scholarly journals Reconfiguring health knowledges? Contemporary modes of self-care as ‘everyday fringe medicine’

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 508-523
Author(s):  
Pia Vuolanto ◽  
Harley Bergroth ◽  
Johanna Nurmi ◽  
Suvi Salmenniemi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Medical Expertise ◽  
Medical Establishment ◽  
Complex Modes ◽  
Health And Well Being

The contestation of expertise is perhaps nowhere more pronounced than in the field of health and well-being, on which this article focuses. A multitude of practices and communities that stand in contentious relationships with established forms of medical expertise and promote personalised modes of self-care have proliferated across Euro-American societies. Drawing on multi-sited ethnography in three domains – body–mind–spirit therapies, vaccine hesitancy and consumer-grade digital self-tracking – we map such practices through the concept of ‘everyday fringe medicine’. The concept of everyday fringe medicine enables us to bring together various critical health and well-being practices and to unravel the complex modes of contestation and appreciation of the medical establishment that are articulated within them. We find three critiques of the medical establishment – critiques of medical knowledge production, professional practices and the knowledge base – which make visible the complexities related to public understandings of science within everyday fringe medicine.

scholarly journals Is the Health-Awareness of Leaders Related to the Working Conditions, Engagement, and Exhaustion in Their Teams? A Multi-Level Mediation Study.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa A. Grimm ◽  
Georg F. Bauer ◽  
Gregor J. Jenny
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Job Resources ◽  
Health Awareness ◽  
Employee Outcomes ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract Background: Research shows that leaders influence the health and well-being of employees, by being either a buffer or major source of employee's work stressors. Various leadership behaviors and their relation to employee outcomes have been examined. Yet, a satisfactory explanation of how leaders’ behavior influences health has not been found. A new line of research investigates the construct of “health-oriented leadership”, that is, the health awareness of leaders towards themselves (“self-care”) and towards their employees (“staff-care”). It is hypothesized that this health-orientation has a direct effect on both leader’s and employees’ health, as well as an indirect effect mediated by their working conditions.Methods: Data were derived from four company research projects, that involved employee and leader surveys on work, health, and well-being. The sample consisted of 50 teams, with 191 leaders and 604 team members. To test the relation between a leader’s self-care and his/her engagement, exhaustion, as well as staff-care, multiple regression analyses and mediation analyses were conducted. The relation between a leader’s staff-care, the team’s job resources and demands, and the individual employee outcomes engagement and exhaustion were tested with multilevel analyses.Results: Regression analysis showed that the stronger a leader's health-orientation towards him/-herself (“self-care”), the stronger was the health-orientation towards his/her employees (“staff-care”). A leader’s self-care was also associated with higher work engagement and lower exhaustion and this relation was mediated by his/her job resources and demands, respectively. Multilevel analysis showed that a leader's staff-care was associated with employee work engagement and exhaustion, and that this relation was mediated by team-level job resources and demands, respectively.Conclusions: The health-orientation of leaders relates to their own as well as their teams' engagement and exhaustion, which is partly mediated by job demands and resources. Thus the construct of health-orientation may prove worthy of further exploration. For practical conclusions, this study provides support for researching not different leadership styles with very specific facets, but a general orientation towards health, which can be implemented into coaching and consulting sessions for organizations.

scholarly journals IMPROVING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN: A STRENGTHS-BASED INTERVENTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S356-S356
Author(s):  
Christine Fruhauf ◽  
Loriena Yancura ◽  
Aimee Fox ◽  
Nathaniel Riggs ◽  
Heather Greenwood-Junkiermeyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren ◽  
Self Assessments ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract Many grandparents raising grandchildren experience depression. Few interventions take a strengths-based approach to improve their mental health. To address this gap, this study utilized an adapted version of Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC) for grandparents (PTC-G) to improve their self-care, communication, and self-efficacy. Grandparents completed self-assessments including the CES-D short form prior to the intervention, immediately after the 6-week program, and at 6-months. Focus groups were also conducted during the 6-month follow-up to further explore positive behavior change. Data from all sources were analyzed to show that the PTC-G program significantly lowered depressive symptoms of grandparents raising grandchildren. Qualitative data shows that grandparents report increased awareness and use of self-care practices and community services. By improving the health and well-being of grandparents raising grandchildren, the PTC-G intervention shows promise in reducing depression and improving long-term mental health outcomes in vulnerable grandfamilies.

