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Journal articles on the topic "Health-related lifestyle choices"
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Grace, Clare. "Nutrition-related health management in a Bangladeshi community." Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 70, no. 1 (December 14, 2010): 129–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0029665110004003.
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The British Bangladeshi community is one of the youngest and fastest growing ethnic minority groups in the UK. Many report poor socio-economic and health profiles with the existence of substantial health inequalities, particularly in relation to type 2 diabetes. Although there is compelling evidence for the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in the prevention of type 2 diabetes, there is little understanding of how best to tailor treatments to the needs of minority ethnic groups. Little is known about nutrition related lifestyle choices in the Bangladeshi community or the factors influencing such decisions. Only by exploring these factors will it be possible to design and tailor interventions appropriately. The Bangladeshi Initiative for the Prevention of Diabetes study explored lay beliefs and attitudes, religious teachings and professional perspectives in relation to diabetes prevention in the Bangladeshi community in Tower Hamlets, London. Contrary to the views of health professionals and previous research, poor knowledge was not the main barrier to healthy lifestyle choices. Rather the desire to comply with cultural norms, particularly those relating to hospitality, conflicted with efforts to implement healthy behaviours. Considerable support from Islamic teachings for diabetes prevention messages was provided by religious leaders, and faith may have an important role in supporting health promotion in this community. Some health professionals expressed outdated views on community attitudes and were concerned about their own limited cultural understanding. The potential for collaborative working between health educators and religious leaders should be explored further, and the cultural competence of health professionals addressed.
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Kalinowska, Sylwia, Beata Trześniowska-Drukała, Karolina Kłoda, Krzysztof Safranow, Błażej Misiak, Agnieszka Cyran, and Jerzy Samochowiec. "The Association between Lifestyle Choices and Schizophrenia Symptoms." Journal of Clinical Medicine 10, no. 1 (January 5, 2021): 165. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10010165.
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Due to poor eating habits, insufficient physical activity, and nicotine use, schizophrenia patients are at increased risk of lifestyle diseases. Factors contributing to unhealthy behaviors include lower socioeconomic status and level of education as well as social isolation. Schizophrenia manifestations such as amotivation, apathy, and cognitive deficits can further hinder development of proper health habits. The aim of this study was to assess the possible association between lifestyle-related choices and schizophrenia symptoms severity. This observational study enrolled 106 patients with schizophrenia (42 Males/64 Females), 18–69 years (mean: 41.89 ± 9.7 years). Mean duration of schizophrenia was 14.61 ± 9.7 years. Multiple significant correlations were found between patients’ lifestyle and their biochemical laboratory parameters (lipid profile and fasting glucose). Most importantly, a significant link emerged between presented habits and schizophrenia symptom severity. There were also significant gender differences in the intake of sweets and sweet beverages. Quite unexpectedly, a behavioral shift towards more healthy lifestyle choices was observed after completion of questionnaires on lifestyle and health habits. There are clear benefits to systematic provision of educational interventions concerning physical activity and proper eating habits to schizophrenia patients. These simple preventive measures could significantly improve both mental and physical health outcomes in schizophrenia patient populations.
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Marshall, Jermaine, Priscilla Jimenez-Pazmino, Ronald Metoyer, and Nitesh V. Chawla. "A Survey on Healthy Food Decision Influences Through Technological Innovations." ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare 3, no. 2 (April 30, 2022): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3494580.
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It is well known that unhealthy food consumption plays a significant role in dietary and lifestyle-related diseases. Therefore, it is important for researchers to examine methods that may encourage the consumer to consider healthier dietary and lifestyle habits as diseases such as obesity, heart disease, and high blood pressure remain a worldwide issue. One promising approach to influencing healthy dietary and lifestyle habits is food recommendation models that recommend food to users based on various factors such as health effects, nutrition, preferences, and daily habits. Unfortunately, much of this work has focused on individual factors such as taste preferences and often neglects to understand other factors that influence our choices. Additionally, the evaluation of technological approaches often lacks user studies in the context of intended use. In this systematic review of food choice technology, we focus on the factors that may influence food choices and how technology can play a role in supporting those choices. We also describe existing work, approaches, trends, and issues in current food choice technology and give advice for future work areas in this space.
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Lee, Jenny, Frank Papa, Paresh Atu Jaini, Sarah Alpini, and Tim Kenny. "An Epigenetics-Based, Lifestyle Medicine–Driven Approach to Stress Management for Primary Patient Care: Implications for Medical Education." American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 14, no. 3 (May 9, 2019): 294–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1559827619847436.
