scholarly journals HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CITIZENS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN EUROPEAN CONTEXT

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
I. V Zhuravleva ◽  
N. V Lakomova
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Environment Protection ◽  
The Third ◽  
Health Area ◽  
Personal Attitudes ◽  
System Functioning ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Health And Well Being

The article presents the analysis of the results of the comparative European Social Study related to health and psychological well-being obtained in the course of the third (2006) and Seventh (2014) waves. The indices of health self-appraisal, satisfaction with one's own life, health care system functioning, social security, feeling of happiness, personal attitudes to charity and environment protection. In majority of listed indices, the positive values of the citizen of Russia are on the last positions in the enumeration of 22 European countries. But while comparing data of 2014 and 2006 the responses of the citizen of Russia demonstrate increasing of positive values and decreasing of negative values. The detected positive trends permit to look for perspectives of social policy in health area with optimism. The reliability of obtained results is substantiated by data of studies of national sociological centers and statistical numbers concerning positive changes in sphere of life related to health of citizen of Russia.

Is it possible to build an effective program to promote the health and well-being of employees in the workplace in the Russia?

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Ivan Aleksandrovich Rybakov
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Effective Program ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Health And Well Being

In 2019 The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation together with experts of the National Research Center of Therapy and Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation has developed programs to strengthen the health of employees, which include behavioral medicine practices aimed at changing lifestyle and correcting risk factors. Scientific evidence shows the effectiveness of such programs, and new components of programs aimed at improving the well-being of employees can increase the effectiveness of preventive measures. In this article, we will review the domestic and international experience of using comprehensive health and well-being promotion programs to improve the health of employees in Russia.

scholarly journals The definitions of health care and social welfare informatics competencies

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Minna Tiainen ◽  
Outi Ahonen ◽  
Leena Hinkkanen ◽  
Elina Rajalahti ◽  
Alpo Värri
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Digital Environments ◽  
Version 2.0 ◽  
Digital Competencies ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Health And Well Being

Digital transformation is changing the ecosystem and at the same time professionals’ competencies worldwide. Minimising health care and social welfare costs while increasing citizens’ health and well-being is challenging. Technology and digital tools play an important role in reaching this goal. However, there are inequalities concerning technology, and this has many impacts. Digitalisation brings challenges not only to health care and social welfare professionals but to citizens, too. Working with or using services in digital environments demands new skills. This has social and ethical impacts, e.g. how is equal access to services ensured. Health and social care professionals should have different competencies to respond to this, such as societal competencies. The purpose of this article is to describe how the definition of competencies in health care and social welfare version 1.0 (developed in the national SotePeda 24/7 project) was finalised as the final version 2.0 for Finnish healthcare and social welfare education by experts’ evaluation. Data was collected through an electronic questionnaire administered to selected experts (N=140) during January 2020. The number of experts who responded to the study was 52. These experts (social and health, business and IT) work or have worked in tasks related to the digitalisation of social and health care. The questionnaire was based on version 1.0 of the definition of digital competencies of health care and social welfare informatics. The questionnaire was mainly quantitative, but it also included open-ended qualitative questions. The experts agreed to a large extent on the version 1.0 definition, but some adjustments were made to the definition based on our study. The resulting definition is intended for use in the planning, implementation and evaluation of health care and social welfare education, but it can also be used for polytechnic education. The aim is to develop the digital skills of educators, degree students and in-service trainees in a multidisciplinary way (social and health, business and IT) to meet the needs of working life.

scholarly journals Mapping Of The Responsible Investments Instruments In Sdg 3 ‘Good Health And Well-Being’ Financing: EU And US Experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-115
Author(s):  
Yulia Sepreninova ◽  
Inna Makarenko ◽  
Alex Plastun ◽  
Angela Babko ◽  
Gunnay Gasimova
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Health And Well Being

This article summarizes the existing approaches to investigating instruments of responsible investments in the health care system in Europe and in United States. The main research’s purpose is to identify existing instruments of responsible investment under funding Sustainable Development Goal 3: ‘Good health and well-being’. Systematization of scientific sources and approaches on the investigated issue showed no unique approach to forming a list of responsible investment instruments to finance health and well-being in Europe and United States. Hence, existing approaches vary by risk, return, suitability for financing, and so on. Therefore, the analysis and generalization of existing approaches and investigating their implementation-related practical features are the relevant scientific problem. The research’s object is the health care financing approaches of the generally recognized organizations such as the Financial Initiative for Biodiversity under the United Nations Development Program, the United States Agency for International Development and the World Bank (Biodiversity Finance Initiative United Nation Development Program, USAID, World Bank). The authors noted that these organizations contributed greatly to provide funding for these projects at the global level. For gaining the research’s goal, this study was conducted in the following logical sequence. Firstly, the authors characterized the Biofin financial decisions in health care under the United Nations Development Program. Secondly, the study systematized the U.S. Agency for International Development financing approaches regarding the Sustainable Development Goal 3. Then, the authors generalized the practical directions towards realizing the mentioned above instruments while digging into the World Bank responsible investment activity regarding health care. The study suggested the typology method to identify the key criteria for classifying responsible investment instruments. In turn, the mapping method was used to generalize the scientific background concerning health care finance. Therefore, the findings could help scientists further develop and unify the classification of responsible investment instruments regarding sustainable development and health care financing based on EU and US experience. Moreover, the obtained results enrich the existing global approaches in funding the national health care system and reaching the established Sustainable Development Goals 3 ‘Good health and well-being’.

