An Analysis of Practical Arts Curriculum in terms of Well-being of OECD ‘Education 2030’ Project - Focused on the field of home life

PurposeTo assess British doctors’ work–life balance, home-life satisfaction and associated barriers.Study designWe designed an online survey using Google Forms and distributed this via a closed social media group with 7031 members, exclusively run for British doctors. No identifiable data were collected and all respondents provided consent for their responses to be used anonymously. The questions covered demographic data followed by exploration of work–life balance and home-life satisfaction across a broad range of domains, including barriers thereto. Thematic analysis was performed for free-text responses.Results417 doctors completed the survey (response rate: 6%, typical for online surveys). Only 26% reported a satisfactory work–life balance; 70% of all respondents reported their work negatively affected their relationships and 87% reported their work negatively affected their hobbies. A significant proportion of respondents reported delaying major life events due to their working patterns: 52% delaying buying a home, 40% delaying marriage and 64% delaying having children. Female doctors were most likely to enter less-than-full-time working or leave their specialty. Thematic analysis revealed seven key themes from free-text responses: unsocial working, rota issues, training issues, less-than-full-time working, location, leave and childcare.ConclusionsThis study highlights the barriers to work–life balance and home-life satisfaction among British doctors, including strains on relationships and hobbies, leading to many doctors delaying certain milestones or opting to leave their training position altogether. It is imperative to address these issues to improve the well-being of British doctors and improve retention of the current workforce.

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Children and adolescents with cerebral palsy have reliable knowledge about their own condition - Self- and parent reported quality of life

10.21203/rs.2.11691/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Melinda Fejes ◽

Varga Beatrix ◽

Hollody Katalin

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Cerebral Palsy ◽

General Population ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Well Being ◽

Home Life ◽

European Values ◽

Reliable Knowledge ◽

Parent Relation

Abstract Background: to assess health related quality of life (HRQoL) of children (8–12 years) and adolescents (13–18 years) with cerebral palsy (CP) and to compare it with age-matched healthy control children from the general population (GP). Methods: prospective cohort study. HRQoL was self-reported by KIDSCREEN questionnaires. 99 families with children with CP and 237 children from the GP and their parents were enrolled. Collected data were evaluated and compared to each other across all dimensions of KIDSCREEN: European values compared to our GP’ groups, scores of children with CP and of their parents with general population groups (both children and parents); parents’ reports with childrens’,child and adolescent reports, age, sex, special features of CP on HRQoL. Results: patients with CP and their parents rated their HRQoL as poorer than their GP counterparts did, except for the parent relation/home life and social support/peers dimensions. Reports given by children and their parents were correlated. Children and adolescents had similar scores. Assessments of children and their parents were in a medium-strong positive relationship regarding psychological well-being, moods/emotions, self-perception, autonomy, parent relation/home life dimensions (0.552

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Who Is the Most Stressed During COVID-19 Isolation? Data From 27 Countries

10.31234/osf.io/qv5t7 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marta Kowal ◽

Tao Coll-Martín ◽

Gözde Ikizer ◽

Jesper Rasmussen ◽

Kristina Eichel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Well Being ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

The Public ◽

Home Life ◽

Younger Age ◽

Rapid Spread ◽

Adults And Children ◽

The Relationship

****************** ***************************** ****************** ************************ ***** This is old, not peer-reviewed version of the manuscript. For published version, please visit: https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12234 *********************************************** ****************** ************** *********** **** To limit the rapid spread of COVID-19, countries have asked their citizens to stay at home. As a result, demographic and cultural factors related to home life became especially relevant to predicting population well-being during isolation. This pre-registered worldwide study analyses the relationship between the number of adults and children in a household, marital status, age, gender, individualism-collectivism and perceived stress. We used the COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey data of 54,245 online participants from 27 countries. The data was collected worldwide between March 30 and April 6, 2020. Our results provide evidence that higher levels of stress are associated with younger age, being a woman, being single, staying with more children, and living in collectivistic cultures. We discuss our findings by emphasizing the need for the public health to focus on both physical and psychological well-being of these groups, as they may be especially susceptible to experiencing elevated levels of stress.

