scholarly journals Impacting Environmental and Public Health through the Use of Dual Targeted and Tailored Asthma Educational Interventions

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genny Carrillo ◽  
Daikwon Han ◽  
Rose L. Lucio ◽  
Yoon-Ho Seol ◽  
Betty Chong-Menard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Asthmatic Children ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Asthma Triggers

Home-based asthma environmental education for parents of asthmatic children is needed since many health professionals lack the time to offer it. However, developing targeted and tailored education is important in order to address the individual needs of participants. This nonrandomized longitudinal study examined knowledge on asthma with an Asthma and Healthy Homes educational intervention training offered to parents of children from low income families who reside in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Eighty-nine parents received the training and pre- and posttest surveys were used to measure knowledge outcomes. A standardized assessment on asthma triggers was used to identify the different triggers each child was exposed to, and a follow-up survey was conducted 6 months after the educational intervention to identify how many parents reported household and behavior changes as a result of the training. Results showed significant changes in behavior by participants as a result of the training received. This study suggests that these behavioral changes are attributed to the dual “targeted” and “tailored” educational interventions delivered to parents which resulted in a greater understanding of how to manage asthma by eliminating asthma triggers in their respective homes.

Contribution of Balcony on Thermal Comfort : Rusunawa Surabaya

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-21
Author(s):  
Rika Kisnarini ◽  
Johannes Krisdianto ◽  
Iwan Adi Indrawan
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Movement Control ◽  
Thermal Conditions ◽  
Functional Space ◽  
Air Movement ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Absolute Requirement ◽  
Human Need ◽  
Low Income Families

Dwelling, which is a basic human need (Maslow, 1970) should act as an object of technology that serves as a place for individuals or families to conduct all their daily activities in order to meet their needs in life. In case of sustainability, thermal comfort is one of the most important comfort conditions that must be achieved (Szokolay SV, 1980). Proper air movement control may lessen the demand for energy, thus reducing the expense of providing a comfortable home (Boutet, 1987). However, to ensure the acceleration of air movement, the availability of both inlet and outlet openings in the building or space become an absolute requirement (Olgyay Victor, 1973). Rusunawa is a typical rental-apartment in Indonesia that served for low income families. The types of existing space generally include: a multi-functional space, a kitchen, and a bathroom/WC, and sometimes is furnished by a balcony. There is only one living space in rusunawa that is the multi-functional space which is often used for: living, sleeping, studying, watching TV, eating, storing, child-caring, and probably more other functions. Not to mention if the family has a home-based business. Among rusunawa unit types that existed in all fourteen locations in Surabaya, some of them were built without a really outdoor balcony, meaning that the balconies were provided indoor, instead of in the cantilever system. These indoor balconies accommodate the same household activities as those of outdoor balconies. However, the contribution to the internal thermal comfort may not be the same. By using Ecotect analysis 2011 program, This research intends to investigate the comparison of thermal conditions of the inner space between rusunawa unit having a balcony (outdoor), and rusunawa unit without a balcony (indoor). The result of this comparison is meant to convince the contribution of unit having a balcony to the thermal comfort of inner space, to ensure whether the design of the future rusunawa units should be equipped with a balcony or not. To further reassure its contribution, this experiment is continued by comparing between unit having just a balcony and unit having a balcony that equipped with sun-devices.

scholarly journals Legal aspects of technical assistance in urban landholding regularization provided for in the Brazilian Law 11888/2008 and its impact in the state of Paraíba, Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-32
Author(s):  
George Baracuhy Cruz Viana ◽  
Edson Ricardo Saleme
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
The State ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Deductive Method ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

This paper analyzes the role of the state in its mission of ensuring the existence of sustainable cities with adequate housing and meeting the standards set by current legal dictates. For this purpose, firstly, the right to housing guaranteed by the current Constitution, in its article 6 caput, is assessed as one of the most basic needs of the individual, considered a fundamental right since 1948 by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This paper also investigates the guarantee of decent housing for the citizen is effective, as provided for in the City Statute, Law No. 10257, 2001, especially with the publication of Law n. 11.888 /2008, which guarantees free public assistance in the project and construction of social housing for low-income families. This rule regulates the hiring of professionals who, while preserving their urban legislation, ensure compliance with an adequately sustainable environment. This article will use the hypothetical-deductive method and the bibliographic research methodology.  

Emotional competence and behavior problems: Differences across Preschool Assessment of Attachment classifications

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shari L. Kidwell ◽  
Marion E. Young ◽  
Lisa D. Hinkle ◽  
Ashley D. Ratliff ◽  
Meagan E. Marcum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Emotional Competence ◽  
Emotion Understanding ◽  
Strange Situation ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Preschool Assessment ◽  
Parental Symptoms ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
And Behavior

This study examined attachment in association with preschoolers’ emotional functioning among 54 predominantly low-income families living in Appalachia. Attachment was assessed at age 4 years using the Strange Situation (Ainsworth, Blehar, Waters, & Wall, 1978) and classified with the PAA (Crittenden, 2004). Emotional competence was measured via an interview about children’s memories for six emotions, rated in terms of both emotion understanding and regulation. Parent-, teacher-, and self-reports of children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms were also completed. Questionnaires and interviews assessed socioeconomic risk and parental symptoms and negative childhood experiences. Children’s PAA strategies were significantly associated with risks, emotion regulation and understanding, and symptoms. Children using highly coercive strategies showed the greatest difficulties. Emotion regulation and understanding also were associated with parent- and teacher-report of symptoms. These findings suggest that intervention efforts with at-risk youngsters should target not only attachment security, but also emotional competence skills.

scholarly journals Home-Based Therapy for Young Children in Low-Income Families: A Student Training Program

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan J. Mattek ◽  
Elizabeth T. Jorgenson ◽  
Robert A. Fox
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Student Training ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Home Based Therapy

Mothers' Economic Hardship and Behavior Problems in Their Early Adolescents

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ginger Lockhart Burrell ◽  
Mark W. Roosa
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Economic Hardship ◽  
Stress Process ◽  
Adolescent Problem Behavior ◽  
Contextual Theory ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Multiple Domains ◽  
And Behavior

Concerns about the heightened prevalence of behavior problems among adolescents from low-income families have prompted researchers to understand processes through which economic variables influence functioning within multiple domains. Guided by a stress process framework and social contextual theory, this study examines processes linking perceived economic hardship and adolescent problem behavior in a sample of urban families. It hypothesizes that stress process variables experienced by mothers contribute to adolescents' functioning within the family, academic, and peer domains, which ultimately predict behavior problems. Results show a good fit of the models to the data, suggesting that the integration of stress process and social contextual approaches may be of particular use for scholars interested in understanding economic influences on adolescent problem behaviors.

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