Quality of Life in Communities of Latin Countries

Graciela Tonon

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9783319531823
• eBook ISBN:
  9783319531830
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

This book presents a reconfiguration of the concepts of community in Latin countries as well as the community quality of life and well-being of different groups: children, young people, older adults, migrants. The traditional concept of community has changed together with the way people participate in community spaces. Community nowadays is more than a geographic concentration; it is related to social support, inter-subjectivity, participation, consensus, common beliefs, joint effort aiming at a major objective, and intense and extensive relationships. This volume presents unique experiences about culture, social development, health, water, armed conflicts, the digital media, and sports within communities, written by authors from Latin countries. This volume is a valuable resource for researchers, students, and policy makers in quality of life studies.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Prologue
• Communities’ Quality of Life: Theory and Practice
• 1 Rethinking Community Quality of Life in Latin American Countries
• 2 Exploring the Concept and Practices of Felicitas Publica at Lisbon University: A Community-Based Relational Approach to Well-being
• 3 Sports and Community Well-Being
• 4 Quality of Life and Commuting. A Study in Rururban Communities of General Pueyrredon District, Argentina
• 5 Crime and Failure of Community Life in Mexico
• 6 The Community Program for Neighborhood Improvement in Mexico City
• 7 Community Water Management and Quality of Life: The Independent Water Governance Committees in Toluca, Mexico
• Community Quality of Life of Different Groups in Latin Countries: Indigenous People, Displaced People, Migrants, Children, Young People and Older Adults
• 8 Quality of Life of the Guaraní Community
• 9 Quality of Life and Health in Displaced Communities Affected by the Armed Conflict in Colombia
• 10 Sense of Community Mediates the Relationship Between Social and Community Variables on Adolescent Life Satisfaction
• 11 Children and Young People’s Perceptions of Risk and Quality of Life Conditions in Their Communities: Participatory Mapping Cases in Portugal
• 12 Family and Social Networks and Quality of Life Among Community-Dwelling Older-Adults in Spain
• 13 Digital Media, Identity and Quality of Life of a Local Ecuadorian Community in Andalusia (SE Spain)
• 14 Quality of Life of Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Spain