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Journal articles on the topic "Rural lifestyles"
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Ojiambo, Robert M. "Are lifestyle shifts fuelling the obesity epidemic in urbanised Africans?" Global Health Promotion 23, no. 4 (July 9, 2016): 73–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757975915576306.
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Humans evolved for active lifestyles involving hunting–gathering and agriculture. To sustain these energy-intensive lifestyles, diets consisting of energy-dense foods were selected. It can therefore be argued that humans are physiologically adapted for active lifestyles. However, with rapid industrialisation, there has been an upsurge in the usage of labour-saving devices as well as a glut in the supply of energy-dense foods. This mismatch between energy supply and expenditure in modern man may be fuelling the contemporary trends in obesity in urbanised man. On the other hand, recent emerging evidence indicates that air pollution related to motorised transportation in urban areas may be obesogenic by causing alterations in the lipid metabolic pathways, resulting in fat deposition. These lifestyle shifts are drastically different from traditional rural African lifestyles and mirror the different prevalence rates of obesity and related co-morbidities between rural versus urban areas.
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Sihombing, Antony, Ardhea Angella Rahardja, and Rossa Turpuk Gabe. "The Role of Millennial Urban Lifestyles in the Transformation of Kampung Kota in Indonesia." Environment and Urbanization ASIA 11, no. 1 (March 2020): 155–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0975425320906288.
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Urbanization affects population growth, as people move from rural to urban areas. In Indonesia, this movement has led to the creation of settlements called kampung kota. Kampung and kota are different forms of settlements, but the lifestyle in kota can indirectly affect the lifestyle in kampung. As the millennial generation has attracted growing attention, it has been noted that the lifestyle of millennials has begun to influence urban lifestyles more generally. The large number of millennials who have settled in kampungs has caused change to the forms of the kampung, as seen in their structure and layout and the allotment of space when zoning is carried out. Based on a literature review, observation of urban lifestyles in the kampung and interviews with people living in kampung Kebon Kacang, Jakarta, and kampung Kukusan, Depok, sought to find changes in the forms of the kampung kota, which follow the needs and lifestyles of the millennial generation.
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Acharya, Shashidhar, Ritesh Singla, and Nishu Singla. "Comparative Study of Lifestyle-related Risk Factors of Periodontal Disease among Urban and Rural Population of India." World Journal of Dentistry 7, no. 3 (2016): 129–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10015-1381.
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ABSTRACT Aim To compare participants’ lifestyle-related risk factors for periodontal disease between urban and rural population. Materials and methods A cross-sectional study consisting of a structured questionnaire on health practice index (HPI), oral health-related behavior, and personal habits as well as sociodemographic variables was conducted on 800 subjects aged 20 to 50 years attending dental outreach centers of Manipal College of Dental Sciences in urban and rural areas of Udupi District. Clinical examination for periodontal status was done by using community periodontal index, simplified oral hygiene index, and gingival index. Statistical analysis of the data was done using chi-square. Results It was found that except the number of hours of work/day (p = 0.02) urban participants had significantly better occupations, higher education, more income, better oral health care behaviors like dental visits, device of cleaning, frequency of cleaning, method of cleaning, healthier personal habits like tobacco chewing, pan chewing (< 0.001 respectively), physical exercise, mental stress levels and healthier overall lifestyles (p < 0.001 respectively) than the rural participants. It was also found that more number of urban participants had better oral hygiene status (p < 0.001), gingival status (p < 0.001), and healthier periodontium (p = 0.002) than the rural counterparts. Conclusion These findings suggest that rural participants had more lifestyle-related risk factors for periodontitis as well as less healthy periodontium than the urban participants. Patient's involvement in self-care by promoting healthy lifestyles is needed especially in rural areas where adequate treatment facilities are lacking. How to cite this article Singla R, Acharya S, Singla N. Comparative Study of Lifestyle-related Risk Factors of Periodontal Disease among Urban and Rural Population of India. World J Dent 2016;7(3):129-134.
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Scott, Linda, and Linda Jacks. "Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in Urban and Rural Elders." Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care 1, no. 2 (May 2000): 74–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.14574/ojrnhc.v1i2.490.
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Oliveira, Hugo, and Gil Penha-Lopes. "Permaculture in Portugal: Social-Ecological Inventory of a Re-Ruralizing Grassroots Movement." European Countryside 12, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 30–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/euco-2020-0002.
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AbstractSouthern European countries face a panorama of rural landscape abandonment, ageing rural population and lack of opportunities for vibrant rural lifestyles. This lead the way for over-exploitative monocultural practices and widespread abandonment of traditional land management practices, intensifying the degradation of rural landscapes, suffering already from the impacts of climate change and global economic pressures. Although policy driven initiatives can scale solutions to have wider impact, if not attuned to local contexts they can also increase the problems felt at the local level. Highlighting local grassroots innovations and locally appropriate solutions can support such attunement. Community-led grassroots initiatives have been sprouting, wishing to regenerate their landscapes grounded on ecocentric ethical approaches to Neo-rural lifestyles. Within Portugal, Permaculture, as a landscape ecological design movement and practice, has been one of those approaches, activated by young citizens wishing to recreate and innovate alternatives for the sustainable management of land, associated with lifestyle choices and local entrepreneurship. With this article, using a socio-ecological inventory as a baseline exploratory study, we are aiming to identify and start characterizing, the Permaculture landscape ecological design movement in Portugal, the motivations and perceptions of such movement, and its contribution towards the transformation of landscape management, societal trends and ecocentric innovations, to create more sustainable socio-ecological rural livelihoods within a Portuguese context.
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Sun, Tao, and Guohua Wu. "Consumption patterns of Chinese urban and rural consumers." Journal of Consumer Marketing 21, no. 4 (June 1, 2004): 245–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/07363760410542156.
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As an exploratory study on rural and urban consumers in an emerging market like China, this paper presents empirical evidence about the impacts of economic development on consumer lifestyles. Chinese rural and urban consumers were found to be statistically different in terms of their attitudes toward the whole marketing mix: product price, brand names, promotions and distribution. Possibly as a result of these disparate attitudes, rural and urban consumers were found to use different products to reflect the improvement of their living standards. All of these previous differences might be due to the fact that rural and urban Chinese consumers have different needs, as indicated by the words they chose to describe their ideal image. These lifestyle differences reveal huge marketing potentials for MNCs and other foreign investors, who will ultimately move into China's relatively untapped rural regions for marketing opportunities.
