BACKGROUND Fatigue is a common and frequently observed complaint among older adults. However, knowledge about the nature and correlates of fatigue in old age is very limited. OBJECTIVE This study examined the relationship of functional indicators, psychological and situational factors and fatigue for 210 octogenarians and centenarians from the Georgia Centenarian Study. METHODS Three indica...

BACKGROUND The first policy action outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the implementation of national social protection systems. This study assesses whether social protection provision can impact 17 indicators of five key health-related SDG goals amongst adolescents in South Africa. METHODS We conducted a longitudinal survey of adolescents (10-18 years) between 2009 and 20...

OBJECTIVE The present study was aimed at analysing how social sports projects are evaluated so as to draw up and develop indicators of success regarding social programmes' efficacy and effectiveness. METHOD This was a descriptive survey. The sample consisted of 51 participants, male (n=29) and female (n=22), from the Nova Descoberta project whose ages ranged from 8 to 17. Data was obtained fr...

Social protection has long been a relevant subject of scientific debate. Its development is interrelated with the study fiscal factors (collection social contributions), establishment major vectors, and confirmation hypotheses about link between policy resulting socio-economic indicators.The purpose paper to impact public funding protectionon indicatorsusing example Eurozone countries. To this ...

OBJECTIVE To verify if there is an analogy between the indicators of the Global Reporting Initiative adopted by hospitals in the private healthcare system. METHODS Documentary research supported by reports that are electronically available on the website of the companies surveyed. RESULTS The organizations surveyed had a significant adherence of their economic, social and environmental indi...