Effectiveness Of Social Program Research Articles

Contracting ‘person-centred’ working by results: street-level managers and frontline experiences in an outcomes-based contract

ABSTRACT Outcomes-based contracting (OBC) has been heralded as a mechanism for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of social programmes yet has persistently failed to deliver meaningful support for people experiencing social disadvantage. This mixed-method study evaluates the contractual shift of a British support service for adults with multiple, complex needs from bilateral fee-for-service arrangements to an outcome contract in the form of a ‘social impact bond’. Our findings add much-needed empirical evidence on the implications of OBC for personalization and co-production of public service delivery. In contrast to prior payment-by-results experiments we find evidence of enhanced person-centredness and asset-based practice.

THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL FACTORS ON THE STATE OF HEALTH OF ADOLESCENTS

Introduction. The relevance of this study is determined by the increasing impact of social factors on the health of adolescents in modern society, especially in Ukraine under wartime conditions. Adolescence is a critical period for the formation of physical and mental health, and during this time, individuals are most vulnerable to external influences. The social environment, including family, peers, mass media, and social networks, significantly affects the well-being and development of adolescents. Analyzing these factors is crucial for developing effective strategies to support the health of the younger generation, which in turn will contribute to the formation of a healthy nation in the future. The purpose of the article is a theoretical and methodological analysis of the influence of various social factors on the physical and mental health of adolescents with the aim of developing scientifically-based recommendations for improving their health through the implementation of effective social programs and policies. Methods. To achieve the research objectives, a comprehensive approach was used, including: analysis of scientific literature on the impact of social factors on adolescent health; comparative analysis of the impact of various social factors on adolescent health; statistical analysis to identify the most significant social factors and their impact on adolescent health. Results. The study assessed the most important factors affecting health preservation in adolescence. Each of these factors was detailed, including their direct impact on the adolescent's psyche and consciousness. Particular attention was paid to aspects such as family environment, peer relationships, academic load, access to medical services, and the level of physical activity. The family environment is considered a fundamental factor shaping the foundations of healthy adolescent development. The role of parents in maintaining emotional stability, the importance of positive family relationships, and the impact of the family's economic status on access to quality medical services and healthy nutrition are highlighted. Peer relationships are characterized as an important social factor that can both benefit and harm the adolescent's health. Positive relationships provide support and contribute to the development of healthy social skills, while negative social experiences, such as bullying, can lead to stress and depressive states. Academic load is also considered an important factor affecting the mental health of adolescents. It is emphasized that high demands and pressure from educational institutions can cause chronic stress, negatively impacting overall well-being and mental health. Access to medical services and the level of physical activity are important factors for physical health. It is described how insufficient access to medical services can lead to the untimely detection and treatment of diseases, and low levels of physical activity can lead to weight problems and other physical ailments. Recommendations for parents on how to help overcome the challenges of adolescence are provided. The advice includes building trusting relationships with children, providing emotional support, monitoring the adolescent's social circle, reducing academic load through organizing an effective daily routine, encouraging physical activity, and timely consultation with medical specialists. Parents are also encouraged to actively participate in their children's lives, providing them with a safe and supportive environment for comprehensive development.

Eliciting empathetic drives to prosocial behavior during stressful events.

In the current pandemic situation, psychological science is increasingly considered by public health policy. Empathy is mainly recognized as a crucial drive for prosocial behavior. However, this rich body of evidence still lacks visibility and implementation. Effective social programs are needed, and little is known about how to elicit empathetic drives. The paper gives first a clear foundation to the role of empathy during stressful events. It provides then a comprehensive overview of innovative interventions triggering empathic response in the public such as fiction, film, and theater. Moreover, it integrates interactive ways of sharing personal views that could elicit empathetic feelings in different people. Advances deriving from this perspective could be of significant public interest in the current and future health crises and help authorities develop innovative social programs, which should be the focus of further scientific inquiry.

