scholarly journals Melléjük állt a szerencse

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Júlia Mecséri
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Physical Disability ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Deaf People ◽  
Cardio Vascular ◽  
To Receive

A Szerencsejáték Zrt. a ma már 14 éves karitatív hálózat kialakításával olyan embereknek kívánt munkalehetőséget biztosítani, akik egészségügyi problémáik miatt évek óta nem találtak munkát, és emiatt korábbi sikeres életükben kedvezőtlen változás állt be. A munkavállalók túlnyomó része az egészségkárosodottak közé tartozik, valamilyen tartós betegségben szenved, pl.: cukorbetegség, szív-, és érrendszeri megbetegedés, asztma, stb., mindamellett több mint tíz munkavállaló mozgáskorlátozott, illetve 2014 óta hallássérült személyek fogadására is felkészült a Szerencsejáték Zrt., jelenleg két siket és három nagyothalló személy is dolgozik sorsjegy árusként. AbstractThey are in luckBy establishing the now 14-year-old charity network, the Gambling Ltd. wished to offer work possibilities for people who had been out of the labour market because of their health problems for years, and so their successful lives had taken a negative turn. Most of the employees suffer from chronic diseases, like: diabetes, cardio-vascular problems, asthma etc. In addition, the Gambling Ltd. employs more than ten workers with physical disability and since 2014 they have been ready to receive people with hearing loss; currently, two deaf people and three persons with hearing loss are employed as lottery sellers.

scholarly journals Mobile Application Design Emergency Medical Call for the Deaf using UCD Method

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Risald Risald ◽  
Suyoto Suyoto ◽  
Albertus Joko Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Emergency Call ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Deaf People ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
The People ◽  
Emergency Event ◽  
Audio Communication

<p>Deaf or hearing loss is a condition of inability to hear something, either totally or partially. Hearing loss greatly affects the life of a person in communicating with the people around him. Deaf people will be very difficult when in a medical emergency, this is because the medical emergency situation requires fast action.</p><p>          The Healthy Phone application is a mobile medical emergency call application that can help people with hearing impaired when in emergency situations. With the Healthy Phone application, the user only needs to select an icon that suits the situation encountered in touchscreen mobile device then the message will be sent to the nearest hospital.</p>                To search for icons corresponding to emergencies, the User Centered Design (UCD) method is used. This application is very helpful for deaf people because this application does not require audio communication and user location is also sent automatically to the nearest hospital. The results were analyzed using four emergency event scenarios with a total score of 87% and an average user time of less than 0:42 sec indicating that the study was successful in designing a mobile medical emergency call application according to user requirements.

scholarly journals A tool to guide the process of integrating health system responses to public health problems

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tilahun Nigatu Haregu ◽  
Geoffrey Setswe ◽  
Jullian Elliott ◽  
Brian Oldenburg
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Model System ◽  
System Level ◽  
Horizontal Integration ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
Integrated Architecture

An integrated model of health system responses to public health problems is considered to be the most preferable approach. Accordingly, there are several models that stipulate what an integrated architecture should look like. However, tools that can guide the overall process of integration are lacking. This tool is designed to guide the entire process of integration of health system responses to major public health problems. It is developed by taking into account the contexts of health systems of developing countries and the emergence of double-burden of chronic diseases in these settings. Chronic diseases – HIV/AIDS and NCDs – represented the evidence base for the development of the model. System level horizontal integration of health system responses were considered in the development of this tool.

scholarly journals Identificação das Funcionalidades de um Assistente de Comunicação aos Surdos Aplicando Técnicas de Elicitação de Requisitos

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Araújo Belém ◽  
Gabriela Fidelis de Oliveira ◽  
Luiz Sousa da Silveira ◽  
Priscila Silva Fernandes ◽  
Vitor Bremgartner da Frota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
Deaf People ◽  
Brazilian Sign Language ◽  
Simultaneous Translation