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Heinonen, Jukka, and Seppo Junnila. "A Carbon Consumption Comparison of Rural and Urban Lifestyles." Sustainability 3, no. 8 (August 16, 2011): 1234–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su3081234.
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Adams, Marsha, Andrea Bowden, Debra Humphrey, and Linda McAdams. "Social Support and Health Promotion Lifestyles of Rural Women." Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care 1, no. 1 (February 2000): 43–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.14574/ojrnhc.v1i1.501.
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Xiaohui Hou. "Urban—Rural Disparity of Overweight, Hypertension, Undiagnosed Hypertension, and Untreated Hypertension in China." Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 20, no. 2 (March 26, 2008): 159–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1010539507312306.
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The objective of this study was to examine the urban—rural variations in the prevalence of overweight, hypertension, undiagnosed hypertension, and untreated hypertension among adults. The China Health and Nutrition Survey was used to study adults 25 to 65 years old. Logistic regression was used to obtain the odds ratios (ORs) after adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic, and lifestyle variables. Urban adults have a higher probability of being overweight (OR = 1.18, P < .01) and having hypertension (OR = 1.19, P < .1). After further controlling for lifestyle variables, the difference is not significant. Urban hypertensive adults are less likely to be undiagnosed (OR = 0.54, P < .001) and untreated (OR = 0.53, P < .001), even after controlling for socioeconomic and lifestyle variables, suggesting that there are other reasons for the urban—rural disparity of undiagnosed and untreated hypertension. This finding suggests that modifying lifestyles is critical in preventing urban adults from being overweight. Interventions targeting rural adults should promote the awareness and treatment of hypertension.
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Topham, David J., and I. Nicholas Crispe. "Contrasting Urban and Rural Lifestyles of Memory CD8+ T Cells." Immunity 18, no. 5 (May 2003): 584–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1074-7613(03)00118-3.
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Almeida, Nadja Rinelle Oliveira de. "Jovens do campo e novas tecnologias: tessituras de modos de vida." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2012. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=9070.
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FundaÃÃo de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do CearÃEste trabalho tem como objetivo conhecer os modos de vida dos/as jovens do assentamento rural AlvaÃan Goiabeiras, localizado no municÃpio de Santana do Acaraà (CearÃ) e verificar a influÃncia das novas tecnologias no cotidiano desses/as jovens. Para alcanÃar os objetivos da pesquisa, foi necessÃrio um mergulho no cotidiano desses/as jovens. Com base na etnografia, foi possÃvel capturar vozes e olhares sobre essa realidade microssocial. O uso do diÃrio de campo, da observaÃÃo, da entrevista e do grupo de discussÃo foi importante para apreender as falas e os olhares desses/as jovens. Nesse trajeto, percebe-se que os/as jovens tÃm acesso à internet e tentam manter-se conectados/as aos ambientes virtuais. O celular significa, para esses/as jovens, uma nova forma de tecer modos de vida no campo, pois, ao utilizarem esse aparelho, ampliam as oportunidades de lazer, escutando mÃsica, jogando games eletrÃnicos, batendo papo atravÃs de mensagens de texto, para manter contato com familiares e amigos fora do assentamento. A internet à uma maneira de construir novas rotas pelo cotidiano desses/as jovens, porque, quando navegam pelas redes sociais e ampliam suas relaÃÃes de amizade para alÃm do espaÃo em que vivem, rompem fronteiras e modificam seu estilo de vida no assentamento. Nessa aventura midiÃtica, eles/as passam a ampliar as possibilidades de aprendizado ao compartilhar experiÃncias e vivenciar novos aprendizados, tanto nos relacionamentos atravÃs das redes sociais como no processo educacional, quando apreendem novos conhecimentos e buscam informaÃÃes para associar aos conteÃdos trabalhados na escola e na universidade. Com isso, eles/as vÃo vivenciando rupturas com um estilo de vida prÃprio do campo.
This study aims to understand the ways of life of youth in the rural settlement AlvaÃanGoiabeiras, located in the municipality of Santana do Acaraà (CearÃ) and then to verify the influence of new technologies in their everyday lives. To achieve the research objectives, it was needed to take a dip in the quotidian of these young. Based on ethnography, it was possible to capture voices and perspectives related to this microsocial reality. The use of a journal, observation, interviews and group discussions were important to the process of learning the discourses and perspectives of these young. In this way, one can realize that those young people, who have access to the internet, try to stay connected to the virtual environments. For them, the cellphone represents a new way of weaving lifestyles in the field, since the use of this instrument expands their recreation opportunities, as listening to music, playing electronic games and chatting via text messages to keep in touch with family and friends outside the settlement. The internet is a way to build new routes on the quotidian of these young, because, when navigating through social networks and expanding their friendships beyond the space they live in, they are breaking boundaries and changing their lifestyle as settlers. In this media adventure, they enlarge the number of possibilities of learning by living and sharing new experiences - in relationships through social networks and in the educational process - while seizing new knowledge and seeking information to associate with the contents learned in school or university. This way, they experience the process of breaking free from a lifestyle that is peculiar to the country.
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Said, Yusuf. "The effectiveness of diabetes self-management education training among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural Nigeria." University of Western Cape, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8338.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhDType 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) constitutes the highest percentage of diabetes cases. It has become a serious global problem due to rapid cultural and social changes, ageing, increasing urbanisation, dietary changes, reduced physical activity and unhealthy behavioural lifestyles. Furthermore, unidentified diabetes has been found to be common in many parts of Africa, including rural Nigeria, due to factors such as poor accessibility to health facilities, cultural barriers and high rates of health illiteracy. The overall aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the Diabetes Self Management Education (DSME) programme among individuals with T2DM in Jigawa State, Nigeria.
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Creamer, Emily Charlotte. "'Community' : the ends and means of sustainability? : exploring the position and influence of community-led initiatives in encouraging more sustainable lifestyles in remote rural Scotland." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/10527.