CARING FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. CHANGING CONSUMER TRENDS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
pp. 24-37
Author(s):  
Tat'yana B. Ryzhkova ◽  
◽  
Elena A. Tarasenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Home Space ◽  
Health And Well Being

In the article the authors give an assessment of changes in trends of the consumer behavior in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is shown that care for health and safety of oneself and loved ones in conditions of social distancing, forced homing and blurring the boundaries between work and home are main drivers for changing the consumer practices of Russian citizens, introducing the new creative ways of consumption and the emergence of deferred demand. The authors show changes in consumer attitudes towards home space, self-care increasing. They conclude that due to self-safety and digitalization trends in consumer behavior have changed so significantly that consumers will not completely return to their old habits after the end of the pandemic. New technologies and digitalization are making significant changes in the consumer lives and practices.

Movement and Integrative Nursing

2014 ◽  
pp. 148-159
Author(s):  
Susan Masemer ◽  
Mary Farrell ◽  
Jayson King ◽  
Matthew Koithan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Patient Education ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Health And Well Being

This chapter provides information about the connections between physical activity or movement and well-being, emphasizing the importance of self-care and patient education for integrative nurses. This understanding will guide nurses to engage patients in collaborative discussions around the benefits of physical activity and steer them toward realistic strategies for successful implementation. Foundational to quality interactions with patients is the presence of physical activity as part of the nurse’s own self-care. Understanding basic exercise strategies as well as mastering the skills of engagement will increase the integrative nurse’s competence in promoting health and well-being within various patient populations.

scholarly journals Study to Assess Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Self Care Among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in Selected Hospital of Punjab, India

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhuvanesh Shukla ◽  
Amandeep Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Self Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Hemodialysis Patients ◽  
Dialysis Unit ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Health And Well Being

Self-care is the performance or practice of activities that individuals initiate and perform to maintain life, health, and well being. Hemodialysis patients must be able to perform self-care tasks in order to prevent complications and live life productively. A descriptive study to assess knowledge and attitude regarding self care among patients undergoing Hemodialysis in selected hospital, Punjab was done. The study was conducted on the patients from the dialysis unit of the Patel Hospital, Jalandhar, Punjab immediately above the abstract; it sets the footnote at the bottom of this column.

scholarly journals Perspectives of Self-Care Experiences of Aging Individuals Living Independently: A Focused Ethnography in the Community Setting

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Phatchanun Vivarakanon
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Focused Ethnography ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Health And Well Being

Globally, aging individuals who live independently facing various problems in maintaining their health and well-being. Understanding the capability of personal well-being is an important consideration in promoting healthy behaviors and lifestyles in aging individuals. This paper aimed to more deeply explore, from self-care experiences of aging individuals living independently in the community, from their perspective. The study used the inductive approach of focused ethnography which is based on Orem’s Theory of Self-Care. Data collection consisted of participant observation with field notes and semi-structured interviews with 25 aging individuals living independently in the northern part of Thailand. Three themes were followed as protocol of the data collection plan and used the identification and classification of transcription, coding, and thematic analysis as perspectives of self-care experiences of aging individuals living independently in the community setting: 1) continuing habits of healthcare practices, 2) maintaining positive emotional adaptation, 3) and having reasonable social and life adjustments. These themes exemplified the practice of activities that aging individuals initiated and performed as their daily and routine activities with the intention of maintaining life health and well-being. Consideration of aging individuals living independently self-care experiences assisted nurses and provided greater perspectives in providing actual needs and reduced resources of nursing care and healthcare system.

scholarly journals Use of a language intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Geipel ◽  
Leigh H. Grant ◽  
Boaz Keysar
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Vaccine Acceptance ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Language Interventions ◽  
Vaccine Information ◽  
Health And Well Being

AbstractVaccine hesitancy is a major global challenge facing COVID-19 immunization programs. Its main source is low public trust in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. In a preregistered experimental study, we investigated how using a foreign language when communicating COVID-19 vaccine information influences vaccine acceptance. Hong Kong Chinese residents (N = 611) received COVID-19 vaccine information either in their native Chinese or in English. English increased trust in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine and, as a result, reduced vaccine hesitancy. This indicates that language can impact vaccine attitudes and demonstrate the potential of language interventions for a low cost, actionable strategy to curtail vaccine hesitancy amongst bilingual populations. Language interventions could contribute towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of health and well-being.

The Green Schooling of America

2015 ◽  
pp. 15-24
Author(s):  
John C. Fischetti ◽  
Dana L. Fischetti
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
State Assessments ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Green Schools ◽  
Healthy Diets ◽  
Green School ◽  
Improve Student Learning ◽  
Health And Well Being

The potential of green schools to improve student learning shows real promise. The continued focus on green school buildings, coupled with attention to healthy diets and healthy living habits, can only help students perform at their best. This chapter details the emerging knowledge base connecting the green schools movement and student learning. The authors share the early indicators, promising potential, and limitations of research related to green schools, and the links to student learning, teacher grades, state assessments, and children's overall health and well-being.

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