scholarly journals Induced abortion in the Republic of Srpska: Characteristics and impact on mental health

Stanovnistvo ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-54
Author(s):  
Jelena Niskanovic
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Birth Control ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Wilks Lambda ◽  
The Republic

Induced abortion is an important aspect of sexual and reproductive health, with potentially negative impact on physical and emotional health of women. The aim of this paper is to investigate the presence of abortion in our society, characteristics of women who had induced abortion and its impact on mental health. The results presented in this paper are part of the bigger study "Health Status, Health Needs and Utilization of Health Services", which was carried out in Republic of Srpska during 2010. Survey covered 1042 women age from 18 to 49. A standardized set of instruments in the field of sexual-reproductive and mental health (NHS, EUROHIS, ECHIM) was applied. Results indicate that 28.8 % of women had induced abortion, while nearly half of them (48.2%) had more than one abortion in their life. Induced abortion is more common among women over 38 years who already have children (97.1%) and live in rural parts of country (61.7%). Abortion is mostly preferred method of birth control among married woman (88.6%), woman with secondary school (64.5%), but is equally present among employed or unemployed woman and housewife's (around 1/3). There was a statistically significant but low correlation between current life satisfaction, mental health and induced abortion (F=8.0, p=0.000; Wilks' lambda =0.97; partial Eta-squared=0.03). More precisely, women who have had abortions have expressed higher levels of stress, lower levels of vitality, and were less satisfied with present life compared to those who did not have an abortion. High rates of induced abortion are present in Balkans countries for a long time (Rasevic, 1994: 86; Rasevic, 2011: 3). Higher rates of abortion, compared to the European Union and western neighbors, raises the question of presence of "abortion culture" (Rasevic and Sedlecki, 2011: 4). Abortion culture is the conse-quence of frequent use of traditional method of contraception (coitus interruptus) in combination with low availability of counseling and family planning. Lot of scientific rigorous studies indicate a specific connection between abortion and mental health without supporting attitudes which claim that abortion has a strong impact on mental health (Coleman, 2011: 183), as well as attitudes that deny any effect of abortion on mental health (APA, 2008). The results point the importance of promoting greater sexual-reproductive rights, free and responsible family planning and greater availability of contraceptives as safer methods of birth control.

scholarly journals Prisoners perceptions of a mental health wellness workshop

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Keogh ◽  
Padraig McBennett ◽  
Jan deVries ◽  
Agnes Higgins ◽  
Marie O’Shea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Prison Life ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Male Prisoners

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the evaluation of a one-day mental health wellness workshop which was delivered to male prisoners in an urban prison in the Republic of Ireland. Design/methodology/approach A mixed methods approach was used to evaluate the workshop. This paper presents the findings of the qualitative arm of the evaluation. Qualitative data were collected using semi-structured telephone interviews with ten participants who had completed the programme. Findings The participants were overwhelmingly positive about the wellness workshop and the qualitative interviews articulated the ways that the workshop impacted on their ability to manage their own and other peoples mental health. Originality/value As prisons attempt to limit the negative impact of prison life, implementing recovery orientated approaches such as the wellness workshop can have a positive impact on prisoners’ mental health as well as raising their awareness and improving their attitudes towards mental distress and suicide. The concepts of self-help and peer support, espoused by the workshop offer a real opportunity to equip interested prisoners with skills to support themselves and other prisoners who are in distress.

Selection of a family planning method: a Philippine example

1972 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Ballweg
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Birth Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Ideal Family ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
National Family Planning ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Selection Of

The sample under consideration in this study was composed of 3445 women who accepted some method of pregnancy prevention after consultation with the National Family Planning organization in the Republic of the Philippines. Subjects were divided into four groups: those women who used an oral contraceptive, women using the IUD, women practising the rhythm method, and those who relied on other methods of birth control.This study attempted to reveal sources of information on family planning and reasons for acceptance of a birth control method, as well as the woman's actual and ideal family size and the interval since her last pregnancy. In addition, the relationship between the woman's educational level and the type of technique selected and husband's occupation as a correlate of the method chosen were also investigated.The findings appear to suggest, among other things, that women near the end of the child-bearing years were less likely to select one of the more effective methods. Women with large families and those who reported the desire for no additional children tended to favour the more reliable techniques. Surprisingly, the two measures of status failed to reveal significant relationships with the selection of a given technique.

scholarly journals APPLICATION OF THE CONCEPTS OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF POST COVID-19 PATIENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Svetlana Gorobievschi ◽  
◽  
Tudor Costru ◽  
Raisa Puia ◽  
Alina Ungureanu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The State ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Special Role ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
The Republic

The phenomenon of the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the whole globe, the consequences of which are long lasting and difficult to estimate. The Republic of Moldova, being a developing country, could not overcome these serious consequences, caused by the reduction of public health, the reduction of the work capacity of the population, the deplorable condition of the medical system, caused by small investments in health, etc. Human society has been put to hard tests of survival of patients with this virus, the incidence rate of diseases was about 11%. Thanks to the financial aid of the European Union, Romania and other countries, the Republic of Moldova managed to cope with things in the fight against Covid. This article presents the results of the research of the authors, participants of the national project "Assessment of health of post – COVID - 19 patients in the Republic of Moldova", which aimed to develop the Electronic Register of patients with Covid - 19 (March 2020 - June 2021), which will allow monitoring the process of treatment and recovery of the consequences of this disease, by assessing the state of health and quality of life both at admission and at discharge of the respective patients. Based on the concept of quality of life as a socio-economic category and its interconnections with health, the authors proposed the system of medical indicators to assess the health and quality of life of patients affected by covid. In the authors' opinion, a special role in the treatment and treatment of comorbidities belongs to comorbidities, so the authors selected them as separate study subjects to prove their negative impact on the form of the disease and the state of health and quality of life at discharge of patients.