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This research explored the role of community-led initiatives in encouraging the uptake of more sustainable lifestyles within the social and physical context of remote rural Scotland. Participant observation with Arlen Eco Trust (AET) and Thriving Thornton (TT), two community-led sustainability initiatives funded by the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund (CCF), led to findings which challenge the common assumption that funding for community-led initiatives will be of net benefit at the local level. In line with the requirements of the CCF, both AET and TT define community in terms of geography. However, only a small minority of the members of the geographically-defined communities of Arlen and Thornton were found to be actively involved in the groups’ activities or objectives. Both Arlen and Thornton were observed to be segmented into multiple and diverse ‘communities within communities’ and, rather than representing ‘the community’, AET and TT can more accurately be understood as an example of sub-communities in themselves. This sub-division within the communities was found to be exacerbated by the fact that both the governance and management of AET and TT were observed to be undertaken primarily by individuals regarded as ‘incomers’ to Arlen and Thornton, which resulted in an ‘incomer’ identity being passed on to the group and its activities. Historic connotations with ‘incomers’ as disruptive to traditional ways of life were found to resonate with the suspicion and scepticism expressed by some ‘locals’ wary of ‘incomer’ groups that were actively trying to change local lifestyles. The groups’ ability to engage with the wider geographic community was also observed to be further weakened in several ways by the receipt of government grant funding. The short timescales and expected outputs associated with many funding schemes were found to be discordant with the long-term sustainability goals of the community groups studied, and participation in top-down funding programmes was found to reduce the time and resources available for ‘hands on’ community participation activities. Furthermore, the need for groups to adapt their ambitions and approach to align with top-down demands from funders is incongruent with the notion of a ‘community-led’ initiative. Together, these local conditions were found to have significant implications with respect to the impact and influence of AET and TT. The funding received by the groups was found to create pockets of social capital – rather than being distributed through the geographic community – which served to strengthen the group, but segment the wider population, implying that, rather than increasing local social sustainability, schemes such as the CCF may be undermining it. Overall, this thesis concludes that, whilst the CCF was observed to facilitate community as a means by which to reduce carbon emissions, ‘community’ was not being strengthened as a policy end. As such, it questions whether current mechanisms of central government funding for isolated, self-identified community-led groups to deliver finite, output-driven projects will inherently help to empower geographic communities to adopt more sustainable lifestyles.
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Dowsett, O. "'Rural restructuring' : a multi-scalar analysis of the Otago Central Rail Trail." Lincoln University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/669.
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‘Rural restructuring’ has frequently been used to indicate the magnitude, and conceptualise the nature, of contemporary change in the countryside. Most notably, concern has focused upon the fundamental changes in economic and social organisation brought about by the increasing leverage of consumption-based activity as a path to rural development. By drawing on the relevant literature, however, I suggest in this thesis that the use of ‘rural restructuring’ as a conceptual framework has been inconsistent. The issue of scale is a case in point with scholars positioning their studies of rural change at varying levels of analysis. In response, I adopt Massey’s (2004) arguments about space and place to present an alternative model which considers ‘rural restructuring’ as a multi-scalar and mutually constitutive process. To explore the feasibility of approaching ‘rural restructuring’ in this way, the thesis focuses, in particular, upon the development of rural tourism at five different scales. These comprise the national scale (New Zealand), the regional scale (Central Otago), the sub-regional scale (the Otago Central Rail Trail), the business scale (five business case studies) and the individual scale (five entrepreneurial case studies). Reflecting the exploratory nature of the study and its multi-scalar approach, I use a number of qualitative research methods. These include interrogating the promotion of New Zealand and Central Otago as tourist destinations, cycling along the Otago Central Rail Trail, staying at accommodation businesses along the Rail Trail, and interviewing individual entrepreneurs about their experiences of business development. The analytical chapters of the thesis comprise an in-depth look at the promotion or experience of rural tourism development at each scale of analysis. Through identifying inter-scale consistencies and emphasising the reciprocal basis of such consistency, I present ‘rural restructuring’ as a multi-scalar and mutually constitutive process. Thus, I connect the national-scale targeting of the ‘interactive traveller’ to the promotion of Central Otago as a ‘World of Discovery’, before linking the development of the Otago Central Rail Trail to its regional context. I then investigate the nature of business development as intimately bound to the evolution of the Rail Trail, before finally tying these entrepreneurial creations to individual accounts of exhaustion and enjoyment that emerge from the operation of tourism businesses. The thesis ends by concluding that ‘rural restructuring’ can indeed be considered a multi-scalar and mutually constitutive process, worked out simultaneously at wide-ranging but interconnected levels of change.
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ALMEIDA, Nadja Rinelle Oliveira de. "Jovens do campo e novas tecnologias: tessituras de modos de vida." www.teses.ufc.br, 2012. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/7333.
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ALMEIDA, Nadja Rinelle Oliveira de. Jovens do campo e novas tecnologias: tessituras de modos de vida. 2012. 165f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2012.Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-02-19T14:32:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2012-DIS-NROALMEIDA.pdf: 2480928 bytes, checksum: 756c80cfd2d4ef408ca2243bd6628b3e (MD5)
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This study aims to understand the ways of life of youth in the rural settlement AlvaçanGoiabeiras, located in the municipality of Santana do Acaraú (Ceará) and then to verify the influence of new technologies in their everyday lives. To achieve the research objectives, it was needed to take a dip in the quotidian of these young. Based on ethnography, it was possible to capture voices and perspectives related to this microsocial reality. The use of a journal, observation, interviews and group discussions were important to the process of learning the discourses and perspectives of these young. In this way, one can realize that those young people, who have access to the internet, try to stay connected to the virtual environments. For them, the cellphone represents a new way of weaving lifestyles in the field, since the use of this instrument expands their recreation opportunities, as listening to music, playing electronic games and chatting via text messages to keep in touch with family and friends outside the settlement. The internet is a way to build new routes on the quotidian of these young, because, when navigating through social networks and expanding their friendships beyond the space they live in, they are breaking boundaries and changing their lifestyle as settlers. In this media adventure, they enlarge the number of possibilities of learning by living and sharing new experiences - in relationships through social networks and in the educational process - while seizing new knowledge and seeking information to associate with the contents learned in school or university. This way, they experience the process of breaking free from a lifestyle that is peculiar to the country.
