Rozprawy doktorskie: „National Church Life Survey”

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Noseda, Mary, i res cand@acu edu au. "Belonging: the case of immigrants and the Australian Catholic Church". Australian Catholic University. School of Arts and Sciences, 2006. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp101.04092006.

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The aim of this thesis is to ascertain the extent and nature of belonging to the Australian Catholic Church as experienced by immigrants. This experience of belonging was ascertained through the quantitative study of the National Church Life Survey of 2001 and to a lesser extent the Catholic Church Life Survey of 1996. Both surveys were conducted with attenders at a particular Sunday Eucharist and hence measured the experiences only of Catholics who attend Church. This quantitative study was complemented with a qualitative study of a small group of Vietnamese Catholics who were members of a particular parish. The importance of belonging to a religious tradition is that it provides an aspect of an individual’s identity. Identity is many-faceted and formed and reformed in the context of belonging, whether that belonging is to people such as family or to groups of people such as fellow members of a religious tradition. In the process of migration and settlement, the set of primary groups to which an individual belongs is at best disrupted and at worst, lost. Belonging to a religious tradition may provide a constancy of belonging in the immigrant’s life when all other aspects of belonging are being renegotiated during settlement in the host country. In the case of the Catholic Church in Australia, there has been some debate about whether or not the Church has been welcoming of immigrants but little testing of immigrants’ experience of being welcomed and enabled to belong to the Church. The National Church Life Survey provided a unique opportunity to examine the extent and nature of belonging as experienced by immigrant Catholics. Since all respondents to the survey were asked their birthplace, comparisons could readily be made between the experiences of Australian-born Catholics and those Catholics who were born elsewhere. Since nearly 3,000 respondents completed surveys in Italian or Vietnamese, comparisons could also be made between these respondents and those who responded to the survey in English. Finally, comparisons were made between the small group of Vietnamese parishioners who engaged in the qualitative research, and other groups of Catholics. The comparisons were made between all the groups on the issue of belonging. In the survey there was a particular question that asked respondents about their experience of belonging, but there were other questions that indicated the nature of belonging of respondents, and these were used in the analysis. The results of the analyses show that on almost all measures, immigrants belong to the Church to a greater extent than Australian-born Catholics. Immigrants attend Sunday Eucharist in greater proportion than Australian born Catholics. Immigrant Catholics participated more in devotional activities, they reported a greater degree of satisfaction with their faith life and they hold more orthodox beliefs than Australian-born Catholics. However, they did participate less in parish roles and groups than did the Australian-born Catholics. Whilst it may be concluded that this participation is limited because of the barrier of language, the results of this research indicate that this is not the only barrier to participation. Even those immigrants who responded to the English language survey did not participate in parish roles and groups to the extent that Australian-born Catholics did. Further research may be able to ascertain whether cultural barriers outside the scope of this work determine the level of participation of immigrants. This research concludes that since the Second World War, Catholic immigrants have ‘done the work’ of belonging to the Australian Catholic Church. They have done this despite the ‘benign neglect’ of the Church itself and they represent in fact the Church’s ‘most Catholic’ members.

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Smith, Geoffrey Martyn, i res cand@acu edu au. "Being Effective Church in Rapidly Growing Coastal Towns". Australian Catholic University. School of Theology, 2005. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp104.11092006.

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Since the 1960s Australia has experienced a significant demographic shift as large numbers of people have moved from rural areas and large cities to take up residence in small coastal towns. The resulting populations have a number of distinctive features which make them both a challenge and an opportunity for the Church as it seeks to minister effectively. The underlying proposition of this thesis is that since there are distinctive demographic features of these towns, and since the church is called to minister effectively, there may well be approaches or ministry philosophies which enable the church to be more effective in these populations. Distinctive Populations Using data from the 2001 census a comparison between the Australian national figures and those of coastal towns between Newcastle and Tweed Heads showed that overall the population of the coastal towns was older, less formally educated, had lower income levels, more mobile, more likely to be Australian citizens, more likely to be married or divorced, more likely to describe themselves as Christian and members of the Anglican Church than the Australian average. The Survey With the assistance of the National Church Life Survey, thirty churches in coastal towns between Newcastle and Kingscliffe, were contacted. These churches (Anglican and Protestant) were those which had had the highest number of ‘newcomers’ in the 2001 National Church Life Survey. NCLS wrote to these churches on my behalf and invited them to contact me if they were prepared to participate in my study. In the end I interviewed ordained and lay leaders as well as members of six churches. There were a number of features common to these churches including: the ordained leaders had what might be called orthodox theological views; the ordained and lay leaders were clear about the vision and direction of the church; the ordained and lay leaders were in agreement as to the role of the ordained leader – that role was clearly leadership; the welcoming nature of the congregation is vital; and the use of contemporary music and worship style. The Mission of the Church Whilst the mission of the church has been seen in different ways over the past two thousand years, it is clear that the central theme of the teaching and practice of Jesus Christ was the Kingdom or Reign of God. By his teaching and very powerfully through his actions Jesus demonstrated the reality of the new in-breaking reality. The early church was clear that it saw itself as being sent by Jesus to continue his mission of proclaiming the kingdom in the power of the Holy Spirit. Effective Church Given that the mission of the church is to focus on the Kingdom or Reign of God, it is important that this be done in an effective a way as possible. One of the challenges in this is to determine what ‘effective’ means for the church. For some, being effective means numerical growth in church attenders. For others, being effective means being a ‘healthy’ church. My conclusion is that being effective, whilst not dismissing church growth or church health, means an attitude, and that is, being focused on proclaiming the reality of the Kingdom of God. As the church is more focussed on this task, it is effective. Being Effective in Rapidly Growing Coastal Towns There seem to be a number of challenges facing the church in rapidly growing coastal towns as the church seeks to focus on the Kingdom of God. If the kingdom is good news for the poor, the question then is: who are the poor of coastal towns? An immediate need in coastal towns is community for those who are newly arrived, or poor, or otherwise on the margins of the society. The church needs to be a welcoming and inclusive place for those in need, and a place which actually helps people with their physical poverty. The church also needs to confront its own operating model in order to be effective. Too often the church is focused on its own survival and not on the kingdom. The church in its local mode seems like a religious small business. Focus on the ‘growth of the business’ may well lead to a loss of focus on the kingdom. For the church to be effective in rapidly growing coastal towns the church must take seriously the culture of those towns and seek to express its focus on the kingdom in ways that bring good news to the reality of those communities.

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Tanis, Bethany. "The “Great Church Crisis,” Public Life, and National Identity in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain". Thesis, Boston College, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1969.

