Community Self-efficacy Research Articles

The Influence of Social Capital on Community Self-Efficacy in Facing Tsunamis in Pasiripis Village, Surade Sub-District, Sukabumi District

The Influence of Social Capital on Community Self-Efficacy in Facing Tsunamis in Pasiripis Village, Surade Sub-District, Sukabumi District

Exploring Community Self-efficacy to Light Pollution Mitigation in A Tourism Destination

ABSTRACT Light pollution is an emergent environmental concern, it disrupts the natural patterns of wildlife, contributes to the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, disrupts human sleep, and obscures the stars in the night sky. However, rural and urban communities often overlook this factor, since it is not seen as a problem, and even if the destination has taken measures to mitigate light pollution, it is still challenging to maintain optimal levels. This study applied a questionnaire (N = 366) to examine the community involvement in light pollution mitigation in a Portuguese rural tourism destination in 2023. Results demonstrated that tourism is not a sufficient incentive for participants to take individual measures to mitigate light pollution (β = 0.075, p = 0.243). However, they consider that integrating tourism with light pollution mitigation at the local community level could enhance the tourist experience (β = 0.427, p = 0.000). Tourism destinations should promote environmental education about the effects of light pollution.

지속가능발전지향 근면·자조·협동 기반의 인성교육프로그램이 유아의 자기효능감과 공동체의식 증진에 미치는 효과

지속가능발전지향 근면·자조·협동 기반의 인성교육프로그램이 유아의 자기효능감과 공동체의식 증진에 미치는 효과

COMMUNITY, COALITION BUILDING, AND CAREER DECISION-MAKING SELF-EFFICACY: A CASE STUDY OF COLLEGIATE WOMEN IN AVIATION

In 2021, the number of women choosing to pursue a career in aviation remained strikingly low and the aviation industry remained coded as a traditionally male space. For instance, of those who hold the necessary certification to fly for a commercial airline, only 4% omen. For example, looking across the industry, women remain an underrepresented group as maintenance technicians, dispatchers, and chief executive officers. Since existing research indicates a connection between perceived self-efficacy and career decision making-ularly, in relation to women-in this case study we asked the following question. How does a career-planning cohort that is compensated, communal, exploratory, and gender-centric contribute to the perception and articulation of career self-efficacy for collegiate women interested in aviation careers? The research project recruited 25 collegiate women at a large R1 institution to participate in an aviation career cohort. The primary purpose of the cohort was twofold: first, it was designed as a space where women students could share and record their perceptions of career decision-making self-efficacy; and second, it created a sense of community among collegiate women with similar career interests. The research team used elements of a phenomenographic theoretical framework supported by feminist scholarship on narrative and storytelling to analyze the participants' narrative experiences. The findings suggest that opportunities to build community and coalition factor into how cohort participants perceived and articulated their sense of self-efficacy when making a decision about aviation careers.

The Effect of Disaster Training, Social Support and Social Capital on Community Self Efficacy in Dealing With Tsunami Disaster in Pangumbahan Village, Ciracap District, Sukabumi Regency

There are many factors that influence disaster preparedness, one of which is self-efficacy. Many factors that influence self-efficacy in dealing with disasters include disaster training, social support and social capital. The purpose of this study was to find out what factors affect the community's self-efficacy in dealing with the tsunami disaster. Self-efficacy is an individual's belief in their ability to mobilize motivation, cognitive resources and institutions to exercise control over certain events. This type of research is correlational with a cross sectional approach. The population is the entire community in Pangumbahan Village, Ciracap District, Sukabumi Regency with a sample of 380 people. Sampling using Proportional Random Sampling. The instrument is declared valid & reliable. Data collection using questionnaires and statistical analysis using simple and multiple linear regression. The results showed that there was no significant effect of disaster training on self-efficacy (p-value 0.119), there was a significant effect of social support on self-efficacy (p-value 0.000), social capital on self-efficacy (p-value 0.000). In conclusion, there is an effect of social support and social capital on community self-efficacy in dealing with the tsunami disaster. It is hoped that the community will improve disaster preparedness by participating in various training and disaster simulations & getting involved in disaster-related institutions or organizations. The magnitude of the loss and the number of victims show that the community's preparedness in anticipating the impact of the disaster is still low.

