Kent Family Research Articles

Re-collecting Cypriot antiquity: the Kent collection in Harrogate

Abstract Formed by the Kent family – farmers and landowners from the north of England – the little-known Kent collection brought together antiquities from Greece, Rome, Egypt and Cyprus, alongside weapons, armour, furniture and textiles. On the death of Benjamin Kent in 1968, most of the collection was bequeathed to the Harrogate Corporation, sparking debate on the value of such heterogeneous collections for general public audiences. This article investigates the collection’s history, examining the practices that formed it, the quasi-museum setting of the Kent family home, and the collection’s display following its transfer to municipal ownership. We focus on the ancient Cypriot objects, some of which can be traced to Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, British vice-consul on Cyprus from 1865 to 1870 and an important figure in the early collecting of Cypriot antiquities in the UK. Through this exploration, we consider how histories of collections, especially smaller-scale collections of private individuals, can re-contextualize objects and enrich their interpretation.

Attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control as predictors of women's intentions to take hormone replacement therapy

Objectives. To examine women's attitudes towards the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and to predict intention to take it in a sample of 1200 women using the theory of planned behaviour (Ajzen, 1988) and a measure of similar prior behaviour.Design. The design was cross‐sectional. A postal survey was carried out.Methods. Questionnaires were sent to a random sample of 1200 women aged between 38 and 58 generated from the Kent Family Health Services Authority records. Questions based on the theory of planned behaviour were used to predict women's intentions to take HRT. Information was also collected about the women's sources of information on the menopause, their experience of the menopause and the time leading up to it, their general health, and their sociodemographic circumstances.Results. Analysis was carried out on the responses of the 641 women who were not yet taking and had never taken HRT. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that similar prior behaviour made a small independent contribution to the prediction of behavioural intention when entered after the components of the model. Structural equation modelling was carried out to show the paths between the variables. When age was included, similar prior behaviour was shown to influence behaviour through perceived behavioural control and attitude.Conclusions. In predicting women's intention to take HRT, the beliefs of significant others, the women's personal beliefs, their degree of confidence in their ability to carry out the behaviour and the experience of similar prior behaviour are important considerations.

Dentaline: an out of hours emergency dental service in Kent.

Following wide consultation in 1991 on how to meet the requirement for out-of-hours emergency service provision, Kent Family Health Services Authority established three emergency dental clinics. The sites chosen were in or adjacent to District General Hospital Accident and Emergency Departments. Local dentists were contracted to provide a service each evening and also weekend and bank holiday mornings. Activity is reported for the three and a quarter year period from October 1991 to December 1994 with 300 dentists operating a rota to attend the clinics to provide 'occasional treatment' for all-comers. Drugs, if required, are dispensed directly and, where appropriate, NHS charges levied. On average, each operator works once every 3 months.

GP PRACTICE BUDGETS: AN EVALUATION OF THE FINANCIAL RISKS AND REWARDS

This paper considers the progress to date of those GP practices which have decided to become fundholding practices. We note that already, within the first year of operation, both GP fundholders and District Health Authorities have developed a number of budget ploys. As part of our work we report on the findings of a pilot survey of GP budget holders in the Kent Family Health Service. We conclude that if budget holding becomes the normal pattern of general practice, there will need to be a considerable development of the financial skills and managerial capabilities of the practices and it may be time for the new GP practice manager to come of age.

Chapter 4: Principals and Theory of Adolescent Foster Care:

Central program principles of the Kent Family Placement Service are identified and related to developments in contemporary British child care. Four areas of development in the Kent Program are described-evaluation, client population, matching, role of natural families-before turning to a discusson of the theoretical basis for special foster care for adolescents.

A Case Study in International Cooperation

Nancy Hazel was formerly senior research fellow at the University of Kent and organiser of the Kent Family Placement Project and is now, since retiring, consultant to the Southwark Catholic Children's Society homefinding unit at Gravesend (which prepares children for family placement) and Vice-Chairman of the Canterbury Unattached Youth Project, a new voluntary organisation providing a range of community-based services. Pia Merete Korshin studied family therapy for a year in the USA and then trained at the Danish Social High School as a 'social adviser' (social worker). Since 1974 she has been working with drug-addicts, and, since 1976, she has especially been working with the mother/child relationship. Carsten Schmedes has been attached to the Day and Overnight Centre since 1971, working with drug addicts. Since 1976 he has been working with single mothers with children, together with Pia Merete Korshin. During the last year in the family project he has acted as foster care consultant. Grete Rasmussen worked as secretary in the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Social Welfare, and, since 1963, as secretary to the clinical director of the Copenhagen Youth clinic. SUMMARY This article is in two parts. The first part describes how ideas and concepts can cross national and linguistic frontiers and how theories of social work practice may be found suitable for application in cultures which are different from the original setting. The ideas are likely to grow and develop during their travels and may return to their original source as the inspiration for further innovation. The Kent Project is used as a case example in the first part and in the second part of the article a new Danish project is described which is based on the Kent theories but may perhaps give workers in the UK ideas for further developments.

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this aticle:Inner City Poverty in Paris and London By CHARLES MADGE and PETER WILLMOTT.The Politics of Poverty By DAVID DONNISON.Understanding the Unemployed By JOHN HAYNES and PETER NUTMAN.Housing Policy and Housing Needs By PAUL N. BALCHIN.The Myth of Home Ownership By JIM KEMENY.The Politics of Mass Housing in Britain 1945–1975: A Study of Corporate Power and Professional Influence in the Welfare State By PATRICK DUNLEAVY.Rural Housing Competition and Choice By MICHAEL DUNN et alDoctors and the B.M.A. By PHILIP R. JONES.Delegation in General Practice. A study of Doctors and Nurses By ANN BOWLING.A Bridge to Independence: The Kent Family Placement Project By NANCY HAZEL.The Residential Solution By ANN DAVIS.Demographic and Social Change in Europe 1975–2000 By MAURICE KIRK.A Sociology of Special Education By SALLY TOMLINSON.Equality By WILLIAM RYAN.

Community placements for adolescents in the United Kingdom: Changes in policy and practice

Great Britain has chosen to alter its traditional practice of placing nearly all adolescents requiring out-of-home care in institutions. Looking at Sweden as a model, the Kent Family Placement Project sought to keep adolescents in the community. Some of the innovative components are described: families are paid a professional fee, there is a support group for families and contracts are drawn up between the adolescent and foster family specifying desired goals for the duration of the placement. Results of the five year experimental project are provided.

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Kent family of Winchester and Reading

Kent family of Winchester and Reading Get access J. W. Fawcett J. W. Fawcett 1Consett, co. Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s12-V, Issue 94, July 1919, Page 186, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s12-V.94.186 Published: 01 July 1919

Kent family of Winchester and Reading

Kent family of Winchester and Reading

Kent family of Winchester and reading

Kent family of Winchester and reading Get access W. R. W. W. R. W. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s12-V, Issue 91, April 1919, Pages 106–107, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s12-V.91.106d Published: 01 April 1919

Kent family of Winchester and reading

Kent family of Winchester and reading Get access P. Ramsey-Kent P. Ramsey-Kent 182 Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W.1 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s12-V, Issue 89, February 1919, Pages 52–53, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s12-V.89.52 Published: 01 February 1919

Kent family and Headbourne Worthy

Kent family and Headbourne Worthy Get access H. C. H. C. 1Winchester College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s12-IV, Issue 85, October 1918, Pages 274–276, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s12-IV.85.274c Published: 01 October 1918

Kent family and Headbourne Worthy

Kent family and Headbourne Worthy

Kent family and Headbourne Worthy

Kent family and Headbourne Worthy