• African Americans face many barriers to mental health care in the United States. (psychiatrist.com)
  • By incorporating strategies to target barriers to care and increasing their cultural competence, clinicians can help amend the disparities in mental health care for African American patients. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Support options should be sensitive to time and location barriers while offering male caregivers spaces to give and receive support. (springer.com)
  • Furthermore, social interaction and activities were perceived as important to enhance and maintain mental well-being, however there were institutional barriers to using these coping strategies. (frontiersin.org)
  • Social distancing policies have drastically reduced access to many forms of social support, but they may have also upended some perceived barriers to reducing or abstaining from opioid use. (jmir.org)
  • Coming of Age: How Young Women in the Northwest Territories Perceive the Barriers and Facilitators to Positive, Empowered, and Safer Sexual Health. (arcticfoxy.com)
  • Despite these advances, there continue to be strong social barriers such as HIV-related stigma that negatively affect HIV testing, disclosure, access to care, and health status of populations that may be at high risk of infection. (socresonline.org.uk)
  • These studies showed that African immigrants face several barriers in accessing HIV services, including lack of accurate information about how HIV is transmitted, prevented and treated, linguistic difficulties, legal status concerns, fear of the American health system, late testing/diagnosis of HIV, stigma, culturally-inappropriate HIV education and prevention strategies, as well as ethno-cultural beliefs and practices that negatively impact attitudes and behaviours towards sexuality. (socresonline.org.uk)
  • 2021). However, despite young people's need for support, there are barriers to them accessing the appropriate supports. (aifs.gov.au)
  • Barriers perceived by teachers at work, coping strategies, self-efficacy and burnout. (scirp.org)
  • Health risks, especially mental health problems, are significant barriers to engaging in employment training programs (9). (cdc.gov)
  • Perceived Stress, Stigma, Traumatic Stress Levels and Coping Responses amongst Residents in Training across Multiple Specialties during COVID-19 Pandemic-A Longitudinal Study. (unm.edu)
  • This study aimed to explore changes in psychological responses (perceived stress, traumatic stress, stigma, coping) over time in residents, as well as their predictors. (unm.edu)
  • The level of perceived stress, traumatic stress, stigma, and coping responses were assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale, Impact of Event-Revised, Healthcare Workers Stigma Scale, and Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) Inventory, respectively. (unm.edu)
  • All residents reported lower perceived stress and lower perceived stigma compared to baseline. (unm.edu)
  • Use of avoidance coping was associated with all three psychological responses (perceived stress, traumatic stress, and stigma) across the two timepoints. (unm.edu)
  • Background: High prevalence of depression has been reported among older adults living in care homes in Thailand, associated with physical impairment, low social support, low self-esteem and particularly stigma associated with living in a care home. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • This study examines residents' perceptions of stigma and their strategies for coping with stigma. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Residents reported the use of particular coping strategies, including accessing support from the public and staff, and engaging in care home activities which these helped them to cope with their perception of stigma. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Conclusion: Improved understanding of the underlying factors behind perceived stigma in care home residents may help to prevent depression and reduce perceptions of stigma associated with living in a care home, by informing strategy, supportive intervention and guidelines for appropriate care for older Thai residents. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Drawing on in-depth interviews with a sample of these immigrants in the US, this study examines their experiences of HIV-related stigma, its impact on their lives, and the means of coping and resistance they adopted. (socresonline.org.uk)
  • Evidence suggests that young people experiencing mental illness want school staff and students to be educated and better informed about mental health to help reduce stigma and increase appropriate help-seeking actions in the school setting (Kostenius, Gabrielsson, & Lindgren, 2020). (aifs.gov.au)
  • U.S. immigrants and mental health: An investigation of the influence of mental health stigma and discrimination on stress and depression and affordances associated with using online mental health applications and online support groups. (gmu.edu)
  • MSM and TGW that did not have a supportive gay community to rely on were more likely to report any healthcare-related stigma experiences (AOR = 1.46), whereas MSM and TGW who reported high social support and who never had engaged in transactional sex were less likely to report such experiences (AOR = 0.76 and AOR = 0.43, respectively). (cdc.gov)
  • Our results suggest that encouraging support groups for MSM and TGW as well as training and sensitizing healthcare staff, and the general community, on MSM and TGW health issues and cultural competence may reduce stigma, improve access to healthcare, which could ultimately reduce HIV transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • The current study aims at examining the mediating role of psychological distress in the association between social support and life satisfaction. (ijcer.net)
  • The findings demonstrated that social support had a positive predictive effect on life satisfaction and a negative predictive effect on psychological distress. (ijcer.net)
  • Moreover, the SEM analysis indicated that psychological distress played a partial mediating role in the association between social support and life satisfaction. (ijcer.net)
  • These results highlight the importance of addressing social support and psychological distress in interventions aimed at increasing life satisfaction among university students. (ijcer.net)
  • A cross-sectional descriptive correlational study design was used to collect data regarding depression, psychological distress, life satisfaction, coping, optimism and perceived social support from 248 infertile couples using a self-administered questionnaire. (who.int)
  • This magnifies the psychological distress of being childless, and leads to further psychological and social problems. (who.int)