Health and Well-Being

2021 ◽  
pp. 201-226
Author(s):  
Neal M. Krause
Keyword(s):  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Proactive Coping ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
The Third ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Extensive Body ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Insight Into

The goal of this chapter is to show how a sense of meaning in life acts in concert with the dimensions of religion that have been discussed so far to affect health. The discussion that follows is divided into two sections. The extensive body of research that links meaning with health and well-being is examined first. Following this, three submodels are introduced that provide further insight into how meaning in life might affect health. The first submodel brings gratitude and prayer to the foreground. The second submodel focuses on the relationships among meaning in life, proactive coping responses, and health behavior. The third submodel brings issues involving the interface between meaning in life, negative aspects of religious life (e.g., religious doubt), and health-related outcomes.

scholarly journals Contextualizing the COVID-19 Era in Puerto Rico: Compounding Disasters and Parallel Pandemics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine García ◽  
Fernando I Rivera ◽  
Marc A Garcia ◽  
Giovani Burgos ◽  
María P Aranda
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Wealth Inequality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Report ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract Objectives The COVID-19 outbreak has worsened the ongoing economic crisis in Puerto Rico by creating “parallel pandemics” that exacerbate socioeconomic and health inequalities experienced by its most vulnerable residents. Unfortunately, conditions on the island have been largely overlooked by national media outlets and the mainland U.S. population. Thus, this research report aims to draw attention to the disparate burden multiple and compounding disasters have on older island-dwelling Puerto Rican adults’ health and well-being. Methods We characterize the lived experiences of the older population in Puerto Rico by incorporating data from multiple sources and contextualizing the effects of compounding disasters, the fiscal pandemic, and health care challenges to provide a more nuanced portrait of existing compounding factors that negatively affect the health and well-being of older adults in the era of COVID-19. Results We highlight 2 main factors that exacerbate pre-pandemic inequities experienced by the older adult population amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico: (a) the impact of multiple and compounding disasters; and (b) health care challenges. Discussion The human suffering of the Puerto Rican population is compounded by the consequences of fiscal austerity, increasing levels of income and wealth inequality, the debt crisis, significant emigration, and a dysfunctional health care system. Future governmental actions are required to lessen the burden of parallel pandemics on older adults in Puerto Rico.

scholarly journals Exploring the impact of economic and sociopolitical development on people’s health and well-being: A case study of the Karanga people in Masvingo, Zimbabwe

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Chirongoma
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Faith Healing ◽  
Sociopolitical Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Western Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Well Being

Through an exploration of the collapse of the Zimbabwean health delivery systems during the period 2000–2010, this article examines the Karanga people’s indigenous responses to utano (health and well-being). The first section explores the impact of Zimbabwe’s economic and sociopolitical development on people’s health and well-being. The next section foregrounds the ‘agency’ of the Karanga community in accessing and facilitating health care, especially their utilisation of multiple healthcare providers as well as providing health care through indigenous remedies such as traditional medicine and faith-healing. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 3 which aspires to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, the concluding section offers insights for developing an indigenous Karanga theology of utano utilising communal resources and illustrating that the concept of ‘development’ should not be confined to rigid Western development perspectives.

Helping Patients Quit Tobacco: ASCO's Efforts to Help Oncology Care Specialists

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 263-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasser Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Oncology Care ◽  
Societal Health ◽  
Oncology Practice ◽  
Health And Well Being

In a time of continuing changes in oncology practice, such as more complex health care and communication systems, few initiatives will have as great an impact on societal health and well-being as reducing tobacco use.

Perceptions of Health and Well-Being Held by Native Hawaiian Migrants

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane H. Lassetter ◽  
Lynn C. Callister ◽  
Shemnon Z. Miyamoto
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Native Hawaiian ◽  
Las Vegas ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Native Hawaiians ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Early Access ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Health And Well Being

Background and Purpose: Migration is often a challenging process. Native Hawaiians migrate from Hawaii to Las Vegas at an impressive rate, but no research has explored how migration affects their health and well-being. The purpose was to describe how Native Hawaiians in Las Vegas perceive their health and well-being and any changes therein since migrating. Design: Using a qualitative descriptive design, 27 participants took part in semistructured interviews. Findings/Results: Most participants perceived no changes in health and minor changes in well-being. Many maintained their well-being by adapting valued activities to their new circumstances. However, 5 participants were deeply burdened by life in Las Vegas or longing for Hawaii, and their well-being suffered. They tended to identify barriers to well-being rather than ways to foster it. Conclusion: Health care providers can help Native Hawaiian migrants by encouraging early access to the health care system in their new location and facilitating participation in helpful, adaptive behaviors.

Has China’s Health Sector Development Matched the Rapid Growth in the Country?

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (36) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Marta Tripane
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
The Third ◽  
Health Area ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Unequal Access

China is the world's largest country by population, the third largest by territory and the second largest world’s economy by GDP. Therefore it is important to follow the successes and failures of China in the field of health, because they affect the health area and processes in the world. This article includes retrospective analysis of empirical data to analyze the main inputs and outputs of China's health policy in order to identify the main problems and highlight the major challenges. In the article is concluded that main problems are related with insufficient and unequal access to health care.

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