scholarly journals ATUAÇÃO FISIOTERAPÊUTICA NA PROMOÇÃO DA SAÚDE NA TERCEIRA IDADE: PERCEPÇÕES DO IDOSO

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Carvalho Filgueiras ◽  
José Nilson Rodrigues Menezes ◽  
Maria Dorilane Ferreira Apolônio ◽  
Rafaele Teixeira Borges
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Human Movement ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Health Organization

Resumo: A saúde é um fator essencial para o desenvolvimento humano e um dos campos de ação propostos no contexto da promoção da saúde é a criação de ambientes favoráveis. A Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS), desde o ano de 2002, desenvolve uma política de saúde que preconiza o chamado envelhecimento ativo. A Fisioterapia , cujo objetivo de estudo é principalmente o movimento humano, colabora lançando mão de seus conhecimentos e recursos fisioterapêuticos com intuito de facilitar a compreensão dos fatores que possam acarretar em diminuição de qualidade de vida e bem estar nos idosos. A pesquisa teve como objetivo geral descrever a percepção dos idosos sobre a atuação da fisioterapia em um programa de promoção da saúde. A metodologia utilizada foi descritiva qualitativa na qual foram entrevistados 16 idosos que participam de um Programa de Assistência Fisioterapêutica dedicada à Terceira Idade no NAMI. Foram incluídos na pesquisa idosos que participavam regularmente do programa e excluídos idosos que obtiveram no total de 03 faltas consecutivas. O período de coleta foi de Maio a Julho de 2008, no qual foi realizada uma entrevista semi-estruturada . Os resultados indicaram que a fisioterapia contribuiu, através do grupo, na vida dos idosos, motivando-os buscar um programa de assistência. A solidão é um dos grandes problemas na velhice. Assim era o dia a dia desses idosos antes de participar do programa de assistência, porém houve uma mudança de vida após o mesmo. Logo, pelo grupo investigado, observou-se que a fisioterapia contribui pra a promoção da saúde de idosos, através de grupos promotores de saúde que apresentam benefícios para o idoso e sua rede, estendendose ao seu processo de envelhecimento.  Palavras-chave: Fisioterapia; Gerontologia, Promoção de Saúde. Abstract: Health is an essential factor for human development and one of the fields of action proposed in the context of the health promotion is the creation of favorable environments. The World Health Organization (WHO) develops a health policy that advocates the so-called active aging since the year 2002. The Physiotherapy, which the objective of study is especially the human movement, collaborates through its knowledge and physiotherapeutic resources aiming to facili tate the understanding of the factors that may cause a decrease in the elderly well-being and quality of life. The research had as general objective to describe the elderly perception about the physiotherapy performance in a health promotion program. It was used a qualitative and descriptive methodology in which 16 elderly people who participate in a Program of Physiotherapeutic Assistance dedicated to the third age at NAMI were interviewed. It was included in the research the elderly people who had a regular participation in the program and excluded the ones who got a total of 03 consecutive absences. The period of collected data was from May to July 2008 when it was conducted a semi-structured interview. The results indicate that the Physiotherapy contributed through the group in the elderly lives, motivating them to look for an assistance program. The loneliness is one of the major problems in old age. The daily life of these elderly was like that before joining in the assistance program, but there was a change of life after the program. Therefore, it was observed in the investigated group that the Physiotherapy contributes to the elderly health promotion through promoters groups of health that present benefits to the elderly and his network, extending to the ageing process. Key words: Aged; Health Promotion; Physiotherapy.  

scholarly journals A health promotion program for the elderly people in Serbia

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Ljiljana Crnčević-Radović ◽  
Vesna Krstić
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Promotion Program

scholarly journals PELATIHAN KADER KESEHATAN MENGENAI PENGELOLAAN KESEHATANLANSIA DI MASA PANDEMI COVID 19 SEBAGAI UPAYA MENINGKATKAN KESEHATAN LANSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Nanik Dwi Astutik
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Health Management ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
World Health ◽  
Hormone Production ◽  
Elderly Health ◽  
The Government ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
And Function

