School physiotherapy programme: Improving literacy regarding postures adopted at home and in school in adolescents living in the south of Portugal

Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-102
Author(s):  
Beatriz Minghelli
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
The South ◽  
Practical Test ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Risky Behaviours ◽  
Physiotherapy Programme ◽  
Theoretical Test ◽  
At Home

BACKGROUND: Health literacy consists of an individual’s ability to make informed decisions in various sectors, including school. Most of the health problems and risky behaviours associated with the environment and lifestyle can be minimised or even prevented by increasing health literacy. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a school physiotherapy programme in improving literacy regarding postures adopted at home and in school in adolescents living in the south of Portugal. METHODS: The sample was comprised of 84 students in the 5th grade, 42 (50%) were boys, aged to 10 and 13 years old (10.35±0.61). The measurement instruments included a theoretical and practical test applied one week before and one week after the school physiotherapy programme. RESULTS: The values obtained on the theoretical test before and after the intervention ranged from 1–13 (7.70±2.47) and 5–13 (10.83±2.27), respectively (p≤0.001) and, on the practical test, before and after ranged from 0–10 (4.14±2.21) and 6–15 (11.8±2.28), respectively (p≤0.001). CONCLUSION: This study found significant improvements in both theoretical and practical knowledge acquisition after participants attended a school physiotherapy programme. Thus, a school physiotherapy programme could be a useful tool to prevent and/or minimise musculoskeletal disorders in adolescents.

Postural habits in adolescents: the influence of a school physiotherapy program on improving the knowledge of postures

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Minghelli
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Practical Test ◽  
Heavy Object ◽  
Physiotherapy Program ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Mean

AbstractBackgroundSchool physiotherapy programs can promote an increase in health literacy promoting healthier postural habits. This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of this program in improving the theoretical-practical ergonomic knowledge about postures in adolescents and to verify the postural habits adopted.MethodsThe sample comprised 206 students, 109 (52.9%) being boys, aged 12–19 years old. The measurement instruments included a theoretical-practical test and a scale. The intervention program included one session lasting 90 min, using both theoretical and practical approaches.ResultsThe mean values obtained on the theoretical-practical test before and after the 1-month period were 9.14 ± 2.51 and 13.05 ± 1.41, respectively (p ≤ 0.001). One hundred and ninety-nine (96.6%) students sat with the spine wrongly positioned, 197 (95.6%) students used mobile phones with a cervical flexion, and 165 (80.1%) lifted a heavy object from the floor incorrectly.ConclusionsThis data revealed that a school physiotherapy program improves ergonomic knowledge in adolescents.

Testing the health literacy of twenty Bangladeshi patients before and 5 months after they begin to access their GP electronic record

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. bjgp18X697133
Author(s):  
Richard Fitton ◽  
Amir Hannan ◽  
Ingrid Brindle ◽  
Shafia Begum ◽  
Sarwar Shah
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Medical History ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Practice Nurse ◽  
Electronic Record ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Medical Histories ◽  
Memory Knowledge

BackgroundPatients with higher health literacy enjoy better health outcomes and are more compliant with treatment. Health literacy is a product of memory, reason and imagination. Patients who can access their records have potentially more memory (knowledge) and make less phone calls to and have less consultations with their GP, practice nurse, HCA and other professionals.AimThe study aims to measure the knowledge that twenty Bangladeshi patients with poor English have of their medical history before and after access to their electronic record.Method55% of patients at Thornley House have access to their medical records. A simple questionnaire was given to 20 Bangladeshi patients before and 5 months after access to their electronic record. The questionnaires recorded the patients’ knowledge of their medical histories. The scores of the completed before and after questionnaires were compared to see if record access had increased patients’ knowledge.ResultsFive patients completed before and after questionnaires. Each achieved a higher score after record access. The differences in scores for the five patients were 2, 5, 1, 10, and 1, respectively.ConclusionHealth literacy for patients is similar to medical literacy for doctors. It requires knowledge, skills and attitudes. We will see whether record access can increase knowledge. Further studies might measure whether that increased knowledge improves skills and attitudes.

Acquiring variable commands at home and abroad: Examining optatives and imperatives in L1 and L2 Spanish

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-113
Author(s):  
Farrah Neumann ◽  
Matthew Kanwit
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Individual ◽  
At Home

AbstractSince many linguistic structures are variable (i. e. conveyed by multiple forms), building a second-language grammar critically involves developing sociolinguistic competence (Canale and Swain. 1980. Theoretical bases of communicative approaches to second language teaching and testing. Applied Linguistics 1(1). 1–47), including knowledge of contexts in which to use one form over another (Bayley and Langman. 2004. Variation in the group and the individual: Evidence from second language acquisition. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching 42(4). 303–318). Consequently, researchers interested in such competence have increasingly analyzed the study-abroad context to gauge learners’ ability to approximate local norms following a stay abroad, due to the quality and quantity of input to which learners may gain access (Lafford. 2006. The effects of study abroad vs. classroom contexts on Spanish SLA: Old assumptions, new insights and future research directions. In Carol Klee & Timothy Face (eds.), Selected proceedings of the 7th conference on the acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese as first and second languages, 1–25. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project). Nevertheless, the present study is the first to examine native or learner variation between imperative (e. g. ven ‘come’) and optative Spanish commands (e. g. que vengas ‘come’). We first performed a corpus analysis to determine the linguistic factors to manipulate in a contextualized task, which elicited commands from learners before and after four weeks abroad in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. Their overall rates of selection and predictive factors were compared to local native speakers (NSs) and a control group of at-home learners.Results revealed that the abroad learners more closely approached NS rates of selection following the stay abroad. Nonetheless, for both learner groups conditioning by independent variables only partially approximated the NS system, which was more complex than previously suggested.

