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Making the Transition: Comparing the Use of Narrative and Non-Narrative Messages to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Cancer SurvivorsThomas, Sarah Nichole 16 September 2016 (has links)
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Health-related quality of life in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemiaHarila, M. (Marika) 07 June 2011 (has links)
Abstract
Leukemia treatment has been implicated to be responsible for a diversity of long-term adverse effects (Pui 2008), which can occur even years after diagnosis and can seriously impair survivors’ performance status and quality of life (Campbell et al. 2007, Zeltzer et al. 2008). The aim of the present work was to assess health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and to find out whether vocational rehabilitation can promote the coping at work of young people who take part in a training intervention or help them find employment.
Neuropsychological testing was performed on 64 survivors. Cranial irradiation had been administered to 44 of the survivors, while 20 survivors had been treated solely with chemotherapy. A control group consisted of 45 healthy young adults. We found that young adult survivors of childhood ALL treated with cranial irradiation had clear progressive deficits in their neurocognitive functioning at a mean of 20 years after diagnosis compared with healthy controls. Non-irradiated ALL survivors performed significantly better, but even they had statistically significant impairments in some of the neuropsychological test scores compared with the controls. Rand-36-Item health Survey (RAND-36) was used to assess subjective HRQoL, depressive symptoms were assessed with Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-21), and mental distress with General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in 74 survivors of ALL. The control group consisted of 146 healthy young adults selected from local population registry. ALL survivors showed good HRQoL scores in comparison to the control group. Patients who had been treated for an ALL relapse and had received the most intensive chemo- and radiotherapy had significantly higher scores on mental health and vitality than the controls. Survivors of ALL report fewer depressive symptoms and equal mental well-being compared to healthy controls. Nine out of 63 survivors were selected for rehabilitation based on their occupation and psychosocial difficulties. The occupational rehabilitation course improved physical fitness and decreased overweight in long-term survivors of ALL, but impaired their HRQoL. Our findings support the idea that ALL survivors’ subjective experience of well-being is possibly affected by a repressive adaptive style. / Tiivistelmä
Leukemiahoidoilla on todettu olevan pitkäaikaisvaikutuksia (Pui 2008), jotka voivat ilmetä jopa vuosia diagnoosin jälkeen heikentäen sairaudesta selvinneiden toimintakykyä ja elämänlaatua (Campbell et al. 2007, Zeltzer et al. 2008). Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli arvioida akuutista lymfaattisesta (ALL) leukemiasta selvinneiden terveyteen liittyvää elämänlaatua pitkällä aikavälillä sekä selvittää, voidaanko ammatillisen kuntoutuksen avulla edistää interventioon osallistuneiden työssä selviytymistä tai työllistymistä.
Neuropsykologiseen tutkimukseen osallistui 64 ALL pitkäaikaisselviytyjää. Heistä 44 oli saanut pään alueen sädehoitoa ja 20 pelkästään solunsalpaajahoitoa. Verrokkiryhmässä oli 45 tervettä nuorta aikuista. Havaitsimme, että lapsuudessa pään alueen sädehoitoa saaneilla ALL-selviytyjillä oli verrokkeihin verrattuna selkeitä progressiivisia muutoksia neurokognitiivisessa toimintakyvyssä keskimäärin 20 vuotta diagnoosista. Ne, jotka eivät olleet saaneet sädehoitoa suoriutuivat huomattavasti paremmin, mutta heilläkin havaittiin tilastollisesti merkittäviä puutoksia joillakin neuropsykologisten testien osa-alueilla verrokkeihin verrattuna. 74 entisen ALL-potilaan terveyteen liittyvää elämänlaatua (HRQoL) mitattiin Rand-36 -mittarilla, masennusoireita Beckin masennustestillä (BDI-21) ja henkistä hyvinvointia General Health Questionnaire -mittarilla (GHQ-12). Verrokkiryhmäksi valittiin väestörekisteristä 146 tervettä nuorta aikuista. ALL-ryhmässä tutkittavien terveyteen liittyvää elämänlaatua mittaavat pisteet olivat hyvät verrokkiryhmään verrattuna. Ne potilaat, joita oli hoidettu leukemian uusiutumisen takia ja jotka olivat saaneet intensiivisintä solunsalpaaja- ja sädehoitoa saivat huomattavasti paremmat pisteet psyykkisen hyvinvoinnin ja vitaalisuuden osa-alueilla kuin verrokit. ALL -selviytyjät raportoivat vähemmän masennusoireita, ja he arvioivat psyykkinen hyvinvointinsa yhtä hyväksi kuin verrokit. Yhdeksän ALL pitkäaikaisselviytyjää osallistui heille suunnattuun ammatilliseen kuntoutusinterventioon. Ammatillinen kuntoutuskurssi paransi ALL -selviytyjien fyysistä suorituskykyä ja vähensi ylipainoa, mutta heikensi terveyteen liittyvää elämänlaatua. Tutkimustulokset tukevat ajatusta, että repressiivinen adaptaatio voi vaikuttaa lapsuusiän leukemiasta selvinneiden subjektiiviseen hyvinvoinnin kokemukseen.
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A Pedagogy of Holistic Media Literacy: Reflections on Culture Jamming as Transformative Learning and HealingStasko, Carly 14 December 2009 (has links)
This qualitative study uses narrative inquiry (Connelly & Clandinin, 1988, 1990, 2001) and self-study to investigate ways to further understand and facilitate the integration of holistic philosophies of education with media literacy pedagogies. As founder and director of the Youth Media Literacy Project and a self-titled Imagitator (one who agitates imagination), I have spent over 10 years teaching media literacy in various high schools, universities, and community centres across North America. This study will focus on my own personal practical knowledge (Connelly & Clandinin, 1982) as a culture jammer, educator and cancer survivor to illustrate my original vision of a ‘holistic media literacy pedagogy’. This research reflects on the emergence and impact of holistic media literacy in my personal and professional life and also draws from relevant interdisciplinary literature to challenge and synthesize current insights and theories of media literacy, holistic education and culture jamming.
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A Pedagogy of Holistic Media Literacy: Reflections on Culture Jamming as Transformative Learning and HealingStasko, Carly 14 December 2009 (has links)
This qualitative study uses narrative inquiry (Connelly & Clandinin, 1988, 1990, 2001) and self-study to investigate ways to further understand and facilitate the integration of holistic philosophies of education with media literacy pedagogies. As founder and director of the Youth Media Literacy Project and a self-titled Imagitator (one who agitates imagination), I have spent over 10 years teaching media literacy in various high schools, universities, and community centres across North America. This study will focus on my own personal practical knowledge (Connelly & Clandinin, 1982) as a culture jammer, educator and cancer survivor to illustrate my original vision of a ‘holistic media literacy pedagogy’. This research reflects on the emergence and impact of holistic media literacy in my personal and professional life and also draws from relevant interdisciplinary literature to challenge and synthesize current insights and theories of media literacy, holistic education and culture jamming.
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