Long-Term Effects of Social Insurance on Adult Mortality: Evidence From Three Social Programs in Mexico

Research on the mortality effects of social insurance programs for older adults has generated conflicting results. Some studies suggest important health benefits, others find no effects, and still others find unintended adverse effects potentially linked to pathways such as increased obesity. Evidence has focused predominantly on short-run effects rather than net long-run mortality effects and their effects on the health of older adults has been particularly understudied. Mexico offers a unique opportunity for studying the long-run effects of social programs on adult mortality. Within a ten-year period, Mexico introduced the following influential social insurance programs: Progresa conditional cash transfer (CCT) program in 1997, 70 y más unconditional cash transfer (UCT) program for older persons in 2007, and Seguro Popular, a public health insurance program (PHI) for the uninsured, in 2004. In this paper we analyze effects on mortality for middle-age and older adults, by gender, 10-20 years after program implementation.

Сутність і особливості соціального захисту населення в українській ретроспективі

The scientific article reveals the formation of the Ukrainian system of social protection (historical aspect). The main stages of development of social policy in Ukraine, from the first origins to the key principles of modern social policy are described. The desire of the Ukrainian authorities to renounce the paternalistic role and alimony is emphasized. Priorities for activities in the social sphere have been identified: guaranteeing social rights, increasing the effectiveness of social programs, assistance to vulnerable groups (large and low-income families, servicemen, people with special needs, victims of violence, etc.). The general scheme of the social protection system in Ukraine is presented, which consists of two main parts: compulsory state social insurance, which is formed through the contributions of employers and working citizens to the relevant social insurance funds; system of social support (assistance, benefits, subsidies, social services), which is mainly formed by taxation and financed from the state budget. Further ways of scientific research are outlined (content and principles of realization of the state social programs on support of vulnerable segments of the population).

Evidence of an Output Bias in the Judgment of Public Performance: A Replication and Extension

Despite calls for an evidence-based focus on outcomes as a way to enhance accountability for public performance, findings from a prior study suggest that the public may be more impressed by high frequency (low cost) but ambiguous outputs (such as people served) rather than more meaningful but costly outcomes (causal effects). We attempt to replicate and extend the investigation of this output bias through a pair of survey experiments involving judgments about two evidence-based, highly effective social programs: one, an HIV/AIDS prevention program (adapted from the prior study), the other, a program for special needs high school students (Check and Connect). Our findings confirm that respondents viewed both programs more favorably when given information about mere outputs (people served) in comparison with more rigorous outcomes (causal effects). We then tested an extension of the Check and Connect experiment in which we modified the framing of cost and performance information in ways that reduced the tendency toward an output bias. We speculate on the possible mechanism that may lead to an output bias, and we discuss the implications of our findings for evidence-based public policy and management.

Is Microfinance an Effective Social Program Intervention for Poverty Reduction? Impact Analysis Approach

Is Microfinance an Effective Social Program Intervention for Poverty Reduction? Impact Analysis Approach

Управление внутренними социальными программами организации и оценка их эффективности

The aim of the study is to analyze the effectiveness of the implementation of internal social programs of organizations. The planning of social events is aimed at increasing the loyalty of employees to the organization, the growth of labor productivity, social activity, creativity, and rationalization of activities. The article discusses the goals, scope, focus and results of social programs, examines approaches to methods for assessing their effectiveness, offers an assessment of their economic efficiency using a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators. An assessment is made of the economic indicators of the effectiveness of social programs in terms of investments in the past (historical cost), present (replacement cost) and future periods (economic value). Analyzed indicators for assessing the effectiveness of the organization’s social programs in key areas. The main positive factors that directly affect the cumulative economic effect are formulated. The factors of socio-psychological well-being and activating factors of employees’ work are investigated.

Assessment of the Effectiveness of Social Programming

Assessment of the Effectiveness of Social Programming

Assessment of the Effectiveness of Social Programming

Assessment of the Effectiveness of Social Programming

(Financial Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Social Programming)

(Financial Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Social Programming)

(Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Social Programming)

(Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Social Programming)

Учет мультипликативного эффекта как обязательный элемент оценки последствий реализации социальных программ

Учет мультипликативного эффекта как обязательный элемент оценки последствий реализации социальных программ

(Assessment of the Effectiveness of Social Programming)

The entire diversity of assessments made by various subjects, going through certain procedures and stages in the assessment process, turns into resultant (final) assessments. As a rule, the organizational assessment process of the final information can serve as a basis of certain important practical conclusions for the implementation of relevant events and actions, development of programs to increase effectiveness.

