Restarting Medical Tourism in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Strategic-based Approach

Mosazadeh, Hasan; Razi, Farshad Faezi; Lajevardi, Masoud; Mousazadeh, Hossein; Ghorbani, Amir; Almani, Farahnaz Akbarzadeh; Shiran, Faranak

doi:10.5812/ijhls.117932

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“…Therefore, an understanding of the feelings and QOL of people is essential to properly meet their needs during this epidemic, and governments and health-related organisations must have comprehensive and practical plans for them. Caregivers of patients with COVID-19 initially demonstrated negative emotions (Mosazadeh et al 2021), but the intensity of these negative emotions decreased over time (Sun et al 2020).…”

Section: Psychological and Healthmentioning

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Environmental social science and urban environment management: A review of pathways link- ing policies and planning to citizens living by the river

Mousazadeh

2022

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Urban environment management (UEM) and environmental social science (ESS) are two interconnected approaches that show significant potential for creating more sustainable and liveable cities. Their research has, however, been mainly disjointed, which may be because planning and policy have placed more emphasis on UEM than ESS at the same time. This research examined ESS in terms of the quality of life (QOL) criteria and sense of place (SOP) of citizens living by the river with the UEM intervention in the form of policies and programmes. The effects of fieldwork in the form of specialised and spatial interviews are presented in this research, which is usually ignored in the literature review of this type of analysis. The study aims to fill the current gap in this field in three European capitals by providing a reflective methodological account of fieldwork and the ‘elite interviewing’ approach. This paper produces a distinct form of the localisation of the research and sampling techniques and is as new, interactive and developing as possible. The results of the present study are underpinned by the conceptual model of research, which supports the main aim of this analysis and tries to examine the components of research in a new perspective. The findings high- lighted that maintaining and strengthening ESS for citizens living next to rivers require innovative UEM, which uses urban creativity in the field of goals, urban settlements, strategies and management solutions to provide the base for increasing the liveability of the city and improving the quality of urban life.

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Environmental social science and urban environment management: A review of pathways link- ing policies and planning to citizens living by the river

Mousazadeh

2022

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“…In December 2019, the novel COVID-19 pandemic started as a major threat to China and spread far and wide in other countries [11][12][13]. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported the novel COVID-19 pandemic as a global pandemic on 11 March 2020, with over 32 million infected people and more than 988,496 casualties across 216 countries [14]. Thus far, the crisis has become the most devastating challenge in recent history [15,16].…”

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Sense of Place Attitudes on Quality of Life during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Iranian Residents in Hungary

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Limited research has investigated the impact of immigrants’ sense of place (SOP) attitudes on their quality of life (QOL) outcomes, especially during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to fill this gap by examining the effect of SOP attitudes and health-related QOL (HQOL) on 120 Iranian citizens residing in Budapest, Hungary, during the pandemic. Using social media platforms, an online survey was conducted between March and July 2020. The findings of this study revealed that SOP elements, such as connection to sites, location identification, and location reliance, are susceptible to change and rely on QOL during the pandemic. The study also highlighted that Budapest has the potential to become a desirable destination for future immigrants. Overall, this study contributes to the literature on the relationship between SOP attitudes and QOL outcomes among immigrants during a crisis. It provides valuable insights for policymakers and practitioners to improve the SOP and QOL of immigrants living in cities affected by pandemics or other crises. This study provides insights into the influence of a sense of place on the quality of life of Iranian immigrants by presenting a model and highlighting significant results in a selected community.

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“…Physical activity and circumstances obstruct the social underpinning of place identification, dependency, and connection known as sense of place (Son et al, 2020). Quality of life reports people's experience of life, wellbeing, and life satisfaction (Martyr et al, 2018;Mosazadeh et al, 2021;Prati, 2022). Numerous studies have linked sense of place perceptions of favorable and unfavorable environmental influences to quality of life results (e.g., Counted et al, 2020;Scannell & Gifford, 2016;Yeung et al, 2020).…”

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Sense of Place, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life as a Part of Community Well-being in Three European Community

Mousazadeh

2022

Geoplanning J. Geomatics Plann.

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The present study considers the measurement of quality of life as indicators of community well-being, which can be affected by the conditions of physical health, psychological, environment, and relationships of community residents. The purpose of this study was to test the perception of the residents of the community about the effect of the river and the satisfaction of the residents in different areas of life. This research was tested using a survey of 450 respondents from different communities in Europe. Participants completed measures of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire, Sense of place questionnaire, and author survey questionnaire about the type of Physical Activity. The results highlighted that all five domains of quality of life are strongly related to the length of time living by the river. Most of the participants stated that living by the river increases their self-confidence, security, and spirit of participation, which is directly related to enhancing the well-being and quality of life of citizens. According to the findings, the factor of security by the river is the most frequent. Participants who had lived near a river for more than 15 years were more likely to report greater physical activity, sense of place, and thus quality of life. In addition, several socio-demographic and basic factors related to the quality of life of the participants were also identified in this research.

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Restarting Medical Tourism in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Strategic-based Approach

Cited by 6 publications

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Environmental social science and urban environment management: A review of pathways link- ing policies and planning to citizens living by the river

Environmental social science and urban environment management: A review of pathways link- ing policies and planning to citizens living by the river

Sense of Place Attitudes on Quality of Life during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Iranian Residents in Hungary

Sense of Place, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life as a Part of Community Well-being in Three European Community

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