scholarly journals The Psychological Situation of Young Women With Abortion

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suyani Suyani ◽  
Cesa Septiana Pratiwi ◽  
Sri Ratnaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancy ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
World Health ◽  
Adolescent Psychology ◽  
Adolescent Women ◽  
Medical Standards ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Health Organization

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), unsafe abortion due to unwanted pregnancy, performed by someone who does not have the skills or does not meet medical standards has an adverse effect on the physical and psychological health of adolescent women. Psychological problems can also occur in adolescent women who have unsafe abortions such as psychological disorders in the form of depression and anxiety. Method: In reviewing the article using the Arksey and O'Malley methods. Overall, the researchers showed that unsafe adolescent abortion practices significantly affected adolescent psychology after having an abortion. The majority of young women experience psychological problems after having had an illegal abortion.

The evolution of rumors on a closed platform during COVID-19 (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Wen-Yi Wang ◽  
Jo-Yu Lan ◽  
Ming-Hung Wang ◽  
Chihhao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Health Organization

BACKGROUND In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic put the world in crisis on both physical and psychological health. Simultaneously, a myriad of unverified information flowed on social media and online outlets. The situation was so severe that the World Health Organization identified it an infodemic on February 2020. OBJECTIVE We want to study the propagation patterns and textual transformation of COVID-19 related rumors on a closed-platform. METHODS We obtained a dataset of 114 thousand suspicious text messages collected on Taiwan’s most popular instant messaging platform, LINE. We also proposed an algorithm that efficiently cluster text messages into groups, where each group contains text messages within limited difference in content. Each group then represents a rumor and elements in each group is a message about the rumor. RESULTS 114 thousand messages were separated into 937 groups with at least 10 elements. Of the 936 rumors, 44.5% (417) were related to COVID-19. By studying 3 popular false COVID-19 rumors, we identified that key authoritative figures, mostly medical personnel, were often quoted in the messages. Also, rumors resurfaced multiple times after being fact-checked, and the resurfacing pattern were influenced by major societal events and successful content alterations, such as changing whom to quote in a message. CONCLUSIONS To fight infodemic, it is crucial that we first understand why and how a rumor becomes popular. While social media gives rise to unprecedented number of unverified rumors, it also provides a unique opportunity for us to study rumor propagations and the interactions with society. Therefore, we must put more effort in the areas.

scholarly journals Women and Successful Ageing

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
J. Raja Meenakshi
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
World Health ◽  
Successful Ageing ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Women In India ◽  
Active Contribution

<p>Every human being has to face the ageing process and no one could escape from it. The understanding of ageing differs from culture to culture and it varies across nations. World Health Organization recognized that the developing world often defines old age, not by years, but by new roles, loss of previous roles, or inability to make active contribution to society. Women in India generally considered as a secondary citizens and the life of the aged women needs wide attention. Successful ageing refers to leading the life with good physical and psychological health and also with economical independence.Pre plan is highly required to lead a successful life. This study makes an attempt to study the life of elderly women and to understand how they lead a successful life. Case study method was used to study the successful life of the respondents.</p>

scholarly journals Exercise-Induced Biological and Psychological Changes in Overweight and Obese Individuals: A Review of Recent Evidence

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petros C. Dinas ◽  
Aleksandra S. Markati ◽  
Andres E. Carrillo
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Endocrine Function ◽  
World Health ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Health Indices ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Exercise Induced ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Impact

On a global scale, the most recent evidence indicates that over 400 million adults are obese while ~20 million children and 1.6 billion adults are overweight. The World Health Organization reveals that, by the year 2015, ~2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will be obese. In this review paper we summarized the current evidence to elucidate the impact of exercise training on biological and psychological health indices in overweight and obese individuals. Endocrine function indices that are discussed herein include leptin, adiponectin, growth hormone, and ghrelin levels. Psychological factors include anxiety and depression, body image, and motivation for exercise. Overall, exercise promotes physical and psychological health in overweight and obese individuals particularly because exercise-induced adaptations occur across a multitude of systems within the active human. The impact of exercise on specific biological and psychological health indices contributes to overall health in overweight and obese individuals.

scholarly journals Nurses’ Knowledge and Anxiety Levels toward COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 356-363
Author(s):  
Fatmah Alsharif
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
As Stress ◽  
Health Organization

