scholarly journals Health awareness, quality of life, university teaching staff members

Twejer ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 785-822
Author(s):  
Araz Hakim Radha ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Health Awareness ◽  
Staff Members

scholarly journals Evaluating the performance of teaching staff members, a step towards teaching performance development of higher education in Sebha University

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Zamzam Amhimmid Mare
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Analytic Description ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Teaching Performance ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Performance Development ◽  
The University

This study aims to show the importance of evaluating the teaching performance level of the University teaching members. It also aims to provide the suggested mechanisms for evaluating the teaching performance of the teaching staff members of Sebha University. This study was based mainly on documents and analytic description to collect information about the importance and ways of evaluating teachers with reference to some of the international experiences on teaching performance development. This study concluded that the absence of an experienced entity that would develop the teaching performance of faculty members is one of the main reasons for the weak teaching performance at Sebha University. Based on the results of the study, it is recommended that there should be a planned system based on measured standards and criteria for evaluating staff members to improve the quality of teaching in the higher education domain. 

scholarly journals Oral Health Awareness Among Non Teaching Staff of A Dental Institution in Dakshina Kannada

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-78
Author(s):  
MS Shetty ◽  
V Bhat ◽  
KK Shenoy
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
General Population ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health Awareness ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Statistical Software

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE The non teaching staff in dental college is indirectly a part of the community based oral health awareness programmes. They act as a link between the dentist and the general population. The objectives of the study is to assess the oral health awareness among non teaching staff in the institution and to utilize the data obtained as a training program for the non-teaching staff and as a baseline for further community based oral health awareness programmes. METHOD A written oral health questionnaire was developed and distributed to 150 non-teaching staff in a health institution. The data was analysed using SPSS-10 statistical software. RESULT and CONCLUSION The staff demonstrated reasonable knowledge, but some deficiencies were noted. The deficiencies in their knowledge could be addressed through the provision of appropriate training and engaging them in improving the oral health and quality of life.

scholarly journals The Breakfast Club – co-creational meal practices as rehabilitation strategies in nursing homes

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Justesen ◽  
U Walter ◽  
N H Kristensen ◽  
A M Beck
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Public Health Activity ◽  
Analysis Strategy

Abstract Background A growing aging population demands new welfare public health activities in nursing homes. Involving residents in meal activity through a co-creational approach as part of a rehabilitation strategy has been suggested as a solution, but knowledge is limited. This project explore how co-creational meal practices in a breakfast club might improve residents’ food related functionality and quality of life. Methods The project is designed as a three-year complex intervention study in a Danish nursing home. A breakfast club is held with 4-5 residents (16 all together) and 2-6 staff members on a weekly basis during a period of 10 month. Residents are on shift hosting the club and all members are preparing the meal together. The degree of food related functionality is assessed after each club and is analyzed through paired t-test on mean values. Semi-structured interviews in combination with Research Driven Photo-Elicitation is conducted with 16 residents and 8-10 staff members before, during and after holding the clubs in order to evaluate quality of life and potentials for implementing meal practices to everyday practices. A hermeneutic analysis strategy is applied. Results Preliminary results from 12 breakfast clubs finds an increase in residents food related functionality. Data will be presented in November 2019. All residents express impact on quality of life independent of physical or mental state. Improved functionality is not the main value for participation in the breakfast club. Staff became aware of utilizing residents food related functionality. Conclusions The study will contribute with new knowledge about whether co-creational meal activities could have a positive effect on functional abilities and improve health-related quality of life in residents in nursing homes. A meal practice based on co-creation has potential to become implemented as a public health activity in nursing homes and increase residents’ quality of life and food related functionality.

scholarly journals Factors influencing quality of life and predictors of low quality of life scores in patients on treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross sectional study.

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olufunke O. Adeyeye ◽  
Olayinka O. Ogunleye ◽  
Ayodele Coker ◽  
Yetunde Kuyinu ◽  
Raymond T. Bamisile ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Factors Influencing

There is paucity of information on the quality of life of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Nigeria. This study assessed the factors influencing their quality of life and the independent predictors of low quality of life scores. Two hundred and sixty consecutive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis seen at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital were evaluated for health related quality of life using the World Health Organization Quality of life instrument (WHOQoL-BREF). Sociodemographic characteristics of the patients were related to the various domains of quality of life and a multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the independent predictors of low quality of life scores in the patients. The mean age of the patients was 36.7±12 years. Sex, age and marital status of patients were found to influence quality of life scores. The independent predictors of low quality of life scores were low monthly income, duration of the illness, concomitant illnesses, unemployment, advancing age and male gender. Several socio demographic and economic factors influenced the quality of life of patients with tuberculosis and are predictive of poor scores. It is important to consider these factors when treating patients with tuberculosis to optimise outcome of care.

