The Effect of Alcoholism on Food Security in Rural Areas: A Case Study of Bufundi Subcounty Rubanda District Uganda. by Natukunda, Ruth

“…Most of the youth end up drinking alcohol due to peer pressure from fellow friends. The findings of the study indicate that there were effects of alcoholism on food security among the communities including loss of income, Malnutrition among children, Family conflict, marital dissatisfaction, and higher levels of famine among the community members. …”
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Examining the Impact of Domestic Violence on Students' Performance in Selected Secondary Schools of Buyanja Sub-County Rukungiri. by Kansiime, Mackline

“…The study results on the effects of domestic violence on children's welfare in Buyanja Sub-county Rukungiri. the highest number of respondents mentioned that domestic violence leads to absenteeism of students, the lowest number of respondents said of leads to depression and other respondents mentioned isolation from friends, and increased fear among the students, may lead to serious injury whereas and leads to poor academic performance. …”
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Women Entrepreneurs and Economic Development Nyagatare Sector, Nyagatare District. by Donatile, Nyirandikubwimana

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Men’s Experiences of Psychological and Other Forms of Abuse in Intimate Relationships: A Qualitative Study by Gloria Macassa, Frida Stål, Michelle Rydback, Joan Pliakas, Daniel Winsjansen, Anne-sofie Hiswåls, Joaquim Soares

“…Moreover, the interviewees felt lonely and unwilling to disclose their suffering because of fear of what family, friends, society, and professionals across different services would think of them. …”
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The questions on violence (FOV) tool for interpersonal violence inquiry in Swedish healthcare settings – evaluation of content validity, face validity and test-retest reliability by Solveig Lövestad, Karin Sjöström, Josefin Björk, Karin Örmon

“…Overall, the participants agreed that the concept of ‘close relationships’ primarily encompassed intimate partners, family members, and close friends. The value of the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.85 (0.77–0.91; CI 95%), indicating good reliability with an interval of good to excellent test-retest reliability. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine (Mindful, Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Complemented with Bodywork) Improves Quality of Life, Health, and Ability by Induction of Antonovsky-Sal... by Søren Ventegodt, Suzette Thegler, Tove Andreasen, Flemming Struve, Lars Enevoldsen, Laila Bassaine, Margrethe Torp, Joav Merrick

“…The treatment responders radically improved their self-assessed physical health (0.6 step), self-assessed mental health (1.6 step), their relation to self (1.2 step), friends (0.3 step), and partner (2.1 step on a 6-step scale), and their ability to love (1.2 step) and work (0.8 step), and to function socially (1.0 step) and sexually (0.8 step). …”
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Life satisfaction of Palestinian and Polish students after pandemic COVID-19 by Krzysztof Zdziarski, Anna Knyszyńska, Katarzyna Karakiewicz-Krawczyk, Mariam Awad, Salam Awad, Narmeen Qumsieh, Marek Landowski, Beata Karakiewicz

“…Polish students attach importance to social activity, meetings with friends, traveling, listening to music and watching movies. …”
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Requiem – Alàgbà, Dr., Prince, Mosọbalájé Ajíbádé Àkàndé Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí, OON, DLitt., FNAL, JP, a.k.a ‘Pa Fálétí’ to Some; ‘Bàbá Fálétí’ to all and Sundry.... by Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith

“…With even greater gratitude to the dear friend who, as the story goes, having read, at Fálétí’s request, a lengthy poem Fálétí had penned in English, advised his B.A. honors-in-English friend to start writing in Yorùbá. …”
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One-year outcomes of traumatic injuries among survivors in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study on the employment outcomes and functioning state by Ayalew Zewdie, Adamu Addissie, Marcia Finlayson, Ansha Nega Ahmed, Rosemary Lysaght

“…Among the 150 who returned to work, 46% returned within 12 weeks, 78% to the same employer and most received support from multiple sources, including community-level institutions (88%) and families/friends (67%).Conclusion Traumatic injury substantially impacted the employment outcomes of survivors and contributed to increased disability in Ethiopia. …”
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BOOK REVIEW: CIPRIAN PORUMBESCU NECUNOSCUT (CIPRIAN PORUMBESCU UNKNOWN), PUBLISHING BY ED. LIDANA, SUCEAVA, 3 EDIŢII, 2011-2013 (ISSN: 2284-712X) by Gabriela COCA

“…These papers are all included, in this presented volume, with other two studies: Ciprian Porumbescu – Friends and his Collaborators of Braşov (author: the regretted musicologist professor Constantin Catrina from the Transylvania University of Braşov) and The Aspects of the Musical Language and of its Architecture in Compositions by Ciprian Porumbescu (author: Ozana Kalmuski-Zarea – from the “Mihail Jora” Philharmonic of Bacău). …”
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Assessing the Adherence of ChatGPT Chatbots to Public Health Guidelines for Smoking Cessation: Content Analysis by Lorien C Abroms, Artin Yousefi, Christina N Wysota, Tien-Chin Wu, David A Broniatowski

