scholarly journals Sustainability issues in low-middle income apartments in urban Amman, Jordan: heating devices and health concerns

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Younis ◽  
A. Taki ◽  
S. Bhattacharyya
Keyword(s):  
Middle Income ◽  
Health Concerns

scholarly journals Improving Mental Health on College Campuses: Perspectives of Indian College Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akash R Wasil ◽  
Tanvi Malhotra ◽  
Nivedita Nandakumar ◽  
Nandita Tuteja ◽  
Robert DeRubeis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Promotion Strategies

The mental health of college students is increasingly viewed as an important public health priority. However, there has been little attention paid specifically to college students’ perspectives on factors that contribute to mental health challenges or on potential initiatives that could address them. Even less research has focused on students in low-and middle-income countries. In an effort to better understand how to improve mental health and wellness on college campuses, we administered an open-ended survey to 141 Indian college students (Mage=19.47, 65% female). We asked the students to identify: a) issues that contribute to mental health problems among college students, b) potential initiatives or strategies that could be used to improve mental health and wellness, and c) topics that students would like to learn about in a course about mental health and wellness. Applying thematic analysis, we identified academic stressors (e.g., pressure to succeed, competitiveness) and social stressors (e.g., lack of community, party culture and substance abuse) that students reported as contributors to mental health problems. Students also described mental health promotion strategies that could be implemented by faculty members (e.g., providing academic accommodations for students with mental health concerns), the student body (e.g., establishing peer counseling groups), and individual students (e.g., checking-in with others). Finally, they identified topics that they would like to learn about in mental health and wellness courses (e.g., how to identify mental health concerns, how to support friends). By raising several potential targets for mental health and wellness interventions for Indian college students, our study illustrates how open-ended surveys can be a useful and feasible way to solicit input from stakeholders in low- and middle-income countries. Future research will be needed to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of mental health promotion strategies, including those proposed by students.

scholarly journals Defending access to medicines in regional trade agreements: lessons from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership – a qualitative study of policy actors’ views

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Economic Partnership

Abstract Background The Regional Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) is a mega regional trade agreement signed by fifteen countries on 15 November 2020 after 8 years of negotiation. Signatories include the ten members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus China, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Australia. India was a negotiating party until it withdrew from the negotiations in November 2019. The RCEP negotiations were initially framed as focused on the needs of low income countries. Public health concerns emerged however when draft negotiating chapters were leaked online, revealing pressures on countries to agree to intellectual property and investment measures that could exacerbate issues of access to medicines and seeds, and protecting regulatory space for public health. A concerted Asia Pacific civil society campaign emerged in response to these concerns, and in 2019, media and government reporting suggested that several of these measures had been taken off the table, which was subsequently confirmed in the release of the signed text in November 2020. Results This paper examines civil society and health actors’ views of the conditions that successfully contributed to the removal of these measures in RCEP, with a focus on intellectual property and access to medicines. Drawing on twenty semi-structured qualitative interviews with civil society, government and legal and health experts from nine countries participating in the RCEP negotiations, the paper reports a matrix of ten conditions related to actor power, ideas, political context and specific health issues that appeared to support prioritisation of some public health concerns in the RCEP negotiations. Conclusions Conditions identified included strong low and middle income country leadership; strong civil society mobilisation, increased technical capacity of civil society and low and middle income negotiators; supportive public health norms; processes that somewhat opened up the negotiations to hear public health views; the use of evidence; domestic support for health issues; and supportive international public health legislation. Lessons from the RCEP can inform prioritisation of public health in future trade agreement negotiations.

scholarly journals Combating Global Antibiotic Resistance: Emerging One Health Concerns in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 963-969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Nadimpalli ◽  
Elisabeth Delarocque-Astagneau ◽  
David C Love ◽  
Lance B Price ◽  
Bich-Tram Huynh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
One Health ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Middle Income Countries

scholarly journals Reasons for nonuse of contraceptive methods by women with demand for contraception not satisfied: an assessment of low and middle-income countries using demographic and health surveys

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laísa Rodrigues Moreira ◽  
Fernanda Ewerling ◽  
Aluisio J. D. Barros ◽  
Mariangela Freitas Silveira
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Demographic And Health Surveys ◽  
Contraceptive Methods ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Low And Middle Income ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

Abstract Background Nonuse of contraceptive methods by women in need of contraception may impact their sexual and reproductive health. The aim of this study was to describe the reasons for nonuse of contraception among women with demand for contraception not satisfied in low and middle-income countries (considering both overall countries and various subgroups of women). Methods We used the latest Demographic and Health Survey data from 47 countries. A descriptive analysis of the reasons for nonuse of contraceptive methods was performed among sexually active women with demand for contraception not satisfied. The prevalence of each reported reason was also evaluated according to marital status, woman’s age and schooling, area of residence, wealth index, and parity. Wealth-related absolute inequality for each reason was also evaluated using the Slope Index of Inequality. A pro-rich inequality pattern means that the reason is more prevalent among the richest women while a pro-poor means the reason is more common among the poorest ones. Results On average, 40.9% of women in need of contraception were not using any contraceptive methods to avoid pregnancy. Overall, the most prevalent reasons for nonuse of contraceptives were “health concerns” and “infrequent sex,” but the prevalence of each reason varied substantially across countries. Nonuse due to “opposition from others” was higher among married than unmarried women; in turn, the prevalence of nonuse due to “lack of access” or “lack of knowledge” was about two times higher in rural areas than in urban areas. Women with less schooling more often reported nonuse due to “lack of access.” Pro-rich inequality was detected for reasons “health concerns,” “infrequent sex,” and “method-related”, while the reasons “other opposed,” “fatalistic,” “lack of access,” and “lack of knowledge” were linked to patterns of pro-poor inequality. Conclusions Family planning promotion policies must take into account the different reasons for the nonuse of contraceptive methods identified in each country as well as the contextual differences regarding women of reproductive age (such as social norms and barriers that prevent women from accessing and using contraceptives).

Sexual dysfunction and sexual health concerns in women with diabetes

1998 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meeking ◽  
Fosbury ◽  
Cummings ◽  
Alexander ◽  
Shaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Concerns
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