Social capital and health interventions: enhancing social capital to improve health

2018 ◽  
pp. 149-172
Author(s):  
Jean Guo ◽  
Setti Raïs Ali ◽  
Lise Rochaix
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Improve Health

Can We Promote Public Health and Generate Return on Our Investment?

Pained ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 99-102
Author(s):  
Michael D. Stein ◽  
Sandro Galea
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
National Level ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Public Health Interventions ◽  
Vaccination Programs ◽  
Sweetened Beverages ◽  
Curative Care ◽  
Improve Health

This chapter looks at how the country’s health investment remains resolutely focused on curative care. Perhaps people spend more on cure than they do on prevention because they believe keeping people healthy is too expensive. But is this true? An analysis set out to assess the return on investment for high-income countries that adopt efforts to improve health. The authors found that the median return on investment for public health interventions was 14 to 1—that is, for every dollar invested, it yields the same dollar back and another 14. They also found that the more these interventions were established at the wider, national level, the higher the return, rising up to about 40 to 1 for the best investments. These interventions include vaccination programs, taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, building better cities to reduce falls, and early youth interventions to limit teenage pregnancy and delinquency. In other words, these are classic efforts to promote the public’s health by shaping the conditions in which people live.

Promoting social capital to alleviate loneliness and improve health among older people in Spain

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Coll-Planas ◽  
Gabriela del Valle Gómez ◽  
Petra Bonilla ◽  
Teresa Masat ◽  
Teresa Puig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Older People ◽  
Improve Health

scholarly journals Co-Designing Health Interventions With Refugee Communities – A Scoping Review.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebeccah Bartlett ◽  
Jessica Watterson ◽  
Jacqueline Boyle
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Venn Diagram ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Improve Health

Abstract BackgroundAs of June 2020, there were more than 79.5 million people displaced from their homes globally. Despite significantly different lived experiences, health literacy is poor within most displaced communities, contributing to low awareness and uptake of healthcare services and poor health outcomes as a result. Co-designing health interventions with communities is not a new concept however it is experiencing a significant increase in interest and support within the global health movement and areas of health equity in particular. This scoping review examines the current literature and gaps related to co-designing health interventions with refugees in order to increase health literacy; provide health services; and/or build quantitative data on health needs specific to refugee communities.MethodsThe following three questions were drafted and incorporated into a PICO framework.1. What literature exists surrounding co-designing health interventions with refugee populations?2. What effect (if any) do existing co-designed health interventions have on health outcomes (as defined above) within refugee populations?3. What gaps persist in co-designing health interventions with refugee communities? Key search terms were developed aiming to locate academic literature located within a Venn diagram of three categories: health, refugees and co-design. ResultsCombined searches uncovered a total of 1,804 articles following removal of duplications. 1,750 articles were excluded following screening of title and abstract leaving a shortlist of 54 articles. Only 10 of these articles met PICO criteria and nine of these focused exclusively on co-designing health interventions with refugee populations applied qualitative techniques. Only one article addressed all three health outcomes listed in the inclusion criteria above and half the articles did not discuss intervention outcomes or include any form of process evaluation.ConclusionsThis scoping review presents an opportunity to explore the intersection of collaborative design and health innovation with refugee communities. To ensure health interventions improve health outcomes, communities directly affected by displacement must be supported to authentically participate in, and where possible lead, efforts to co-design within this context. Future research efforts should expand to focus on evaluating the outcomes of ethical, meaningful and representative collaboration.

scholarly journals Digital Health Interventions for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie A. Devine ◽  
Adrienne S. Viola ◽  
Elliot J. Coups ◽  
Yelena P. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Cancer Survivors ◽  
Adult Cancer Survivors ◽  
Improve Health

This narrative review describes the evidence regarding digital health interventions targeting adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors. We reviewed the published literature for studies involving Internet, mHealth, social media, telehealth, and other digital interventions for AYA survivors. We highlight selected studies to illustrate the state of the research in this unique patient population. Interventions have used various digital modalities to improve health behaviors (eg, physical activity, nutrition, tobacco cessation), enhance emotional well-being, track and intervene on cancer-related symptoms, and improve survivorship care delivery. The majority of studies have demonstrated feasibility and acceptability of digital health interventions for AYA survivors, but few efficacy studies have been conducted. Digital health interventions are promising to address unmet psychosocial and health information needs of AYA survivors. Researchers should use rigorous development and evaluation methods to demonstrate the efficacy of these approaches to improve health outcomes for AYA survivors.

scholarly journals Adapting Citizen Science to Improve Health in an Occupational Setting: Preliminary Results of a Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (14) ◽  
pp. 4917
Author(s):  
Mandy van den Berge ◽  
Gerben Hulsegge ◽  
Henk F. van der Molen ◽  
Karin I. Proper ◽  
H. Roeline W. Pasman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Social Culture ◽  
Blue Collar Workers ◽  
Occupational Setting ◽  
Improve Health

Health interventions often do not reach blue-collar workers. Citizen science engages target groups in the design and execution of health interventions, but has not yet been applied in an occupational setting. This preliminary study determines barriers and facilitators and feasible elements for citizen science to improve the health of blue-collar workers. The study was conducted in a terminal and construction company by performing semi-structured interviews and focus groups with employees, company management and experts. Interviews and focus groups were analyzed using thematic content analysis and the elements were pilot tested. Workers considered work pressure, work location and several personal factors as barriers for citizen science at the worksite, and (lack of) social support and (negative) social culture both as barriers and facilitators. Citizen science to improve health at the worksite may include three elements: (1) knowledge and skills, (2) social support and social culture, and (3) awareness about lifestyle behaviors. Strategies to implement these elements may be company specific. This study provides relevant indications on feasible elements and strategies for citizen science to improve health at the worksite. Further studies on the feasibility of citizen science in other settings, including a larger and more heterogeneous sample of blue-collar workers, are necessary.

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