“…About half of the responses included the recommendation to consider using nicotine replacement therapy (52.7%), the recommendation to seek out social support from friends and family (55.6%), and information on how to deal with cravings when quitting smoking (44.4%). …”
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A qualitative study exploring experiences of treatment in paediatric rheumatology - children’s, young people’s, parents’ and carers’ perspectives by Kassie Gracella Putri, Sunil Sampath, Charlotte Lucy Richardson, Alice McCloskey, Adam Pattison Rathbone

“…Behaviours were influenced through somatic factors (pain, function), social factors (advice from health professionals, encouragement from friends, family and teachers, practicality of using treatment in relation to school, work and finance) and cognitive factors (fear of needles, fear of specific medications, beliefs about necessity). …”
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Building a new life in Australia: an analysis of the first wave of the longitudinal study of humanitarian migrants in Australia to assess the association between social integration... by Wen Chen, Li Ling, Andre M N Renzaho

“…That is, factors associated with better health included less financial hardship (economic integration dimension), better English proficiency and self-sufficiency (acculturation dimension), having the capacity to communicate with locals, having friends from different ethnic/religious groups and attending a place of worship weekly or more often (social capital dimension) and feeling welcomed and having a strong sense of belonging in Australia (self-identity dimension).Conclusions Using a more comprehensive framework of social integration, we found that greater social integration was associated with better physical and mental health outcomes among HMs. …”
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Assessment of Weight Management Practices among Adults in the United Arab Emirates by Amita Attlee, Nour Atmani, Viktor Stromtsov, Fatima Ali, Rim Tikarly, Sarah Ryad, Ghada Salah, Hayder Hasan, Reyad Obaid

“…Frequent referral sources were friends (37.8%) and Internet (32.1%). Most UAE adults had WM goals that were associated with sociodemographic variables and WM practices. …”
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Help-seeking behaviors among survivors of intimate partner violence during pregnancy in 54 low- and middle-income countries: evidence from Demographic and Health Survey data by Mariella Stiller, Michael Lowery Wilson, Till Bärnighausen, Adebola Adedimeji, Erin Lewis, Anne Abio

“…Results Only half of survivors sought help in response to IPV during pregnancy with wide regional and national variations, mainly from informal support networks (including family, neighbors, and friends), and rarely from formal institutions (including legal, socio-cultural, and medical services). …”
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Exploring the perceptual experiences of nurses regarding the care of patients with COVID-19: A mixed methodological approach by Vaishali S. Jadhav, Arunima Sreeletha, Natasha Mahajan

“…Support was observed from colleagues, friends, family, and senior staff members, highlighting the strength of the healthcare community in times of crisis. …”
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Qualitative analysis of patients’ feedback from a PROMs survey of cancer patients in England by Richard Wagland, Jessica Corner, Adam Glaser, Sir Mike Richards

“…Mediating factors assisting recovery incorporated both professional-led factors, such as quality of preparation for anticipated problems and aftercare services, and participant-led factors, such as learning from other cancer survivors and self-learning through trial and error. The support of friends and family was also a factor in participants' outcomes.Conclusions This analysis of free-text comments complements quantitative analysis of PROMs measure's by illuminating relationships between factors that impact on quality of life (QoL) and indicate why cancer patients may experience significantly worse QoL than the general population. …”
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Ethnomedicine Knowledge Among Iranian Patients With Gastrointestinal And Liver Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study by Fatemeh Sadat Hasheminasab, MD,Ph.D, Yasaman Zamanian, MD, Saiedeh Haji-Maghsoudi, Ph.D, Alireza Bakhshipour, MD, Maryam Azimi, MD,Ph.D

“…The majority of consumers relied on friends and family, making up 41.6% of the sources of information on CAM, with only 14.9% disclosing their CAM usage to physicians. …”
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Ajouts, omissions, substitutions : la main fautive des copistes dans le texte de L’Éducation sentimentale by Pierre-Marc de Biasi, Déborah Boltz

“…“Finished! Old friend! Yes, this book of mine is finished … I have been at my table since yesterday, eight o’clock in the morning. …”
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The Factors Influencing the Sense of Home in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review from the Perspective of Residents by M. D. Rijnaard, J. van Hoof, B. M. Janssen, H. Verbeek, W. Pocornie, A. Eijkelenboom, H. C. Beerens, S. L. Molony, E. J. M. Wouters

“…The sense of home of nursing home residents is influenced by 15 factors, divided into three themes: (1) psychological factors (sense of acknowledgement, preservation of one’s habits and values, autonomy and control, and coping); (2) social factors (interaction and relationship with staff, residents, family and friends, and pets) and activities; and (3) the built environment (private space and (quasi-)public space, personal belongings, technology, look and feel, and the outdoors and location). …”
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