scholarly journals Exercise Prescription to Foster Health and Well-Being: A Behavioral Approach to Transform Barriers into Opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 968
Author(s):  
Daniela Lucini ◽  
Massimo Pagani
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity Intervention ◽  
Exercise Prescription ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Physiological Mechanisms ◽  
Exercise Interventions ◽  
Technical Competencies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Health And Well Being

The current literature contains multiple examples of exercise interventions to foster health and to prevent/treat many chronic non-communicable diseases; stress and functional syndromes. On the other hand, sedentariness is increasing and to transform a sedentary subject into a regular exerciser is not only very difficult but considered by some unrealistic in current clinical practice. Ideally a physical activity intervention may be considered actually efficacious when it outgrows the research setting and becomes embedded in a system, ensuring maintenance and sustainability of its health benefits. Physicians need specific skills to improve patients’ exercise habits. These range from traditional clinical competencies, to technical competencies to correctly prescribe exercise, to competencies in behavioral medicine to motivate the subject. From a behavioral and medical point of view, an exercise prescription may be considered correct only if the subject actually performs the prescribed exercise and this results in an improvement of physiological mechanisms such as endocrine, immunological and autonomic controls. Here we describe a model of intervention intended to nurture exercise prescription in everyday clinical setting. It aims to a tailored prescription, starts from the subject’s assessment, continues defining clinical goals/possible limitations and ends when the subject is performing exercise obtaining results.

scholarly journals Transition from Emotional to Rational Advertising for Food Products on the Romanian Market

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-108
Author(s):  
A.F. Jităreanu ◽  
Elena Leonte ◽  
A. Chiran ◽  
Benedicta Drobotă
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Body ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Brand Advertising ◽  
Tangible Evidence ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract Advertising helps to establish a set of assumptions that the consumer will bring to all other aspects of their engagement with a given brand. Advertising provides tangible evidence of the financial credibility and competitive presence of an organization. Persuasion is becoming more important in advertising. In marketing, persuasive advertising acts to establish wants/motivations and beliefs/attitudes by helping to formulate a conception of the brand as being one which people like those in the target audience would or should prefer. Considering the changes in lifestyle and eating habits of a significant part of the population in urban areas in Romania, the paper aims to analyse how brands manage to differentiate themselves from competitors, to reposition themselves on the market and influence consumers, meeting their increasingly varied needs. Food brands on the Romanian market are trying, lately, to identify new methods of differentiation and new benefits for their buyers. Given that more and more consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about what they eat and the products’ health effects, brands struggle to highlight the fact that their products offer real benefits for the body. The advertisements have become more diversified and underline the positive effects, from the health and well - being point of view, that those foods offer (no additives and preservatives, use of natural ingredients, various vitamins and minerals or the fact that they are dietary). Advertising messages’ diversification is obvious on the Romanian market, in the context of an increasing concern of the population for the growing level of information of some major consumer segments.

scholarly journals Comparative Personality Traits Assessment of Three Species of Communally Housed Captive Penguins

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 376
Author(s):  
Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino ◽  
Richard Preziosi ◽  
Massimo Faustini ◽  
Giulio Curone ◽  
Mariangela Albertini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Behavioral Characteristics ◽  
Specific Expression ◽  
Fundamental Factor ◽  
Animal Management ◽  
Group Life ◽  
Animal Personalities ◽  
Health And Well Being

Understanding animal personalities has notable implications in the ecology and evolution of animal behavior, but personality studies can also be useful in optimizing animal management, with the aim of improving health and well-being, and optimizing reproductive success, a fundamental factor in the species threatened with extinction. Modern zoos are increasingly being structured with enclosures that host different species, which permanently share spaces. This condition has undeniable positive aspects, but, in some species, it could determine the appearance of collective or synchronized behaviors. The aim of this study was to verify, in a colony of three species of communally housed penguins (Pygoscelis papua, Aptenodytes patagonicus and Eudyptes moseleyi), through a trait-rating assessment, if interspecific group life impacts on the expression of personality traits, and if it is possible to highlight specie-specific expression of personality traits, despite the influence of forced cohabitation. For many of the personality traits we analyzed, we have observed that it was possible to detect an expression that differed, according to the species. From a practical point of view, these data could ameliorate the management of the animals, allowing to design animal life routines, according to the different behavioral characteristics of the cohabiting species.