  • Stress, Coping strategies, and psychological distress among secondary school teachers in Hong Kong. (scirp.org)
  • Support groups for young women with early breast cancer in Australia helped women cope and significantly decreased their psychological distress (Gunn et al. (nursingrepository.org)
  • ABSTRACT This cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational study evaluated the mental health consequences of abuse among Jordanian women. (who.int)
  • ABSTRACT The inability to access health services when needed is a critical barrier to HIV prevention, treatment and care among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW). (cdc.gov)
  • Discrimination is consistently associated with poor health outcomes and health disparities, including for perinatal health, yet few studies address intersectional discrimination. (cdc.gov)
  • We evaluated discrimination based on multiple social identities and assessed differential associations with adverse perinatal health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Perceived discrimination in pregnancy can be associated with adverse perinatal health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Previous research links perceived discrimination with worsened health outcomes yet is limited by a focus on racial discrimination in isolation. (cdc.gov)
  • We applied an intersectional approach to the study of discrimination to examine the association with adverse perinatal health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Perceived discrimination was assessed via the Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS) and perinatal health outcomes collected via electronic medical record review. (cdc.gov)
  • Latent class analysis was used to identify subgroups of discrimination based on EDS item response and the rate of adverse perinatal health outcomes compared between subgroups using a Bolck, Croon and Hagenaars 3-step approach. (cdc.gov)
  • More research applying an intersectional lens to the study of discrimination and perinatal health outcomes is needed. (cdc.gov)
  • A large and growing body of research demonstrates the negative effect of perceived discrimination on health (7) and suggests that discrimination is a risk factor for adverse perinatal health outcomes (APHOs) including preterm birth (PTB), low birthweight (LBW), small for gestational age, and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (8). (cdc.gov)
  • Research on the relation between discrimination and health became a topic of interest in the 1990s, when researchers proposed that persisting racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes could potentially be explained by racial/ethnic differences in experiences with discrimination. (wikipedia.org)
  • A stress and coping framework is often applied to investigate how discrimination influences health outcomes in racial, gender, and sexual minorities, as well as on immigrants and indigenous populations. (wikipedia.org)
  • from school-aged children and adolescents to college students to homeless youth, and from behavioral/educational outcomes, to civic/political engagement, and to mental health and substance use. (lu.se)
  • A framework approach with a semi-structured interview guide was used to reflect students' stressors, cognitive appraisals, coping, and outcomes (negative impacts and positive gains), in the early stages of COVID-19. (hku.hk)
  • Both social support and social networks have been linked to mental health outcomes. (publicmentalhealth.co.uk)
  • Perceived social support can also affect outcomes and recovery of mental health difficulties. (publicmentalhealth.co.uk)
  • 8. Wang J, Mann F, Lloyd-Evans B, Ma R, Johnson S. Associations between loneliness and perceived social support and outcomes of mental health problems: A systematic review. (publicmentalhealth.co.uk)
  • R ational coping behaviors are a resource which help teachers overcome work-related stressors and burnout and achieve their valued outcomes with students, while avoidance coping predicted high level of stress and burnout. (scirp.org)
  • These responses might be triggered by changes in the immediate environment, such as startling or loud noises, aggressive behavior, perceived threats, or specific thoughts relating to the stressors, for example, if you feel you can't handle the situation, fear bad outcomes, or fear the unknown. (nih.gov)
  • His research focuses on social support processes and health outcomes in both face-to-face and computer-mediated contexts, provider-patient interaction, new technologies and health, social support and health provider burnout, as well as other health communication topics. (gmu.edu)
  • Work-life-imbalance during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring social support behavior and health outcomes. (gmu.edu)
  • Sex at an early age can have later life negative health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • The present study provides data on the risk conditions to which nursing professionals in inpatient units are exposed, the potential outcomes regarding the psychoemotion- al distress experienced by this population, and the need for inter- ventions that favor the preservation of the mental health of nursing teams. (bvsalud.org)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic amplified the need for a more individualized and globally-minded approach to mental health. (psychiatrist.com)
  • The psychological impact of the lockdown on Italian university students during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: psychological experiences, health risk perceptions, distance learning, and future perspectives. (ijcer.net)
  • The mental health of international students studying abroad has been neglected during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially Chinese students who have been unfairly targeted. (hku.hk)
  • With the rise in sinophobia and uncertain developments of the pandemic, proactive support from government and academic institutions are urgently needed to reduce stress and promote the well-being of international students, especially Chinese students in the U.K. and U.S. Clear information, public education and policies related to the pandemic, appropriate academic arrangements from universities and strong support systems play important roles in maintaining students' psychological health. (hku.hk)
  • Héjja-Nagy, K. Effects of Health Anxiety, Social Support, and Coping on Dissociation with Mediating Role of Perceived Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic. (preprints.org)
  • This qualitative study aims to identify informal coping strategies for reducing and abstaining from opioid use among Reddit users who have posted in opioid-related subreddits at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. (jmir.org)