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Over 75% of patients in the primary care setting present with stress-related complaints. Curiously, patients and health care providers all too often see stress as a relatively benign sequela of many common illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, lung disease, dementia, diabetes, and mental illness. Unfortunately, various day-to-day lifestyle choices and environmental factors, unrelated to the presence of any disease, can cause stress sufficient to contribute to the development of various diseases/disorders and suboptimal health. There is evidence suggesting that counseling in stress management–oriented therapeutic interventions (as offered by lifestyle medicine–oriented practitioners) may prevent or reduce the onset, severity, duration, and/or overall burden of stress-related illnesses. Such counseling often involves considerations such as the patient’s nutrition, physical activity, interest in/capacity to meditate, drug abuse/cessation, and so on. Unfortunately, lifestyle medicine–oriented approaches to stress management are rarely offered in primary care—the patient care arena wherein such counseling would likely be best received by patients. Would health care outcomes improve if primary care providers offered counseling in both stress management and positive lifestyle choices? The purpose of this article is to provide both primary care practitioners and educators in health care training programs with an introductory overview of epigenetics. An emerging field of science offering insights into how factors such as stress and lifestyle choices interact with our genes in ways that can both positively and negatively impact the various micro (eg, cellular) through macro (eg, physiologic, pathophysiologic) processes that determine our tendencies toward illness or wellness. A deeper understanding of epigenetics, as provided herein, should enable primary care providers and medical educators to more confidently advocate for the primary benefits associated with counseling in both stress reduction and the pursuit of healthy lifestyle choices.
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Shpakau, Aliaksandr, Andrei Shpakou, Agnieszka Kułak-Bejda, and Grzegorz Bejda. "The benefits of interdisciplinary team work: my research experience on lifestyle choices." Medical Science Pulse 12, no. 1 (March 31, 2018): 4–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0011.6673.
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Background: A common international research area is being created as a result of linked activities of research centres. Aim of the study: To implement an interdisciplinary approach based on the example of a pilot study of lifestyle and identify connections between physical activity levels (PA), health-related behaviours, and the locus of health control among students. Material and methods: The research was carried out using 294 students of human sciences (235 females and 59 males) aged 18-24. A diagnostic survey method was chosen using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Health-Related Behaviour Inventory (HB I) and Health Locus of Control Scale (MHL C). Results: Total PA was assessed at 3829.3 MET-min/week. The dominant types of activities were walking (1245 MET-min/week) and moderate PA (1254 MET-min/week). Higher values in intensive and moderate efforts were reported among the male students, while women reported higher values in walking. The general severity index HB I is 72-93 points. There were no significant gender-related differences regarding the general indicator (except for the increased frequency of low health-related behaviours among females). Respondents mostly presented with internal locus of control with influence of others being reported less frequently, and accident locus of control least frequently. The analysis revealed a correlation between the internal placement of MHL C and PA among men (r=0.226, p<0.01) and individual HBI indices among women. Conclusions: Most young people present a sufficient level of PA, desirable HB I, and, to a large extent, the internal locus of MHL C. The participants had a greater sense of responsibility for their own health. Females, when deciding on a lifestyle, are more easily influenced by other people. It is necessary to conduct interdisciplinary group work for comparative research in order to create educational and preventive programs addressing identified lifestyle abnormalities.
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Buhr, Karen J. "Job satisfaction, workplace stress, unhealthy lifestyle choices, and productivity among Canadian nurses: an empirical study." Farmeconomia. Health economics and therapeutic pathways 13, no. 4 (December 15, 2012): 191–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.7175/fe.v13i4.272.
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BACKGROUND: Nurses’ occupational stress and job satisfaction can have an affect on lifestyle choices and productivity. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to provide a detailed examination of the relationship between job satisfaction, job stress, unhealthy lifestyle choices, and productivity among Canadian nurses. METHODS: This study uses data from the confidential master data files of the 2005 National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses (NSWHN). Ordinary least squares regressions and binary probit regression models were used to estimate the relationships between job satisfaction and job stress on productivity and unhealthy lifestyle choices. RESULTS: Workplace stress variables have a small effect on lifestyle choices. Job satisfaction has an effect on the probability of smoking, but not on drinking. Workplace stress and job satisfaction do not have statistically significant effects on productivity. DISCUSSION: The study found weak relationships among the work related stress variables and productivity. These findings can allow policy makers to consider efforts to reduce workplace stress which can be beneficial to productivity.