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Thesis advisor: Peter Weiler
This dissertation explores the social, cultural, and political effects of the “Great Church Crisis,” a conflict between the Protestant and Anglo-Catholic (or Ritualist) parties within the Church of England occurring between 1898 and 1906. Through a series of case studies, including an examination of the role of religious controversy in fin-de-siècle Parliamentary politics, it shows that religious belief and practice were more important in turn-of-the-century Britain than has been appreciated. The argument that the onset of secularization in Britain as defined by both a decline in religious attendance and personal belief can be pushed back until at least the 1920s or 1930s is not new. Yet, the insight that religious belief and practice remained a constituent part of late-Victorian and Edwardian national identity and public life has thus far failed to penetrate political, social, and cultural histories of the period. This dissertation uses the Great Church Crisis to explore the interaction between religious belief and political and social behavior, not with the intent of reducing religion to an expression of political and social stimuli, but with the goal of illuminating the ways politics, culture, and social thought functioned as bearers of religious concerns. The intense anti-Catholicism unleashed by the Church Crisis triggered debate about British national identity, Erastianism, and the nature of the church-state relationship. Since the Reformation, Erastians – supporters of full state control of the church – and proponents of a more independent church had argued over how to define the proper relationship between the national church and state. This dissertation demonstrates that the Church Crisis represents a crucial period in the history of church-state relations because the eventual Anglo-Catholic victory ended Parliamentary attempts to control the church’s theology and practice and, therefore, sounded the death knell of political Erastianism. In short, tensions between Protestant and Catholics reached a high water mark during the years of the Great Church Crisis. These tensions catalyzed both a temporary revival of Erastianism and its ultimate descent into irrelevance
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2009
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: History

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Wilson, R. J. "A life course assessment of health management in the MRC National Survey of Health and Development". Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2017. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1574539/.

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As the UK population expands and adverse health increases with the ageing population, health care services are under pressure to meet demands. Thus, it is necessary to understand how individuals manage their health at different stages in adulthood and identify the health and social factors across life associated with different approaches to health management. Data from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development, a British birth cohort study following 5362 individuals from birth to 68 years, were used to measure health management across adult life. Measures of health professional consultation at age 43, women’s management of symptoms and general health in midlife and health check attendance at age 68 were developed from the rich data archive. Associations were tested between health and social factors from childhood and adulthood (socioeconomic position, health, health care utilisation, lifestyle, personality and family support) and health management outcomes using multivariable regression models and structural equation modelling. Associations between measures of health management from earlier, mid and later adulthood were tested to explore patterns of health management across adult life. Childhood serious illness was associated with higher consultation at age 43 and with lower self-management in midlife and lower health check attendance in later life in women, although these associations largely operated through adult factors. Worse health in adulthood and more health care utilisation were associated with a higher likelihood of proactive health management approaches. Higher social class across life was associated with lower consultation, higher self-management and attending more health checks. Positive health behaviours were associated with higher levels of self-management and higher health check attendance. The correlates of health management differed between health challenges and life course stage. Proactive management of one health challenge was sometimes associated with the proactive management of another at a later stage in the life course. This suggests that whilst some individuals may have a greater propensity to proactively manage their health throughout adulthood by various means, other individuals may take little or no action when responding to health challenges; this group should be encouraged to better engage with proactive health management.

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Post, Kathryn E. "Understanding Patient Engagement in Breast Cancer Survivorship Care: A National Web-Based Survey". Thesis, Boston College, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108398.

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Thesis advisor: Jane Flanagan
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer survivors experience a range of needs in the post-treatment phase as they transition into survivorship and beyond. The transition to survivorship requires breast cancer survivors to actively engage in self-managing their care, but little is known about patient engagement into survivorship care and what factors may contribute to this. Information is needed to further explore patient engagement into survivorship care, what factors may contribute to it and which patients are more likely to engage in their care and thus be better equipped to self-manage during survivorship. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore how demographic/personal factors and survivorship outcomes are related to and may contribute to patient engagement in early stage breast cancer survivors. METHODS: A cross-sectional, web-based self-report national survey was conducted using measures assessing personal/demographic factors, survivorship outcomes: health-related quality of life (HRQOL), fear of cancer recurrence (FCR), cancer health literacy (CHL) and two measures of patient engagement (patient activation (PA) and knowing participation in change (KPC). There was one open-ended question regarding additional survivorship concerns, not addressed in the previous survey items. Participants were recruited using Dr. Susan Love’s Army of Women Research Foundation and Craigslist. Data were analyzed via bivariate associations and backwards linear regression modeling in SPSS. RESULTS: The final sample included 303 participants (301 females and 2 males) with a mean age of 50.70 years. The sample was predominantly White, non-Hispanic and equally dispersed across the United States. Patient engagement, as represented by PA and KPC, was significantly correlated with 13 predictor variables and there were 10 predictor variables that resulted in significant ANOVA relationships with PA and KPC. In both the KPC and PA regression models, HRQOL significantly predicted for patient engagement. In the KPC regression model, social support and level of education also significantly predicted for patient engagement and receipt of a survivorship care plan contributed unique variance to the model. The open-ended question response categories included: physical concerns, mental health concerns, financial toxicity, social support, body image concerns, other concerns or no concerns/none. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides preliminary evidence that personal/demographic factors and survivorship outcomes may contribute to patient engagement in breast cancer survivors. Using assessment tools that measure factors such as HRQOL, social support, education level and patient engagement may give providers some insight as to which survivors may be ready to engage in survivorship care and those that may need more resources and/or support. Additional studies are needed to replicate and validate these results. More research is needed aimed at maximizing patient-centered care, patient engagement and ultimately improving SC. Keywords: breast cancer survivor, survivorship, patient engagement, health-related quality of life, social support
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2019
Submitted to: Boston College. Connell School of Nursing
Discipline: Nursing

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Carter, Brian D. "Examination of the Mental Health and Family Dynamics in Caribbean Immigrants using the National Survey of American Life". Digital Archive @ GSU, 2010. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/101.

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Previous studies have documented an association between mental illness rates and US-nativity, younger age at immigration, and recent immigration status among Caribbean immigrants to the US. This analysis examines these associations with the addition of important demographic controls and two indices of family support and conflict in Caribbean immigrants represented in the National Survey of American Life (n = 1623). The results indicate that previous correlates disappear when the index of family conflict is taken into account. Future efforts should focus on culturally appropriate identification and treatment methods addressing family dynamics in Caribbean immigrants. INDEX WORDS: immigrant mental health, family dynamics, National Survey of American Life.

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Pierce, Ron D. "A survey methodology written-visual combination assessment". Virtual Press, 1999. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1137654.

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This project proposed methodology that enhances user preference communication, enabling the landscape architect to design spaces which better meet the needs and expectations of the user(s). Semantic and visual preferences were administered to a user core group to determine guidelines that led to a design study master plan that included the design of "outdoor rooms."The advantages and disadvantages of previous written and visual survey methods were reviewed. From this review the proposed methodology was developed and tested. The results showed the users' desires where not predictable more efficient designs were enabled. This method could be used in directing a diverse set of landscape design projects.
Department of Landscape Architecture

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Röding, Jenny. "Stroke in the younger : Self-reported impact on work situation, cognitive function, physical function and life satisfaction - A national survey". Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Samhällsmedicin och rehabilitering, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1958.

