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INTRODUCTION: Anti-Asian racism was a feature of the social response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and its impact on the well-being of Asian communities warrants closer examination. The current study aimed to gauge whether the sense of belonging mitigated the adverse effects of racism on life satisfaction for self-identified Asian New Zealanders.METHODS: This analysis included 1341 responses to a cross-sectional online survey conducted in 2021. Descriptive analyses outline how components of a sense of belonging were distributed among participants and those who experienced racism during the Covid-19 pandemic. We used linear regression to examine the role of a sense of belonging as a potential pathway variable in the association between experiencing racism and life satisfaction.FINDINGS: In this survey, four out of 10 participants reported experiencing racism in the first 18 months of the pandemic. Participants' life satisfaction decreased slightly since January 2020 (p<0.001). Experiencing racism was associated with decreased life satisfaction. All the components of sense of belonging reduced the magnitude of this negative association between racism experience and life satisfaction, in particular, expressing one's own ethnic identity and belonging in Aotearoa.CONCLUSIONS: Given that anti-Asian racism is currently a feature of life and a significant stressor during the pandemic, this study provides empirical evidence of the protective role of a sense of belonging against anti-Asian racism. This study focused on Asian members in Aotearoa New Zealand, but its practical implications have the potential to support other minoritised ethnic communities who also experience racism during the pandemic and beyond.
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This evidence-based book focuses on contemporary issues related to human health and well-being. Drawing on the first-hand experiences of academics and researchers, it provides a holistic perspective on the importance of both mental and physical health for quality of life. It is divided into seven sections: changing perspectives on well-being;the mental health of students;the well-being of elderly people and marginalized populations;the role of family and teachers;psycho-social support;the right to health;and future perspectives. Covering current topics, such as the challenges posed by pandemics like COVID-19, the book discusses future strategies for addressing contemporary and emerging health issues and the overall well-being of the general public, an area not covered in any of the previous volumes. Furthermore, it explores the need for the involvement of multidisciplinary professionals in examining general health and well-being issues. Given its scope, it is an indispensable resource for a wide range of professionals and researchers from various fields, such as the social sciences, law, public health, medicine, education, and environmental studies. In addition, the book appeals to health policymakers, educational administrators, law enforcement agencies, as well as health workers, psychologists, and social workers dealing with clients in hospitals, educational institutions, and at the community level. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Taylor and Francis Pte Ltd. 2022.
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The one-year U.S. Equity-First Vaccination Initiative (EVI), launched in April 2021, aimed to reduce racial inequities in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination across five demonstration cities (Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Newark, and Oakland) and over the longer term strengthen the United States' public health system to achieve more-equitable outcomes. This initiative comprised nearly 100 community-based organizations (CBOs), who led hyper-local work to increase vaccination access and confidence in communities of individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. In this study, the second of two on the initiative, the authors examine the results of the EVI. They look at the initiative's activities, effects, and challenges, and provide recommendations for how to support and sustain this hyper-local community-led approach and strengthen the public health system in the United States.
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Multifunctional nature-based solutions (NBS) can help urban areas become more climate proof and adaptable and provide a range of societal goals. Alongside chronic impacts from climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic has illustrated the disruption that unexpected and acute shocks can bring to society. Measures such as NBS can help reduce the vulnerability of urban areas and increase resilience. Traditional infrastructure planning relies on strong business cases to demonstrate the economic value of a scheme. Numerous approaches assign economic value to the benefits from using NBS. However, this value is more than what can be accounted for by traditional finance methods, as there are many different perspectives on 'value'. Decision making processes for selection of NBS measures require stronger integration of these value perspectives. This paper considers these perspectives in the business models that are being used in the decision processes regarding use and selection of NBS. Examples are drawn from case studies in the EU Begin project and also from the Living with Water partnership in the UK, which illustrate how value perspectives can be included in business cases for NBS, also signposting the need to account for potential future changes using scenario planning.
