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The use of Actor-Network Theory and a Practice-Based Approach to understand online community participation [PDF]

, 2013
Participation in online communities is problematic. Take up of community technologies is often patchy and subject to resistance, particularly in organisational settings.
Rivera, Gibran
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Addressing community participation barriers using emic-etic perspectives

, 2022
Post-Disaster reconstruction projects often face many challenges, due to inadequacies of community participation. While active community participation directly influences project outcome, factors that restrict or facilitate their involvement are yet to ...
Kamran Shafique, Shafique, Kamran
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Influence of education and subjective financial status on dietary habits among young, middle-aged, and older adults in Japan: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Research has suggested an association between lower socioeconomic status (SES) and unhealthy dietary habits. However, differences in the effects of different SES indicators and age remain unclear.
Maki Nishinakagawa, Ryota Sakurai, Yuta Nemoto, Hiroko Matsunaga, Toru Takebayashi, Yoshinori Fujiwara   +5 more
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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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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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Community informatics and sustainability: Why social capital matters [PDF]

, 2004
This paper adopts a holistic approach to explain why social capital matters for effective implementation, widespread uptake, greater social inclusion, and the sustainability of CI initiatives.
Lyn Simpson, Simpson, Lyn E, Simpson, Lynette, Lyn E Simpson   +3 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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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
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Changes in social isolation and loneliness prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: The JACSIS 2020–2021 study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
ObjectiveThe recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has changed people's social connections with others and society. This study aimed to describe changes in the prevalence of social isolation and loneliness by demographic characteristics ...
Hiroshi Murayama, Takumi Suda, Takumi Suda, Isuzu Nakamoto, Isuzu Nakamoto, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Takahiro Tabuchi   +6 more
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