scholarly journals Svømmetilbud målrettet etniske kvinder, Procesevaluering af en svømmeintervention

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Pernille Tangaard Andersen ◽  
Carsten Kronborg Bak ◽  
Camilla Tykgaard Clausen
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Major Effect ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Gender Barriers ◽  
Free Arrangement ◽  
Economic Support ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
And Gender

<p><em>Evaluation of a swimming-intervention targeting female ethnical minorities.<br /> </em><em>A health-promoting intervention in Korskærparken, established by the municipality of Fredericia, has been evaluated to identify potentials and barriers in health promotion targeting ethnic minorities. Factors that had a major effect in the success of the intervention were; a nearly cost free arrangement; the target groups ownership in the intervention; the fact that cultural and gender barriers were taken into account and the recruitment of participants through the local community, mentors and other participants. Barriers included dependence on economic support and practical arrangement. </em><strong><em></em></strong></p>

scholarly journals Culturally sensitive diabetes education supporting ethnic minorities with type 2 diabetes

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
N F Hempler ◽  
D H Laursen ◽  
C Glümer
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Diabetes Education ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Health Promoting

Abstract Background Ethnic minorities of non-Western origin are at higher risk of type 2 diabetes and diabetes complications, compared to the general population. Diabetes education programmes are essential to support people with diabetes to initiate and sustain behaviours needed to manage their condition throughout their lives. However, shaping diabetes education that provide culturally sensitive education that is acceptable to and supports diabetes self-management among members of ethnic minorities is needed. Objectives In this study, we develop and evaluate a culturally sensitive diabetes education programme in a community health setting, focusing on Arabic, Urdu or Turkish languages (n = 100). The programme aims to support ethnic minorities with type 2 diabetes in making health-promoting decisions about their care. Also, it will produce knowledge about methods and tools to improve content and format, and about the skills of those delivering the education. Using design-based research, the development comprised three phases: needs assessment, co-creation and testing. The target groups were actively involved in all phases. Results The needs assessment was based on fieldwork, workshops and interviews with the target groups and educators. Data showed that self-blame and learned helplessness undermined health-promoting decisions in the target groups. Also, a lack of clear roles between educators and peer educators, and a limited focus on goal setting in the educational setting was observed. The needs assessment informed the development of a 6 week group-based programme, supported by 11 dialogue tools. Preliminary findings show a high level of programme acceptability and participation as well as engagement in diabetes and care in the target groups. Conclusions By actively involving the target groups, health care professionals and as well as health services directly engaged with the target group, the outcomes of the programme are likely to be relevant to individuals and institutions. Key messages This study gives voice to ethnic minorities with type 2 diabetes through the co-creation of a diabetes education programme aiming to support health-promoting decisions. Innovative and involving methods are highly relevant to develop acceptable and effective diabetes education programmes targeting ethnic minority groups.

scholarly journals Health promotion initiative: A dementia-friendly local community in Sweden

Dementia ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 147130122097773
Author(s):  
Elzana Odzakovic ◽  
Ingrid Hellström ◽  
Ann-Charlotte Nedlund ◽  
Agneta Kullberg
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Health Promoting

Dementia is a great public health concern worldwide. Despite this, little is known from a health-promoting perspective about dementia in general as a public health issue, in dialog with people living with dementia, applicable at individual, group, and societal levels with regard to policies and practice. This study therefore aims to explore the experiences related to living with dementia in the local community by advancing a health-promoting perspective. Semi-structured individual and group interviews were conducted with participants ( n = 22) with lived, professional, and personal experiences of dementia living in a medium-sized municipality in Sweden. Transcripts were analyzed by thematic analysis. Four themes emerged: health promotion through knowledge and public awareness, health promotion through opportunities to be active, health promotion through meaningful meeting places, and health promotion through improvements in the welfare system. We found that more knowledge and public awareness about dementia are needed to advance a health-promoting perspective and increase the prominence of dementia as a public health issue. Further research and policy need to focus more on how professionals in dementia care practice could be involved in promoting health and well-being for people with dementia.

GENDER BARRIERS TO HEALTH PROMOTION IN MIDDLE-AGED IRANIAN WOMEN

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 818-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. ENJEZAB ◽  
Z. FARAJZADEGAN ◽  
F. TALEGHANI ◽  
A. AFLATOONIAN
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Iranian Women ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Gender Barriers ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Exercise Facilities ◽  
Barriers To Health

SummaryThis study explores the perceived socio-cultural factors that might be barriers to health-promoting behaviour in middle-aged women in the city of Yazd in Iran. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the barriers to a healthy lifestyle in middle-aged women. Interviews with women aged 40–60 were audio-taped, transcribed and analysed using content analysis. The interviews focused on socio-cultural factors and five main themes emerged: (a) giving higher priority to non-health-related needs; (b) the dominance of the husband's will in the family; (c) preference of children's needs to own needs; (d) having to fulfil multiple responsibilities; and (e) low access to community resources for health promotion. The multiple responsibilities of family and work, patriarchal societal attitudes and lack of exercise facilities are barriers to health in middle-aged Iranian women.

Health psychology and health promotion

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toni Faltermaier
Keyword(s):  
Health Psychology ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Occupational Groups ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Prevention And Health Promotion ◽  
Basic And Applied Research

Abstract. The Flensburg health psychology group takes a salutogenic perspective and aims at developing innovative health promotion approaches. It stands in the interdisciplinary context of health and educational sciences. Our focus in research is on both, stress processes and lay representations of health and illness in the context of salutogenic theories of health. Basic and applied research activities aim at developing subject-oriented approaches of prevention and health promotion that are designed to promote health resources and competencies in selected settings and target groups. Current research is concentrated on socially disadvantaged groups, on occupational groups and on men to develop tailored health promotion approaches that reach groups in need and which show sustainable effects.

