scholarly journals Informing Youth Health and Well-Being Programs: A National 4-H Healthy Living Evaluation Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-236
Author(s):  
Donna J. Peterson ◽  
Laura H. Downey ◽  
JoAnne Leatherman
Keyword(s):  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Program Planning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Outcome Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Health And Well Being

4-H Healthy Living programs address healthy eating; physical activity; social-emotional health and well-being; alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use prevention; and injury prevention. Using the Systematic Screening and Assessment Method, this paper identified 32 4-H Healthy Living programs across the nation ready for comprehensive outcome evaluation and/or national replication based on 6 criteria. Weaknesses in an additional 78 programs that did not meet the criteria were also identified. Programs that failed to meet the criteria did so primarily because they lacked a clearly delineated theory of change or appropriate evaluation. Implications for practice include ways to strengthen program planning and use of a comprehensive evaluation framework. Specific attention is given to professional development for 4-H professionals.

Pateicības izpausmes folklorā psiholoģiskā kontekstā

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-53
Author(s):  
Ieva Ančevska
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Neuroscience Research ◽  
Health And Well Being

The article examines the depiction of gratitude and related events in Latvian folklore through comparative evaluation. Gratitude is considered in a psychological context, comparing the attitude expressed in folklore with the findings of modern scientific research. Gratitude is a concept that is usually associated with a relationship or a benefit, it is most often aimed outwards, dedicated to someone else, but at the same time, it creates a pleasant feeling within the person. In modern psychology, gratitude is receiving more and more attention from researchers because its manifestations stimulate the formation of positive emotions and contribute to the improvement of the person’s overall well-being. Research and clinical studies in psychotherapy confirm that gratitude plays an important role in improving mental health and reducing depressive, destructive feelings. In turn, neuroscience research shows the potential of a grateful and positive attitude in strengthening psycho-emotional health and well-being in general. In Latvian folklore, gratitude is depicted as an important part of ritual events, which helps to ensure a positive, balanced connection with the forces of nature, gods, and society. In folklore, the importance of gratitude is emphasised more when building family relationships or accepting various situations and occurrences in life. In both psychological research and the practice of systemic therapy, as well as in folklore, gratitude appears as one of the most important values of interpersonal connection, which promotes the formation of harmonious relationships. Similar to the opinions of psychology, the folk world views emphasise the motivational role of gratitude in improving the quality of human life and health in general.

School as setting to create a healthy teaching and learning environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 200-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Lee ◽  
Robin Man-biu Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Whole Student ◽  
Health And Well Being

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze how professional cultures in schools and school systems could improve the well-being of students, with a particular emphasis on teacher-health partnerships, which would not naturally occur without a specific intentional intervention. Implemented with a whole-school approach, the Health Promoting School (HPS) is one of the most effective intentional interventions to achieve improvements in both the health and educational outcomes of students through the engagement of key stakeholders in education and health to create a healthy physical/psycho-social environment. This paper emphasizes collaboration and the building of professional cultures in schools that share collective responsibility for the whole student. Design/methodology/approach Student outcomes in schools should include both academic and health and well-being outcomes that promote positive pathways throughout adulthood. This paper connects HPS research with policy analysis drawing on Hong Kong’s unique context as being at the top of the PISA rankings and striving toward a positive health culture and well-being in its schools. Findings Evidence has been gathered extensively about what schools actually do in health promotion using the HPS framework. The HPS framework has served to assist schools and authorities to concentrate on the gaps and affirm best practices. This paper also reports how teachers have created a professional and collegial community with health partners to address outbreaks of infectious diseases in schools and obesity in students. Practical implications The concept of HPS can serve as an ecological model to promote the positive health and well-being of students, fostering their personal growth and development, and as an alternate model for school improvement. Social implications This paper has highlighted that structured school health programs such as HPS could have positive effects on educational outcomes, while also changing professional cultures and communities in schools with an emphasis on students’ physical health, emotional health, social health, or spiritual health. The Assessment Program for Affective and Social Outcomes is used as a tool by schools in Hong Kong, reflecting the affective and social developments of the students in the school under review as a whole, and how they relate to the school. It resembles the core areas of action competencies, and school social environment; the two key areas of HPS. Originality/value Hong Kong is often analyzed from an educational rankings perspective. However, it offers broader lessons on educational change, as it has in recent years emphasized dual goals in student outcomes and professional communities – the importance of whole student health and well-being as a both a precursor and key component to the educational outcomes schools seek. Globally, very few schools are able to implement HPS in its entirety. Continuing development of HPS in Hong Kong would add value to international literature in terms of which types of data would influence adoption of HPS in which types of school and policy contexts.

The land enriches the soul: On climatic and environmental change, affect, and emotional health and well-being in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Canada

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 14-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox ◽  
Sherilee L. Harper ◽  
Victoria L. Edge ◽  
Karen Landman ◽  
Karen Houle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Climatic And Environmental Change ◽  
Health And Well Being

The Role of the Supervisor in Creating and Maintaining an Emotionally Healthy Workplace

2022 ◽  
pp. 1715-1730
Author(s):  
Amy Tureen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Organizational Cultures ◽  
Educational Model ◽  
Positional Power ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Well Being

Supervisors, be they employed in higher education or in other industries, operate in capacities that allow them to shape organizational cultures within their departments, divisions, colleges, or broader units. Within the higher educational model, this means that supervisors are uniquely placed to counteract negative elements within the culture of academia, which historically has tended to prioritize individual competitive output, with alternative models that may offer improvements to the emotional health and well-being of higher education employees. This chapter seeks to describe the impact of stress on the health of workers, the employment stressors that are unique to higher education, and the processes by which supervisors in higher education can use their positional power to counteract said stressors and improve academic organizational cultures. The chapter includes practical suggestions for supervisors to enhance wellness and decrease emotional harm in scenarios common to the higher education workplace as identified via social media crowdsourcing.

How does video interaction guidance contribute to infant and parental mental health and well-being?

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 500-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary Kennedy ◽  
Kevin Ball ◽  
Jane Barlow
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Mediated Learning ◽  
Infant Attachment ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Feedback Techniques ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
The Way

This article describes the contribution of video interaction guidance (VIG) to the development of infant and parental and VIG practitioners’ mental health and well-being. The theoretical core of VIG was depicted in terms of concepts such as intersubjectivity, attunement and mediated learning. The way the VIG principles alongside the underpinning values and beliefs promote a process of attunement between parent and infant, the VIG practitioner and parent, and the VIG practitioner and supervisor is described. This article also describes some of the evidence about the effectiveness of video feedback techniques more generally and the way in which the underpinning theory of change enables VIG to target key ports of entry in terms of areas that have been highlighted by numerous epidemiological studies as being important in terms of supporting or derailing infant attachment security. A case study is used to demonstrate the way in which VIG can be integrated within broader therapeutic approaches such as parent–infant psychotherapy to support the interaction of parents who have been deeply traumatised in childhood. It also demonstrates how the parallel process of practitioner ‘attunement’ to mother is key to the mother’s recovery and her new ability to form attuned relationships herself with her children and other adults.

Online Fraud

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra Cross
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Bank Account ◽  
Online Fraud ◽  
Victim Support ◽  
Health And Well Being

Each year, millions of individuals worldwide find themselves victims of online fraud. Whether it is responding to a fraudulent email with bank account details or being defrauded through a false relationship, fraud can have a life-changing impact on an individual victim. For many victims, this goes beyond pure monetary losses and impacts their physical and emotional health and well-being. Historically, fraud has not been the priority of police or government agencies; however, increased developments in technology mean that fraud is affecting a greater number of victims than ever before. The online nature of many fraudulent approaches carries with it a new set of unique challenges associated with the policing and prevention of online fraud, and victim support services are currently not well equipped (if even in existence) to deal with the aftermath of victimization.

scholarly journals The NH Alliance for Healthy Aging: Using a Collective Impact Approach to Advance Healthy Aging

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 107-108
Author(s):  
Jennifer Rabalais ◽  
Laura Davie ◽  
Alison Rataj
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
The State ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Collective Impact ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Aging Field

Abstract The NH Alliance for Healthy Aging (NH AHA) is a statewide coalition of stakeholders building cross sector partnerships that support and promote healthy aging throughout the state. Formed in 2016, NH AHA works to promote its shared vision to create communities in New Hampshire that advance culture, policies and services which support older adults and their families. As the largest coalition focused on the health and well being of older people in the state, NH AHA currently engages over 300 participants representing more than 185 organizations and/or groups statewide. Participants will hear how this collective power has led to early successes in advancing AHA’s five strategic priorities, including early statewide policy successes. A review of the collective impact model will be provided with discussion on how NH uses this model intentionally to align the work in the aging field of NH. NH AHA’s theory of change starts with changing the conversation around aging across NH’s communities and is the foundation for the efforts to advance Reframing Aging principles and recommendations through the work of NH AHA and statewide. NH AHA’s strategic plans to become a resource and hub of Reframing Aging activity in the state will be reviewed. As a result of the presentation audience members will be able to 1) describe the 5 conditions of collective impact 2) give 2 examples of how NH is utilizing these conditions intentionally and 3) describe NH’s efforts to create common measures for the aging field in NH.

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