Strengthening Social Programs to Promote Economic Stability During Childhood

Intergenerational Solidarity: Strengthening Economic and Social Ties

Preface Never before have we witnessed a " silent revolution " of such significance for all sectors of society as the global phenomenon of population aging, which has a direct bearing on the meaning of generations, cohorts and intergenerational solidarity. Two key elements of this transformation stand out. First, there is a new architecture of society that entails social change, which challenge...

Preventing adolescent health-risk behaviors by strengthening protection during childhood.

OBJECTIVE To examine the long-term effects of an intervention combining teacher training, parent education, and social competence training for children during the elementary grades on adolescent health-risk behaviors at age 18 years. DESIGN Nonrandomized controlled trial with follow-up 6 years after intervention. SETTING Public elementary schools serving high-crime areas in Seattle, Wash. ...

Strengthening social security in economic crises : the need for a social protection floor

Strengthening to promote functional recovery poststroke: an evidence-based review.

BACKGROUND Following stroke, patients/clients suffer from significant impairments. However, weakness is the predominant common denominator. Historically, strengthening or high-intensity resistance training has been excluded from neurorehabilitation programs because of the concern that high-exertion activity, including strengthening, would increase spasticity. Contemporary research studies chall...

Interactive Resistance Chair to Promote Strengthening Exercise in Older Adults

We developed a strengthening exercise support system which can be remotely managed and clinically supervised via internet. Older adults may potentially benefit from such an exercise system however functionality of this system requires validation before commencement of field studies in older adults. The aim of this study was to introduce and assess validity of a prototype telerehabilitation syst...