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Multifunctional nature-based solutions (NBS) can help urban areas become more climate proof and adaptable and provide a range of societal goals. Alongside chronic impacts from climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic has illustrated the disruption that unexpected and acute shocks can bring to society. Measures such as NBS can help reduce the vulnerability of urban areas and increase resilience. Traditional infrastructure planning relies on strong business cases to demonstrate the economic value of a scheme. Numerous approaches assign economic value to the benefits from using NBS. However, this value is more than what can be accounted for by traditional finance methods, as there are many different perspectives on 'value'. Decision making processes for selection of NBS measures require stronger integration of these value perspectives. This paper considers these perspectives in the business models that are being used in the decision processes regarding use and selection of NBS. Examples are drawn from case studies in the EU Begin project and also from the Living with Water partnership in the UK, which illustrate how value perspectives can be included in business cases for NBS, also signposting the need to account for potential future changes using scenario planning. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability is the property of Thomas Telford Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
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Background: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), commonly known as the silent killer, impacted the severity of COVID-19 patients during the pandemic era. Thrombosis or blood clots create the buildup of plaque on the coronary artery walls of the heart, which leads to coronary heart disease. Cyclooxygenase 1 (COX-1) is involved in the production of prostacyclin by systemic arteries;hence, inhibiting the COX-1 enzyme can prevent platelet reactivity mediated by prostacyclin. To obtain good health and well-being, the research of discovery of new drugs for anti-thrombotic still continue. Objective(s): This study aims to predict the potential of 17 compounds owned by the vanillin analog to COX-1 receptor using in silico. Method(s): This research employed a molecular docking analysis using Toshiba hardware and AutoDock Tools version 1.5.7, ChemDraw Professional 16.0, Discovery Studio, UCSF Chimera software, SWISSADME and pKCSM, a native ligand from COX-1 (PDB ID: 1CQE) was validated. Result(s): The validation result indicated that the RMSD was <2 A. The 4-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl benzoate compound had the lowest binding energy in COX-1 inhibition with a value of-7.70 A. All vanillin derivatives show good intestinal absorption, and the predicted toxicity indicated that they were non-hepatotoxic. All these compounds have the potential to be effective antithrombotic treatments when consumed orally. Conclusion(s): In comparison to other vanillin derivative com-pounds, 4-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl benzoate has the lowest binding energy value;hence, this analog can continue to be synthesized and its potential as an antithrombotic agent might be confirmed by in vivo studies.Copyright © the Author(s), 2023.
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Background: Confinement due to COVID-19 can have a short- and long-term impact on mental health (increased levels of stress and anxiety and emotional upheaval) and on people's quality of life. Knowing what factors are behind the stress can benefit the development of strategies and resources for future situations of a similar nature. The purpose of this study is to examine the incidence of a series of sociodemographic factors, confinement conditions, and work situation on the stress reported by confined citizens. Method: The sample is made up of 2008 citizens (19.9% men), the Perceived Stress Scale of 14 items (PSS-14) was used to assess the stress level of the population, as well as a sociodemographic questionnaire and different questions aimed at obtain information about the characteristics of the confinement and the employment situation. Data were collected using exponential snowball-type non-probability sampling. Results: The results suggest that sociodemographic factors such as age, gender, and income level could be good predictors of confinement stress. Post-confinement work expectancy along with pre-confinement working conditions can be key to protecting the well-being of confined populations. Limitations: This is a transversal study that forces us to be cautious with causal interpretations. The questionnaire was administered online, which means it excluded a good proportion of the population. Conclusion: The perception of stress being higher in women than men, with the lowest stress in older people and those with higher reported incomes. Stress levels increase as populations spend more weeks in confinement and the pre-confinement work situation seems key to protecting the well-being of the population. A lower stress is observed among stable couples without children confined in residential or suburban areas. Low income or economic instability is associated with a higher rate of stress and anxiety. The results can contribute to prioritizing actions and aid by contributing to the formation of teams and the design of tools for work in the current pandemic situation.