Deaf people have difficulty communicating due to the lack of masteryof Libras (Brazilian sign language for deaf citizens). New systemshave emerged to support the communication of people withhearing disabilities with regard to: simultaneous translation, teachingof Libras and presentation of animations. However, these systemsdo not have ready-made phrases or support for emergencysituations. Considering this scenario, this article presents the proposalof the Communication Assistant to the Deaf (AComS), whichaims to support the communication of people with hearing loss,complementing the features already presented by existing systemssuch as VLibras, HandTalk and MIDOAA. After the application ofrequirements gathering techniques such as document analysis andbenchmarking, a high-fidelity prototype of the system was proposed,which presents the various features of AComS in its mobileversion.

scholarly journals INFORMAÇÃO PARA E PELOS SURDOS: SOBRE TRANSMISSÃO AUDIOVISUAL EM LIBRAS E DESENVOLVIMENTO DA CRITICIDADE

polemica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Jaciara Sá Carvalho ◽  
Rita de Cássia Martins da Costa Brito
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
Critical Consciousness ◽  
Deaf People ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
World Knowledge ◽  
Sign Language Interpreters ◽  
Transmission Of Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Brazilian Sign Language

Resumo: Cerca de 5% da população brasileira possui algum grau de perda de audição (IBGE, 2010). São dez milhões de brasileiros com dificuldades de acesso às informações sobre as realidades de seu país e do mundo, ao conhecimento sistematizado pelas ciências etc. Alguns programas audiovisuais recorrem a legendas em Português e/ou intérpretes da Língua Brasileira de Sinais – Libras, atuando nas chamadas “janelinhas”, sendo exceção os produzidos por profissionais surdos e apresentados por eles em primeiro plano na tela. Sob tal contexto de discussão, e partindo da premissa da formação humana ao longo da vida, este artigo apresenta uma problematização acerca das diferenças entre a transmissão de informações por surdos e por intérpretes a partir de pesquisa bibliográfica. O trabalho sugere que uma informação transmitida de surdo para surdo, em audiovisuais, estaria mais próxima ao conteúdo original da mensagem e ao universo linguístico e cultural das comunidades Surdas. Também expõe uma reflexão sobre a necessidade de ampliação do repertório informacional para o desenvolvimento (permanente) da consciência crítica (FREIRE, 1979) pelos surdos que anseiam “ser mais”.Palavras-chave: Surdez. Libras. Acesso à informação. Abstract: About 5% of the Brazilian population has some degree of hearing loss (IBGE, 2010). There are ten million Brazilians who have difficulty accessing information about the realities of their country and of the world, knowledge drawn up by the sciences, etc. Some audiovisual programs use Portuguese subtitles and/or Brazilian Sign Language interpreters (Libras) acting in their little "windows" as they are called, with the exception of those produced by deaf professionals and presented to them in the foreground of the screen. Under this context of discussion, and based on the premise of human lifelong training, this article presents an examination of the differences between the transmission of information by deaf people and by interpreters, based on bibliographic research. The paper points out that information transmitted from deaf to deaf in audiovisuals would be closer to the original content of the message, and to the linguistic and cultural universe of the deaf community. It also presents a reflection on the need to expand the informational repertoire for the (permanent) development of critical consciousness (FREIRE, 1979) by deaf people who yearn to "be more."Keywords: Deafness. Libras. Access to information.

scholarly journals MyHealthPA: Development and Pilot Testing of a Mobile-Based Monitoring Tool to Reduce Cardio-Vascular Disease Risk in People with Mental Health Problems (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Thornton ◽  
Frances Kay-Lambkin ◽  
Bree Tebbutt ◽  
Tanya L Hanstock ◽  
Amanda L Baker
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Pilot Trial ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Treatment Assessment ◽  
End Of Treatment ◽  
Cardio Vascular Disease ◽  
Cardio Vascular

