Participation Of People Research Articles

The Urgency of Implementing an Appropriate Legislative Election System in Democracy Development in Indonesia

The Urgency of Implementing the Legislative General Election System Open and closed proportional election systems (elections) are two legislative election systems that differ in the way votes are counted and the allocation of seats in parliament. The two systems shocked the public because of plans to re-implement a closed proportional election system, which was marked by a lawsuit for judicial review of the Election Law to the Constitutional Court (MK) with case number 114/PUU-XX/2022. In this research, a normative research method was used with a comparative approach to the two systems based on several criteria, including effectiveness in representing various political interests, political stability, and people's participation in politics. The purpose of this study is to identify and examine the proper application of the legislative election system in the development of democracy in Indonesia. The results of this study indicate that an open proportional electoral system in the election of candidates for legislative members tends to be more appropriate in the development of democracy in Indonesia and is more effective in representing diverse political interests and strengthening political parties as political institutions. With this system, the development of democracy in Indonesia will be even better with well-run elections that uphold people's sovereignty.

The influence of vocational education parameters on economic growth in European Union member states

This study investigates the impact of professional education on the economic growth of European countries between 2013 and 2020. Industrialized nations have made it feasible for students of various levels to acquire training in a number of professional courses that are suitable for the labor market since professional education is one of the major factors contributing to a country's economic progress. The multiple regression OLS, Fixed, Random, and Hausman test econometric models form the foundation of the research approach. The GDP is presented as the dependent variable, while other factors related to professional education serve as independent variables. The data has been arranged in panel form, previously logarithmized, and tested accordingly. The study's findings indicate that young people's participation has little impact on economic growth, whereas students enrolled in non-tertiary vocational upper secondary and post-secondary education, regardless of their educational background, gender, or field of study, have a positive effect on the economies of European Union member states. In addition to spending by educational level, program orientation, institution type, and expenditure category on vocational education, the first aspect has a beneficial influence and includes things such as upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education – vocational. In conclusion, we can assert that professional education has substantial correlations with economic growth, necessitating a thorough examination of these correlations, as well as their practical application and careful observation of their impacts on economic development.

Engaging young Mindchangers in climate action: a case study of two European regions

To achieve the objectives in the Agenda 2030, the active participation of young people is crucial, as they will be the protagonists of the scenario that will emerge at the local and global levels. In order to support young people's active participation in these issues, it is necessary to understand what dimensions can influence their decision to start and continue participation and also to increase the level of participation. The research presented here is part of the EU project Mindchangers: Regions and Youth for Planet and People and is aimed to define guidelines to support the involvement of young people in these issues. To this aim, we analyzed some good practices implemented at regional level and interviewed some youth engaged people in Pied-mont (IT) and in Dolj County (ROM). Our article highlights the results obtained in this cross-regional analysis and puts forward a set of recommendations for all actors involved in youth engagement.

"Ngany Kamam, I Speak Truly": First-Person Accounts of Aboriginal Youth Voices in Mental Health Service Reform.

Aboriginal young people are experts in their own experience and are best placed to identify the solutions to their mental health and wellbeing needs. Given that Aboriginal young people experience high rates of mental health concerns and are less likely than non-Indigenous young people to access mental health services, co-design and evaluation of appropriate mental health care is a priority. Increasing Aboriginal young people's participation in mental health service reform is key to ensuring services are culturally secure, relevant and accessible. This paper presents first-person accounts from three Aboriginal young people who worked alongside their Elders and in a positive and constructive partnership with mainstream mental health services on a three-year participatory action research project in Perth, Western Australia, in Whadjuk Nyoongar boodja (Country). The young people recount their experiences as participants and co-researchers on a systems change mental health research project and share their views on the importance of privileging Aboriginal youth voices. Their accounts highlight that Aboriginal young people's participation and leadership must be understood through a decolonising lens and that working in genuine partnership with the community is key to increasing their contact and engagement with mental health care and improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes.