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In the twenty-first century, biosensors have gathered much wider attention than ever before, irrespective of the technology that promises to bring them forward. With the recent COVID-19 outbreak, the concern and efforts to restore global health and well-being are rising at an unprecedented rate. A requirement to develop precise, fast, point-of-care, reliable, easily disposable/reproducible and low-cost diagnostic tools has ascended. Biosensors form a primary element of hand-held medical kits, tools, products, and/or instruments. They have a very wide range of applications such as nearby environmental checks, detecting the onset of a disease, food quality, drug discovery, medicine dose control, and many more. This chapter explains how Nano/Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (N/MEMS) can be enabling technology toward a sustainable, scalable, ultra-miniaturized, easy-to-use, energy-efficient, and integrated bio/chemical sensing system. This study provides a deeper insight into the fundamentals, recent advances, and potential end applications of N/MEMS sensors and integrated systems to detect and measure the concentration of biological and/or chemical analytes. Transduction principle/s, materials, efficient designs, including readout technique, and sensor performance are explained. This is followed by a discussion on how N/MEMS biosensors continue to evolve. The challenges and possible opportunities are also discussed. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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Food hubs assist the economic development of small local farms growing produce sustainably and providing healthy nutrition by aggregating and distributing a diversified range of fresh local food directly to customers. Although food hubs remain niches due to the challenges of growth and implementation, the interest in local and organic food has recently surged, and the demand for online grocery shopping has dramatically increased, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. This research considers the potential of an online platform for food hubs and examines food practices that include creating and appropriating social networks of food hubs. The study also discusses the implications of the socio-spatial transformation for urban design. With a theoretical framework drawing from social innovation and practice theory, suggesting performance dynamics in practice, this study reviews the current trend of food hubs in the United Kingdom and investigates London-based Growing Communities and Sutton Community Farm, both of which offer community-led veg box schemes. The findings confirm that, as social innovations, community-led food hubs are evolving places for community health and well-being, among other online-based food hubs. This research proposes an evolutionary step for community-led food hubs for social connections. An online platform effectively mobilises resources to connect a diverse local community. More importantly, an online platform interconnected with physical facilities in farm sites and collection points can enhance spatial qualities and capacity and support food access, leading to the sustainable development of urban space. Methodologically, the long-term review of this research confirms the usefulness of the research framework, which revealed evolution in these cases. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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The coronavirus pandemic, for all of its damage to human health and well-being, has brought to light the wisdom underlying the idea of One Health, whose advocates reason that health is a reciprocal relationship between our species and the environment that sustains us. What is good for people should also be good for the environment, and what is good for the environment should also be good for people. Their preferred future is one in the same. As the recent days, weeks, and months have also shown, leisure is not necessarily a cure for what ails us. Indeed, leisure pursuits may have contributed to the pandemic's spread. What, then, are we to make of leisure in the time of the coronavirus? We believe it is a fundamental lesson in ecology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Purpose: In this study, the authors investigated ways to cultivate resilience through a social justice lens among ethnic minorities against COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative (case study) methodology was adopted to interview 15 social service providers from diverse ethnic backgrounds serving disadvantaged ethnic minority groups (South and Southeast Asian groups from low-income households, foreign domestic workers and asylum seekers/refugees). Findings: Two major protective factors were identified, contributing to the development of resilience among diverse ethnic groups: (1) individual-based resilience (including being optimistic) and (2) socio-environmental factors (including ongoing support from strong family, peer and religious settings' support, consulates' support, on-going material and nonmaterial donations, support of young volunteers and importance of online connection and communication) using the integration of resilience and social justice frameworks. Originality/value: This study showed that the protective factors were found to dynamically interact with each other and the environment. The present study recommends additional culturally sensitive service and policy implications for preventing the long-term impact of mass crises among Hong Kong's marginalized minorities. © 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited.
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During this pandemic and Post Pandemic Volatility of the world economics and the various war like situations in different parts of the world, the stock markets around the globe are on a roller coaster. The level of uncertainty, and emotional turmoil, has increased among Indian stock traders. This has led to an enormous level of increase of the stress that the traders are under, while continuing to trade. The main objective of this research study is to evaluate the impact of trading stress on the mental health, lifestyle, and financial condition of stock traders. This study includes respondents of required sample size. A purposive sampling technique was used to consider only active Indian stock traders for the study. A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire which was developed by Manda & Sana, 2021 was given to respondents using Google forms. The simple linear regression statistical method was used. The results indicate that general trading stress has an impact on the mental health, lifestyle and financial condition of stock traders.
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OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 Healthcare Personnel Study is a longitudinal survey to assess the changing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the New York State health care workforce. We analyzed results from a follow-up survey of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants on the availability of equipment and personnel, work conditions, physical and mental health of participants, and impact of the pandemic on commitment to their profession. METHODS: We conducted an online survey of all licensed New York State physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in April 2020 (N = 2105) and a follow-up survey in February 2021 (N = 978). We analyzed changes in item responses from baseline to follow-up. We calculated survey-adjusted paired t tests and odds ratios (ORs) using survey-adjusted generalized linear models controlling for age, sex, region of practice, and hospital versus non-hospital-based practice. RESULTS: Twenty percent of respondents expressed continuing concern about personnel shortages at both baseline and follow-up. Respondents reported working approximately 5 more hours on average during a 2-week period at follow-up compared with baseline (78.1 vs 72.6 hours; P = .008). For 20.4% (95% CI, 17.2%-23.5%) of respondents, mental health issues had become persistent. More than one-third (35.6%; 95% CI, 31.9%-39.4%) of respondents reported that they thought about leaving their profession more often than once per month. The association between persistent mental and behavioral health issues and contemplating leaving one's profession was significant (OR = 2.7; 95% CI, 1.8-4.1; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Interventions such as decreasing the number of hours worked, ensuring health care professionals do not work directly with patients while ill, and addressing shortages of personal protective equipment can help address concerns of the health care workforce.
