Health and wellbeing in general practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 40-42
Author(s):  
Jonathan McCutcheon
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Practice Manager ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
The Impact

In this article, Jonathan McCutcheon looks at the impact of health and wellbeing on the role of a practice manager and what support can be accessed

Measuring adolescents’ emotional responses to music: Approaches, challenges, and opportunities

2019 ◽  
pp. 39-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tan-Chyuan Chin
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Fundamental Aspect ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Outcome Indicators ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Impact

Contemporary challenges facing researchers and practitioners in measuring and understanding the various components of emotional responses to music need to be balanced with informed, active participation from young people. For researchers, measurement can encompass both process and outcome indicators that provide the capacity to monitor change over time and examine the impact of music-based interventions on mental health and wellbeing. For practitioners, measurement forms a fundamental aspect of the needs analysis so that therapeutic sessions can be tailored to suit individuals’ needs. This chapter presents information about the types of methods and factors that need to be considered for future work measuring emotional responses to music in young people. The benefits and challenges of utilizing mixed-methods approaches will also be considered. This chapter concludes that a considered, integrative approach of measurement will provide richer insight into research on the role of music in the lives of young people.

General practice nurses and physicians and end of life: a systematic review of models of care

2020 ◽  
pp. bmjspcare-2019-002114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Mitchell ◽  
Michèle Aubin ◽  
Hugh Senior ◽  
Claire Johnson ◽  
Julia Fallon-Ferguson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Health System ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Case Conference ◽  
Practice Nurses ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Primary Care Practitioners ◽  
The Impact

BackgroundGeneral practitioners (GPs) and general practice nurses (GPNs) face increasing demands to provide palliative care (PC) or end-of-life care (EoLC) as the population ages. In order to maximise the impact of GPs and GPNs, the impact of different models of care that have been developed to support their practice of EoLC needs to be understood.ObjectiveTo examine published models of EoLC that incorporate or support GP and GPN practice, and their impact on patients, families and the health system.MethodSystematic literature review. Data included papers (2000 to 2017) sought from Medline, Psychinfo, Embase, Joanna Briggs Institute and Cochrane databases.ResultsFrom 6209 journal articles, 13 papers reported models of care supporting the GP and GPN’s role in EoLC or PC practice. Services and guidelines for clinical issues have mixed impact on improving symptoms, but improved adherence to clinical guidelines. National Frameworks facilitated patients being able to die in their preferred place. A single specialist PC-GP case conference reduced hospitalisations, better maintained functional capacity and improved quality of life parameters in both patients with cancer and without cancer. No studies examined models of care aimed at supporting GPNs.ConclusionsPrimary care practitioners have a natural role to play in EoLC, and most patient and health system outcomes are substantially improved with their involvement. Successful integrative models need to be tested, particularly in non-malignant diseases. Such models need to be explored further. More work is required on the role of GPNs and how to support them in this role.

The impact of retirement on physical, mental health and wellbeing

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Odone ◽  
B Frascella ◽  
G Vigezzi ◽  
G Gaetti ◽  
V Gianfredi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Relevant Evidence ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Complex Relationships ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Population ageing presents both challenges and opportunities for societies around the world. Increasing statutory retirement age and limiting exits to early retirement are frequent policy responses to population ageing, but this is unlikely to have the desired impact if the complex relationships that link work, retirement and health remains unknown. In this context, we designed and are currently conducting the multi-partner project on pension reforms and spatial-temporal patterns in healthy ageing, funded by Fondazione Cariplo. The project involves a multi-disciplinary research team from University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Bocconi University and the Unit of Epidemiology of the Regional Health Service of ASL TO3. In this first presentation we will first describe the project design, its general aim and specific objectives, then we will present a proposed conceptual framework on the association between retirement and health and its determinants. The framework is the first deliverable of the project and is the results of a comprehensive review of the available evidence and consultation with experts in the field. In particular we conducted a scoping review to retrieve, pool and critically appraise the relevant evidence on the impact of retirement and transition to retirement on physical and mental health and their determinants. We summarized the evidence collected in a conceptual framework that attempt to quantify how health and retirement are bi-directionally linked, how health is central to the timing of retirement, how labor-associated determinants condition employment cessation, how and retirement have varying effects on risk factors for physical and mental health and the role of confounding factors and mediators. Towards the end of the presentation we will outline an extensive stakeholder mapping carried out for the purposes of the project at the national and European level

scholarly journals Impact of Biophilic Design on Health and Wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
Geetika Sahu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Biophilic Design ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Energy Efficient Building