Leadership and Gender Stereotyping of Emotions

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Fischbach ◽  
Philipp W. Lichtenthaler ◽  
Nina Horstmann
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Expression ◽  
Women's Leadership ◽  
Gender Stereotyping ◽  
Leadership Perceptions ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
General Managers ◽  
Leadership Success ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Successful Manager

Abstract. People believe women are more emotional than men but it remains unclear to what extent such emotion stereotypes affect leadership perceptions. Extending the think manager-think male paradigm ( Schein, 1973 ), we examined the similarity of emotion expression descriptions of women, men, and managers. In a field-based online experiment, 1,098 participants (male and female managers and employees) rated one of seven target groups on 17 emotions: men or women (in general, managers, or successful managers), or successful managers. Men in general are described as more similar to successful managers in emotion expression than are women in general. Only with the label manager or successful manager do women-successful manager similarities on emotion expression increase. These emotion stereotypes might hinder women’s leadership success.

The Combination of Gender and Ethnic Quotas in Electoral Politics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie M. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
The Political ◽  
Gender Quotas ◽  
Ethnic Minority Women ◽  
Multicultural Feminism ◽  
Ethnic Quotas ◽  
And Gender ◽  
National Legislatures

Around the world, countries are increasingly using quotas to enhance the diversity of political representatives. This chapter considers the histories and policy designs of ethnic and gender quotas that regulate national legislatures. Most countries with quotas target only one type of under-represented group—for example, women or ethnic minorities. Even in countries with both gender and ethnic quotas (called ‘tandem quotas’), the policies typically evolved separately and work differently. Women and ethnic minorities are treated as distinct groups, ignoring the political position of ethnic minority women. However, a handful of countries have ‘nested quotas’ that specifically regulate the political inclusion of ethnic minority women. The second half the chapter focuses explicitly on nested quotas. It lays out how nested quotas work, where and how they have been adopted, and the prospect for their spread to new countries in the future. The chapter concludes with reflections on the promises and pitfalls of nested quotas as a vehicle for multicultural feminism.

scholarly journals Application of the Ottawa Charter Five Priority Areas of Action for Public Health to an Institution-Wide Diabetes Care Promotion

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1543
Author(s):  
Min-Hua Lin ◽  
She-Yu Chiu ◽  
Wen-Chao Ho ◽  
Hui-Ying Huang
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Diabetes Care ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Diabetes Patients

This study was the first institution-wide health promotion program in Taiwan to apply the five priority areas for taking action in public health highlighted in the Ottawa Charter for diabetes patients. We aimed to improve the quality of home care received by diabetic patients by training health care professionals in health promotion. This program consisted of developing personal skills, reorienting health services, strengthening community actions, creating supportive environments, and building healthy public policy. It was applied in the Yunlin Christian Hospital located in central Taiwan from August 2011 to November 2011. A health-promoting education course consisting of weight control, diabetes care, and quality management for diabetes was developed and applied to all 323 hospital staff. Then, hospital staff volunteers and diabetes patients were recruited to participate in the program. A total of 61 staff volunteers and 90 diabetes patients were involved in this study. Staff volunteers were trained to participate in communities to provide care and guidance to patients with diabetes. The World Health Organization Quality of Life(WHOQOL)-BREF-Taiwan Version questionnaires were investigated before and after implementation of this program for the patients. A health-promoting lifestyle profile questionnaire was filled by the staff. The investigation data were then analyzed by statistical methods. The diabetes patients experienced a significant increase in their satisfaction with health and health-related quality of life as well as significant improvements in health-promotion and self-management behaviors (p < 0.05). In addition, staff volunteers significantly consumes food from the five major groups than the other staff (p < 0.05). Various improvements in health-promoting behaviors were observed amongst the hospital staff and the diabetic patients. Our project could be a reference for other medical organizations to implement an institution-wide health-promotion program for diabetic patients.

scholarly journals Gut Microbiome of a Multiethnic Community Possessed No Predominant Microbiota

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 702
Author(s):  
Wei Wei Thwe Khine ◽  
Anna Hui Ting Teo ◽  
Lucas Wee Wei Loong ◽  
Jarett Jun Hao Tan ◽  
Clarabelle Geok Hui Ang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Gut Microbiome ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Cytokine Levels ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Sugary Beverages ◽  
Faecal Microbiome ◽  
Scale Types

With increasing globalisation, various diets from around the world are readily available in global cities. This study aimed to verify if multiethnic dietary habits destabilised the gut microbiome in response to frequent changes, leading to readily colonisation of exogenous microbes. This may have health implications. We profiled Singapore young adults of different ethnicities for dietary habits, faecal type, gut microbiome and cytokine levels. Subjects were challenged with Lactobacillus casei, and corresponding changes in microbiome and cytokines were evaluated. Here, we found that the majority of young adults had normal stool types (73% Bristol Scale Types 3 and 4) and faecal microbiome categorised into three clusters, irrespective of race and gender. Cluster 1 was dominated by Bacteroides, Cluster 2 by Prevotella, while Cluster 3 showed a marginal increase in Blautia, Ruminococaceae and Ruminococcus, without a predominant microbiota. These youngsters in the three faecal microbiome clusters preferred Western high sugary beverages, Southeast Asian plant-rich diet and Asian/Western diets in rotation, respectively. Multiethnic dietary habits (Cluster 3) led to a gut microbiome without predominant microbiota yet demonstrated colonisation resistance to Lactobacillus. Although Bacteroides and Prevotella are reported to be health-promoting but also risk factors for some illnesses, Singapore-style dietary rotation habits may alleviate Bacteroides and Prevotella associated ill effects. Different immunological outcome was observed during consumption of the lactobacilli among the three microbiome clusters.

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