Este trabalho tem como objetivo conhecer os modos de vida dos/as jovens do assentamento rural Alvaçan Goiabeiras, localizado no município de Santana do Acaraú (Ceará) e verificar a influência das novas tecnologias no cotidiano desses/as jovens. Para alcançar os objetivos da pesquisa, foi necessário um mergulho no cotidiano desses/as jovens. Com base na etnografia, foi possível capturar vozes e olhares sobre essa realidade microssocial. O uso do diário de campo, da observação, da entrevista e do grupo de discussão foi importante para apreender as falas e os olhares desses/as jovens. Nesse trajeto, percebe-se que os/as jovens têm acesso à internet e tentam manter-se conectados/as aos ambientes virtuais. O celular significa, para esses/as jovens, uma nova forma de tecer modos de vida no campo, pois, ao utilizarem esse aparelho, ampliam as oportunidades de lazer, escutando música, jogando games eletrônicos, batendo papo através de mensagens de texto, para manter contato com familiares e amigos fora do assentamento. A internet é uma maneira de construir novas rotas pelo cotidiano desses/as jovens, porque, quando navegam pelas redes sociais e ampliam suas relações de amizade para além do espaço em que vivem, rompem fronteiras e modificam seu estilo de vida no assentamento. Nessa aventura midiática, eles/as passam a ampliar as possibilidades de aprendizado ao compartilhar experiências e vivenciar novos aprendizados, tanto nos relacionamentos através das redes sociais como no processo educacional, quando apreendem novos conhecimentos e buscam informações para associar aos conteúdos trabalhados na escola e na universidade. Com isso, eles/as vão vivenciando rupturas com um estilo de vida próprio do campo.
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Jones, Ashley May. "Improving the Management of Obesity in a Rural Community." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/594400.
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Background: Nearly half of the US population is overweight or obese, carrying with them a higher risk for morbidity and mortality and rising healthcare costs. Rural women are disproportionately affected, with higher rates of obesity, obesity-related chronic diseases, and poorer health outcomes (Befort, Nazir, & Perri, 2012; Penney, Rainham, Dummer & Kirk, 2014). There may be several factors. In general, rural health systems are more isolated, with a lack of healthcare resources including quality providers, technology, and public health services (IOM, 2009). Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to assess how obesity is managed in women residing in one rural community - Ritzville, Washington. Methods and Aims: Charts of all women ≥ 18 years of age receiving care at Hometown Family Medicine clinic (HTFM) were queried for a diagnosis of obesity. The prevalence of obesity in this group was calculated. Of those identified as obese, thirty charts were selected at random and reviewed. The following was determined: 1) Prevalence of chronic disease in adult women who receive care at HTFM; and 2) The management of obesity at HTFM compared with current evidence-based guidelines. This was followed by a community assessment to determine the resources available for the prevention and treatment of obesity in Ritzville, WA. Results: The prevalence of obesity (36.9%) and chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes type 2, dyslipidemia, and heart disease) in the population studied were found to be significantly higher than both state and national averages. Due to a lack of basic resources, (access to weight loss specialties, exercise facilities, healthy foods, etc.) management of obesity in Ritzville, WA may be challenging. Findings from this study helped to inform resource allocation and identified opportunities to improve the management of obesity based on current practice guidelines. Primary health care may be the only opportunity to promote healthy behaviors and improve health outcomes in this vulnerable population. Action needs to be taken or the burden of obesity will continue to rise.
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Thulemark, Maria. "Moved by the mountains : migration into tourism dominated rural areas." Doctoral thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-43914.
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Brandão, Tiago André Silva. "Um quotidiano rural no espaço urbano." Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/12063.
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Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Arquitectura, apresentada na Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Arquitetura.ABSTRACT: It is inherent to the human being the unique and distinct way he interacts with the spaces or with a particular place. This is, by itself, essential for the development of each other. Both share the time. Both age, connected by cause / effect relations where both become - or at least should become- the reflection of each other. Together they tend to mold themselves as consequence of how humans use the space and its spatial response, whether in small public / private spaces or in large urban centers. Recognizing Lisbon as an heterogeneous urban space, consolidated as a whole but fragmented in detail, the present essay aims, at first, to develop a critical and intervening approach to the Rio Seco’s valley, a featureless and fragmented area of Lisbon. Secondary, it focuses on the Casalinho da Ajuda neighborhood case. While attempting to understand its intrinsic relationship between place, the community and its lifestyles, this thesis talks about the crucial influence and important impact that daily life activities should have on the design of new urban public spaces. Finally, the essay intend to praise and question how can architecture, and its physical representation by an architectural object, intervene on the design of new public spaces while shaping them into good transitions and interfaces between the urban and the natural spaces, providing the necessary support and environment for the correct development of certain communities lifestyles, promoting a cohesive way of living and finally, creating the means for a suitable social interaction.
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Culp-Roche, Amanda. "A LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION TO DECREASE RISK OF DEVELOPING TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN A RURAL POPULATION." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/nursing_etds/45.
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Individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are at risk for developing life-threatening comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). As a consequence, T2DM is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and decreased quality of life, thus highlighting the importance of prevention of T2DM. Further, the prevalence of T2DM is substantially greater in rural populations compared to urban populations, making rural individuals particularly appropriate targets for T2DM prevention.
T2DM is a largely preventable disease that is associated with modifiable risk factors such as poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, and obesity. Lifestyle interventions to improve these modifiable risk factors have been used to decrease the risk of developing T2DM. There is little evidence that supports lifestyle interventions as a means to decrease T2DM risk in rural populations with prediabetes, the precursor of T2DM.
The purpose of this dissertation was to determine whether rural-living individuals with prediabetes would improve modifiable risk factors, specifically diet quality by following a lifestyle intervention; thereby, decreasing their risk of developing T2DM. Specific aims for this dissertation were to, 1) examine and synthesize data from dietary interventions used to reduce risk of T2DM in rural populations on order to identify gaps and guide future research, 2) critically evaluate validity and reliability of indices used to determine diet quality in research, and 3) determine the effect of a risk reduction program on improving diet quality and glucose control (as a measure of T2DM risk) in rural adults with prediabetes and CVD risk factors.