The increasing number of elderly in quantity must get a great attention so that the elderly can pass through their old age successfully, and be able to maintain their health in the midst of the covid 19 pandemic.Tajinan Health Center already has an integrated service program (posyandu) for the elderly that is routinely held every month. However, the activity was temporarily suspended due to constraints on not being allowed to leave the house during Covid 19. Elderly people are among the vulnerable to contracting corona virus because at that age there is a decrease in hormone production and function of the body's organs. Even seniors who already have chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and cancer are more susceptible to contracting due to declining immunity. According to a report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), the highest death rate due to COVID-19 is the elderly over the age of 80. During the covid 19 period, cadres cannot accompany the elderly directly even though the elderly need to be given knowledge and assistance to be ready to face COVID 19. Elderly people are difficult to digest some of the appeals given by the government related to efforts to keep themselves from being exposed to the COVID-19 virus. The presence of cognitive impairment can make it difficult for the elderly to understand the reasons behind various precautions, such as why they should not leave the house, why they should wear masks, and so on. Therefore, the approach and way of communicating with the elderly needs a little adjustment. Based on the potential of elderly posyandu cadres and the assessment results that have been described, it is necessary to provide knowledge and understanding on elderly health management to improve the understanding of health cadres as an effort to improve the health of the elderly during the covid 19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Anthropometric Reference Data for International Use: Recommendations from a who Expert Committee

1997 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes de Onis ◽  
Jean-Pierre Habicht
Keyword(s):  
Reference Data ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
World Health ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Expert Committee ◽  
Breastfed Infants ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) convened an Expert Committee to re-evaluate the use of anthropometry at different ages for assessing health, nutrition, and social well-being. The Committee's task included identifying reference data for anthropometric indices when appropriate, and providing guidelines on how the data should be used. For foetal growth, the Committee recommended an existing sex-specific multiracial reference. In view of the significant technical drawbacks of the current National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO reference and its inadequacy for assessing the growth of breastfed infants, the Committee recommended the development of a new reference concerning weight and length/height for infants and children, which will be a complex and costly undertaking. Proper interpretation of mid-upper-arm circumference for pre-schoolers requires age-specific reference data. To evaluate adolescent height-for-age, the Committee recommended the current NCHS/WHO reference. Use of the NCHS body mass index (BMI) data, with their upper percentile elevations and skewness, is undesirable for setting health goals; however, these data were provisionally recommended for defining obesity based on a combination of elevated BMI and high subcutaneous fat. The NCHS values were provisionally recommended as reference data for subscapular and triceps skinfold thicknesses. Guidelines were also provided for adjusting adolescent anthropometric comparisons for maturational status. Currently, there is no need for adult reference data for BMI; interpretation should be based on pragmatic BMI cut-offs. Finally, the Committee noted that few normative anthropometric data exist for the elderly, especially for those over 80 years of age. Proper definitions of health status, function, and biologic age remain to be developed for this group.

Harmonização orofacial após Covid-19: biossegurança e benefcios

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 98-107
Author(s):  
Ana Karina Fonseca de Carvalho Calderan Correa ◽  
Gabriela Araújo Barros Lima e Silva ◽  
Leonardo Nogueira Tavares ◽  
Ricardo Correa de Araújo Júnior ◽  
Antonio Aparecido Celoria
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Concept Of Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
The Government ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Individual

Orofacial Harmonization (HOF) that has already been recognized as a dental specialty by the Brazilian Federal Council of Dentistry (CFO) through the resolution CFO-198/2019, has been showing considerable advances in health promotion and reestablishment of a complete physical, mental and social well-being of the individual. Also, it makes efforts in an attempt to strengthen and improve the biosafety protocols presented by the World Health Organization (WHO). The undertakings carried out by the government and health authorities are notorious in an attempt to adapt to the new reality presented by this pandemic caused by COVID-19. However, we cannot deny the negligence of these same authorities of not inserting this specialty as part of the essential care for the population, as the HOF is able of providing numerous benefits, as well as the dentist who was left in the gloom in its origin as a health promoting agent. In the present study, updated biosafety protocols will be shown, and also the importance of adding the inherent technologies of HOF and all the knowledge and proficiency of dentistry professionals in an attempt to concretize the real concept of health, benefiting the population that is desolated and terrified in this new post-COVID world.

