scholarly journals Exercise Intensities of Gardening Tasks Within Older Adult Allotment Gardeners in Wales

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jemma L. Hawkins ◽  
Alexander Smith ◽  
Karianne Backx ◽  
Deborah A. Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Older Adult ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Later Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Metabolic Equivalent ◽  
Effective Form ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Different Populations

Previous research has suggested that gardening activity could be an effective form of regular exercise for improving physical and psychological health in later life. However, there is a lack of data regarding the exercise intensities of various gardening tasks across different types of gardening and different populations. The purpose of this study was to examine the exercise intensity of gardening activity for older adult allotment gardeners in Wales, United Kingdom following a similar procedure used in previous studies conducted in the United States and South Korea by Park and colleagues (2008a; 2011). Oxygen consumption (VO2) and energy expenditure for six gardening tasks were measured via indirect calorimetery using the portable Oxycon mobile device. From these measures, estimated metabolic equivalent units (METs) were calculated. Consistent with Park et al. (2008a; 2011) the six gardening tasks were classified as low to moderate-high intensity physical activities based on their metabolic values (1.9–5.7 METs).

Internet Use and Face-to-Face Social Interaction

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 159-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangmoon Kim ◽  
Joong-Hwan Oh
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health

Using time-use data collected in South Korea and the United States, this study examines what Internet users would do if they did not spend time online and whether these activities would include face-to-face social interaction, an important condition for a sense of attachment, physical and psychological health, and social integration. In contrast to most previous studies, we attempt to control for unobserved individual heterogeneity by either using a fixed-effects method or identifying random non-users—Internet users who do not go online on a specific day. Moreover, our cross-cultural comparison helps find more generalisable effects of Internet use. Despite the inconsistent statistical significance in the US and some differences between societies, overall, the results indicate that online time displaces time spent on face-to-face interaction with family and non-family members.

Supporting Health and Well-Being for Resettled Refugee Women: The Global Women’s Group

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 226-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene C. Felsman
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Preventive Health Services ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Literacy Intervention ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Refugee Women ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Health And Well Being

Women refugees arrive in the United States often having experienced extreme levels of poverty, deprivation, and violence, including gender-based violence, which can severely affect their physical and psychological health and well-being. A women’s group was initiated to improve the health and well-being of refugee women in Durham, North Carolina, through a collaboratively designed, culturally appropriate health literacy intervention for women based on mutually identified needs; to empower them to seek preventive health services and screening through knowledge and skills about health needs and access to care; and to create an environment for the development of a supportive social/peer network for the prevention of social isolation and mental health issues related to the refugee experience.

scholarly journals What's in a name? Similarities and differences in international terms and meanings for older peoples' housing with services

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNA L. HOWE ◽  
ANDREW E. JONES ◽  
CHERYL TILSE
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Later Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Symbolic Meanings ◽  
International Comparative

ABSTRACTThe diversity of terms and meanings relating to housing with services for older people confounds systematic analysis, especially in international comparative research. This paper presents an analysis of over 90 terms identified in literature from the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand reporting types of housing with services under the umbrella of ‘service integrated housing’ (SIH), defined as all forms of accommodation built specifically for older people in which the housing provider takes responsibility for delivery of one or more types of support and care services. A small number of generic terms covering housing for people in later life, home and community care, and institutional care are reviewed first to define the scope of SIH. Review of the remainder identifies different terms applied to similar types of SIH, similar terms applied to different types, and different terms that distinguish different types. Terms are grouped into those covering SIH focused on lifestyle and recreation, those offering only support services, and those offering care as well as support. Considerable commonality is found in underlying forms of SIH, and common themes emerge in discussion of drivers of growth and diversification, formal policies and programmes, and symbolic meanings. In establishing more commonality than difference, clarification of terminology advances policy debate, programme development, research and knowledge transfer within and between countries.

Understanding sexual offences in UK military and veteran populations: delineating the offences and setting research priorities

2020 ◽  
pp. bmjmilitary-2020-001453
Author(s):  
Louise Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Sexual Offences ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
Sexual Offences Act 2003

Recent publications have highlighted the need to address inappropriate behaviours, including discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment, within the British Armed Forces; however, no UK work to date pays sufficient attention to sexual offences as defined by the Sexual Offences Act (2003). In trying to ascertain prevalence, nature and consequences of sexual offences in military and veteran populations, one is faced with majority United States (US) research with different definitions of offences, different populations and different research methods. These and UK publications use various terminology, often ill-defined and used interchangeably (eg, harassment, abuse, violence, assault, trauma), meaning it is not always clear what is being discussed, and the criminal acts of sexual offences have become lost, oversimplified and blurred by their incorporation into wider discussions of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour. As a result, there is lack of clarity around the topic, and insufficient recognition and weight is given to the nature and complexity involved in understanding sexual offences and their consequences. It is important to distinguish between different types of unlawful behaviour: each are associated with different physical and psychological health outcomes for victims, and management of perpetrators will differ. Some behaviours will be managed through education and awareness programmes; other behaviours necessitate a prison sentence. This article highlights that understanding sexual offences in military and veteran populations is more complex than existing UK publications have acknowledged, and sets out some of the issues that research needs to consider if we are to develop prevention and management strategies.

scholarly journals “Work Is Like a Therapy That Prevents Aging”

