When people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, older adults, women, and others lack power, they usually experience adverse conditions disproportionate to other members of society. Empowerment--the process by which people gain some control over valued events, outcomes, and resources--is an important construct for understanding and improving the lives of people of marginal status. This manuscr...

In a world of sustainability challenges, use-oriented product-service system seems promising to encourage resource efficiency. For this project, the concept is integrated in sustainability-oriented interpretation business model Canvas. The aim was identify enabling factors with model. A case study conducted on rental models outdoors apparel industry Scandinavia. key findings indicate that compa...

background: cardiovascular diseases are the most prevalent disorders in developed countries and heart failure is the major one among them. this disease is caused by numerous factors and one of the most considerable risk factors is unhealthy lifestyle. so the aim of this research was to study the effect of family-center empowerment model on the lifestyle of heart failure patients. methods: this ...

We examine how the impact on women empowerment varies with respect to the location and type of group linkage of the respondent. Using household survey data from five states in India, we correct for selection bias to estimate a structural equation model. Our results reveal that in the southern states of India empowerment of women takes place through economic factors. For the other states, we fin...

Two competing structural models were tested in an effort to develop a theory of learned hopefulness. Learned hopefulness suggests that empowering experiences-ones that provide opportunities to learn skills and develop a sense of control-can help individuals limit the debilitating effects of problems in living. Voluntary organizations are identified as natural settings that enable individuals to...

BACKGROUND Quality of life is a concept, which in recent years is considered as a measure for health in chronic diseases such as kidney diseases. Complications of chronic diseases can affect the quality of life in children and their families over time. Therefore, empowerment programs are necessary to improve their quality of life. This study aimed to investigate the impact of the family empower...

A shift occurred in research about adolescents in the general population. Research is moving away from deficits toward a resilience paradigm and understanding trajectories of positive youth development. This shift has been less consistent in research and practice with African American youth. A gap also exists in understanding whether individual youth development dimensions generate potential in...

In today’s leading organizations, employees’ empowerment is considered as a significant issue in human resource management cycle and it has become a central theme of management functions and practices. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between empowerment of staffs and organizational commitment with organizational health mediation. The results showed that there is a relati...