Construction Of Alliance Research Articles

Tecnologias, infraestruturas e redes feministas: potências no processo de ruptura com o legado colonial e androcêntrico*

Resumo Autonomia, linguagem e segurança são as três categorias fundamentais que neste artigo desvelam a noção de tecnologia feminista que vem sendo construída em movimentos feministas da América Latina. Os diferentes sentidos mobilizados nessas categorias são observados a partir da atuação de coletivas latino-americanas de mulheres, pessoas trans e não binárias voltadas para produção e uso das tecnologias de informação e comunicação, redes autônomas e infraestruturas. Nesse cenário, tecnologia feminista é uma perspectiva construída por esses movimentos engajados em um debate tecnopolítico na interface com conhecimentos sobre internet, autonomia, infraestruturas digitais e segurança da informação para ativistas. A partir de pesquisas recentes desenvolvidas pelas autoras, este artigo apresenta e analisa a constituição dessa perspectiva e sua contribuição para a construção de alianças com as tecnologias e redes sociotécnicas que sejam divergentes do legado colonial e androcêntrico.

Experience and reflection on the construction of medical alliances in a government and hospital partnership model

Active exploration for building a model of medical alliances fitting local needs, proves imperative for the functional positioning of medical institutions, promoting inter-institutional cooperation and enhancing the capacity of primary medical services. The authors described experiences and insights of the No.1 Affiliated Hospital and the People′s government of Quangang District in their partnership, and building a brand new model of medical alliance between a hospital and a local government. Also presented are characteristics of such a model, and analysis of operational data in benefiting the people. They held that such a partnership is a worthy attempt in the healthcare reform, by means of building medical alliances between local government and provincial hospitals. Such a practice can provide valuable references for promoting government-hospital synergy, elevating primary healthcare capacity and advancing the hierarchical medical system. Key words: Government; Hospital, public; Medical alliance; Hierarchical medical system; Fujian province

The construction of alliances in the field of health: about addictions

Abstract The construction of alliances in the field of addictions is a key topic to develop effectiveness and efficiency public health policies. The short-term economic stakes can not be the alpha and the omega of public policies. Whether general or sectoral, such as agriculture, they must take into account their impact on the health of populations established by scientific work.

Implementation of the ISO 26000 Guidelines on Active Participation and Community Development

The ISO 26000 Guidance provides valuable conceptual and methodological guidelines for making corporate social action an effective tool through which organizations contribute to the solution of social problems within the communities they operate. These guidelines focus on their potential to contribute to the institutional strengthening of the social institutions of these communities, as well as to empower, generate autonomy, and develop skills in their final beneficiaries. Nevertheless, the academic literature has paid little attention to these guidelines. This document presents the results of pioneering research which was intended to provide information on the application of corporate social action. For measurement, a battery of 24 indicators was built and included in a structured questionnaire which was applied to a non-probabilistic sample of companies that carry out social actions. It was found that most of them apply the guidelines to a large extent and that this application correlates with the importance they assign to corporate social responsibility, with the degree to which they have incorporated it into their management, and with the construction of alliances with social organizations. Also, it was found that the application of these guidelines is independent of knowledge of the Guide and the approach to social responsibility that companies adopt.

Physiological synchrony and therapeutic alliance in an imagery-based treatment.

Client-therapist synchrony in various channels (e.g., self-reported affect or physical movement) has been shown as a key process in the construction and development of therapeutic alliance. However, psychophysiological synchrony between clients and therapists has been understudied, with the few extant studies typically relying on single-session data, and no studies examining it within the context of emotion-focused techniques. The main aim of the current paper is to examine the role of client-therapist physiological synchrony during segments of one emotion-focused technique-namely, imagery (IM) work-in predicting therapeutic alliance, and to compare it to the role of synchrony during segments of more traditional cognitive-behavioral (CB) techniques. We conducted an open-trial study in which 31 clients with test anxiety received a 6-session protocol-based treatment. Both clients' and therapists' electrodermal activity (EDA) were continuously assessed during sessions. The physiological measures for 5 sessions each (N = 128) were used to compute client-therapist synchrony in IM and CB segments. Therapeutic alliance was assessed using the Session Alliance Inventory. Client-therapist dyads' synchrony during IM and CB segments was, on average, greater than chance. Synchrony varied mostly at the session (vs. the dyad) level. Multilevel analyses revealed that the synchrony within IM segments (but not within CB segments) was significantly associated with the therapeutic bond aspect (but not the task/goal aspects) of alliance. Physiological synchrony during emotion-focused IM is tied to the bond component of the therapeutic alliance at the session level. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