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Goetz, Lisiane, and Renato C. Teixeira. "Health Literacy Improves the Lifestyle of Undergraduate in Education Students." Journal of Education and Development 4, no. 3 (September 22, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.20849/jed.v4i3.787.
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The choices related to lifestyle habits, during the period of graduation at the university are decisive for the development of a healthy lifestyle and for combating the risk behaviors that lead to Chronic Non-communicable Diseases. This study aims to examine the relationship between a discipline focused on health literacy and the development of attitudinal components aimed at the competence of self-care and responsibility of pedagogy students, in relation to the choices that constitute their lifestyle. The investigation of this research indicates that the literacy and health promotion program developed during the Principles of Healthy Living for education students had a positive effect on the development of competence and responsibility for self-care in their lifestyle. Quantitative data were obtained using the socio-demographic questionnaire and validated scale of the Fantastic Lifestyle and the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire, at the beginning and end of the course. The results point to an improvement in lifestyle with an increase in the practice of recreational physical activity of vigorous intensity (p=0.0339) and in its frequency (p=0.0130). Still, there was a significant reduction in the level of physical inactivity (p=0.0451), in addition to the evident improvement in lifestyle (p=0.0196), with all participants grouped in the categories “Good”, “Very Good” and “Excellent” referring to lifestyle. This study showed that an approach to health education for university students is a positive initiative for teaching important skills to consolidate a healthy lifestyle.
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Al-Bannay, Hana R., Tal Jarus, Lyn Jongbloed, and Elizabeth Dean. "Discordance between lifestyle-related health beliefs and behaviours of Saudi women in Dammam." Health Education Journal 76, no. 5 (May 3, 2017): 569–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0017896917705160.
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Objective: Women living in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including in the Eastern Province have a high prevalence of lifestyle-related conditions for which targeted health education strategies are needed. This study’s objective was to explore their self-reported health status and the congruence of their lifestyle-related health beliefs and practices to inform health education programme development. Methods: A cross section of community-living Saudi women ( N = 407) living in Dammam (the capital of the Eastern Province) was sampled from regional health centres. Participants completed an interview survey questionnaire about their health status and their lifestyle-related health beliefs and practices. Results: In all, 44% of participants reported having an average but not excellent health. This finding was at odds with their unequivocal, evidence-supported beliefs about the positive relationship between exercise, good nutrition, not smoking and manageable stress, with health (⩾97%). Despite these strong beliefs, participants reported suboptimal levels of exercise, nutritional choices, stress and sleep quality and quantity for maximal health and wellbeing. Conclusion: Studies are warranted to explore and explain marked discrepancy between the positive health beliefs and lifestyle-related health practices of Saudi women living in Dammam, and to design effective health promotion education programmes to address this gap. Improving Saudi women’s health by narrowing the lifestyle-related health belief–practice gap may also maximise the health of families, given women’s pivotal role in managing the family, as well as individual health.
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Mishali, Moshe, Mirit Kisner, and Naama Tal. "The association between health-related individual traits and dairy avoidance." British Food Journal 122, no. 9 (May 7, 2020): 2787–806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-08-2019-0595.
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PurposeThe purpose of this research is to examine whether health-related personal traits such as hypochondriasis, health behavior and health locus of control can predict dairy avoidance.Design/methodology/approachThe empirical study took place in Israel. The researchers administered questionnaires to gather self-reported data concerning the consumption dairy products in general without making a distinction among different types of dairy (fermented/nonfermented, low fat/high fat etc.). A random sample of 77 participants was recruited from among students at the University of Haifa, after culling out those who declared to have been medically diagnosed with lactose intolerance or dairy allergy.FindingsHigh health behavior scores were associated with increased likelihood of avoiding milk and dairy products by a factor of 3.92 (OR = 3.92, 95% CI: 1.54–10.02, p = 0.004), whereas external health locus of control was associated with decreased likelihood of shunning milk and dairy (OR = 0.136, 95% CI: 0.032–0.580, p = 0.007). The connection between hypochondriasis and milk avoidance turned out insignificant.Practical implicationsThe medical establishment should devise ways, means and measures to purvey well-established dietary guidelines for those who are willing to make an effort and invest in their health.Originality/valueThis study adds to the burgeoning body of literature seeking to relate personal traits or individual characteristics to a host of lifestyle choices. The most salient finding is that many individuals who perform an array of behaviors they deem beneficial to their health and well-being in an attempt to exercise control over their health, paradoxically run the risk of making uninformed lifestyle decisions including dietary choices – ones that might prove detrimental to their health over the long haul.
