Networks and Global Health: Experimental Evidence of Women’s Social Networks, Reproductive Health, and Well-Being

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
S ANUKRITI
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health And Well Being

scholarly journals SOCIAL NETWORKS, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S71-S71
Author(s):  
Eleanor S McConnell ◽  
Kirsten Corazzini ◽  
T Robert Konrad
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sensor Technology ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract Although the impact of dementia on the health and well-being of those living with Alzheimer’s Disease and related Disorders (ADRD) and their care partners has been widely studied, less attention has been paid to how the disease impacts individuals within the context of their larger social networks. This symposium presents findings from a series of integrated studies aimed at strengthening measurement of health and well-being among older adults with living with dementia and well-being among members of their social networks. Findings will be presented from five studies: (1) a scoping review of social network measurement in older adults in chronic illness, including dementia, that emphasizes the use of technology in measuring older adults’ social networks; (2) a simulation study to evaluate the feasibility and reliability of sensor technology to measure social interaction among a person living with dementia and others in their immediate surroundings; (3) development of a web-based application that allows older adults to map and activate their social networks; (4) a qualitative analysis of interviews from persons living with dementia, their unpaid caregivers, and paid caregivers from an adult day health program concerning well-being focused outcomes; and (5) a mixed methods analysis of the feasibility of using both traditional and novel measures of health and well-being deployed among networks of people living with dementia. Emerging technologies for measuring social networks health and well-being hold promise for advancing the study of the relationship-based nature of care for people living with dementia.

Facilitating Social Networks among Gay Men

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 89-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Cant
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Prevention Services ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Asian Men ◽  
Health And Well Being

Social networks are increasingly recognised as being beneficial to health and wellbeing. This paper, drawing from a qualitative study into health services targeted at gay men in London, explores the facilitation by service providers of social networks among gay men. Networks are dependent upon reciprocity among their participants and the study examines how shared narratives can generate a sense of the reciprocity that contributes to the development of networks. The networks discussed here promote instrumental support or communication or emotional well-being or a combination of those. The paper explores the diversity of narratives among the thirty eight gay male service users who were informants to this study. While narratives around experiencing same sex desire, encountering social isolation and making decisions about coming out were articulated by all these informants, there were other organising principles in their lives which also shaped their narratives and their decisions about whom they shared these narratives with. The paper focuses on the development of social networks among three groups of gay men: young South Asian men accessing HIV prevention services, men seeking to give up smoking in relation to their experiences in the commercial venues which constitute the gay scene and carers of gay men and lesbians suffering from a chronic disease. The paper seeks to generate opportunities for reflection about the means to promote health and well-being among members of this marginalised population group.

scholarly journals Adolescents' Perceptions About Dating and Sexual Permissiveness in Ebonyi State, Nigeria: What Can Be Done to Enhance Adolescents' Sexual Health and Well-Being

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nkoli Ezumah ◽  
Ifunanya Clara Agu ◽  
Chinyere Okeke ◽  
Chibuike Agu ◽  
Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Reproductive Capacity ◽  
Southeastern Nigeria ◽  
Health And Well Being

Introduction: Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues constitute key health concerns as some adolescents are directly or indirectly involved in sexual engagements, with increased risks and health consequences. The study aims to explore adolescents' perceptions about dating and permissive sexual behaviors which will contribute to designing sexual and reproductive health interventions. This paper adds to knowledge on adolescents' perceptions about dating, pre-marital, casual, transactional and age-disparate sex in southeastern, Nigeria.Methods: A qualitative study was undertaken in the three senatorial zones of Ebonyi state, south eastern Nigeria. The study population comprised unmarried in- and out-of-school adolescents aged 13–18 years. Data were collected using a pre-tested focus group discussion (FGD) guide. There were six FGDs for boys and six FGDs for girls. A thematic framework approach was used for data analysis.Results: Adolescents' views about dating and other sexual behaviors were varied. The dominant view is that hugging, touching and kissing are inappropriate for unmarried adolescents. Similarly, pre-marital, casual, transactional, and age-disparate sex were viewed as unacceptable. However, some adolescents perceived pre-marital abstinence as a hindrance to the attainment of sexual satisfaction and reproductive capacity in marriage. Some boys and girls indicated that casual sex is good, because it enables girls from poor homes to socialize with more privileged boys/men, and that such relationships could lead to marriage. Some considered transactional and age-disparate sex as a means of survival from poverty and unemployment. Boys were more permissive in their views about sexual behaviors compared to the girls.Conclusion: Adolescents' perceptions of sexual behaviors as acceptable/unacceptable vary and are gendered. This should be considered in designing innovative strategies to improve adolescents' sexual health and well-being.

scholarly journals Health and Well-Being Consequences for Gender Violence Survivors from Isolating Gender Violence

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8626
Author(s):  
Adriana Aubert ◽  
Ramon Flecha
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Health And Well Being

Recent scientific literature has published about the Isolating Gender Violence (IGV), the violence exerted by harassers against those who support their victims. IGV provokes suffering to advocates with health and well-being consequences that have been analyzed by more recent research; but IGV provokes also suffering on the victims of gender violence when they see the suffering of those who have supported them and also for their isolation. Thus, the aim of the present study is to explore the health and well-being consequences of IGV on gender violence survivors. The methodology includes three narratives of gender violence survivors whose advocates supporting them were victimized by IGV. The results show, on the one hand, an increase of the health and well-being effects of gender violence already analyzed by scientific literature; on the other hand, new health and well-being effects appear. All survivors interviewed say that, besides those new consequences for their health, the support of those advocates has decreased the global health effects of the total gender violence they suffered.

scholarly journals INDIVIDUAL AND DYADIC PREDICTORS OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S14-S15
Author(s):  
William J Chopik ◽  
Shelia R Cotten
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Need For Cognition ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract Technology has the ability to enhance and enrich the lives of older adults by facilitating better relationships, health, and well-being. However, older adults vary in how often—and even whether—they use information and communication technologies (ICTs). Further, interactions and relationships with people in their immediate social networks might have implications for whether or not older adults adopt ICTs. In two studies of individuals (N=595 participants; Mage=67.09; 56% Female; 69.2% White) and couples (N=542 couples; Mage=63.65; 50% Female; 83.9% White), I examined individual and dyadic predictors of technology adoption among older adults. Among a wide array of individual difference constructs, the most reliable predictor of technology adoption in both individuals and their spouses was need for cognition (.08 ≤ r ≤ .23). The results will be discussed in the context of how individual differences modulate adoption and the benefits accrued from ICTs across the lifespan.

Embodied Mobilities

2018 ◽  
pp. 105-130
Author(s):  
Wendy A. Vogt
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Migrant Health ◽  
Transit Migration ◽  
Health And Well Being

This chapter examines the visible and less visible embodied realities of transit migration. It includes ethnographic stories and analysis of injury, illness and sexual violence and reproductive health. In doing so, the chapter explores meanings of deservingness as related to migrant health and well-being.

Complex Network Dynamics in Population Health

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
James Moody ◽  
Dana K. Pasquale
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Complex Network ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Health And Well Being

People constantly interact with each other and their environment, and these interactions—with whom and with what they interact—are not random. Interactions at multiple levels (cellular, neurological, social, physical, environmental) shape one’s experiences and affect health and well-being. These interactions can be represented as a set of networks that feedback and influence other networks. Here we limit our scope to the complex relationship between human social networks and behavior, which frequently forms a feedback loop, and the effect of this relationship on population health outcomes. This chapter introduces traditional network analysis as it pertains to population health, explores examples of interactions between macro-level networks, and proposes future directions for network analysis

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