Healthy Family Environment Research Articles

Family Environment and Portuguese Adolescents: Impact on Quality of Life and Well-Being.

Background: A healthy and supportive family environment leads to more positive results regarding adolescents’ development. The main objective of this study was to explore and analyze the relationship between adolescents’ quality of life (QoL) and their family environment/relationship. Method: The sample was collected as part of the Health Behavior in School-aged Children 2018 study, which included 8215 adolescents, 52.7% female, with a mean age of 14.36 years (SD = 2.28). Results: Girls are more involved in family activities (such as family meals), report being treated with fairness by their parents and feel less parental pressure to get good grades. Boys have a higher perception regarding their family affluence, better family relationships and support and better QoL. Having an above-average QoL is significantly related to high family affluence, better communication with both parents, greater involvement in family activities, greater perception of help from parents regarding decision-making, greater perception of being treated with fairness by parents and less pressure from parents to get good grades, as well as a better family relationship/support. Conclusion: It is important to determine the impact that parental divorce/separation or a weak parent–child relationship can have on adolescents. It is also necessary to consider the family relationship and structure when devising strategies and public policies related to the promotion of adolescents’ health and well-being.

CLEAN AND HEALTHY LIVING BEHAVIOR IN THE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AS A PREVENTION OF COVID-19 IN SERANG CITY


 The rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus throughout the world has come as a complete shock, and it is causing serious concerns. The COVID-19 virus can be prevented with the help of a simple yet highly successful method called "clean and healthy living behavior" (PHBS). The health of family members is expected to improve as a result of the implementation of clean and healthy living behavior (PHBS) in the family environment, which includes adhering to health protocols, staying at home for those who do not have to leave the house, and allowing workers or employees to work from home (Work From Home/WFH). Family participation in PHBS is essential in order to prevent COVID-19 from spreading, as demonstrated by the emergence of COVID-19. The objective of this paper is to educate the community and families about PHBS, as well as to ensure that it is properly implemented. Descriptive qualitative interviews and scientific references are employed to perform the research. The researcher chose this title because he wants to break the chain of the COVID-19 virus's transmission in order to establish a family environment that is mindful of health and enhancing a healthy and clean family environment, so that people do not get sick as easily as before. A healthy family environment can increase productivity, so that family members will get used to implementing PHBS and children can grow up healthy and have adequate nutrition.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Analysis Model of the Influence of Self-Efficacy on Professional Toughness of Preschool Teachers under the Condition of Ensuring Children's Mental Health and Healthy Family Environment.

Preschool teachers' professional toughness (PT) has received a lot of attention recently, and this research is one of the main areas of study for their ability to manage stress and develop normally. Based on how well a person thinks of his own abilities, SE (self-efficacy) is formed. 300 kindergarten teachers from 10 metropolitan kindergartens were chosen as research samples in order to examine the relationship between the SE of kindergarten teachers and their PT, as well as the mediating effects of professional identity and work passion. A paradigm for measuring teacher performance based on the BPNN (BP neural network) is proposed, and several data processing techniques are developed. The study's findings indicate that teachers' WE (work enthusiasm) fills a limited intermediary role between PT and SE; the intermediary effect value is 0.041 and accounts for 15.7% of the overall effect (0.6559). The conclusion is that in order to help new instructors cope with their negative feelings, it is important to engage in a variety of leisure activities.

A comparative study of adolescent's personality headed by different types of families: With special reference: Capital of India

India has a rich culture of Kutumb system, recognized as joint families. This helps the family members to sustain a life with kinship grouping living together under one roof. This type of tradition provides a healthy and sound family environment to nourish the children mentally, physically and economically in a strong manner and also get to know about values and traditions of the society from their grandparents and elders of the family (Mangal, 2010). But scenario is changing day by day due to need of the day. India is in process of becoming developed country in place of developing (lumen, 2020). Urbanization and inclusion of westernization for coping with other countries had its influence on the basic structure of the Indian family structure. The breaking down of the joint family into smaller unites, has became essential due to so many circumstances and conditions (Shaikh, 6 july 2017). Now a day’s one of the most family structure also rapidly growing up in Indian society i.e. single parent families. If we go into the deep these kinds of families also has so many genuine reasons to increase the number. Single parenthood is a phenomenon that has always been in existence and is as old as mankind. (Udisi, 2016). This study focused on the adolescent’s personality of nourished with different kind of families (single mothers, single fathers and nuclear families) in India. A total of 450 adolescents were selected purposive sampling method. For data collection three static group designs were followed by researcher i.e. single Mother (150), Single father (150) and intact families (150). Research tool for Data collection is R.B. Cattell and revised by Mahesh Bhargva’s 16 PF scale. As statistical technique ANOVA were used for analysis.