Specific aim one was achieved by a review and synthesis of literature focused on lifestyle and dietary interventions used in rural populations to decrease the risk of developing T2DM. Common goals in these studies were a decrease in weight, decrease in dietary fat and calories, and an increase in physical activity. Decreased weight and increased physical activity were demonstrated in all eight studies, and a decrease in T2DM incidence was also demonstrated in one of the studies. However, diet quality was not adequately assessed in the majority of the studies. Furthermore, none of the studies were randomized controlled trials and only half used a control group. It was concluded that research using a more robust design is needed to determine the effect of lifestyle changes, specifically diet, on T2DM risk in rural populations. Specific aim two was addressed by a critical analysis of six common indices of dietary quality. Validity and reliability of the Healthy Eating Index, the Alternative Healthy Eating Index, the DASH diet score, the Diet Quality Index-Revised, the Healthy Diet Indicator, and the Diet Quality Score were examined. Five of the six indices are valid and reliable tools for measure diet quality but all five rely on an extensive food frequency questionnaire that may be burdensome for participants. The Diet Quality Score does not provide adequate evidence to support its use in research. It was concluded that a short, reliable, and validated diet screener may be useful in research. Specific aim three was addressed by a secondary data analysis of a longitudinal, randomized controlled study of rural residents with CVD risk factors and prediabetes. Diet quality, measured by the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS), and glucose control, measured by hemoglobin A1c, were analyzed in a subpopulation of 62 participants with prediabetes. Neither diet quality nor glucose control improved between baseline, four month, and 12 month post intervention. The reliability and validity of the MEDAS in this population is not known and may have been a factor in the lack of intervention effect related to diet quality. Participants were also not informed of their prediabetes status, thus it is not known if this knowledge would have made an impact on the outcomes of the study. In addition, the small sample size limits the statistical power to determine changes between the intervention and control groups. It was concluded that further research is needed to determine if a high quality diet will reduce T2DM risk in this rural population
Considering the disproportionate prevalence of T2DM in rural populations compared to their urban counterparts, the results of this dissertation demonstrate a continued need for interventions that decrease modifiable risk factors associated with this disease. Interventions that target obesity, poor diet quality, and sedentary lifestyles in at-risk rural populations that are culturally tailored are needed to decrease risk of developing T2DM and the comorbidities associated with this preventable disease.
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Sekgala, M. D. "The risk of metabolic syndrome as a result of lifestyle among Ellisras rural young adults : Ellisras longitudinal study." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/3143.
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Thesis (M. Sc. (Physiology)) --University of Limpopo, 2019Introduction: There is an increased trend in the prevalence of hypertension in children and adolescents in African countries. There are complications in diagnosing hypertension in children and adolescents due to the variation of blood pressure (BP) values with age, gender and height. The progression of the health transition with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) adds significantly to the disease burden, despite infectious diseases and undernutrition remaining persistent in both low and middle-income countries. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a global problem associated with the clustering of several cardiovascular risk factors. South African evidence suggests an upsurge of NCDs amidst the existence of communicable diseases (CDs) such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Moreover, NCDs and CDs in the country are influenced by socio-demographic factors; and thus tend to be more prominent in certain segments of the population. Aim and Objectives: The aim of this study was to perform blood pressure to height ratio and to determine lifestyle risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome among the Ellisras rural population aged 6-30 years, who are part of the ELS. Methods and materials: The current study is based on secondary data analysis of the Ellisras Longitudinal Study (ELS) and was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 included data analysis of all the participants in the ELS. This sample included a total number of 9002 children and adolescents (4678 boys and 4324 girls), aged 6-17 years. Parents or guardians provided written informed consent. Phase 2 consisted of biochemical analysis from a subsample of participants in the ELS. The subsample included 624 participants (306 males and 318 females) aged 18-30 years at the time the study was conducted. All participants underwent a series of anthropometric measurements (waist circumference and height) according to the standard of the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK). The waist circumference (WC) measurements were taken to the nearest 0.1 cm, using a soft measuring tape. Metabolic syndrome was defined according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria. Metabolic syndrome risk factors included total cholesterol (TCHOL), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC), elevated fasting blood glucose (FBG), elevated blood pressure (BP) and high waist circumference (WC). A dietary intake questionnaire was also administered to each participant and self‑administered questionnaire was used to collect data on lifestyle factors, including smoking and alcohol intake. Dietary intake variables used in the linear regression method were log transformed prior to analysis because of their skewed distribution. Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to assess the accuracy of BPHR to screen children with prehypertension and hypertension. The optimal systolic BPHR (SBPHR) and diastolic BPHR (DBPHR) cut-off points for hypertension were determined. Sensitivity/specificity, positive predictive values and negative predictive values were calculated. Results: The optimal thresholds for defining prehypertension was 0.77 in children aged 6-10 years and 0.73 in adolescents aged between 11 and 17 years for systolic BPHR and 0.55 in children and 0.53 in adolescents for diastolic BPHR, respectively. The corresponding values for hypertension stage 1 were 0.76 and 0.73 for SBPHR and 0.50 and 0.58 for DBPHR, respectively. The BPHR is an accurate tool for screening elevated BP in Ellisras children aged 6-17 years. This can help to prevent the misclassification of children and adolescent hypertension. Furthermore, this tool can be used to screen children before the development of prehypertension and hypertension. Moreover, it can be used to manage hypertension in Ellisras children, ultimately reducing the risks of developing hypertension and associated cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Overall, the prevalence of metS was 23.1% (8.6% males and 36.8% females). Females appeared to have higher mean values for WC, FBG, TCHOL and LDL-C than males (82.14, 5.62, 4.62 and 2.97, respectively). The only significant gender difference observed was on WC (p<0.001). Males on the other hand had higher mean values for HDL-C, TG, SBP and DBP than females (1.20, 1.06, 125.91 and 71.44, respectively). The only significant difference observed in this case was on SBP (p<0.001). No significant age group differences were observed in all the