scholarly journals HOUSEHOLD GARDENING AS PREFERENCE ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY RESILIENCE DURING PANDEMIC COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Irina Mildawani ◽  
Arief Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Community Gardening ◽  
Landscape Architect ◽  
Urban Gardening ◽  
Physical Interactions ◽  
Professional Assistance ◽  
At Home

The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 affected countries across the world and sudden disruptions to everyday life and impact well-being. The implementation of exceptional procedures of social distancing includes working places and schools’ closures urged people to stay at home to reduce the number of close physical interactions and decrease the spreading of pandemic. With the long hours of family members staying at home, people prefer to do some activities at home. Doing gardening is seen as one of the preferences of urban inhabitants. However, few studies have measured the preference of urban gardening, particularly during household gardening in Jabodetabek, Indonesia. This paper examines people preferences on household gardening during the pandemic of Covid-19, comparing it with their activities before and predict it with possibility after the pandemic. We explore how type of gardening varies between vegetable or ornamental plants, community or household garden type, and the persons involved during gardening. Using google form, 148 respondents in Jabodetabek were answering between July-Dec 2020. Our study examines the emotional well-being (EWB) using Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA), applying codes and categories. Gardening as one of the favorable activities considered to generate happy time with family and they would like to continue the activities after the pandemic. However, landscape architect was not yet chosen as the gardener when they need professional assistance.  This might rise a future research about the role of landscape architect in gardening movement in urban community gardening

scholarly journals Community Gardening: Stress, Well-Being, and Resilience Potentials

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6740
Author(s):  
Way Inn Koay ◽  
Denise Dillon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Community Gardening ◽  
Home Gardening ◽  
Mental Health Benefits

The financial and health burdens of stress associated with increased urbanization have led to a demand for mental health enhancement strategies. While some extant literature details mental health benefits of community gardening, a coherent narrative on the construct of resilience and its relationship with the mental health benefits of community gardening is lacking. The present study examined the relationship between community gardening and a number of mental health benefits, in the forms of subjective well-being, stress, resilience potentials, and resilience factors (self-esteem, optimism, and openness). A total of 111 residents in Singapore completed a survey. Results from Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) and Pearson’s correlation analyses show that, after controlling for age and levels of connection to nature, community gardeners reported significantly higher levels of subjective well-being than individual/home gardeners and non-gardeners, indicating that engagement in community gardening may be superior to individual/home gardening or non-gardening outdoor activities. Community gardeners reported higher levels of resilience and optimism than the non-gardening control group. These novel results indicate some potential for mental health benefits in urban environments, specifically in terms of subjective well-being and resilience. These findings have implications for future research in clinical psychology, mental health promotion, and policy.

Grandparenting - A Matter of Love and Care: A Review of the Literature 1990-2000

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth O.C. Hall,
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Human Caring ◽  
Health And Well Being

This article presents findings from a literature review concerning grandparenting in healthcare. Using qualitative content analysis, data were collected from CINAHL and organized in three categories: transition to grandparenthood; grandparental roles; and grandparental health and well-being due to transitions and roles. The review demonstrated a growing number of studies on grandparents rearing grandchildren and sparse studies on other issues. Grandparenting is discussed in a human caring paradigm as a phenomenon based on love and care, and as containing suffering that gives health problems. Directions for future research encompass how nurses include grandparents in the care of the sick grandchild.

Facebook in context(s): Measuring emotional responses across time and space

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 1047-1067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Bayer ◽  
Nicole Ellison ◽  
Sarita Schoenebeck ◽  
Erin Brady ◽  
Emily B Falk
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Contextual Approach ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Facebook Use ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
At Home

This article advances a contextual approach to understanding the emotional and social outcomes of Facebook use. In doing so, we address the ambiguity of previously reported relationships between Facebook use and well-being. We test temporal (shorter vs longer time spans) and spatial (at home vs away from home) dimensions of Facebook activity using an innovative approach. By triggering smartphone surveys in response to users’ naturalistic Facebook posting, we captured the immediate context of both mobile and desktop activities during daily life. Findings indicated positive—yet fleeting—emotional experiences up to 10 minutes after active posting and higher arousal for 30 minutes following posting at home. Nonetheless, Facebook activities predicted no changes in aggregate mood over 2 weeks, despite showing positive relationships to bridging social capital during the same period. Our results call attention to fleeting experiences (vs enduring consequences) and encourage future research to specify temporal and spatial boundaries.

scholarly journals Urban Gardening as a Multifunctional Tool to Increase Social Sustainability in the City

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisa Koroļova ◽  
Sandra Treija
Keyword(s):  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Societal Issues ◽  
Urban Garden ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Urban Gardening ◽  
The City

Abstract The concept of urban gardening varies a lot in terms of gardening forms and main purposes. Followed by changes in people life style, growing interest in healthy living and sustainable urban development, the aims of urban gardening become more complex. The product of urban garden, e. g. vegetables or ornamental plants, nowadays plays less important role, as the main focus is on societal issues, urban regeneration, education and health. Thus, this article provides evidence of multi-functionality of urban gardening to address the variety of societal issues across people of different age and cultural background. Case studies from Malmo, Birmingham and Riga show how urban gardening contributes to social integration, inhabitants’ well-being and urban regeneration.