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The majority of people affected by stroke are older however one fifth of all persons with stroke are younger than 65 years. In Sweden the mean age at the time of a stroke is 75 years and about 5 % of those who suffer a stroke are 55 years or younger. The aim of this thesis was to describe and analyse the consequences of stroke in the younger population in terms of experiences of the rehabilitation process, return to work, self-reported physical and cognitive function and life satisfaction. Sex differences, as well as gender specific associations regarding factors of importance for return to work, deteriorated physical ability and satisfaction with life as a whole, were also studied. This thesis was based on an in-depth interview study and self reported data collected from a questionnaire answered by 1068 individuals, 18-55 years old with a first ever stroke registered in Riks-Stroke, the Swedish national quality register for stroke care. The questionnaire concerned aspects of current health condition, living and social arrangements, physical and cognitive functions, activities in daily life, relationships, social life, leisure pursuits, self-perception, participation, work and life satisfaction. Most of the questions aimed to investigate differences between the present time and before stroke onset. In-depth interviews with two men and three women aged 37-54, living at home after their stroke generated the hypotheses that younger persons with stroke are frustrated and feel invisible and outside. Rehabilitation for the young was perceived as in adequate due to the fact that the rehabilitation setting does not acknowledge the specific needs that younger persons with stroke have. Prior to the stroke 855 of 1068 (80%) of the participants, had been in paid employment. After the stroke, 65% of the men and 66 % of the women returned to work. Factors of importance for return to work were associated with the self-reported data: the feeling that it was important to work (OR 5.1), not perceiving oneself as a burden to others (OR 3.3), not having a deteriorated ability to run a shorter distance (OR 2.8) and having support for return to work (OR 3.7). Changes in self-reported physical and cognitive functions as compared with pre-stroke condition was explored in 867 (513 men and 354 women) P-ADL independent persons with stroke. Deteriorated physical abilities were reported in 56-79% and deteriorated cognitive abilities in 48- 68% of the participants. Women were significantly more affected in terms of both physical and cognitive deterioration than the men. Seventy-two percent of the participants did not know how much they could physically exert themselves after their stroke, women significantly more than men. In addition, significant associations were found between deteriorated physical function and deteriorated cognitive function as well as fear of physical exertion. The strongest association for deteriorated ability to move in crowded environments was the risk factors deteriorated cognitive ability (OR of 5.4) and being afraid of physical exertion (OR of 3.1). Life Satisfaction and factors associated with not being satisfied with life as a whole in 1068 (631 men and 437 women) persons with stroke was assessed with the LiSat 9, baseline data from Riks- Stroke and self-reported answers from the questionnaire. Fifty-three percent of the participants were not satisfied with life as a whole. Men and women were analyzed separately in terms of associations with not being satisfied with life as a whole. Women who had a haemorrhage (OR 3.9) and a deteriorated ability to concentrate (OR 2.1) had a higher risk of not being satisfied. For men the risk was associated with living without a significant other (OR 3.2), not working (OR 2.3) and deteriorated ability to concentrate (OR 2.0). In conclusion, younger individuals who have experienced a stroke feel frustrated and invisible due to the fact that their needs are not acknowledged. Age and gender have an impact on outcome of present rehabilitation programs and the problems of younger persons with stroke can be detected at an earlier stage by developing appropriate instrument and delivering information directly aimed at physical functioning. Further studies on gender specific differences in stroke outcome concerning physical and cognitive functions as well as life situation after stroke are needed. In order to optimize rehabilitation in terms of return to work, external support and motivation seem to be important factors to consider. Key words: Adult, cognition disorders, gender differences, middle aged, motor activity, quality of life,questionnaires, stroke, work

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Röding, Jenny. "Stroke in the younger : self-reported impact on work situation, cognitive function, physical function and life satisfaction : a national survey /". Umeå : Umeå University, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1958.

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Al-Kanaani, Zaina Khalil Ibrahim. "Life-course effects of air pollution (LEAP) on cardio-respiratory morbidity in the MRC National Survey of Health and Development". Thesis, Imperial College London, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/46129.

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Most of the epidemiological studies of long term exposure to air pollution showed increased risk of death from cardio-respiratory diseases. However the effect of long-term exposure to air pollution on morbidity is less clear. Additionally, questions as to which stage of life is more important in the effect of air pollution on health in adulthood are still unanswered. This project investigates the relationship between long-term exposure to air pollution and cardio-respiratory morbidity using the National Survey for Health and Development (NSHD) with consideration to lifestyle and socioeconomic factors. A comparison between early life and more recent exposures to air pollution will also be made. Finally, the effect of cumulative and change in air pollution over the life course will be explored. Lung function was measured and self-reported chronic bronchitis (CB) symptoms and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) were collected in 1989, 1999 and 2006/10 for more than 3000 participants. A residential history of the NSHD participants from 1962 onwards was constructed using addresses and/or postcodes and was geocoded and linked to model black smoke (BS) sulphur dioxide (SO2) in 1962, 1971, 1981 and 1991 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) air pollution in 1991, 2001 and 2010-11. Earlier childhood exposures to air pollutants were assessed using the Douglas and Waller index. Relationships to air pollution were investigated using various statistical models. Contrary to expectations, some results suggested protective effects of air pollution on lung function and symptoms of CB. BS showed positive associations with lung function particularly from 1999 follow-up; 10 µg/m3 of BS in 1971 and 10 µg/m3 in 1991 were associated with 19.2ml (95%CI: 3.5-34.9) and 82.9ml (95%CI: 21.2-144.5) increase in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) respectively. SO2 showed some positive (protective) associations; 10 µg/m3 of SO2 in 1962 was associated with 3.9 ml (95%CI: 0.1-7.9) increase in Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1) and 5.4 ml (95%CI: 0.2-10.7) increase in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) in 1989. BS and SO2 both showed positive (protective) associations with lung function decline where 10 µg/m3 of BS in 1981 was associated with 80 ml (95%CI: 16-150) less decline in FVC ; and 10 µg/m3 of SO2 in 1991 was associated with 70 ml (95%CI: 22-120 ) less decline in FVC over the 20 year period. Change and cumulative BS did not show a clear pattern in generalized analyses, however results from stratified analyses suggested positive effects on men that indicate higher BS exposure was associated with better lung function. These protective effects were more consistently observed in SO2 analyses; 10 µg/m3 change (decrease) in SO2 between 1962 and 1991 was associated with 4.3ml (95%CI: 0.4-8.2) higher FEV1 in 1989, 6.1 ml (95%CI: 0.6-11.5) higher FVC in 1989, and 8.4ml (95% CI: 3.0-13.9) higher FVC in 1999. Higher cumulative exposure of 10 µg/m3 of SO2 was associated with 0.5 ml (95% CI: 0.1-0.9) increase in FVC in 1999. Air pollution was not associated with prevalence of CB, results indicated some protective effects. Air pollution was not associated with IHD prevalence; however detrimental effects were suggested. A healthy survivor effect would explain the findings for CB and lung function whereby the most exposed individuals who potentially experience more ill health are under-represented in the study and were differentially lost to follow up. Some evidence was found to suggest greater drop-out in individuals with higher exposure in more deprived areas. However, positive association between decline in air pollution and lung function may be related to the large falls in air pollution levels over the time period of study.