  • Reddit discussion forums have provided a community for people to share strategies for reducing opioid use and support others during the COVID-19 pandemic. (jmir.org)
  • Given the severity of this ongoing public health crisis and the likelihood that further pandemics will take place in coming decades [ 7 - 13 ], it is imperative to understand how PWUO have dealt with the physical and psychological changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in response to stay-at-home orders that limit in-person interactions. (jmir.org)
  • Interventions are needed to promote the mental health and health behavior of pregnant women during the pandemic. (jmir.org)
  • We report the results of a national survey conducted to help public health officials understand the public's response to community mitigation interventions for a severe outbreak of pandemic influenza. (cdc.gov)
  • Evidence to determine the best strategies for protecting persons during a pandemic is limited. (cdc.gov)
  • A great deal of cooperation from the public would be required to successfully implement community mitigation measures during a pandemic. (cdc.gov)
  • This survey was conducted to gauge public reaction to social distancing and other nonpharmaceutical interventions that may be used during a severe pandemic. (cdc.gov)
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's mental health. (revistainteracciones.com)
  • Increased alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic: The effect of mental health and age in a cross-sectional sample of social media users in the U.S. Preventive Medicine, 145, 106422. (revistainteracciones.com)
  • Public Mental Health Crisis during COVID-19 Pandemic, China. (revistainteracciones.com)
  • Programs designed to facilitate such support may benefit from flexible formats (time and location) and involve male caregivers of CYSHCN as both facilitators and participants. (springer.com)
  • Experiments investigating the link between discrimination and health have manipulated perceptions of discrimination in a number of ways, including exposing participants to racist film clips, asking them to write about their prior experiences with discrimination, and providing them with articles detailing discrimination against their ingroup. (wikipedia.org)
  • The participants were assessed using the General Information Questionnaire, Perceived Social Support Scale, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, Herth Hope Index, and Cognitive Bias Questionnaire for patients with nasogastric/nasoenteric tubes. (amegroups.org)
  • CBT is an effective coping strategy used and participants will not only experience an increase in self-efficacy but are less likely to consume in the desired substance along with relapse prevention. (ipl.org)
  • Participants had moderate ability to cope, moderate to high level of perception of social support from family and others, and low from friends. (who.int)
  • Mental health was perceived as distinct from mental illness by many of the participants. (frontiersin.org)
  • The prison environment was integrated in the participants conceptualizations of mental health problems, and psychosocial stressors were emphasized in causal attributions. (frontiersin.org)
  • The participants preferred non-medical management for mental health problems and most displayed a reserved attitude towards psychotropic medications. (frontiersin.org)
  • The main finding was a firm integration of the prison context in in the participants' beliefs about mental health. (frontiersin.org)
  • In one study , participants with messy desks were perceived to be less conscientious, more neurotic, and less agreeable. (hbr.org)
  • The percentage of participants who used mental health services at follow-up increased, but not significantly. (cdc.gov)
  • Although the bulk of the research tend to focus on the interactions between interpersonal discrimination and health, researchers studying discrimination and health in the United States have proposed that institutional discrimination and cultural racism also give rise to conditions that contribute to persisting racial and economic health disparities. (wikipedia.org)
  • Studies assessing the link between interpersonal discrimination and health have been both experimental and observational in nature. (wikipedia.org)
  • 5 ), we find that interpersonal factors, sociocultural factors, public policies, and physical environment ( 6 ) all affect how people perceive their lives and use the resources available to them. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition to caring for patients with complex health problems, health care professionals might have limited access to appropriate equipment, difficulties with funding, difficulties in interpersonal relationships with colleagues, and workplaces with inadequate staffing so that they must work long hours. (nih.gov)
  • In addition, Dr. Wright also conducts research on family health issues, social media and interpersonal relationships, and online research methods. (gmu.edu)
  • 2021) and this affects areas such as education, achievement, relationships and occupational success (World Health Organization [WHO], 2021). (aifs.gov.au)
  • Several scales have been developed to capture different types of discrimination, with over 90% of scales designed by researchers in the U.S. Racism, for example, is most often measured using the Perceived Racism Scale, the Schedule of Racists Events, the Index of Race Related Stress, and the Racism and Life Experiences Scale. (wikipedia.org)
  • The research data were obtained utilizing the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. (ijcer.net)
  • Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A): Psychometric properties in a Spanish-speaking population. (revistacomunicar.com)
  • The interventions could be incorporated at the Tier 1 level of support to promote positive mental health and wellbeing at a universal scale. (aifs.gov.au)
  • Teachers' Occupational Stress" ( Antoniou, Polychroni , & Vlachakis, 2006) , the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach & Jackson, 1986) and the "Stress Coping Strategies Scale" (Cooper, Sloan , & Williams, 1988). (scirp.org)
  • We theorize that fusion of prison conditions and mental health beliefs were brought on by the processes of prisonization, observing mental distress in peers and attempts to protect self-esteem by externalizing the causes for mental health problems. (frontiersin.org)
