scholarly journals Scenario cognitive modeling of development trends of the complexity system “youth, labor market, quality of life”

2021 ◽  
pp. 103-120
Author(s):  
Galina Gorelova ◽  
Andrey Saak
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Young People ◽  
Cognitive Modeling ◽  
Market Quality ◽  
Youth Labor Market ◽  
Structured Problems ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
The Impact

Conducting research on the quality of life of young people and the impact on it of such a significant factor as the youth labor market, as well as related research on the problems of state support for young people, require the use of simulation methods due to the incompleteness of information and poorly structured problems of such complex systems as the quality of life of young people and the labor market. The article gives a brief overview of the categories “labor market”, “quality of life”, “youth”, which is necessary to determine the content of cognitive modeling of the complex system “youth, labor market, quality of life”. The technology of cognitive modeling is briefly presented. The results of the application of cognitive simulation modeling to the study of the quality of life of young people in relation to the labor market are presented. An example of modeling is presented in the form of a corresponding cognitive map and a number of scenarios for the possible development of situations on it, which may arise under the assumed influence of various social and economic factors, as well as under the influence of regulatory and control systems.

scholarly journals Determinants of participation and quality of life of young adults with cerebral palsy: longitudinal approach and comparison with the general population – SPARCLE 3 study protocol

BMC Neurology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Arnaud ◽  
Carine Duffaut ◽  
Jérôme Fauconnier ◽  
Silke Schmidt ◽  
Kate Himmelmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Young People ◽  
General Population ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Effective inclusion in society for young people with disabilities is increasingly seen as generating opportunities for self-development, and improving well-being. However, significant barriers remain in the vast majority of activities meaningful for young adults. Research argues that various personal (disabilities, health) and environmental (access to the resources needed, accessible environment, discrimination, lack of personal economic independence) factors contribute to limited participation. However, previous studies conducted in young people with cerebral palsy (CP) mainly investigated the transition period to adulthood, and did not fully consider the whole range of impairment severity profiles or environmental barriers. In this study, we will use the follow-up of the SPARCLE cohort and a comparison group from the general population (1) to investigate the impact of the environment on participation and quality of life of young adults with CP, (2) to determine predictors of a successful young adulthood in educational, professional, health and social fields, (3) to compare quality of life and frequency of participation in social, work and recreational activities with the general population, (4) to document on participation and quality of life in those with severe disabilities. Methods The SPARCLE3 study has a combined longitudinal and cross-sectional design. Young adults with CP aged 22 to 27 years in 6 European regions previously enrolled in the SPARCLE cohort or newly recruited will be invited to self-complete a comprehensive set of questionnaires exploring participation (daily life and discretionary activities), health-related quality of life, body function, personal factors (health, personal resources), and contextual factors (availability of needed environmental items, family environment, services provision) during home visits supervised by trained researchers. Proxy-reports or adapted questionnaires will be used for those with the most severe impairments. The recruitment of a large group from the general population (online survey) will enable to identify life areas where the discrepancies between young people with CP and their able-bodied peers are the most significant. Discussion This study will help identify to what extent disabilities and barriers in environment negatively affect participation and quality of life, and how previous valued experiences during childhood or adolescence might modulate these effects.

scholarly journals The impact of the livelihoods and income fortification and socio-civic transformation project on the quality of life, wellbeing, self-esteem, and quality of neighbourhood social environment among the youth in slum areas of in Kampala, Uganda

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre M. N. Renzaho ◽  
Daniel Doh ◽  
Rashidul A. Mahumud ◽  
Moses Galukande ◽  
Joseph K. Kamara
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Point Increase ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Slum Areas

Abstract Background Various interventions to improve the quality of life (QoL) among slum dwellers across sub Saharan Africa have been implemented. However, the interventions impacts remain less understood. We assessed the impact of the Urban Program on Livelihoods and Income Fortification and Socio-civic Transformation (UPLIFT) project on QoL, psychological wellbeing, self-esteem, and the quality of neighbourhood social environment of young people aged 13–25 years in slum areas of Makindye and Nakawa Divisions in Kampala, Uganda. Methods The study was designed as a mixed method evaluation using repeated cross-sectional survey and grounded theory in both the intervention and comparison communities. The intervention effect was estimated using the difference-in-differences Kernel propensity-score matching technique, with bootstrapping. The “rcs” option was used given that data were from repeated cross-sectional surveys. A thematic analysis was adopted for the qualitative data to triangulate and complement the quantitative data. Results The UPLIFT project led to an improvement in QoL, psychological wellbeing, and self-esteem of young people. In terms of QoL, the project led to a six-percentage point increase in quality of living conditions scores (where higher scores reflect better living conditions; lower ones, worse living conditions). However, a negative effect was observed for personal independence whilst the project did not have any impact on social relations. In terms of self-esteem and psychological wellbeing, the project led to a 4.6-point increase in self-esteem scores, a 5.4-point increase in self-acceptance scores, a 5.3- point increase in purpose in life scores, a 5.7 - point increase in personal growth, and a 10.7-point increase in autonomy scores. However, the project had a negative effect on personal independence; and had no impact on environmental mastery and the quality of neighbourhood social environment. Conclusion Functional community-owned assets accumulation and capacity building initiatives for young people in slum areas improved their psychological wellbeing and quality of life. However, such initiatives do not appear to address social relationships and personal independence of young people in slum areas.

