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The roadmap for creating a novel outdoor activity space in a rehabilitation hospital setting: the OASIS program initiative
Full text linkIntroduction: To meet older people's physical and mental health needs the built environment is becoming increasingly important for the health and community aged care systems. The usage of an age-friendly outdoor space as an enhancement to standard treatment for rehabilitation in hospital settings holds promise as part of patients’ continuum of care. This descriptive case study described the design and development of an age-friendly outdoor rehabilitation space in a hospital setting in Sydney Australia, the OASIS (Outdoor Activity Space for Improving your Strength) program. Method: This descriptive case study reports the step-by-step process from initial concept to activation of the space. Drawing on internal planning documents, site plans, meeting records, and project materials, it outlines key phases including stakeholder consultation, site selection, design development, equipment installation, staff training, risk management, and pilot testing of a group-based exercise program. Results: The process took approximately four years which included consultation, examination and selection of suitable feature design and equipment selection. Training and upskilling staff and risk management were undertaken prior to pilot testing an exercise program. Preliminary usage testing of the space demonstrated safe usage by older people in a group setting with successful transition from supervised program into independent usage. Conclusion: The OASIS approach offers an innovative adjunctive therapeutic approach to standard treatment for rehabilitation and physical activity participation of older people in out-patient settings. Future work is required to explore its provisional integration as part of the hospital in-patient and out-patient services
Older people’s views and usage of recreational spaces in parks with age-friendly outdoor exercise equipment
No full textMilitary Chaplaincy, Moral Injury, Pastoral Narrative Disclosure, Bereavement and Spiritual Research Contamination
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No full textSocially oriented attention in young children with neurofibromatosis type 1: an eye-tracking study
Full text linkAIM: To examine visual engagement to social stimuli and response to joint attention in young children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and typically developing controls.
METHOD: 45 preschool-aged children were studied cross-sectionally (M age [SD] y 2mo [10m]): 25 with NF1 and 20 typically developing controls. Participants passively viewed two eye-tracking paradigms. The first measured participants’ time to first social fixation and duration of attention to social stimuli. The second assessed response to joint attention by recording the time taken to fixate on the target of an actor’s eye gaze and the percentage of time maintaining joint attention.
RESULTS: Compared to typically developing controls, children with NF1 were slower to fixate on social information (d=1.03, 95% CI: 0.40 - 1.65), spent less time attending to social stimuli (d=-0.60, 95% CI: -1.27 - -0.01), and were slower to establish joint attention (r=0.49, 95% CI: -0.79 - -0.19). Slower fixations to social stimuli were associated with elevated autism traits (r=0.41, p=0.03) and lower social adaptive functioning (r=-0.49, p=0.02) in children with NF1.
INTERPRETATION: Our findings in preschool-aged children build upon previous evidence of diminished attention to social information in school-aged children with NF1 and could inform early interventions to ameliorate the impact of reduced social attention on everyday social functioning in this population
Influencing factors of adherence to sustainable diets: a systematic review of behavioral theories
Full text linkThis systematic review aims to identify factors influencing adherence to a sustainable diet based on behavioral theories. We searched four databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Science Direct, for observational studies assessing sustainable food consumption according to the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), and the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) up to December 01, 2023. Additionally, the reference lists of original studies were screened, and 12 papers were analyzed. In identifying triggers for consumers’ behavioral changes, we found that improving food choice skills is a valuable strategy to enhance an individual’s perceived control and ability to adopt sustainable eating behaviors. The most recurrent predictors for sustainable food choices were attitudes, Perceived Behavioral Control, subjective norms, experience, and personal factors. This study provides valuable insights into the factors influencing consumer behavior and offers opportunities to promote sustainable food choices
Relative age effects in European soccer: their association with contextual factors, impact on youth national teams' performance, and presence at the senior level
Full text linkIntroduction: Soccer systems promote early identification and specialisation practices to satisfy short- and long-term goals—both from sporting performance and financial gains perspectives. In this context, players are (de)selected based on observed performance level and on their ability to conform to given organisational demands, leading to the proliferation of selection biases, such as relative age effects (RAEs), which research has shown to influence both developmental experiences and senior career achievements. Accordingly, this study aims to: (a) investigate the magnitude of RAEs among youth national teams competing in the UEFA U17 European Soccer Championship, and their associations with teams' final ranking, (b) examine whether RAEs magnitude could be linked to cultural and contextual factors, and (c) further explore RAEs at senior level. Methods: Birth quarter (BQ) distribution of youth national teams (n = 80) that competed in one of the five editions (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024) of the UEFA U17 European Soccer Championship was recorded. Teams were classified based on their country of origin, RAEs magnitudes, final ranking in the tournament, FIFA points, and national population. Furthermore, the BQ distribution of senior national teams (n = 24) that competed at the 2024 UEFA Senior European Soccer Championship was recorded. Results: Chi-square statistics revealed BQ1s were overrepresented at the U17 level (p < 0.001) and showed teams exhibiting low RAEs magnitudes recorded the highest likelihood (odds ratio: 5.67) of finishing the tournament in the bottom four positions. Correlation analyses recorded small to moderate positive correlations between RAEs magnitude and national population (.25) and FIFA points (.33). Further chi-square statistics revealed BQ1s continued to be overrepresented at the senior level, albeit with a weaker effect (p < 0.001). However, when the senior BQ distribution was compared to the expected distribution taken from the U17 population, this recorded more BQ4s and fewer BQ1s than expected (p < 0.001). Discussion: The findings presented the focus on youth success, the increased talent pool size, and the competition for selection interact to reiterate RAEs' prevalence in European soccer. Moreover, they highlighted initial RAEs define players' journey within the soccer system, whereby relatively older players remain overrepresented at the senior level, albeit to a weaker and lesser extent
Continuing the conversation: charting a course for a situated approach to coach education in Australian football
Full text linkThe aim of this study was to explore the benefits, barriers and strategies associated with integrating a situated approach to coach education in Australian football (soccer). To do so, an interpretivist qualitative research design was used, in which a diverse range of credentialed and experienced Australian football coaches, coach educators, coach education managers, and administrators (n = 28) participated in a series of semi-structured interviews. Participants expressed a strong desire for coach education to be grounded in ‘real-world’ coaching contexts, alongside the guidance of mentors to afford coaches a richer landscape to learn the ‘realities of coaching’. Real-world learning experiences were also deemed to be more meaningful and relevant to coaching practice, fostering a deeper and more nuanced understanding of coaching practice, addressing some of the shortcomings associated with Football Australia's current coach education model. However, participants also identified a number of systemic, institutional and cultural barriers associated with integrating a situated approach, including a perceived lack of value placed on coach education by Football Australia, a ‘closed-off’ culture in the coaching community and governance issues related to mentorship. Against the backdrop of these challenges, participants were optimistic about the prospects of integrating a situated approach to coach education in Australian football. As a result, we map out a way forward for a situated approach that focuses on two key strategies: (i) establishing club environments as the primary locus of coach education, and (ii) integrating mentorship as a core pillar of coach education