The Buffering Role of Community Self-Efficacy in the Links between Family Economic Stress and Young Adults’ Prosocial Behaviors and Civic Engagement

The goal of the current study was to examine the predictive role of economic stress and community self-efficacy on prosocial behaviors toward friends and strangers, and civic engagement. In addition, we considered the multiplicative effects of economic stress and community self-efficacy on these distinct types of prosocial behaviors (different targets of prosocial behaviors). The sample consisted of 202 young adults (M age = 20.94 years; 76.5% women; 67.5% reported identifying as racially White; 7.7% Black; 5.7% Asian; 5.5% Native; 13.6% other and included groups such as Mestizo, mixed race, and Mexican) who reported on their economic stress, community self-efficacy, and tendencies to engage in prosocial behaviors toward friends and strangers as well as civic engagement. The results demonstrated that economic stress was not directly associated with prosocial behaviors or civic engagement. Community self-efficacy was positively associated with civic engagement and prosocial behaviors toward both friends and strangers. The interaction term was positively associated with prosocial behaviors toward friends. Discussion focuses on the critical role of community self-efficacy as a buffer against stress and as a predictor of multiple forms of prosocial behaviors.

Community Self-Efficacy Relationship to COVID-19 Vaccination at Puskesmas Siak Hulu I Kampar Regency in 2021

The high massive transmission of COVID-19 occurs great numerous of mortality and morbidity. It is caused by low coverage of COVID-19 vaccinations that are continuously pursued by the Indonesian government. This can be identified by health promotion based on community self-efficacy as effective prevention of COVID-19 has not been fully implemented. Public understanding and perception of the prevention of COVID-19 are highly expected. Public confidence or known self-efficacy is needed in supporting COVID-19 vaccination. This study aims to find out the relationship of community self-efficacy to COVID-19 vaccination at the Siak Hulu I Health Center in Kampar Regency in 2021. This was an analytic quantitative study with a cross-sectional approach to 209 participants which was taken by simple random sampling technique in Puskesmas Siak Hulu I. Based on the chi-square test result, it was found a relationship between self-efficacy and COVID-19 vaccination. The results showed that a person has a high self-efficacy greater than 5 times more vaccination than someone who has low self-efficacy. It is recommended to increase self-efficacy through good and easy-to-understand health communication about COVID-19 vaccination in the community.

Validation of the Chinese Version Community's Self-Efficacy Scale in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

BackgroundThe original study confirmed that the Japanese version of the community’s self-efficacy scale (CSES) may help to promote health policies, practices and interventions in the community. In China, research on the self-efficacy of community’s life is in its infancy. The aim of this study was to assess the validity, the reliability and the predictors of the Chinese version CSES in the aging population.Methods(1) Translation of the original Japanese version CSES into Chinese; (2) validation of the Chinese version in the aging population. Instrument measurement included reliability testing, item generation, construct validity and test–retest reliability. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to determine construct validity and internal consistency. Meanwhile, we built the Bayesian network model of the Chinese version of CSES and determined target variables.ResultsFinally, 143 sample individuals have been included in this research. By confirmatory factor analysis, we confirmed that the Chinese version CSES fits a two-dimensional model. Additionally, this scale showed good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α coefficient 0.900) and test–retest reliability (kappa coefficient 0.754). The results of the Bayesian network model showed that the education (0.3278) and the perceived efficacy patient–physician interactions scale (0.2055) are important predictors of the CSES.ConclusionThis is the first study to validate the Chinese version of CSES in older people. Our research confirmed that the Chinese version CSES has good internal consistency, construct validity and test–retest reliability. Meanwhile, patient's confidence in communication with a physician and the patient's educational level were the important predictors of community self-efficacy.

System-wide approaches to mitigate environmental and health impacts of water contamination

Abstract There is an urgent need to address the challenges of inadequate safe water and proper sanitation in peri-urban communities in low-income countries. Agencies have tended to focus on a single aspect of the challenge for service delivery, which ultimately fails to capture the full scope of the problem. In this study, 63 household surveys and 15 key informant interviews regarding water and sanitation issues were conducted in a peri-urban area of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Results revealed that 87% of households experience water scarcity issues. More than 50% of the homes were surrounded by swampy areas with sewage and stagnant pools, with 40% reporting water source contamination due to seepage and overflowing of sewage collection systems. Key informants reported water scarcity and poor water quality due to poor sanitation practices and a compromised water supply network. We found that a highly integrated approach that invests in cultural, social, political, human, financial, and built community capitals is needed to address these challenges. Community self-efficacy and empowerment will be critical to accomplishing this and protecting public health.

