scholarly journals Mental Health and Well-being of Empty-nesters: A Chinese Urban Case Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
HuiYang ◽  
Aaron Hagedorn ◽  
Honglin Chen ◽  
Ronghua Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Individual Interview ◽  
The Family ◽  
Jinan City ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract The research examined the mental health and well-being of a sample of empty-nesters in Jinan City, Shandong Province. An in-depth individual interview approach, with document analysis and participant observation was performed on three types of interviewees (N = 33) recruited via purposive sampling. The empty-nesters faced many unique problems, especially a sense of being disjointed from the family, community and society. Influencing factors included Chinese traditional filial piety culture, lagging implementation of relevant policies and development of community ageing services, as well as the loss of productive roles for the empty nesters. Implications for social work services are identified.

scholarly journals MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF EMPTY-NESTERS: A CHINESE URBAN CASE STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 19-38
Author(s):  
HUI YANG ◽  
AARON HAGEDORN ◽  
HONGLIN CHEN ◽  
RONGHUA ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
The Family ◽  
Health And Well Being

The research examined the mental health and well-being of a sample of empty-nesters in Jinan City, Shandong Province, China. An in-depth individual interview approach, with document analysis and participant observation, was performed on three types of interviewees (N = 33) recruited via purposive sampling. The empty-nesters faced many unique problems, especially a sense of being disjointed from the family, community and society. Influencing factors included Chinese traditional filial piety culture, lagging implementation of relevant policies and development of community aging services, as well as the loss of productive roles for the empty nesters. While this paper supports the argument that religious and related social activities play a role in facilitating the psychological adjustment of older people, it reveals a different finding from previous studies that highly educated empty nesters are likely to have lower levels of social participation and psychological fulfillment. Moreover, by employing the social-ecological systems theory for analysis, this study confirms the importance of the family interactions in the life of empty nesters, which contributed to the implication to relevant social policy and social work practice.

scholarly journals Women Mental Health and Well-being: A New Paradigm

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mrs. Ashwini. R ◽  
Dr. Vijay Prasad. B
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Well Being ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
The Family ◽  
Stigma Of Mental Illness ◽  
Gender Perspectives ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Well Being

This paper reviews literature on the determinants of women’s mental health through a stigma of mental illness and gender perspectives. This approach stresses that women’s particular health needs have been neglected in a male-centred models of health, and argues for the importance of addressing these needs in a way that views women and their lives holistically. A woman in social context is seen as parents and their roles have been demonstrated from their life within the family and society as well. This article draws attention to the women and physical health instead of looking at mental illness alone. The impact of violence against women, in particular, the effects of childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence and rape has been illustrated in western and Indian perspectives. In recommendations initiatives in mental health services especially, for women mental health has been emphasized broadly.

Public-academic partnerships to foster use of research evidence in improving youth outcomes: findings from document analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy P. Page ◽  
Oluwatoyin B. Olubiyi ◽  
Yin-Ling Irene Wong ◽  
Christina D. Kang-Yi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Care ◽  
Youth Outcomes ◽  
Academic Partnerships ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Care Agency ◽  
Use Of Research

Background: Although public-academic partnerships (PAPs) to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable populations have proliferated in public care for youth, existing literature lacks information about whether PAPs lead to public care agency leaders’ use of research evidence and promote youth mental health and well-being.Aims and objectives: The document analysis was conducted to understand PAP contexts and mechanisms leading to public care agency leaders’ use of research evidence. This paper introduces US public mental health and child welfare systems, shares strategies of identifying PAPs, obtaining and conducting systematic document review of PAPs, and documents analysis findings.Methods: This project conducted document analysis of US PAPs aiming to improve mental health and promote well-being of youth aged 12–25 years.Findings: The 23 PAPs analysed had diverse partnership goals including implementation and dissemination of research/evaluation evidence, information sharing, and prioritising and streamlining research priorities. PAPs sustained longer than 10 years had more focused goals of programme and policy evaluations and professional training, while PAPs 10 years or newer were engaged in more diverse goals. The majority of PAPs used journal articles, presentations, and multimedia as dissemination strategies of findings. Fewer than half of the PAPs reported on use of PAP-generated evidence in subsequent decision making by public care agency leaders.Discussion and conclusions: Further research should examine which mechanisms link partnership contexts, PAP leaders’ research evidence use, and youth outcomes improvement. Future research should also examine PAPs by detailed stages of development and ask PAP leaders directly about their evidence use.<br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>This project conducted document analysis of PAPs focused on mental health and well-being of youth;</li><br /><li>The project aimed to reveal contexts and mechanisms that are present when PAP leaders use evidence;</li><br /><li>This paper shares strategies used and findings from conducting systematic document analysis.</li></ul>

scholarly journals Gender differences in mental health in the Middle East

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhaila Ghuloum
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
The Family ◽  
Health And Well Being

We are now seeing in clinical practice a generation of young women who are referred for psychiatric treatment by their parents because they are rebelling against society's cultural norms but it is often apparent that women fear their families finding out that they are seeking psychiatric help. Despite improvements in the cultural understanding of women's right to equality, there remain deeply rooted practices and cultural norms that continue to adversely affect women's mental health and well-being. Physical abuse, for instance, is rarely reported, for fear of shaming the family, or of retaliation with further abuse. Mental health services in many countries in the Middle East are undergoing reform, but little research has been done into gender differences in service delivery or needs.

Design interventions to repair migrants’ mental well-being: The ‘Culture in Mind’ healing space

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-153
Author(s):  
Eleni Kalantidou
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Intercultural Understanding ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Health And Well Being

The intention of this article is to present the transformation of a space that houses a migrant-oriented community service with a focus on mental health and well-being (Culture in Mind) into an inviting milieu, which fosters healing processes, intercultural understanding and community empowerment in Brisbane, Australia. This project, which was formed as a case study, is described through its ideation phase, the installation methods, the sourcing and use of reclaimed materials as well as the methods employed for the collection of data, including interviews conducted for the evaluation of the design interventions. In like manner, the outcomes of the data analysis are discussed in conjunction with evidence provided by relevant studies and photos collected through the documentation process. The final part of the article is dedicated to arguing the necessity of different understandings of mental health according to non-western cultural backgrounds so as to inform the design of mental health services and physical settings and enhance sentiments of privacy, safety and dignity for migrant patients.

scholarly journals Mental Health and Well-being of Empty-nesters: A Chinese Urban Case Study

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health And Well Being

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scholarly journals COVID INFECTION DURING THE SECOND PANDEMIC WAVE: PHYSICIAN INSIGHTS AND LEARNINGS FROM A FAMILY CASE STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 916-920
Author(s):  
Varsha Narayanan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Holistic Health ◽  
Individual Treatment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Case ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Family Case Study

The COVID pandemic has made a more rigorous comeback in 2021 with severely impactful second waves in many countries especially India. In contrast to the previous year, in the second wave the younger population and entire families have been affected at a given time. Medical management by the family physician involves not only individual treatment and monitoring, but also guiding the family as a whole on many related aspects. COVID family care is one of the cornerstones of the pandemic, and can present with unique challenges, differential symptomatology and clinical course, and multifaceted problems to the physician. Apart from treating the disease itself, the physician’s expanded role also involves advising the family on holistic health and well-being, isolation and household hygiene, available support services, along with stress management and psychological counseling. Sharing of insights and learnings from such situations can add value towards a more effective approach to COVID family care.

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