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This paper synthesizes theories and concepts related to rurality, health and wellbeing, and governance to propose a new conceptual framework for researching health and wellbeing in rural communities. The framework emphasizes positive framing of health and wellbeing; the influence of governance concepts; considering impact of decisions on diverse populations; responding to change through resilience, adaptation, and transformation; fostering creativity and collaboration; maintaining a focus on health; and ongoing capacity building. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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L'activité physique adaptée permet de se maintenir en bonne santé, de prévenir les maladies et de limiter les récidives. Le sport santé vise à aider ses pratiquants à retrouver leur axe et leur verticalité grâce au mouvement. Il permet de renouer avec la vitalité et le bien-être, ou le mieux-être, dans le principe de l'unité corps-esprit et dans le respect de l'intégrité de la personne. Adapted physical activity helps to maintain good health, prevent disease and limit recurrences. Healthy sport aims to help its practitioners find their axis and verticality through movement. It allows them to regain vitality and well-being, or wellness, in the principle of body-mind unity and with respect for the integrity of the person. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aims of the study were to evaluate health and well-being among a sample of Peruvian students attending a private university and identify sociodemographic, academic and behavioral variables associated with them. The study assessed 1073 students; the majority reported a positive perception of their health but there is evidence of physical and psychological symptoms. Multiple regression analyses were performed for each health indicator, and there were small but robust models for Global Perceived Health (R² = .16, p <.001) Physical Health (R² = .09, p <.001) and Mental Health (R² = .15, p <.001). Regarding wellbeing, models were found for Positive Affect (R² = .16, p <.001), Negative Affect (R² = .15, p <.001) and Flourishing (R² = .19, p <.001). These findings support the need for health promotion initiatives in universities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Dans le cadre du plan « Sport-Santé-Bien-être », la Fédération française de basketball a mis en place le « Basket Santé ». Il s'agit d'un dispositif de sport adapté à tous les publics. Depuis 2015, il y a eu 269 sessions labellisées « Basket Santé » en France. Nous évaluerons l'impact que peut avoir le « Basket Santé » sur l'amélioration de la condition physique des pratiquants. Il s'agit d'une étude descriptive transversale réalisée à l'échelle nationale en France au cours de la saison 2017/2018 dans les clubs et associations labellisés « Basket Santé ». Des questionnaires incluant des informations générales ont permis l'évaluation sous forme d'un score (de 7 à 35) de la condition physique de chaque participant avant et après la mise en place de ce dispositif. Des analyses en composante principale ont été réalisées pour évaluer l'impact de ce dispositif au cours de la période. L'étude a recueilli 127 participants (sex-ratio : H/F = 0,34) âgés en moyenne de 51,4 ± 14,3 ans, 37 % d'entre eux déclaraient avoir une pathologie. L'impact du dispositif a montré que les caractéristiques du groupe « pathologie » se rapprochaient de celles du groupe « sans pathologie » après la pratique d'une session « Basket Santé ». Le « Basket Santé » apparaît s'adapter à tous et semblerait avoir un effet significatif sur une amélioration de la condition physique et l'état de santé des pratiquants. Ce dispositif répond donc à un triple objectif de prévention, de promotion de la santé et de bien-être. As part of the "Sport-Health-Well-being" plan, the French Basketball Federation has set up the "Basket Santé". This is a sport device suitable for all audiences. Since 2015, there have been 269 sessions labeled "Basket Santé" in France. We will evaluate the impact that the "Basket Santé" can have on the improvement of the fitness of the practitioners. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted nationally in France during the 2017/2018 season in clubs and associations labeled "Basket Santé". Questionnaires including general information allowed the assessment in the form of a score (from 7 to 35) of the physical condition of each participant before and after the installation of this device. Principal component analyzes were conducted to assess the impact of this device over the period. The study enrolled 127 participants (sex ratio: H/F = 0.34) with an average age of 51.4 ± 14.3 years, 37% of whom reported having a pathology. The impact of the device showed that the characteristics of the "pathology" group were close to those of the group "without pathology" after the practice of a "Basket Santé" session. The "Basket Santé" appears to be adapting to all and would seem to have a significant effect on improving the fitness and health status of the practitioners. This device answers to three objectives of prevention, health promotion, and well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We thematically analysed responses volunteered by 828 of the nearly 9,000 public safety personnel (PSP) who participated in an online survey on occupational stress injuries and symptoms. Participants responded to an open-ended optional request for "additional feedback" located at the end of the survey. Salient response themes reveal that, across occupations and organizations, PSP report witnessing, enduring, and encountering extensive trauma, directly and vicariously, acutely and cumulatively. PSP reported effects of such trauma on themselves and their families as including physical (e.g., headaches, back pain, cardiac arrest, digestive symptoms), psychological (e.g., crying, feeling unhappy, living in fear, experiencing anxiety and anger), and social or interpersonal impacts (e.g., social exclusion, avoidance, cynicism towards others). The effects on their families included marital breakdown and relationship dissolution with children, as well as increased familial stress, strain, and anger. PSP also reported fatalistic attitudes; specifically, they felt that nothing would change, that they had no