Public Perceptions of Local Parks and Recreation as an Essential Community Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha L. Powers ◽  
Nicholas A. D. Pitas ◽  
Andrew J. Mowen
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Parks And Recreation ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Recreation Opportunities ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Essential Service

Local residents are the primary stakeholder for municipal parks and recreation who have the potential to influence funding and policy through their participation, voting, and advocacy. Research has suggested that individuals are more likely to support parks and recreation and view them as essential when they perceive they provide benefits that address their own as well as broader community needs. This panel study investigated Pennsylvania residents and the extent they considered parks and recreation an essential community service during the COVID-19 pandemic. It further assessed the rationale for why parks and recreation were considered either essential or non-essential during this time period. A majority of respondents (54%) felt local parks and recreation were an essential service in their community during the pandemic based primarily on their perceived contributions to physical health, mental health and wellbeing, and the safe provision of recreation opportunities. Conversely, parks and recreation were considered non-essential when they had been closed, when individuals were unsure of what services were actually provided during the pandemic, or they were perceived as unsafe or unsanitary given the presence of COVID-19. Findings provide evidence of the contributions provided by local parks and recreation during the COVID-19 pandemic and suggest influenceable factors associated with perceptions of whether parks and recreation are an essential community service.

scholarly journals How public perceptions of social distancing evolved over a critical time period: communication lessons learnt from the American state of Wisconsin

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (05) ◽  
pp. A11
Author(s):  
Kaiping Chen ◽  
Luye Bao ◽  
Anqi Shao ◽  
Pauline Ho ◽  
Shiyu Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Computational Methods ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
Main Barrier

Understanding how individuals perceive the barriers and benefits of precautionary actions is key for effective communication about public health crises, such as the COVID-19 outbreak. This study used innovative computational methods to analyze 30,000 open-ended responses from a large-scale survey to track how Wisconsin (U.S.A.) residents' perceptions of the benefits of and barriers to performing social distancing evolved over a critical time period (March 19th to April 1st, 2020). Initially, the main barrier was practical related, however, individuals later perceived more multifaceted barriers to social distancing. Communication about COVID-19 should be dynamic and evolve to address people's experiences and needs overtime.

scholarly journals PEMANFAATAN LAHAN PEKARANGAN DENGAN PENANAMAN ALPUKAT DAN PEPAYA CALIFORNIA UNTUK PENINGKATAN GIZI MASYARAKAT DI DESA TERONG KABUPATEN BANTUL

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Zuhud Rozaki ◽  
Arie Kusuma Paksi
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
The Family ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Good Nutrition ◽  
Family Nutrition ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
The Village

Desa Terong memiliki cukup banyak kasus stunting. Perhatian terhadap pemenuhan pangan yang bergizi perlu dilakukan. Upaya peningkatan gizi masyarakat lewat pemanfaatan lahan pekarangan dengan penanaman tanaman buah seperti papaya California dan alpukat yang bergizi bisa menjadi solusi yang tepat. Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan gizi dan ekonomi masyarakat sasaran dengan memanfaatkan lahan pekarangan. Metode yang digunakan adalah penyuluhan dan pendampingan. Masyarakat sasaran sangat antusias dengan kegiatan pengabdian ini, terlihat dari jumlah peserta saat penyuluhan dan penyerahan bibit pepaya california dan alpukat. Meskipun hasil dari tanaman buah tersebut membutuhkan waktu, masyarakat sasaran merasa bahwa upaya ini cukup membantu dalam usaha perbaikan gizi masyarakat. Bahkan masyarakat berpikiran bahwa penanaman tanaman buah di lahan pekarangan ini bisa menjadi potensi pengembangan desa menjadi desa wisata berbasis buah. Jangka panjang dari dampak kegiatan pengabdian ini sangat berarti mulai dari level keluarga sampai wilayah desa. Pemenuhan gizi keluarga secara mandiri lewat lahan pekarangan perlu dikembangkan, masyarakat perlu lebih disadarkan. Selain memberikan asupan gizi yang baik, juga bernilai ekonomis. Kata kunci: Lahan Pekarangan, Pepaya California, Alpukat, Gizi Masyarakat, Stunting ABSTRACT Keywords: Homegarden, California Papaya, Avocado, Community Nutrition, StuntingStunting cases in Terong Village are quite high. Attention on the nutrient food fulfillment need to be more serious. Efforts to increase people nutrition through homegarden utilization with planting california papaya and avocado can be solution here. This community service activity aims to increase people nutrition and economic through homegarden utilization. Method which was used is extension and assistance. The targeted community was very enthusiastic about this community service program, it can be seen from the number of participants during extension and handing over California papaya and avocado seeds. Although the results of the fruit crops need time, the targeted community feels that this effort is quite helpful to improve people nutrition. The targeted community thinks that planting fruit trees on homegarden can be a potential for village development to become a fruit-based tourism village. The long-term impact of these community service activities is significant from the family level to the village area. Fulfillment of family nutrition independently through the homegarden utilization, the community needs to be more aware. In addition to providing good nutrition, it is also economically valuable.

