Threat, fundamentalism, and Islamophobia: Assessing the factors associated with negative attitudes toward Muslims.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukhmani Pal ◽  
Joseph D. Wellman
Keyword(s):  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Attitudes Toward Muslims

scholarly journals In the wake of a terrorist attack, do Americans’ attitudes toward Muslims decline?

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 205316801880639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber E. Boydstun ◽  
Jessica T. Feezell ◽  
Rebecca A. Glazier
Keyword(s):  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Web Based ◽  
San Bernardino ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The Us ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Natural Response ◽  
Null Finding ◽  
Attitudes Toward Muslims

When a terrorist attack occurs, a natural response may be increased public concern about terrorism. But when a self-described Muslim perpetrates a terrorist attack, do negative attitudes toward Muslims also increase? If so, is this effect conditional on the nature of people’s past personal experiences with Muslims? We present natural experiment data based on a 2015 web-based survey of 2105 non-Muslims in the US, a survey that happened to span the terrorist attacks in Paris on 13 November and San Bernardino on 2 December. We thus test Americans’ feelings toward Muslims immediately before and after both an international and a domestic terrorist attack. We find that, although the attacks significantly affected Americans’ concerns about radicalism both in the US and abroad, they did not negatively affect Americans’ thermometer feelings toward Muslims in the aggregate—a null finding conditioned only slightly by the nature of past personal experiences with Muslims.

scholarly journals Factors associated with gerontological career choice: The role of curriculum type and students’ attitudes

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Ah Lee ◽  
Dana Rose Garfin ◽  
Stephanie Vaughn ◽  
Young-Shin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Nursing Schools ◽  
Adult Care ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Gerontological Nursing ◽  
Attitudes Toward Older Adults

Background and objective: Caring for a growing aging population presents a challenge in contemporary health care. This study aims to identify factors associated with nursing student’s career choice in older adult care and predictors of attitudes toward older adults. Such information is critical to inform effective gerontological nursing education.Methods: Undergraduate nursing students (N = 411) from three nursing schools in California participated in a cross-sectional, web-based survey.Results: In covariate-adjusted analyses, students who had prior experiences taking gerontology-related courses, working with older adults, living with older adults, being confident in providing older adults care, and having lower negative attitudes toward older adults were more likely to consider a future career in gerontological nursing. Students’ confidence in older adult care was negatively correlated with negative attitudes towards older adults.Conclusions: To increase students’ career choice in gerontology, nursing schools should provide more gerontology content in nursing curricula and explore avenues to increase student confidence in older adult care. 

Why Do Condoms Break or Slip off in Use? An Exploratory Study

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliet Richters ◽  
John Gerofi ◽  
Basil Donovan
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Male Partner ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Breakage Rate ◽  
Male Sexual Partner ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Sydney Australia

Men attending 3 sexually transmissible disease clinics and a university health clinic in Sydney, Australia, were invited to complete a questionnaire on their use of condoms. Respondents were 108 male condom user volunteers aged 18 to 62 years; in the last five years 47 had had sex with men, 18 with both men and women and 43 only with women. They reported using a total of 4809 condoms in the previous 12 months (condoms worn by a male partner were not included). The overall breakage rate was 4.9% (including condoms breaking during application), while 3.1% of condoms reportedly slipped off. On a multivariate analysis, condom breakage correlated with: (1) male sexual partner(s), (2) infrequent condom use, (3) rolling the condom on as per conventional instructions (modified application methods appeared protective) and (4) having trouble with condoms partially slipping. Factors associated with condoms slipping off were (1) young age, (2) being circumcised, (3) having less life-time condom experience, (4) roiling the condom on conventionally, and (5) having trouble with condoms partially slipping. Few men used inappropriate lubricants and no association between lubricant type and breakage was found. Though common among our respondents, negative attitudes towards condoms, loss of erection during condom application or use, finding condoms uncomfortable, and prolonged sexual intercourse were not related to success in use. Almost half (49%) of the men reported having deliberately removed a condom after the beginning of intercourse; 17% had done so 3 or more times. Counselling protocols should acknowledge the complexity of condom use. As no single easily corrected factor was found to correlate with condoms breaking or slipping off, the development of stronger and better retained products should be encouraged. The validity of conventional instructions for applying condoms should be questioned.