  • Relevant qualitative peer-reviewed studies and grey literature were examined to derive a model identifying likely factors increasing risk for distress in chronic contamination experience and actions that may be taken by public health professionals and local leaders to enhance community resilience and take health-protective actions. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, when deciding how to bring about beneficial behavior change, we must consider genetic, constitutional, and psychosocial factors such as people's level of knowledge and intelligence as well as their ego identity, coping strategy, social support system, religion, philosophy, and attitude toward health maintenance. (cdc.gov)
  • Research methods, planning, and evaluation are similar for many behavior-change strategies, but the thought processes involved in strategizing from a salutogenesis perspective are different from those involved in strategizing from a pathogenesis perspective. (cdc.gov)
  • The aims of this study are to assess the levels of perceived threat (susceptibility, severity, impact), negative emotions (fear, worry), and self-efficacy of pregnant women in China related to COVID-19 and to examine their associations with mental health (depression and anxiety) and personal protective behavior (wearing a face mask). (jmir.org)
  • Effects of student-teachers' coping behavior. (scirp.org)
  • and inflammation) and accelerated aging, as well as through altered engagement in health behaviors (increased participation in unhealthy behaviors and nonparticipation in healthy behaviors) (5,6). (cdc.gov)
  • Findings indicate that experiences of discrimination tend to translate into worse physical and mental health and lead to increased participation in unhealthy behaviors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Research conceptualizes instances of discrimination as situations which are likely to cause stress and have downstream consequences on mental and physical health, as well as health behaviors. (wikipedia.org)
  • In experimental studies, stress in response to discrimination has been measured using a range of both psychological (e.g. perceived stress) and physiological (e.g. cardiovascular reactivity) measures, and evidence indicates that this heightened stress response is associated with poorer mental and physical health and impaired decision-making when it comes to health-related behaviors such as substance use or visits to the emergency department. (wikipedia.org)
  • Discrimination also impacts health by inducing negative emotions and lowering self-control, which in turn increases participation in unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, alcohol and substance use, reduced physical activity, and overeating. (wikipedia.org)
  • Research also finds evidence that discrimination lowers participation in preventative care behaviors, such as cancer screening, diabetes management, and condom use, that could help maintain good health. (wikipedia.org)
  • A meta-analysis of 138 studies shows consistent evidence of the relationship between discrimination and health behaviors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Across all studies, we find the strongest and most consistent evidence for the negative impact of discrimination on mental health and health-related behaviors, but a meta-analysis of 134 samples also shows evidence of an inverse link between discrimination and physical health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Instead of developing solutions based on decreasing health-related risks, we find ways to promote healthful behaviors that increase people's sense of well-being, their sense of coherence. (cdc.gov)
  • Family caregivers play an important role in helping older adults reflect on their pain, observing behaviors that may suggest pain and discomfort, and recording these findings to share with health care providers when needed. (nursingcenter.com)
  • whereas emotional eating resistance, lower availability of unhealthy food at home, neighborhood safety and favorable social eating behaviors were inversely associated with BMI in women participating in SNAP. (ukdiss.com)
  • The Social Ecological Model (SEM) was used as the theoretical basis for this study since it proposes that health behaviors are governed by a variety of intrapersonal, home environment, community and social factors (8). (ukdiss.com)
  • The second major component of the SEM considered was the home environment, as it plays a vital role in shaping health behaviors. (ukdiss.com)
  • In terms of your actions, you will learn how certain coping strategies and behaviors that provide emotional relief in the moment can end up reinforcing ongoing problems, and practice engaging in alternative behaviors that move you towards the life you want. (family-institute.org)
  • Although others don't notice these perceived flaws, you feel driven to perform excessive, repetitive behaviors or mental acts in response to appearance concerns. (family-institute.org)
  • New routines and behaviors such as adhering to stay-at-home orders, wearing masks, and social distancing, along with frequent messaging about handwashing, cleaning, and not touching our faces, are constant reminders of our "new normal" and have been shown to increase anxiety. (cdc.gov)
  • Faith-based community members, family, and COVID-19: The role of family cohesion, social support, and spiritual support on quality of life, depression, and COVID-19 prevention behaviors. (gmu.edu)
  • The results of the multivariate multinominal logistic regression analyses showed that perceived severity, perceived impact, fear, and worry were risk factors for probable depression and anxiety, while self-efficacy was a protective factor. (jmir.org)
  • Standard tools were used to collect data from 93 abused women seeking help at a welfare centre in relation to forms of abuse, depression, coping, suicidal ideation, substance use, social support and self-efficacy. (who.int)
  • Although half the women had a low level of perceived social support, abused Jordanian women reported moderate to very high levels of self-efficacy and used approach coping more frequently than avoidance coping strategies. (who.int)
  • East Mediterr Health J. 2018;24(2):169-176. (who.int)
  • The reduction in TB incidence rate between 2015 and 2018 was only 6.3%, significantly lower than the End TB Strategy milestone of 20% between 2015 and 2020 [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mental health first aid is 'help provided to a person who is developing a mental health problem or who is in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves' (Morgan, Ross, & Reavley, 2018, p. 2). (aifs.gov.au)
  • The psychological impact of discrimination on health refers to the cognitive pathways through which discrimination impacts mental and physical health in members of marginalized, subordinate, and low-status groups (e.g. racial and sexual minorities). (wikipedia.org)
  • Theory and previous research have suggested that cognitive bias in conscious patients with nasogastric/nasoenteric tubes may lead to unplanned extubation, and that social support, anxiety, and hope are influencing factors of cognitive bias. (amegroups.org)
