INTRODUCTION We examined for demographic and psychosocial correlates on the participation of habitual walking and sports/leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among older persons in Singapore. MATERIALS AND METHODS In an observational study, 177 Chinese, community/urban-dwelling, ambulant, non-disabled participants > or = 50 years old were recruited from a health promotion programme. The main...

AIM This study aimed at evaluating patient participation from the perspective of patients who received care in emergency departments, with a separate examination of the relationship between participation and age, gender, education and priority level. BACKGROUND International and national guidelines encourage patient participation. High patient participation is required to ensure a high qualit...

Motivational factors that may affect adult participation in educational activities have attracted educators’ interests and probably are one of the most discussed topics in the field of adult education. The current study seeks to investigate the students’ participation in collaborative online activities based on the interpretive framework of adult participation theories stapling to interpret mot...

there are some barriers for rangers to take part in range plan projects andevaluation. their participation is very useful for range managers to plan and provide solutionsfor solving problems. this study aims at comparing barriers of participating from rangers andexperts point of view in lar moor rangelands, tehran, iran. in this research, data werecollected based on documentation-library and fi...

porpuse: this study aims to identify factors affecting rural women's participation in educational- extension programs of the jihad- agriculture service centers in amol township, in order to be able to take positive steps in facilitating and accelerating the process of rural and agricultural development, as the result of the improvement in their level of participation. methodology: considering t...

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) broadly prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment and other settings. Several empirical studies have suggested that employment levels of individuals with disabilities declined rather than increased after the ADA's passage. This paper provides a first look at whether lower disabled employment levels after the ADA might hav...

Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study, the authors examined relations between educational, civic, and occupational success in young adulthood and the duration and intensity of participation in organized activities during high school. They also examined these relations as a function of sponsorship (i.e., school- vs. community-sponsored organized activities). They found that y...