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COVID-19 , Nurse Practitioners , Physician Assistants , Physicians , Humans , New York/epidemiology , COVID-19/epidemiology , Follow-Up Studies , Pandemics , Health Personnel , Surveys and Questionnaires , Delivery of Health CareABSTRACT
The study attempted to examine the impact of young volunteer tourists' psychological capital and negative mental health/well-being issues caused by exposure to stressful events on their intention to continue doing volunteer tourism activities. Also, the aim was to examine the moderation of social and organizational support in the association between psychological capital, mental health/well-being, and volunteers' intentions. Findings from the structural analysis indicated that volunteer tourists' mental health/well-being issues could significantly impact their intentions. Also, it was shown that psychological capital was a strong predictor of undesirable behaviors and feelings for volunteer tourists. Hence, the results indicated that model of the Theory of Planned Behavior can be extended by inserting two new critical constructs (psychological capital and mental health/well-being issues) that can have effects on fostering tourists' intention to continue volunteering. In addition, organizational and social support played an important moderating role. Based on the proposed research model, we presented important implications for volunteer tourism organizations to meet volunteers' needs and encourage positive intention.
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The phrase 'in it together' has been used liberally since the outbreak of COVID-19, but the extent that frontline workers felt 'in it together' is not well understood. Here, we consider the factors that built (or eroded) solidarity while working through the pandemic, and how frontline workers navigated their lives through periods of disconnection. Semi-structured interviews with 21 frontline workers, across all sectors, were conducted in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The qualitative data were analysed systematically using reflexive thematic analysis. The three themes identified in the data were: (1) Solidarity as central to frontline experiences; (2) Leadership as absent, shallow and divisive: highlighting 'us-them' distinctions and (3) The rise of 'us' and 'we' among colleagues. Our research offers insights into how frontline workers make sense of their experiences of solidarity and discordance during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with relevance for government and organizational policy-makers shaping future conditions for frontline workers.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a global human ecosystem disruption affecting almost every facet of daily living. South Africa adopted a risk-adjusted approach comprising five-levels to curb the spread of COVID-19. Early in 2020, the country experienced level 5 and 4 restrictions, indicating high COVID-19 spread with low to moderate health system readiness. South Africans were largely confined to their homes. This study explored young adults' experiences of leisure engagement during the confinement, adaptations made, and the influence on health and well-being. Thirteen occupational therapy student researchers conducted individual qualitative, exploratory-descriptive studies on young adults' leisure experiences during the level 5 and 4 confinements. The authors used a qualitative meta-analytic approach to review the student researchers' primary studies and synthesize findings for this paper. The sample comprised 65 participants aged 18 to 32 years (mean age 22.2 years), the majority being either students or employed. Participants were interviewed online or submitted written responses to open-ended questions focusing on their leisure engagement during the confinement. Relevant data were extracted from the primary studies and analyzed thematically. Four themes emerged: 1) disruption, 2) time, 3) adaptations to change, and 4) leisure benefits. Although participants experienced the confinement as disruptive, and restricting their leisure and social engagement, they adapted and developed new leisure occupations, which had a positive influence on their health and well-being. In conclusion, the young adults dealt with the occupational injustices of confinement by adapting their leisure engagement, thus displaying occupational resilience, which positively influenced health and well-being. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Chinese) COVID-19 -, COVID-19 2020 , 5 4 , COVID-19 , 13 5 4 , 65 18 32 ( 22.2 ),,:1),2),3) , 4) ,,,,,, (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (French) TITRE "Cette pandemie a change notre vie quotidienne" : Les experiences de loisir des jeunes adultes lors de la pandemie de COVID-19 en Afrique du Sud RESUME La pandemie de COVID-19 perturbe l'ecosysteme humain mondial, affectant presque toutes les facettes de la vie quotidienne. L'Afrique du Sud a adopte une approche ajustee au risque comprenant cinq niveaux d'interventions pour freiner la propagation du COVID-19. Au debut de 2020, le pays a connu des restrictions de niveau 5 et 4, indiquant une forte propagation du COVID-19, avec un etat de preparation du systeme de sante a composer avec cette situation, qualifie de faible a modere. Les Sud-Africains ont ete largement confines chez eux. Cette etude a explore les experiences des jeunes adultes en matiere d'engagement dans les loisirs pendant le confinement, les adaptations effectuees et l'influence de ces experiences sur la sante et le bien-etre. Treize etudiants chercheurs en ergotherapie