scholarly journals Mental wellbeing among the oldest old, living in nursing home or at home

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Ådnanes ◽  
L Melby ◽  
J Kaasbøll ◽  
J Kalseth
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Adult Day Care ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
At Home

Abstract Background People 80 plus are the fastest growing age-group in Europe. While research is focusing on health deficiencies and losses and need for medical care and follow up, life conditions and mental health of older people are fields with insufficient knowledge. The promotion, maintenance, and improvement of well-being in this group is a great public health concern. This study aimed to explore differences in perspectives of what contributes to mental wellbeing (MWB) within three groups of persons 80 plus: 1) living at home, 2) living at home and attending day center some weekdays, 3) living in nursing home. Methods A qualitative approach was followed, with six focus groups - two in each of the three categories. 35 persons were recruited from senior community centers, adult day care centers, and nursing homes. Data was assessed using qualitative content analysis. Results The preliminary results from our study show significant variations between the three groups of participants in their perspectives on what contributes to MWB for them. In group 1 and partly group 2, engagement in fruitful or inspiring activities and insightful experiences with friends strongly associated with MWB. While the relevance of these factors also was mentioned by participants in group 3, they at the same time pointed at the limitations of living in a nursing home. Staying healthy and maintaining independence positively contributed to MWB in all three groups, however highly relatively, based on the person’s actual health situation. Having close relationships with family and friends were considered important in all three groups. Conclusions Perspectives on what contributes to MWB among persons 80 plus varies a lot as they control for what is possible based on own health and functionality, but also on what is accessible depending on institutional limitations. While such conditions are partly accepted, there is a potential for better MWB, simply based on more and/or better initiatives. Key messages Perspectives on what contributes to mental wellbeing among the oldest old varies a lot based on health and functionality, and on what is possible and accessible within institutions for elderly. There is a potential for better mental wellbeing based on more and/or better initiatives.

scholarly journals Urban gardening as a means for fostering embodied urban human–food connection? A case study on urban vegetable gardens in Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Artmann ◽  
Katharina Sartison ◽  
Christopher D. Ives
Keyword(s):  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Human Food ◽  
Urban Garden ◽  
Urban Gardening ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Being There

AbstractUrbanization is increasingly compromising residents’ connection to natural habitats and landscapes. With established relationships between human–nature connection (HNC) and pro-environmental behaviour and human well being, there are calls for effective interventions to strengthen HNC in urban settings. However, much of this research has operationalised HNC in narrow psychological terms. Based on an embodied framework of urban human–food connection (HFC) as a specific dimension of HNC, this article explores the role of active urban gardening in promoting different types of internal and external HFC and their link with pro-environmental food behaviour (PEFB). Based on a quantitative survey in Germany addressing vegetable gardeners in Munich (N = 254), a principal component analysis extracted four components of HFC comprising external body-related HFC (i.e. immediate urban garden-body activities: food harvesting and experiential food interaction) and internal mind-related HFC (i.e. immediate urban garden-mind activities including food discovery as well as food consciousness). These were found to be statistically related to one another. Furthermore, regression analysis revealed that food consciousness through concerns on food consumption and environmental impacts as well as food as part of life attitude as an internal HFC is the sole predictor of PEFB. The study suggests an embodied HFC model emphasizing the need for local body- and mind-based nature connections for fostering earth stewardship. Future research should explore the relationship between inner dimensions of nature connectedness and external behavioural change to enable transformations towards sustainability.

scholarly journals Creating Social Value for the ‘Base of the Pyramid’: An Integrative Review and Research Agenda

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Addisu A. Lashitew ◽  
Somendra Narayan ◽  
Eugenia Rosca ◽  
Lydia Bals
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Base Of The Pyramid ◽  
Bibliographic Analysis ◽  
Social Value Creation ◽  
Business And Management

AbstractA growing body of research looks into business-led efforts to create social value by improving the socio-economic well-being of Base of the Pyramid (BoP) communities. Research shows that businesses that pursue these strategies—or BoP businesses—face distinct sets of challenges that require unique capabilities. There is, however, limited effort to synthesize current evidence on the mechanisms through which these businesses create social value. We systematically review the literature on BoP businesses, covering 110 studies published in business and management journals. We start by using bibliographic analysis to map the broad contours of the literature in terms of its common theoretical and empirical approaches, intellectual core, and evolution in time. We subsequently conduct a qualitative content analysis on the identified articles to synthesize their main findings. The analysis leads to a conceptual framework that explicates the antecedents, constraints, capabilities, and contingencies that drive social value creation. In addition to providing a rich and systematically organized account of the evidence, our analysis provides a critical reflection on the ethical dilemmas of social value creation efforts for the BoP, and outlines promising avenues for future research.

Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: A Scoping Review (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Parniak ◽  
Vince G DePaul ◽  
Clare Frymire ◽  
Samuel DePaul ◽  
Catherine Donnelly
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Retirement Communities ◽  
Naturally Occurring

BACKGROUND As Canada’s population ages there is a need to explore community-based solutions to support older adults. Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs), defined by Hunt and Gunter-Hunt in 1986 as buildings or areas not specifically designed for, but which attracts, older adults and associated supportive service programming (NORC-SSP) have been described as potential resources to support aging-in-place. However, while the body of literature on NORCs has been growing since the 1980s, no synthesis of this work has been done to date. OBJECTIVE The goal of this scoping review was to highlight the current state of NORC literature to inform future research and to offer a summarized description of NORCs and how they have and can support older adults to age-in-place. METHODS Using a published framework, a scoping review was conducted searching twelve databases (CINAHL, Ovid Medline, HealthSTAR, Embase, APA PsycInfo, AMED, Johanna Briggs Institute, REHABDATA, Sociofile, Education Source, ERIC, Urban Planning, and the Cochrane Library) from earliest date of coverage to July 2020. We included English peer and non-peer reviewed scholarly journal publications that described, critiqued, reflected on, or researched NORCs. Aging-in-place literature with little to no mention of NORCs were excluded, as were articles that recruited from NORCs but did not connect findings to the setting. A qualitative content analysis of the literature was conducted, guided by Greenfield et al.’s 2012 conceptual framework to examine the promise of NORC programs to promote aging-in-place. RESULTS From 762 publications, we included 61 articles. All publications were North American and most used a descriptive approach (49/61; 80.3%). Just over half provided a specific definition of a NORC (32/61; 52.5%); of those, almost half (14/32; 43.8%) used Hunt and Gunter-Hunt’s 1986 definition; yet there were discrepancies in the defined proportions of older adults that constitutes a NORC (e.g. 40%, 50%). Six articles (6/61; 9.8%) described processes for identifying NORCs. Thirty-seven articles (37/61; 60.7%) specifically described Articles about NORC SSPs, described both external partnerships with organizations for service delivery (30/61; 49.2%), and internal resources, including staff (19/61; 31.1%), volunteers (13/61; 21.3%), or neighbours (5/61; 8.2%). Identified key components of a NORC-SSP included activities fostering social relationships (24/61;39.3%) and access to resources and services (24/61;39.3%). Sustainability and funding of NORC-SSPs was described (25/61; 40.9%), particularly as challenges to success. Initial outcomes, including self-efficacy (6/61; 9.8%) and increased access to social and health supports (14/61; 22.9%) were cited; however, long-term outcomes were lacking. CONCLUSIONS This review synthesizes the NORC literature to date and demonstrates that NORCs with programming (NORC-SSPs) have potential as an alternative model of supporting aging-in-place. Longitudinal research exploring the impacts of both NORCs and NORC-SSPs on older adult health and well-being is recommended. Future research should also explore ways to improve the sustainability of NORC-SSPs.

scholarly journals Educational and Social Exergaming: A Perspective on Physical, Social, and Educational Benefits and Pitfalls of Exergaming at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Afterwards

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Rüth ◽  
Kai Kaspar
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Educational Values ◽  
Educational Benefits ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
At Home

Physical inactivity and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) signify two pandemics with negative physical, mental, and economic consequences. Younger and older people have not reached the recommended physical activity level for years. Societal restrictions due to COVID-19 additionally reduce opportunities for physical activity, and they increase social isolation. Here, we outline how playing exergames with others (social exergaming) at home could foster physical and mental health and promote communication and discussions on exergaming. Accordingly, we highlight the educational and social benefits of exergaming at home and delineate the concept of Educational and Social Exergaming (EASE). We outline specific benefits and pitfalls of exergaming regarding its physical and nonphysical effects, including educational values of discussing exergaming experiences and related topics. Moreover, we discuss the relevance of practical guidelines for educational and social exergaming at home as well as prospects for future research. Overall, educational and social exergaming could alleviate several detrimental effects of both pandemics on the health and well-being of people of all ages.

scholarly journals Resilience Reporting for Sustainable Development in Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7824
Author(s):  
Monica Bruzzone ◽  
Renata Paola Dameri ◽  
Paola Demartini
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Weak Factor ◽  
Accountability Practices ◽  
The City

Recently, a new paradigm has emerged—the resilient city. It is an evolutionary concept rooted in recent—but more consolidated—city visions, such as a smart city or a sustainable city, from which it inherits the interweaving of different dimensions. This paper investigates the factors behind effective resilience reporting, as well as how a city should draw up an urban resilience strategy report to be accountable to its citizens. We first highlighted the main factors to design and implement reporting for the achievement of strategic resilience goals, by combining research on a resilient city and accountability practices. These factors could be organized following two different perspectives: political and sociotechnical. Then, we applied our framework to four pioneering municipalities selected as paradigmatic case studies. A qualitative content analysis applied to the city resilience reports has provided depth to our framework. We found that the “weak factor” is the ability to embed the resilience strategy in rooted connections and transform itself into an ecosystem that crosscuts different sectoral urban processes. Our exploratory research claims could be used for future research in this field, as cities are becoming increasingly complex systems, where the quality of life and well-being of a larger population depends.

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