Experience and enlightenment of countywide medical alliances construction in Hangzhou

Based on a sufficient analysis of the theoretical framework of transformation learning (TLC) and people-centered and integrated health care (PCIC) mode, this article introduced the main practices and achievements of Hangzhou characteristics countywide medical alliances, centering on TLC mode.Hangzhou takes the countywide medical alliance construction as a pilot, refers to the TLC model, and takes growth-oriented collaboration as the guidance, to promote responsibility sharing, benefit sharing, service integration and management collaboration.Guided by the PCIC model proposed by the World Health Organization, the city has established an integrated service model of hierarchical medical system-prevention-rehabilitation-aging care.The countywide medical alliance system framework features 5 fields, unified leadership, unified culture, 6 supports, 3 tasks and TLC teams , which may provide references for the coordinated and integrated development of such alliances. Key words: Countywide medical alliance; Transition learning collaboration; People-centered and integrated health care; Hierarchical medical system; Family doctor

People with aphasia’s perspectives of the therapeutic alliance during speech-language intervention: A Q methodological approach

Purpose: To identify which elements of the therapeutic alliance are important to people with aphasia (PWA) attending speech-language pathology post-stroke.Method: A Q methodology design was adopted to explore which elements of the therapeutic alliance were valued by PWA. Statements (n = 453) relevant to the research question were extrapolated from the literature and qualitative interviews. A representative sample of statements (n = 38) was identified from the expansive data set. PWA (n = 23) sorted statements hierarchically according to whether they thought the statement was important or unimportant. Completed Q sorts were analysed using a by-person factor analysis.Result: Analysis yielded a five-factor solution, representing five distinct viewpoints: (1) acknowledge me, help me to understand; (2) respect me, listen to me; (3) challenge me, direct me; (4) understand me, laugh with me; and (5) hear me, encourage me.Conclusion: The findings highlight the need for clinicians to adopt a flexible and idiosyncratic approach to therapeutic alliance construction in order to meet the relational needs of a heterogeneous population. This is the first study to use Q methodology with PWA, demonstrating that Q methodology is an effective and viable method for investigating subjectivity in this population.

Revisiter le chantier-école de fouilles d’Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne), 1946-1963 : essai (paléo-)ethnologique d’histoire des techniques et des pratiques de la préhistoire contemporaine

Revisiter le chantier-école de fouilles d’Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne), 1946-1963 : essai (paléo-)ethnologique d’histoire des techniques et des pratiques de la préhistoire contemporaine

How racism discourse can mobilize right‐wing populism: The construction of identity and alliance in reactions to UKIP's Brexit “Breaking Point” campaign

AbstractThis article studies the interactional functions of racism discourse in mobilizing support for right‐wing populism. The analysis focuses on the controversy surrounding UKIP's “Breaking Point” poster campaign, which launched days before the historic British EU referendum. We focus on the development of “tripolar relations” between the UKIP party leadership, mainstream political elites, and ordinary citizens. Using thematic discourse analysis, we show how the poster was depicted as racist and the UKIP leader Nigel Farage was accused of scaremongering and stoking racism by means of propaganda. This criticism becomes the grounds for mobilization as Farage defended the campaign against the charge of racism and his supporters rose to his side. We conclude by showing how arguments about the nature of racism are identity performances that can reproduce or challenge existing social relations. This article thus identifies the rhetorical “collaboration” that exists between critics and defenders of racism and the inadvertent political outcome of this interaction.