  • Social support had a direct negative effect on cognitive bias and was also shown to indirectly affect cognitive bias through anxiety and hope levels. (amegroups.org)
  • Social support, anxiety, and hope explained 46.2% of the total variation in cognitive bias. (amegroups.org)
  • Moderate cognitive bias is noted in patients with nasogastric/nasoenteric tubes, and social support significantly affects cognitive bias. (amegroups.org)
  • Anxiety and hope level play a mediating role in social support and cognitive bias. (amegroups.org)
  • Positive psychological intervention and the obtention of positive support could improve the cognitive bias of patients with nasogastric/nasoenteric tubes. (amegroups.org)
  • There is a well-established literature regarding effective cognitive behavioral therapy in treating mental health problems, specifically those utilizing face-to-face counseling. (ipl.org)
  • CBT is considered an intervention attempt in order to help identify social, affective, and cognitive participates of pathological substance abuse. (ipl.org)
  • The components of a comprehensive pain assessment for older adults are similar to those for younger people but may be complicated by unique circumstances associated with aging, including sensory and cognitive impairment, lifelong patterns of pain coping (ranging from heightened attention to pain to suppression or denial of pain), and fear of consequences of reporting pain or loss of independence. (nursingcenter.com)
  • University students are susceptible to psychological issues due to various academic and social stressors in their lives. (ijcer.net)
  • The relationships among caregivers' dysfunctional thoughts, leisure activities, and IL-6 were adjusted for demographic characteristics, stressors, and physical and mental health indicators in a linear regression analysis. (bvsalud.org)
  • Feeling the stress, and the impact on overall health, tends to increase in tandem with the number of stressors experienced. (nih.gov)
  • Other research has shown that a cluttered home environment triggers coping and avoidance strategies involving snacking on junk and watching TV. (hbr.org)
  • In 2020, she was named as the "Remarkable Woman of Concho Valley," a Nexstar Media initiative to honor women who have had influence on "public policy, social progress and the quality of life" and who make "difference by self-achievement, community contribution and family impact. (angelo.edu)
  • Therefore, there is increasing emphasis on the need for preventative and proactive approaches such as school-based mental health literacy interventions (Jorm, 2020). (aifs.gov.au)
  • Background: Our study aimed to examine how modulating variables such as social support, health anxiety, coping, gender, being separated from home, and lockdown can modify or amplify the effect of perceived stress as a starting variable in the point of view of the output variable, dissociation. (preprints.org)
  • Health anxiety showed a strong direct and indirect correlation with dissociation. (preprints.org)
  • Conclusion: The cause and effect relationship between stress and dissociation may be tinctured by health anxiety, coping and social support, influencing dissociacion directly and indirectly. (preprints.org)
  • Although somatic symptoms are not present or are mild, you experience anxiety about health and repeatedly check for signs of illness, or exhibits maladaptive avoidance. (family-institute.org)
  • We employed a systematic review approach to assess the psychological health impact of CEC in literature from 1995 to 2019, and conducted a meta-analysis of available findings (k = 60, N = 25,858) on the impact of CEC on anxiety, general stress, depression, and PTSD. (cdc.gov)
  • Trait" anxiety is associ- ated with years of experience in nursing ( PR 0.97) and psychic-mental health fol ow-up ( PR 1.97). (bvsalud.org)
  • Alternative intervention strategies may be needed to decrease the severity of depressive symptoms and increase use of coping strategies among adolescents and young adults in employment training programs. (cdc.gov)
  • A cohort of 1640 young adults born in 1983 completed a questionnaire in 2004 in which perceived stress was measured. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The results of the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that perceived susceptibility was associated with always wearing a face mask. (jmir.org)
  • Public health can work well from a salutogenesis perspective, although the underlying philosophy of salutogenesis is different from the usual disease-prevention and risk-avoidance practices in use. (cdc.gov)
  • We must expand current practices associated with health care delivery, disease control and prevention, risk reduction, and health promotion to include wellness management. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, from a public health perspective, it is vital to invest in the prevention of stress-related health problems. (jmir.org)
  • My current research projects include ongoing studies of online social support communities, family caregiver-patient relational issues in blood cancer and breast cancer contexts, social media campaigns targeting environmental breast cancer prevention, and social support for parents of children with developmental disabilities. (gmu.edu)
  • Insights on early sexual activity may help in the development of future health-promotion products and interventions related to pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • And that comprehensive universal healthcare system is supported by a very robust information technology system that enables healthcare providers to have a lot of information about people's health and wellbeing that enables them to care for individuals both for prevention and in the course of disease. (cdc.gov)
  • The impact of discrimination-related stress can also be longitudinal, as shown by a study on Black adolescents that found perceived discrimination between age 16-18 to predict stress hormone levels, blood pressure, inflammation, and BMI at age 20. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, even in developed countries, adolescents and young adults can find the treatment difficult to cope with. (who.int)
  • Despite the large number of adolescents and young adults in employment training programs, a population that has poorer health and greater health risk than similarly aged in-school peers, we are unaware of any health interventions that have been evaluated in this setting. (cdc.gov)
