scholarly journals Weaves of Wellness: Exploring the Experiences of Wellness and Imbalance in Indigenous Youth

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Erin Newman
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Life Writing ◽  
School Staff ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
Indigenous Youth ◽  
Medicine Wheel ◽  
Indigenous Cultures ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Sharing Circles ◽  
Health Counselling

This research, which takes place on Treaty 6 lands and involves an Indigenous and decolonized worldview, stems from a personal and professional exploration of what it means for me to be Indigenous. Using a Metissage research sensibility (Hasebe-ludt, Chambers, & leggo, 2009), the research weaves my own experiences in relation to the research participants, and in relation to the land, and other living and non-living beings. The purpose of this study is to better understand the emotional, spiritual, physical, and mental experiences of wellness and imbalance in Indigenous youth in public high schools, and to foster an understanding of the Medicine Wheel. This research ultimately asks, how do the experiences of youth fit within the Medicine Wheel?  Participants will share their experiences of wellness and imbalance through storying, sharing circles, art, with the researcher using reflective journaling to reflect on the experience of listening. These stories will be audio or visually recorded. Participants will then place their experiences onto the Medicine Wheel into one or more of the four areas. Given that education and health systems are colonial tools oppression (Stewart, Moodley, and Hyatt, 2017), this research hopes to provide school staff, teachers, therapists, counsellors, health professionals and others with ways to meet the needs of Indigenous youth, in consideration of the Medicine Wheel and the Metissage conceptual trope.   Hasebe-ludt, E., Chambers, C. M., & Leggo, C., 2009. Life writing, and literary Metissage as an ethos for our times. Peter Lang Publishing. Stewart, S. L., Moodley, R. & Hyatt, A. (2017). Indigenous cultures and mental health counselling. Four directions for integration with counselling psychology. Routledge.

scholarly journals Forest bathing: a narrative review of the effects on health for outdoor and environmental education use in Canada

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandrine Mathias ◽  
Patrick Daigle ◽  
Kelsey Needham Dancause ◽  
Tegwen Gadais
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Alternative Intervention ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
French And English ◽  
Narrative Literature ◽  
Narrative Literature Review ◽  
Health And Well Being

Background: Education and health professionals from a range of disciplines seek alternatives to promote well-being through nature. Shinrin Yoku, originating from Japan, means “forest baths” or “taking in the forest atmosphere” and provides the opportunity to reconnect with nature and its benefits, with great potential in Canada. This brief review aims to highlight the potential for the use of Shinrin Yoku in the Canadian context of education and healthcare. Methods: We conducted a narrative literature review including a search of four French and English databases (Google Scholar, Pubmed, Scopus, Cairn) from 1985 to 2017. Then, we classified 26 articles according to three main categories that emerged from the first reading of the abstracts. Results: Benefits of Shinrin Yoku have been classified into physiological, psychological, and environmental categories. We synthesize key benefits of Shinrin Yoku and highlight opportunities to use this alternative intervention by educators and health professionals in Canada. Conclusion: A growing body of research suggests that Shinrin Yoku can have benefits on many aspects of an individual's health and well-being. Given the resources already available in Canada, Shinrin Yoku could be integrated into existing programs and interventions, and could provide another option to educators and healthcare professionals seeking low-risk educational and intervention alternatives for their students and patients.

scholarly journals Sentiment Analysis of Face-To-Face Learning Based on Social Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-106
Author(s):  
Hendra Saputra Batubara ◽  
Ambiyar Ambiyar ◽  
Syahril Syahril ◽  
Fadhilah Fadhilah ◽  
Ronal Watrianthos
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Bayes Method ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Face To Face Learning

The use of restricted face-to-face learning during the epidemic in Indonesia was discussed not just by education and health professionals, but also on social media. The study used the Twitter dataset with the keywords 'school' and 'face-to-face' to examine public opinion about face-to-face learning. The research data was obtained from Twitter utilizing Drone Emprit Academic, and it was then processed using the Naive Bayes method to create sentiment analysis. During that time, research revealed that 32% of people were positive, 54% were negative, and 14% were indifferent. Because of worries about the dangers associated with the use of face-to-face learning, negative attitudes predominate.  