Barriers and facilitators to the inclusion of deaf people in clinical trials.

This article discusses the barriers that prevent deaf people from participating in clinical trials and offers recommendations to overcome these barriers and ensure equal access to study participation. Between April and May 2022, we conducted six focus groups with 20 deaf adults who use American Sign Language, all of whom had previous experience as research study participants. Focus group prompts queried community awareness of clinical trial opportunities, barriers and facilitators to deaf people's participation in clinical trials, and recommended resources to improve clinical trial access. This qualitative focus group data is supplemented by survey data gathered from 40 principal investigators and clinical research coordinators between November 2021 and December 2021. The survey queried researchers' prior experiences with enrolling deaf participants in clinical trials and strategies they endorse for enrollment of deaf participants in future clinical trials. Focus group participants unanimously agreed that, compared to the general hearing population, deaf sign language users lack equivalent access to clinical trial participation. Reported barriers included lack of awareness of clinical trial opportunities, mistrust of hearing researchers, and refusal by clinical trial staff to provide accessible communication (e.g. denial of requests for sign language interpreters). Survey data from 40 principal investigators and clinical research coordinators corroborated these barriers. For example, only 2 out of 40 survey respondents had ever enrolled a deaf person in a clinical trial. Respondents indicated that the most helpful strategies for including deaf sign language users in future clinical trials would be assistance with making recruitment information accessible to deaf sign language users and assistance in identifying qualified interpreters to hire to help facilitate the informed consent process. The lack of communication accessibility is the most common factor preventing deaf sign language users from participating in clinical trials. This article provides recommendations for hearing researchers to improve deaf people's access to clinical trials moving forward, drawing from mixed-methods data.

How effective is authoritarian environmentalism？ —evidence from China

Authoritarian environmentalism (AE) in China is embedded in the historical evolution of political centralization and has obvious path dependence; however, its effectiveness lacks empirical evidence. In the light of the cognitive motivation theory and the corpus linguistics, this study uses the multigrain Chinese word segmentation algorithm to construct the will index of provincial and central governments' environmental governance. With this will index and the provincial panel data in China from 2004 to 2017, this paper systematically examines the effectiveness and spatial heterogeneity of AE with the System GMM method. First, there is a negative correlation between the central government's will for environmental governance and environmental quality in provincial administrative regions, and top–down AE, characterized by political centralization, is less effective in China. However, the interaction term coefficients between the central and provincial governments are significantly positive for environmental governance. Second, from the perspective of sub-regions, effectiveness shows spatial heterogeneity across Eastern, Central, and Western China. Third, in Chinese-style AE, the public's environmental appeal has not received sufficient attention, and people's participation in environmental governance is limited. Finally, this study discusses ways to improve Chinese-style AE in China's institutional context and political system.

Engagement and outcomes of marginalised young people in an early intervention youth alcohol and other drug program: The Street Universities model.

Early intervention alcohol and drug (AOD) programs for disadvantaged young people have the potential to substantially decrease the need for future intervention, however there is little research about how young people use these programs or the substance use and other outcomes of such programs. This paper uses data from an Australian AOD early intervention program, The Street Universities, to: describe young people's participation; examine changes in substance use and wellbeing over 90 days; and assess which young people are most positively impacted. Data come from a prospective study of new attendees, measuring retention in and attendance patterns in an 'engagement' program focussed on arts and lifestyle activities (n = 95), and a routine service dataset collected from seven years of therapeutic intervention (n = 3,893), measuring substance dependence (SDS), psychological distress (K10) and quality of life (EQoL). Analysis reveals that young people were retained in the program at high proportion (63% at six months) and more than half of these returned at a frequency of weekly or more often. Young people participating in the therapeutic component of the program reported significant improvements in all key wellbeing indicators with SDS, K10 and EQoL scores significantly improving (at p < .001). These improvements occurred rapidly, within the first 30 days, and were maintained over the 90 day study period. Moreover, young people with the highest SDS and K10 scores and lowest quality of life at baseline experienced the most positive changes. Aligning engagement program with therapeutic intervention can provide comprehensive support to disadvantaged young people, producing substantial improvements in AOD use, distress and wellbeing.