Cognitive, Behavioural and Emotional Benefits of Deinstitutionalisation for Children with Disabilities: A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom and India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
Devanshi Khetawat
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Personal Reflections

Research states that institutionalisation often results in negative outcomes for children’s mental, physical and emotional health and behaviour. Alternatively, deinstitutionalisation can buffer this negative impact across countries and cultures. However, these results have been inadequately replicated with children having disabilities, who are at heightened risk of negative psychosocial outcomes of institutionalisation. Owing to the large number of children with disabilities in institutional care and this seems unrepresentative and undesirable. In the current article, the cognitive, emotional, mental health, and behavioural benefits of deinstitutionalisation for children with varied disabilities in India and UK are discused. For this, the researcher’s compilation of observational data and personal reflections from 4.5 years of practical work with deinstitutionalised children with disabilities is used. Further, interview extracts and reflections from children and their adoptive/foster carers post deinstitutionalisation are included. With this, an attempt is made to advance how and why deinstitutionalisation is beneficial for children with disabilities.

scholarly journals Mental health in biological disasters: From SARS to COVID-19

2020 ◽  
pp. 002076402094420
Author(s):  
Kuan-Ying Hsieh ◽  
Wei-Tsung Kao ◽  
Dian-Jeng Li ◽  
Wan-Chun Lu ◽  
Kuan-Yi Tsai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Psychological First Aid ◽  
Psychological Debriefing ◽  
Mental Health Issues

Background: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), provokes fear, anxiety and depression in the public, which further affects mental health issues. Taiwan has used their experience of the SARS epidemic for the management of foreseeable problems in COVID-19 endemic. Aim/Objective: This review summarizes issues concerning mental health problems related to infectious diseases from current literatures. Results: In suspected cases under quarantine, confirmed cases in isolation and their families, health care professionals, and the general population and related effective strategies to reduce these mental health issues, such as helping to identify stressors and normalizing their impact at all levels of response as well as public information and communication messages by electronic devices. The importance of community resilience was also addressed. Psychological first aid, psychological debriefing, mental health intervention and psychoeducation were also discussed. Issues concerning cultures and religions are also emphasized in the management plans. Conclusion: Biological disaster like SARS and COVID-19 not only has strong impact on mental health in those being infected and their family, friends, and coworkers, but also affect wellbeing in general public. There are evidenced that clear and timely psychoeducation, psychological first aid and psychological debriefing could amileorate negative impact of disaster, thus might also be helpful amid COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT UNIVERSITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
TIHANA CEGUR RADOVIĆ ◽  
IVANA VARIČAK ◽  
NIKOLINA SMAJLA
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Development Education ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Social Events ◽  
Europe 2020 ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The One

Sustainable development has become a leading paradigm in the late 20th century when it became obvious that economic growth has a negative impact on the natural balance and social events, although its declared objective is the development of economy and society. The most frequently quoted definition is the one used by the World Commission on Environment and Development - WCED) as reported in 1987 in ‘’Our Common Future’’, according to which ‘’Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of th e present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.‘’ The European Union has been supporting sustainable development for several decades already, and the new Europe 2020 strategy is the one for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth of all member states of the European Union. From the above it is evident how much importance the European Union attaches solely to sustainable development. Given the importance of sustainable development, it is becoming a subject of study at all levels of education is extremely significant, especially at the tertiary level. The subject of this paper is to examine the curricula of universities in the Republic of Croatia with the aim of analyzing the extent to which sustainable development is being studied and whether there are existing comprehensive interdisciplinary programs dealing with this issue. Key words: sustainable development, education, high education.

The Mental Health and Social Exclusion European Network

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luigi Leonori ◽  
Manuel Muñoz ◽  
Carmelo Vázquez ◽  
José J. Vázquez ◽  
Mary Fe Bravo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
European Union ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Outcome Evaluation ◽  
World Federation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Homeless Mentally Ill ◽  
The Impact

This report concerns the activities developed by the Mental Health and Social Exclusion (MHSE) Network, an initiative supported by the Mental Health Europe (World Federation of Mental Health). We report some data from the preliminary survey done in five capital cities of the European Union (Madrid, Copenhagen, Brussels, Lisbon, and Rome). The main aim of this survey was to investigate, from a mostly qualitative point of view, the causal and supportive factors implicated in the situation of the homeless mentally ill in Europe. The results point out the familial and childhood roots of homelessness, the perceived causes of the situation, the relationships with the support services, and the expectations of future of the homeless mentally ill. The analysis of results has helped to identify the different variables implicated in the social rupture process that influences homelessness in major European cities. The results were used as the basis for the design of a more ambitious current research project about the impact of the medical and psychosocial interventions in the homeless. This project is being developed in 10 capital cities of the European Union with a focus on the program and outcome evaluation of the health and psychosocial services for the disadvantaged.

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