scholarly journals Implementing a weight-specific quality-of-life tool for young people in primary healthcare

BJGP Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. BJGPO.2021.0052
Author(s):  
Yemi Oluboyede ◽  
Sarah Hill ◽  
Suzanne McDonald ◽  
Emily Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Young People ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Primary Care Clinicians ◽  
The Impact

BackgroundObesity is thought to be one of the most serious global public health challenges of the 21st century. The primary care setting is important in terms of the diagnosis, education and management of obesity in children and young people. This study explored the views of primary care clinicians on the implementation of a quality of life (QoL) tool to help young people and their families identify the impact of weight on QoL.AimTo assess the acceptability and feasibility of implementing the Weight-specific Adolescent Instrument for Economic-evaluation (WAItE) QoL tool for young people aged 11–18 years in primary care.MethodOne-to-one, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of primary healthcare clinicians working in practices located in areas of varying deprivation in Northern England, UK. Interview transcripts were coded and analysed using Framework Analysis in NVivo 10.ResultsParticipants (n=16 General Practitioners; n=4 practice nurses) found the WAItE tool acceptable for them and their patients and believed it was feasible for use in routine clinical practice. It was important to primary care clinicians that the tool would provide an overall QoL score that would be easy for General Practitioners and nurses to interpret, to help them identify patients most in need of specialist help.ConclusionsThis study has developed a platform for further research around QoL in overweight and obese young people. A future feasibility study will focus on implementing the tool in a small number of primary healthcare practices.

Personal Determinants of the Subjective Quality of Life among Working Rural and Urban Youth

2020 ◽  
pp. 68-89
Author(s):  
T.G. Bokhan ◽  
◽  
E.D. Galazhinsky ◽  
O.V. Terekhina ◽  
A.L. Ul'yanich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Young People ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Rural Youth ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Urban Working

At present, to solve the problem of the life quality of the population has become an integral criterion for evaluating the effectiveness and success of the state's socio-economic policy. The appeal to the study of the quality of life among young people in its objective, subjective and person’s aspects is determined by the fact that youth as a social group differs from other groups of the population. It is more active, has relevant knowledge and skills, an accelerated adaptation process, greater migration mobility and material needs. It faces the task of self-determination in socio-economic and political changes and the choice of life orientations. The aim is to determine the contribution of personal resources to the subjective assessment of the quality of life among representatives of socio-demographic youth groups with different perceptions of self-realization opportunities in living conditions. The research is based on the newly developed conceptual working model of the quality of life by D.A. Leontiev (2020), which integrates objective, subjective and person’s factors of environmental assessment. The methods used are: the questionnaire «Quality of life and satisfaction», «Life satisfaction» scale, «Self-realization satisfaction index in living conditions», questionnaire «Self-organization activity», questionnaire «Differential diagnosis of reflexivity», «Self-determination of personality and basic beliefs» scale. Sample is 280 people aged 18 to 40 years, including 140 people living in the rural municipality of the North of the Tomsk region (Siberian region), and 140 residents of the city of Tomsk. As a result, we have found out that there is some general dissatisfaction with the quality of life, but the representatives of rural youth are less satisfied with the quality of their lives than the representatives of urban working youth. Personal resources are significantly more pronounced in the urban working youth group; many representatives of rural youth have deficits in personal resources. It is revealed that such a personal resource as self-identity can me-diate the impact of assessing the opportunities for self-realization in environmental conditions on the quality of life among urban and rural youth. At the same time, we have identified specific personal resources that can serve as mediators in assessing opportunities for self-realization in living conditions and the quality of life among urban and rural youth. However, a small percentage of variance indicates the need to refine the results and include new personal resources in the search for mediators of this relationship. The data revealed in both groups on the mediation nature of assessing the possibility of self-realization in living conditions indicate the importance of creating conditions for self-realization for young people, both in urban and rural living environments.

scholarly journals Self-administration of adrenaline for anaphylaxis during in-hospital food challenges improves health-related quality of life

2020 ◽  
pp. archdischild-2020-319906
Author(s):  
Sarah Burrell ◽  
Nandinee Patel ◽  
Marta Vazquez-Ortiz ◽  
Dianne E. Campbell ◽  
Audrey DunnGalvin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Young People ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Food Challenge ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Self Administration ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Impact

ObjectiveTo assess the impact of anaphylaxis on health-related quality of life (HRQL) and self-efficacy in food-allergic patients undergoing in-hospital food challenge.DesignSecondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.SettingSpecialist allergy centre.PatientsPeanut-allergic young people aged 8–16 years.InterventionsDouble-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge to peanut, with HRQL and self-efficacy assessed using validated questionnaire, approximately 2 weeks prior to and 2 weeks after challenge. Where possible, anaphylaxis was treated with self-injected adrenaline (epinephrine).Main outcome measuresChange in HRQL and self-efficacy.Results56 participants had reactions at food challenge, of whom 16 (29%) had anaphylaxis. Overall, there was an improvement in HRQL (mean 2.6 points (95% CI 0.3 to 4.8); p=0.030) and self-efficacy (mean 4.1 points (95% CI 2.4 to 5.9); p<0.0001), independent of whether anaphylaxis occurred. Parents also reported improved HRQL (mean 10.3 points (95% CI 5.9 to 14.7); p<0.0001). We found evidence of discordance between the improvement in HRQL and self-efficacy as reported by young people and that perceived by parents in their child.ConclusionsAnaphylaxis at food challenge, followed by self-administration of injected adrenaline, was associated with an increase in HRQL and self-efficacy in young people with peanut allergy. We found no evidence that the occurrence of anaphylaxis had a detrimental effect. Young people should be encouraged to self-administer adrenaline using their autoinjector device to treat anaphylaxis at in-hospital challenge.Trial registration numberNCT02149719

scholarly journals Typical demand trends in the youth labor market in the Republic of Crimea

2021 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 04015
Author(s):  
Elena Polishchuk ◽  
Olga Pochupailo
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Young People ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Youth Labor Market ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Main Component ◽  
Labor Potential

Monitoring of the main component of the labor market of the Republic of Crimea – the demand for labor force, taking into account representatives of young people of all age groups was conducted. The possibility of objective needs of employers in young specialists was determined on the basis of a questionnaire survey of heads of organizations (enterprises) in the region, the purpose of which was to identify information about the opinions and expectations of employers regarding the quality of training of young specialists. The structure and volume of the sample were determined as sufficient and representative to assess the situation in the Republic of Crimea as a whole. The questionnaires were processed using a computer program for statistical data processing – SPSS 13.0 for Windows. It was found that in modern conditions there is a significant need for the development of labor potential of young people and its use in the interests of innovative development of the Republic. The basic measures, the implementation of which will stabilize the situation with young personnel for all priority economic activities of the republic, have been proposed.

scholarly journals SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT JOINT ENERGY AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Т.Н. Ворожцова ◽  
Д.В. Пестерев ◽  
Г.В. Ан
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Cognitive Modeling ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Semantic Technologies ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The Impact

В статье рассматриваются возможности применения семантических технологий при разработке интеллектуальной информационной системы для поддержки энергетических и социо-экологических исследований. Использование предлагаемых технологий для управления знаниями дает возможность интеграции исследований разных предметных областей. К семантическим технологиям авторы относят традиционное онтологическое представление знаний и когнитивное моделирование, позволяющее формализовать процессы принятия экспертных решений. Использование онтологий предлагается для описания знаний предметных областей междисциплинарных исследований (энергетических и социо-экологических), связанных с оценкой влияния энергетики на качество жизни. Онтологии дают возможность согласовать терминологию между исследователями и используются для описания и структурирования знаний. Когнитивное моделирование применяется для поддержки исследователей в процессе принятия решений, выявления и описания причинно-следственных связей между основными понятиями предметной области, называемыми концептами, их наглядного представления в процессе описания возможных ситуаций. В работе описываются компоненты онтологического пространства знаний для выполнения совместных энергетических и социо-экологических исследований влияния энергетики на экологию и качество жизни. Приводятся примеры онтологии, когнитивной карты и варианта разработанной модели данных для проектирования базы данных исследований. The article discusses the possibilities of using semantic technologies in the development of an intelligent information system to support energy and socio-environmental research. The use of the proposed knowledge management technology makes it possible to integrate research in different subject areas. The authors refer to the semantic technologies as the traditional ontological representation of knowledge and the cognitive approach, which allows formalizing the processes of making expert decisions. The use of ontologies is proposed to describe the knowledge of subject areas of interdisciplinary energy and socio-ecological research related to assessing the impact of energy on the quality of life. Ontologies make it possible to agree on terminology between researchers and are used to describe and structure knowledge and required information. Cognitive modeling is used to support researchers in the decision-making process, identify and describe cause-and-effect relationships between the main concepts of the subject area, and visualize possible situations. The paper describes the components of the ontological space of knowledge for the implementation of joint energy and socio-ecological studies of the impact of energy on the environment and quality of life. Examples of an ontology, a cognitive map, and a variant of the developed data model for designing a database for research are given.

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