scholarly journals Exploring the Role of Family and School as Spaces for 1.5 Generation South Korean’s Adjustment and Identity Negotiation in New Zealand: A Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 4408
Author(s):  
Su Yeon Roh ◽  
Ik Young Chang
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Identity Negotiation ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
The South ◽  
1.5 Generation ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The Family ◽  
Home And School ◽  
At Home

To date, the majority of research on migrant identity negotiation and adjustment has primarily focused on adults. However, identity- and adjustment-related issues linked with global migration are not only related to those who have recently arrived, but are also relevant for their subsequent descendants. Consequently, there is increasing recognition by that as a particular group, the “1.5 generation” who were born in their home country but came to new countries in early childhood and were educated there. This research, therefore, investigates 1.5 generation South Koreans’ adjustment and identity status in New Zealand. More specifically, this study explores two vital social spaces—family and school—which play a pivotal role in modulating 1.5 generation’s identity and adjustment in New Zealand. Drawing upon in-depth interviewing with twenty-five 1.5 generation Korean-New Zealanders, this paper reveals that there are two different experiences at home and school; (1) the family is argued to serve as a key space where the South Korean 1.5 generation confirms and retains their ethnic identity through experiences and embodiments of South Korean traditional values, but (2) school is almost the only space where the South Korean 1.5 generation in New Zealand can acquire the cultural tools of mainstream society through interaction with English speaking local peers and adults. Within this space, the South Korean 1.5 generation experiences the transformation of an ethnic sense of identity which is strongly constructed at home via the family. Overall, the paper discusses that 1.5 generation South Koreans experience a complex and contradictory process in negotiating their identity and adjusting into New Zealand through different involvement at home and school.

SOCIAL DISTANCING INFLUENCE IN THE PANDEMIC OF NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTION COVID-19 ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOMESTIC SCIENTIFIC, PRACTICAL AND EDUCATION VIDEOCONFERENCES AND WEBINARS IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.E. Budaragin ◽  
◽  
M.A. Zakharova ◽  
Е.Е. Shigan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Remote Communication ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Scientific Practical

Abstract. Global changes in the world with the emergence of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19, followed by social distancing, have led to a powerful development of Internet resources for continuing education, performing work duties and doing business. The analysis of the quantitative and qualitative conduct of domestic scientific and educational online events on the problem of maintaining occupational health and ensuring safety at the workplace before and after the introduction of the period of quarantine measures has been carried out. The options for using various options for platforms and resources for remote communication and work, gaining practical knowledge and exchange of scientific experience are considered.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TERAPI BEKAM TERHADAP PENURUNAN KADAR KOLESTEROL PADA PASIEN HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA DI RUMAH SEHAT AL-HIJAMAAH TAHUN 2014/2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
Sitti Aulia Hidayat ◽  
Salsa Anggeraini ◽  
TaufiQul Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cupping Therapy ◽  
T Test ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Probability Sampling ◽  
Cholesterol Levels ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Paired T Test ◽  
At Home

To know the effect of cupping therapy to decrease cholesterol levels in patients at Home Healthy hiperkolestrolemia Al-hijamaah in the year 2014/2015. Research observational analytic-numerical categorical pairs. Samples were hypercholesterolemic patients at Home Healthy Al-hijamaah in 2014/2015. Taken by using non-probability sampling technique with purposive sampling method. The primary data obtained directly from respondents, and analyzed by paired T test. The number of samples involved in this study were 45 respondents. Most of the samples were aged 20-45 years were 28 respondents (62.2%), female 27 respondents (60%), and average cholesterol levels before cupping therapy of 262.84 mg / dl and the average after cupping therapy 239.53 mg / dl. In this study, the results of Test Independent t test t test = 2.64 with p = 0,010 (p 0.05) which means that there are significant differences in cholesterol levels before and after cupping therapy

January: Of Rocks and Ice

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Wohl
Keyword(s):  
Cold Water ◽  
Main Channel ◽  
Frozen Soil ◽  
Pine Bark ◽  
The Sun ◽  
The South ◽  
Dark Green ◽  
Shallow Channel ◽  
Yellowish Orange ◽  
At Home