Migrants’ health and well-being in the context of the Greek economic crisis: a narrative review

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-297
Author(s):  
Maria Psoinos
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Full Text Review ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
Narrative Literature Review ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Health And Well Being

Purpose Despite numerous studies on the separate health consequences of economic crises and post-migration difficulties, very little is known about the processes through which the intersection of economic crisis and post-migration adversity contribute to migrants’ health vulnerabilities. The purpose of this paper is to examine existing literature about how newly arrived and long-term migrants’ health and well-being are affected by the economic crisis in Greece. Design/methodology/approach The ongoing economic recession in Greece, combined with the recent migration crisis, provided an adequate context for investigating migrants’ health and well-being. A narrative literature review was performed on whether and how migrants’ health and well-being are affected by the economic and the migration crises in the particular case of Greece. Papers published between January 2010 and December 2017 were selected based on review of titles and abstracts, followed by a full text review. Findings The review identified a surprisingly limited number of relevant studies. Ultimately five studies were selected and their findings summarised. There was only one study attempting to unravel the specific processes through which the crisis and the post-migration problems impact cumulatively on migrants’ health and well-being and to suggest healthcare improvements. Further research on this topic is urgently needed. Originality/value This paper explores existing research looking at how migrants’ health and well-being are affected by the economic and the migration crises in Greece. The emerging dearth of research evidence on the above topic is also critically discussed from a socio-political point of view and recommendations are made related to healthcare practice and services set up for migrants’ health and care.

5. Positive and successful ageing

2016 ◽  
pp. 87-101
Author(s):  
Nancy A. Pachana
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Lifestyle Factors ◽  
Successful Ageing ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Health And Well Being

‘Positive and successful ageing’ examines how, as a society, we can promote positive and successful ageing in terms of physical, mental, and social well-being in later life. It addresses current findings and directions in research, interventions, and social policy, which have focused more strongly on health and well-being, rather than disease and disability, in the last few decades. Attention is paid to the contributions of the environment, lifestyle factors, meaning and engagement in life, resilience, and wisdom that support a successful move through the latter stages of life. Successful ageing is now the subject of policy frameworks, lifespan theories of development, and actions—large and small—affecting older adults globally.

scholarly journals Le maître d'oeuvre sur un chantier de construction

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-182
Author(s):  
René Napert ◽  
François Darveau
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Workplace Accidents ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Health And Well Being

The construction industry is a prime area for workplace accidents and as such The Health and Occupational Safety Act devotes an entire chapter to the subject. The objective of suppressing danger at its source has required making the foreman the most important agent for looking after the health and well-being of workers. Based on caselaw, this article focuses on sharpening the notion of the foreman acting in the workplace within the framework of The Health and Occupational Safety Act. Two major aspects are developed : that of the identification of the foreman and his obligations on a construction site.

scholarly journals Listening to Forests: Comparing the Perceived Restorative Characteristics of Natural Soundscapes before and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
Mengyuan Qiu ◽  
Ji Sha ◽  
Sulistyo Utomo
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Attention Restoration ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Health And Well Being

Natural sounds are known to contribute to health and well-being. However, few studies have investigated what makes a natural sound renew and re-energize people, especially in the face of significant stressors caused by the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study examined the interactive mechanism towards the perceived restorative characteristics of natural soundscapes: fascination, being-away, compatibility, and extent. Two groups of data were collected in Burleigh Heads National Park, Australia, before the outbreak of COVID-19 (n = 526) and in October 2020 (n = 371). The objective measures of LAeq confirmed that the acoustic environment of Burleigh Heads National Park are quiet and peaceful for attention restoration. The results of the subject evaluation revealed that participants from the post-COVID-19 group reported higher stress levels, while there was a greater mental restoration through water sounds. There are significant differences between the pre- and post-COVID-19 groups with respect to the relationships among the perceived restorative characteristics of natural soundscapes. The direct effects of extent and fascination, as well as the mediating effects of fascination, were more significant among the post-COVID-19 group than the pre-COVID-19 group. However, the effects of being-away on compatibility were less significant in the post-COVID-19 group. This study reduces the gap that exists on the research of environment–people–health–wellbeing nexus. Knowledge about natural soundscapes encourages administrations to consider it as a guideline for the planning and management of natural resources, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Challenges for 2030 in maternal care, newborn and under 5 years old

