The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between family leisure that includes physical activity and family functioning among families that have at least one child (17 years old or younger) at home. The sample consisted of 519 families. Data were analyzed from a parental perspective. Family leisure that includes physical activity was determined by using an adapted version of the Family Leisure Activity Profile (FLAP). Family functioning was determined using FACES II. Univariate analyses indicated significant positive correlations between the amount of the intensity present during physical activity participation and family functioning, cohesion, and adaptability. Multivariable analyses indicated a significant positive relationship between family leisure involvement and family functioning. Both core and balance family leisure patterns were predictors of family functioning; however, core family leisure patterns were the strongest family leisure predictor of family functioning. Intensity of physical activity during family leisure, as indicated by the results of the multivariable analyses, was not significant in explaining the variance of the dependent variable: family functioning. For the sample of this study, home-based recreational activities were preferred over all other types of family recreation even if families were living by public parks or recreational centers. Implications for recreational practitioners, other interesting findings, and recommendations for further research are discussed.

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The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent the public recreation of Denton under the present administrative setup is serving the needs of the citizenship of Denton. Various agencies affording recreation for their own members or sponsoring recreation activities affecting other inhabitants of Denton were surveyed to determine the present status of administration of public recreation in Denton. The results of the survey were compared with standards set up by the National Recreation Association for cities the size of Denton. From a comparison of the present status and the standards, an effort was made to formulate a basis of administration that would be sound and business-like, well co-ordinated, and consistent with good governmental practice.

The purpose of this randomized control trial (RCT) was to investigate the effects of a story-sharing intervention on older adults transitioning to long-term care (LTC). The specific aims were (1) to determine the effects of story sharing on the health transition outcomes of depression and well-being of adults transitioning to LTC; and (2) to determine if the sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, level of education (LOE), months living at LTC facility, choice to move, and health problem(s) that may have resulted in the move) predict depression and/or well-being. Story sharing was defined as the respectful space where one tells and listens to stories of others (Heliker, 2009) while being guided by another (the investigator). Meleis’ middlerange theory of transitions (MMRTT) (Meleis et al., 2000) was used as a guide to understand the transitioning process. A convenience sampling design was used to recruit 100 participants from 11 LTC facilities in Broward County, located in Southeast Florida. The sample included adults, age 65 years and older, who were transitioning to a LTC facility within the past two years. Participants were randomly assigned to the control group (n = 52), who received standard care, or to the intervention group (n = 41), who received story-sharing and standard care. The results indicated there was no significant greater improvement to suggest an Intervention and Time effect for depression and/or well-being. Overall, predictive ability of the sociodemographic variables for depression and well-being were not statistically significant. However, LOE (junior college) did account for a significant portion of unique variance for increased depression, and time, marital status, ethnicity, LOE, and choice to move did account for a significant proportion of unique variance for well-being. Months living in LTC (more months) and marital status (all but divorced) were significant for improved well-being while ethnicity (Hispanic), LOE (high school and junior college), and choice to move (no choice) were significant for reduced well-being. Similar studies using a larger sample size, including non-English speaking participants; lengthier storysharing sessions; and measuring for pain, health, and bereavement may offer additional insights to healthy transition outcomes for this population. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

<p>The aim of our study was to investigate how much self-determination persons with intellectual disabilities living in group-homes have when it comes to recreational activities. We studied what the recreational activities looked like, if there was any self-determination concerning recreational activities and which factors influenced self-determination for persons with intellectual disabilities. We used qualitative interviews with persons with intellectual disabilities, next of kin and personnel at group-homes. The result has been analyzed from earlier research, central concepts as self-determination and recreational activities and the theory of empowerment. The most important results that emerged in our study were; that recreational activities for persons with intellectual disabilities varied substantially, that there is a large number of to recreational activities available and no one seemed directly displeased with their recreational activities. Organized recreational activities mostly took place in segregated environments. This circumstance led to discussions within the interview-groups. The interviewed persons were of the opinion that there existed self-determination concerning recreational activities, however, there were many factors influencing the degree of self-determination. These factors were; the level of intellectual disability, the personnel at group-homes, organisation and personnel-resources, economy and public communications.</p>