scholarly journals Smoke-Free Home and Vehicle Policies Among Community College Smokers

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 540-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah J. Ossip ◽  
Tye Johnson ◽  
Vanessa Assibey-Mensah ◽  
Sijiu Wang ◽  
Donald McLaren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Attitudes Toward Smoking ◽  
Tobacco Intervention ◽  
Priority Population ◽  
Improve Health

Background. Personal smoke-free policies (home and vehicle) reduce secondhand smoke exposure, improve health, and increase quitting among smokers. Overall, 83.0% and 78.1% of Americans report smoke-free homes and vehicles, respectively. However, little is known about such policies among 2-year community college (CC) students, who represent a large, diverse population with higher smoking rates and less negative attitudes toward smoking than 4-year college students. Methods. Prevalence of, and factors associated with, personal smoke-free policies were examined for 2,475 CC smokers enrolled in a national trial of web-assisted tobacco intervention. Results. Few students had smoke-free home policies (20.7%), smoke-free vehicles (17.0%), both smoke-free home and vehicle policy (4.2%), or any policy (home or vehicle; 31.2%). In logistic regression models, having children was associated with a smoke-free home or any policy but not with a smoke-free vehicle, and among participants who had children, only 20% reported a smoke-free home, and only 15% had a smoke-free vehicle. In addition, not living with other smokers, living with parents or roommates/siblings (vs. alone), smoking later than 30 minutes after awakening, believing that smoking affects the health of others, and confidence in quitting were associated with presence of a smoke-free home or any policy; no variables were significantly associated with presence of a smoke-free vehicle. Conclusions. CC students represent a priority population for intervention regarding smoke-free homes and vehicles. Such intervention can decrease exposure of others, including children, and potentially increase the likelihood of quitting in this high-risk population.

scholarly journals Mental Health Workers’ Attitudes Toward Individuals With a Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Literature Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Karen McKenzie ◽  
James Gregory ◽  
Lorna Hogg
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Current Review

The attitudes of mental health workers toward individuals with mental health conditions can impact the quality of care they provide. Negative attitudes among mental health workers seem particularly common in response to people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The current review aimed to identify and review the literature regarding mental health workers’ attitudes toward individuals diagnosed with BPD, specifically focusing on studies comparing workers’ attitudes toward BPD with attitudes toward other mental health diagnoses. The findings suggest that mental health workers have more negative attitudes toward individuals labeled as having BPD than toward individuals with other diagnoses, such as depression. This is likely due to factors associated with the label itself, in addition to workers’ perceptions of BPD symptoms and previous experiences of delivering treatment. The implications of these findings are considered, with a particular focus on how mental health services can effectively address negative attitudes toward BPD.

scholarly journals Factors associated with knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices towards COVID-19 in health care professionals in Lima, Peru

F1000Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 582
Author(s):  
ORIANA RIVERA-LOZADA ◽  
CESAR GALVEZ ◽  
ELVIS CASTRO-ALZATE ◽  
CESAR ANTONIO BONILLA-ASALDE
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Preventive Practices ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Master’S Degree

Background: Nowadays, we are facing a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, known globally as COVID-19, which is considered a threat to global health due to its high contagiousness and rapid spread. Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study in 302 health professionals. An online questionnaire consisting of questions about knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19 was applied. Socio-demographic, occupational and comorbidities factors were explored. Simple and multiple logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with KAP. Results: Of the total, 25.2%, 31.5% and 37.4% had high levels of knowledge, preventive practices and risk perception attitudes respectively. Being married (aOR=6.75), having a master's degree (aOR= 0.41), having a working day with less than ten hours (ORa=0.49) and obesity (aOR=0.38) were associated with a low level of knowledge of COVID-19. The variables associated with preventive practices were being over the age of 50 (aOR=0.52), working in the hospitalization area (aOR=1.86) and having comorbidities such as arterial hypertension (aOR=0.28) and obesity (aOR=0.35). In relation to negative attitudes towards COVID 19, it was found that physical contact with patients with a confirmed diagnosis (aOR=1.84) and having asthma (aOR=2.13) were associated with these attitudes. Conclusion: Being married, having a master's degree, working less than ten hours were associated with having a low level of knowledge of COVID-19. Being older than 50, working in the hospitalization area were associated with preventive practices. Physical contact with COVID-19 patients was associated with negative attitudes.

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