BACKGROUND Background: People with mental health disorders live on average 20 years less than those without, often due to poor physical health including cardio-vascular disease (CVD). Evidence-based interventions are required to reduce this lifespan gap. OBJECTIVE Objective: This study aimed to develop, trial, and evaluate a mobile-based lifestyle program (MyHealthPA) to help people with mental health problems improve key health risk behaviors and reduce their risk of CVD. METHODS Methods: The development of MyHealthPA occurred in three stages: (1) a review of the literature; (2) a scoping survey (n=251) among people with and without experience of mental health problems; and (3) program development informed by stages (1) and (2). A small pilot trial among young people with and without mental health (MH) disorders was also conducted. Participants completed a baseline assessment and given access to the MyHealthPA program for a period of eight weeks. They were then asked to complete an end-of-treatment assessment and a follow-up assessment one month later. RESULTS Results: Twenty-eight young people aged 19 to 25 years were recruited to the pilot trial. Of these, 12 (43%) had been previously diagnosed with a MI. Twelve participants (43%) completed the end-of-treatment assessment and six (21%) completed the follow-up assessment. Small improvements in fruit and vegetable consumption, level of physical activity, alcohol use, and mood were found between baseline and end-of-treatment and follow-up, particularly among people with experience of MH issues. Most participants (57-60%) reported the program had above average usability, however only 29-40% of participants reported that they would like to use the program frequently and would recommend it to other young people. Participants also identified a number of ways in which the program could be improved. CONCLUSIONS Conclusions: This article describes the formative research and process of planning that formed the development of MyHealthPA and the evidence base underpinning the approach. The MyHealthPA program represents an innovative approach to CVD risk reduction among people with mental health problems. MyHealthPA appears to be an acceptable, easy to use, and potentially effective mHealth intervention to assist young people with mental illness to monitor risk factors for CVD. However, ways in which the program could be improved for future testing and dissemination were identified and are discussed.

scholarly journals Investigating young adults’ mental health and early working life trajectories from a life course perspective: the role of transitions

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ute Bültmann ◽  
Iris Arends ◽  
Karin Veldman ◽  
Christopher B. McLeod ◽  
Sander K.R. van Zon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Life Trajectories

BackgroundMany young adults leave the labour market because of mental health problems or never really enter it, through early moves onto disability benefits. Across many countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, between 30% and 50% of all new disability benefit claims are due to mental health problems; among young adults this moves up to 50%–80%.OutlineWe propose a research agenda focused on transitions in building young adults’ mental health and early working life trajectories, considering varying views for subgroups of a society. First, we briefly review five transition characteristics, then we elaborate a research agenda with specific research questions.Research agendaOur research agenda focuses on transitions as processes, in time and place and as sensitive periods, when examining young adults’ mental health and early working life trajectories from a life course perspective. As more and more childhood and adolescent cohorts mature and facilitate research on later life labour market, work and health outcomes, transition research can help guide policy and practice interventions.Future cross-disciplinary researchIn view of the many challenges young adults face when entering the changing world of work and labour markets, future research on transitions in young adults related to their mental health and early working life trajectories will provide ample opportunities for collaborative cross-disciplinary research and stimulate debate on this important challenge.

scholarly journals Employment and Chronic Diseases: Suggested Actions for The Implementation of Inclusive Policies for The Participation of People with Chronic Diseases in the Labour Market

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiola Silvaggi ◽  
Michela Eigenmann ◽  
Chiara Scaratti ◽  
Erika Guastafierro ◽  
Claudia Toppo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Union Member ◽  
Training Tool ◽  
Employee Wellbeing ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
European Union Member States

In recent decades, the number of people living with one or more chronic diseases has increased dramatically, affecting all sectors of society, particularly the labour market. Such an increase of people with chronic diseases combined with the aging of working population affects income levels and job opportunities, careers, social inclusion and working conditions. Both legislation and company regulations should take into account the difficulties that workers experiencing chronic diseases may face in order to be able to formulate innovative and person-centred responses to effectively manage this workforce while simultaneously ensuring employee wellbeing and continued employer productivity. The European Joint Action “CHRODIS PLUS: Implementing good practices for Chronic Diseases” supports European Union Member States in the implementation of new and innovative policies and practices for health promotion, diseases prevention and for promoting participation of people with chronic diseases in labour market. Therefore, a Toolbox for employment and chronic conditions has been developed and its aim is to improve work access and participation of people with chronic diseases and to support employers in implementing health promotion and chronic disease prevention activities in the workplace. The Toolbox consists of two independent instruments: the Training tool for managers and the Toolkit for workplaces that have been tested in different medium and large companies and working sectors in several European countries.