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 110-113
Author(s):  
Mauricio Reyna Lara
Keyword(s):  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Maternal Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Children Under 5

The objective is to emphasize the importance on the subject of maternal morbidity and mortality, newborns, children under 5 years old, to meet the goal of transformation in the 2030 agenda towards sustainable development. One of the objective is health and well-being in order to guarantee universal access to sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning, information and education, with the integration of cross-cutting public policies and legal norms that allow the attention of the health service for women (before pregnancy, during pregnancy and after), as well as newborns and before the age of five

scholarly journals Introduction of innovative technologies in physical education of student youth

2020 ◽  
pp. 87-91
Author(s):  
V. Ryabchenko ◽  
I. Donets ◽  
I. Tkachenko ◽  
V. Skoropud
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Physiological Mechanisms ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
The Subject

The great reserves for further increasing effectiveness of physical education of a learning youth are at secrets of age pecularities of controlling movements as well as at regularities of age changing physiological mechanisms which condition at certain measure stating moving functions of a human at an ontogenesys. The subject of these investigations are age pecularities of building and controlling movements as well as an application of these pecularities at sport and oriented physical education of a youth. Learning this question is possible from the point of view of various sciences: physiology, psychology, biomechanics, cybernetics, pedagogy. It is considered that at present the largest effect we can obtain when there is simultaneous support on all abovenamed branches of science. But when there is such various approach to this question it is important that the attention would be paid to certain object of investigation. This is the structure of psychophysical preparing of a human (PPP) which is considered at the theory of physical education as the whole structure of psychological and physical qualities; this structure determines a successfulness of moving activities ar various conditions. This article considers some results of our investigations; these results characterize pecularities of various appearences of PPP concerned to a youth of various age groups. These data we can divide into three parts: the data about cabability to mastering new moving actions; the data which characterize age pecularities of certain appearences; the data about co – called moving adaptation and a structure PPP of a learning youth.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Drug Abuse Networking in Pakistan

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (4III) ◽  
pp. 971-984
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rafiq
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Subject

There are three principal reasons for undertaking the present paper. First, although all the dimensions of diffusion of drug abuse are still uncertain and the existence and extent of Drug Abuse Networking (DAN) is certainly not the only factor determining the likelihood of the spread of drug abuse. Nevertheless, one of the prime modes of its spread is through DAN. The extent of DAN and the diffusion of drug abuse in society are closely related to each other [Brook, Nomura and Cohen (1989, 1989a, 1992); Kornhauser (1978); Elliott, Huizinge and Dunford (1983); Delemarre (1993)]. Second, the network analysis provides an important instrumental element to deal with social problems and to uncover the information for intervention in specific groups of the community for the well-being of its members [Uehara (1990); Wellman and Scott (1990); Brook, Nomura, and Cohen (1980); Coombs (1973); Thompson (1973); Eggert, Thompson, Herting, Nicholas and Dicker (1994); Gould (1991)]. Last, the issues of DAN’s dynamics and its control have received little attention in literature relevant to Pakistan or elsewhere. It is also considered important from the policy point of view to determine the dynamics of DAN in Pakistan on the basis of experimental research.1 It is hoped that this paper will help in the attainment of these goals. It addresses the subject from different perspectives, but the major aim is to help develop and establish methodologies in the context of Pakistan. Such research may help those involved in making the policies and in controlling the diffusion of drug abuse in Pakistan. In recent

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