A Pilot Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial on the Ontario Brain Injury Association Peer Support Program.

Background: The long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury can create major barriers to community integration. Peer support represents a sustainable model of support across this transition. The objective of the current study was to determine the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial on the Ontario Brain Injury Association Peer Support Program and the preliminary effectiveness of the program on community integration, mood, health-related quality of life, and self-efficacy; Methods: A pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial with an embedded qualitative component was conducted. Mentees with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (n = 13) were randomized to a weekly intervention or waitlist control group. Interviews were conducted with a subset of mentees and peer mentors (n = 10). Integration of the quantitative and qualitative data was completed using a joint display approach; Results: No statistically significant results were found for community integration, mood, or self-efficacy; however, changes in these outcomes were accompanied by moderate-to-large effect sizes. Within health-related quality of life, the mean pain score of the intervention group was significantly lower than that of the control group at the two-month timepoint but not at completion. Interviews revealed proximal improvements in knowledge, skills, and goals, and identified two domains related to trial acceptability: (1) environmental context and resources, and (2) reinforcement; Conclusions: Given the conceivable importance of proximal improvements in domains such as knowledge, skills, and/or goals for the attainment of more distal outcomes, modifications to the existing Peer Support Program may be warranted. The introduction of program recommendations which promote discussion around particular domains may help facilitate long-term improvements in health outcomes.

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Telephone-Based Intervention for Hispanic Children to Promote Treatment Adherence After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study.

To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a telephone-based education and navigation program for Hispanic parents of children hospitalized with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Level I trauma hospital and pediatric inpatient rehabilitation unit in the Northwestern United States. Fourteen Hispanic parent-child dyads. Parents were 85% female, with a mean age of 35 years. Children were 58% male, with a mean age of 9.7 years, and had been hospitalized for complicated mild/moderate (n = 5) or severe (n = 9) TBI. Pilot prospective cohort design. Feasibility measures include recruitment, retention, and intervention adherence rates. Acceptability of intervention was measured by parents' use of educational materials and satisfaction with navigation program. We also evaluated study processes, including completion of baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months functional assessments of the child; assessment of parental health literacy and self-efficacy; and adherence to follow-up rehabilitation appointments. Eighty-two percent of approached potential participants were recruited into the study. One hundred percent of participants completed the intervention, and 85% had 1-year follow-up. Intervention acceptability was high: 90% reported satisfaction with navigator, and 92% used the educational manual. Assessments demonstrated significant improvement in parents' TBI caregiving and community self-efficacy; 92% attendance to follow-up rehabilitation appointments; and improvement in the child's functional measures, except communication skills. Findings support feasibility and acceptability of a culturally relevant program to facilitate transitions of care for Hispanic children with TBI. A future randomized trial is warranted to determine the efficacy of the intervention on long-term treatment adherence and the child's post-TBI function.

A Person-Centered Examination of Community Characteristics and Prosocial Behaviors Among Young Adults

The goal of the current study was to examine latent profiles of young adults based on neighborhood risk, social cohesion, and community self-efficacy, and to examine whether these profiles predicted prosocial behaviors (i.e., actions intended to benefit others) toward both friends and strangers. Participants were 197 emerging adults (M age = 20.94 years; range = 18–25 years; 76.5% women; 36.5% White; 50.5% Latino/a; 7.7% Black; 5.7% Asian; 5.5% Native; 13.6% other and included groups such as Mestizo, mixed race, and Mexican) who completed measures of their own environmental characteristics and prosocial behaviors. Results demonstrated three groups of emerging adults. Group membership was also marginally associated with prosocial behaviors toward friends but not strangers. Specifically, the moderate community risk group scored marginally higher than the community efficacy group on prosocial behaviors toward friends. Discussion focuses on the role of contexts in shaping social responding of emerging adults with an emphasis on factors that promote helping behaviors toward both friends and strangers.