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Ahmad, B. "Life events and change in health behaviours at midlife : an analysis of data from the National Survey of Health and Development". Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2008. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1444124/.

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Aim. Limited evidence exists on the effects of life stress on behaviour change, especially amongst middle aged people. This study aims to assess the impact of life stress from stressful life events and being diagnosed with chronic diseases on change in smoking, alcohol use, diet, and physical activity in a national sample of middle aged people. Method. This study used data from 3 waves of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development when the sample was aged 36, 43 and 53 years. A change was defined as the change in the status of particular health behaviour between two consecutive waves (age 36 and 43 years, and age 43 and 53 years). The changes in health behaviours (outcomes) examined were stopping smoking, smoking relapse, increased risk of having an alcohol drinking problem, increased alcohol consumption, change in dietary behaviour (index score), increased physical activity and decreased physical activity. Stressful life events and health related life events were assessed using scores derived from a stressful life events inventory. Diagnosis of a medical condition was the self reported diagnosis of 5 chronic conditions: hypertension, angina, heart attack, stroke, and diabetes. Associations were assessed at age 43 years, 53 years, and the aggregate of both observations at ages 43 and 53 years. The influence of three social support factors: perceived support, social network, and social participation, and demographic factors: sex, social class, and education level on the association were also assessed. Results. The analysis found that stressful life events was associated with greater odds of smoking relapse in the ex-smokers and lower odds of increased physical activity in the cohort members who were not physically active at baseline. Health related life events were found to be associated with lower odds of increased physical activity. Being diagnosed with at least one medical condition was associated with greater odds of stopping smoking in current smokers, lower odds of smoking relapse in ex-smokers, and increased physical activity. It was also found to be associated with improved diet behaviour in the men. The social support factors were found to influence the effects of the life stressors in some of the associations. Conclusion. Life stress from life events experience does influence health behaviours change amongst a middle aged national sample. However, particular life stress from health related life events, specifically, from being diagnosed with a chronic medical condition can motivate health protective behaviour change. Social support factors buffer the effect of life stress to some extent.

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Bryce, Helen Roult. "Predictors of Quality of Life (Qol): Comparing Baby Boomers, Older Adults, and Younger Adults Using Data From the 2010 National Health Interview Survey". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271786/.

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The purpose of this study was to identify factors that predict quality of life (QOL) for aging adults and to examine and compare Baby Boomers', Older Adults' and Younger Adults' responses to the 2010 National Health Interview Survey/QOL Functioning and Disability. Significant findings included several significant values based on the multivariate regression to estimate a model to predict QOL. In particular, being male, four ethnicities other than white, being older than Boomer, age in 10 years, the Functional Difficulty Index, the Functional Limitation Index scores, chronic heart disease, asthma, and arthritis all had significant p values. Adults with chronic heart disease, asthma, or arthritis scored lower on the QOL index, but cancer, stroke, or diabetes were not associated with the QOL index. Two hypotheses had strong support. Lower scores on both the Functional Difficulty Index and the Functional Limitation Index yielded lower QOL scores. Further research recommendations include establishing reliability and validity of the QOL index; running additional regressions for demographics (ethnicity, marital status, etc.) to predict possible combinations of variables predicting QOL or barriers to QOL; and investigating the viability of incorporating the QOL index into an electronic medical record (EMR) dashboard parameter to serve as a screening mechanism for those aging adults most at risk for chronicities or co-morbidities that place them at risk for losing their ability to age in place in the home of their choosing.

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Hickman, Norval Joseph. "Does cigarette smoking mediate the relationship between racial discrimination and depression for African Americans participating In the National Survey of American Life?" Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3304177.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, 2008.
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 16, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-73).

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Nyström, Jakob, i Karin Romberg. "The Influence of Time and Risk Preferences on Financial Behaviour and Financial Well-being : Results from a National Survey". Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Nationalekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-138795.

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Previous research has shown time and risk preferences to be important factors when explaining a variety of behavioural patterns, such as smoking, obesity and savings behaviour, while we focus on the effect on financial behaviour and financial well-being. Financial behaviour is measured using a twelve-item scale with individuals’ self-stated reports of for example savings behaviour and credit card usage. To measure financial well-being, we construct a measure consisting of individual’s self-perceived current and future financial condition. Time preferences are revealed by matching questions and we use different ways of measuring risk, both self-stated risk attitudes and risky choices revealed by gambles. Our results show that increased short term patience, leads to better financial behaviour. Also, individuals with higher financial risk attitudes, exhibit better financial behaviour. Contradictory, regarding actual decisions, the impact is different and being loss averse, has a positive impact on financial behaviour. Financial well-being is on the other hand influenced positively by both more short and long term patience. It also increases with general and financial risk attitudes. Risky choices do not have an impact on financial well-being. We show that risk preferences are affected by time preferences. Having a high short term discount rate leads to higher financial risk attitudes and increases the likelihood of being loss averse, while it decreases the likelihood of being risk averse. Our results are important for understanding heterogeneity in financial decision making and the financial well-being it fathers. This quantitative study is based on a large, representative sample of the Swedish population (N=2063).
Tidigare forskning har visat att tids- och riskpreferenser är viktiga faktorer när man försöker förklara olika beteendemönster, såsom rökning, övervikt och sparande. Vi fokuserar på tids- och riskpreferensers effekt på finansiellt beteende och finansiellt välmående. Finansiellt beteende mäts genom tolv frågor, där individer exempelvis anger hur ofta man sparar eller använder kreditkort. För att mäta finansiellt välmående, konstruerar vi ett mått baserat på individens självupplevda nuvarande och framtida ekonomiska tillstånd. Tidspreferenser mäts genom “matching questions” och vi använder flera riskmått, både individers angedda riskattityder och riskfyllda val som visas genom riskfyllda spel. Våra resultat visar att ökat tålamod på kort sikt leder till bättre finansiellt beteende. Dessutom uppvisar individer med högre finansiella riskattityder bättre finansiellt beteende. I motsats till detta uppvisar dock, vid faktiska beslut, förlustaversiva individer bättre finansiellt beteende. Finansiellt välmående påverkas, å andra sidan, positivt av både kort- och långsiktigt tålamod. Det förbättras också av både högre generella och finansiella riskattityder. De riskfyllda valen påverkar inte finansiellt välmående. Vi visar att tidspreferenser påverkar riskpreferenser. Att ha högre tålamod på kort sikt leder till högre finansiell riskattityd och ökar sannolikheten för att vara förlustaversiv, medan det minskar sannolikheten att vara riskaversiv. Våra resultat är viktiga för att förstå heterogen finansiell beslutsfattning och det finansiella välmående det leder till. Denna kvantitativa studie baseras på ett stort, representativt sampel av den svenska befolkningen (N=2063).