The aim of our study was to investigate how much self-determination persons with intellectual disabilities living in group-homes have when it comes to recreational activities. We studied what the recreational activities looked like, if there was any self-determination concerning recreational activities and which factors influenced self-determination for persons with intellectual disabilities. We used qualitative interviews with persons with intellectual disabilities, next of kin and personnel at group-homes. The result has been analyzed from earlier research, central concepts as self-determination and recreational activities and the theory of empowerment. The most important results that emerged in our study were; that recreational activities for persons with intellectual disabilities varied substantially, that there is a large number of to recreational activities available and no one seemed directly displeased with their recreational activities. Organized recreational activities mostly took place in segregated environments. This circumstance led to discussions within the interview-groups. The interviewed persons were of the opinion that there existed self-determination concerning recreational activities, however, there were many factors influencing the degree of self-determination. These factors were; the level of intellectual disability, the personnel at group-homes, organisation and personnel-resources, economy and public communications.

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Orientador: Prof. Dr. Marcelo Zanotello / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa De Pós-Graduação em Ensino, História, Filosofia das Ciências e Matemática, 2016. / Esta pesquisa empírica e qualitativa tem como objetivo principal analisar como os alunos constroem significados em um processo de educação científica considerando os saberes trazidos de seu meio sociocultural, as interações interpares e as interações com o professor. Para tanto, foi organizada uma atividade lúdica sobre o tema "cadeias alimentares", desenvolvida em uma proposta de aulas investigativas de ciências com 26 estudantes do Ensino Fundamental I, com idades entre 9 a 12 anos, em uma escola pública do município de São Bernardo do Campo ¿ SP. A primeira etapa da atividade consistiu na realização de uma brincadeira com intencionalidade pedagógica chamada "jogo da presa e do predador". As demais etapas se constituíram pela socialização de ideias entre as crianças, mediada pela professora da turma, e aplicação de um questionário com perguntas de natureza predominantemente aberta. A rotina escolar desse grupo foi investigada por meio de uma entrevista semiestruturada com a professora. Fundamentando-se no referencial teórico da análise do discurso francesa, analisam-se as produções dos alunos durante a atividade, com os resultados evidenciando possibilidades de compreensão sobre como eles constroem saberes e argumentam apresentando posicionamentos por vezes críticos, certas operações epistêmicas que desenvolvem e destacando a importância da ludicidade e das relações interpessoais na constituição de sentidos em processos de ensino e aprendizagem. / This empirical and qualitative research aims to analyze how students construct meaning in a scientific education process considering the knowledge brought from their socio-cultural environment, the peer interactions and interactions with the teacher. To that end, it organized a playful activity on "food chains", developed a proposal for investigative science classes with 26 students from the elementary school, aged 9-12 years in a public school in São Bernardo do Campo - SP. The first stage of the activity consisted of a joke with pedagogical intent called "Tusk game and predator." The remaining steps constituted by the socialization of ideas among children, mediated by the teacher of the class, and application of a questionnaire with questions of nature predominantly open. The school day this group was investigated by means of a semi-structured interview with the teacher. Basing on theoretical analysis of French speech, we analyze the productions of the students during the activity, with the results showing the possibilities of understanding about how they build knowledge and argue presenting positions sometimes critical, describing certain epistemic operations and highlighting the importance of playfulness and interpersonal relations in the constitution of meaning in teaching and learning processes.