A comparative study of adolescent's Personality headed by different types of families: With special reference; Capital of India

India has a rich culture of Kutumb system, recognized as joint families. This helps the family members to sustain a life with kinship grouping living together under one roof. This type of tradition provides a healthy and sound family environment to nourish the children mentally, physically and economically in a strong manner and also get to know about values and traditions of the society from their grandparents and elders of the family (Mangal, 2010). But scenario is changing day by day due to need of the day. India is in process of becoming developed country in place of developing (lumen, 2020). Urbanization and inclusion of westernization for coping with other countries had its influence on the basic structure of the Indian family structure. The breaking down of the joint family into smaller unites, has become essential due to so many circumstances and conditions (Shaikh, 6 july 2017). Now a day’s one of the most family structure also rapidly growing up in Indian society i.e. single parent families. If we go into the deep these kinds of families also has so many genuine reasons to increase the number. Single parenthood is a phenomenon that has always been in existence and is as old as mankind. (Udisi, 2016). This study focused on the adolescent’s personality of nourished with different kind of families (single mothers, single fathers and nuclear families) in India. A total of 450 adolescents were selected purposive sampling method. For data collection three static group designs were followed by researcher i.e. single Mother (150), Single father (150) and intact families (150). Research tool for Data collection is R.B. Cattell and revised by Mahesh Bhargva’s 16 PF scale. As statistical technique ANOVA were used for analysis.

Influence of maternal attitudes and parenting style on children`s dental caries experience.

To evaluate the effect parental attitudes have on the dental caries experience of children. The cross-sectional observational study was conducted at Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey, from March to September 2019, and comprised mothers of children who came to the Department of Paediatric Dentistry for treatment of children. Multi-variable poisson regression model was run to predict prevalence of dental caries. Mothers' attitudes in family were measured using the parental attitude research instrument scores. Data was analysed using Stata 15. There were 258 mothers of as many children aged 6-15 years. Among the children, 150(58%) were boys and 108(42%) were girls. 'Rejection of traditional housewife role' and 'level of discipline' had a statistically negative correlation (p<0.05), while 'level of marital conflict' had a statistically positive correlation with the prevalence of caries. Healthy family environment and empowering parental style had a positive effect on the oral health of children.

Factors Associated with Mental Distress Among Medical Students of Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta

Background: Mental distress refers to common mental disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms, and is considered public health problem. It is reported that university students tend to have higher levels of mental distress compared to the general population, especially in medical students.Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the risk factors affecting mental distress among medical students.Methods: A cross-sectional study using a survey was conducted among preclinical medical students at UPN Veteran Jakarta in June 2020. This study used proportional stratified sampling to complete questionnaires including demographic characteristics, adverse childhood experiences (ACE), family APGAR, and self-reporting questionnaire (SRQ-20). Data were analyzed by using logistic regression.Results: Among 138 participants, 36.2% had at least one of ACE, 55.1% of students came from a family with dysfunction, and 36.2% experienced mental distress. In multivariate analyses, some essential factors associated with mental distress are gender (OR=12.059, 95% CI: 2.311,62.916), adverse childhood experiences (OR=3.080, 95% CI: 1.903,4.983), family function (OR=2.733, 95% CI:1.097,6.809), and family structure (OR=0.290, 95% CI: 0.085,0.984).Conclusion: Students who are female, have history of adverse childhood experience, come from family with dysfunction, or non- nuclear family structure are more likely to be screened positive for mental distress. This study recommends an urgency of counselling service availability for medical students and community awareness to build a healthy family environment.

