People Live Healthier Research Articles

A Study on the Importance of Physical Education in the Modern ERA

Physical training is important in today's society. Only physical activity can help people live healthier and better lives. Today there are fresh and new illnesses that have caused great damage to the human body. The life of man has become medically reliant. E.g. digest medication, excretion medicine, sleep medicine, etc. As a result, man is now like a walking robot because of these medications. Is it acceptable to squander this kind of physique in such a condition? How terrible it is that people have a while to repair technology like as cars, freezes, TV, but they have no time to care for their precious bodies. Physical training allows people to properly live their daily lives. Physical education plays a major part in the development of the human being and helps to improve physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual life. Here the author wishes to convey to our contemporary lives the significance of physical education.

Orthopaedic surgery as seen by artists and by surgeons: science or art?

Artists, including painters, are interested in capturing the essence of the world around them, including surgery. Therefore, we explored the world of orthopaedic surgery through the eyes of artists. We asked how artists and painters have captured the artistic vision of orthopaedic surgery by describing the operation, tools and techniques used, and the patients and surgeons involved. The evolution of medical science and the importance of an orthopaedic surgeon art in society during different centuries were evaluated from ancient civilizations to the modern world. The symbolic representation of orthopaedic surgery and orthopaedic surgeons was analyzed over time, to reflect changes in medical practice and societal attitudes towards orthopaedic surgery. Ancient Egypt is where the first instances of painting a shoulder dislocation reduction were discovered. The first report of organized surgical care is found in Homer's epic poem "Iliad," even if executing surgical operations and artistic representation was undoubtedly done in many ancient civilizations. Orthopaedic surgeons according to the period were represented as gods, saints, monks, heroic figures, military surgeons, and sometimes politics. However, the orthopaedic surgeon was rarely considered an artist by those who are real artists. Paintings often showed orthopedists in action, with blood and tools, emphasizing the gritty reality of the surgical profession, sometimes with some stereotypes (gargantuan figure, gorilla). However, the common thread is the recognition of the skill, knowledge, and dedication required to be a surgeon and the importance of their work in helping people live healthier and more active lives. Overall, painters have depicted orthopedic surgeons as skilled professionals who are dedicated to helping their patients achieve better health and mobility. Their depictions have evolved over time, reflecting changes in medical practice and the wider culture. However, the essential message remains the same: orthopaedic surgeons play a vital role in helping people live healthier, more active lives.

Prevalence of Cardiovascular Health Behaviors Among Adults: NHANES, 2011–2018

ObjectivesTo estimate the prevalence of four cardiovascular health (CVH) behaviors in a national sample of US adults and compare across age groups.MethodsThis analysis included 8,370 non-pregnant and non-lactating adults (≥20 y) who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011 to 2018. Participants included in the analysis were free of cardiovascular disease events and provided complete data for all outcomes. CVH behaviors were defined as poor, intermediate, and ideal in accordance with the criteria from the American Heart Association's (AMA's) Life's simple 7. We calculated the age-adjusted prevalence of CVH behaviors for three age groups: young (20–39 years), middle (40–59 years), and older (≥60 years). The 2010 US Census population estimates were used for age adjustment. We conducted a pairwise comparison of age-adjusted CVH behaviors. All analyses conducted accounted for the complex, multi-stage survey sampling design of the NHANES.ResultsOverall, the majority of adults were less likely to meet ideal body mass index (BMI) (28.5%) and ideal diet score (10.4%) of the four CVH health behaviors. Rather, the majority of adults were more likely to meet ideal physical activity (59.1%) and ideal smoking status (56.9%). Younger adults had higher rates of ideal BMI (36.1%), physical activity (PA) (69.2%), and smoking status (62.0%) but lower rates of ideal diet score (7.8%) compared to middle-aged and older adults. Middle-aged adults were more likely to have obesity(43.5%), have a poor diet (67.9%), and smoke (20.5%). Young adults (36.1%) were more likely to have ideal BMI compared to middle-aged (23.7%; p < 0.001) and older (24.5%; p < 0.001) adults. Older adults tended to have better ideal diet score (14.7%) compared to young (7.8%; p < 0.001) and middle-aged (10.2%; P = 0.002) adults. Older adults were also more likely to be less physically active (35.1%) compared to young (17.9%, p < 0.001) and middle-aged (25.9%, p < 0.001) adults.ConclusionsOlder adults need continuous health promotion targeting to achieve ideal cardiovascular health and younger adults need dietary improvements. This approach aligns with the AMA's 2030 Impact Goal of helping people live healthier, longer lives.Funding SourcesNone to declare.

Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward

COVID-19 has infected millions of people and upended the lives of most humans on the planet. Researchers from across the psychological sciences have sought to document and investigate the impact of COVID-19 in myriad ways, causing an explosion of research that is broad in scope, varied in methods, and challenging to consolidate. Because policy and practice aimed at helping people live healthier and happier lives requires insight from robust patterns of evidence, this article provides a rapid and thorough summary of high-quality studies available through early 2021 examining the mental-health consequences of living through the COVID-19 pandemic. Our review of the evidence indicates that anxiety, depression, and distress increased in the early months of the pandemic. Meanwhile, suicide rates, life satisfaction, and loneliness remained largely stable throughout the first year of the pandemic. In response to these insights, we present seven recommendations (one urgent, two short-term, and four ongoing) to support mental health during the pandemic and beyond.

Culture Change: Pioneer Network Forges New Partnerships

Culture Change: Pioneer Network Forges New Partnerships

VISION FOR A PRINCIPLED REDESIGN OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The mission for Family Medicine for America’s Health (FMAHealth) is to help people live healthier. To support this, a goal of the FMAHealth Technology Tactic Team is to envision a future state that involves the principled redesign and implementation of health information technology (IT) that

Strategic Plan Priority 1: Enriching the Applicant Pipeline

This is the first in a series of viewpoints outlining the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy's (AACP) 2016-2019 Strategic Plan. This viewpoint outlines Priority 1 and the status of the steps taken and planned to achieve this important strategic priority. Strategic Priority 1: Enriching the Applicant Pipeline AACP will partner with stakeholders to increase the Pharm.D. applicant pipeline to ensure there will be an appropriate number and quality of pharmacists to meet society's needs. (1) This strategic priority is important to AACP's institutional members because an optimal number and quality of candidates in the applicant pool is necessary for enrollment of qualified candidates in adequate numbers at colleges and schools of pharmacy. AACP staff have worked diligently on this priority for many years, with an increased effort and focus in recent years. Much progress has been made, but additional effort and collaboration is needed to share the message with potential applicants that pharmacy is a diverse and rewarding career with opportunities in patient care, scientific research and innovation. Priority 1, Enriching the Applicant Pipeline, involves the following goals 1) expanding the applicant pipeline, 2) increasing the Pharm.D. applicant pool, and 3) appropriate measurement and increasing diversity (broadly defined) in the applicant pool. Expanding the Applicant Pipeline The objectives and actions under this goal support the Pharmacy is Right for Me (Pharm4Me) national recruitment campaign, including a messaging platform that is consistent with the Pharmacists help people live healthier, better lives campaign, Pharm4Me engagement activities for schools, and a Pharm4Me social media strategy. Additional objectives include a creation of a coalition with other health education associations to endorse the inclusion of healthcare careers in the STEM professions, as defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2) and the National Science Foundation (3). Progress to date on this goal involves the following: * The relaunch of the Pharm4Me website www.pharmacy4me.org including supplemental recruitment resources for colleges and schools of pharmacy on the AACP website at http://www.aacp.org/resources/studentaffairspersonnel/PharmacyForMe/Pages/default.aspx. * AACP staff have been working with the Pharmacy Career Information Council, a collaboration of national pharmacy organizations committed to promoting the pharmacy profession and the pharmaceutical sciences, to launch the Innovation Challenge, a program where student pharmacists from AACP member institutions work with high schools in their communities to create an innovative solutions to real world medication use problems. The program will launch in early 2017 and prizes for the winning teams will be awarded at the 2017 AACP Annual Meeting. * AACP co-led the 2016 Health Professions Week, a partnership of nineteen health professions offering various online and live activities throughout the week for high school and undergraduate students to learn more about the different healthcare careers. With more than 4,000 participants in the inaugural year and a large social media presence, the 2017 planning team is already hard at work planning the next Health Professions Week with hopes for even more reach to potential applicants. * Work on a social media strategy is currently underway and a consulting firm with expertise in this area and the middle school and high school target audiences will be selected to further develop the strategy. * Work on the coalition to include healthcare careers in the STEM careers will begin later in 2017. Increasing the Pharm.D. Applicant Pool. The objectives and actions under this also goal support the Pharm4Me national recruitment campaign, including developing Pharm4Me Champions at colleges and schools of pharmacy and identification of resources to support Pharm4Me recruitment activities, Progress to date on this goal involves the following: * A request for each college and school of pharmacy to appoint a Pharm4Me Champion yielded over 100 champions who will commit to hosting one to two new recruitment events in their community in the next year targeting high school students with the purpose of educating them about the role of the pharmacist and the many diverse career paths available to pharmacists. …