The Application of Booklet for Providing Mental and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) to Elderly during COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 027-033
Author(s):  
Thatit Nurmawati ◽  
Nawang Wulandari ◽  
Anita Rahmawati ◽  
Aurizal Ahmad Aziz ◽  
Lutvi Febriana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Psychosocial Support ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Entrepreneurial Spirit

The condition of the COVID-19 Pandemic which is full of uncertainty makes the elderly easily plagued by feelings of excessive anxiety which has an impact on physical health conditions. The purpose of the community service was to provide mental and psychosocial support (MHPSS) during Covid-19 pandemic through booklets. The method used health education by distributing booklets. The activity was conducted in Blitar district area through the online network on February 2021 with 21 elderly people as the respondents. The results showed that the elderly were able to follow all the activities given and able to re-practice physical activities that could be done to deal with anxiety as a psychological impact of COVID-19 properly. Batik activity is one form of occupational therapy for People with mental disorders to continue to be carried out so that independence and entrepreneurial spirit can increase, so they will be more productive. The Mental and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for all elderly groups in the community needs to be continuously carried out by involving elderly cadres as an effort to control anxiety as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Scientific Arguments for New – Deterministic Approach to HLLLW Management

2003 ◽  
Vol 807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko M. Ninkovic ◽  
Jagos J. Raicevic
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Fission Products ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Deterministic Approach ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
Waste Storage ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Scientific Arguments

ABSTRACTOne of the greatest challenges in the use of nuclear energy is the high radioactive long-lived waste which is generated during production. It must be dealt with safely and effectively. While technical solutions exist, including deep geological repositories, progress in the disposal of radioactive waste has been influenced, and in many cases delayed, by public perceptions about the safety of the technology. One of the primary reasons for this is the long life of many of radionuclides, actinides and fission products, with half-lives on the order of a hundred thousand to a millions years. Problems of perceptions could be reduced significantly, according to our and many others author's opinion, if there were a way to burn or destroy the most toxic long-lived radioactive wastes. As there are no industrial methods for waste destroying today, in this paper it was suggested a new hybrid, deterministic approach: instead of final waste disposal, long-termed but yet temporal storage only, striving towards final destruction once the appropriate conditions are maintained. This new or modified old approach could affect current HLLLW management and related activities in: changes of processing technology; prolonging the time period of waste storage at temporal depositories; increasing the investment into research regarding the methods and technologies for destructions of these materials, and slowing down the investments into the very expensive final disposal repositories. It is authors' opinion that such deterministic, conceptual approach would contribute the reviving interest in nuclear energy, all over the world and especially in small and developing countries.

scholarly journals Residential Greenery: State of the Art and Health-Related Ecosystem Services and Disservices in the City of Berlin

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Battisti ◽  
Lauranne Pille ◽  
Thomas Wachtel ◽  
Federica Larcher ◽  
Ina Säumel
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Woody Species ◽  
Air Filtration ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Plant Use ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged ◽  
Allergenic Potential ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Local Residents

Inclusively accessible green areas are essential for livable cities. The residential greenery on a door’s step of urban dwellers has rarely been the subject of research. Here we provide insights into the state of the art of residential greenery in Berlin, Germany. We focus on socially disadvantaged neighborhoods exposed to high loads of environmental stressors and belonging to four relevant building types of Central European cities. 32 plots in eight sample areas were randomly chosen and surveyed during 2017 and 2018. We surveyed the presence of structural elements, the presence and abundance of woody species and the health-related ecosystem (dis-)services (i.e., species’ air filtration and allergenic potential). We analysed the similarity among tree species to assess plant use patterns. The air cleaning and allergenic potential of woody species were assigned based on literature. In order to discuss strategies to improve residential greenery, we performed an analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of these green spaces. We revealed a high dissimilarity of woody species assemblages across sites and within different building types, indicating no common plant use fashion. Recorded species provide moderate to high air filtering capacity. One to two third of all trees have a high allergenic potential that has to be addressed in future plant use decisions. Bike racks, benches, lights and playgrounds are common elements, whereas bioswales, facade-bound greening, atrium, fountains or ponds are rare. Their implementation can enhance the health and wellbeing of local residents. Building-attached greenery can improve densely built up areas of the Wilhelminian period, whereas space-intensive measures can be implemented in the spacious greenery of row–buildings settlements of the 1920s–1970s and of large housing estates of the 1970s–1980s. We revealed a high motivation for (co-)design and care by residents and discussed strategies on transformation towards multi-functional, healthy and biodiversity-friendly residential greeneries.

