour by weight status in schoolchildren

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1229-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colette Kelly ◽  
Michal Molcho ◽  
Saoirse Nic Gabhainn
Keyword(s):  
Weight Reduction ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Soft Drinks ◽  
Health Complaints ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Reduction Behaviour ◽  
Perception Of Health

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the relationships between weight reduction behaviour among non-overweight schoolchildren and dietary habits, perception of health, well-being and health complaints.DesignAnalysis of the 2006 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey, a cross-sectional study involving schoolchildren aged 10–17 years.SettingSchools in the Republic of Ireland.ResultsThe proportion of children (n3599) engaged in weight reduction behaviour (‘dieting’ among non-overweight students) was 10·3 %. Older children, females and those from higher social classes (SC) were more likely to report such behaviour. Non-overweight schoolchildren who reported weight reduction behaviour were less likely than those not engaged in such behaviour to frequently consume sweets, soft drinks, crisps and chips/fried potatoes (OR from 0·39 (95 % CI 0·17, 0·89) to 0·72 (95 % CI 0·53, 0·99)); were more likely to consume diet soft drinks (OR 1·50 (95 % CI 1·03, 2·18); and were more likely to miss breakfast during the week (OR 0·62 (95 % CI 0·48, 0·80). The risk of subjective health complaints increased (OR from 1·47 (95 % CI 1·13, 1·91) to 1·92 (95 % CI 1·48, 2·49)); as did body dissatisfaction (OR 9·17 (95 % CI 6·99, 12·02)), while perception of health and well-being decreased (OR 0·47 (95 % CI 0·36, 0·61)) to 0·54 (95 % CI 0·41, 0·70)). All analyses were controlled for age, gender and SC.ConclusionsWeight reduction behaviour among non-overweight schoolchildren is associated with considerable risk to physical health and emotional well-being. Since the risks associated with such behaviour varies by weight status, health professionals and researchers need to consider these issues in parallel.

scholarly journals KEBIJAKAN PUBLIK UNTUK KESEJAHTERAAN RAKYAT

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-102
Author(s):  
Agus Suryono
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The State ◽  
The People ◽  
Policy Challenge ◽  
The Right

Welfare of the people is one of the goals of the state. In certain mechanism is required to make it happen that is reflected in public policy is made. Issues related to the problems that arise in realizing kesejahkteraan through public policy challenge. The right strategy in providing public policy that supports the well-being of the people in overcoming social problems are very important for further investigation.

scholarly journals SOCIO-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL POLICY

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 865-869
Author(s):  
A. D. Zharkov ◽  
A. V. Dolosa ◽  
N. I. Anufrieva ◽  
D. V. Tsarev ◽  
A. P. Efremenko
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Sphere

Purpose of the study: The article is devoted to the analysis of the possibilities of reconstruction of socio-cultural activities in the direction of solving social problems through the involvement of various groups of people in a variety of mass cultural services. The main focus of this analysis is a differentiated approach to working with various age groups that have their own pressing social problems. The authors consider ways to solve the most acute social problems of Russian society, which are directly related to the social well-being and physical self-preservation of the majority of Russian citizens. Methodology: As a first step in solving this problem, it is necessary to study the traditional spiritual values of the Russian people, which formed the basis of their mentality and cultural identity. Knowledge of the spiritual life of the inhabitants of Russia should be drawn, first of all, from historical sources, as well as modern socio-cultural practices. Spiritual values of contemporaries are explored both by traditional methods of testing, interviewing, observing and analyzing mathematical-statistical data, as well as new methods. For example, reflexive methods are used as the main tool for studying A. Heger’s relevant values. The work also utilized M. Smirnova’s methods and psychometric research results. Main Findings: The main results of the research are the determination of reference points for further improvement of skills and increasing the level of professionalism in the work of specialists in the social and cultural sphere in a broad social context. The main reference point is the mastery of social scientific knowledge and social technologies of working with the population as the main content of the training of personnel of modern social and cultural activities demanded by society. Applications of this study: The results of the study are useful in the development of educational programs for training specialists in the socio-cultural sphere, the system of advanced training and retraining. The revealed new spiritual and value orientations necessitate the search for new organizational and pedagogical technologies of social and cultural activities, the study which is an important research problem of today. Novelty/Originality of this study: The novelty of the research lies in identifying ways to solve social problems, in particular, further rapprochement of socio-cultural activities and social work, where the main common interests of relevant specialists are to support members of society in acquiring life meanings and cultural values in everyday life, the absence of which generates the majority emerging social problems.

Subjective Measures of Well‐Being: Philosophical Perspectives

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Angner
Keyword(s):  
Good Reason ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Measures ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
Main Thesis ◽  
Do So

The goal of this article is to explore some fundamental assumptions underlying subjective measures of well-being, as compared to more traditional economic measures. Its main thesis is that psychologists and economists have sharply different philosophical commitments, a fact that is seldom made explicit. Although it is perfectly reasonable for social and behavioral scientists to be wary of spending too much time thinking about the philosophical foundations of their enterprise, there are moments when it is eminently useful to do so. In this case, this article maintains, there is good reason to attend to these foundations, since they are directly relevant to the assessment of the various measures. A better grasp of fundamental commitments, this article argues, goes a long way toward explaining why psychologists' and economists' efforts to measure welfare or well-being are so different, and why there is relatively little fruitful communication and collaboration across fields.

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