  • The primary objective of our study was to evaluate changes in depressive symptoms, coping strategies, and receipt of mental health services among low-income African American adolescents and young adults receiving a mental health intervention integrated into an employment training program. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite this gap, we are unaware of studies that examine interventions to improve access to mental health services and mental health status among adolescents and young adults in employment training programs. (cdc.gov)
  • The declaration of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a public health emergency in the United States immediately changed the way we work and live, and intensified feelings of stress and uncertainty about the future. (cdc.gov)
  • 2. Holahan CJ, Moos RH, Holahan CK, Brennan PL. Social support, coping, and depressive symptoms in a late-middle-aged sample of patients reporting cardiac illness. (publicmentalhealth.co.uk)
  • A pretest-posttest design assessed depressive symptoms, coping strategies, and receipt of mental health services at baseline and 12-month follow-up. (cdc.gov)
  • The intervention had no effect on depressive symptoms or coping strategies. (cdc.gov)
  • Racial and ethnic disparities in perinatal health are present across many countries but are particularly pronounced in the US. (cdc.gov)
  • Perinatal health disparities are also seen by health insurance status, age, and weight (2-4). (cdc.gov)
  • Disparities in income and health insurance may also hinder access to mental health care. (psychiatrist.com)
  • What are the implications for public health practice? (cdc.gov)
  • The observed gender difference has important implications from a public health point of view. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The impact of the family communication environment on cancer caregiving: Implications for coping and clinical communication for caregivers of a parent with a blood cancer. (gmu.edu)
  • Attention is drawn in particular to identified challenges and gaps, and to the proposed global health agenda and its specific implications for the work of WHO. (who.int)
  • Social support comes from relationships with family and friends. (publicmentalhealth.co.uk)
  • Social networks are the size and structure of social contacts and relationships (1). (publicmentalhealth.co.uk)
  • Focus initially on improving morale within communities and developing meaningful relationships between community members and public health practitioners. (cdc.gov)
  • and (4) the social construction of relationships and self in the context of culture, media, gender, and adolescence. (unr.edu)
  • She has published numerous book chapters, as well as peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Family Relations, Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Journal of Selected Papers in Asian Studies, Journal of Early Adolescence , and Psychology of Women Quarterly . (unr.edu)
  • He is the author or coauthor of eight books, including Health Communication in the 21 st Century, Life Span Communication, and Computer-Mediated Communication in Personal Relationships . (gmu.edu)
  • Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination, and violence (World Health Organization, 2002). (cdc.gov)
  • Taiwan has a coordinated national public health network that links to its central Centers for Disease Control. (cdc.gov)
  • We conducted a secondary analysis of data (N=14,000) collected from the online Citizens and Information Communication Technology for Health survey, a project undertaken in 2011 by the Institute for Prospective Technology Studies of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. (jmir.org)
  • Dr. Huang is the Deputy Director and Research Assistant Professor at the Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion (CHEHP) of APRU member the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). (apru.org)
  • en seeking help from a welfare centre. (who.int)
  • Pain management strategies include pain medication and/or interventions. (petermac.org)
  • Interventions should also be directed at training Hijras to negotiate with partners in order to use condoms and also means of coping with partner pressure. (confex.com)
  • This short article discusses how practitioners can incorporate mental health literacy interventions into the school environment. (aifs.gov.au)
  • Follow-up health surveys or interventions should give special consideration to longer-term physical and mental health, especially children due to their unique sensitivity to environmental exposures. (cdc.gov)
  • This study seeks to understand potential unmet health needs and attitudes toward supportive resources from the perspective of a sample of male caregivers of CYSHCN. (springer.com)
  • Different strategies were used to ensure the credibility, dependability, confirmability, and transferability of the study. (hku.hk)
  • A Swedish study including nearly all Swedish men born between 1950 and 1970 showed that the health of the young men had long-term effects on the future labour market performance, and that the strongest negative effects were due to psychological illnesses [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The current study is the first to explore abuse of WMDW as perceived by recruitment agency managers. (gacetasanitaria.org)
  • The aim of this study was to explore the conceptualizations of mental health and coping preferences in a prison environment. (frontiersin.org)
  • The intersection of social psychology of law/justice and the social psychology of health facilitates this study of the risks and benefits of new technologies. (unr.edu)
  • This study examined health system factors affecting implementation of TB control programme from the perspectives of service providers. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study aims to describe the characteristics of people who have sent or received an email to or from their doctor, nurse, or health care organization, by country and in relation to demographics, health care resource use, and health status factors. (jmir.org)
  • This study offers voice to young adolescent women with cerebral palsy (CP) in Bangladesh as they describe their menstrual experiences and needs, and their mothers providing menstrual support. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The goal of this study was to determine the impact of intrapersonal, home environment, community and social factors on diet quality and body mass index (BMI) of low-income women participating in SNAP. (ukdiss.com)
  • A non-experimental, cross-sectional, and correlational study was carried out in a group of 386 Mexican women through a format that was distributed on social networks. (revistainteracciones.com)
  • His study, in collaboration with the APRU Global Health Program's Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Working Group, investigated the global burden of endometrial cancer, one of the most common cancers affecting women. (apru.org)