Cardiovascular diseases represent the first cause of death in Brazil, resulting in high costs to the public health system in the country. It´s known that the most risk factors that take to the development of these diseases occurs due to modifiable lifestyle, such as inadequate nutrition and physical inactivity, and they´re present from childhood. Therefore, it´s important that the issues involving the practice of healthy lifestyle are addressed at school so early, in order to prevent these diseases at older ages. However, for that these health education processes are effective at school in these early stages of learning, their teachers must be properly prepared for this task. Thus, the aim of this study was to discuss the health transversal theme, using the cardiovascular health generator theme with students in the normal course, future children´s educators and of the early years. To achieve this goal, some methodological tools were used, such as the physical profile evaluation of the student and the use of images on the theme. Thus, we start from own body measurements of student to be closer to the cardiovascular health generator theme, and we use the images because it´s a fun methodology and widely used by students in the normal course. We observed, according to the criteria examined, that these students didn´t constitute as a risk profile for developing cardiovascular diseases (anthropometrics appropriate), despite the physical activity being below the levels suggested for healthy individuals. Furthermore, we met a low understanding of young people about the cardiovascular health perceptions through the images used, this fact may be associated with a important deficit in addressing these issues in the current training of these students. Thus, after the discussions in large group about the proper meaning of the cardiovascular health images, as well as the explanation of the relation between physical measurements with health profile, it was found that learning was more meaningful. Thus, at a later time, the students built a didactic material, consisting of recreational activities about the studied themes for later application to early years. As a result, we realized the wealth of didactic material created by students, it was verified by creative and playful nature found in activities. Through the application of recreational activities built by students in the normal course to the early years, it was observed the effective participation of children through questions and curiosities, engaging in recreational and practices activities, and a important learning about the issues verified through their reports. Finally, the most appropriated knowledge about the cardiovascular health generator theme, and issues related to health promotion and cardiovascular disease prevention by students in the normal course and the early years were some contributions of this study to improve the teaching and learning process in science and health education. / As doenças cardiovasculares representam a primeira causa de morte no Brasil, acarretando altos custos ao sistema de saúde pública no país. É conhecido que grande parte dos fatores de risco que levam ao desenvolvimento destas doenças ocorre devido a hábitos de vida modificáveis, como a alimentação inadequada e a inatividade física, e estão presentes desde a infância. Sendo assim, é vital que as questões que envolvam a prática de hábitos de vida saudáveis sejam abordadas no ambiente escolar de forma precoce, como forma de prevenção destas doenças em idades mais tardias. Entretanto, para que estes processos de educação em saúde sejam efetivos no contexto escolar nestas fases precoces de ensino, seus docentes devem estar devidamente preparados para esta tarefa. Assim, a proposta deste estudo foi problematizar o tema transversal saúde, utilizando o tema gerador saúde cardiovascular com estudantes do curso normal, futuras educadoras infantis e dos anos iniciais. Inicialmente foram utilizadas algumas ferramentas metodológicas, a exemplo da avaliação do perfil físico da estudante e do uso de imagens sobre o tema. Assim, partimos das próprias mensurações corporais da estudante para aproximá-la do tema gerador saúde cardiovascular, bem como utilizamos as imagens por se tratar de uma metodologia lúdica e amplamente utilizada pelas estudantes do curso normal. De acordo com os critérios analisados, observou-se que estas estudantes avaliadas não se constituíram como um perfil de risco para o desenvolvimento das doenças cardiovasculares (perfil antropométrico adequado), apesar da prática de atividade física estar abaixo dos níveis sugeridos para indivíduos saudáveis. Além disto, verificou-se um baixo nível de entendimento das jovens acerca das percepções sobre saúde cardiovascular por meio das imagens utilizadas; fato este que pode estar associado a um déficit importante na abordagem destes temas na formação atual destas estudantes. Sendo assim, após as discussões em grande grupo acerca do significado adequado das imagens em saúde cardiovascular, bem como a explicação sobre a relação das mensurações físicas com um perfil de saúde, verificou-se que a aprendizagem deste tema se deu de forma mais significativa. Posteriormente, estas estudantes construíram um material didático, constando de atividades lúdicas sobre as temáticas estudadas, para posterior aplicação aos anos iniciais. Como resultados, percebeu-se a riqueza do material didático criado pelas estudantes, verificado pelo caráter criativo e lúdico encontrado nas atividades construídas. Através da aplicação das atividades lúdicas construídas pelos estudantes do curso normal aos anos iniciais, observou-se a participação efetiva das crianças, através de questionamentos e curiosidades, envolvimento em atividades lúdicas e práticas, e uma aprendizagem relevante sobre os temas, verificado através de seus relatos. Por fim, um conhecimento mais pertinente sobre o tema gerador saúde cardiovascular, e aspectos relacionados à promoção da saúde e prevenção das doenças cardiovasculares por estudantes do curso normal e dos anos iniciais, foram algumas das contribuições deste projeto para melhorar o processo de ensino aprendizagem no ensino de ciências e saúde.

The master thesis deals with the engineering design and realization of a transtibial prosthesis for recreational in-line skating. The first part of thesis summarize background information about skating. The next part analyzes the kinematics of ankle joint based on gained information and own measurement by Motion capture method in Kinovea software. The thesis continues with realization of more versions of prosthesis followed by testing with patient. Finally, the thesis discus measured data.