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Smith, Roy. "Options and Choices in Relation to Adopting Healthy Lifestyles in the Pacific Islands Region." Journal of Developing Societies 35, no. 1 (March 2019): 62–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0169796x19826733.
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The low-lying atoll states of the Pacific region, including Kiribati, Tuvalu, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, face numerous challenges as a result of climate change and the related rise in sea level. A health transition from communicable to noncommunicable lifestyle-related diseases among these communities is placing a significant burden on medical services and broader welfare provision. This article considers the broad range of both internal and external factors that influence the options available and choices made in relation to being able to maintain a healthy lifestyle in these communities.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Health-related lifestyle choices"
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Tam, King Wa. "Labour, social and health outcomes of immigrants in Australia : effects of language proficiency using the IV approach." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2012. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/60256/1/King_Wa_Tam_Thesis.pdf.
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Language has been of interest to numerous economists since the late 20th century, with the majority of the studies focusing on its effects on immigrants’ labour market outcomes; earnings in particular. However, language is an endogenous variable, which along with its susceptibility to measurement error causes biases in ordinary-least-squares estimates. The instrumental variables method overcomes the shortcomings of ordinary least squares in modelling endogenous explanatory variables. In this dissertation, age at arrival combined with country of origin form an instrument creating a difference-in-difference scenario, to address the issue of endogeneity and attenuation error in language proficiency. The first half of the study aims to investigate the extent to which English speaking ability of immigrants improves their labour market outcomes and social assimilation in Australia, with the use of the 2006 Census. The findings have provided evidence that support the earlier studies. As expected, immigrants in Australia with better language proficiency are able to earn higher income, attain higher level of education, have higher probability of completing tertiary studies, and have more hours of work per week. Language proficiency also improves social integration, leading to higher probability of marriage to a native and higher probability of obtaining citizenship. The second half of the study further investigates whether language proficiency has similar effects on a migrant’s physical and mental wellbeing, health care access and lifestyle choices, with the use of three National Health Surveys. However, only limited evidence has been found with respect to the hypothesised causal relationship between language and health for Australian immigrants.
Books on the topic "Health-related lifestyle choices"
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Lipman, Meegan, Jacqueline Calderone, Joel Yager, and Maryann Waugh. Wellness. Edited by Robert E. Feinstein, Joseph V. Connelly, and Marilyn S. Feinstein. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190276201.003.0022.
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Lifestyle behaviors that contribute to wellness, specifically those involving physical exercise, healthy nutrition and weight management, healthy sleep patterns, and stress reduction, are of significant concern to clinicians and patients. Attending to these areas is critical, not only to prevent illness but also to reduce the deleterious impacts of existing chronic diseases on morbidity and mortality. Integrated primary care practices can readily establish and employ protocols for systematically addressing these important areas of overall physical and emotional functioning. This chapter discusses ways that primary care practices and team members can emphasize wellness in their integrated care services. The discussion covers assessing patients’ lifestyle choices, providing advice for improving health behaviors, developing agreed-upon interventions, assisting patients with related health behavior modifications and alterations, and arranging for improved patient access to and engagement with resources and programs that promote overall wellness.
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Sokka, Tuulikki, Kari Puolakka, and Carl Turesson. Comorbidities of rheumatic disease. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199642489.003.0032.
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All other diseases that coexist with a disease of interest are called comorbidities. Comorbidities in inflammatory rheumatic diseases may be associated with persistent inflammatory activity or disease-related organ damage, or may be related to medications. Lifestyle choices such as smoking or physical inactivity contribute to comorbidity. Patients with rheumatic diseases meet health professionals regularly and are more often tested for osteoporosis or cholesterol levels than individuals without rheumatic disease, which may contribute to a higher prevalence of some comorbidities. Comorbidities can also be unrelated to rheumatic diseases or their treatments. In this chapter, we discuss the impact of comorbidities to the patient. We emphasize the importance to review and manage comorbidities in usual daily rheumatology clinic, to improve outcomes of patients with rheumatic diseases.
