Designing a Cocreated Intervention with African American Older Adults for Hypertension Self-Management by Kathy D. Wright, Carolyn H. Still, Lenette M. Jones, Karen O. Moss

“…The primary stressors identified by the group that influenced their blood pressure self-management were as follows: (a) measuring blood pressure and using home blood pressure monitors; (b) difficulty communicating with family and friends; (c) sleep management and pain at night; and (d) healthy eating. …”
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Johann Franz Count von Würben and His Diary Entries from 1662 by Martin Bakeš, Jiří Kubeš

“…They analyse Würben’s daily routine from his arising to his lying down to sleep, his daily programme and also the Count’s relationship with the family, while also reconstructing the network of his Prague friends and acquaintances linked via the Martinitz kinship clan (“Martinitzische freundschaft”), in whose company he spent most of his time. …”
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Open Government, Social Media and Western Balkan Countries by Mirela Mabić, Dražena Gašpar

“…Consequently, they have a relatively small number of friends/followers/subscribers and comments/shares/likes on social media. …”
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L’urbanité de l’héritage industriel by Zeila Tesoriere, Renzo Lecardane

“…Through its prism, different political, economic and social relationships can be identified (arrival of Michael Bloomberg as mayor, railway banking, the ‘Friends of the High Line’ association), creating a new approach which has already become a reference. …”
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‘Over-hopefulness and getting-on-ness’: Ruskin, Nature, and America by Sara Atwood

“…This is not the only passage in which Ruskin is critical of America; although he had American friends and admirers, he never visited the United States. …”
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Determining factors for utilisation of employee wellness programme by healthcare workers in Limpopo Province, South Africa by Shirley Davhula, Prof Paul Chelule, Prof Muhammad Hoque

“…Participants who talk to their friends about issues related to healthy eating were 11 times more likely to participate in an EWP than those who did not talk about healthy eating (OR=10.9, p<0.05). …”
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Highly sensitive persons feel more emotionally lonely than the general population by Filip Meckovsky, Lukas Novak, Zdenek Meier, Peter Tavel, Klara Malinakova

“…Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) appear to have a higher need for intimacy and understanding in close relationships, which is essential to know for them, their friends, families and therapists.…”
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Cognitive Behavior Therapies (CBT) in Childhood and Adolescent Mood Disorders and Anxiety Disorders: A Review by Nilg&uuml;n &Ouml;ngider

“…Furthermore, some cognitive behavioral therapy-based programs such as &#147;Coping Cat&#148;, &#147;Coping Koala&#148;, &#147;FRIENDS&#148; and family anxiety management programs, have been used among depressive and anxious children and adolescents. …”
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Prevalence of Bullying among Primary School Pupils in Al-Najaf City, Iraq by Essam Abed AL-Shibli, maytham ALnasrawii

“…With the exception of the number of close friends in class, all other items were related to (P-value &lt; 0.05) the prevalence of bullying roles (bullyer, bullied, and bullyer/victim).Conclusion: The study found a high prevalence of bullying among primary school students in Najaf City, which is concerning. …”
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Evaluating the Impacts of an Undergraduate Mental Health Literacy Course by Christine Zaza, Ryan Christopher Yeung, Gitanjali Shanbhag

“…In addition, the content analysis revealed that students were sharing course resources with peers, friends, family members and with their community at large. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude and Awareness among Diabetic vs. Non-Diabetic Patients about the Association between Diabetes and Oral Health by Jaswinder Kaur, Gurleen Kaur Pruthi, Harsimran Singh Kapoor, Vishwas Narang, Akaljot Kaur, Aakash Gupta

“…Majority of subjects (60.6%) listed their friends and family as major source of information. …”
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The effect of an information brochure on patients undergoing cardiac catheterization on their anxiety, knowledge and fear: A randomized controlled study. by Maria Malliarou, Vasiliki Pappa, Iokasti Papathanasiou, Ilias Andreanidis, Athanasios Nikolentzos, Ioannis Apostolakis, Pavlos Sarafis

“…They need information about this invasive procedure which most of the times find either from the internet, their referring physicians, acquaintances or friends with past experience of an invasive procedure…”
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Resources to mitigate health impairment among police employees investigating child abuse: a qualitative study exploring the availability of organisational support by Lea Loncar, Ingrid Steen Rostad, Ingvild Saksvik-Lehouillier, Eva Langvik

“…The participants experienced a lack of training in handling child abuse material and requested systematic support procedures initiated by the management as a preventive measure. Family and friends were rarely used as a resource due to concerns about emotional impact and confidentiality regulations. …”
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Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review. by Yesol Yang, Yufen Lin, Grace Oforiwa Sikapokoo, Se Hee Min, Nicole Caviness-Ashe, Jing Zhang, Leila Ledbetter, Timiya S Nolan

“…Thus, health care providers need to educate patients about the importance of building solid social relationships and encourage them to participate in a supportive network of friends and family members.…”
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The Antibiotic Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Patients Purchasing Antibiotics without Prescription: Results of National Survey by Svetlana Rachina, Polina Zakharenkova, Roman Kozlov, Ivan Palagin, Daria Mamchich, Daria Strelkova

“…However, self-diagnosis, self-treatment with antimicrobials, and attempts to purchase antibiotics in pharmacies with no prescription were quite common. Family members and friends were involved in decisions about treatment strategy. …”
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Immersion in the Profession: Experience of Career Guidance Work at Medical University by P. V. Tkachenko, S. V. Cherney, E. А. Kovaleva

“…As practice shows, often this choice is made by high school students at the level of momentary desires, current hobbies, intuition or under the pressure of social stereotypes, parents, teachers or friends. Not having a full understanding of the specifics and functional content of the chosen profession, they eventually become disillusioned with the chosen profession and lose all interest in it. …”
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What do I need from myself as a student but also from others to reduce the impact of stress on academic performance? Self-efficacy and social support by Ancuţa Elena Pǎduraru, Camelia Soponaru, Cǎtǎlin Dîrţu, Ovidiu Gavrilovici, Mihaela Dana Bucuţǎ

“…The highest level of support is obtained from significant others, followed by family support and, last, friends' support. Both self-efficacy and social support partially mediate the effect of academic stress on academic performance.ConclusionsOur results suggest that one way to improve students' performance, even when they experience academic stress, is to increase their levels of social support, especially from family, as well as their self-efficacy. …”
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Business culture of entrepreneurship: Analysis of maturity in Ukraine and Russia by Larysa Ligonenko

“…To conduct a comparative study of the maturity of the business culture of entrepreneurship, an evaluation system was formed, which includes 21 evaluation objects, grouped into 4 components: 1) basic values (independence, security, equality); 2) ethical values (justification (perception) of unjust enrichment, appropriation of property, violence); 3) personal values (importance of family, friends, work, free time, politics); 4) economic values (recognition of the possibility of obtaining high entrepreneurial income and business development based on hard work, understanding the positives of the development of competition; giving priority to the development of private property over the state, personal economic responsibility over social dependence). …”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Social sciences by A.A. Nerush

“…Young players rarely resolve conflicts, except with friends. …”

Marketing Geotourism to Potential Australian Geotourists by Angus Robinson

“…Having regard to demographic and lifestyle considerations, it had been considered that geotourism, if positioned as an alternative, knowledge-adding product could attract a different demographic i.e. affluent over 45 y.o. travellers, particularly from amongst geoscience professionals from within these segmentations, as well as their partners and friends. Alumni and professional societies such as the Geological Society of Australia (GSA) were identified as the most likely target groups. …”
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