Value Co‐Creation in a Social Purpose Institution: The Case of the Dynamo Camp Art Factory—Between Art Therapy and Artification

ABSTRACT:In addition to providing a wide range of essential services in local communities, service-providing nonprofit organizations play an important role in shaping de facto local social policy through their participation in community-based planning processes that guide or determine the distribution of federal funding for health and social services. This social policy role has become increasingly important in the United States as the federal government continues to privatize health and human services through providing grant funds to states and cities that are ultimately used to support local nonprofit health and social service organizations. The important role of service-providing nonprofits in shaping local social policy has been understudied, as most studies on nonprofits and policy-making focus on citizen advocacy organizations and their lobbying and protest activities, primarily at the national level. This study uses the case of the New York HIV Planning Council to address this gap in the literature, highlighting the benefits and pitfalls of an urban community planning process dominated by service providers from local nonprofit social service organizations whose own organizations are affected by the planning group’s decisions. Factors that contributed to nonprofit providers’ dominance as well as factors that limited their self-interested behavior are reviewed. The relationship between the HIV nonprofit service system and the AIDS social movement is explored in light of theory on new social movements to help explain why nonprofit providers were sometimes able to promote attentiveness to the general public good while also advocating for their more self-interested organizational needs.

Bringing arts-based therapies in from the scientific cold

Strategical Importance of Social Media Usage in Health Communication: An Evaluation of Non-Profit Organizations of Cardiac Health in TurkeyRecently, advances in technology have led to increased communication and information flow in the field of health communication. Specifically, developments in social networking have led to a more productive target group of people who generate the content of the information, and disseminate it actively. Today, nonprofit health organizations, in addition to public and private institutions that provide health care, have an important tasks of creating public consciuosness about health issues, and eventually changing individual's health care behavior. The goal of this study is to explore how nonprofit heart health organizations in Turkey utilise social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, in their efforts to communicate with the public in order to create conscioussnes and awareness. In this study, content analysis is utilised as the methodology. The communication content of the Facebook and Twitter accounts of Turkish Heart Foundation, Turkish Society of Cardiology, and Turkish Society of Cardiology between February 2010 and November 2012 have been analyzed. This study reveals that, event hough utilisation of social media has a strategic importance in health communication, Facebook and Twitter are not employed actively and effectively by these nonprofit organizations. Consequently, there are significant deficiencies in promoting consciousness by public awareness about heart health issues.

The issue of approaches to veteran reintegration in the management of public organizations has been brought about by the increasing number of war veterans. After the start of the fullscale invasion of Ukraine, the goal of public organizations, in addition to volunteer activities related to humanitarian assistance to the military, has become helping veterans reintegrate into civilian life. In search of ways to do this, many relevant approaches to veteran reintegration have emerged. The article defines the essence of the concept of “reintegration” and “public organization” and characterizes their types; analyzes the experience of Ukraine and other countries in the issue of war veteran reintegration; and analyzes the activities of some existing public organizations in Ukraine that are involved in helping war veterans reintegrate. The process of social reintegration is defined as the restoration of vital interactions in society for the sake of well-being, dignity, and social integrity of the individual. A public organization is a type of social non-profit self-organization created to realize social interests in a specific sphere, field, or sector of activity, profession, as defined by its charter, as well as to satisfy and protect the lawful common interests of its members. The following types are highlighted: charitable organizations; professional organizations; employer organizations; trade unions; other public organizations. Types of non-profit organizations include: organizations engaged in cultural and recreational activities; educational and research centers; non-profit health organizations; social service organizations; environmental and animal protection organizations; development centers; public and human rights organizations; charitable organizations; international organizations. World experience is considered, including the example of the Croatian Homeland War Veterans Association and the American context. Most organizations had the same goals: increasing medical benefits and building new hospitals for veterans; strengthening existing pension systems and benefits for former servicemen and their families; establishing a new Veterans Bureau. The work also discusses the effectiveness of reintegration through immersion in the educational process. After the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, the need to help veterans became more evident. Currently, the state does not consider assistance to war veterans only in the form of subsidies but much more broadly, namely in the Government’s Plan of Priority Actions. In Ukraine, in addition to the state, non-governmental non-profit organizations, including those founded by veterans, are involved in the process of war veteran reintegration. Examples of successful public initiatives are considered: “Principle”, “Charitable Foundation “Veterano Hub”, “Charitable Foundation “After Service” and others. At present, there are many public organizations in Ukraine created to help veterans reintegrate or that are actually engaged in this aсtivity.

• Summary: Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been gaining acceptance and momentum in the social services professions. As evidence related to specific programs and interventions mount, social service practitioners and organizations around the world have increasingly begun to implement evidence-based programs as a strategy for creating better outcomes for children, families, and adults. Unfortunately, the science of evaluating efficacious and effective programs and interventions has far outpaced the science of implementing them. A gap exists between what we know works and being able to utilize what works in practice. This article will examine the challenges facing social service organizations in implementing evidence-based programs and explore an organizational theory to address those challenges. • Findings: The implementation of EBPs has proven to be a complex and challenging process, with organizational factors coming to the forefront as important in bridging the gap between science and service. The complexity of translating what we know from research into practice requires an organizing theory to help guide implementation efforts in the context of an organization. • Applications : This article proposes the use of a theoretical framework, the learning organization, by social service organizations. By transforming social service organizations into learning organizations, social service organizations will be able to more effectively meet the challenges of implementing evidence-based programs and function as a bridge, rather than a barrier, between science and service.

Social service organizations have developed quickly as a result of the Chinese government outsourcing services in recent years. The policy of government outsourcing services has been successful in developed countries and is transferred to China mainland. However, there are critical differences between China and these areas. The precondition for success in outsourcing services in Western countries is that the nonprofit organizations are relatively independent and strong. In China, however, the relationship between the government and social organizations is fuzzy, and social organizations are still quite weak. Thus, the effectiveness of social service in the West depends on collaboration between the government and nonprofit organizations (NPOs), during which the boundaries are eliminated and partnership is built. The preexistent boundaries make sure that the government and NPOs could cooperate independently and equally. In China, boundaries should be produced first to assure the effectiveness of the government purchases of social services. This paper focuses on the family integrated service centers in Guangzhou and analyzes the production of boundaries in the process of service delivery strategies. It aims to respond to the partnership theory and theoretical issues regarding the development of social organizations in China.

The Finnish health and social care sector is currently undergoing numerous reforms. These reforms involve novel demands regarding the role of steering, decision-making, and management in health and social services. This article sheds light on some of the critical factors encountered by decision-makers and managers when implementing reforms to change health and social services. The article investigates cooperation between the steering ministries and different dimensions of management in local health and social service organizations. Interview data from the ministries were studied through content analysis, and quantitative survey data were analyzed using mean values guided by the model of multidimensional management. The co-operation between different ministries has intensified while implementing different reforms, but functional and cultural boundaries between them persist. The management dimensions in changing health and social service organizations stress the role of managers as facilitators and enablers, highlighting the significance of caring for the human resource dimension as one of the managers’ core tasks. The successful implementation of change should never be automatic. What emerges prominently is the skill essential to achieve cooperation which transcends the borders of both multiprofessional and traditional professional and administrative work both in ministries and local health and social service organizations.

This study explored the experiences, perspectives, and reflections of five nurse-specialists in palliative home care, whose dual role includes caring for patients in their daily practice as well as sharing their knowledge, skills, expertise, and experiences with other home care nurses in the community. A qualitative research design, incorporating face-to-face semistructured interviews, was used. Interviews were based on open-ended questions such as: "What is your experience in providing palliative home care to patients and their families? How do you feel about sharing your expertise and experiences with home care nurses?" Data were content analyzed using the constant comparative method. Three major themes and a number of subthemes emerged: (1) acknowledging one's own limitations and humanness: (a) calling for backup, (b) learning as we go along, (c) coping with emotional demands, and (d) interacting with family members; (2) building a collaborative partnership: (a) working collaboratively, (b) sharing information, (c) guiding home care nurses, and (d) being nonjudgmental; and (3) teamwork and implementing palliative home care teams. Nurse-specialists play a key role in palliative home care as both carers and as resources of expert knowledge for other home care nurses caring for palliative patients. As the population ages, the health care system will be faced with increasing requests for high-quality palliative home care. The results of this study demonstrate that, from the perspective of the nurse-specialists of NOVA-Montréal (a nonprofit social and health service organization), nurse-specialists can work collaboratively with home care nurses to improve patients' quality of care and their quality of life. Moreover, patients and their families would benefit from the more widespread establishment of palliative care teams within community health organizations.

This study aims to examine the relationship between online volunteering and subjective well-being (SWB) and to explore the mediation effect of online bridging networks. The data used in this study came from the 2019 Chinese General Social Survey (CSS). In this study, individuals who responded to survey questions about their participation in online volunteering activities and their subjective well-being(SWB) were included for analysis (N = 5556). The results showed a positive relationship between online volunteering and online bridging networks and indicated that online volunteering affects subjective well-being through the mediating role of online bridging networks. The implications of this study are relevant to policy-makers in public health and social service organizations. Based on the findings, policy-makers and nonprofit organizations are called on to support this type of volunteering which is an important means of improving public health. Nonprofit organizations can establish online social networks for potential volunteers. In addition, nonprofit organizations need to invest more resources to enhance the digital literacy of employees and volunteers, in order to enhance the quality of online volunteering services.

By the 1920s, it was apparent that the reputation, reception, and success of modern artists largely depended on networks of art critics, dealers, collectors, publishers, and intellectuals, whose aesthetic ideas and financial interests often played a crucial part in the making of the art scene. This phenomenon, which was often discussed in the international art press of the interwar period, was quite pronounced in Paris. The purpose of this essay is to discuss a column that appeared in a short-lived supplement to the journal Cahiers d'Art, Feuilles volantes, in 1927. Its title was “Interview with … ,” and it included interviews of Christian Zervos (1889–1970) and Tériade (Efstratios Eleftheriadis, 1897–1983) with art dealers, such as Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884–1979), Léonce Rosenberg (1879–1947), and Alfred Flechtheim (1878–1937). Through a critical analysis of the aesthetic and commercial issues that were raised during the interviews, I explore how art critics and art dealers worked together toward the construction, legitimization, and promotion of the values of modernism. I also argue that both sides profited from this joint effort, since the interviews served as a vehicle for the promotion not only of ideas, but also of commercial interests in the art market.