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Frustrated Expectations: Experiences of Northern Rhodesian (Zambian) Ex-Servicemen in the Post-Second World War Era

War in History ◽

10.1177/0968344515607547 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 195-216

Author(s):

Alfred Tembo

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Vital Role ◽

Second World War ◽

World War ◽

Home Life ◽

Societal Issues ◽

National Archives ◽

Second World

This article examines how Northern Rhodesian ex-servicemen experienced home life after the Second World War, the problems they encountered, and the society into which they were reintegrated. Challenges faced by African veterans made them restless and discontented compared to European ex-servicemen who benefited from entrenched discriminatory racial practices. Using hitherto unexplored materials from the National Archives of Zambia, this article further argues that African ex-servicemen were preoccupied with their immediate personal well-being and not wider societal issues such as nationalism. This stands in contrast to older academic arguments that African ex-servicemen played a vital role in nationalist politics.

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Negotiating Time and Space When Working From Home: Experiences During COVID-19

OTJR Occupation Participation and Health ◽

10.1177/15394492211033830 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 153944922110338

Author(s):

Yoko E. Fukumura ◽

Joseph M. Schott ◽

Gale M. Lucas ◽

Burcin Becerik-Gerber ◽

Shawn C. Roll

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Work Performance ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Well Being ◽

Work Life ◽

Free Response ◽

Home Life ◽

Work From Home ◽

Occupational Patterns ◽

Home Space

Stay-at-home mandates following the COVID-19 pandemic increased work from home (WFH). While WFH offers many benefits, navigating work in nontraditional contexts can be a challenge. The objective of this study was to explore the benefits and challenges of WFH during COVID-19 to identify supports and resources necessary. Comments from two free-response questions on a survey regarding experiences of WFH ( N = 648, N = 366) were analyzed using inductive qualitative content analysis. Four themes emerged: time use, considerations of working in the home space, intersections between work-life and home-life, and temporality of WFH as situated within a pandemic. Across all themes were concerns related to participation in both work and home roles, work performance, and well-being. Findings highlight the importance of support during times of disruption of occupational patterns, roles, and routines. Despite challenges, many individuals hoped to continue WFH. Organizations should consider the complex intersections of work-life and home-life to develop supportive policies and resources.

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How Work From Home Has Affected the Occupant's Well-Being in the Residential Built Environment: An International Survey Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

ASME Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities ◽

10.1115/1.4052640 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-41

Author(s):

Zhihong Pang ◽

Burcin Becerik-Gerber ◽

Simi Hoque ◽

Zheng O'Neill ◽

Giulia Pedrielli ◽

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Keyword(s):

Built Environment ◽

Indoor Air ◽

Well Being ◽

Indoor Environmental Quality ◽

International Survey ◽

Home Life ◽

Work From Home ◽

Quality Health ◽

Indoor Lighting ◽

Acoustic Conditions

Abstract This paper presents the results from an international survey that investigated the impacts of the built environment on occupant well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic when most professionals were forced to work from home (WFH). The survey was comprised of 81 questions focusing on the respondent's profiles, residences, home indoor environmental quality, health, and home working experiences. A total of 1,460 responses were collected from 35 countries, and 1,137 of them were considered complete for the analysis. The results suggest that home spatial layout has a significant impact on occupant well-being during WFH since home-life distractions and noises due to the lack of a personal workspace are likely to prevent productive work. Lack of scenic views, inadequate daylighting, and poor acoustics were also reported to be detrimental to occupant productivity and the general WFH experience. It is also revealed from this survey that temperature, relative humidity, and indoor air quality generally have higher satisfaction ratios compared with the indoor lighting and acoustic conditions, and the home layout. Hence, home design for lighting, acoustics, and layout should also receive greater attention in the future