Locura y neoliberalismo. El lugar de la antipsiquiatría en la salud mental contemporánea

Este artículo pretende analizar los cambios en la comprensión de la locura luego de la irrupción del movimiento de la antipsiquiatría y examinar los procesos de adaptación de sus planteamientos en el marco del ascenso y auge del neoliberalismo. De acuerdo a la observación crítica de los postulados del movimiento de «ex pacientes o sobrevivientes de la psiquiatría» y el modelo de “recuperación” [recovery] en salud mental, se describen las transformaciones ideológicas en la comprensión y abordaje de la locura en la salud mental contemporánea. Finalmente, se examina la vigencia de la antipsiquiatría en un contexto neoliberal en base al reconocimiento de la importancia de la defensa de derechos de ciudadanía, el fortalecimiento de la autonomía y la construcción de una política de alianzas en el campo de la salud mental, así como el potencial transformador de los espacios comunitarios y movimientos sociales que reivindican la locura como base de su identidad colectiva.

Replication of the learning alliance inventory to blended student populations

The therapeutic working alliance by Bordin has been demonstrated as a ‘common ground’ variable attributable to change in identified change enterprises, including education. In this context, working alliance (renamed learning alliance) has been empirically demonstrated to predict positive on-campus student outcomes. However, minimal research investigating whether learning alliance predicts blended student outcomes has been conducted. A measure of on-campus student teaching alliance (the learning alliance inventory, LAI; Rogers), which operationalises (measures) learning alliance using three subscales (collaborative bond, teacher competency and student investment) was administered to 199 Australian tertiary students, enrolled in a counselling program delivered in the blended learning modality (online learning coupled with synchronous tutorials and an on-campus intensive). The aim of the study was to investigate if this on-campus measure of learning alliance can validly measure learning alliance in blended student populations as well. Results revealed that learning alliance in the blended student population is best operationalised as a two-factor model (collaborative bond and student investment) only. Thematic analysis of an open question revealed learning alliance in the blended teaching environment is understood as four themes: qualities of the teacher, teacher style, mastery of the technology and unique online factors. These results were interpreted as evidence that the bond factor of the original learning alliance construct as operationalised by Bordin (1979) continues to be important in the blended teaching space, but other factors unique to blended learning are important for online learning alliance, including content relevancy, currency and validity, as well as a transparent and structured course delivery style, flexibility when technology fails and online objectivity. Study limitations, implications and future research recommendations are discussed.

People with aphasia’s perception of the therapeutic alliance in aphasia rehabilitation post stroke: a thematic analysis

ABSTRACTBackground: The therapeutic alliance has been found to be a critical component of treatment delivery in mental health interventions. This construct may have the potential to inform both treatment efficacy and adherence in aphasia rehabilitation. However, little is known about how people with aphasia perceive therapeutic alliance construction in the context of aphasia rehabilitation.Aims: This study aimed to investigate people with aphasias’ subjective experiences and reflections of constructing and maintaining therapeutic alliances in aphasia rehabilitation.Methods & procedures: In-depth interviews were conducted with eighteen people with aphasia who had received aphasia rehabilitation following a stroke. Interviews were subject to thematic analysis.Outcomes & results: Data analysis revealed five core themes: (1) readiness to contribute to the alliance; (2) proximity with the therapist; (3) perceived attunement with the therapist; (4) receiving information; and (5) collaborative engagement. The therapist’s perceived ability to read and respond effectively to individuals’ relational and situational needs contributed to the success of the alliance.Conclusions: These findings offer novel insights into current practice, highlighting considerable variation in alliance formation across the profession, with ineffectual alliances obstructing engagement and eroding hope and effective alliances promoting adherence and instilling hope. Further research is recommended to understand which aspects of the therapeutic alliance are essential for optimising therapeutic efficacy.

Speech and language therapists' perspectives of therapeutic alliance construction and maintenance in aphasia rehabilitation post-stroke.