SAGE Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401668723
Author(s):  
Nicole Ruggiano ◽  
Janice O’Driscoll ◽  
Andreja Lukic ◽  
Linda Schotthoefer
Keyword(s):  
Older Adult ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Later Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dade County ◽  
Productive Activity ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
Older Adult Population

Diversity among the older adult population is expected to increase significantly. In addition, economic, demographic, and social trends in the United States have led to growing interest in understanding attitudes, behaviors, and plans regarding retirement among middle-aged and older adults. However, there is currently little knowledge about minorities’ interests and expectations for retirement. This community-based participatory study addressed gaps in knowledge by asking a diverse sample of adults about their experiences and expectations for retirement. Data collection involved focus groups with Hispanics, Haitians, African Americans, and immigrants living in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The findings indicate that productive activity in later life was desired by participants across racial and ethnic groups, though higher income participants reported having greater opportunities for pursuing desired productive activities later in life. Implications for policy and services are discussed.

scholarly journals Different ages townspeople leisure time analysis in Berezniki town of Perm region

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei Zatonskii ◽  
Anna Kopoteva
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Spare Time ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Perm Region

In modern high-paced city environment effective rest is an essential element of satisfactory recreation and human physical and psychological health. It is also an important sector of the national economy and a person development tool. People leisure time structure extensively determines nation development level and is often considered as one of the life quality indexes. In order to study leisure time quality and quantity of Berezniki town of Perm region population we conduct a survey among people of different age and occupation. The questionnaire contained questions about total amount of respondent’s free time and preferred ways of spending it, including physical and social activities, different types of media and hobby. We discovered that total week average leisure time value is about 24 hours with standard deviation of 20 hours. Our study disclosed that most of respondent distribute their spare time between different types of leisure activities: 59.0 % of respondents prefer physical activities, 55.3 % of them like to rest at home, 30.5 % of respondents during their free time participate is social events. Nearly 56 % of respondents claim that they don’t have enough money for their spare time activities, 32 % of them are not satisfied with town outdoor physical activities infrastructure, 28 % – with social activities infrastructure. Ascertained problems solving is an important matter for social stability and economic progress.

Building resilience in US military families: why it matters

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjmilitary-2020-001735
Author(s):  
Alicia Gill Rossiter ◽  
C G Ling
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Military Families ◽  
The United States ◽  
Military Family ◽  
Military Spouse ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact

Service members and their families have endured significant stressors over the past 19 years in support of the nation’s engagement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. ‘Resilience’ is the term most commonly used to describe the military spouse and military-connected child. However, due to a paucity of research on military families, little is known about the impact of spousal/parental military service on the military family. The ability of the healthcare provider is critical to ensuring the success of the military spouse and military-connected child. Providers can support the physical and psychological health needs of military families through (1) identification of military family members in clinical practice and (2) providing culturally competent care that correlates the unique lifestyle and physical and psychological health exposures associated with spousal/parental military service. Historically, in the United States, there has been a proud legacy of generational military service in families—upwards of 80% of new recruits have a family member who has served in the military. The leading factor associated with retention of the service member on Active Duty or in the Reserve or National Guard is the satisfaction of the at-home spouse. Disenfranchising the military spouse and lack of services and support for military-connected children could create a gap in meeting recruitment goals creating a threat to national security in the United States.

scholarly journals Physical and psychological health at adolescence and home care use later in life

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. e0261078
Author(s):  
Govert E. Bijwaard ◽  
Rob Alessie ◽  
Viola Angelini ◽  
L. H. Lumey
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Home Care Services ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health

Objectives To examine the relation between physical and psychological health indicators at adolescence (age 18) and household, personal, and nursing home care use later in life at ages 57–69 years. Methods Using medical examinations on men born in 1944–1947 who were evaluated for military service at age 18 in the Netherlands, we link physical and psychological health assessments to national administrative microdata on the use of home care services at ages 57–69 years. We postulate a panel probit model for home care use over these years. In the analyses, we account for selective survival through correlated panel probit models. Results Poor mental health and being overweight at age 18 are important predictors of later life home care use. Home care use at ages 57–69 years is also highly related to and interacts with father’s socioeconomic status and recruits’ education at age 18. Discussion Specific health characteristics identified at age 18 are highly related to the later utilization of home-care at age 57–69 years. Some characteristics may be amenable to early life health interventions to decrease the future costs of long-term home care.

scholarly journals From an aging person to an elegant senior: a humanistic approach to viewing older adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-201
Author(s):  
Fung-Kei Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Functional Perspective ◽  
Senior Population ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
The One ◽  
Nursing Professionals

AbstractThe continuing growth in the number of adults aged 60-plus has raised global alertness of population restructuring. This demographic change, on the one hand, reduces productivity and increases public expenditure due to aging, resulting in prejudice, bias, misrepresentation, and discrimination against them. On the other hand, it develops a specific consumer market segment and extends the availability and accessibility of the elderly through employment, volunteering, or grandparenting. This study argues against the stigmatization of this age group from a functional perspective that damages social cohesion. It advocates a humanistic view toward seniors to eradicate marginalization and promotes the manageability of the senior population. With the aid of advanced technology and health equity, senior adults can retain everyday competence for self-care with dignity, as well as gracefully attain physical and psychological health, autonomy, and well-being in their later life. All these considerations give medical and nursing professionals insight into how to take care of the elderly.

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