Oil Spills and Safety – Community Outreach and Education in Oil Spill Response

2003 ◽  
Vol 2003 (1) ◽  
pp. 877-883
Author(s):  
Scott McCreery ◽  
Michael Myers ◽  
Anita White
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Public Health And Safety

ABSTRACT In the summer of 2001, an oil spill into the Strait of Georgia occurred from a tank vessel docked at the BP Cherry Point Refinery. The resultant sheen impacted approximately three miles of pristine beach. While the spill volume was relatively small, odors from the spill of mixed slop materials were strong enough to prompt several residents to evacuate their homes. In response to this experience, the BP Cherry Point Refinery developed a community outreach program focused on educating local residents about the nature of oil spills, including oil spill response and issues of public health and safety. Rooted in both research and past experience with risk communication, this approach provides a model for engaging local communities in educational efforts to ensure public health and safety in the event of a spill, and for addressing public perceptions regarding response effectiveness.

Chief complaints and diagnoses of displaced Israelis seeking medical treatment during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 305-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua D. Lipsitz, PhD ◽  
Deena Zimmerman, MD, MPH ◽  
Nahum Kovalski, MD ◽  
Raz Gross, MD, MPH ◽  
Rachel Hammel, MD
Keyword(s):  
Age Distribution ◽  
Urgent Care ◽  
Discharge Diagnosis ◽  
Care Clinic ◽  
Pain Anxiety ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Chief Complaints ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Urgent Care Clinic

Objective: To examine patterns of visits by residents of northern Israel displaced during the Israel- Lebanon War of 2006 to an urgent care system in central Israel and to compare these patterns with those of local patients.Design: Retrospective analysis of electronic medical records.Setting: Urgent care clinic system in and around Jerusalem, Israel.Participants: Patients residing in northern Israel who presented from July 12 to August 21, 2006. Local patients who presented during the same time period were used for comparison.Interventions: None.Main outcome measures: Chief complaints, discharge diagnoses, demographics, and visit characteristics.Results: There were a total of 1,175 visits for 938 northern patients, reflecting 6.7 percent of total visits to this system. Overall age distribution of northerners was generally similar. As a proportion of visits, adult northerners were less likely to visit for chief complaints of injury or laceration and more likely to visit for complaint of back pain.They were more likely to have a discharge diagnosis of chest pain, anxiety, or hypertension. Northern children and adolescents were less likely to visit due to injury or fall or to have a discharge diagnosis of fracture.They were more likely to have a discharge diagnosis of gastroenteritis or tonsillitis.Conclusions: Patterns of common discharge diagnoses were generally similar between northern and local residents, with the exception of fewer injury-related visits and more anxiety-related visits. Urgent care appears to have served an important function for displaced individuals during this war, mostly for routine medical needs.

The climates of Earth's next supercontinent: effects of tectonics, rotation rate, and insolation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Way ◽  
Hannah Davies ◽  
Joao Duarte ◽  
Mattias Green
Keyword(s):  
Rotation Rate ◽  
Plate Tectonics ◽  
The Other ◽  
South Pole ◽  
Climate Scenarios ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Low Latitudes ◽  
Land Surfaces

<div>We investigate two possible deep future Earth climate scenarios using a 3-D GCM [1], 200 and 250 million years into the future when the next supercontinent phase is expect to take place. We use knowledge of the evolution of plate tectonics, solar luminosity, and rotation rate over this time period.  In one scenario, a supercontinent forms at low latitudes. In the other scenario it forms at high northerly latitudes with an Antarctic subcontinent remaining at the south pole.  The climates differences between these two scenarios are dramatic, with differences in mean surface temperatures approaching 4 degrees. The fractional habitability (where mean surface temperatures are between 0<T<100C year round) on land surfaces (as opposed to the ocean) is shown to differ up to 40% between the two simulations. We believe these demonstrate that the community needs to consider alternative boundary conditions when simulating Earth-like exoplanetary climates.</div><div>[1] Way et al. 2017, ApJS, 231, 21.</div>

scholarly journals Community Empowerment for Self-sufficiency in Herbal Plants to Face The Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-198
Author(s):  
Novera Herdiani ◽  
Satriya Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Community Group ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Dried Fruit ◽  
Method Of Planting