Background: In the battle against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, medical care staff, especially nurses, are at a higher risk of encountering psychological health issues and distress, such as stress, tension, burdensome indications, and, most importantly, fear. They are also at higher risk of becoming infected and transmitting this virus. In Saudi Arabia, it was noticed that the healthcare workforce suffered from anxiety, and that this more evident in women than men. Objective: This study aimed to assess the knowledge of nurses regarding COVID-19 and the level of anxiety toward the COVID-19 outbreak in the current pandemic situation. Design: A cross-sectional design was used and a validated self-administered online questionnaire with a set of questions related to COVID-19 was distributed to 87 participating nurses. Results: The results showed that more than half of the nurses (71.90%) had an adequate and good knowledge about the causes, transmission, symptoms, treatment, and death rate of COVID-19. The main sources of information for the nurses were social media (51.7%) and the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health (36.8%). Conclusions: The results allowed the conclusion that, though the nurses had satisfactory knowledge about COVID-19, more than 50% of them experienced mental health issues such as anxiety. To address this, along with providing more knowledge about COVID-19, nurses should be supported in managing their anxiety.

scholarly journals ADOLESCENT KNOWLEDGE LEVEL ABOUT CERVIC CANCER PREVENTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-196
Author(s):  
Henni Safrida Sitompul
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Prevention ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
Cervical Cancer Prevention ◽  
World Health ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Health Organization

Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women. Cervical cancer attacks the female reproductive organs and uterus. Every year thousands of women die from cervical cancer. Poor living habits can also cause outbreaks of cervical cancer, such as smoking, lack of nutrition, long-term use of oral contraceptives, sexual activity that is often among adolescents. The level of knowledge of young women about cervical cancer prevention in the MayjendSutoyo College Foundation Senior High School Medan. World Health Organization (WHO) states, currently cervical cancer is ranked among the various types of cancer that causes death in women in the world. Cervical cancer can be prevented by doing primary prevention and secondary prevention. This type of research is a descriptive study conducted. The population in this study were female students at the MayjendSutoyo College Foundation in Medan. A sample of 39 people were taken in total sampling. Data obtained using a questionnaire. The conclusion of the study is the level of knowledge of young women in the MayjendSutoyo Medan Foundation High School in the prevention of cervical cancer is still in the sufficient category.

scholarly journals Quality of Life and Migraine Disability among Female Migraine Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Munvar Miya Shaik ◽  
Norul Badriah Hassan ◽  
Huay Lin Tan ◽  
Siew Hua Gan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
World Health ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Pain Scores ◽  
Health Organization

Background. Disability caused by migraine may be one of the main causes of burden contributing to poor quality of life (QOL) among migraine patients. Thus, this study aimed to measure QOL among migraine sufferers in comparison with healthy controls.Methods. Female diagnosed migraine patients (n= 100) and healthy controls (n=100) completed the Malay version of the World Health Organization QOL Brief (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire. Only migraine patients completed the Malay version of the Migraine Disability Assessment questionnaire.Results. Females with migraines had significantly lower total WHOQOL-BREF scores (84.3) than did healthy controls (91.9,P<0.001). Similarly, physical health (23.4 versus 27.7,P<0.001) and psychological health scores (21.7 versus 23.2,P< 0.001) were significantly lower than those for healthy controls. Seventy-three percent of patients experienced severe disability, with significantly higher number of days with headaches (13.8 days/3 months,P< 0.001) and pain scores (7.4,P< 0.013). Furthermore, migraine patients with lower total QOL scores had 1.2 times higher odds of having disability than patients with higher total QOL scores.Conclusions. The present study showed that migraine sufferers experienced significantly lower QOL than the control group from a similar population. Disability was severe and frequent and was associated with lower QOL among the migraine patients.