Critical Approaches to Life-Writing

2019 ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Allison Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Health Professional ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Life Writing ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Health Humanities ◽  
Critical Approaches ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
Tools And Methods

This chapter describes some of the tools and methods for critically reading life-writing texts, including memoirs and autobiography, with an emphasis on life-writing by health professionals and/or in the context of healthcare. Life-writing texts allow research into the internal and lived experiences of those who provide healthcare, such as physicians and nurses, and those who receive healthcare. Texts by life-writing subjects from different historical periods, geographic locations, genders, diagnoses, and stages and contexts of training can offer shifting perspectives on a range of topics from the development of health professional identity, what it means to be sick, and about how these experiences relate to the practices and institutions of healthcare. Steps in the research process and methods for analyzing life-writing texts are outlined, along with relevant resources. The field of life-writing offers many possibilities for health humanities researchers and can be enriched by bringing interdisciplinary theories to the analysis of life-writing texts.

scholarly journals Email Use Reconsidered in Health Professions Education: Viewpoint

10.2196/19300 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e19300
Author(s):  
Jennie C De Gagne ◽  
Yesol Yang ◽  
Sharron Rushton ◽  
Paula D Koppel ◽  
Katherine Hall
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Health Professions Education ◽  
Email Communication ◽  
The Past ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Email has become a popular means of communication in the past 40 years, with more than 200 billion emails sent each day worldwide. When used appropriately, email can be an effective and useful form of correspondence, although improper practices, such as email incivility, can present challenges. Email is ubiquitous in education and health care, where it is used for student-to-teacher, provider-to-provider, and patient-to-provider communications, but not all students, faculty members, and health professionals are skilled in its use. This paper examines the challenges and opportunities posed by email communication in health professions education and reveals important deficiencies in training, as well as steps that can be taken by health professions educators to address them. Recommendations are offered to help health professions educators develop approaches for teaching email professionalism.

scholarly journals "Being connected to my Shuswap family in the south": a reflective inquiry into the social media experiences of Indigenous youth in Northern and rural British Columbia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Omolara Odulaja
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Cultural Preservation ◽  
Indigenous Youth ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Cultural Engagement ◽  
Indigenous Cultures ◽  
Health And Wellbeing

This research extends and explores two key concepts. First, cultural preservation is important to Indigenous health and wellbeing. Second, when Indigenous youth spend quality time (whether online or offline) on issues pertaining to their identity and sense of self, that time can be key to preserving Indigenous cultures. This research project was an exploratory study carried out using a variety of research methods, including online surveys, semistructured interviews, and open ended storytelling engagements. In this study, youth ages 15 to 24 years interacted with one another in online and offline spaces, which in some cases served as culturally safe wellbeing sites where their self-esteem increased, especially if they were mentored by Indigenous peers and adults. This study found out that Indigenous youth are active social media users and engage in all kinds of activities including self presentation, social connections, cultural activities, and advocacy. The risks and benefits of using social media for identity expression and cultural engagement were identified, but some youth were noted to require supports to engage safely on social media to derive maximum benefits. The interdisciplinary nature of the research merges concepts, theories, and ideas from First Nations Studies, Sociology, Community Health, and Media Studies. This project embraced methodologies employed in these various disciplines but used a Two-Eyed Seeing framework as a tool to ensure cohesiveness in the research and respect for Indigenous cultures and cultural protocols. The research ultimately unfolded using lenses of both Indigenous and nonIndigenous worldviews, which I believe contributed greatly to the richness of the findings.

scholarly journals The Impacts of Educational Asthma Interventions in Schools: A Systematic Review of the Literature