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Sokka, Tuulikki, Kari Puolakka, and Carl Turesson. Comorbidities of rheumatic disease. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199642489.003.0032_update_001.
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All other diseases that coexist with a disease of interest are called comorbidities. Comorbidities in inflammatory rheumatic diseases may be associated with persistent inflammatory activity or disease-related organ damage, or may be related to medications. Lifestyle choices such as smoking or physical inactivity contribute to comorbidity. Patients with rheumatic diseases meet health professionals regularly and are more often tested for osteoporosis or cholesterol levels than individuals without rheumatic disease, which may contribute to a higher prevalence of some comorbidities. Comorbidities can also be unrelated to rheumatic diseases or their treatments. In this chapter, we discuss the impact of comorbidities to the patient. We emphasize the importance to review and manage comorbidities in usual daily rheumatology clinic, to improve outcomes of patients with rheumatic diseases.
Book chapters on the topic "Health-related lifestyle choices"
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Zanarini, Mary C. "Physical Health and Medical Treatment." In In the Fullness of Time, 161–70. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780195370607.003.0015.
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Remitted borderline patients were found to have better physical health, make better health-related lifestyle choices, and use fewer costly forms of treatment, such as ER visits, than non-remitted borderline patients. This same pattern was found 10 years later for recovered vs. non-recovered borderline patients. At both time points, obesity was the most common serious health problem, and smoking and lack of exercise were the most common poor lifestyle choices. Obesity was found to be related to poor psychosocial functioning in most realms. Recovered borderline patients had better sleep quality and were not as troubled by dysfunctional attitudes about sleep as non-recovered borderline patients. Borderline patients also reported higher levels of physical pain than Axis II comparison subjects. However, a substantial minority were able to use opioid medications responsibly over time.
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Vilchinsky, Noa. "Self-Management of Cardiac-Related Health Issues." In Promoting Self-Management of Chronic Health Conditions, edited by Erin Martz, 262–83. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190606145.003.0011.
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One of the strongest means by which to reduce the risk of cardiac events’ recurrence and mortality is via restructuring major lifestyle habits and self-management of one’s risk factors. The therapeutic recommendations consists of smoking cessation, changing dietary choices, exercising on a regular basis, taking medication, and managing one’s psychological distress. Yet many individuals with cardiac impairments find it extremely difficult to manage them. Most barriers for self-management can be organized under the following coordinates: systemic and sociocultural barriers, gender-related barriers, and psychologically related barriers. The demanding task of improving individuals’ self-management is not inherently of individuals and their family members only. Health systems and health providers within them should develop and apply novel and effective procedures to support individuals to self-manage their life situation, thus transforming it from crisis to challenge.
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Fischhoff, Baruch, and Tamar Krishnamurti. "Risk perception and communication." In Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health, edited by Roger Detels, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Fran Baum, Liming Li, and Alastair H. Leyland, 485–96. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198816805.003.0057.
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Public health depends on laypeople’s ability to understand the health-related choices that they and their societies face. The study of risk perception examines that ability. The study of risk communication examines the processes that determine how well communications help (or hinder) their recipients. Although focused on decisions involving risk, such research necessarily considers potential benefits as well, if only the benefits that come from reducing risks (e.g. through medical treatments, lifestyle changes, or improved air quality). Communication is a two-way process. Without listening to people, it is impossible to understand what they know and value, as a foundation for providing relevant information in a comprehensible form. Here, we draw on basic research in decision science (behavioural decision research) to inform the specific challenges faced by public health researchers and practitioners. This chapter seeks to help experts help laypeople make wise health choices.
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Bonner, Adrian. "Conclusion." In Social Determinantsof Health. Policy Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447336846.003.0024.
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This book has examined the social determinants of health using an interdisciplinary approach, showing that relative poverty and social capital will provide the resilience for an individual to experience a sense of well-being and lead to successful ageing, while lifestyle choices and the support of a healthy community will reduce vulnerability to negative health behaviours. It has also explained how personal well-being is related to the availability of personal, family and community resources. This conclusion considers the austerity policies and other highly contentious policy intentions in the Conservative Party's manifesto and highlights their implications for health and well-being, particularly the policy on social care known as the ‘dementia tax’. It argues that these regressive policies are being reinforced by a major economic impact on the UK economy from policies related to Brexit and concludes by emphasising the importance of a wholistic approach to inequality and well-being.