metabolic risk factors with the exception of DBP where the older (25-30 years) participants presented with high SBP than the younger age group (18-24 years) (70.96 mmHg vs 68.78 mmHg, p<0.05). While, majority of females had significantly high WC, elevated total cholesterol and LDL-C, and reduced HDL-C; majority of males had elevated BP, SBP and DBP. No significant age and gender differences were observed on dietary intake. However, according to the linear regression analysis, no association between log total energy, log added sugar, log SFA and log MUFA with metabolic risk factors. There was a low and negative significant association between log fibre with SBP and DBP (β:-0.004, p=0.003 and β:-0.004, p=0.046), respectively, crude. After adjusting for the potential confounding factors, log fibre was also associated with FBG (β:-0.028, p=0.046). Log PUFAs was inversely associated with FBG, HDL-C and SBP crude. Log trans fatty acids was inversely associated with WC, HDL-C and SBP crude. Both log PUFAs and log trans fatty acids were not associated with any metabolic risk factors after adjusting for potential cofounding factors. Log protein was inversely associated with SBP both crude and adjusted for potential cofounding factors. On predicting the actual risk using the logistic regression analysis, participants who had high dietary energy intake were significantly less likely to present with larger WC, low HDL-C and high LDL-C (OR: 0.250 95%CI [0.161;0.389], OR: 0.306 95%CI [0.220;0.425] and OR: 0.583 95%CI [0.418;0.812], respectively), but more likely to presents with elevated FBG, high TCHOL, high TG and hypertension (OR: 1.01 95%CI [0.735;1.386], OR: 1.039 95%CI [0.575;1.337], OR: 1.186 95%CI [0.695;2.023], OR: 5.205 95%CI [3.156;8.585], respectively) crude. After adjusting for age, gender, smoking and alcohol status, high energy intake was more likely to increase two times high the large WC and elevated FBG among study participants (OR: 2.766 95%CI [0.863;3.477] and OR: 2.227 95%CI [1.051;3.328], respectively). Furthermore, low dietary fibre intake was nearly four times more likely to increase the low HDL-C, crude (OR: 3.864 95%CI [1.067;13.988]) crude. Those participants who consumed high trans fats were more likely to present with high FBG (OR:1.424 95%CI [0.985;2.060]), but less likely to present with LDL-C (OR: 0.540 95%CI [0.321;0.906]) crude. However, after adding potential cofounding factors, participants with high fatty acid were less likely to present with high FBG (OR: 0.672 95%CI [0.441;1.023]). Conclusions: MetS is prevalent in young adults in Ellisras and is differentiated by age and gender with more females at an increased rate by virtue of their body size status, reduced HDL-C, elevated FBG and high LDL-C and the diet they consume that is in most cases high energy, more carbohydrates, high added sugar and SFA. Therefore, identifying groups that are at an increased risk and those that are in their early stages of MetS will help improve and prevent the increase of the metS in the future. These results have high policy implications. KEY CONCEPTS Metabolic syndrome; risk factors; blood pressure; blood pressure to height ratio; cardiovascular disease; dietary intake; rural South African.
Books on the topic "Rural lifestyles"
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Torkington, Kate, João Sardinha, and Inês David. Practising the good life: Lifestyle migration in practices. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
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Cloke, Paul J. Lifestyles in rural England: A research report to the Department of the Environment, the Economic and Social Research Council and the Rural Development Commission. Salisbury: RuralDevelopment Commission, 1994.
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Enduring women. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1988.
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Rural settlement, lifestyles and social change in the later first millennium AD: Anglo-Saxon Flixborough and its wider context. Oxford: Oxbow, 2007.
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Gregersen, Steven D. Creating the low-budget homestead. Boulder, Colorado: Paladin Press, 2012.
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Bohan, F. J. Living on the edge: A family's journey to self-sufficiency. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 2012.
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Gevaert, Pierre. L' exode urbain est-il pour demain? Port-Sainte-Marie: Editions Ruralis, 1997.
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Estilo de vida e sociabilidade: Relações entre espaço, percepções e práticas de lazer na sociedade contemporânea. Recife, PE: Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Editora Massangana, 2008.
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Tess, Ridge, and Children's Society (Great Britain), eds. Same scenery, different lifestyle: Rural children on a low income. London: Children's Society, 1997.
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Chen, Ajiang, Pengli Cheng, and Yajuan Luo. Chinese "Cancer Villages". Translated by Jennifer Holdaway. NL Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789089647221.
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The phenomenon of "cancer villages" has emerged in many parts of rural China, drawing media attention and becoming a fact of social life. However, the relationship between pollution and disease is often hard to discern. Through sociological analysis of several villages with different social and economic structures, the authors offer a comprehensive, historically grounded analysis of the coexistence between the incidence of cancer, environmental pollution and villagers’ lifestyles, as well as the perceptions, claims and responses of different actors. They situate the appearance of "cancer villages" in the context of social, economic and cultural change in China, tracing the evolution of the issue over two decades, and providing deep insights into the complex interactions and trade-offs between economic growth, environmental change and public health.
Book chapters on the topic "Rural lifestyles"
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Prugh, Tom. "Rural-Urban Migration, Lifestyles, and Deforestation." In State of the World, 263–72. Washington, DC: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-756-8_22.
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Loveluck, Christopher. "The Dynamics of Elite Lifestyles in the «Rural World», AD 600-1150: Archaeological Perspectives from Northwest Europe." In Haut Moyen Âge, 139–70. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/m.hama-eb.3.582.
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Cunha, Conceição, Elisabeth Kastenholz, and Maria João Carneiro. "Lifestyle Entrepreneurs: The Case of Rural Tourism." In Entrepreneurship and Structural Change in Dynamic Territories, 175–88. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76400-9_10.
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Fountain, Joanne, and C. Michael Hall. "The Impact of Lifestyle Migration on Rural Communities." In The GeoJournal Library, 153–68. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3554-4_8.
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Flognfeldt, Thor. "15. Second Homes as a Part of a New Rural Lifestyle in Norway." In Tourism, Mobility and Second Homes, edited by C. Michael Hall and Dieter K. Müller, 233–43. Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.21832/9781873150825-017.
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Dinis, Anabela. "Tourism, Immigrants and Lifestyle Entrepreneurship: The (In)coming of People as a Key Factor for Sustainability of Low-Density Territories—A Case Study in Portugal." In Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management, 149–82. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65524-2_7.