Indonesia is famous for its rich herbs. Typically, these herbs are used as flavoured vegetables, medicinal plants, dried fruit and medicinal plants that are packed in the form of herbs. Some herbs are very good for curing and healing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for spices is getting higher, but prices are also high. This has an impact on the cost of community needs. Community service aims to use herbs to improve the immune system in the face of COVID-19. Besides, for the use of the house yard by planting herbs as traditional medicinal plants with community empowerment. The methods used were counselling about spice plants, dividing spice plant seeds, and practising directly growing spices. The community service subjects were 41 residents Taman District on Provinsi of Sidoarjo, especially in a community group on 25 in Citizens Association of 10 Bohar Village, Taman Sidoarjo District. According to the results of the evaluation of the participant's knowledge assessment, according to the results of the pre-test and post-test evaluations, it was found that most of the participants experienced an increase in knowledge of spices (56.1%). Most residents (85%) prefer the direct practice method of planting spices because it is easier to understand right away. The conclusion indicated the effectiveness of the introduction and use of spices in increasing knowledge and direct cultivation practice. The next community service activity is to provide assistance and train residents in environmental cadre formation activities and the formation of TOGA plants. The output of this community service activity is a report that has been submitted in a journal and an increase in public understanding and awareness by planting spices.  

scholarly journals Pelatihan Pembuatan Sabun Cuci Piring sebagai Upaya Pemberdayaan Ibu-ibu PKK di Desa Kutuwetan Kabupaten Ponorogo

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Nur Ihda Farikhatin Nisa ◽  
Dyan Hatining Ayu Sudarni ◽  
Saifulloh Saifulloh
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
The Body ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Business Opportunities ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
And Training ◽  
Insight Into

In daily life, soap is one of the things that humans need to keep the body clean and the cleanliness of the surrounding environment. The high public interest in soap, especially dishwashing soap, opens up business opportunities to produce soap to meet community needs. Community empowerment, especially the PKK women's group to produce dishwashing soap, can be done because dishwashing soap is relatively easy to learn and produce. However, public knowledge about chemicals and the process of producing dish soap is still very minimal. This community service activity aims to provide insight into the home business opportunities and skills of making dish soap to PKK ladies. The group of partners in this activity is PKK women in Kutuwetan Village, Ponorogo Regency. This activity is expected to improve the community's welfare, especially in the economic field, and foster awareness and independence in entrepreneurship. The methods used in this community service activity include coordination with partners, counseling, and training in making liquid soap, evaluation, and follow-up. This community service activity is in the form of a dish soap product that has been put in packages and distributed to residents. In addition, the achievement of a group of partners who already have skills in making dish soap. ABSTRAKDalam kehidupan sehari-hari, sabun merupakan salah satu barang yang sangat dibutuhkan oleh manusia baik untuk menjaga kebersihan badan maupun kebersihan lingkungan sekitar. Tingginya minat masyarakat terhadap sabun khususnya sabun cuci piring, menjadikan terbukanya peluang usaha untuk memproduksi sabun untuk memenuhi kebutuhan masyarakat tersebut. Pemberdayaan masyarakat terutama kelompok ibu-ibu PKK untuk memproduksi sabun cuci piring bisa dilakukan karena pembuatan sabun cuci piring yang relatif mudah dipelajari dan diproduksi. Akan tetapi, pengetahuan masyarakat tentang bahan kimia dan proses produksi sabun cuci piring masih sangat minim. Tujuan dari kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah untuk memberikan wawasan tentang peluang usaha rumahan dan keterampilan pembuatan sabun cuci piring pada ibu-ibu PKK. Kelompok mitra kegiatan ini adalah ibu-ibu PKK di Desa Kutuwetan Kabupaten Ponorogo. Dengan kegiatan ini diharapkan mampu meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat khususnya dalam bidang ekonomi serta menumbuhkan kesadaran dan kemandirian dalam berwirausaha. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan pengabdian bagi masyarakat ini meliputi koordinasi dengan mitra, penyuluhan, pelatihan pembuatan sabun cair serta evaluasi dan tindak lanjut. Hasil dari kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini yaitu berupa produk sabun cuci piring yang telah dimasukkan kemasan dan dibagikan pada warga sekitar. Selain itu, tercapainya kelompok mitra yang telah memiliki keterampilan dalam pembuatan sabun cuci piring.

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