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carla Carvalho Coelho ◽  
Laís Souza Barretto Cardoso ◽  
Carolina de Souza-Machado ◽  
Adelmir Souza-Machado
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
School Staff ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trials ◽  
Asthma Symptoms ◽  
The Impact

Objective. To review the literature on the impact of educational asthma interventions in schools regarding the knowledge and morbidity of the disease among children and adolescents.Methods. A systematic review was conducted for controlled clinical trials investigating the effectiveness of educational asthma interventions for students, asthmatic or nonasthmatic, families, and school staff. Databases were CENTRAL, PubMed, LILACS, MEDLINE, and SciELO. Articles published in any language were considered, in the period from 2005 to 2014, according to the PRISMA guidelines.Results. Seventeen articles were selected (N=5,879 subjects). 94% of the interventions (16 of 17 studies) were applied in developed countries that were led by health professionals and most of them targeted asthmatics. Asthma education promotes the improvement of knowledge about the disease in at least one of the evaluated areas. 29% of the interventions (5 of 17 studies) showed a reduction of the asthma symptoms, 35% (6 of 17 studies) reduction of the hospitalization instances and emergency visits, 29% (5 of 17 studies) reduction of school absenteeism, and 41% (7 of 17 studies) increase in the quality of life of the individuals.Conclusions. Educational interventions in schools raise the awareness of asthma and weaken the impact of morbidity indicators.

scholarly journals Oral health profile of education and health professionals attending handicapped children

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Pomarico ◽  
Ivete Pomarico Ribeiro de Souza ◽  
Luiz Fernando Rangel Tura
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Preventive Treatment ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Handicapped Children ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
One Year ◽  
Day Nursery

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes toward oral health of education and health professionals working in a children care program for handicapped children from 0 to 6 years of age, run by a public municipal institution in Rio de Janeiro. Using a printed questionnaire, 67 professionals (teachers, attendants and health professionals) were interviewed. The results were compared to the children's oral hygiene habits, by directly observing their daily nursery routine. Although 97.0% said that oral health could play a part in general health, only 37.3% of the professionals answered correctly on this matter. As for methods for preventing caries, although 92.5% said that they were aware of them, only 17.9% went to the dentist for preventive treatment. Although the majority (81.3%) indicated oral hygiene as a way of preventing caries, observation showed that this practice is not always put into effect in the program's day nursery. Regarding when to start toothbrushing in children, 75.0% of the teachers and 94.4% of the health professionals said that they were aware of the need to begin brushing before one year of age, although this reply was given by only 52.5% of the attendants (chi-square, p = 0.006). In view of these results, it was concluded that attitudes toward oral health were not always coherent with the knowledge that these professionals express.

scholarly journals International cooperation of hospital ship SS HOPE in Natal (1972): health care and education

2022 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Djailson José Delgado Carlos ◽  
Maria Itayra Padilha ◽  
Maria Lígia dos Reis Bellaguarda ◽  
Jaime Alonso Caravaca-Morera
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
State Government ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
The People ◽  
The University ◽  
Empirical Material

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the activities developed by hospital ship SS HOPE in Natal. Method: this is a qualitative, socio-historical study, elaborated from documentary sources and 16 interviews with health professionals. Thematic Oral History was used for data treatment and analysis. Results: the empirical material identified a wide schedule of courses and lectures as well as made it possible to elaborate the following categories: Health education on hospital ship SS HOPE; Legacy of international cooperation of hospital ship SS HOPE; Statements about the season of hospital ship SS HOPE. Final considerations: the arrival and stay of this hospital ship, for ten months, is the result of negotiations between the University, the State Government and the People to People Foundation. During their stay, education and health care actions were carried out, with the joint participation of health professionals, Potiguares and Americans.

scholarly journals Indigenous Youth Development through Sport and Physical Activity: Sharing Voices, Stories, and Experiences

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-251
Author(s):  
Mark W. Bruner ◽  
Robert Lovelace ◽  
Sean Hillier ◽  
Colin Baillie ◽  
Brenda G. Bruner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Indigenous Youth ◽  
Activity Settings ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
Spiritual Impact ◽  
Sharing Circles ◽  
Inductive Thematic Analysis