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Nava-Ledezma, Ivonne Yedid. "Socioeconomic status and diabetes among Mexican adults : analysis of the 2000 National Health Survey and the Mexican Family Life Surveys 2002 and 2005". Thesis, University of Southampton, 2011. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/180759/.

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Diabetes is a significant health problem in Mexico and one of the leading causes of death. Studies in other countries have suggested that socioeconomic status (SES) contributes to the development of type 2 diabetes. However, only few studies in Mexico have dealt with SES differentials in diabetes. The aim of this thesis is to examine the association between SES and type 2 diabetes among Mexican adults aged 20-69. In contrast with previous studies, we use individual, household and municipality measures of SES simultaneously when investigating: prevalence of total, diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes in the year 2000; and incidence of diagnosed diabetes during the period 2002-2005. Furthermore, we explore the effects of diabetes on employment status, and changes in waist circumference (WC) among adults with diabetes. Data were used from the 2000 National Health Survey (NHS-2000) and the Mexican Family Life Surveys 2002 and 2005 (MxFLS-2002 and MxFLS-2005). Diabetes was defined using self-reports (in both surveys) and outcomes from capillary blood tests (only in the NHS). SES was measured through educational attainment, household income, household wealth and municipality deprivation. The index of household wealth was calculated and evaluated using the National Survey of Household Income and Expenditure (ENIGH-2000). The Human Development Index (HDI) and the Deprivation Index (DI) at the municipality level are official statistics obtained from the 2000 Mexican Census of population. Two level logistic regression models were estimated, and the analyses were stratified mainly by sex, urban/rural stratum and municipality deprivation. Our findings confirm an association between socioeconomic status and diabetes. However, this relationship varies by SES measure, sex, urbanisation and deprivation. A consistent result was that diabetes was more common among the less educated, in the least deprived municipalities, and in urbanised localities. Variations in diabetes between municipalities were better explained by genetic, biological and lifestyle factors, than by SES. Diabetes was associated with working status, but not with employment status or changes in WC. Increases in urbanisation and further socioeconomic development, in combination with increased life expectancy, will lead to a higher prevalence of diabetes particularly among the most vulnerable groups. In addition to the promotion of healthy behaviours in the overall Mexican population, health sustainability should be prioritized in those communities at early stages of the nutritional and epidemiological transition.

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Nam, Youngwon. "Three Essays on Behaviors related to Life Insurance Holdings and Financial Capability". The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu158516471207651.

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Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike, Nora Wille, Michael Erhart, Susanne Bettge, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Aribert Rothenberger, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann i in. "Prevalence of mental health problems among children and adolescents in Germany: Results of the BELLA study within the National Health Interview and Examination Survey". Technische Universität Dresden, 2008. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A26672.

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Background: Over the past decades the public health relevance of mental health conditions in children and adolescents has been of growing concern. However, so far no detailed epidemiological data has been available for a representative national sample in Germany. Objectives: The present paper reports prevalence rates of general and specific mental health problems among children and adolescents in Germany and describes the link between symptoms and impairment as well as the treatment situation. Methods: The mental health module (BELLA study) examines mental health problems in a representative sub-sample of 2,863 families with children aged 7–17 from the National Health Interview and Examination Survey among Children and Adolescents (KiGGS). Mental health problems were determined using the extended version of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ). Further standardised screening measures were employed to screen for anxiety disorders (SCARED), conduct disorder (CBCL), attention deficit-/ hyperactivity disorder (FBBHKS, Conners’ Scale) and depressive disorders (CES-DC). Furthermore, substance abuse and suicidal tendencies were assessed. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and health care use were determined. Results Overall, 14.5% of the children and adolescents aged 7–17 fulfilled the criteria for at least one specific mental health problem associated with impairment, or had an overall mental health problem indicated by an abnormal SDQ score and present impairment. However, high comorbidity was found in the children concerned. Symptoms of overall mental health problems were present in 8.6% of the children and 6.6% of the adolescents. This number was reduced to prevalence rates of 6.3 and 4.9% when additional impairment was taken as a criterion. Irrespective of the type of disorder, fewer than half of the children affected were reported as receiving treatment. However, for those suffering from mental health problems, large impairments in HRQoL were observed. Conclusions: The observed prevalence of mental health problems as well as their large impact on well-being and functioning calls for early prevention. This is especially important with regard to the large decrease in HRQoL in the children and adolescents affected.

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Fu, Shiu Yun. "The relationship between culture, attitude, social networks and quality of life in midlife Australian and Taiwanese men and women". Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16408/.

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Background of the Study The aims of this study was to specifically investigate the differences in culture, attitude towards life and social networks between Australian and Taiwanese men and women in addition to determining the factors that predict midlife men and women's quality of life in both countries. Because individualism and collectivism are the two most thoroughly researched constructs in inter-cultural and cross-cultural studies we should look at how these construct affects societies. The theme for individualist cultures (such as Western cultures) is autonomy, while the theme for collectivist cultures (such as Asian cultures) is connection. Most literature available on individualism and collectivism note all cultures have different values that influence their society and ultimately a person's individual health outcome. Very little work has been undertaken in this domain in Australia or Taiwan, particularly in the area of midlife transition and from a cultural perspective. Methodology Data was collected from a cross-sectional, supervised self-administered survey using census data and a probability proportional sampling (PPS) strategy on a general population of men and women aged 40-59 years old who live permanently in Brisbane, Australia and Taipei, Taiwan. The study population was divided into 163 Statistical Local Areas (SLAs) in Brisbane, and 449 Local Government Communities (LGCs) in Taipei. Sixty clusters were randomly selected using probability proportional sampling (PPS) to obtain 30 Australian clusters and 30 Taiwanese clusters. In this study, the 30 (areas) by 7(people) method was used with an additional strategy. The variables were measured including: culture (vertical and horizontal individualism and collectivism), attitude towards life (the total score of optimism), social networks (the total score of emotional, informational, affectionate, tangible, and positive social interaction) and quality of life (physical, psychological, social, and environmental health), social demographical factors and religion and spiritualty. The data analysis procedure included descriptive, bivarite and multivariate multiple regressions and classifications and regression trees (CART). A comparison of the linear regression and regression tree results were discussed. All data analysis was performed by SPSS and S-Plus softwares. Results The overall response rate for the study was 84.2% for midlife Australian men and women and 88.4% for midlife Taiwanese men and women this resulted in 278 Australians (45.3% men) and 398 Taiwanese (35.4% men) providing data to be analysed. Findings in this study indicated country of residence has an overwhelming impact on quality of life with significant differences seen between midlife Australian and Taiwanese men and women (F4, 666= 59.31, P< .001). Results suggest midlife Australian men and women have a better quality of life than midlife Taiwanese men and women. In addition, a comparison of the linear regression and regression tree results reveals that two models identified the same major affect variable for different countries of residence: which was attitude towards life in midlife Australians and social networks in midlife Taiwanese. However, regression trees were able to capture important nonlinear effects as well as interactions between cultural attribute variables. This study demonstrated culture significantly involves multiple functions and interacts with attitude towards life, social networks and individual factors to influence a person's quality of life. The interaction of cultural circumstances and the internal and external factors involved, show less comparative attributes and increased equality attributes, defining the need for people to have a good social networks and a healthy positive disposition. Conclusion Because of the ever increasing flexibility of world travel and a global population, people have much more opportunity to interact with many other cultures which would create improvement in learning opportunities and better health management effectiveness for people the world over. This study has addressed and contributed to the assessment of multi-cultural quality of life research and has important implications for all health professions in addition to government departments and organisational policy makers of both countries. And finally, this study has identified that there needs to be a concerted effort to implement major policy shifts in the near future because of the changing fabric of modern societies. At the same time technology and globalisation have advanced rapidly and point to new opportunities within and across countries for more diverse approaches in research and the implementation of policy initiatives to occur. This study has highlighted that opportunities exist to reflect on current policies for Australian and Taiwanese societies to provide enhanced opportunities to care for the growing midlife populations.