An Empirical Study on the Driving Factors of Financial Management Behavior of the Middle-Aged and Elderly Based on Logistic Model

With the rapid development of economy and society, people's demand and participation in investment and financial management are also gradually increasing. With the advent of an aging society, the participation of the middle-aged and elderly people in investment and financial management behavior is also gradually increasing, but so far, there is still a large space for development. This paper takes the middle-aged and elderly people as the research object, analyzes the basic situation of the middle-aged and elderly people's investment and financial decision-making through the literature analysis method, collects the specific data of the factors affecting the investment and financial decision-making through the questionnaire survey, and uses the logistic model and other methods to analyze the data. Finally, the regression analysis results show that age, financial knowledge, herding, risk preference and future expectation will have a significant impact on the investment and financial decision-making of the elderly. Through this research, this paper hopes to provide relevant financial institutions with opinions and references related to products, help the middle-aged and elderly people avoid the risk of financial fraud, and make a certain contribution to the development of financial market and the improvement of the participation of the middle-aged and elderly people in investment and financial management.

School participation among young people with craniofacial microsomia and other childhood-onset disabilities.

To examine how school environment, physical functioning problems, and behavioral problems explain levels of school participation (i.e. attendance and involvement) among young people with craniofacial microsomia (CFM) and other childhood-onset disabilities, and whether participation-focused caregiver strategies play a role in these relationships. We conducted secondary analyses of a subset of data (n = 260 families: 120 with CFM and 140 with other childhood-onset disabilities) from the second follow-up phase of a longitudinal cohort study. We applied structural equation modeling with data collected from the Participation and Environment Measure - Children and Youth version, the Child Behavior Checklist, and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory physical functioning scale. Model fit was acceptable to close (comparative fit index = 0.973; root mean square error of approximation = 0.055; standardized root mean squared residual = 0.043; Tucker-Lewis index = 0.958). School environmental support had a positive effect on young people's participation attendance and involvement, and physical functioning problems had a negative effect on participation involvement. The number of disclosed caregiver strategies had a significant positive effect on the relationship between school environmental support and school participation attendance. Findings confirm the effect of school environmental support and physical functioning problems on school participation and highlight the role of participation-focused caregiver strategies to intensify the positive effect of school environmental support on school participation attendance. Environmental support had a positive effect on participation attendance and involvement. Physical functioning problems had a negative effect on school participation involvement. Disclosed caregiver strategies intensified the impact of environmental support on participation attendance.

Level of People's Participation in Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Siyasah Perspectives

Level of People's Participation in Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Siyasah Perspectives

PENGGUNAAN MEDIA SEBAGAI SUMBER INFORMASI PEMILU PILPRES DAN PILEG 2024 DI KALANGAN MAHASISWA PERGURUAN TINGGI KEAGAMAAN NEGERI DI PALANGKA RAYA

General election is a manifestation of democracy. Since Indonesia independence, general election has been carried out using various electoral systems. After the reform in 1998, the electoral system involved direct people's participation as a manifestation of people's sovereignty. General election in Indonesia is held every five years. Currently, the General Selection Commission is preparing everything regarding the general election in 2024, both the legislative and presidential elections. Information regarding general election is indeed important for the people, and the media plays an important role in providing various information regarding general election. In other words, the media acts as a means of political communication. This research aimed to describe the perspectives or opinions of students of three State Religious Institutions in Palangka Raya regarding general election information and the media used as the source of information. This research was a descriptive qualitative research, the data was collected by using in-depth interview and documentation. A total of 10 students became the key informants who were selected and determined based on purposive sampling. The results of the research showed that the majority of students thought that the media was an important source of information regarding general election, and in general, social media platforms were used as the main source of information besides the types of mainstream media or internet media. Based on the types of election information categories, the majority of informants stated that information regarding candidates and election processes or mechanisms was the information they wanted to know the most. The informants also stated that they had participated directly in general election, even though only as beginner voters because they believed that as good citizens they should have used their right to vote responsibly.