BackgroundTherapeutic alliance refers to the interactional and relational processes operating during therapeutic interventions. It has been shown to be a strong determinant of treatment efficacy in psychotherapy, and evidence is emerging from a range of healthcare and medical disciplines to suggest that the construct of therapeutic alliance may in fact be a variable component of treatment outcome, engagement and satisfaction. Although this construct appears to be highly relevant to aphasia rehabilitation, no research to date has attempted to explore this phenomenon and thus consider its potential utility as a mechanism for change.AimsTo explore speech and language therapists’ perceptions and experiences of developing and maintaining therapeutic alliances in aphasia rehabilitation post‐stroke.Methods & ProceduresTwenty‐two, in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews were conducted with speech and language therapists working with people with aphasia post‐stroke. Qualitative data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis.Outcomes & ResultsAnalysis resulted in the emergence of three overarching themes: laying the groundwork; augmenting cohesion; and contextual shapers. Recognizing personhood, developing shared expectations of therapy and establishing therapeutic ownership were central to laying the groundwork for therapeutic delivery. Augmenting cohesion was perceived to be dependent on the therapists’ responsiveness and ability to resolve both conflict and resistance, as part of an ongoing active process. These processes were further moulded by contextual shapers such as the patient's family, relational continuity and organizational drivers.Conclusions & ImplicationsThe findings suggest that therapists used multiple, complex, relational strategies to establish and manage alliances with people with aphasia, which were reliant on a fluid interplay of verbal and non‐verbal skills. The data highlight the need for further training to support therapists to forge purposive alliances. Training should develop: therapeutic reflexivity; inclusivity in goal setting, relational strategies; and motivational enhancement techniques. The conceptualization of therapeutic alliance, however, is only provisional. Further research is essential to elucidate the experiences and perceptions of alliance development for people with aphasia undergoing rehabilitation.

Radical Political Unionism as a Strategy for Revitalization in Argentina

The grassroots union experiment undertaken at the Lear automotive parts factory in Argentina can be seen as a paradigmatic struggle for an understanding of the relationship between unionism and politics. The Lear case reveals that the distinctiveness of radical political unionism lies in the democratic elements of its decision making and its appeal to direct action, its construction of alliances with other social organizations, its linkage of economic demands with broader political objectives, its identification of the management, the state, and the union bureaucracy as adversaries, and its transmission of a leftist political culture. La experiencia sindical de la fábrica de autopartes Lear en Argentina puede ser analizada como un conflicto paradigmático para comprender la relación entre sindicalismo y política. El caso de Lear revela que el carácter distintivo del sindicalismo político radical se encuentra en los mecanismos democráticos de toma de decisiones y en la apelación a medidas de acción directa, la construcción de alianzas con otras organizaciones sociales, la vinculación de las demandas económicas con objetivos políticos más amplios, la identificación de la empresa, el Estado y la burocracia sindical como adversarios y la transmisión de una cultura política de izquierda.

Forming and Development of the Port Logistics Service Supply Chain

In the development of modern logistics, ports which are the hub of land and water transportation of goods, have been playing a more and more significant role in international trade and logistics. In order to form logistics service supply chain alliance of port enterprises, enhance service efficiency of port logistics, it finds out that there are shortage in some aspects by investigating and comparing, including development layout of port service, basic establishment, standard of logistics and technology training and supply chain alliance construction progress. On the basis, in the era of supply chain management or Port Logistics, it provides some suggests for building the alliance in ports service supply chain. These suggestions can provide some advantage for port logistics development.

