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Book Time Use Measurement and Research

Download or read book Time Use Measurement and Research written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-06-14 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most substantial policy changes in the past decade was the elimination of the main social welfare program for poor families, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, ending the entitlement to cash benefits and replacing it with a policy emphasizing work. A question relevant for understanding the consequences of this policy change is how the time allocation among work and family care activities of poor families has changed. President Clinton's proposed budget for fiscal 2001 includes funds for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to develop a survey to measure how Americans spend their time (U.S. Department of Labor, 2000). BLS has already explored the feasibility of such a survey. In 1997, a pilot study that collected time-use data for a sample of Americans was conducted, and the results of that study were presented at a 1997 conference sponsored by BLS and the MacArthur Network on the Family and the Economy. Using knowledge gained from the pilot study and the conference, BLS published a report on the feasibility of a national time-use survey and developed a proposal to conduct the survey. Time-Use Measurement and Research is a summary of a workshop convened to consider data and methodological issues in measuring time use. This report discusses why time-use data are needed, highlighting many of policy and behavioral applications of time-use data. It also summarizes conceptual issues covered during the workshop, discusses a framework for how individuals and households allocate their time, and comments on some conceptual issues in measuring time use.

Book Bleisure Tourism and the Impact of Technology

Download or read book Bleisure Tourism and the Impact of Technology written by Sharma, Swati and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-08-21 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's fast-paced world, professionals often struggle to balance their work commitments and personal well-being, particularly during business trips. The conventional approach to business travel usually prioritizes work over relaxation and exploration, leaving travelers feeling overwhelmed and burnt out. As a result, there is a growing need for a solution that allows individuals to seamlessly integrate work and leisure, fostering a healthier and more fulfilling travel experience. Bleisure Tourism and the Impact of Technology is a comprehensive reference source that explores the evolution and significance of bleisure tourism. It provides readers with valuable insights into how they can transform their business trips into enriching experiences. From practical strategies for blending professional commitments with leisure activities to case studies on successful bleisure destinations, this book equips readers with the knowledge and tools they need to embrace this transformative trend.

Book Consumer Mental Health and Wellbeing  Socially Responsible Consumption Patterns

Download or read book Consumer Mental Health and Wellbeing Socially Responsible Consumption Patterns written by Umair Akram and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Handbook of Health Behavior Change

Download or read book The Handbook of Health Behavior Change written by Marisa E. Hilliard, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated fifth edition of the highly acclaimed “gold standard” textbook continues to provide a foundational review of health behavior change theories, research methodologies, and intervention strategies across a range of populations, age groups, and health conditions. It examines numerous, complex, and often co-occurring factors that can both positively and negatively influence people’s ability to change behaviors to enhance their health including intrapersonal, interpersonal, sociocultural, environmental, systems, and policy factors, in the context of leading theoretical frameworks. Beyond understanding predictors and barriers to achieving meaningful health behavior change, the Handbook provides an updated review of the evidence base for novel and well-supported behavioral interventions and offers recommendations for future research. New content includes chapters on Sun Protection, Interventions With the Family System, and the Role of Technology in Behavior Change. Throughout the textbook, updated reviews emphasize mobile health technologies and electronic health data capture and transmission and a focus on implementation science. And the fifth edition, like the previous edition, provides learning objectives to facilitate use by course instructors in health psychology, behavioral medicine, and public health. The Handbook of Health Behavior Change, Fifth Edition, is a valuable resource for students at the graduate and advanced undergraduate level in the fields of public or population health, medicine, behavioral science, health communications, medical sociology and anthropology, preventive medicine, and health psychology. It also is a great reference for clinical investigators, behavioral and social scientists, and healthcare practitioners who grapple with the challenges of supporting individuals, families, and systems when trying to make impactful health behavior change. NEW TO THE FIFTH EDITION: Revised and updated to encompass the most current research and empirical evidence in health behavior change Includes new chapters on Sun Protection, Interventions With the Family System, and the Role of Technology in Behavior Change Increased focus on innovations in technology in relation to health behavior change research and interventions KEY FEATURES: The most comprehensive review of behavior change interventions Provides practical, empirically based information and tools for behavior change Focuses on robust behavior theories, multiple contexts of health behaviors, and the role of technology in health behavior change Applicable to a wide variety of courses including public health, behavior change, preventive medicine, and health psychology Organized to facilitate curriculum development and includes tools to assist course instructors, including learning objectives for each chapter

Book Public Communication and Behavior

Download or read book Public Communication and Behavior written by George Comstock and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Communication and Behavior, Volume I is devoted to the study of communicatory behavior that has a public or social character. The book discusses an evaluation of the models used to evaluate television series; a synthesis of 1043 effects of television on social behavior; and TV news, priming, and public evaluations of the president. The text also describes the myth of massive media impact: savagings and salvaging, and a technique for assessing the impact of mass media violence on real-world aggressive behavior. Psychologists, sociologists, educators, journalists, and people involved in the study of child development will find the book invaluable.

Book Wilderness Science in a Time of Change Conference

Download or read book Wilderness Science in a Time of Change Conference written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access

Download or read book Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access written by Harvey J. Miller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are on the verge of what many are calling the "second information revolution," based on ubiquitous access to both computing and information. The technologies of instant access have potential to transform dramatically our lives. This book contains chapters by leading international experts. They discuss issues surrounding the impact of instant access on cities, daily lives, transportation, privacy, social and economic networks, community and education.