The Components of Workplace Violence against Nurses from the Perspective of Women Working in a Hospital in Tehran: A Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Mansourian ◽  
Mitra Faghihi ◽  
Aliasghar Farshad ◽  
Maryam Biglari Abhari ◽  
Nammamali Azadi
Keyword(s):  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
World Health ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Organizational Relationships ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Female Nurses

Abstract Background: Based on the World Health Organization (WHO), workplace violence can affect events where employees are abused, threatened or attacked in their workplace, and it also has some consequences such as safety, welfare, and health. Like other types of violence, workplace violence and aggression is an increasing phenomenon. Moreover, workplace violence not only disrupts interpersonal and organizational relationships, but it also impairs people's self-esteem and affects their physical and mental health and well-being. Thus, the present study aimed to explain the components of workplace violence against nurses from the perspective of women working in a hospital in Tehran, which was conducted through the qualitative method and content analysis.Methods: Purposive sampling included 21 female nurses who were working in different wards of the hospital. Also, female nurses were selected with maximum diversity in terms of age, work experience, and the wards they were working in. The semi-structured interview was the main method of data collection in this study. The interview transcriptions were extracted and then divided into meaningful units. For strengthening and confirming the results and accuracy of the research, the author used the data credibility, acceptability, validity, accuracy, believability, verifiability, reliability, and transferability.Results: During the data analysis process, the first 15 classes with the same characteristics were put together and then divided into 6 classes. Afterward, based on the common features at a more abstract level, they were converted into 2 themes. Based on the findings, violence against women in the workplace occurs at two levels, namely interpersonal violence and organizational coercion.Conclusions: Therefore, it is necessary for managers to commit to lay the groundwork for reducing violence in the hospital, to lower the level of violence in workplaces, as well as barriers to report these cases especially in hospitals, and managers and officials’ awareness on violence in these workplaces must effort to prevent and reduce it.

scholarly journals Active aging: an intervention-research report

Revista CEFAC ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giselle Massi ◽  
Frances Tockus Wosiacki ◽  
Ana Cristina Guarinello ◽  
Adriana Bender Moreira de Lacerda ◽  
Telma Pelaes de Carvalho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Health Care Policy ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Intervention Research ◽  
World Health ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Study Results

ABSTRACT Purpose: this study aimed to analyze significant effects of language activities on elderly people´s autonomy and social participation. Methods: it is an intervention research report, based on a dialogical discourse perspective, developed in two stages. In the first, a speech-language intervention involving written and oral practices about life stories was carried out with six elderly participants. In the second, a semi-structured interview was applied with these participants based on questions that addressed the aims of the study. Results: the participants were all females, aged between 61 and 90 years old. Their statements indicated that, through dialogical practices, they were able to increase their social participation, autonomy and self-esteem; they were also able to deconstruct stigmatizing social standards imposed to elderly people. Final Considerations: dialogical practices among the elderly can help promote active aging and overcome negative conceptions about elderly people, as proposed by the World Health Organization and the National Health Care Policy for the Elderly, which confirm that elderly people contribute to social development.

scholarly journals The components of workplace violence against nurses from the perspective of women working in a hospital in Tehran: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitra Faghihi ◽  
Aliasghar Farshad ◽  
Maryam Biglari Abhari ◽  
Nammamali Azadi ◽  
Morteza Mansourian
Keyword(s):  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
World Health ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Organizational Relationships ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Female Nurses