Perceptions of family and staff on the role of the environment in long-term care homes for people with dementia

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 753-765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda J. Garcia ◽  
Michèle Hébert ◽  
Jean Kozak ◽  
Isabelle Sénécal ◽  
Susan E. Slaughter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Disruptive Behaviors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Staff Members

ABSTRACTBackground: Disruptive behaviors are frequent and often the first predictor of institutionalization. The goal of this multi-center study was to explore the perceptions of family and staff members on the potential contribution of environmental factors that influence disruptive behaviors and quality of life of residents with dementia living in long-term care homes.Methods: Data were collected using 15 nominal focus groups with 45 family and 59 staff members from eight care units. Groups discussed and created lists of factors that could either reduce disruptive behaviors and facilitate quality of life or encourage disruptive behaviors and impede the quality of life of residents. Then each participant individually selected the nine most important facilitators and obstacles. Themes were identified from the lists of data and operational categories and definitions were developed for independent coding by four researchers.Results: Participants from both family and staff nominal focus groups highlighted facility, staffing, and resident factors to consider when creating optimal environments. Human environments were perceived to be more important than physical environments and flexibility was judged to be essential. Noise was identified as one of the most important factors influencing behavior and quality of life of residents.Conclusion: Specialized physical design features can be useful for maintaining quality of life and reducing disruptive behaviors, but they are not sufficient. Although they can ease some of the anxieties and set the stage for social interactions, individuals who make up the human environment are just as important in promoting well-being among residents.

scholarly journals Teachers as Private Tutors: Understanding Dual Professional Identities of Six Faculty Members from Uzbekistan University

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-243
Author(s):  
Andrey Khojeev
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Identity ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Power Relationship ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Dual Identities

Due to socio-economic difficulties, many teachers in Uzbekistan combine their regular teaching activities with private supplementary tutoring (PST). Involvement in two professional activities has led to the emergence of teacher and tutor professional identities. It is assumed that the co-existence of dual identities has an influence on the professional activities of a tutor and/or of a teacher. Although a plethora of studies has focused on teacher identity and its effect on teachers’ professional activities and some on co-existence of teacher identity with other social identities, there is a gap in the academic literature with only a few studies on teacher-tutor identity and its impact on their professional activities. The present qualitative study has made an attempt to reveal the types of relationship between these two professional identities, to find out the reasons for the existing relationship and to explore how this relationship impacts their professional activities as a tutor and/or as a teacher. For these purposes, the research utilizes semi-structured interview questions with six university teaching staff members who are also private tutors. By applying a predetermined theoretical framework, an intrapersonal identity network approach, the study reveals the three most predominant types–power relationship, temporal and conflicting. These types of relationship found to have a negative impact on the respondents’ activities as private tutors.

scholarly journals The Tendencies of Mathematics' Teaching Staff Members in Saudi Arabia Towards Using "Blackboard" in University Teaching and Their Training Requirements: اتجاهات أعضاء هيئة تدريس الرياضيات بالجامعات السعودية نحو استخدام منصة Blackboard في التعليم الجامعي واحتياجاتهم التدريبية

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (48) ◽  
pp. 160-132
Author(s):  
Safa Ahmed Al-Mazruei, Afrah Hafez Al-Awaidi Safa Ahmed Al-Mazruei, Afrah Hafez Al-Awaidi
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Management System ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Training Requirements ◽  
Intensive Training ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Management

The extract This study aims to detect the tendencies of the mathematics teaching staff in Saudi universities towards using the E- learning management system " Blackboard" in learning and university teaching. And it asks for their training requirements and if there are statistically significant differences between the responds of the sample studies individuals among universities teaching staff. It is about using blackboards in teaching Mathematics that could be attributed to gender variable, academic degree as well as their training background. So, for achieving this objective, the researcher has used the descriptive approach and she used " questionnaire" as a studying tool. The study sample is made up of) 73( teaching member staff whom the "questionnaire" has been sent to them Research's results showed that the tendencies' overall average for teaching member staff is positive with (2.66) percentage. Similarly, the study has shown positive results towards the need for more training on the use of the blackboard system. The study identified a set of recommendations; the most significant is related to: scaling up this experience in all Saudi universities. Beside providing the continuous and intensive training for the teaching staff members and students on the use of the E-learning management system " Blackboard".

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