A contribution towards health

Turchi, Gian Piero; Orrù, Luisa; Iudici, Antonio; Pinto, Eleonora

doi:10.1111/jep.13732

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“…The already demanding circumstances are made even more difficult due to the redistribution of work and a change in workplace, i.e., moving to work within a COVID-19 department, which may impair the mental health of employees [ 4 , 9 ]. If we take into account that health, in addition to belonging to an individual anatomical–functional entity, also belongs to the narrative of “how I am/how I feel” [ 29 ], it is quite clear that newly created circumstances can greatly affect the health of employees in a pandemic.…”

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Relationship between Transition Shock, Professional Stressors, and Intent to Leave the Nursing Profession during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Background and Objectives: Moving nurses to a COVID-19 department may cause the phenomenon of transition shock, which occurs when already employed nurses change jobs. A set of confusing and uncertain feelings arise due to the unfamiliar work environment, which may lead to their intention to leave the nursing profession. The aim of this study was to examine transition shock and the contribution of both the respondents’ characteristics and the presence of stressors to the occurrence of transition shock in nurses assigned to work in COVID-19 departments. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study with 120 nurses employed in COVID-19 departments was conducted. Several linear regression models were used to assess the association between transition shock, personal and professional COVID-19 stressors, and the intention to leave the nursing profession. Results: Nurses who intended to leave the profession showed higher transition shock and higher personal and professional stressors (p < 0.001). Female nurses had lower transition shock (β = −0.16; p = 0.036) and higher personal COVID-19 stressors (β = 0.27; p < 0.001). University education contributes to the lowering of nurses’ transition shock (β = −0.16; p = 0.038). Nurses who did not intend to leave the nursing profession had lower personal COVID-19 stressors (β = −0.15; p = 0.044). Transition shock was associated with personal COVID-19 stressors (β = 0.39; p < 0.001) and professional COVID-19 stressors (β = 0.29; p < 0.001), and vice versa. Conclusions: The phenomenon of transition shock was present after nurses transitioned to working in COVID-19 departments. Transition shock may cause more nurses to leave the profession, which may have a strong impact on the health system in many countries that are already facing a shortage of nurses. Additional education on and preparation for adapting to new working conditions with psychological support could have an influence by lowering the level of nurses’ transition shock.

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Relationship between Transition Shock, Professional Stressors, and Intent to Leave the Nursing Profession during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…Thus, more precise measurements should be operationalized in future studies. Despite this study expanding the knowledge of information avoidance behavior by empirically examining the effect of three key determinants on the relationship between EHWI and IAHWCB, it has not yet fully considered health as a “dialogic process” which triggers individuals’ pathologies or actions in health communication [ 78 ]. Therefore, it is important to further explore how individuals are persuaded by health information via linguistic features.…”

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Exposure to Healthy Weight Information on Short-Form Video Applications to Acquire Healthy Weight-Control Behaviors: A Serial Mediation Model

Chung

Meng

2023

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This study explored the effects of Chinese college students’ (20–34 years old) exposure to healthy weight information on short-form video applications on their intention to acquire healthy weight-control behaviors (reducing high-fat diet intake, accessing physical activity to control body weight, etc.). Specifically, this study investigated the direct and mediated effect on such a relationship via healthy weight awareness, the first-person effect, and perceived herd. The data were collected using a web-based survey and thoroughly tested questionnaire with a sample of 380 Chinese college students. Hierarchical regression, parallel mediation, and serial mediation analysis were applied to test the hypotheses. The results indicated that healthy weight awareness, first-person effect, and perceived herd all played mediator roles that induced the relationship between Chinese college students’ exposure to healthy weight information and their intention to acquire healthy weight-control behaviors. In addition, healthy weight awareness and the first-person effect sequentially mediated this relationship.

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“…Facing a topic that is subject to prejudice and ignorance may exacerbate the mission of promoting a child's identity toward the goal of health and personal fulfilment. The literature has widely highlighted how an accepting and supportive family context is of fundamental importance for the psychological well‐being and health of the child (Ashley, 2020; Bhattacharya et al, 2021; Faccio et al, 2020; Kuvalanka et al, 2017; Turchi et al, 2022). Rather than focusing on the gender identity of the child and on the search for elements related to possible psychopathologies, the attention from a psychological point of view should reconfigure itself toward the development of the interactive, communicative, and operational skills of the parent.…”

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Promoting the health of gender variant children in Italy: Parents' experience with supportive networks

Iudici

Orczyk

2023

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ObjectiveThe aim of this research was to explore the ways in which Italian parents of gender variant (GV) children construct their experience of seeking medical–psychological support and their experience with local services.BackgroundWe refer to gender variance in minors as the process of identification with a gender, other than the one assigned at birth. Parents taking care of their GV children often search for professional support to better understand them and promote their overall well‐being. International research has shown that parents often meet health professionals who are ill‐equipped to support them.MethodWe interviewed 26 parents in Italy with children who are GV. Through discourse analysis, with a focus on Harré's discursive positioning, we discuss how throughout their experience, parents have turned to information from professionals who were mostly uneducated about gender variance, and therefore, unable to help.ResultsA mostly adequate support was received when the parents eventually turned to specialized services for transgender and GV people; however, the fundamental source of support and empowerment is the informal relational network of services and “gender” families.ConclusionParents' reports show that in Italy, health professionals and services addressing gender variance are highly heterogeneous and patchy, thus necessitating a specific training for professionals on the needs of transgender people.ImplicationsThis study is particularly important in the current context of the medicalization of children who are GV, as it offers valuable insights into the experiences of families navigating the complex and often stigmatized world of gender identity development.

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A contribution towards health

Cited by 17 publications

References 27 publications

Relationship between Transition Shock, Professional Stressors, and Intent to Leave the Nursing Profession during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Relationship between Transition Shock, Professional Stressors, and Intent to Leave the Nursing Profession during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Exposure to Healthy Weight Information on Short-Form Video Applications to Acquire Healthy Weight-Control Behaviors: A Serial Mediation Model

Promoting the health of gender variant children in Italy: Parents' experience with supportive networks

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