Abstract Background Based on the World Health Organization (WHO), workplace violence can affect events where employees are abused, attacked or threatened in their workplace, and it also has some consequences such as safety, welfare, and health. Like other types of violence, workplace violence and aggression are an increasing phenomenon. Moreover, workplace violence not only disrupts interpersonal and organizational relationships, but it also impairs the persons self-esteem and affects their physical and mental health and well-being. Thus, this study aimed to explain the components of workplace violence against nurses from the perspective of women working in a hospital in Tehran, which was conducted through the qualitative method and content analysis. Methods In this study Purposive sampling included 21 female nurses who were working in different wards of the hospital. Also, female nurses were selected with maximum diversity in terms of work experience, age, and the wards they were working in. in this study the semi-structured interview was the main method of data collection. The interview transcriptions were extracted and then divided into meaningful units. For strengthening and confirming the results and accuracy of the research, the author used the data acceptability, credibility, accuracy, validity, believability, verifiability, reliability, and transferability. Results During the data analysis process of this study, the first 15 classes with the same characteristics were put together and then divided into 6 classes. Afterwards, based on the common features at a more abstract level, they were converted into 2 themes. Based on the findings, violence against women in the workplace occurs at two levels, that namely interpersonal violence and organizational coercion. Conclusion Therefore, it is necessary for managers to commit to lay the groundwork for reducing violence in the hospital, as well as barriers to report these cases especially the hospital managers and officials should create awareness on workplace among the staff, patient and visitors and must ensure stringent actions to prevent it.

scholarly journals Cardiovascular Changes Among Healthy Elderly

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ikhsan ◽  
Elman Boy
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Function ◽  
Fibrous Tissue ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Myocardial Contraction ◽  
Cardiovascular Fitness ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cardiovascular Changes ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Health Organization

World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Health is one of the important and valuable values among the elderly. Aging is a progress of life in each individual. Unlike pathological conditions, the aging process will occurs in each individual. Elderly tend to experience physical, mental, and spiritual deterioration. The health status of each individual can have an impact on changes in cardiovascular function in the elderly. After each individual reaches the age of 30, heart-lung fitness decreases by 1% for each age, which increases by one year. At the age of 60, heart-lung fitness will decrease until 35%. The aim of conducting this literature review is to provide an understanding of the cardiovascular changes among healthy elderly. The main effects aging on the cardiovascular system are a changes in vascular structure, a decrease in vascular function, myocytes and atrial pacemaker cells, an increase in cardiac fibrous tissue, a decrease in the function of the ventricular, myocardial contraction, and cardiac output which results in impaired cardiovascular fitness among elderly.

scholarly journals The senility tsunami in Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (08) ◽  
pp. 1558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamidreza Sadeghi Gandomani ◽  
Mahshid Ghoncheh ◽  
Hamid Salehiniya
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Population Group ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
World Health ◽  
Structure Transition ◽  
Aging Index ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

One of the achievements of the 21st century is the aging population (Angus and Reeve, 2006). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), senility is passing the 60th birthday (Bengtson and Allen, 2009). According to forecasts, by 2050, the population of the world 65-year-old age group will reach over 1.4 billion people from 550 million. It means that the world's aging index, rising from 24 people in 1950 to 33 people in 2000, will increase to 101 people in 2050 (Christensen et al., 2009). Currently, due to lower birth rates, increased life expectancy, health promotion, and disease detection, Iran is also in the age structure transition phase of the population from youth to senility (Noroozian, 2012). Therefore, elderly people are considered as the largest population group in Iran. According to the census conducted in 2016, the ratio of the elderly of Iran reached 6.1% in the past five years from 5.7% (Yearbook, 2017). It is anticipated that by 2050, the Iran’s elderly population will reach 31.5% of the total population of the country (Yearbook, 2013, 2017). Due to the WHO, the world's elderly population will reach 21.5% in 2050 and 24% in Asia (Organization, 2009), according to which the population of the elderly people in Iran will be higher than the whole world average and the Asia average till 4 years (Yearbook, 2017). This demographic crisis in Iran can be called the senility tsunami, which can be debatable in various aspects including social, economic, health, medical, and political, in developing countries like Iran.

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