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Johnson, Leslie W. "Healthcare Considerations for the Hispanic Population." In Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies, 239–59. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2261-5.ch012.
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The Hispanic community has both positive and negative health indicators related to their Hispanic culture. This chapter details aspects of the Hispanic culture that can influence healthcare prevention, diagnosis, and intervention, including traditional healthcare beliefs and practices. Additionally, various health disparities associated with the Hispanic population are discussed, particularly related to neurological disorders. The chapter concludes with a case study presentation based loosely upon an actual event from a young man with neurocysticercosis. This section details how the patient's Hispanic culture influenced lifestyle choices, which increased risk for this disease, while also detailing how his culture impacted certain aspects of his medical intervention.
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Burns, Harry. "Deaths of despair – causes and possible cures." In Local Authorities and the Social Determinants of Health, 17–32. Policy Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447356233.003.0002.
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This chapter discusses the decline in life expectancy in the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), and other European countries since 2014. This demographic phenomenon appears to be related to underlying social and economic factors, leading to 'deaths of despair'. Social isolation and poor labour market opportunities negatively impact on physical and mental health. There are particular concerns regarding increasing levels of premature deaths in younger age groups. In many cases, deaths are due to drug overdoses, suicide, alcohol-related problems and 'external causes', such as violence and accidents. These social determinants are, to a large extent, influenced by local and national politics. Following the devolution of statutory powers to Scotland and Wales, there are quite distinct health and social care policies emerging across UK regions. The chapter then provides a critique of the hierarchy of needs, proposed by Abraham Maslow in the 1940s, highlighting the pivotal nature of self-actualisation and the spiritual concept of cultural propensity, the capacity of which depends on early life experiences of nurturing and attachment, setting the scene for later lifestyle choices and resilience.
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Sokka, Tuulikki, Kari Puolakka, and Carl Turesson. "Comorbidities of rheumatic disease." In Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology, 243–50. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199642489.003.0032_update_002.
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All other diseases that coexist with a disease of interest are called comorbidities. Comorbidities in inflammatory rheumatic diseases may be associated with persistent inflammatory activity or disease-related organ damage, or may be related to medications. Lifestyle choices such as smoking or physical inactivity contribute to comorbidity. Patients with rheumatic diseases meet health professionals regularly and are more often tested for osteoporosis or cholesterol levels than individuals without rheumatic disease, which may contribute to a higher prevalence of some comorbidities. Comorbidities can also be unrelated to rheumatic diseases or their treatments. The concept of ‘multimorbidity’ is being used increasingly, shifting the focus from the index disease to two or more chronic diseases that exist in the same individual. In this chapter, we discuss the impact of multi/comorbidities. We emphasize the importance to review and manage comorbidities in usual daily rheumatology clinic, to improve outcomes of patients with rheumatic diseases.
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Thomas, Felicity, and Nils Fietje. "Capturing the Cultural Narratives of Well-Being." In Well-Being: Expanding the Definition of Progress, 67–82. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190080495.003.0005.
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This chapter examines how a greater awareness of people’s lived experience can shape a more robust well-being narrative that offers policymakers greater insight into what matters to the good life of their rich and varied publics. Recent years have seen a number of initiatives and publications emerge to support a new kind of narrative on well-being. Among the most influential is a call for “fifth wave” thinking, which recognizes that existing, individually-focused, and biomedical approaches to health and well-being are no longer amenable to challenges of the current era, and a radically new approach that focuses on “a culture for health” and that seeks to engage with the full complexity of subjective, lived experience is needed to address contemporary problems, such as social inequality and loss of well-being. Narrative research methods can provide insight into people’s understandings of well-being, and their health and well-being-related experiences and lifestyle choices can locate this within their broader socio-cultural and historical context. The chapter then discusses the need to move away from individualized formulations of well-being, to approaches that recognize the value of relational well-being. It also considers assets-based approaches; the impact of social media on well-being narrative; and the establishment of accountability for well-being actions and narratives.
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Tyc, Vida L. "Prevention and Cessation of Tobacco Use and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke." In Comprehensive Handbook of Childhood Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease. Oxford University Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195169850.003.0029.