A comparative study on the forms and contents of college teachers' teaching development at home and abroad

In the context of higher medical education reform in our country, to vigorously promote the development of teachers' teaching work can promote the improvement of teachers' teaching ability and level. This study describes the history of the development of teacher education at home and abroad, intro-duces the form and content of teachers' workshops, seminars, micro courses and lesson study, and compares the form and content of teacher education at home and abroad, which provides scientific reference and basis for the introduction of policies of China's education related departments and the construction of the teacher development alliance between universities and colleges. Key words: Teacher teaching development; Form and content; Comparative study

The executive on the battlefield: government amendments and cartel theory in the Chilean Congress

ABSTRACTThis article argues that cartelised coordination inside Chilean congressional committees is important for understanding the success rates of presidential initiatives. By way of an analysis of the amendment process undertaken both in the Chamber and Senate committees in the Chilean Congress during 2006–10, the authors review the approval patterns of legislative amendments. The analysis suggests two chief findings: coordination between government parties and the executive is crucial for the success of amendment; and the opposition’s success in generating legal transformations depends on the construction of inter-coalition alliances. It is hoped that the perspective offered here will contribute to the current literature on cartel party theory in Latin America.

Investigating an approach to the alliance based on interpersonal defense theory

Objective: Notwithstanding consistent findings of significant relationships between the alliance and outcome, questions remain to be answered about the relatively small magnitude of those correlations, the mechanisms underlying the association, and how to conceptualize the alliance construct. We conducted a preliminary study of an approach to the alliance based on interpersonal defense theory, which is an interpersonal reconceptualization of defense processes, to investigate the promise of this alternative approach as a way to address the outstanding issues. Method: We employed qualitative, theory-building case study methodology, closely examining alliance processes at four time points in the treatment of a case in terms of a case formulation based on interpersonal defense theory. Results: The results suggested that our approach made it possible to recognize key processes in the alliance and that it helps explain how the alliance influences outcome. Our analyses also provided a rich set of concrete illustrations of the alliance phenomena identified by the theory. Conclusions: The findings suggest that an approach to the alliance based on interpersonal defense theory holds promise. However, although the qualitative method we employed has advantages, it also has limitations. We offer suggestions about how future qualitative and quantitative investigations could build on this study.

FROM ME TO US: THE CONSTRUCTION OF FAMILY ALLIANCE.

This longitudinal prospective and multi-informant study based on a three-wave research program (pregnancy, 12 months' postpartum, and 16 months' postpartum) aimed to determine the process of construction of family alliance, as assessed by the Lausanne Trilogue Play (Fivaz-Depeursinge & Corboz-Warnery, 1999). A model using parents' individual characteristics (i.e., personality traits and attachment orientations) as distal variables, coparenting as a mediator, child's temperament as a moderator, and family alliance as outcome was tested using structural equation modeling on 62 nonreferred families. Results showed that both parents' conscientiousness was positively and mothers' avoidant attachment and fathers' anxious attachment were negatively and indirectly (via coparenting) associated with the family alliance. The discussion underlines mothers' and fathers' different roles and the importance of coparenting as a core mechanism in the development of family alliance.

Interacciones entre sindicatos docentes y estado La Provincia de Buenos Aires entre 2000 y 2007

Este estudio analiza la conflictividad docente en la Provincia de Buenos Aires durante los años 2000 y 2007. Luego de las reformas educativas implementadas en la década de 1990 y en el marco de un nuevo contexto político-económico, se examinan las interacciones entre las dos organizaciones sindicales docentes mayoritarias –Sindicato Único de Trabajadores de la Educación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (SUTEBA) y Federación de Educadores Bonaerenses (FEB)– y las autoridades gubernamentales de la Provincia. Con el objeto de construir un mapa de la conflictividad sindical, se realizaron entrevistas en profundidad a informantes clave del sector, y un análisis exhaustivo de artículos periodísticos, actas de reuniones paritarias, e investigaciones sobre el tema. La información relevada permite inferir que los actores han adoptado –a lo largo del período– distintas estrategias en función del impacto de factores exógenos al sector educativo (alteraciones producidas en las variables económicas, relación entre el nivel nacional y provincial de gobierno), y otros propios de las organizaciones sindicales (identidades políticas, constitución de alianzas, participación en distintos campos de acción y estilos de liderazgo político) que operaron sobre el comportamiento de los actores, acrecentando o disminuyendo el nivel de conflictividad.