“The walls came down:” A Mixed-Methods Multi-Site Prison Arts Program Evaluation

Considerable research has linked participation in arts programs to a constellation of positive social emotional outcomes for incarcerated participants. This article describes and evaluates a set of semester-long University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative (DU PAI) workshops. Through a pretest-posttest evaluation design inclusive of 22 quantitative and three qualitative items, we measured a range of outcomes for DU PAI participants (N = 119). Quantitative findings support prior work which associates participation in prison arts programs with social emotional outcomes such as community connection, skill attainment, and self-efficacy. Qualitative findings offered insight into participants’ experiences of the workshops, including: learning, growth, and discovery; opening up; authentic self-expression; empathy and perspective taking; belonging and connection; creative collaboration; joy and freedom. We also identified facilitator qualities which foster participant growth, including: safety, caring and respect, participation, and emotional involvement. Our findings suggest that prison arts programming may transcend skills-based and social emotional outcomes to invoke liberatory experiences for participants. There is a need for additional research to more clearly explore the effects of contextual factors and further concretize the unique role of arts programs in carceral spaces.

Dual Mediating Effects of General Self-Efficacy and Sense of community on the Relationship between Grit and Life Satisfaction

Dual Mediating Effects of General Self-Efficacy and Sense of community on the Relationship between Grit and Life Satisfaction

Peer-to-peer interactions for better customer experience

Background: Firms have yet to harness the resulting connections from peer-to-peer (P2P) interactions to positively influence and deliver transformative customer outcomes. This research is a qualitative case study to investigate how a firm in public healthcare improved wellness and overall well-being of community-dwelling seniors. The study proposed a decentralised, disintermediated and democratised governance model, for firms to manage P2P interactions. Method: The investigator used an ethnographic study to gather contextual insights into the motivations, behaviours, experiences and outcomes of P2P participants and a firm’s actors. The focal firm, a public healthcare organisation, operated three wellness and activity centres (“Centres”) for community-dwelling seniors. These Centres aimed to promote supported self-management communities and reduce incidences of frequent hospital admissions. A three-part iterative analytical technique was used to analyse data from in-depth interviews with thirty-nine respondents and site observations. Results: Through frequent interactions and participation at the Centres, there was a sense of community among member residents. Each of the twenty-nine resident respondents, average aged 66, reported a sense of purpose from leading and participating in activities at the Centres. The Centre managers facilitated P2P interactions by pairing residents to help one another. They developed communal norms to regulate P2P interactions. Example, a mainstay at all Centres was the daily morning exercises regardless of mobility status. The residents interviewed expressed improved control over their chronic conditions and reported positive experience overall. The data gathered supported the proposition: a strong sense of community was related to increased community engagement which associated with positive customer experience. Conclusion: Unlike a physician-centric healthcare model where patients were passive recipients, the firm drew on the participation of community-dwelling seniors to manage the customer experience. The focal firm adopted a model that was decentralised, democratised and disintermediated, to shape P2P interactions wherein the member residents became proactive co-creators of value instead of mere recipients. This study contributed to the body of work in transformative service research. Although limited by external validity, the findings offered associations of the constructs like community engagement and self-efficacy. Future research could evaluate the sustained impact on well-being at different levels – individual, community, and population.

Building a regional health ecosystem: a case study of the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health and its System of Care

Efforts to address Indigenous health disadvantage require a refocus on urban settings, where a rapidly increasing majority (79%) of Indigenous Australians live. Proximity to mainstream primary care has not translated into health equity, with the majority of the Indigenous burden of disease (73%) remaining in urban areas and urban Indigenous people continuing to face significant barriers in accessing comprehensive and culturally appropriate care. This paper presents a case study of how the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) has strategically responded to these challenges in South East Queensland - home to Australia's largest and equal fastest growing Indigenous population. The IUIH has developed a new regional and systematised model - a regional health 'ecosystem' - for how primary care is delivered and intersects with the broader health system. Through intentional action, which strengthens the self-efficacy of community, the IUIH System of Care has delivered real gains for the Indigenous population of the region and has the capacity to deliver similar improvements in health access and outcomes in other regions.