voice, and that both their employer and the different levels of government did not care about their well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: People with mental illness have high rates of physical illness that are not detected and that shorten their lifespan. Health behaviours are central to physical health, and many children and adolescents with psychiatric illness may be at risk for poor physical health. The purpose for this study was to explore the self-reported health behaviours and well-being of pediatric psychiatric patients and their association with mental health problems. Methods: Pediatric patients hospitalized for psychiatric care were invited to complete a survey containing items on amount of physical activity, nutrient intake and sleep, a standardized perceived stress scale, and the Strengths and Difficult Questionnaire. Results: Informed consent was provided by 161 patients who completed the survey. Youth reported: engaging in very little physical activity, eating fruits and vegetables about 2-3 times per week, not sleeping well and very high perceived stress. Discussion: Implications for practice include increasing opportunities for and monitoring of health behaviours in youth hospitalized for psychiatric illness. Further research is needed to explore interventions designed to improve the physical health and mental well-being of youth with psychiatric illness and possibly the inpatient environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper investigates thirteen recent reviews of publications, including scientific and official reports published between 2003 and 2014 that deal with the positive health effects of exposure to a natural environment on the physical, psychological and social dimensions of human health and well-being. These contributions originate from several disciplines such as epidemiology, sociology and environmental psychology while interdisciplinary contributions are rare. This literature review shows moderate to strong empirical evidence for the positive influence of contact with green and blue spaces and mental and physical health and low evidence for influences on social cohesion. It also shows that health impacts may vary according to the population group considered (e.g. children, people with low socio-economic status). Comparison between the different studies is difficult because of a lack of knowledge accumulation through the validation of empirical research findings as well as the variety of health outcomes and methodological design. Furthermore, clear conclusions about the health benefits of Green and Blue spaces are difficult to infer from the meta-analysis. Finally, some recommendations for interdisciplinary research are outlined to overcome the current lack of knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Artificial lighting has transformed the outdoor nighttime environment over large areas, modifying natural cycles of light in terms of timing, wavelength, and distribution. This has had widespread benefits and costs to humankind, impacting on health and wellbeing, vehicle accidents, crime, energy consumption and carbon emissions, aesthetics, and wildlife and ecosystems. Here, we review these effects, particularly in the context of ongoing developments in the extent of artificial lighting and in the prevalent technologies being employed. The key issue that emerges is how best to maximize the benefits of artificial nighttime lighting whilst limiting the costs. To do so, three main strategies are required. First, important knowledge gaps need to be filled. Second, there is an urgent need to connect the research being conducted in different disciplines, which to date has been very disjointed. Third, it is imperative that much firmer and well-developed links are made between research, policy, and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The pursuit of subjective well-being has become an important object of policy and personal action, which within geography has been engaged largely by those with an interest in health. But to date, geography has given little attention to the ways in which subjective well-being changes and in particular, the ways in which it may be understood as both stable and amenable to change. Similarly, the field of arts and health asserts the value of participation in the creative arts for enhancing subjective well-being, but has also hardly addressed how this may come about. The paper explores stability and change in well-being through a case study of a dance and movement intervention in an English primary school. We draw on Deleuze and Guattari's notions of assemblages and of striated and smooth space to explore how participation in the arts may enable escape from habituated practices. This exploration expands the scope of geographies of health towards capturing the moments and processes through which transitions in subjective well-being may occur. The study indicates the need for greater attention to gentler and gendered forms of transition. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The purpose of this article is to analyze the emotions and experiences that live Colombian women migrants in Spain who are determined to fulfill great commitments and responsibilities to a better future for their own sons and daughters, as well as for their core family support, affecting their own wellbeing. As part of methodological design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with women and health professionals and healthcare workers, in the city of Valencia, Spain. Reflections of the author herself are also included, after returning to her country of origin. Women migrants are the protagonists of much of human mobility, as "remittance providers" in order for their families to ensure an economic wellbeing, even at the expense of their physical, emotional, psychological and economic wellbeing. Sacrifice and resilience are present in every moment of his migrant life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article examines workplace interventions targeting wellbeing on the basis of systemic thinking. It presents a brief review of systemic framework and principles and the related intervention methods. It highlights how this approach can contribute to the improvement of occupational health and wellbeing. It also presents a case study which explains the workplace intervention.