Social capital affects the health of older people more strongly than that of younger people

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 853-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHANNA MUCKENHUBER ◽  
WILLIBALD J. STRONEGGER ◽  
WOLFGANG FREIDL
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Older People ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Quality Of Life Inventory ◽  
Younger Men ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Informal Social Capital

ABSTRACTThe study examines whether social capital affects health of older people more strongly than it affects health of younger individuals. Following Pierre Bourdieu's concept, social capital has been analysed on a cognitive dimension, distinguishing between institutional and informal social capital. The analysis is based on the data of the Austrian Health Interview Survey 2006–07 with a representative sample of 15,575 people. Multivariate linear regression models were calculated. Measures of health and social capital were operationalised by indices based on the quality of life inventory of the World Health Organization, the WHOQOL-Brief questionnaire. The analysis has shown institutional social capital to be significantly more important for health of older people (60 years or older) than for younger people. There is a gender difference in the interaction between informal social capital and age in their association with psychological health. In contrast to the sub-sample of women, the psychological health of older men is more strongly affected by a lack of informal social capital than that of younger men. Institutional social capital is of special importance for the health of older people. Therefore health-promotion activities for older people should include activities to strengthen their social capital.

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Adolescent’s Health: the Effect of Coping Mechanism

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzana Parveen ◽  
Sarah Javed
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
World Health ◽  
Coping Mechanism ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health

Introduction: Previous studies have suggested that male and female experience different types and severities of physical and psychological health symptoms. This study examined whether in the case of adolescents gender differences in physical and psychological health symptoms could actually be the result of differences in coping mechanism. Various factors have an influence on which coping strategies are mobilized under specific circumstances like age and gender. The present paper focuses on the interrelationships between the ways of coping and some health-related variables in adolescence. Objectives: (i) To find out gender differences affecting physical and psychological health symptoms. (ii)To find out gender differences affecting coping styles.(iii) To ascertain the relationship between coping styles and both physical and psychological health symptoms, in both male and female adolescents. Methods: The participants of the present study comprised of 100 adolescents male 50 and female 50 and they were from senior secondary schools and graduate schools recruited from Aligarh. They are adolescents and their age ranged from 13 to 18 years. Measures: Brief Cope Scale was developed by (Carver. 1997). The Brief Cope is a Likert type questionnaire that contains 14 strategies although the Brief COPE contains 28 items. WHO-QOL Scale: World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment, the WHOQOL-100 is a cross-culturally valid assessment of well-being. Assessment is operationalized through 100 items representing 25 facets organized in six domains. Result and Conclusion The results of this study suggest that doctors, school counselors and family therapists may want to take gender differences in coping styles into account when seeing adolescent patients for physical or psychological health symptoms, and find ways to help the adolescents cope more effectively with their stressors.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Lifestyle Modification on Reproductive Health among Young Women: An Integrative Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 213-223
Author(s):  
Princey Shaji ◽  
Maharaj Singh ◽  
Bharti Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Lifestyle Modification ◽  
Pubmed Central ◽  
Overweight Women ◽  
Infertile Women ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Electronic Data Base

Background: The present review focuses on the effectiveness of lifestyle modification on reproductive health among young women. Obesity causes various physical and psychological health risks in women’s reproductive health and overweight, obesity are increasing and have become an epidemic worldwide. Objective: This article investigated the outcome of a lifestyle modification package on the reproductive health of young obese and overweight women. Methods: The literature published in English from 2010 to 2020 was reviewed using PRISMA guidelines. Scientific articles were searched in the electronic data base (Scopus, Medline, Google scholar, and PubMed central) on the lifestyle modification on reproductive health. Results: After reviewing the literature, it showed that the outcome of lifestyle modification had improved the reproductive health of women in infertile women in many ways. Conclusion: The review highlights the need for specific interventional studies on reproductive health which can improve the health of young women. 

scholarly journals Prevalence of Psychological Disorders in Patients with COVID-19 Syndrome

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
Psychological Disorders ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
World Health ◽  
Definitive Treatment ◽  
High Infection ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The coronavirus 2019 first broke out on December 17, 2019 in Wuhan, China, and on March 11, 2020, it was announced as a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. Despite nutritious diets and promising vaccines, health tips such as wearing a mask, social distancing, home quarantine, and not traveling are still the best ways to control the spread of COVID-19.While the widespread prevalence of COVID-19, severe restrictions, lack of definitive treatment, and the high infection and mortality rates have led to cognitive psychological disorders among the general population of the world. One of the epidemic consequences of COVID-19 syndrome in people who have defeated the coronavirus was psychological disorders. Considering the role of mental health in boosting the immune system, improving the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine and accelerating the treatment process of patients, it is suggested that in the post-COVID era, more attention be paid to the psychological health of the community.

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