Literacy and mental health across the globe: a systematic review

L Hunn, B Teague, P Fisher - Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this systematic review is to assess if there is a relationship between
literacy abilities and mental health outcomes as reported in global literature. Fourteen …

Mental health and the city in the post-COVID-19 era

JS Bil, B Buława, J Świerzawski - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The article describes the risks for the mental health and wellbeing of urban-dwellers in
relation to changes in the spatial structure of a city that could be caused by the COVID-19 …

Promoting a healthy lifestyle: exploring the role of social media and fitness applications in the context of social media addiction risk

J Liu - Health Education Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The popularity of social networks turns them into a legal method for promoting a healthy
lifestyle, which benefits not only people but also different countries' governments. This …

Anxiety, depression and stress among internally displaced persons and host community in an armed conflict region: A comparative study

D Salihu, EML Wong, RYC Kwan, GWK Ho… - Psychiatry …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study compares the psychological profile of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and
individuals living in host communities in the war-affected setting. We conducted a cross …

Effect and mechanism of reading habits on physical and mental health among the elderly: evidence from China

W Zhang, Y Zhang, J Wang - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Responding to an aging society worldwide and ensuring the physical and mental health of
the elderly are important problems that need to be addressed. Thus, this study aimed to …

Spatial analysis of food and water-borne diseases in Ahmedabad, India: Implications for urban public health planning

A Sharma, BSS Wibawa, G Andhikaputra, B Solanki… - Acta Tropica, 2024 - Elsevier
Spatial analysis of infectious diseases can play an important role in mapping the spread of
diseases and can support policy making at local level. Moreover, identification of disease …

Can schools and libraries curb the functional illiteracy crisis? Insights from the Netherlands

MS Merry, R van Melik - Critical Studies in Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Increasing parts of the world population have rudimentary reading and writing skills but
limited command of grammar, syntax and spelling. This functional illiteracy has detrimental …

[HTML][HTML] Getting it Right from the Start (GIRFTS): protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based framework to improve children's …

J Quach, ML Siew, C Sinclair, P Snow… - BMJ Paediatrics …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction Strong oral language and reading skills are important for child development.
The response to intervention (RTI) framework supports schools to apply evidence-based …

Libraries in society: comparing international metrics of societal progress to library usage statistics

M Sullivan - Information Research an international electronic …, 2023 - informationr.net
Introduction. Literacy is a major predictor of education, income, and health. Both historically
and currently, libraries have been leaders in promoting literacy globally. The objective of this …

Promoting Reading Comprehension by Using Socratic Questioning

LH Mahmud, T Tryana - Jurnal Onoma: Pendidikan, Bahasa, dan …, 2023 - e-journal.my.id
The purpose of this study is to describe the atmosphere in improving reading
comprehension of Pamulang University students in reading class using Socratic questioning …