This paper develops and extends recent work in geography on therapeutic landscapes and the body in an examination of pampering practices in the contemporary spa. Drawing on feminist research on health, gender identity and the body, the paper explores the importance of escape, relaxation and other strategies to combat stress on the well-being practices and routines of women. Using original data collected from interviews in two spas in the South West of England, the paper argues that a visit to the spa is increasingly being seen as an important part of women's wider health and bodily maintenance providing a space for relaxation and withdrawal from responsibilities of the home and workplace. The pampering treatments reinforce the therapeutic benefits of the spa creating a sense of luxury and a focus on the self. The paper locates these arguments within the twin theoretical concerns of the ‘care of the self’ and disciplining the body, suggesting that any attempts to understand the practices and therapies for maintaining bodily well-being must incorporate a recognition of their simultaneous role in regulating the size and shape of women's bodies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Greater clarification is needed about the differences between gay and bisexual men's health issues. With data from a pan-Canadian online survey, bisexual (n = 564) and gay men (n = 1,109) were compared on 32 different psychological, social, and sexual self-perceived problems that they might have encountered over the past 12 months. Clear patterns emerged. Relative to gay men, bisexual men had significantly higher adjusted odds of different sexual orientation or identity problems and certain health behaviour problems but significantly lower odds of several mental health and HIV/STI-related problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The INSAT, as an instrument that mediates the statements of the work's impact on heath has already a history that we will try to unveil. For that purpose we will refer to the activity sectors considered in previous analyses conducted with this instrument; to the problems found in some of these contexts and work situations; to the arguments that justify a more precise study of other relationships between the variables considered in the inquiry. Finally, the portrait and the interpretation of INSAT's history contribute to its acknowledgement as a "living" instrument, now reformulated considering the evolutions of work, as well as the reflections elicited by its use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health problems related to physical inactivity have become a global health challenge affecting people from the full spectrum of income, age, and ethnicity. This paper examines if neighbourhood environments are associated with physical activity, especially walking and cycling. It analyses 608 respondent survey data from Washington State in the US and Geographic Information System-derived measures of the neighbourhood environment. Respondents reported traffic volume to be the most significant barrier, and good lighting to be the most important facilitator of walking and cycling. Utilitarian destinations, such as grocery stores, restaurants, retail stores and convenience stores, were significant correlates of walking and moderate-intensity physical activities, while housing type, sports facility and transportation infrastructure were correlated with vigorous physical activities. Active people rated higher for their neighbourhood attributes including safety, visual quality, knowing neighbours, seeing many other people walking and cycling, and the availability of sports facilities, parks, and bike racks. Simple interventions such as street lighting, pavements/sidewalks, street trees, benches, bike lanes or trails, bike racks, and traffic-calming devices appeared to hold some promise in promoting physical activities in neighbourhoods. Long-term solutions should include strategies to enhance overall aesthetics, safety, accessibility, street connectivity, and social interactions among neighbours. Les questions de sante liees a l'inactivite physique sont devenues un defi mondial qui interesse l'ensemble de la population quels que soient les revenus, l'age et la race. Cet article examine si l'environnement du voisinage est associe a l'activite physique, notamment la marche et le cyclisme. Il analyse les donnees d'une enquete faite aupres de 608 personnes de l'Etat de Washington aux Etats-Unis ainsi que des mesures de l'environnement du voisinage derivees de systemes d'information geographique. Les personnes interrogees ont repondu que la circulation etait l'obstacle le plus significatif et qu'un bon eclairage etait l'atout le plus important pour la marche et le cyclisme. Les destinations utilitaires, comme les supermarches, les restaurants, les boutiques de detail et de proximite, avaient un rapport significatif avec la marche et des activites physiques d'intensite moyenne, alors que le type de logement, les installations sportives et les infrastructures de transport etaient correles a des activites physiques intenses. La population active attache davantage d'importance a des caracteristiques du voisinage comme la securite, la qualite visuelle, la connaissance des voisins, l'observation de nombreuses autres personnes pratiquant la marche et le cyclisme ainsi qu'a la disponibilite d'installations sportives, de parcs et de porte-velos. De simples elements comme l'eclairage des rues, les chaussees, les arbres, les bancs, les pistes et les voies cyclables, les porte-velos, les ralentisseurs semblent etre quelque peu prometteurs dans la promotion des activites physiques de voisinage. Des solutions a long terme devraient inclure des strategies visant a ameliorer l'esthetisme global, la securite, l'accessibilite, la connectivite des rues et les interactions sociales entre voisins. Mots cles: vie active, environnement bati, cyclisme, conception, sante, voisinage, activite physique, sante publique, configuration dans l'espace, concepts urbains, marche, bien-etre [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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