Resiliensi Pada Pekerja Perempua

Resilience is an ability of self-resilience that every individual must have in living his life so that individuals are able to organize their lives well. The purpose of this study was to determine the resilience of female workers during the pandemic in Yogyakarta and the aspects affecting the resilience of female workers during the pandemic in Yogyakarta. This research is a qualitative type with a phenomenological approach through the interview method with six informants. The results showed that women during the pandemic had good resilience by avoiding negative thoughts and trying to be individuals who built a positive life with family support as the first bastion so that informants maintain their spiritual and physical health. This triggered the informants to remain productive in order to build a happy and healthy family environment.

Gender Differences in Parental Impact on Problematic Smartphone Use among Korean Adolescents.

This study aimed to examine the effective parental impact in preventing problematic smartphone use in adolescents by identifying the parent-related factors. A secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from a Korean national survey was conducted. Data from 2758 male and 2419 female adolescents, aged 10 to 19 years, were analyzed; the respondents were divided into normal and risk groups based on their standardized smartphone addiction diagnostic scale scores. Parent-related factors of smartphone addiction were analyzed using a logistic regression model. Among both male and female adolescents, mobile messenger usage, and family environment emerged as significant predictors of problematic smartphone use. In addition, for male adolescents, smartphone use frequency and parent’s awareness of content use were significant predictors. The findings indicated the importance of parental roles in preventing problematic smartphone use in adolescents. Parents should create a healthy family environment by avoiding smartphone overuse and modeling the appropriate usage of smartphones.

Al-Qoran Views of Tobacco Smoke Exposure on Pregnant Women

Smoking has become a serious problem for all nations of the world. The threat of the adverse effects ofsmoking on the health of pregnant women has shown an adverse effect. Pregnant women affected by tobaccosmoking may give birth to low birth weight babies (LBW), preterm birth and stillbirth. The religion of aperson can play a role in changing the attitude of a society towards bad actions. The teachings of Islamthrough verses of the Koran teaches to create environmental conditions that are appropriate for a pregnantwoman. Achieve safety in the fabric of human life through prevention of negative behaviors that lead.Realizing a healthy family environment situation. Creating a harmonious family full of happiness andmeeting physical and spiritual needs.

The role of family upbringing in finding one's place in society

This article describes the role of family upbringing in the individual, his maturity and self-discovery in society, the factors that ensure the stability of society in a healthy family environment.

Effects of Parental Attitudes Toward Spousal Violence on Early Childhood Development and Learning Support Among Ghanaian Children.

The prevalence of condoning attitudes toward spousal violence (SV) is high in Ghana, yet much is not known about how the development of children is compromised in households where attitudes toward SV are tolerated. This study is premised on two objectives: (a) examination of the effect of parents condoning attitudes toward SV on early childhood development; and (b) investigation of the effect of parents condoning attitudes toward SV on the amount of learning support children receive from household members. Data on 2,740 children aged between 36 and 59 months were drawn from the 2011 Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey for the first objective and 1,595 households with children aged between 4 and 15 years were sourced from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey for the second. Analytical methods employed are descriptive statistics, instrumental variable (IV), and ordinary least squares (OLS) micro-econometric estimation techniques. The findings suggest that parents who condone attitudes toward SV reduce early childhood development by 3.269 units. Compared with the physical and socioemotional domains, parents tolerating attitudes toward SV have the highest adverse effect on the literacy, numeracy, and learning development domain of early childhood development (2.916 units). In addition, households that accept attitudes toward SV reduce the amount of learning support offered to children by 0.261 units, and every additional attitude toward SV acceptance reduces child learning support by 0.079 units. Attitudes of parents toward condoning SV retard the early development of children, impair children's cognitive development, and compromise the amount of learning support children receive from household members. This study reinforces the evidence that parental attitudes are related to child outcomes in Ghana. The evidence calls for strengthening healthy family environments and child protection systems through behavioral change communication interventions and awareness creation among parents.