The beaver meadow is quiet in January. For many plants and animals, winter is a season of subdued activity, or of waiting. North St. Vrain Creek remains open along the main channel, the water flowing clear but tinted brown as pine bark between snowy banks. Densely growing thickets of willow closely line the banks. Each stem starts pale brown near the ground, then grades upward to shades of maroon or yellowish orange at the branch tips. In a bird’s-eye view, these startling colors make the meadow stand out distinctly from the dark green conifers that define the edges of the meadow. Spruce and fir trees grow sharply pointed as arrows; pines present a slightly more rounded outline. Snow falls silently in thick flakes from the low, gray sky. The upper edges of the valley walls fade into snow and clouds. The sun appears briefly as a small, pale spotlight behind the clouds to the south. Snow mounds on the patches of ice in the shallow channel. The water flowing beneath creates flickers through the translucent ice like a winter fire of subdued colors and no heat. Tussocks form humps of straw-colored grass above the dark, frozen soil. Rabbit tracks line the snowy bank, sets of four paw marks with a large gap between each set. Something small crossed the bank, leaping one to two feet at a bound, two paws with slight drag marks behind them. In places the powdery snow has drifted deeply, but mostly it is shallow over a frozen crust. Beaver-gnawed sticks and stumps poke up through the snow. A large flood came through four months ago, in mid-September, washing out dams that the beavers have not yet rebuilt. Chunks of wood deposited among the willow stems by the floodwaters stand far above the January flow of the creek. A dipper fishes the creek, wading rather than swimming, at home in the cold water. The slate-gray bird is the only visible animal, busily probing the bed with its short bill, then pausing to stand and bob up and down.

scholarly journals Challenges in Navigating the Health Care System: Development of an Instrument Measuring Navigation Health Literacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5731
Author(s):  
Lennert Griese ◽  
Eva-Maria Berens ◽  
Peter Nowak ◽  
Jürgen M. Pelikan ◽  
Doris Schaeffer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
System Development ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
International Health ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
General Populations

Due to their rapid expansion and complexity, it is increasingly difficult for patients to orient themselves in health care systems. Therefore, patients require a high degree of health literacy, or more precisely, navigation health literacy (HL-NAV). The actual extent of HL-NAV of patients and citizens is still largely unknown due to the lack of adequate measurement instruments. Thus, within the new international Health Literacy Population Survey 2019 (HLS19), one aim was to develop a suitable instrument for measuring HL-NAV in the HLS19 the HL-NAV-HLS19. The item development was conducted by an international working group within the HLS19 Consortium led by the first and last authors. Methodologically, it is based on a scoping literature review, development of a conceptual framework for HL-NAV, and first item formation, as well as an evaluation by experts, stakeholders, focus groups, pre-test interviews, and continuously feedback from the HLS19 Consortium. HL-NAV was defined as the ability to access, understand, appraise, and apply information on navigational issues, drawing on ten selected publications and the health literacy definition of the HLS-EU Consortium. Main tasks of HL-NAV at the system, organization, and interaction level were identified, to which first related items were assigned. Based on the feedback from experts, the focus group discussions, and the HLS19 Consortium, the instrument was slightly revised. Finally, twelve items proved to be feasible in the pre-test. The instrument will be used for the first time in the HLS19 survey and will provide first data on HL-NAV in general populations for the countries participating in HLS19. It is suited for cross-country comparisons and monitoring, as well as for intervention development. However, the instrument should be translated into and validated in further languages and countries for population samples.

scholarly journals Characteristics and outcomes of patients receiving Hospital at Home Services in the South West of Sydney

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Hecimovic ◽  
Vesna Matijasevic ◽  
Steven A. Frost
Keyword(s):  
Average Length ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Local Health ◽  
The South ◽  
Subacute Care ◽  
Hospital At Home ◽  
Care Costs ◽  
Improve Patient ◽  
Drain Management ◽  
At Home

Abstract Background Hospital at home (HaH) provides acute or subacute care in a patient’s home, that normally would require a hospital stay. HaH has consistently been shown to improve patient outcomes and reduce health care costs. The characteristics and outcomes of patients receiving HaH care across the South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) has not been well described. This project aimed to describe the characteristics and outcomes of HaH services across the SWSLHD. Methods The characteristics of patients referred to HaH between January 2017 and December 2019, the indications for HaH, and representation rates to hospital emergency department (ED) will be presented. Results Between January 2017 and December 2019 there was 7118 referrals to the local health district’s (LHD) HaH services, among 6083 patients (3094 females, 51%), median age 56 years (Interquartile range (IQR), 40–69). The majority of indications for HaH were for intravenous venous (IV) medications (78%, n = 5552), followed by post-operative drain management (11%, n = 789), rehab in the home (RiTH) (5%, n = 334), bridging anticoagulant therapy (4%, n = 261), and intraperitoneal medications (1%, n = 100). The requirement for presentation to an ED for care, while receiving HaH only occurred on 172 (2%) of occasions. The average length of HaH treatment was 7-days (IQR 4–16). Rates of presentation to ED for HaH patients have decreased since 2017, 3.4% (95% CI 2.7–4.2%), 2018 2.1% (95% CI 1.5–2.8%), and 2019 1.8% (95% CI 1.3–2.4%), p-value for trend < 0.001. Conclusion Hospital at Home is well established, diverse, and safe clinical service to shorten, or avoid hospitalisation, for many patients. Importantly, avoidance of hospitalisation can avoid many risks that are associated with being cared for in the hospital setting.

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