Book Proceedings of the 1994 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Download or read book Proceedings of the 1994 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium written by Gail A. Vander Stoep and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Handbook of Life Course Criminology

Download or read book Handbook of Life Course Criminology written by Chris L. Gibson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wide-ranging scope of the Handbook of Life-Course Criminology covers genetics and environment, child offenders and late bloomers, the impact of school and peers, lifelong and time-limited criminal careers, and qualitative and quantitative methodologies. This unique Handbook is further set apart by its dual coverage of the leading edge of current research and innovative directions for future work in the field. Pathways to crime have been a central concept of criminology from its inception. Accordingly, a lifespan approach to the field has replaced earlier biological and sociological perspectives with a more nuanced understanding of offender behavior and a wider lens of study. The contributions to this Handbook break down issues of criminal and antisocial behavior from early childhood to late adulthood, examining developmentally targeted prevention and intervention strategies and reviewing emerging trends in research. Among the topics: · Childhood: including physical aggression in childhood, pre- and peri-natal development, and environment. · Adolescence: the impact of schooling, unstructured time with peers, gang membership and peer networks. · Adulthood: Adult onset crime, unemployment in emerging adulthood, crime and adult outcomes. · Prevention and Intervention: community programs, lifetime intervention strategies, re-entry. This volume will be a valuable piece for researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice as well as related disciplines such as Sociology, Developmental Psychology, and Social Policy. It will serve as an important reference for the current state of research, as well as a roadmap for future scholars. "This impressive Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of key developmental and life course issues in criminology from birth to adulthood, including biology, genetics, gangs, schools, neighborhoods, adult onset, desistance, and interventions. The research recommendations in each chapter are especially important, and they should stimulate advances in knowledge for many years to come. This Handbook should be required reading for all criminologists." David P. Farrington, Professor of Psychological Criminology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK “In just a few decades developmental criminology has become the dominant intellectual force in criminology. This volume demonstrates why. It provides incisive reviews of important themes in developmental criminology. More importantly, it lays out rich agendas for future research that should inspire the next generation of developmental criminologists.” Daniel S. Nagin, Teresa and H. John Heinz III University Professor of Public Policy and Statistics, Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Book Cardiac Rehabilitation Manual

    Book Details:
  • Author : Josef Niebauer
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2011-04-02
  • ISBN : 1848827946
  • Pages : 275 pages

Download or read book Cardiac Rehabilitation Manual written by Josef Niebauer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-04-02 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cardiac rehabilitation is of key importance to ameliorate long-term morbidity and mortality resulting from cardiac intervention. However, much of the current literature is dense, unwelcoming and academic in style and format. For those physicians understanding the scope of cardiac rehabilitation there is a need to distill the guidelines and various management options available to them into a concise practical manual. Up until now, all references have looked at the general options, but there is definite need to investigate the practicalities of individual patient groups. This book fulfills the need for practical guidance among all professionals involved in the management of these patients, from residents and fellows of cardiology and internal medicine, surgical teams, physiotherapy professionals, critical care physicians and family medicine practitioners.

Book Behavioral Responses to Policy and System Changes 2007

Download or read book Behavioral Responses to Policy and System Changes 2007 written by National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRR no. 2010 includes 14 papers that explore the effect of the built environment on motorized and nonmotorized trip making, travel time information influence on network flow, multitasking and the value of travel time savings, revealed parking choices and the value of time, multimodality, process model of voluntary travel behavior modification, and behavioral impacts of the New Jersey Turnpike time-of-day pricing initiative. This issue of the TRR also examines modeling the timing of user responses to a new urban public transport service; automobiles, trips, and neighborhood type; impact of carpooling on trip-chaining behavior and emission reductions; willingness to pay for parking at suburban malls;impact of reduced parking standards on parking supply; telecommuting; and transportation and communications - substitutes, complements, or neither.

Book Management Today

Download or read book Management Today written by Terri A. Scandura and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2023-11-04 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating core management concepts with evidence-based research and strategies, Management Today, Second Edition provides students of all backgrounds with the foundations they need to start and enhance their careers. Authors Terri A. Scandura and Frankie J. Weinberg share their experiences as active researchers and award-winning teachers throughout the book to engage and inspire the next generation of managers. Students can apply what they have learned through self-assessments, reflection exercises, and experiential activities. Real-world case studies explore business scenarios students may encounter throughout their own careers. Practical, concise, and founded upon cutting edge research, this text equips students with the necessary skills to become impactful members of today′s business world. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Contact your Sage representative to request a demo. Learning Platform / Courseware Sage Vantage is an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support. It′s a learning platform you, and your students, will actually love. Assignable Video with Assessment Assignable video (available in Sage Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. Watch a sample video now. LMS Cartridge: Import this title′s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Learn more.

Book Time Use Research in the Social Sciences

Download or read book Time Use Research in the Social Sciences written by Wendy E. Pentland and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection demonstrates the use and variety of applications of time use methodology from multidisciplinary, multinational, and multicultural perspectives. A distinguished roster of contributors from such fields as psychology, occupational therapy, sociology, economics, and architecture examines the complex relationship between human time utilization and health and well-being and evaluates the future of time use analysis as a research tool in the social sciences.

Book Encyclopedia of Public Health

    Book Details:
  • Author : Wilhelm Kirch
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2008-06-13
  • ISBN : 1402056133
  • Pages : 1611 pages

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Public Health written by Wilhelm Kirch and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-06-13 with total page 1611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedic Reference of Public Health presents the most important definitions, principles and general perspectives of public health, written by experts of the different fields. The work includes more than 2,500 alphabetical entries. Entries comprise review-style articles, detailed essays and short definitions. Numerous figures and tables enhance understanding of this little-understood topic. Solidly structured and inclusive, this two-volume reference is an invaluable tool for clinical scientists and practitioners in academia, health care and industry, as well as students, teachers and interested laypersons.

Book General Technical Report NE

Download or read book General Technical Report NE written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: