scholarly journals Refining Insights on the Impact of SES on Perceived Health: A Positive Health Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Dierx ◽  
Hans Kasper
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Daily Functioning ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Health Concept ◽  
Societal Participation ◽  
Six Dimensions ◽  
Dutch Sample ◽  
The Impact

Abstract BackgroundRecent insights and developments on health and society urge for a critical look at the positive relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health. We challenge the notions that it is sufficient to distinguish only between two groups of SES (low and high) and that only overall health is taken into account. MethodsA new grouping of SES was developed based on both income and education, resulting in six SES groups. Health was defined in terms of a new positive health concept, operationalised into six health dimensions generating a measure of total general health (TGH). Next, six socioeconomic and demographic determinants of health were included. Linear regression, T-tests and one-way ANOVA were applied to investigate the relationships in a Dutch sample. A subjective way to measure health was applied: self-rated health. ResultsFour out of six dimensions of health determined TGH: bodily functions, daily functioning, quality of life, and social and societal participation. Three out of six socioeconomic and demographic determinants impacted TGH: housing situation, age, and difficulties meeting financial obligations. While this is the general picture for the entire sample, there were interesting similarities and differences between the six SES groups. The similarities refer to the positive impact of the evaluation of bodily functions and daily functioning on TGH in all SES groups. The other dimensions affected TGH in some groups and some dimensions only in one SES group. None of the socioeconomic and demographic determinants affected TGH in all SES groups. New insights on health inequalities are provided. ConclusionsThe well-known positive relationship between SES and health is confirmed in this study. Further refining the health concept into six dimensions provides more detailed insights on which dimensions impact health the most. The subjective approach applied offers more refined information to better understand which health issues really matter to people. This yields new and more effective ways to develop interventions aimed at increasing healthy behaviour.

scholarly journals Changes in Catastrophic Health Expenditures Depending on Health Policies in Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guvenc Kockaya ◽  
Gülpembe Oguzhan ◽  
Zafer Çalşkan
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Health Expenditures ◽  
Catastrophic Health Expenditure ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
World Health ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Catastrophic Health Expenditures ◽  
The Impact

Without any financial protection out of pocket health expenses are essential both because their increase causes difficulties in accessing higher quality health services for households and more importantly because it complicates access to most basic health services. As a result of the Health Transformation Program in practice in the Turkish healthcare system since 2003, significant changes have been done in all layers of the health system. Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) publishes the ratio of households that bear catastrophic health expenditures since 2002. According to TurkStat data, the ratio of households with catastrophic expenditure has fallen from 0.81% in 2002 to 0.17% in 2011 with the health transformation project. However, it has started to rise since 2012 and has reached 0.31% in 2014. This study aims to evaluate the expenditure items that may have caused the rise of the ratio of households with catastrophic health expenditures since 2012, which had previously dropped with the Health Transformation Program that has caused fundamental changes in health policies. Methodology and definitions presented in the article named “Distribution of health payments and catastrophic expenditures: Methodology” by Ke Xu published by the World Health Organization in 2005 have been used. Percentages of health expenditure items among the total expenditure of households with positive health expenditure and households with catastrophic health expenditure between 2007 and 2014 have been evaluated using descriptive analysis. Findings have been interpreted in light of the health policies in practice between 2007 and 2014. An overview of the impact of the health policies reveals that medicine expenditures have decreased both for household and public health expenditures. Despite the impact of policies on the pharmaceutical industry was criticized by the industry, the positive impact can be seen by the decrease in the spending on medicine for households spending on health. Hospital service with positive health expenditure is seen to decrease health expenditure. The reasons for the increase in households with catastrophic health expenditure need further research. As a result, the study strives to discuss the possible policy reasons for the observed effects.

Integrating Research Experiences Into Public Health Curricula: Effects on Undergraduate Students’ Knowledge of Neighborhood Inequalities, Perception of Research, and Motivation to Talk About Health Issues

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-118
Author(s):  
Kara Zografos ◽  
Emanuel Alcala ◽  
John Capitman ◽  
Leepao Khang
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Undergraduate Research Experiences ◽  
The Impact

Undergraduate research is defined as an inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student in collaboration with a faculty member that makes an intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline. This study assessed the impact of integrating undergraduate research experiences into public health curricula on students’ knowledge of neighborhood inequalities, perception of research, and motivation to talk about health issues. The sample consisted of 132 undergraduate students from two groups (intervention and comparison). The intervention group ( n = 71) conducted a structured social observation in various zip codes to characterize assets and liabilities of the local built environment. Self-reported questionnaires assessing the key study variables were administered to the students at baseline and at postintervention. Compared with those in the comparison group, improvements were noted in knowledge among those in the intervention group from pretest to posttest. Participants in the intervention group were also more motivated to talk about health issues compared with those in the comparison group. Perception of research among those in the intervention group also improved over time when participants were divided into two research confidence level groups (confident and nonconfident). The evaluation of this intervention demonstrates the positive impact integrating undergraduate research experiences can have on a sample of students.

Is Trade in Services Healthier than Trade in Goods?

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 20160068
Author(s):  
Vishalkumar J Jani
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Prima Facie ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Trade In Services ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
The Impact

There has been an ongoing debate about the impact of trade openness on the health. This study aims to inform this debate by comparing health impacts of trade in services vis-à-vis trade in goods. Prima facie, the former, due to association with the higher human capital requirement and less pollution, may have a higher positive health impact. The main finding is that the trade in services has a higher positive impact on the health status compared to that of the trade in goods. However, for the least developed countries trade in goods is the dominant factor impacting the health status.

Assessing How a Transplant Hospitality House for Patients and Families Can Promote Wellbeing

2021 ◽  
pp. 152692482110035
Author(s):  
Talia C. Giordano ◽  
Jan L. Weinstock ◽  
Jennifer W. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Hospital Social Workers ◽  
Transplant Patients ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Hospital Stays ◽  
Outpatient Appointments ◽  
Positive Health Outcomes ◽  
The Impact

Patients and caregivers face increasingly complex and unique challenges when they travel to distant hospitals for transplant care. They can find themselves in a strange city managing hospital stays and outpatient appointments, requiring lodging, food, transportation, financial assistance, and emotional support. Those unable to overcome these logistical challenges may lose access to lifesaving treatment. Transplant specific hospitality houses have emerged to support patients who travel long distances from home to seek care, though little is known about the impact of such programs. Can a transplant hospitality house impact opportunities for family-centered care, perceptions of physiological and physical security, and perceptions of belonging and esteem? Can their contributions also be linked to perceived positive health outcomes and what aspects of a transplant hospitality house are most significant for a patient’s and caregiver’s health journey? One transplant hospitality house investigated these questions with 71 participating in focus groups or key stakeholder interviews: transplant patients and caregivers, transplant hospital social workers, volunteers, financial contributors, board members, and staff. The findings suggest that while patients and caregivers were dependent and deeply grateful for the lodging and amenities that met their basic needs, it was the contact and support from other patients and caregivers at the transplant hospitality house that had the most profound positive impact on patient and family attitudes, outlooks, and perceived well-being.

scholarly journals Determinants of Dividend Policy in India – Special Reference to Nifty 50 Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-42
Author(s):  
Kashish Katakwar ◽  
Satyan Tenguriya ◽  
Prashant Chhajer ◽  
Vishal Mehta ◽  
Vandana Gandhi
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Dividend Payout ◽  
Return On Equity ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Equity Risk ◽  
The Impact

Dividend policy is the firm’s policy considered to structure the dividend payout of the shareholder of the company. Various factors are responsible for determining the dividend payout of the firm. In this research paper, we are exploring the determinants of the dividend policy of NSE, Nifty 50. This paper studies the impact of six basic variables on the dividend payout of NSE, Nifty 50 Index companies for the financial year 2015-16 to 2019-2020. These factors include liquidity, leverage, firm size, return on equity, risk and tax rate. Multiple regression analysis was used to study the impact of selected variables on the dividend policy of the companies under study. The results reveal that return on equity has a significant positive impact on dividend payout, whereas risk and tax rate have a significant negative impact.In contrast, there is a positive relationship and zero significance was found between liquidity and dividend payout and leverage and dividend payout. A negative relationship and no significance was found between the size of the firm and dividend payout. This means that liquidity, leverage and size of the firm failed to have any significant impact on the dividend payout of the companies under study. 

Role of Personality Traits and Education Towards the Entrepreneurial Intentions of Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 4782-4788
Author(s):  
Phraudomsitthinayok
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Emotionally Intelligent

Positive personality traits have been linked with various positive outcomes such as job performance, job satisfaction etc. However emotional intelligence and creativity have been scarcely linked with the entrepreneurship. Bering in mind the importance of entrepreneurship, present study has investigated the impact of emotional intelligence, entrepreneurial education and creativity on the entrepreneurial intentions. Data were collected from the students who were in their last semester of their degree. Smart-PLS was used for data analysis. The results of the study revealed that emotional intelligence has significant positive impact on the entrepreneurial intentions of students. Furthermore, results also showed a significant positive relationship between creativity and entrepreneurial intentions. Finally results also showed a positive relationship between the entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intentions. All the hypothesis was supported by the results of the study. Study findings concluded that students who are emotionally intelligent, creative and when they are provided with the quality education regarding the entrepreneurship, their intentions tend to be more inclined towards the entrepreneurship. Future directions are limitations are provided at the end of the study.

scholarly journals The Impact of Emotional Advertising on Consumer Buying Behavior for Home Appliance Products in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qaswa Kamran ◽  
Danish Ahmed Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Advertising Appeal ◽  
Home Appliance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Consumer Buying Behavior

This study was conducted to identify the impact of emotional advertising on consumer buying behavior. The research is limited to high involvement products specifically home appliance brands. It also aims to assess the most influential advertising appeal that impacts the buying decision of the consumers. A quantitative approach was used, and the questionnaire-based survey was conducted using a sample size of 200 respondents and their response to different appeals like love, humor, happiness and excitement were recorded. The hypothesized model has been tested using factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM). The results show a positive impact of emotions like love, humor and happiness in influencing the purchase intention of the consumers. The paper confirms the positive relationship between emotional advertising and consumer buying behavior with respect to the home appliance brands.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the health consciousness and hygiene levels in the people of Hyderabad, India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thanishka Nallamothu ◽  
Satya Susrutha Bhimaraju
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Health Consciousness ◽  
The People ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Hygiene and healthy lifestyle practices were known to be important for the attainment and maintenance of positive health. On one hand hygiene helps in the prevention of communicable diseases and on the other hand health consciousness in terms of lifestyle changes has proved to have a positive impact on the immunity of a person, both of which are of the essence during the COVID-19 crisis. The study aims to understand the increase in health consciousness and hygiene practices in the people of Hyderabad, India due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. It also studies variation within age groups. This could help us learn the deficit in efforts at the individual level and awareness at the community level. It was observed that the impact of COVID-19 outbreak has definitely caused an elevation in the health consciousness and hygiene levels of the people. The people became more health-conscious in terms of looking into the diet, exercising and making other lifestyle changes respectively.  The efforts to promote them, however, should be continued to reach everyone and the study has to be repeated to ensure this attitude continues. The study proves that there is no association between health consciousness and age groups but showed an association between hygiene and age groups. Thus more emphasis is required to promote hygienic practices among younger age groups to bridge the gap that was noticed.

scholarly journals Physical Activity and Cognitive Aspects of Self-Regulation in Preschool-Aged Children: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6576
Author(s):  
Aaron P. Wood ◽  
Vincenzo G. Nocera ◽  
Tyler J. Kybartas ◽  
Dawn P. Coe
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Randomized Control Trials ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Randomized Control ◽  
The Impact

Previous research showed a positive relationship between physical activity and self-regulation in older children and adolescents, but few publications focused on young children. Therefore, the purpose of this review was to examine the impact of physical activity (PA) on the cognitive aspects of self-regulation (inhibition, attention, and working memory, in preschool-aged (3–6 years old) children. The following databases were searched for articles: PubMed, SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO, and ERIC. References of the reviewed papers were screened for the identification of additional articles to be included in the review. Randomized control trials were reviewed to assess the impact of PA interventions on the cognitive aspects of self-regulation. There were six articles included in this review. Each study assessed at least one cognitive aspect of self-regulation [attention (n = 4), working memory (n = 2), and inhibition (n = 5)]. Attention was the only aspect that consistently showed improvement as a result of the PA interventions (4 of 4 studies). Only one study showed a positive impact on working memory and 60% of studies (3 of 5 studies) reported a positive relationship between PA and inhibition. Overall, the findings from this review showed that a consistent relationship only existed between attention and PA. No clear relationships were evident between working memory and inhibition and PA.

scholarly journals The Impact of Environmental Factors on Organizational Adoption of Human Resource Analytics in Sri Lankan Large-Scale Apparel Companies

2020 ◽  
pp. 7-19
Author(s):  
K. M. Hettiarachchi ◽  
H. M. S. D. Bandara ◽  
M. C. G. Amarasinghe ◽  
U. S. Sirigampola ◽  
C. L. Kuruppu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Human Resource Professionals ◽  
Apparel Companies ◽  
The Impact

This study focuses on investigating the impact of environmental factors on organizational level of adoption to Human Resource Analytics in Sri Lankan apparel companies. Four variables were considered to develop the conceptual model under environmental factors impacting the adoption of Human Resource Analytics performed in prior studies. The sample consists with 210 Human Resource professionals which were taken based on nine out of thirteen key apparel companies in Sri Lanka. The findings revealed that the environmental factors and the organizational level of adoption have a positive relationship. The results indicated that the environmental factors lead to a strong positive impact on the organizational level of adoption.

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