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AbstractUsing the lens of the new patterns of mobility and lifestyle entrepreneurship in the context of counterurbanization movements, this chapter explores the relationship between tourism and immigration, beyond the traditional approach of immigrants as tourism entrepreneurs. The study focusses on a Portuguese rural county, Penamacor, which, for several decades, has suffered a continuous exodus of population and the consequent aging of the remaining population but where, recently, there was a spontaneous phenomenon of foreign people arriving and settling in the area. Thus, through the case of Penamacor, this study aims to answer the following questions: Who are these migrants, and what are their motivations for mobility and to settle in the territory? Are they all the same? How do they make a living in Penamacor? In particular, it seeks to understand whether entrepreneurship (in tourism or other sectors) is a possibility of income generation for these immigrants. Furthermore, it intends to understand what the impact of these immigrants in the territory is, concerning the creation of wealth and well-being in the community. Do they act as community entrepreneurs? Does their presence in the territory generate other mobility flows, through the attraction of other (family and friends) tourists or immigrants?
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"Rural-residential lifestyles: sustainable lifestyle choice or pure extravagance? A Western Australian review." In Contemporary Issues in Australian Urban and Regional Planning, 135–50. Routledge, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315744698-18.
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Lawrence-Zúñiga, Denise. "Suburbanizing Rural Lifestyles Through House Form in Southern Portugal." In House Life, 157–75. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003103240-8.
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Jamil, Sadia. "Mobile Phone Usage and Its Socio-Economic Impacts in Pakistan." In Impacts of Mobile Use and Experience on Contemporary Society, 112–27. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7885-7.ch007.
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Through examining use of mobile in Pakistan's Sindh province, the current chapter presents a unique and interesting case of the socio-economic impacts of mobile use on users' lifestyles. Although there exists an obvious divide between urban and rural areas in terms of impacts of mobile use, the case of Pakistan could serve as an alert to scholars that why mobile use remains limited in narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas against a backdrop of mobile being widely believed to be able to play a big role in narrowing the social and economic gap between urban and rural areas. The author of this chapter found that mobile use was also gender-biased in rural areas, resulting in a gap between males and females as far as social and economic impacts of mobile use on their lifestyles.
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Wachira, Lucy-Joy. "Lifestyle Transition towards Sedentary Behavior among Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Narrative Review." In Sedentary Behaviour - A Contemporary View [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.95840.
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Worldwide lifestyles are changing with the fastest transition being witnessed in lower-income countries, especially in developing countries like Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). An influx of easily acquired labor saving screen-based gadgets in many homes has affected many lives. This phenomenon is widespread affecting urban and rural affluent households with income deprived communities playing quick ‘catch up’ in the belief that this is a sign of prestige. This has led to prolonged sitting hours and excessive screen-based sedentary time especially among children. The high crime rate in urban settings has forced more parents to keep children indoors and “keep them busy” with screen gadgets. Children and youths are vulnerable and easily influenced and habits formed in childhood are seen to be carried forward into adulthood. This chapter highlights the increased sedentary lifestyle of the unique SSA population, whose unique cultural and socioeconomic factors gave them very active lifestyles previously. The plight of children and youth as vulnerable groups; and the resulting effects of sedentary screen-based activities have been discussed. Ongoing monitoring and surveillance of sedentary behavior and time among children and youth in SSA for policy development and strategic intervention is strongly advised.
Conference papers on the topic "Rural lifestyles"
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JOVIČIĆ, Snežana, Boris POPOV, Hamid EL BILALI, Miomir JOVANOVIC, Radomir BODIROGA,, Adriana RADOSAVAC, and Sinisa BERJAN. "CITIZENS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT IN URBAN SETTINGS OF NORTHERN SERBIA: AN EXPLORATORY EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN NOVI SAD MUNICIPALITY." In Rural Development 2015. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2015.013.
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To identify priorities for urban environmental management and formulate appropriate projects and programs, it is necessary to know environmental problems and their impacts on humans and the ecosystem. Cities are not static entities and the future of urban ecology depends on understanding the ways in which humans affect environment. To fully understand it, it requires viewing humans as part of ecosystem and taking into account their attitudes, activities and behaviours. The paper reports results of an empirical research about citizens’ attitude towards environment and urban ecology. The objective was to evaluate the citizens' attitude towards ecological problems in Novi Sad and to check their links with socio-demographic characteristics. A total of 126 completed questionnaires were collected. The results indicate that respondents first recognized directly observable ecological problems such as the lack of recycling containers and illegal landfills. Five of each10 respondents acknowledge that personally take care very much of the environment (55.6 %) and almost 8 of each 10 consider that their fellow citizens in the municipality need higher environmental education (89.7 %). Results also indicate that 72 % of younger respondents (24 years and less) would cultivate the city's urban gardens in the occasion that the municipality grants the use of their unused land area. The findings of the study show that there exists willingness to change behaviours, and the emphasis should be given to bottom-up and participatory voluntary actions. Recently, citizen-based initiatives related to promotion of healthy lifestyles and sustainable development have begun to emerge.
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Nemejc, Karel, Radmila Dytrtova, Katerina Tomsikova, and Jiri Sedivy. "Didactic Approaches to the Application of Cross- Curricular Topics in Secondary Vocational Education." In 14th International Scientific Conference "Rural Environment. Education. Personality. (REEP)". Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Faculty of Engineering. Institute of Education and Home Economics, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/reep.2021.14.039.
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Modern society is often referred to as a society of knowledge and information. In this context, activating methods are experiencing a renaissance. Such methods offer students the opportunity to progress to perceive more accurately and comprehensively, recognize and experience stimuli, develop their perception and thinking, effectively solve problems, communicate and act objectively and successfully. It can be an active teaching and learning that is the way that can contribute to such a goal in the era of systematic cognition and differentiation of information, raising living standards, changing lifestyles, and globalizing the world. The question is how to bridge this epoch in the sense of preparing students for their active roles as inhabitants of the planet, accepting a responsible way of life in line with sustainable development. It is especially important for environmental education to understand the context and learn interdisciplinary, comprehensively, to be able to distinguish values, to take interest in and get to know one's surroundings, to discover, to take the initiative and to be sensitive and receptive as well. Therefore, it is necessary to think about the didactic methods that teachers use in their lessons and focus on activating methods and forms of teaching, leading to the fulfilment of such sub-objectives. In this context, the aim of the paper is to introduce and analyse new activating didactic approaches to the implementation of the cross-curricular topic “Man and the environment” as designed by graduate students of the Institute of Education and Communication at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague between the academic years 2019 and 2020. Didactic approaches (such as project-based learning, field learning with the support of worksheets, and the use of nature educational trails) applicable in practice were designed for selected localities, focusing on increasing the interest and awareness of secondary and secondary vocational school students about their surrounding natural environment.