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Sustainable development and quality of life in Poland compared to other OECD member countries

RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA ◽

10.3280/riss2021-001010 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 171-186

Author(s):

Piotr Misztal

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Well Being ◽

Safety Education ◽

Human Environment ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Home Life ◽

Better Life Index ◽

The Relationship

The aim of the publication is to analyze the concept of sustainable development in the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and De-velopment (OECD) with particular emphasis on the quality of life of Polish citizens against the background of other member countries of this organization. Analyzing selected measures of the sustainable development of OECD member countries in the period 2000-2018, the increase in social and individual well-being of the inhab-itants and the harmonious arrangement of the relationship between man and the human environment were revealed. The progressive degradation of the natural en-vironment was stopped, the effectiveness of using natural resources was increased and the comfort of life of the inhabitants was improved in the conditions of pro-gressive economic growth. Considering the total index of Better Life Index, it was found that Poland was in this respect in the third tenth of all 37 OECD member countries. Poland achieved better results than the average in the areas of "personal safety", "education", and "balance between work and home life". However, for the remaining eight criteria ("housing", "life satisfaction", "civic engagement", "work and wages", "society", "quality of the environment", "income and wealth", "health") Poland achieved much worse results than the average for OECD coun-tries.

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The Relationship Between Hearing Loss Self-Management and Hearing Aid Benefit and Satisfaction

American Journal of Audiology ◽

10.1044/2018_aja-18-0130 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 274-284 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Elizabeth Convery ◽

Gitte Keidser ◽

Louise Hickson ◽

Carly Meyer

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Hearing Loss ◽

Hearing Aids ◽

Clinical Decision Making ◽

Hearing Aid ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Report ◽

Self Management ◽

Hearing Aid Benefit ◽

The Relationship

Purpose Hearing loss self-management refers to the knowledge and skills people use to manage the effects of hearing loss on all aspects of their daily lives. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-reported hearing loss self-management and hearing aid benefit and satisfaction. Method Thirty-seven adults with hearing loss, all of whom were current users of bilateral hearing aids, participated in this observational study. The participants completed self-report inventories probing their hearing loss self-management and hearing aid benefit and satisfaction. Correlation analysis was used to investigate the relationship between individual domains of hearing loss self-management and hearing aid benefit and satisfaction. Results Participants who reported better self-management of the effects of their hearing loss on their emotional well-being and social participation were more likely to report less aided listening difficulty in noisy and reverberant environments and greater satisfaction with the effect of their hearing aids on their self-image. Participants who reported better self-management in the areas of adhering to treatment, participating in shared decision making, accessing services and resources, attending appointments, and monitoring for changes in their hearing and functional status were more likely to report greater satisfaction with the sound quality and performance of their hearing aids. Conclusion Study findings highlight the potential for using information about a patient's hearing loss self-management in different domains as part of clinical decision making and management planning.

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Inclusion of Transgender Voice and Communication Training in a University Clinic

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp2.sig10.109 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (10) ◽

pp. 109-115 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jennifer Oates ◽

Georgia Dacakis

Keyword(s):

Training Program ◽

Clinical Education ◽

Well Being ◽

Evidence Base ◽

Communication Training ◽

Speech Language Pathology ◽

Transgender People ◽

Language Pathology ◽

Effectiveness Of Training ◽

Negative Impacts

Because of the increasing number of transgender people requesting speech-language pathology services, because having gender-incongruent voice and communication has major negative impacts on an individual's social participation and well-being, and because voice and communication training is supported by an improving evidence-base, it is becoming more common for universities to include transgender-specific theoretical and clinical components in their speech-language pathology programs. This paper describes the theoretical and clinical education provided to speech-language pathology students at La Trobe University in Australia, with a particular focus on the voice and communication training program offered by the La Trobe Communication Clinic. Further research is required to determine the outcomes of the clinic's training program in terms of student confidence and competence as well as the effectiveness of training for transgender clients.

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