Ethics, practically speaking

As practicing neurologists, we are faced continually with a diversity of ethical challenges. This issue of Neurology® Clinical Practice features several articles approaching various aspects of medical ethics including prescribing medication, relationships with Pharma, effects of social programs, and legal ethics.

Medical care utilization status and quality of life in diabetes mellitus patients

Abstract This study aims to identify utilization status of medical care and factors to affect quality of life in diabetes mellitus patients. The research selected 6,146 adults aged over 50, who appeared with EQ-5D, from the Korean health panel. We analyzed states of medical care utilization using descriptive statistics. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the main factors associated with quality of life in diabetes patients. The result shows that quality of life(EQ-5D) in diabetes is significantly associated with gender, age, insurance type, education level, household income, diabetes ambulatory medical cost and the number of ambulatory medical utilization for other diseases. Females, higher age, lower levels of education, medicaid, the lower household income, the higher diabetes ambulatory medical cost, and the higher the number of ambulatory medical utilization for other diseases were the significant factors of lower quality of life. Therefore, it is necessary to develop effective social programs and individualized approach to improve the quality of life in diabetes patients. In the future, these findings can be used as important data for health care policy and assessment.

Lokalne instytucje pomocy społecznej w procesie aktywizacji społeczno-zawodowej bezrobotnych kobiet

Contemporary theories of politics, and social assistance – stress that the effectiveness of social programs in the field of community work with groups at risk of marginalization processes is determined by quality of service provided in this area at the level of local institutions. The financial crisis of the welfare state – has highlighted the weakness of the central management of social programs, at the level of individual regions, and thus the need for a new approach to the problems of the excluded. Long-term unemployment, disability, many children and sex are those factors that promote the processes of exclusion – in Poland, a group particularly at risk are women who live outside large cities. The analysis shows that the appropriate support by local aid institutions – raises the prospect of becoming independent women still excluded from the labor market. However, in order to be successful, must be complied with certain conditions into account the local conditions of socio-economic potential. A chance for the preparation of programs targeted to a specific group, including its characteristics and needs – are carried out from 2008 projects under the Human Capital Operational Programme, funded by the European Union. In this elaboration I present the experience of three municipalities voivodeship with the implementation of programs for the group of unemployed women.

Investigating the Life Situations and Development of Teenage Mothers' Children: Evidence from the ECLS-B.

The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort of 2001 represents a unique opportunity to examine the life situations of teenage mothers and their young children in a nationally representative sample. Descriptive and multivariate regression analyses compare teenage mothers and their children to older mothers and their children, examine variation among teenage mothers and their children, and estimate associations between household structures and mothers' work and school involvement at age 2 and children's health and development at age 4½. Results show that compared to children of mothers who never gave birth as teens, teenage mothers' children experience strong socioeconomic disadvantages, and their home environments have some greater risks. Their mothers' parenting behaviors are not rated as favorably, and many measures of their health and development at age 2 are compromised. However, many of these parenting and developmental disparities are explained by teenage mothers' low levels of current socioeconomic status. At least in some domains, teenage mothers' involvement in school and paid work is associated with more favorable child outcomes at age 4½, and living with a single mother and other adults predicts more negative outcomes. Many everyday experiences that are associated with disadvantaged outcomes are quite prevalent among teenage mothers' children, identifying useful targets for policy interventions. These findings suggest that effective social programs implemented in early life may have an opportunity to reduce the early developmental disadvantages of many children of teenage mothers.

Information professionals in a globalized world: Digital inclusion initiatives in Brazil: Improving education and information seeking behavior through government‐academic partnerships

Information professionals in a globalized world: Digital inclusion initiatives in Brazil: Improving education and information seeking behavior through government‐academic partnerships

Poverty Reduction and Social Security in Canada from Mixed to Neo-Liberal Welfare Regimes

Abstract Drawing on two nationally representative household surveys, this paper investigates changes in poverty reduction effectiveness of social programs in Canada caused by dismantling the mixed welfare regime in favor of a liberal welfare regime. We measure and explain how the social security system affects poverty before and after regime changes and what types of social security programs become more effective in poverty reduction. The paper shows that, as a result of regime change, overall poverty reduction of social security declined. However, the decline was fairly modest considering the magnitude of the reforms. Favorable economic conditions played an important role in mitigating negative consequences of the reforms.