A growing body of an individual indicates that the modern world has been disconnecting from nature which is having a negative impact on human health and wellbeing. The biophilic theory is the newest also it is least understood, but it holds a lot of potentials. A deeper explanation is required to understand the concept of biophilic. The theory of this study leads to positive answers even on emotional conditions, regarding human performance and health. The study expands the current understanding of the role of the environment in human nature and health. Biophilic has an extensive scope of applicability in various domains of architectural spaces like residential, commercial, and institutional building uses also having various types of health benefits related to various problems of a particular territory. The study aims to assess the impact of biophilic design on environment knowledge and relation with nature. The movement aims to build an energy-efficient building and develop environmentally friendly by managing natural resources effectively. Also, analyze the impact of biophilic design and its relationship with environmental awareness and nature. The study resulted that health and nature are related to god’s faith. It gives a huge positive impact and nature cannot be ignored as a valuable source of health and happiness.

scholarly journals Anthropometric history and the measurement of wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Harris
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Human Growth ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Average Height ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

It has often been recognised that the average height of a population is influencedby the economic, social and environmental conditions in which it finds itself, andthis insight has inspired a generation of historians to use anthropometric data toinvestigate the health and wellbeing of past populations. This paper reviews someof the main developments in the field, and assesses the extent to which heightremains a viable measure of historical wellbeing. It explores a number of differentissues, including the nature of human growth; the impact of variations in diet andexposure to disease; the role of ethnicity; the relationships between height, mortalityand labour productivity; and the “social value” of human stature. It concludes that,despite certain caveats, height has retained its capacity to act as a “mirror” of theconditions of past societies, and of the wellbeing of their members.

Supporting quality care in general practice: The collaboratives approach

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catuscia Buiso ◽  
Bill Newton
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Quality Improvement Initiative ◽  
Building Practice ◽  
The Impact ◽  
International Phenomenon

An important role of divisions of general practice is to support general practice to build capacity for the delivery of quality care. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the National Primary Care Collaboratives Program and the impact this quality improvement initiative has had on building practice capacity to achieve improvements in the management of chronic disease. "The Collaboratives" are an international phenomenon, which, over the last three years, has been implemented in Australia and has achieved impressive results consistent with the success documented in other countries. This paper explores the key elements contributing to the success of the program and discusses the opportunities that have strengthened the ability of participating divisions to support general practice to deliver quality care.

scholarly journals Decolonising Australian Psychology: Discourses, Strategies, and Practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 276-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pat Dudgeon ◽  
Roz Walker
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Aboriginal Health ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
The Impact

Colonisation in Australia has had a devastating and lasting impact on the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia (herein referred to as Indigenous Australians). This paper discusses the role of psychology in Australia and the negative impact that certain disciplinary theories and practices have had on Indigenous Australians. The impact has been further exacerbated by the failure of mainstream policy makers and mental health practitioners to recognise the key, distinctive cultural and social determinants that contribute to Aboriginal health and wellbeing. There is a growing response by Aboriginal psychologists, critical social theorists, and their allies to decolonise psychological theory and practice to redress this situation. This paper outlines key decolonising strategies that have been effective in interrupting those aspects of psychology that are inimical to Aboriginal wellbeing.

scholarly journals Physical Health in People with Intellectual Disabilities

2020 ◽  
pp. 203-212
Author(s):  
Umesh Chauhan ◽  
Ken Courtenay ◽  
Matthew Hoghton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
History Taking ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this chapter is to outline the importance of good physical health for a person with intellectual disability (ID) on their mental health and wellbeing; the impact of the choice of psychotropic therapy on their physical health; the presentations of mental disorders in people with ID with health problems; what to include in assessment—good history taking, physical examination, and investigations. Other aspects covered are the management of health problems including health prevention and what to monitor; the role of guidelines; and importance of liaison with GPs and the Primary Care Team.

Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 311-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Brambilla ◽  
David A. Butz
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Welfare Recipients ◽  
Intergroup Attitudes ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Intergroup Threat ◽  
Economic Threat ◽  
The Impact ◽  
General Climate

Two studies examined the impact of macrolevel symbolic threat on intergroup attitudes. In Study 1 (N = 71), participants exposed to a macrosymbolic threat (vs. nonsymbolic threat and neutral topic) reported less support toward social policies concerning gay men, an outgroup whose stereotypes implies a threat to values, but not toward welfare recipients, a social group whose stereotypes do not imply a threat to values. Study 2 (N = 78) showed that, whereas macrolevel symbolic threat led to less favorable attitudes toward gay men, macroeconomic threat led to less favorable attitudes toward Asians, an outgroup whose stereotypes imply an economic threat. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding the role of a general climate of threat in shaping intergroup attitudes.

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