A call for nurses and interdisciplinary collaborators to urgently respond to the health and well‐being needs of refugees across the world

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda L. Wilson ◽  
Jacob Mabil Atem ◽  
Oya Gumuskaya ◽  
Michalis Lavadas ◽  
Bojan Šošić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
The World ◽  
Health And Well Being

scholarly journals Maudsley International: improving mental health and well-being around the world

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Bouras ◽  
Silvia Davey ◽  
Tracey Power ◽  
Jonathan Rolfe ◽  
Tom Craig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Building Capacity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
The World ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
And Training

Maudsley International was set up to help improve people's mental health and well-being around the world. A variety of programmes have been developed by Maudsley International over the past 10 years, for planning and implementing services; building capacity; and training and evaluation to support organisations and individuals, professionals and managers to train and develop health and social care provisions. Maudsley International's model is based on collaboration, sharing expertise and cultural understanding with international partners.

COVID-19

2022 ◽  
pp. 219-227
Author(s):  
Gillala Rekha
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Academic Stress ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The World ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods ◽  
Health And Well Being

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world closed all the educational institutions to control the spread of disease, which is creating a direct impact on students, educators, and institutions. The purpose of this study was to analyze the perception of academic stress experienced by students during current online education and coping strategies using emotional intelligence adopted by them. The study aims to conduct a timely assessment of the effects of stress due to COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of college students. The authors conducted interview surveys with 227 students at a private university in India to understand the effects of online education during pandemic on their mental health and well-being. The data were analyzed through quantitative and qualitative methods. Of the 227 students, 71% indicated anxiety and stress due to ongoing pandemic.

scholarly journals COVID-19, mental health and psychological first aid

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Minihan ◽  
B. Gavin ◽  
B. D. Kelly ◽  
F. McNicholas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Well Being ◽  
First Aid ◽  
World Health ◽  
Psychological First Aid ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health And Well Being

Crises such as the global pandemic of COVID-19 (coronavirus) elicit a range of responses from individuals and societies adversely affecting physical and emotional well-being. This article provides an overview of factors elicited in response to COVID-19 and their impact on immunity, physical health, mental health and well-being. Certain groups, such as individuals with mental illness, are especially vulnerable, so it is important to maximise the supports available to this population and their families during the pandemic. More broadly, the World Health Organization recommends ‘Psychological First Aid’ as a useful technique that can help many people in a time of crisis.

COVID-19’s Direct and Indirect Impact

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Irma Ruslina Defi
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
Indirect Impact ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health And Well Being

The COVID-19 outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of worldwide concern by the World Health Organization. The direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 on health and well-being are still being investigated. In addition to the direct impacts of COVID-19 disease, social distancing and lockdown measures have had a significant and unequal effect on individuals, households, and communities through restrictions imposed on our daily social an d economic activities.

Non-religion, atheism, and mental health

2021 ◽  
pp. 259-276
Author(s):  
Miguel Farias ◽  
Thomas J. Coleman III
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Religious Experience ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
The World ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
Health And Well Being

Based on the well-established link between religiosity and positive mental health outcomes, it has been argued that non-religiosity is a health liability. However, most of this research suffers from methodological problems that limit their generalizability to non-religious populations, such as atheists and agnostics. In this chapter, we draw attention to these methodological issues, and argue in favour of a richer conceptualization of non-religion than has been theorized in previous literature. We further review recent work from various countries around the world, which challenges the notion that non-religiosity presents a health risk, finding instead that the non-religious experience similar levels of health and well-being benefits as the religious. We end by briefly discussing the limitations and recent backlash at this literature, while suggesting that the study of the non-religious may transform how we understand the interaction between beliefs, rituals, and health.

A World in Balance

1981 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur H. Westing
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
The World ◽  
Health And Well Being

The attempt is made here to provide an approximation of the number of people that the world can support in the light of three constraints: (a) provision for a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of everyone, (b) consideration for wildlife and Nature, and (c) reliance on existing levels of technology and politics. In fact, two alternative standards of living are suggested, ‘affluent’ (based on the standard of the 27 richest nations in the world) and ‘austere’ (based on the standard of the 43 next most wealthy nations in the world).

scholarly journals The 2011 WPATH Standards of Care and Penile Reconstruction in Female-to-Male Transsexual Individuals

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gennaro Selvaggi ◽  
Cecilia Dhejne ◽  
Mikael Landen ◽  
Anna Elander
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Surgical Technique ◽  
Free Flaps ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
Reconstruction Procedure ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Health And Well Being

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) currently publishes the Standards of Care (SOC), to provide clinical guidelines for health care of transsexual, transgender and gender non-conforming persons in order to maximize health and well-being by revealing gender dysphoria. An updated version (7th version, 2011) of the WPATH SOC is currently available. Differences between the 6th and the 7th versions of the SOC are shown; the SOC relevant to penile reconstruction in female-to-male (FtM) persons are emphasized, and we analyze how the 2011 WPATH SOC is influencing the daily practice of physicians involved in performing a penile reconstruction procedure for these patients. Depending by an individual’s goals and expectations, the most appropriate surgical technique should be performed: the clinic performing penile reconstruction should be able to offer the whole range of techniques, such as: metoidioplasty, pedicle and free flaps phalloplasty procedures. The goals that physicians and health care institutions should achieve in the next years, in order to improve the care of female-to-male persons, consist in: informing in details the individuals applying for penile reconstruction about all the implications; referring specific individuals to centers capable to deliver a particular surgical technique; implementing the surgery with the most updated refinements.

scholarly journals 18.M. Workshop: Institutional barriers and support influencing the health and well-being of LGBT individuals

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Elevated Risk ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Institutional Barriers ◽  
The World ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Lgbt Individuals

Abstract Research studies from many parts of the world have demonstrated significantly elevated risk of poor mental health among lesbian, gay, bisexuals, and transgender (LGBT) individuals compared to cisgender and heterosexual individuals. A growing body of evidence suggests that the elevated risk of poor mental health among LGBT people can be partly attributed to greater exposure to stigma-related stress and institutional barriers, such as, limited access to adequate health care, discriminatory legislation (e.g., regarding recognition of same-sex unions), and limitations in open expression of identity. Today many governmental public health agencies call for policy and intervention programs addressing specific needs of LGBT individuals. Still, the public health consequences of discrimination towards LGBT individuals have only recently been a topic of investigation and current knowledge in the area is limited. This workshop will include presentations of studies on strategies to reduce healthcare inequalities including the barriers LGBT individuals face when they access care and give examples of how institutional support can be provided. Laetitia Zeeman and Nigel Sherriff from University of Brighton, will present results from a European Union funded pilot project. Dr Corina Lelutiu-Weinberger from Rutgers University will present results from a study of the influence of gender affirmation and discrimination on transgender individuals mental health in a large US sample. Next, Daniel Hagen from New York University will present data analysing the protective effects of legal same-sex unions on the mental health of lesbian and gay couples. Lovro Markovic will present a study of predictors of being open with an LGBT identity in the workplace among employees in Austria. Key messages Although encouraging promising practices to reduce LGBT healthcare inequalities have been initiated in many parts of the world, much remains to be done to ensure equal access to care for all. Barriers to social integration in the form of discriminatory marriage legislation and work-place discrimination can have a negatively influence on LGBT individual's health and well-being.

World Health Organization

1947 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-136 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
New World ◽  
International Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
Hunter College ◽  
Social Council ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health And Well Being

Designed as a collective instrument to raise the standards of health and well-being of all peoples throughout the world, a new World Health Organization was launched, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, by the International Health Conference, which met at Hunter College, June 19 to July 22, 1946.

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