<p>The purpose of this project was to create a program, locate a potential funding source, and fill out a grant application to acquire funding for a physical activity program for clients at Mariposa Women and Family Center who are currently being treated for diagnoses of depression and anxiety. A literature review was conducted to increase the knowledge of the intersection between physical activity and mental well-being, as well as the specific types of physical interventions that are the most effective. During a comprehensive search on the Internet, the California Wellness Foundation was discovered to be the best funding source for the proposed program. A grant application was filled out in order to potentially gain funding to support a physical activity program at Mariposa Women and Family Center in Orange County, California. The actual submission and/or funding was not required for the successful completion of this project. </p>

<p> The purpose of this study was to examine various social and ecological factors that affect adolescents' nervousness and/or depression. Secondary data from the 2011- 2012 California Health Institute Survey were used to examine these factors. Chi-Square analyses were utilized to test if relationships existed between the variables in the data. This study examined race, poverty level, immigration status, physical well-being, safety of environment, and the receipt of psychological/emotional counseling as factors for influencing feelings of nervousness and/or depression among adolescents. Results indicated that adolescents feeling nervous were affected by race, poverty level, environmental safety, and the receipt of psychological/emotional counseling. Feeling nervous did not have a significant association with physical well-being in this study. Furthermore, adolescent depression was affected by race, poverty level, physical well-being, environmental safety, and the receipt of psychological/emotional counseling. Immigration status was not found to be associated with affecting adolescent nervousness or depression. Further research is suggested.</p>

<p> The purpose of this study was to examine the demographic differences in methamphetamine usage among youth and how methamphetamine users engaged in the use of other illegal drugs including, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and also engage in risk taking behaviors. The study utilized secondary data from the National Institute of Health, Youth Behavioral Risk Survey (YRBS) of20011. Sample size consisted of 294 both male and female youth who are methamphetamine users. The findings revealed that drug use amongst youth continues to be on the rise. Findings noted that male meth users had the highest rates of cocaine, ecstasy and heroin use compared to female meth users. The highest rate among female meth users was seen in cocaine use. Findings also revealed that cocaine use was the highest among Hispanic/Latino meth users and ecstasy use was the highest among Non-Hispanic/Latino meth users. In addition findings revealed that a significant association was found in youth's drug use and their involvement in risk taking behaviors. Prior research and findings from this study help society have a more proactive approach when helping youth who suffer from the disease of addiction.</p>

<p> The purpose of the current study was to address the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) status and psychological distress within the adolescent population. Data was acquired from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) 2011-2012, a state-wide phone survey which addresses health issues among the resident population. The present study used data from 2,1 04 California adolescents, utilizing variables relating to demographics, general health condition, and mental health.</p><p> Results indicated a statistically significant relationship between BMI and psychological distress, with overweight adolescents experiencing more distress and depression than their underweight/healthy weight counterparts. Gender and perceived general health condition were both significantly related to distress, with females and those of poor perceived general health condition experiencing greater psychological distress, regardless of weight status. This study has implications for social work policy and practice, especially in work with youth and families.</p>

<p> The purpose of this study was to explore the association between adolescent characteristics, community factors and mental health. This was achieved by completing a quantitative study analyzing secondary data obtained from a mental health agency in Orange County, California, and an online database, City-Data.com. The results rendered a statistically significant relationship between age and those who had the presenting problem of depression, relational problems, and poor coping. A statistically significant relationship between females and poor coping was also revealed. The most interesting finding, however, was the statistically significant relationship between presenting problems in relation to their community factors. Both poverty levels and educational attainment less than high school among the residents in the communities where these adolescents live were associated with depression and relational problems. The findings of this study are beneficial in identifyirig the need for further research regarding the relationship between educational attainment and mental health.</p>

<p> This action research study examined the impact of participation in an appreciative inquiry (AI) intervention on social service workers' level of compassion fatigue. Five workers plus two of their managers took part in the study. A 6-hour AI intervention was held and participants completed pre- and post-tests of the Professional Quality of Life Scale to measure their compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout. A focus group also was held to gather qualitative data about the impact of the intervention. Results indicated that the intervention was highly valuable for strengthening working relationships, underscoring the positives in otherwise emotionally difficult work, and learning how to avoid or reduce compassion fatigue. Based on these findings, periodic AI interventions are advised to reduce social service workers' compassion fatigue by sharing their experiences and focusing on the positive. Future research should eliminate the limitations of the present study by expanding the sample and gathering multiple forms of data.</p>

Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2005. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2007. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

p. 1-126 / Submitted by Santiago Fabio (fabio.ssantiago@hotmail.com) on 2013-05-07T19:21:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 5555555555555.pdf: 1969244 bytes, checksum: 7f141b57e71f2c50cbd4454cd803b300 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Creuza Silva(mariakreuza@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-05-13T13:44:52Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 5555555555555.pdf: 1969244 bytes, checksum: 7f141b57e71f2c50cbd4454cd803b300 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-13T13:44:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5555555555555.pdf: 1969244 bytes, checksum: 7f141b57e71f2c50cbd4454cd803b300 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Dentre as doenças relacionadas ao trabalho de telemarketing está a disfonia. A disfonia surge em um contexto de uso da voz em condições inadequadas, marcadas pelo rígido controle de tempo e conteúdo, exigência de produtividade, excessivo ritmo de trabalho e alta demanda vocal. A organização taylorista do trabalho de telemarketing reflete na saúde vocal do trabalhador, em outras palavras, o resultado do uso precarizado da voz como instrumento de trabalho é a disfonia. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo compreender os significados da disfonia para os operadores de telemarketing. Para tal, adotou-se a metodologia qualitativa, combinando entrevista com operadores com presença ou queixa de disfonia e a observação do ambiente de trabalho. As informações foram analisadas seguindo a técnica de análise do conteúdo. Os operadores abordaram temas sobre a relação entre a organização do trabalho e a disfonia, as dificuldades na realização da atividade com a voz disfônica, as estratégias de resistência desenvolvidas pelos trabalhadores, a negação e a punição da disfonia no telemarketing, as prescrições normativas de prevenção à disfonia, práticas de saúde vocal próprias da classe e a padronização da voz do trabalhador. A disfonia assume sentido de sofrimento e exclusão de trabalho numa lógica de produção na qual a voz do trabalhador precisa se adaptar às exigências de produtividade e de acumulação do capital e se transformar em voz da empresa. / Salvador

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:35:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-07-12Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:05:34Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 vecchia_m_dr_botfm.pdf: 1239450 bytes, checksum: c949d050a2c589a10605b19f6bdc6bed (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Práticas grupais são usualmente desenvolvidas por trabalhadores envolvidos na implantação de ações e serviços de saúde pública. Porém, frequentemente, tais práticas são realizadas com base em referenciais teórico-metodológicos que promovem análises mais restritas à instância imediata das relações intragrupais. As ações e serviços de atenção primária à saúde (APS) têm dentre suas diretrizes organizativas o trabalho em equipe, no qual se expressam processos grupais. Foram investigadas as manifestações da dialética cooperação-trabalho coletivo no processo de trabalho das equipes de APS, recorrendo ao processo grupal como unidade de análise. Foi sistematizada uma proposta histórico-dialética de análise concreta dos processos grupais, particularizada, posteriormente, para o caso do trabalho em equipe na APS. Inicialmente, examinaram-se as mediações constitutivas da formação do ser humano enquanto ser social. Foi apresentada a formulação da dialética cooperação-trabalho coletivo: o primeiro pólo (cooperação) se remete aos fundamentos histórico-ontológicos do trabalho na constituição do ser social do ser humano e o segundo (trabalho coletivo) trata das diversas formas históricas com que se vale da cooperação, constitutiva da sociabilidade do ser humano, na divisão técnica e social do trabalho. A seguir, investigou-se acerca da viabilidade teórica de que, como mediadores da existência social do ser humano, os processos grupais consistam na unidade de análise da dialética cooperaçãotrabalho coletivo. Posteriormente, particularizou-se essa formulação para o processo de trabalho em saúde com base no referencial teórico-metodológico marxiano. Observou-se que o trabalho em equipe de saúde se apresenta de forma contundente nas propostas de APS... / Group practices are usually performed by agents involved in public health actions and services deployment. However, these practices are frequently based on theoretical and methodological approaches that promote analysis restricted to the immediate dimensions of intragroup relations. The organization of public primary health care (PHC) actions and services include teamwork as an organizational directive, and group processes are part of it. The expressions of the cooperation-collective work dialectic in the work process of PHC teams were investigated, employing the group process as an analysis unit. A historicaldialectical proposition of a concrete analysis of group processes was systematized and, subsequently, particularized to the case of PHC teamwork. First, constitutive mediations regarding the formation of human being as a social being were examined. The cooperation-collective work dialectic formulation was presented: the first pole (cooperation) is related to the historical-ontological foundations of work in the constitution of the social being of human being and the second pole (collective work) is related to the diverse historical forms that cooperation, as a part of human being’s sociability, is used as means to the technical and social division of labour. After that, it was investigated the theoretical viability that group processes, as mediations of human being’s social existence, consist on the analysis unit of cooperation-collective work dialetic. Thereafter, this formulation was particularized to the health care work process grounded on marxian theoretical-methodological referential. It was observed that health care teamwork shows up substantially in PHC and health care model changing proposals developed in Brazilian Unified Health System. This presence is regardless... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)