  • The main objective of this study was to find out the strategies for success of employee empowerment in organisation to reduce employee turnover. (scialert.net)
  • This study will contribute greatly to existing literature specifically in inspiring managers to develop appropriate strategies to nurture employee empowerment in organisations. (scialert.net)
  • The aim of this survey study was to (1) assess determinant factors of public acceptance (behavioral use intention) of stress management apps based on an adapted and extended version of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model and (2) explore preferences for mHealth apps compared with other mental health services. (jmir.org)
  • The stress chain: A longitudinal confirmatory study of teacher stress, coping, and social support. (scirp.org)
  • Mental health of residents near the Three Mile Island reactor: a comparative study of selected groups. (cdc.gov)
  • Limit emphasis on clinical health risks (e.g., hypertension, elevated cholesterol). (cdc.gov)
  • Abused women in Jordan face mental health and psychosocial risks that could compromise their quality of life. (who.int)
  • 001, 46% R 2 increase above block 1, f 2 =0.85), skepticism/perceived risks (beta=−0.14, P =.01, f 2 =0.16), and stress symptoms (beta=0.12, P =.03, f 2 =0.14) as significant predictors of acceptance. (jmir.org)
  • Include mental health as a key factor in improving people's well-being, with an emphasis on changing attitudes, increasing self-knowledge, becoming responsible, and being empowered. (cdc.gov)
  • Our instinct is to push emotional hurt aside, sometimes with food, alcohol, obsessive behaviours and other maladaptive strategies, but the only way to reduce the negative effects of a betrayal is to acknowledge the pain,' says Dr Arroll. (metro.co.uk)
  • Moreover, the reinforcement of these cultural values through continuing travel and contact with relatives and friends in their countries of origin, as well as the inability of American health education and promotion efforts to fully penetrate the tight-knit African immigrant communities have ensured the persistence of these stigmatising attitudes and behaviours. (socresonline.org.uk)
  • In contrast, mental health literacy is knowledge and holistic understanding of mental health to obtain good mental health and develop positive coping behaviours. (aifs.gov.au)
  • In 2003 the World Health Organization reported that approximately 1 in 10 couples have either primary or secondary infertility (3). (who.int)
  • a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community (World Health Organization, 2001). (cdc.gov)
  • Social media platforms, commonly used by young adults, may offer an opportunity to ameliorate social isolation. (researchgate.net)
  • If young adults do not participate in the labour market, the society is deprived of labour, leading to increased public expenditures in terms of social benefits [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • systematic, organized, and successive change due to the continuous sequential physiological, psychological, social, and behavioral changes during adolescence, approximately between the ages of 10 and 19. (cdc.gov)
  • The SSI explored the health needs of male caregivers, assessed attitudes toward and preferences regarding supportive resources, and garnered their advice to other caregivers regarding parenting and health care system navigation. (springer.com)
  • The project also uses focus groups and M-Turk samples to examine attitudes of first responders and the general public toward civilian (non-military) uses of drones. (unr.edu)
  • Some public attitudes about health and the environment. (cdc.gov)
  • Guided by a synthetic theoretical model of the unique psychosocial impact of chronic environmental contamination (in contrast to natural and technological disasters, and background pollution), we undertook a narrative review to assess the current research on this important social problem. (cdc.gov)
  • They advised other male caregivers to remain involved in the medical care and wellbeing of their CYSCHN and to openly seek and receive emotional support despite the daily challenges they face. (springer.com)
  • This work highlights unmet health needs of male caregivers of CYSHCN and the importance of improving their emotional support opportunities. (springer.com)
  • Social support includes emotional support or empathy and practical help or advice (1). (publicmentalhealth.co.uk)
  • Evidence from this line of research shows that anticipating discrimination, experiencing stress as a result of hypervigilance and worry, and ruminating over the experience of discrimination can aggravate and prolong the adverse impacts of discrimination on health. (wikipedia.org)
  • For instance, our review of the qualitative literature suggests that individuals who attribute material health impacts to contamination, and who have the social experience of their concerns being delegitimized by responsible institutions, are most at risk for psychological stress. (cdc.gov)
  • Several studies based on findings from mathematical models and historical analyses suggest that early implementation of multiple measures, such as social distancing, school closures, and isolation of sick persons, may be effective in reducing the transmission of the virus ( 2 - 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In this paper, stress is to be understood according to the Transactional Stress Model by Lazarus and Folkman [ 5 ], according to which subjective stress and coping appraisals caused by an event can result in further problem-focused or emotion-focused coping strategies. (jmir.org)
  • Regarding social support, the support of family significantly decreased the dissociative experiences in the Hungarian sample through mediating the stress and directly as well. (preprints.org)
  • Public reaction to an unfamiliar crisis is obviously difficult to predict. (cdc.gov)
  • Working in health care can be physically and emotionally demanding in normal times, let alone during a public health crisis, such as has occurred with COVID-19. (nih.gov)
  • Due to the fact that perceived stress in young adulthood is related to an unhealthy lifestyle as well as poor health and well-being, it is likely that perceived stress also affects future labour market participation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, the quality of social networks also affects mental health. (publicmentalhealth.co.uk)
  • Obesity is a public health problem that disproportionately affects low-income populations. (ukdiss.com)
  • Krystal M. Lewis, PhD, explains how stress affects the body and shares ideas for how health care professionals can manage the stress they experience in their professional and personal lives. (nih.gov)
