Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the lives of young people, transforming and disrupting education provision, employment opportunities, social practices, mobilities, experiences health well-being. In UK context, can be understood as both unique event further addition to intersecting crises—including austerity Brexit—that are increasingly shaping constraining youth aspi...

BACKGROUND Work sites offer a productive setting for physical activity (PA) promoting interventions. Still, PA participation remains low. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the reasoning behind commonly reported barriers and enabling factors to participation in PA programs in a work-site setting. METHODS Employees from a large city government were recruited to participate in focus...

This study investigated the extent that cooperative group members’ levels of hopefulness, operationalized as a combination of pathways to meet desired goals and the agentic thinking that motivates an individual to use those pathways, predict (a) group performance, namely, the quality of an article critique assignment and research proposal assignment, and (b) the degree that heterogeneity (i.e.,...

Notwithstanding massive injections into broadband infrastructure, large sectors of the world’s population remain without access to the internet. One of the strategies employed by government and the private sector to address the digital divide has been to provide basic computing services and internet access to communities in the form of public access centres (PACs), otherwise known as telecentre...

Often it is mentioned by participants that having peers speak out about their personal journey has instilled a sense of hope and been an inspiring experience. From this evolved the Mentor program. The Body Image and Eating Disorders Treatment and Recovery Service (BETRS) Mentor Program has been developed to complement the professional expertise within the team. Our Mentors share their lived exp...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of a psychological treatment to reduce moderate to severe hopelessness after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHOD Randomized controlled trial. Participants were aged between 18 and 65 years, experienced posttraumatic amnesia more than 1day and moderate to severe hopelessness (Beck Hopelessness Scale [BHS]) and/or suicide ideation. Intervention compris...

Background Optimism is a psychosocial asset associated with healthy ageing. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tremendously impacts people’s lives and health. This study explored what optimism means to older Australians how the pandemic may have affected their perceptions. Methods Eleven adults (55% female), aged 68-74 years, living in metropolitan regional areas of Australia participated semi...

OBJECTIVE This paper is a methodological case study that describes the At Home/Chez Soi (Housing First) Initiative's mixed-methods strategy for implementation evaluation and discusses the value of these methods in evaluating the implementation of such complex population health interventions. TARGET POPULATION The Housing First (HF) model is being implemented in five cities: Vancouver, Winnipe...

The writer talks about how the voices of Helen Keller and Burton Blatt can challenge educators of mental retardation to hold firm to a belief in the miracle of unconditional and sustained commitments and to a legacy of hopefulness. Article: In his book Inventing the Feeble Mind, Trent (1995) described mental retardation as a construction whose changing meaning is shaped both by individuals who ...

The specific aims of the proposed research are to evaluate the efficacy of Vipassana meditation as a correctional intervention (a) to reduce alcohol and other drug use, and its concomitant problems, (b) to reduce recidivism, and (c) to enhance the opportunity for a more balanced lifestyle, including increased self-awareness, self-efficacy, and hopefulness. Vipassana means "“to see clearly” and ...