Community Self-Efficacy of Coronary Heart Disease Based on Characteristic Risk Factors

Coronary heart disease is one of the main causes of mortality rate in the world. This disease is affected by several risk factors. People who have high or moderate risk factors for coronary heart disease should have good preventive behavior, but this also requires a good level of self-efficacy as well, so that the expected behavior can be performed. This study aimed to determine the level of community self-efficacy of coronary heart disease based on characteristic risk factors. This research used a descriptive quantitative approach. Participant consisted of 70 people in Desa Limusgede, West Java, Indonesia acquired through a non-probability technique of purposive sampling. Self-efficacy was measured using a self-efficacy questionnaire (validity value in the range of 0.484 to 0.773 and reliability value 0.862) while risk factor data were determined by age, body mass index, blood pressure, smoking behavior, diabetes mellitus, and physical activity which were referenced by Jakarta Cardiovascular Score. Data were analyzed using median and frequency distribution. The results showed that median (minimum-maximum score) of self-efficacy is 26.00 (11-41), most of the respondent (62.86%) had high self-efficacy of coronary heart disease and more than a half respondent (47.14%) had moderate and high-risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Further, almost half the respondent who had high self-efficacy also had moderate and high-risk factors for cardiovascular disease. So, the health professional must concern in activities to decrease the level of cardiovascular risk factors, such as health education, health promotion, and disease prevention.

Optimizing Upstream Health in the Community-Oriented Integrative Domain.

Three domains define major challenges facing U.S. health care. Although engagement in the clinical and service domains directly impacts health, integrative engagement operates at the community level to address social determinants of health. Relying on examples from the Rodham Institute, an academically-based community organization, the authors describe principles and practices for promoting community self-efficacy and capacity-building to improve health. These include effective listening, allowing the self-identified needs of the community to drive engagement, and facilitating physician learning involving community education. If social determinants are to be effectively addressed, such approaches provide valuable insight.

Instagram: its influence to psychologically empower women

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate whether posting on Instagram contributes to empowerment and through what mechanisms.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 372 women instagrammers from Kuwait participated in the survey. LISREL 8.2 was used to perform confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling, employing the maximum likelihood estimation method.FindingsInstagram posts have direct and indirect effects on psychological empowerment. The indirect effect appears through two perceptual mechanisms: sense of self-efficacy and sense of community (SOC). The former provides women with a sense of mastery and control and the latter gives them the perception of belonging to a community that equips individual participants with a collective efficacy. Of the two mechanisms, the SOC plays a more significant role in creating psychological empowerment. Having a sense of virtual community, as opposed to participating in real ones, can act as catalyst in creating empowerment.Originality/valueThis study investigates the impact of a recent new technology, namely, Instagram, in regions where women are marginalized for generations. Instagram is important, because images, photo captions, short texts and hashtags are vital elements of communication in the present day. Furthermore, women are twice as likely to think highly of a brand that makes an empowering ad and are more likely to share, comment and like the ads.

Upaya Pencegahan dan Perawatan Hipertensi di Rumah Melalui Media Pembelajaran Bagi Masyarakat di Kabupaten Pangandaran

Hypertension is a health problem that needs attention in Indonesia. To decrease the incidence of hypertension, we could give health education to the community. Provision of information and education through learning media such as booklet was one effort to empower the community in preventing and performing hypertension treatment at home. Increasing health promotion through the provision of information and education using learning media was expected to improve the knowledge and self-efficacy of the community that will affect the behavior of the community. Pangandaran Regency is one of the target areas of Padjadjaran University where hypertension is one of the highest prevalence diseases. The purpose of this activity was to improve knowledge of community self-efficacy about prevention and treatment of hypertension. This activity was carried out from community surveys, booklet preparation, booklet socialization, and evaluation. At the implementation stage, the activity was followed by 22 people and 13 of them had hypertension. People who had hypertension were given hypertension management booklet then their knowledge and self-efficacy evaluate after one to two weeks. The result showed that there was an increase in the average knowledge and self-efficacy of them after the program. Besides that, there were differences in an average score of public knowledge before and after the giving of booklets, but there was no difference in the average self-efficacy score. This booklet can be used to provide health education to the community related to prevention and treatment of hypertension, so hopefully, there will be changes in behavior to manage hypertension. Keywords: Booklet, learning media, hypertension, knowledge, self-efficacy