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Maksimović, Snežana, and Milan Stamatović. "DOES EU FUNDING SUPPORT THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THE TOURISM OFFER IN SERBIA AS A RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?" In The Sixth International Scientific Conference - TOURISM CHALLENGES AMID COVID-19, Thematic Proceedings. FACULTY OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM IN VRNJAČKA BANJA UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.52370/tisc21500sm.
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The aim of the paper is to answer the question of whether EU funding supports tourism in Serbia in a situation where this sector of the economy is facing astonishing figures of decline which is caused by the coronavirus. The paper is divided into two segments. The first part is based on the presentation of the possibility of diversification of the tourist offer in Serbia and the second part provides an overview of the literature related to EU funds. The research is interdisciplinary because it includes selective forms of tourism which united in a single tourist product can contribute to a tourist valorization of all areas and contribute as a response to the crisis caused by the pandemic. Contribution of EU funds can be seen through the connection between investment activities and the increase in tourist traffic. The special goal of the paper is education and raising awareness about the preservation of rural and eco areas, eco production and healthy lifestyles, which will contribute to the tourist offer and also a pleasure and enjoyment for visitors.
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Porozovs, Juris. "Lifestyle Peculiarities of Riga Basic School and University Students." In Rural environment. Education. Personality. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Faculty of Engineering. Institute of Education and Home Economics, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/reep.2018.038.
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MIETULE, Iveta, and Anda ZVAIGZNE. "ASSESSMENT OF THE STRATEGY OF THE LOCAL ACTION GROUP „PARTNERSHIP OF REZEKNE DISTRICT COMMUNITIES”." In Rural Development 2015. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2015.095.
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The paper is produced based on the authors’ research “Assessment of the Introduction of the Rural Development Programme 2007–2013 Activity “Local Development Strategy” by the Partnership of Rezekne District Communities and Proposals for its Further Development”. Research on the activity of local action groups (LAGs) and their influence on the overall development of regional territories became urgent in recent years, given the implementation of the European programme LEADER. The research object of the paper is a LAG – the Partnership of Rezekne District Communities – that is located in Latvia, Latgale region. The research aim is to assess the strategy of the local action group. The research employed the monographic and descriptive methods as well as analysis, synthesis, the graphic method, data grouping and a sociological research method – a questionnaire survey. A survey of project submitters identified three major fields in which it is planned to submit and implement projects in the next programming period in the LAG’s territory. They are: promotion of active recreation and sports; reconstruction of the territory; and organisation of and contribution to cultural events. The surveyed residents agreed with the following assertions regarding their lifestyle: an enhanced surrounding environment and natural, cultural and other significant historical objects foster tourism; the establishment and functioning of youth centres contribute to useful spending of leisure time by youths and their communication; the availability of sport and fitness equipment and of sports grounds increases local residents’ interest and wish to practise a healthy and physically active lifestyle. Based on the data acquired and the interpretation of findings, proposals were made for the further development of the territory as well as the research methodology was explained for the purpose of carrying out analogues research studies in the future.
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Arnrich, Bert, Naime Erdem, Hasan Alan, and Cem Ersoy. "Sensing Healthy Lifestyle in Urban and Rural Environments." In 3rd International Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications. ICST, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.iccasa.2014.256949.
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Zitmane, Marita. "Buying into 'green' identity: representation of sustainable consumption in Latvian lifestyle magazines." In 20th International Scientific Conference "Economic Science for Rural Development 2019". Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Faculty of Economics and Social Development, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/esrd.2019.098.
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Yadav, Abhishek, Ashok K. Das, Janet K. Allen, and Farrokh Mistree. "A Computational Framework to Support Social Entrepreneurs in Creating Value for Rural Communities in India." In ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2019-97375.
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Abstract Over 250 million people in India currently lack access to basic services needed to live a rudimentary lifestyle. Most of these people reside in rural parts of the country. Lack of employment, economic opportunities, and development in rural areas are foundational to low socio-economic levels in these communities. Added to this are environmental issues such as natural resource depletion, yearlong droughts, climate change. We hypothesize that social enterprises developed at the community level can improve the quality of life of people in rural India. The lack of access to investment and resources to identify and develop social enterprises are major challenges for the creation of social enterprises. We hypothesize that a successful partnership between two major stakeholders, namely, social entrepreneurs and corporate social responsibility (CSR) investors is the key in developing multiple social enterprises to foster rural development. However, CSR and other investors require quantitative information along with impact evaluation of the value proposition before investing. Social entrepreneurs lack tools to develop and present value propositions for the village in a quantitative form. In this paper, we propose a computational framework to fill this gap and to facilitate dialog between CSR investors and social entrepreneurs that may result in a mutually favorable investment.
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Li, Kaiwen, Peng Nie, and Wu Liu. "Study on the Sports Lifestyle of Rural Adolescents in Yunnan Border Areas." In 2nd International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icadce-16.2016.298.
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Fajarwati, Ade Ariyani Sari. "Omah displacement and utilization from rural to urban areas, as green design lifestyle." In PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING ENGINEERING (ICONBUILD) 2017: Smart Construction Towards Global Challenges. Author(s), 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5011591.
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Moser, Debra, Frances Feltner, Martha Biddle, Misook Chung, Mary Kay Rayens, Gia Mudd‐Martin, Kristen Ashford, et al. Does a Program that Focuses on Lifestyle Changes Reduce Heart Disease Risk Factors in a Rural Community in Appalachian Kentucky? Patient‐Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)., May 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.25302/4.2019.cer.850.
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