BackgroundArab refugees and immigrants living in the United States may be exposed to political, economic, social, and environmental stressors that may affect their mental health. Yet, little is known regarding mental health outcomes among Arab Americans. The purpose of this study was to measure depression and anxiety levels among Arabs in Southeast Michigan and determine whether these levels differ by resident status: refugee, immigrant, or U.S. born.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study in a convenience sample of 275 adults who self-identify as Arab living in Southeast Michigan. Participants were recruited from a non-profit health and social services organization between August–November 2015. Data were collected via self-administered questionnaires, using standardized instruments to assess depression and anxiety symptoms.ResultsAll three resident groups exhibited high mean levels of depression and anxiety. Refugees reported higher levels of depression and anxiety than either immigrants or U.S. born Arab Americans. After adjustment for sociodemographics, differences between U.S. born Arab Americans and refugees were statistically significant for depression (b = 2.84; 95% CI: 0.21, 5.47), but not for anxiety. Refugees had significantly higher depression scores (b = 3.18, 95% CI: 1.52, 4.84) and anxiety scores (b = 1.31, 95% CI: 0.11, 2.50) than immigrants. Those reporting political violence and religious persecution as reasons for immigration had the highest levels of depression and anxiety.ConclusionsThis convenience sample of Arab Americans reported high levels of depression and anxiety symptoms. Refugees appear to have poorer mental health outcomes than either immigrants or U.S.-born Arab Americans.

BackgroundDespite research and funding, the understanding of organization’s capacities of knowledge utilisation remains incomplete in health and social field.ObjectivesTo better understand organisational determinants of research result utilisation.MethodBetween 2009 and 2012,...

Digital services in healthcare and social services have increased due to national promotion and Covid19 pandemic. However, the regional differences may exist. Successful implementation and sustainability of digital services requires that attention is paid to addressing barriers and supporting facilitators at all levels in health care provision.The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of employee status, form of organization and organizational size on the views related to current state and the role of digital services, development barriers, development plans and the support needed for development in welfare, social and health service organizations operating in the South Ostrobothnia region. The study was carried out in the era of exceptional circumstances created by the Covid19 pandemic in the summer of 2021. The study was a quantitative cross-sectional study using an electronic survey. Respondents (n = 121) were managers, entrepreneurs and employees of welfare, social and health service organizations operating in the South Ostrobothnia region.The results suggested that in more than four out of five welfare, social and health service organizations operating in the region of South Ostrobothnia, part of the services were already digital in the summer of 2021. These services had been extensively developed during the previous year, which was lived in exceptional circumstances caused by the Covid19 pandemic. Digital services were seen to function especially as enablers of customers in exceptional circumstances. However, managers or entrepreneurs also saw digital services as reaching new customers more important than employees. The acquisition of technology and human resources were felt to be the most significant barriers in the development of digital services, regardless of the employee status, form of organization and organization size. Regarding the use and development of digital services, information was felt to be necessary, especially about the characteristics of digital services, and financial support was also felt to be necessary for the development. However, the support needs were significant in many aspects related to digital service development. In particular, large organizations needed information on the cost-effectiveness of digital services.The results can be used to support welfare, social and health service organizations in digital service development.

Religious nonprofit social service and health organizations provide care to a large number of people in American communities. To enhance the services that these organizations provide, religious denominations have formed national nonprofit umbrella organizations. Little has been written about these umbrella organizations, their identity, and their functions. Using archival sources and interviews, this article explores the history and development of Lutheran Services in America (LSA), a large, Protestant, national nonprofit umbrella organization. Elements of this organization's identity are examined—its ongoing efforts to affirm its religious values and goals, its efforts to meet economic needs, and its serving as a forum in which differing views of social services in the church can be discussed. The multiple identities of LSA are explored, and the implications for religious nonprofit umbrella organizations are discussed.

St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers of New York initiated a study in 2009 to assess the health needs of residents of New York City (NYC) municipal housing at the Robert Fulton public housing complex in Manhattan. The aim of this project was to provide valid data on perceived health services needs of the residents of a NYC housing project. These data may also be used to support hospital and community collaborative strategic decisions for developing resident-appropriate health and social services and would be valuable for use in formulating policies and programs by other interested nonprofit health and social services organizations and government. We designed a 28-item instrument and pilot tested it with our research team and members of the population under study. The English and Spanish surveys were designed as an in-person surveyor-administered instruments addressing four domains: demographics, access and barriers to health care services, risk behaviors, and perceived health needs. The sampling was an apartment-level stratified random sampling. A 20%, 188 apartment sample was drawn from the population of 944 housing units. Our response rate was 92% (173/188 apartments). Background methods, and demographic results are reported in this article. A second article will report on the needs assessment results.