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Uzdavines, Alex. "Stressful Events and Religious Identities: Investigating the Risk of Radical Accommodation". Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case149699697363485.

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Brind'Amour, Katherine. "Maternal and Child Health Home Visiting Evaluations Using Large, Pre-Existing Data Sets". The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1468965739.

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Owen, Ceri. "Vaughan Williams, song, and the idea of 'Englishness'". Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:117f2c64-3b63-43aa-9dd3-15a7ce2f9339.

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It is now broadly accepted that Vaughan Williams's music betrays a more complex relation to national influences than has traditionally been assumed. It is argued in this thesis that despite the trends towards revisionism that have characterized recent work, Vaughan Williams's interest in and engagement with English folk materials and cultures remains only partially understood. Offering contextual interpretation of materials newly available in the field, my work takes as its point of departure the critical neglect surrounding Vaughan Williams's contradictory compositional debut, in which he denounced the value of folk song in English art music in an article published alongside his song 'Linden Lea', subtitled 'A Dorset Folk Song'. Reconstructing the under-documented years of the composer's early career, it is demonstrated that Vaughan Williams's subsequent 'conversion' and lifelong attachment to folk song emerged as part of a broader concern with the intelligible and participatory quality of song and its performance by the human voice. As such, it is argued that the ways in which this composer theorized an idea of 'song' illuminate a powerful perspective from which to re-consider the propositions of his project for a national music. Locating Vaughan Williams's writings within contemporaneous cultural ideas and practices surrounding 'song', 'voice', and 'Englishness', this work brings such contexts into dialogue with readings of various of the composer's works, composed both before and after the First World War. It is demonstrated in this way that the rehabilitation of Vaughan Williams's music and reputation profitably proceeds by reconstructing a complex dialogue between his writings; between various cultural ideas and practices of English music; between the reception of his works by contemporaneous critics; and crucially, by considering the propositions of his music as explored through analysis. Ultimately, this thesis contends that Vaughan Williams's music often betrays a complex and self-conscious performance of cultural ideas of national identity, negotiating an optimistic or otherwise ambivalent relationship to an English musical tradition that is constructed and referenced through a particular idea of song.

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Sibeko, Malika. "African spirituality and methodism : a survey of Black members of the Thaba-Nchu Methodist Church". Thesis, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5635.

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The Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) has been plagued by a number of problems. One of this problems has been the breakaway of some of its members. Some of these members have joined other churches (Mainstream and African Indigenous Churches) and others have founded their own churches. One of the major reasons for the breakaways is what I have framed lack of "African Spirituality" in the MCSA. By "African Spirituality" I imply that the African way of life does not distinguish between sacred and secular. African spirituality includes the following component elements: Belief in one God, belief in Divinities, Believe in spirits, veneration of ancestors and practice of medicine. My research in the Thaba-Nchu area confirmed the existence of this problem in the Thaba-Nchu Methodist church. There were three categories of respondents in this research: those who left the church are: those who live between two worlds (belonging to the MCSA and attending services in the African Indigenous Churches at the same time); and those who have single membership. The first two categories, unanimously agreed that the lack African spirituality and that is why they left the church or have dual membership. Ways of addressing this problem, i.e., to remedy the situation, have been suggested by the respondents, some scholars and leaders of the MCSA. These suggestions include the following: (i) singing: use of drums, clapping of hands, etc. (ii) special Sundays for prayers of healing: the church is to use people who are gifted in this, e.g. diviners, sangomas and barapelli. (iii) symbolic things like water to be used. It is hoped that if these suggestions were implemented, the problem would be addressed and the breakaways would stop or slow down and those who have dual membership would be satisfied to stick to the Thaba-Nchu Methodist Church alone. To implement these suggestions, the "top down" communication strategy adopted by the MCSA's leadership on this and other problems has to be revised, the language used must be understandable to the ordinary people (the grassroots or the marginalised) and the material must be easily accessible to them.
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Yeh, Shiao-chen, i 葉筱貞. "A survey between happiness with participation of a christian -A case for The Presbyterian Church In Taiwan & Bread of life Christian church in Taiwan". Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22560070563808910258.

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HUNG, YU-CHEN, i 洪妤宸. "A Study on the Quality of life of the Disabled ElderlyBased on 102 National Survey of Living Conditions of Older Pepole". Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/p9rzk4.

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亞洲大學
社會工作學系
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With the ever-changing technology, many countries are facing the challenges of aging. The purpose of this research is to explore the relative influences on the quality of life of disabled elderly people, based on 102 National Surveys of living Conditions of Older People. Through literature review and analyzing the questionnaire of 102 National Survey, the factors that predict the quality of life of disabled elderly people were revealed. The purpose of this study stated as below: 1.Based on the date from the questionnaire of 102 National Survey, the basic characteristics of respondents, their carers and quality of life were revealed. 2.To explore psychosocial factors that predict the quality of life of disabled elderly people. This study suggested as below: 1.To raise the recreation participation rate of disabled elderly people in order to promote their health. 2.To provide the counseling and guidance to the disabled elderly, especially for the males in order to prevent the depression tendency. 3.To encourage the disabled elderly participate in religious activities in order to promote their life satisfaction. 4.To encourage and guidance disabled elderly participate in social activities in order to raise quality of life. 5. To encourage the disabled elderly participate voluntary services in order to fulfill self-actualization. 6.Enhance respite care service and some relative services to reduce living pressure of family caregivers. 7.Keeping found community centers for the disabled elderly in order to raise life satisfaction. 8.Provide professional social activities instructor for disabled elderly people.

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Wu, Shang-Chi, i 吳上奇. "Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs and Self-reported Quality of Life: Results from the 2014 National Survey of Substance Use in Taiwan". Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w446v7.