ont mene individuellement des etudes qualitatives exploratoires et descriptives sur les experiences de loisirs des jeunes adultes pendant les confinements de niveau 5 et 4. Les auteurs ont realise une meta-analyse qualitative, reposant sur les etudes primaires des etudiants chercheurs, dont la synthese est presentee dans cet article. L'echantillon comprenait 65 participants ages de 18 a 32 ans (age moyen de 22,2 ans), dont la majorite etait aux etudes ou avaient une activite professionnelle. Lors de videoconferences, les participants ont partage leurs experiences de loisir lors du confinement, a l'aide d'une entrevue semi-structuree. Toutefois, une part des participants a plutot soumis des reponses ecrites aux questions, selon leur convenance. Les donnees pertinentes ont ete extraites des etudes primaires et analysees de maniere thematique. Quatre themes ont emerge : 1) la perturbation, 2) le temps, 3) l'adaptation au changement, et 4) les bienfaits des loisirs. Bien que les participants aient vecu le confinement comme une perturbation et une restriction de leurs loisirs et de leur engagement social, ils se sont adaptes et ont developpe de nouveaux loisirs, ce qui a eu une influence positive sur leur sante et leur bien-etre. En conclusion, les jeunes adultes ont compose avec les injustices occupationnelles associees au confinement en adaptant leur engagement dans des loisirs, faisant ainsi preuve de resilience occupationnelle, ce qui a influence positivement leur sante et leur bien-etre. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Spanish) La pandemia de COVID-19 constituye una alteracion del ecosistema humano a nivel mundial que afecta casi todas las facetas de la vida cotidiana. Frente a este contexto, Sudafrica adopto un enfoque ajustado al riesgo que comprende cinco niveles, con el objetivo de frenar la propagacion de la COVID-19. A principios de 2020, el pais establecio restricciones de nivel 5 y 4, lo que indica alta propagacion de la COVID-19 con baja a moderada preparacion del sistema sanitario. En gran medida, los sudafricanos estaban confinados en sus hogares. Este estudio examino las participaciones en el ocio de adultos jovenes durante el confinamiento, las adaptaciones que debieron realizar y como ello influyo en su salud y bienestar. Trece investigadores, estudiantes de terapia ocupacional, realizaron estudios individuales, cualitativos y exploratorios-descriptivos sobre las experiencias de ocio descritas por adultos jovenes durante los confinamientos de nivel 5 y 4. Los autores utilizamos un enfoque metaanalitico cualitativo para revisar los estudios primarios de dichos estudiantes y sintetizar los hallazgos para este articulo. La muestra la conformaron 65 participantes de entre 18 y 32 anos (edad media de 22.2 anos), la mayoria de ellos estudiantes o empleados. Los participantes fueron entrevistados en linea o enviaron respuestas escritas a preguntas abiertas centradas en su participacion en el ocio durante el encierro. De los estudios primarios se extrajo la informacion pertinente y se analizo tematicamente, identificandose cuatro temas: 1) perturbacion;2) tiempo;3) adaptaciones al cambio;y 4) beneficios del ocio. Aunque los participantes experimentaron el confinamiento como algo perturbador que restringia su ocio y su participacion social, se adaptaron y desarrollaron nuevas ocupaciones que incidieron de manera positiva en su salud y bienestar. En conclusion, los adultos jovenes afrontaron las injusticias ocupacionales que implico el confinamiento adaptando su participacion en el ocio, lo que mostro su resiliencia ocupacional e influyo positivamente en su salud y bienestar. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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An additional helicopter base has been built for the Government Flying Service at the former Kai Tak airport runway site in Hong Kong, China. The base allows high-rise development to take place at Tung Chung new town near the service's existing base at Hong Kong International airport, which would have restricted emergency helicopter operations during poor weather. The project involved construction of a take-off and landing pad, parking bays and hangar for two helicopters, plus an office building for the flight planning centre and air command and control centre. This paper describes how use of an NEC contract helped ensure close collaboration between the employer and contractor, leading to timely completion with zero accidents despite restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Brexit, COVID-19 and climate change pose challenges of national and global importance. They continue to have impacts across the economy, society, health, and the environment, all of which are determinants of health and well-being. Between 2018 and 2021, Public Health Wales undertook three Health Impact Assessments (HIA) in relation to the impact of the challenges in Wales. Based on these, work has been carried out to map the synergies across the ‘Triple Challenge'. This paper highlights the commonalities in the impact of the three challenges for Wales, discusses the process carried out, learns from it and proposes actions that can be taken to mitigate harm. Results indicate the three components of the Triple Challenge must not be viewed as separate silos as they have cumulative multi-faceted impacts. This affects some population groups more negatively than others and present a ‘Triple Challenge' to nation states in the UK and Europe. A HIA approach can enable a range of stakeholders to critically view similar challenges not just as single issues but as a holistic whole to mobilise action.
