scholarly journals Attitudes and Values of Physical Education Professionals and Undergraduate Students about Their Role in Health Promotion

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2288
Author(s):  
Júlio César Nasário ◽  
Victor Zaia ◽  
Camila Martins Trevisan ◽  
Simone Garzon ◽  
Antonio Simone Laganà ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Academic Training ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Education Professionals ◽  
Concept Of Health

Physical education (PE) is identified with health, with PE teachers and school PE regarded as legitimate instruments for health promotion. The PE teacher’s conceptions, attitudes, and values regarding the role of PE are inseparable from their performance. Thus, the objective of the present work is to verify concepts and attitudes of PE professionals and undergraduate students, in order to verify how they value their role in health promotion. This was a cross-sectional study that used surveys to assess attitudes and values of PE professionals and undergraduate students about their concepts of the role of PE in health promotion. A total of 942 PE professionals and undergraduate students regards themselves as players in health promotion (86.9%) despite no clear definition about the concept of health or the curriculum to attain such a goal, mainly based on academic training only. Also, they attribute the responsibility for childhood obesity and lack of motivation for the practice of physical activity to external factors, such as media (72.6%), family (84.7%), and technologies (83.1%). Despite participants regarding themselves as players in health promotion, there is a loose definition on how to promote health, and how to provide curriculum and strategies to meet the needs of public health.

scholarly journals Students’ and physical education professionals’ knowledge about first aid maneuvers in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and syncope: A cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
Patrícia Caires Maceno ◽  
Sacha Clael ◽  
Pedro Victor Nogueira de Souza ◽  
Lídia Mara Aguiar Bezerra de Melo ◽  
Glauco Falcão de Araújo Filho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Education Professionals

Cancer health promotion in Ghana: A survey of community pharmacists’ perception and barriers

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1361-1368
Author(s):  
Kofi B Mensah ◽  
Frasia Oosthuizen ◽  
Varsha Bangalee
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Cross Sectional

Available data indicate that cancer has emerged as an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Ghana. Globally, one of the interventions aimed at disease prevention is through health promotion. To our knowledge, there are no published reports examining the practices of community pharmacists towards cancer health promotion in Ghana. This study was set to examine the perception and perceived barriers of community pharmacists in the provision of cancer health promotion services in Ghana. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using electronic questionnaire to assess the perception and perceived barriers of Ghanaian community pharmacists towards provision of cancer health promotion. Key findings The majority of community pharmacists (77.30%) believe that cancer health promotion is an important part of their daily practice. The survey participants were more likely to have a positive perception of the role of the pharmacist if they were older, male, Christian, or had completed the PharmD program ( p < 0.05 for all parameters). Lack of cancer educational materials (69%) was the major perceived barrier in providing cancer health promotion services. Conclusion Ghanaian community pharmacists recognise to play an important role in the provision of cancer health promotion service.

scholarly journals “Macron demission!”: Loss of significance generates violent extremism for the Yellow Vests through feelings of anomia

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-124
Author(s):  
Yara Mahfud ◽  
Jaïs Adam-Troian
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sense Of Control ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Personal Loss ◽  
Violent Extremism

After over 2 months of demonstration, 12 casualties, 3,142 people injured, and more than 5,000 people in custody, the question of why the Yellow Vest (YV) protests turned so violent remains. In line with a significance quest perspective on violent extremism (Kruglanski & Orehek, 2011), the present contribution assessed whether the motivation to restore a sense of control and purpose could explain why French citizens engage in violent YV extremism. We hypothesized that personal loss of significance should predict intentions to display YV violence through increased feelings of anomia. Cross-sectional (Study 1, N = 776, general population) and experimental (Study 2, N = 511, undergraduate students) mediation analyses corroborated this hypothesis, in addition to other known predictors of violent extremism. These results provide a first existential-motivational explanation of YV violence in France and highlight the key role of anomia as a predictor of violent extremism under loss of significance.

scholarly journals Attitude of researchers towards ethics committee at a medical research institute in Coimbatore: a cross sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 615
Author(s):  
Subhashini Ganesan ◽  
Sujatha Rajaragupathy ◽  
Kavitha Subramanian ◽  
Jayagowri Karthikeyan
Keyword(s):  
Medical Research ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Ethics Committee ◽  
Ethical Review ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: The role of ethics committees has been well defined, but many researchers regard ethical review as a road block to research.Methods: To assess the attitude of the researchers towards the ethics committee, a cross sectional study was conducted among 80 researchers, which includes both faculty and undergraduate students at a medical research institute.Results: Our study shows that though most of the researchers agreed that ethics committee is mandatory, they felt that ethics committee review delays research projects, undermined the role of non-medical members in the committee, felt annoyed about the documentation and answering the full board queries and presentations.Conclusions: Study concludes that though the researchers have understood the critical role of ethics committee, they lack a positive attitude when it comes to the ethics committee functioning. Therefore, training should be conducted for researchers, which addresses these issues, so that the misunderstandings and conflicts are minimized.

scholarly journals PRESENÇA DE ORTOREXIA NERVOSA EM ESTUDANTES DE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA E NUTRIÇÃO

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
Mayara Rodrigues da Silva ◽  
Paula Lima Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Nutrition Course ◽  
High Prevalence

The objective of the study was to evaluate the presence of orthorexia nervosa in undergraduate students of nutrition and physical education and its relation with the use of social networks. This is a cross-sectional study, which included undergraduate students of nutrition and physical education from an university of the São Paulo countryside, both men and women, over 18 years of age, who agreed to attend on the study. The Orto-15 questionnaire was used to evaluate ortorexia nervosa behaviors. The association of social networks use with ortorexia nervosa was also evaluated. The results showed high prevalence of orthorexic behavior (85.1%). The prevalence was higher in physical education course (53.3%), which has majority of male students. Prevalence in nutrition course was 46.7%. There was no association of orthorexia with social networks use.

Does a Graduate Course in Fluency Disorders Make a Difference?

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn R. Klein ◽  
Barbara J. Amster
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Fluency Disorders ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
Communicative Disorders

Abstract A study by Yaruss and Quesal (2002), based on responses from 134 of 239 ASHA accredited graduate programs, indicated that approximately 25% of graduate programs in the United States allow students to earn their degree without having coursework in fluency disorders and 66% of programs allow students to graduate without clinical experience treating people who stutter (PWS). It is not surprising that many clinicians report discomfort in treating PWS. This cross-sectional study compares differences in beliefs about the cause of stuttering between freshman undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory course in communicative disorders and graduate students enrolled and in the final weeks of a graduate course in fluency disorders.

Role of Sildenafil in the Treatment of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of Newborn (PPHN) - Should it Be Withdrawn from Market of Bangladesh due to Threat of being Misuses

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-104
Author(s):  
Maksudur Rahman ◽  
Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun ◽  
MAK Azad Chowdhury ◽  
Abu Sayeed Munsi
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cardiac Intensive Care ◽  
Hospital Protocol

Background: Recently it has been apprehended that sildenafil, a drug which has been successfully using in the treatment of PPHN and erectile dysfunction in adult, is going to be withdrawn from the market of Bangladesh due to threat of its misuses. Objective: The aim of this study was to see the extent of uses of sildenafil in the treatment of PPHN and importance of availability of this drugs in the market inspite of its probable misuses. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), special baby care unit (SCABU) and cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) of Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital from June, 2017 to May 2018. Neonates with PPHN were enrolled in the study. All cases were treated with oral sildenefil for PPHN along with others management according to hospital protocol. Data along with other parameters were collected and analyzed. Results: Total 320 patients with suspected PPHN were admitted during the study period. Among them 92 (29%) cases had PPHN. Male were 49(53 %) cases and female were 43(47%) cases. Mean age at hospital admission was 29.7±13.4 hours. Based on echocardiography,13(14%) cases had mild, 38 (41%) cases moderate and 41(45%) cases severe PPHN. Mean duration of sildenafil therapy was 11.9±7.1 days. Improved from PPHN were 83 (90%) cases. Mortality was 10% (9). Conclusion: In this study it was found that the incidence of PPHN is 29% among the suspected newborns. Sildenafil is successfull in improving the oxygenation of PPHN and to decrease the mortality of neonates. DS (Child) H J 2019; 35(2) : 100-104

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