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國立臺灣大學
流行病學與預防醫學研究所
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Aim: Despite increasing application of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) on various diseased populations, few existing studies have examined the difference in HRQoL between people with non-medical use (NMU) and those with medical use (MU) of prescription drugs. This study aims to examine the relationships among socio-demographic characteristics, NMU or MU of prescription drugs, and self-reported HRQoL among the general population in Taiwan. Methods: Participants (N = 17,837) of 2014 National Survey of Substance Use completed a computer-assisted self-interview questionnaire with information on their socio-demographic characteristics, use of sedatives/hypnotics and analgesics, as well as the EuroQOL five dimensions questionnaire (EQ-5D), among others. Participants’ use of sedatives/hypnotics or analgesics were classified into non-use, medical-use (MU), ex-NMU, or current NMU. Individual dimensions and the visual analogue scale (VAS) in EQ-5D were compared among subgroups of different socio-demographic characteristics and prescription drug use. Quantile regressions of VAS were conducted on socio-demographic characteristics and prescription drug uses. Results: Among the participants, prevalence of MU, ex-NMU and current NMU of sedatives/hypnotics were 8.31%, 0.89%, and 0.71%, respectively, and the counterparts for analgesics were 6.91%, 1.93%, and 3.02%. The mean EQ-VAS among the participants was 78.8 (S.E. = 0.3). Results from multi-variable quantile regressions showed that participants who were male, 25-34 years old, having an educational attainment of college or above, single, living in urban areas, having MU or NMU of sedatives/hypnotics or analgesics were more likely to report lower EQ-VAS, especially in the lower quantiles. Age, education, and use of sedatives/hypnotics were the strongest correlates of poor EQ-VAS. For sedatives/hypnotics, people with current NMU had greater negative effects than those with MU, while there were no significant differences between MU and current NMU for analgesics. Conclusions: In Taiwanese general population, unexpected poor HRQoL for young adults with college degree was observed. Meanwhile, current NMU of prescription drugs, especially sedatives/hypnotics, were also associated with poor HRQoL. Keywords: Health related quality of life, EQ-5D, non-medical use of prescription drugs, sedatives, analgesics, quantile regression

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Hall, Stephanie. "Black Girl Magic? The Influence of the Strong Black Woman Schema on the Mental Health of Black Women in the United States". 2017. http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/sociology_diss/99.

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The Strong Black Woman Schema (SBWS) refers to the collective believes, behaviors, resources and responses Black women are socialized to embody. The SBWS was developed as a positive counterimage to the negative stereotypes of Black women, such as the mammy or the jezebel, and is an important image among Black women. Observations suggest that the SBWS may affect how Black women experience and interpret stress and mental illness. I assert the SBWS may serve as one comprehensive explanation for the mental health outcomes observed for Black women. Qualitative and quantitative studies have identified a set of characteristics (i.e. strength, emotion regulation, caretaking) related to the schema. However, scales developed to measure the schema lack the ability to isolate adequately a unique typology for Black women. I argue that the SBWS is representative of a specific compilation of psychosocial resources (i.e. mastery, self-efficacy, resilience, self-esteem) representative of the cultural response to historical experiences of racism and sexism. I explore how the SBWS influences the reporting of depressive symptoms, depression and anxiety through a secondary data analysis of African American, Caribbean Black and White American women using data from the National Survey of American Life. Through a three part analysis, I answer the following questions: 1) Is a compilation of psychosocial measures an appropriate measure of the Strong Black Woman Schema? 2) What sociodemographic factors influence distinct typologies reflective of at least one uniquely Black form of the Strong Black Woman Schema? And 3) Does the Strong Black Woman Schema influence depressive symptons, depression, and anxiety? Results of this study clarify how socio-cultural aspects of oppression influence the mental health of Black women.

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Chizari, Hanieh. "Examining the effects of participation in leisure and social activities on general health and life satisfaction of older Canadian adults with disability". 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31855.

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Introduction: Health, and well-being of older Canadians have been extensively studied. Less is known about health and well-being of older Canadians with disability. Study Objectives: 1) describe social participation patterns of older Canadian adults with disability; 2) determine the most commonly reported barriers for their participation in leisure and social activities; and 3) examine the independent effect of participation in leisure and social activities on their general health and life satisfaction. Methods: A secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from the 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Surveys (PALS) was performed. Results: A significant independent effect of participation in leisure and social activities on the positive general health and positive life satisfaction of older Canadians with disability, for both men and women, was confirmed. Conclusions: Participation in leisure and social activities is a potential venue to enhance health, and well-being of older Canadian adults with disability.
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Min-Chen i 高敏真. "The Difference of Perceived Health Status and Life Styles Among Elderly Population of Obese Group and Non-Obese Group：Results of the National Survey on Health Promotion Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (HP-KAP Survey) in 2002". Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55726157114792404422.

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Objective: This cross-sectional study was conducted to explore the difference of perceived health status and life styles among elderly population of obese group and not-obese group in Taiwan. Materials and Methods: This study utilized cross-sectional data from the Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health in Taiwan. The information was collected during the National Survey on Health Promotion Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (HP-KAP Survey) in 2002. This population-based cross-sectional survey was conducted by face-to-face interview of 26,755 Taiwanese, and had a response rate of 81.9%. The participants (596 obese and 3343 non-obese) in our study were aged 65 and over. Means, percentages, Chi-Square test, Spearman rank-order correlation and Logistic regression were used for data analysis. Results: The prevalence of obesity among Taiwanese elderly was 12.8% in men and 17.7% in women. When using Spearman rank-order method to analyze the obese group, prominent correlations were found between the current perceived health status and chronic diseases, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, heart disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, and renal disease. Similar results were seen within the non-obese group. When using Logistic regression, a correlation was identified in the elderly population in which those being older(OR= 1.03, 95% CI: 1.01- 1.04), non-exercisers (OR= 2.23, 95% CI: 1.92- 2.58), having more chronic diseases(OR= 1.62, 95% CI: 1.53- 1.72), living independently(OR= 1.27, 95% CI: 1.01- 1.60), visiting Western clinic(OR= 2.12, 95% CI: 1.81- 2.50), visiting Chinese clinic(OR= 1.74, 95% CI: 1.36- 2.23) and visiting alternative medicine clinic(OR= 1.39, 95% CI: 1.02- 1.88) in the past 1 month usually reported a poorer self-perceived health status. Significant correlation of age, BMI, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and the habit of smoking with obesity was found using Spearman rank-order correlation. After adjusting for age, gender, and years of formal education, logistic regression showed the risk of obesity was higher in elderly betel nut chewers than non-chewers(OR= 1.63, 95% CI: 1.01- 2.61) and elderly ex-smokers of cigarettes than non-smokers (OR = 1.46, 95% CI: 1.07 - 1.97). Conclusions: Perceived health status among elderly population is correlated with the presence of chronic diseases as well as regular exercise. Therefore, our health care systems should be fully aware of these issues and consequently provide better control or care for those elderly patients with chronic diseases and simultaneously encourage them to participate more in regular exercise. More attention to the relationship between betel nut chewing and obesity in the elderly should be paid by our health care system to provide better care for this subgroup of obese elderly.