  • 3 College of Nursing, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (who.int)
  • She is a co-principal investigator on an NSF-funded project in which she works on a team with faculty and students from mechanical engineering, computer science, geological sciences and social psychology on the use of drones by first responders in rescues during earthquakes and wild fires. (unr.edu)
  • Published in International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Social support, mainly support of the family and problem-focused coping strategies seem to alleviate dissociation-provoking effect of stress. (preprints.org)
  • CBT is a problem-focused, skills-based treatment that provides a framework for understanding what's keeping problems going and teaches practical tools and strategies for breaking unhelpful patterns of thinking and acting. (family-institute.org)
  • For young men, higher levels of perceived stress reduced the risk of future passive labour market participation, when adjusting for socioeconomic factors, self-rated health and copings strategies ( p = 0.045). (biomedcentral.com)
  • For young women, higher levels of perceived stress increased the risk of future passive labour market participation, when adjusting for the same potential confounding factors, although unlike the men, this association was not statistically significant ( p = 0.335). (biomedcentral.com)
  • To solve a research problem, the authors have used an integrative approach according to which any explaining principles, models, and conceptual schemes are considered as adequate methods for the analysis of human health at different levels of the organization of human vital activity. (europeanproceedings.com)
  • CEC is the experience of living in an area where hazardous substances are known or perceived to be present in air, water, or soil at elevated levels for a prolonged and unknown period of time. (cdc.gov)
  • Health occupies a more prominent place in development debates, being increasingly seen as a fundamental dimension of security at individual, local, national and global levels and a key element of social justice. (who.int)
  • Using salutogenesis (origins of health) as a model for public health practice rather than pathogenesis (origins of disease) allows us to focus on factors that support and increase well-being rather than on factors that merely prevent disease. (cdc.gov)
  • However, in public health practice, we cannot design programs for specific individuals. (cdc.gov)
  • I am excited that CDC is embracing wellness as part of public health practice. (cdc.gov)
  • In this case competition, APRU students will be given an opportunity to practice critical thinking and problem-solving skills to help solve global health challenges. (apru.org)
  • Acceptance of stress coping apps was moderate (mean 3.10, SD 1.03, range 1-5). (jmir.org)
  • These features make prisons especially interesting settings for exploring health beliefs. (frontiersin.org)
  • Adult-child caregivers' family communication experiences after an older parent's blood cancer diagnosis: A survey exploring their openness, avoidance, and social support. (gmu.edu)
  • This is why a betrayal can feel so overwhelming as it is a perceived threat to survival. (metro.co.uk)
  • Health care providers must be alert for symptoms of mental health disorders in their adult patients and guard against biases that could affect their diagnosis or treatment practices. (psychiatrist.com)
  • This Conceptual Framework for Public Mental Health is an interactive web-based tool that brings together evidence from academic research, reports, and practitioner and public consultations to map out the factors affecting mental health across all stages of a person's life, including links to key evidence and lived experiences. (publicmentalhealth.co.uk)
  • Compared to baseline, specific factors associated with perceived stress and traumatic stress at timepoint 2 were living alone, less problem solving, and seeking social support. (unm.edu)
  • Low reported email use by country may not necessarily reflect low interest in using email for health care: local health policies and technical infrastructures may be significant factors in the delay in implementation of alternative forms of routine health communication. (jmir.org)
  • These results emphasize the importance of intrapersonal, home environment, community and social factors in mediating the relationship between food insecurity and BMI in low-income women. (ukdiss.com)
  • The societal and socio-cultural factors make an impact upon the state of social-psychological health, that is, upon a stable functioning of psyche ensuring a social-psychological adaptation and a communicative effectiveness of a person. (europeanproceedings.com)
  • the second one includes socio-cultural factors which comprise the peculiarities of a current information space along with social and individual standards of the attitude towards health. (europeanproceedings.com)
  • However, little is known about the determinant factors of public acceptance of stress management in relation to preferences for psychological services. (jmir.org)
  • Predicting intraindividual changes in teacher burnout: The role of perceived school environment and motivational factors. (scirp.org)
  • Dr. Singg organized the first "AIDS Awareness Program" in West Texas in early 1980s and started the first support group for the AIDS patients, their families and friends when "AIDS" was highly stigmatized. (angelo.edu)
  • The psychological and social impact of infertility on married couples alerted researchers in developing countries to consequences of infertility and the need to not underestimate the problem. (who.int)
  • OBJECTIVE: Dementia caregiving is associated with negative physical health consequences, including inflammation processes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Predicting teacher burnout over time: effects of work stress, social support, and self-doubts on burnout and its consequences. (scirp.org)
  • She is an affiliate/associate faculty member in four University of Nevada, Reno academic programs - Public Health, Justice Management, the Gerontology Academic Program, and Gender, Race, and Identity. (unr.edu)
  • Congratulations to Fiji Apple from National University of Singapore who is the winning team of the 7th APRU Global Health Virtual Case Competition. (apru.org)
  • APRU's strong representation in the realm of outstanding research work for women's health was additionally manifested by Weiyu Zhou, a student in the School of Public Health of APRU member Fudan University, being one of the two runners-up. (apru.org)
  • Dean for Health Equity at the Dell Medical School of the University of Texas. (cdc.gov)
  • It also aims to investigate the coping strategies that they adopt , and the relationship between them. (scirp.org)