What does women’s empowerment have to do with malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from demographic and health surveys from 30 countries [PDF]
Global Health Research and Policy, 2020 Background: The reduction of childhood malnutrition has been identified as a priority for health and development in sub Saharan African countries. The association between women’s empowerment and children’s nutritional status is of policy interest due to
Bishwajit, Ghose +3 more
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Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022 ObjectiveTo determine whether a pilot reintegration program for female genital fistula survivors that included a combination of financial support, psychosocial support, and mentoring would result in their long-term economic empowerment during the COVID ...
Mary Ann McCammon +2 more
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Person-centered osteopathic practice: patients’ personality (body, mind, and soul) and health (ill-being and well-being) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Background. Osteopathic philosophy and practice are congruent with the biopsychosocial model, a patient-centered approach when treating disease, and the view of the person as a unity (i.e., body, mind, and soul).
Elin Fahlgren +3 more
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Swedish high-school pupils’ attitudes towards drugs in relation to drug usage, impulsiveness and other risk factors [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Background. Illicit drug use influences people’s lives and elicits unwanted behaviour. Current research shows that there is an increase in young people’s drug use in Sweden.
Fariba Mousavi +4 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021 This study presents a multi-platform analysis for accelerating the deployment of distributed renewable energy (DRE) systems for the electrification of healthcare facilities (HCFs) in low-income regions.
Mohammad H. Pakravan, Andrea C. Johnson
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THE EFFECT OF EXTENSION QUALITY ON MOTIVATION OF YARD USE IN WONOGIRI DISTRICT [PDF]
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2019 Food is the basic right of every human being that must be fulfilled because it is the most basic human need to sustain their life. The objectives of the study were: (1) to determine the effect of the quality of counseling on the motivation of yard use ...
Rosyiati R., Suwarto, Harisuddin M.
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Self-regulatory mode (locomotion and assessment), well-being (subjective and psychological), and exercise behavior (frequency and intensity) in relation to high school pupils’ academic achievement [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Background. Self-regulation is the procedure implemented by an individual striving to reach a goal and consists of two inter-related strategies: assessment and locomotion.
Danilo Garcia +5 more
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Patient empowerment in Flemish hospital wards : a cross-sectional study
, 2021 Objective: Measuring empowerment of patients on Flemish hospital wards by the short form of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM-13) and exploring the association between patient empowerment and patient-centred care, health literacy, patient- and context ...
Beeckman, Dimitri +5 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Background: Performance monitoring might have an adverse influence on call center agents’ well-being. We investigate how performance, over a six-month period, is related to agents’ perceptions of their learning climate, character strengths, well-being ...
Saleh eMoradi +9 more
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The affective profiles, psychological well-being, and harmony: environmental mastery and self-acceptance predict the sense of a harmonious life [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Background. An important outcome from the debate on whether wellness equals happiness, is the need of research focusing on how psychological well-being might influence humans’ ability to adapt to the changing environment and live in harmony.
Danilo Garcia +2 more
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