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Effects of community participation on improving uptake of skilled care for maternal and newborn health: a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Despite a broad consensus that communities should be actively involved in improving their own health, evidence for the effect of community participation on specific health outcomes is limited.
Marston, Cicely, McGowan, CR, Portela, Anayda, Renedo, Alicia   +3 more
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Community Participation: A Critical View [PDF]

, 1971
This paper reports on a study of the prescribing physician's influence on consumers' choice between medically equivalent pharmaceuticals. The study was performed using a dataset of 666,000 observations in which consumers were asked whether they were ...
Granlund, David, Rudholm, Niklas
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Suicide Prevention Program with Cooperation from Senior Volunteers, Governments, and Schools: A Study of the Intervention Effects of “Educational Lessons Regarding SOS Output” Focusing on Junior High School Students

Children, 2022
As a suicide countermeasure for young people, implementing “SOS output education” that provides young people with opportunities and approaches to seeking support with community cooperation can be expected to reduce lifelong suicide risk.
Susumu Ogawa, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Tomoya Takahashi, Koji Fujita, Yoh Murayama, Kenichiro Sato, Hiroko Matsunaga, Yutaka Motohashi, Yoshinori Fujiwara   +8 more
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Emergence of wellbeing in community participation [PDF]

, 2014
This paper explores and reflects upon the literature and several mini case studies to recommend a change of focus for the linking management and development of community participants and community organisations.
George, Karen, Sice, Petia
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Effects of an unsupervised Nordic walking intervention on cognitive and physical function among older women engaging in volunteer activity

Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 2021
Background: Nordic walking (NW) has been reported as a safe and effective exercise mode. However, the effects of NW on cognitive function are unknown. This study examined the effects of an unsupervised NW intervention on cognitive and physical function ...
Yuta Nemoto, Ryota Sakurai, Susumu Ogawa, Kazushi Maruo, Yoshinori Fujiwara   +4 more
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A Community-Wide Intervention Trial for Preventing and Reducing Frailty Among Older Adults Living in Metropolitan Areas: Design and Baseline Survey for a Study Integrating Participatory Action Research With a Cluster Trial

Journal of Epidemiology, 2019
Background: Preventing and reducing frailty is an important challenge for Japan in the next decade, especially in metropolitan areas. We launched a community-wide intervention trial (the Ota Genki Senior Project) in 2016 to develop effective community ...
Satoshi Seino, Akihiko Kitamura, Yui Tomine, Izumi Tanaka, Mariko Nishi, Kumiko Nonaka, Yu Nofuji, Miki Narita, Yu Taniguchi, Yuri Yokoyama, Hidenori Amano, Tomoko Ikeuchi, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Shoji Shinkai   +13 more
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Hand dexterity, not handgrip strength, is associated with executive function in Japanese community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background An association between handgrip strength, hand dexterity and global cognition is suggested; however, it is unclear whether both hand motor functions are associated with executive function, which is important for performing daily activities ...
Kimi Estela Kobayashi-Cuya, Ryota Sakurai, Naoko Sakuma, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Masashi Yasunaga, Susumu Ogawa, Toru Takebayashi, Yoshinori Fujiwara   +7 more
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Perception Factors, Intentions and Attitudes with Market Community Participation to Prevent Occupational Diseases [PDF]

, 2018
An Occupational Disease was a disease caused by work or work environment. One of the efficient and effective strategies for controlling Occupational Disease was the empowerment and participation of the community called Occupational Health Unit (Pos UKK ...
Adnani, H. (Hariza), Hanim, D. (Diffah), Subiyanto, A. (AA), Sulaeman, E. S. (Endang)   +3 more
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Correction to: Hand dexterity, not handgrip strength, is associated with executive function in Japanese community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
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Kimi Estela Kobayashi-Cuya, Ryota Sakurai, Naoko Sakuma, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Masashi Yasunaga, Susumu Ogawa, Toru Takebayashi, Yoshinori Fujiwara   +7 more
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Association of age-related cognitive and obstacle avoidance performances

Scientific Reports, 2021
An association between cognitive impairment and tripping over obstacles during locomotion in older adults has been suggested. However, owing to its memory-guided movement, whether this is more pronounced in the trailing limb is poorly known.
Ryota Sakurai, Kentaro Kodama, Yu Ozawa, Frederico Pieruccini-Faria, Kimi Estela Kobayashi-Cuya, Susumu Ogawa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source