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The aim of this study was to examine the associations between job stressors, COVID-19-related concerns, burnout, and mental health and well-being among school nurses, and whether any of these associations are mediated by burnout. Based on stratified proportional sampling, data collection was conducted by an online questionnaire distributed to 600 school nurses in Taiwan. A total of 256 participants aged between 27 and 62 years (mean = 47.08; standard deviation = 7.28) returned questionnaires. Results showed that burnout was the main mediating variable that fully mediated the relationship between COVID-19-related concerns and mental health and well-being. The effects of job stressors on mental health and well-being included direct negative effects (ß = -.29) and indirect negative effects (ß = -.67) through mediating factors. School health managers should be more aware of burnout and mental health and well-being among school nurses under the impact of COVID-19.
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The lodging industry is an important source of national income being a main ingredient for tourism, also, as it contributes to solving the problem of unemployment. Predominantly, the lodging sector supports the balance of payments. At this place, a reading to "Alpha”;"Beta”;"Gamma”;"Delta”;and "Omicron”—Corona Variants reflects significant implications. On the one hand, there exists a challenge to Egypt's hotel industry following the pandemic attack;on the other hand, and by considering the case of relaxing the international restrictions, the international tourism is expected to recoup. Egypt has relatively benefited in the first half of 2021 when many Europeans escaped the lower temperature in winter in their homelands opting warm holiday destinations. The primary readings also expect the continuity in this increase. The macro-trend right here considers the shift in favor of a thoroughly managed risk with enhanced pliability, adopting a view of creating value, and increasing trust, while the micro-management considerations signify enhancing the sustainability of the sector performance by means of raising lodging hygienic attributes and approving innovative approaches. Luxury hotel, led by their executives, can significantly contribute and steer this trend mainly for cost tolerance estimates and for the potentiality of cost recovery. This study addresses the ways with which "Alpha”;"Beta”;"Gamma”;"Delta”;and "Omicron” Corona variants necessitate more sustained hotel management practices and helps to establish knowledge and techniques that assist the lodging sector in Egypt. A further goal of this study is to endorse the hotel managers' impact on counteracting the upshots of Variants' progressions. The study is multifaceted in "scale” and "scope,” since it is based on an investigation of the effects of large-scale public health emergencies in the lodging sector. A qualitative methodology is set via conducting online and offline surveys to examine how the pandemic affect lodging sector operations, and how far Egypt's luxury hotel managers tolerate both burdens of managing the emergency and creating sustained plans for recovery. Henceforward, the study constructs a frame for sustained lodging sector recovery. The paper's scientific value is that it functionalizes a broad inductive method of qualitative research in which a merge of the interpretation of management enabling factors and health enabling trends in the lodging sector and luxury hotel managers' responses obtained through exploratory qualitative research is utilized to cluster the managers' responses and thus generalize the information in the setting of a Framework for Health Crisis Management in the lodging sector. The Framework for Health Crisis Management also adds value as it amalgamates a combination of input factors of management and health enablers;a transformation via the change actions;an output of containing the effect of the pandemic through the enhanced managers' capabilities and hotels' health hygiene readiness;and an outcome implication of medium-term stabilizing effects that leads to an impact effect of sustained lodging sector recovery. This configures an input, transform (actions), output, outcome, and impact result chain. The study reaches the findings that sustainable recovery in the lodging sector—being sensitive to the uncertainty that the Virus "Variants” create—necessitates the merge between managing the emergency, adopting pliable approaches, alongside with the enhancement of the managers' (hoteliers) role as a supporting premise.