Pharmacy is Right for Me

Pharmacy is Right for Me

“Take Back Your Time”: Facilitating a Student Led Teach-In

“Take Back Your Time” (TBYT) is a movement founded by John De Graaf (2003) that exposes the issues of time poverty and overwork in the United States and Canada. This article features the process whereby undergraduate students study De Graaf's TBYT handbook, discuss its concepts, and organize a student-led TBYT “teach-in” for their college community. Primary learning objectives include (a) increasing students' awareness of the societal issues of time poverty and overwork, (b) increasing students' understanding of how overwork and time poverty can be addressed by recreation and leisure professionals, and (c) identifying ways to reverse the effects of time poverty and help people live healthier, more balanced lives. This learning activity would be suitable for courses in leisure education, program or event planning, current issues, or the foundations of the recreation and leisure profession.

Education, health and welfare: Issues for social justice

The opportunity to contribute to this special edition on 'The Politics of/and researching Social Justice' was too good to pass up. Questions of social justice are critical to the work that is done in schools, especially as it impacts on the type of :society we are building in Australia. It is painfully obvious to anyone who visits schools, as I do on practice teaching rounds and in the course of doing fieldwork for my health education research, that there is a widening gap between those who are disadvantaged and those who are privileged. This is most apparent when it comes to the students' education, health and welfare, which are interconnected in complex ways, and inseparable from work for social justice. Education in terms of learning outcomes cannot proceed where students come to school abused or neglected, hungry, depressed, stressed, and angry, apt to be disruptive and violent. Their readiness to engage schooling, and their attention, concentration, and capacity to think and work diligently depends on their health, which includes wellbeing a. Education also relies on the government's idea of student welfare, where schools need to be safe and happy places for students and teachers, and for teaching and learning to take place in a caring well managed safe environment (NSW Department of School Education 1996). This suggests that schools, as one site in a young person's life, should provide stability, security, safety and more often than not, happiness. At the same time, students' health status is tied to education and welfare, which are two of the main social determinants of health. It is said children's health is very much influenced by the family and wider community, and there is interaction between children's health and the family's socio-environmental factors (Moon et al. 1998). There is comprehensiveevidence that a good education along with full employment and a higher income contribute significantly to one's chances of staying healthy ana living longer (McClellan 1992). By and large wealthier people live healthier lifestyles than poorer people, possibly because health education reaches them better and the motivations and