scholarly journals Involving carers and service users in the training of psychiatrists

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 270-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gráinne Fadden ◽  
Mike Shooter ◽  
Gareth Holsgrove
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Training Schemes ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
To Receive

In June 2005 it became mandatory for psychiatric trainees to receive training directly from people who experience mental health problems and their carers. This will be checked on approval visits to all training schemes, and accreditation may be withheld until this aspect of training is in place. For many of those who are responsible for training, this may be a new undertaking. We outline some of the issues that trainers need to consider when involving service users and carers in their training programmes, including background issues, how to prepare both those delivering and those receiving training, and logistical considerations. It is hoped that this paper will alert trainers to issues that need to be considered if such training is to be successful.

scholarly journals Health Predictors of Pain in Elderly—A Serbian Population-Based Study

Diagnostics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Kostadinovic ◽  
Dejan Nikolic ◽  
Dragana Cirovic ◽  
Ljubica Konstantinovic ◽  
Milica Mitrovic-Jovanovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
General Health ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disease ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Health Predictors ◽  
Significant Health

Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate the association of health factors with the presence and different degrees of pain in elderly above 65 years of life. Methods: The population-based study included 3540 individuals above 65 years of age of life from twofold stratified household sample representative for Serbia, during 2013 (the average age 73.9 ± 6.3 years; average Body Mass Index was 26.7 ± 4.4, females 56.8%, living with partner 55.5%, with primary education 55.3%, with poor wealth index 55.8% and from rural settings 46.2%). As health predictors of pain, we analyzed further health parameters: self-perceived general health, long-lasting health problems, diagnosed pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal disease, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and other chronic diseases. Pain domain of SF-36 version 2.0 was used for pain assessment. Results: Significant health predictors of pain were: self-perceived general health (OR 2.28), where bad perception of self-perceived general health in our study had greater risk of pain with higher degree of severity; long-lasting health problems (OR 1.60), where elderly with long-lasting health problems had almost twice the risk of moderate degree of pain, and above twice the risk for severe degree of pain; pulmonary disease (OR 1.38); musculoskeletal disease (OR 2.98) and other chronic diseases (OR 1.71). The presence of musculoskeletal disease increases the risk for pain, even more than double in severe versus mild degrees of pain. Conclusion: Bad self-perceived general health, long-lasting health problems, pulmonary, musculoskeletal diseases, cardiovascular disease and other chronic disease were significant health-related predictors of various degrees of pain in elderly.

scholarly journals Awareness amongst Audiologists Regarding Effects of Radiation Therapy on Auditory System

2018 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 015-019
Author(s):  
Bennet Elsa Joseph ◽  
Nituna Vinod ◽  
Dona Maria Thomas ◽  
Arya Krishnan S.
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Auditory System ◽  
Background Radiation ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Post Radiation ◽  
Effects Of Radiation ◽  
The Many ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Descriptive Statistical Analysis

Abstract Background: Radiation therapy has been a life saver for patients suffering from cancer. Hearing loss can be one of the many side effects of radiation therapy. It can affect the integration of the patient into society after the treatment of cancer is complete. Along with hearing loss, the patients may also experience other auditory symptoms like tinnitus, loudness intolerance and speech perception difficulties which are to be assessed, diagnosed and treated by Audiologists. In order to provide effective rehabilitation, it is necessary that Audiologists are aware of the effect of radiation therapy on the auditory system and what role they play in the interdisciplinary approach. The aim of the present study was to briefly assess whether this awareness is present amongst Audiologists. Method : A questionnaire was prepared to comprise of questions related to the various aspects of effects of radiation therapy on the auditory system. The questionnaire was circulated online amongst Audiologists and completed questionnaires were subjected to descriptive statistical analysis. Results : Only 76.9% Audiologists who were part of the survey were sure that hearing loss can be a side effect of radiation therapy. Many of the Audiologists were not sure whether they should provide audiological services to the patient before radiation therapy or after radiation therapy. 44% were not sure about what measures could be taken to reduce the effect of radiation therapy on the auditory system. 96.3% stated that there is a need to receive more specific training in dealing with rehabilitative cases post radiation therapy.

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