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Smith, Elizabeth 1983. "A survey on the occurrence and effects of corporal punishment on children in the home". Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3402.

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The aim of the current study was to determine the occurrence and effects of corporal punishment in the South African environment. Special attention was paid to themes that were derived from the literature. These themes were immediate compliance, aggression and the parental influence of corporal punishment. This was a quantitative study which utilised a survey developed by the researcher using previous literature on the topic of corporal punishment. The sample was taken from four different schools in the Johannesburg area. The sample consisted of one hundred and twenty one children within middle childhood (N=121). It was found that corporal punishment is occurring in South African homes. It was also found that children do not feel indifferent about the use of corporal punishment. When it came to the use of corporal punishment and socio-economic status, it was found that there is a significant correlation between the two.
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Serra, Miguel Soares Baptista. "O património cultural do Concelho da Golegã e a sua aplicação no ensino da disciplina de história no 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e no Ensino Secundário". Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/45937.

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O presente Relatório enquadrou-se na realização da Prática de Ensino Supervisionada (PES), que decorreu na Escola B 2, 3/S Mestre Martins Correia, localizada na Golegã, durante o ano letivo de 2016/2017. Os seus objetivos visaram articular o património cultural existente no concelho da Golegã e o ensino de História no 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e no Ensino Secundário. O cumprimento destes objetivos exigiu, em primeiro lugar, um levantamento do património cultural existente no concelho da Golegã e em alguns concelhos limítrofes, como o Entroncamento e Torres Novas e, posteriormente, uma seleção de alguns monumentos e equipamentos museológicos aí existentes. Foram alvo de uma primeira seleção e estudo a Igreja Matriz, o Pelourinho, a Casa-Estúdio de Carlos Relvas e os Museus Municipais da Máquina de Escrever e de Martins Correia, localizados na Golegã; o Museu Nacional Ferroviário, sedeado no Entroncamento e as Ruínas Romanas de Vila Cardílio, situadas em Torres Novas. Foi possível, deste modo, verificar quais os que se enquadravam melhor no Programa de História do 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e Secundário e, mais concretamente, do 8º, 10º, 11º e 12º anos letivos, que integraram a PES. Por fim, foram realizados três estudos de caso, que incidiram sobre as referidas Igreja Matriz, Ruínas Romanas de Vila Cardílio e Museu Nacional Ferroviário, tendo sido planificadas aulas, visitas de estudo e um conjunto de materiais e instrumentos pedagógicos, tais como apresentações powerpoint, fichas de trabalho, cronologias e guiões de visita guiada. Estabeleceu-se, desta forma, uma articulação entre os Programas e as Metas Curriculares da disciplina de História e o património e equipamentos culturais e museológicos dos quais os concelhos da Golegã, Entroncamento e Torres Novas se encontram dotados.
The following Report was written as part of the Supervised Teaching Internship which was held in the school B 2, 3/S Mestre Martins Correia, in Golegã, during the 2016/2017 school year. The objectives that guided this report aimed to establish a connection between the Golegã cultural heritage and the History School Program in the Basic and Secondary teaching levels. The completion of this Work Project Report required a survey of the Golegã, Entroncamento and Torres Novas cultural heritage. The chapter that dealed with the local heritage studied the Parish Church, the “Pelourinho”, The House of Carlos Relvas, the Typewriter and the Martins Correia Municipal Museums, located in Golegã, the National Railway Museum, in Entroncamento and the Roman Ruins of Vila Cardilio, located in Torres Novas. The sudy of this monuments and museums aimed to clarify which ones could be framed in the objectives of the 8th, 10th 11th and 12th school years, taught under the Supervised Teaching Internship. The last chapter of this report approaches three case studies, about the Golegã Parish Church, the Roman Ruins of Vila Cardílio and the National Railway Museum. As part of these three case studies, we created school lessons and visit plans, didactic and pedagogic instruments like powerpoint presentations, tests, chronologies and school visit guides. This work established a connection between the History School Programs and the museums and cultural heritage of these three municipalities, Golegã, Entroncamento and Torres Novas.

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Dennill, Ingrid. "Stress as a source of injury among a group of professional ballet dancers". Diss., 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17996.

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Sport and dance injuries have increased despite improvements in coaching techniques and medical care. Other factors, including psychological ones, were therefore thought to play a role in injury vulnerability. Most of the attempts to explain how psychological variables can affect an athlete's predisposition to injury have been based on anxiety or stress concepts. In this survey type study an interactive approach to stress has been adopted with the goal of finding a relationship between stress and injury in a group of professional ballet dancers. No simple direct relationship was found. Multiple regression analysis was performed and a more complicated relationship between stress indicators and injury was found. When an attempt was made to investigate the significant interaction, no significant correlations were found. However, the correlations were found to be large and negative. This could indicate that if the sample size had been larger significant correlations may have been found.
Psychology
M.A. (Psychology)

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Conteh, Prince Sorie. "Fundamental concepts of Limba traditional religion and its effects on Limba Christianity and vice versa in Sierra Leone in the past three decades". Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1418.

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This study is the product, chiefly, of fieldwork, undertaken in Sierra Leone, which sought to interview and experience contemporary Limba religio-cultural practices. Using a systematic approach, the goal was to provide a broader understanding of Limba religion, as well as to discover the effect of Limba religiosity, and the tenacity with which the Limba hold to their culture and religion, on the National Pentecostal Limba Church (NPLC) over the past three decades. The study begins with an introduction, which outlines its objectives and structure, the research methods, and its general outline. This is followed by a basic introduction to the socio-history of the Limba people, their origin, environment, language, politics, economy and other socio-cultural characteristics, in order to provide an understanding of the background on which their religion is formed. The heart of the study is a detailed examination of Limba religious beliefs and their intersection with Christianity. It includes a definition of Limba religion and its components. This seeks to identify the current state of Limba religion amidst the changes it has experienced and continues to experience as a result of internal and external influences, and to provide a template for this study, an analysis of the Limba belief in a supreme creator God whom they call Kanu Masala, his epithets, attributes and activities, Limba worship and worship methods, the Limba understanding of the spirit world, humankind, sin and salvation, and the roles of sacred specialists. The study concludes with an examination of the causes of the tenacious loyalty with which some Limba Christians hold to their traditional religious beliefs and practices, their reluctance to part with them, and the effects of their dual religiosity on the NPLC, as well as the church's response, and the resulting reciprocal effects over the past three decades in Sierra Leone. This study fills a gap in the extant literature about the ethno-theological landscape of Sierra Leone, and provides a detailed study on the intersection of African Traditional Religion and Christianity.
Systematic Theology & Theological Ethics
D.Th. (Systematic Theology)

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