Recent research has highlighted the cognitive, physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of sport and physical activity participation for Indigenous youth (McHugh, Coppola, & Sinclair, 2013; Hanna, 2009; Lavallée, 2007). Despite the importance of Indigenous peoples participating in sport and physical activity (e.g., Forsyth & Giles, 2013), the meaning of youth development in this context is not well understood. The purpose of this research was to understand Indigenous youth development within the context of sport and physical activity through the voices, stories and experiences of Indigenous youth. Participants were 99 Indigenous youth (52 males and 47 females) between the ages of 15 and 25 years who took part in one of 13 sharing circles. Each of the sharing circles was facilitated by a trained Indigenous youth with guidance from an Elder/Traditional person. A Two-Eyed Seeing approach (Bartlett, Marshall, & Marshall, 2012) was used to analyze the sharing circle discussions. This analytical process involved an initial inductive thematic analysis of the transcribed verbatim data followed by an Indigenous symbolic visual analysis of emerging themes using the Medicine Circle. Results revealed that involvement in sport and physical activity impacted Indigenous youth physically, cognitively, and emotionally. The spiritual impact was not as evident. Findings from the research will inform the development of a measure of Indigenous youth development within sport and physical activity settings.  

scholarly journals Situação constrangedora envolvendo profissionais das Unidades Básicas de Saúde do município de Porto Velho/Rondônia

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (SUP) ◽  
pp. 94-97
Author(s):  
Flávio Salomão Miranda ◽  
Daniele Ferreira Garcia ◽  
Maria Rita Soares do Nascimento Barreto
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Basic Health ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
The City ◽  
Transversal Study ◽  
Porto Velho ◽  
Basic Health Units

Este estudo tem por objetivo estimar as situações constrangedoras envolvendo profissionais das Unidades Básicas de Saúde do município de Porto Velho/Rondônia, caracterizar o fenômeno da violência contra os profissionais de saúde no local de trabalho, abordar aspectos relativos à violência e suas implicações na área de saúde e conhecer os fatores considerados importantes no que tange à violência contra profissionais de saúde. Os dados coletados com médicos, enfermeiros e dentistas, mediante estudo transversal, apontaram que há relevância de aproximação das áreas de educação e de saúde, eixos fundamentais para uma melhor possibilidade de enfrentamento da problemática da violência.Descritores: Violência, Promoção de Saúde, Prevenção.Embarrassing involving professional Basic Health Units of the city of Old Port/RondôniaThis study aims to estimate the embarrassing situations involving professionals from primary care units in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia, to characterize the phenomenon of violence against health professionals in the workplace, addressing issues related to violence and its implications on health and determining the factors considered important when it comes to violence against health professionals. The data collected by health professionals, doctors, nurses and dentists, by means of transversal study showed that there is relevance to approximate the areas of education and health, the cornerstones for a better chance of coping with problems of violence.Descriptors: Violence, Health Promotion, Prevention.Situación embarazosa con profesionales de las Unidades Básicas de Salud del município de Puerto Viejo/RondôniaEsse estúdio tiene como objetivo estimar las situaciones embarazosas de profesionales de unidades de atención primaria en la ciudad de Porto Velho, Rondônia, para caracterizar el fenómeno de la violencia contra los profesionales de la salud en el lugar de trabajo, abordando temas relacionados con la violencia y sus consecuencias en la salud y la determinación de los factores considerados importantes cuando se trata de la violencia contra los profesionales de la salud. Los datos recogidos por esses profesionales como médicos, enfermeras y dentistas, por medio de estudio transversal mostró que es pertinente la aproximación de las áreas de educación y salud, factores fundamentales para una mejor oportunidad de hacer frente a los problemas de la violencia.Descriptores: Violencia, Promoción de la Salud, Prevención.

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