STRATEGI PENCEGAHAN KEJAHATAN TERORISME DI INDONESIA MELALUI PEMBANGUNAN SOSIAL (CRIME PREVENTION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT)

ABSTRACT Crime Prevention Social Development (CPSD) is a method that recognizes that social, economic, and cultural processes have a strong contribution to the incidence of crime and victims. The CPSD seeks to bridge the gap between criminal policies and programs that support social progress for individuals, families and the wider community. This study uses a juridical normative and juridical empirical approach. The type of data used is primary data and secondary data. Primary data obtained from interview and secondary data sourced from literature study. Studies show that the implementation of the Crime Prevention Social Development (CPSD) strategy includes Individual level strategies (focusing on individual issues that can put them in situations that put them at risk of being involved in crime), Family Oriented Strategies oriented families that provide parenting support and training to young parents, children strengthen family capacities, and create healthy family environments where children can be well cared for), Community Level Strategies (seeks to strengthen local communities capacity to prevent the occurrence crimes in the region including programs that provide social and cultural opportunities). The suggestion in this research is the Crime Prevention Social Development (CPSD) strategy in its system not only for local people but also to pay attention to foreign aspect because of the nature of the trans-national terrorism that becomes the point the start of the development of networks of other terrorist groups. Keywords: Crime Prevention, Social, Development, Terrorism.

The link between family violence in childhood and internalizing and externalizing problems in later life among college students in China: attachment as a mediator

ABSTRACTRelatively limited information about the relationship between family violence in childhood, attachment, and mental health problems in later life exits in mainland China. Given the growing demand for recognition of the international aspects of social work, this study examines the relationship between witnessing interparental violence, the experience of childhood abuse and mental health problems among college students in mainland China, and the role of attachment in this relationship. By utilizing a retrospective exploratory quantitative research design, 236 college students were recruited from one university in Beijing, China. Participants completed a series of questionnaires inquiring about their past experiences with childhood maltreatment and witnessing interparental violence measured by the Conflict Tactics Scale (Couple and Parent–Child Forms), adult attachment in current close relationships measured by the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale, and internalizing and externalizing mental health problems measured by Achenbach’s Adult Behavior Checklist. Results show that family violence, especially witnessing interparental psychological violence, has a significant relationship to mental health problems in later life, and insecure attachment works as a mediator in this relationship. The findings suggest strong global attention and action to build and nourish a violence-free and healthy family environment.

Internet addiction: Prevalence and Effect on health profile of engineering students in Bengaluru city

Background: Internet has become a structural part of our day to day life. With smartphones, tablets and the cheap rates of mobile data, internet is “at the fingertips” to the general population. Engineering college students are the most vulnerable group to develop internet addiction. Hence, present study was conducted to assess the extent of internet addiction, its effect on health and various factors influencing internet addiction.Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted at a private engineering college for a period of 4 months. Data was collected from the study subjects having access to the internet for the past 6 months after obtaining written informed consent using a self-administered, semi-structured questionnaire. The Internet addiction test (IAT; Young, 1998), a 20-item 5-point likert scale and Duke’s health profile, a 17-item generic questionnaire instrument were used to assess internet addiction and health status. Data was analysed using SPSS 20.0 version.Results: The extent of internet addiction was found to be 48.1% among the Engineering students. The physical, mental, general, perceived health score was significantly higher among the normal students whereas anxiety, depression, pain and disability score was significantly higher among internet addicts. Arguments in the family, use of internet for more than 3 hours/day and spending more than 200 rupees/month for internet were significantly associated with internet addiction.Conclusion: Internet Addiction among the study subjects was found to be high, leading to mental health problems. Healthy family environment and less use of internet would overcome the issues.

Suicide attempts and related life events among suicide attempted patient in a tertiary care centre, Bengaluru: A cross-sectional study

Context: A high suicide rate is an index of social disorganization. In India, it is the second leading cause of death among 15-29 years age group. Young age, female sex, poor education, unemployment and socio economic deprivation are some of the potential risk factors. Material and Methods: The aim of the study is to assess the life events that provoked suicide attempt in a tertiary care centre. It was a cross-sectional study conducted among 476 patients with attempted suicide by convenient sampling method. Study was conducted from January 2016 to May 2017.Data was collected using a pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. Results: Mean age of study participants was 30.65+0.75 years. Among 476, 57.78% of them were males and 24.57% of study participants had family history of suicide. There is association between life events that led to attempt suicide and number of previous attempts of suicide. Among various life events, family problems were the most common factor irrespective of number of previous suicide attempts followed by financial crisis, work-related factors and personal factors. Conclusion: Suicide and attempted suicides are becoming globally endemic. Socio-demographic factors and the nature of their living in a society plays a major role in this. Healthy living comes from healthy family and good working environment. Keywords: Suicide, suicide intent, Socio-demographic factors, Life events, Family problems.