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Tobacco use remains the single most important preventable cause of premature death and disability in the United States and is a critical health issue for our nation’s youths. Cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco use among adolescents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001), with over 90% of adult smokers initiating smoking at or before age 19 years (Mowery, Brick, & Farrelly, 2000). Consequently, reduction of tobacco use during adolescence is especially critical before lifelong smoking habits are established. Current national health objectives for children and adolescents focus on reducing health risks related to tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000). Specific objectives include reducing the initiation of tobacco use among children and adolescents, reducing their average age of first use of tobacco products, increasing cessation attempts by current smokers, and reducing the proportion of children who are regularly exposed to tobacco smoke in the home. These health objectives are especially important for children and adolescents with cancer, who may be at even greater risk than their healthy peers for tobacco-related health problems because of their compromised health status (Hollen & Hobbie, 1996). Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has similar serious consequences for the child with cancer (Alligne & Stoddard, 1997; Cook & Strachan, 1999). Interventions that attempt to prevent, reduce, or terminate tobacco use and ETS exposure could therefore contribute to a decrease in the morbidity and mortality of patients treated for cancer. This chapter reviews the prevalence of tobacco use, the magnified health effects associated with tobacco use, and some of the correlates associated with tobacco use among young patients treated for cancer. We also describe tobacco interventions that have been conducted with this population and discuss how health care providers involved in the treatment or long-term care of childhood cancer patients can assist their high-risk patients in making healthy lifestyle choices, including the decision to abstain from, reduce, or quit smoking and to avoid environmental tobacco exposures. Tobacco use is a significant behavioral health problem that poses serious health risks for young patients treated for cancer.
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Krenn, Jamie L., Monica Miaoxia Chan, and Keying Wang. "Managing Work From Home With Young Children." In Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies, 21–46. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3996-8.ch002.
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Whereas other chapters might provide information on how to work, in this chapter, readers might contemplate the question of what happens when working from home with young children. With the hectic pace of modern life, families unexpectedly or by choice are stressed, balancing parental duties and job tasks while working from home. Negative feelings in a work-from-home environment stem from the stresses of sudden space-sharing to maintain a career and young ones' developmental needs. As a result, young children might feel isolated and have a higher risk for mental health issues, perhaps from the shared space and reduced attentive care. This chapter connects work and daily child-related activities to create a more manageable work-from-home lifestyle. Readers will learn how to utilize cognitive, developmental, educational, and social psychologies and ecological theory in this often-turbulent environment. Any workforce can benefit from implementing these “attitude changing” suggestions into the home to benefit the well-being of working families.
Conference papers on the topic "Health-related lifestyle choices"
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Erdei, Renáta J., and Anita R. Fedor R. Fedor. "The Phenomenon and the Characteristics of Precariate in Hungary: Labormarket situation, Precariate, Subjective health." In CARPE Conference 2019: Horizon Europe and beyond. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/carpe2019.2019.10284.
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Anita R. Fedor- Renáta J. Erdei Abstract The focus of our research is labor market integration and the related issues like learning motivation, value choices, health status, family formation and work attitudes. The research took place in the North Great Plain Region – Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Nyíregyháza, Nyíregyháza region, Debrecen, Cigánd district (exception), we used the Debrecen and the national database of the Graduate Tracking System. Target groups: 18-70 year-old age group, women and women raising young children, 15-29 year-old young age group, high school students (graduate ones) fresh university graduates. The theorethical frameworks of the precariate research is characterized by a multi-disciplinar approach, as this topic has sociological, economic, psychological, pedagogical, legal and health aspects. Our aim is to show whether There is relevance between the phenomenon of precariate and labor market disadvantage and how individual insecurity factors affect a person’s presence in the labor market. How the uncertainties in the workplace appear in different regions and social groups by expanding the theoretical framework.According to Standing precariate is typical to low gualified people. But I would like to see if it also typical to highly qualifiled young graduates with favourable conditions.It is possible or worth looking for a way out of the precarious lifestyle (often caused by objective reasons) by combining and using management and education.Are there definite features in the subjective state of health of groups with classic precariate characteristics? Results The research results demonstrate that the precarious characteristics can be extended, they are multi-dimensional.The personal and regional risk factors of labor market exclusion can develop both in different regions and social groups. Precarized groups cannot be connected exclusively to disadvantaged social groups, my research has shown that precarious characteristics may also appear, and the process of precarization may also start among highly qualified people. Precariate is a kind of subjective and collective crisis. Its depth largely depends on the economic environment, the economic and social policy, and the strategy and cultural conditions of the region. The results show, that the subjective health of classical precar groups is worse than the others.