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Long Covid: A Syndemics Approach to Understanding and Response
AbstractNearly one in five U.S. adults are impacted by long Covid. The health, social, and economic burdens of long Covid are complicated and trying. Although the causes of long Covid remain uncertain, emerging research suggests an infectious disease origin for at least some portion of cases. We draw on a grey and white literature, media reports, and postings on forums to examine the shared experiences of long Covid and the present argument for pathogen-pathogen interactions. Data suggest that long Covid disproportionately impacts communities that already experience disparities in health, specifically lower-educated, low-i...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - February 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Positive Youth Development Approach: a Model Specific to T ürkiye
This study aims to test a PYD model applied to Turkish contexts by benefiting from the insights of experts working in the field of youth development. Using the Delphi Method, we determined the indicators/attributes in two consecutive stages with a panel of youth development experts (Stage 1 :n = 715 and Stage 2:n = 334). In the first Delphi phase, we collected the responses of the participants (3,724 meaningful words, phrases, or sentences) with an open-ended question. In the second Delphi phase, we presented the 17 indicators/attributes we created through the data to the approval of the participants us ing a 5-poi...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - January 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The Mediating Roles of Mindfulness in Marriage and Mindfulness in Parenting in the Relationship Between Parents ’ Dispositional Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation of Their Children
AbstractThe fact that primary school is a pre-adolescent period makes it important in terms of regulating emotions. The beginning signals of adolescence occur during this period. It is clear that this challenging process of emotion regulation is linked to age and development, along with parental characteristics and the interactions of the child with the parent. It is believed that researching the variables that influence emotion regulation can help individuals maintain healthy social interactions throughout their journey from childhood to adulthood. In this context, parents ’ mindfulness levels, which include both intrap...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - January 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Air Pollution Reduces the Individuals ’ Life Satisfaction Through Health Impairment
In this study, we examined the direct and indirect effect of air pollution on individuals’ LS throu gh health mediation. We used longitudinal individual-level data from “Understanding-Society: the UK Household-Longitudinal Study” on 59,492 individuals with 347,377 repeated responses across 11 years (2009–2019) that was linked to yearly concentrations of NO2, SO2, and particulate-matter (PM10, PM2.5) pollution. Generalized structural equation models with multilevel ordered-logistic regression were used to examine the direct effect of air pollution on LS and the indirect effect from health impairment. Higher conc...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - January 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Exploring the Perception of Spirituality and Sense of life Satisfaction in Adult Men and Women in Rural Southern U.S.
In conclusion of the study, data was analyzed using a theoretical thematic analysis through which seven themes emerged. The following are themes that developed through analysis: (a) foundation in Christ, (b) feelings of peace and contentment, (c) guidance and security, (c) connection with others, (d) way of living/purpose, (e) spiritual practices, and lastly, (f) spiritual conflict. (Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life)
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Development and Content Validation of the 10-item Well-being Instrument (WiX) for use in Economic Evaluation Studies
AbstractIt ’s increasingly recognized that the evaluative space of economic evaluations in health and social care needs to be broadened and instruments measuring well-being are required. A generic measure of well-being comprehensively capturing all relevant domains of well-being in the adult population is no t available. The aim is to describe the development of such an instrument, the 10-item Well-being instrument (WiX), and to report the findings from a content validation study. A draft version of the instrument was based on available instruments pursuing the same aim, a comprehensive theoretical fram ework of the doma...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - January 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Women ’s Mental Health During COVID-19 in South Africa
AbstractWomen ’s mental health vulnerability, already a concern before the COVID-19 pandemic, has been exacerbated due to social isolation and restrictions on daily activities. This paper aims to follow a cohort of women from pre - to during the pandemic to determine the change in their mental health using the PHQ-2 scale (a mental health screening tool). Additionally, we investigate whether women with depressive symptoms before the pandemic suffered similarly to those without while controlling for pandemic-related factors. Primarily, we use the Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey dataset and apply pooled ord ered logit and ...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - January 20, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Assessing Human Development in Nepal through Descriptive and Cluster Analysis: Progress and Disparities
In conclusion, there exists urgent need to cope with human development related issues for formulat ing development policies and strategies in Nepal. (Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life)
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - January 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research