ADOÇÃO INTERNACIONAL E SEUS PROCEDIMENTOS

This article aims to conceptualize and explain the procedures of International Adoption, bringing the important points of this modality of adoption. The methodology consisted of bibliographical research, resulting from reading and analysis of laws, treaties and electronic articles. The data obtained were analyzed using the hypothetical deductive method. The results are satisfactory in cases where national adoption is not possible, benefiting the child who is not able to join a new family in their country of origin. We conclude that this type of adoption becomes important because it is through him that the child gets the opportunity to grow up in a healthy family environment. Finally, it is intended to publicize this modality of adoption, because even if there is regulation on the subject it shows little dissemination in the university, family and collective

3.8 Identical Twins, Fraternal Genders: A Family’s Perspective on Gender Transition

Children and adolescents with gender dysphoria present unique challenges within the family dynamic. Parents often seek clear guidance on how to support the concerns of their child during a time when best practices are still emerging. Providers are challenged to work with families in determining the best options to support a healthy family environment. Discussions on social transitioning, pubertal suppression, cross-sex hormones, and surgical procedures present challenging topics. In addition, encouraging families to see gender-related concerns as a manageable component of everyday family life is important in maintaining a stable family environment.

The Association of FNPA Score and Nighttime Sleep with Preschooler Body Size and Adiposity

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the cross-sectional associations between characteristics of preschoolers’ home environment and sleep habits with body size and adiposity. METHODS: Parents of 2-5 year-old children completed the Family Nutrition Physical Activity (FNPA) tool and Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CHSQ). Child height and weight were determined according to standard procedures and BMI percentile was determined using the 2000 CDC growth charts. Adiposity was assessed using skinfold thicknesses (tricep, subscapular, suprailiac) and sum of skinfolds was calculated. RESULTS: To date, 19 children (10 boys, 9 girls; mean age 3.1 ± 0.9 y) have participated in the study. Boys and girls did not differ in terms of any anthropometric variables; therefore, analyses are not divided by sex. Twenty-one percent of the sample (n=4) met criteria for overweight or obesity based on BMI percentile. Correlations between anthropometric variables and the FNPA total score did not reach statistical significance. Nap duration tended to be inversely related to BMI percentile (r=-0.51, p=0.06) and z-score (r=-0.50, p=0.07). The FNPA total score was strongly correlated with total daily sleep (r=0.88, p&lt0.0001), indicating that children who live in generally healthy family environments are more likely to demonstrate healthy sleep habits. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is the first study to use the FNPA as a measure of the family environment in a preschool-aged sample. Our results suggest that sleep characteristics may be associated with the family environment and adiposity in preschoolers; however, additional research with larger sample sizes is necessary to confirm these findings.

Family-Level Factors, Depression, and Anxiety Among African American Children: A Systematic Review

The reported prevalence of depression and anxiety among African American children and adolescents and their negative sequalae suggest a need to further explore factors that may be protective of depression and anxiety among this population. The aim of this review was to examine empirical studies that focus on the association between family-level factors (e.g., parenting practices, family functioning) and depression and anxiety in African American children. Specifically, we examined the studies’ characteristics and the relationship between various family-level factors and depression and anxiety outcomes and assessed the methodological quality of studies. This review was guided by systematic review methods postulated by Gough and colleagues and the Prisma Group. Electronic databases searched were Social Work Abstracts, PsycINFO, SocIndex, PubMed, Social Service Abstracts, and Sociological Abstracts. Thirty-one studies published from 2003 to 2014 were included and assessed for methodological strength using the Quantitative Research Assessment Tool. The majority of the study samples were low income and resided in metropolitan or urban areas, and primary caregivers were female. Parenting practices (58 % of studies) were by far the most frequently examined family-level factor associated with depression and anxiety. Positive family-level factors (e.g., positive parenting, healthy family functioning and environment) was associated with decreased depression and anxiety. Findings from this review can inform the development or adaptation of family-based interventions that can effectively reduce depression and anxiety symptoms in African American children.