Investigating innovation diffusion, social influence, and personal inner forces to understand people's participation in online e-waste recycling

By integrating the elaboration likelihood model (ELM), innovation diffusion theory (IDT) and social cognition theory (SCT), this study constructs a research model through which to explore the key factors and their influence mechanisms to understand people's participation in online e-waste recycling. Based on the ELM, we believe that people's behavioral intention to participate in online e-waste recycling is affected by the information processing of central and peripheral routes. Based on IDT, we take the perceived innovation characteristics as the key elements of the central route and consider social influence as the key element of the peripheral route. At the same time, we consider personal inner force factors, based on SCT, as the functional condition of the information processing mode to explore the moderating effects of privacy concern, pricing fairness concern, and environmental concern on the information processing of the central and peripheral routes. By taking discarded mobile phones as an example, we collect 475 valid samples to test our research model using the structural equation modelling (SEM) approach. The results confirm that perceived innovation characteristics and social influence are two factors that motivate people to participate in online e-waste recycling and that the three kinds of inner forces have different moderating effects on perceived innovation characteristics and social influence. Based on the above findings, this study puts forward some policy proposals.

Theory-informed strategies to address factors anticipated to influence implementation and people's participation in community pharmacy-based diabetes prevention services

BackgroundEarly identification of non-diabetic hyperglycaemia and implementation of diet and lifestyle changes can prevent type 2 diabetes. However, low participation in diabetes prevention services remains a problem in the UK. The community pharmacy, one of the most accessible healthcare settings in the UK, could provide one solution to improving participation. AimTo prioritize factors that could influence delivery of, and people-participation in, community pharmacy-based diabetes prevention services, and to identify strategies to facilitate successful implementation. MethodsA mixed-methods, primary care-based study, comprising of two stages: 1- Prioritizing key influences of participation and delivery using a structured Nominal Group Technique with people with non-diabetic hyperglycemia, and other stakeholders; 2 – Identifying theory informed strategies to facilitate successful implementation using framework analysis. This involved mapping prioritized influences and qualitative data from the Nominal Group Technique onto the Behaviour Change Wheel theoretical framework. The study was conducted in February 2019, in Norfolk, UK and ethical approval obtained prior to research commencing. ResultsFifteen participants (five people with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia, nine community pharmacy and general practice staff and one commissioner) participated. Participants prioritized “awareness” and “service integration” as key factors likely to influence participation and “the provision of information about health consequences e.g., leaflets” and “action planning e.g. general practice referral of patients to prevention services” as key strategies to facilitate participation. “Training”, “staffing levels” and “workload” were amongst the key factors prioritized as most likely to influence delivery. Strategies identified to facilitate implementation included “instructions of how to perform the behaviour e.g. standard operating procedures” and “reward e.g. funding”. ConclusionsThis research provides theory informed strategies needed to facilitate successful implementation of community pharmacy-based diabetes prevention services. The findings of this study should inform the design of future diabetes prevention services to ensure participation and sustainability.

Simulation Game-Based Governance System Education

Democratization is a process of people's participation in the country's political activities, but this process is quite difficult because the public's perception of the government tends to be negative. One way to increase public awareness about government is to use educational games such as "Governman" which teach about the government system through simulation and make players think critically and creatively. The game "Governman" is made using the waterfall method and has gone through all the stages in that method. Research has been conducted to show that this game is effective in encouraging the player's intention to learn about the government system. It is hoped that this game will be an interesting and easy-to-understand way for players to learn about the government system. Research has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of this game and the results show that this game has a valid correlation between Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Hedonic Motivation and Behavioral Intention. This shows that this game is effective in encouraging players' intentions to learn and understand the government system

An analysis of the São Silvestre race between 2007–2021: An increase in participation but a decrease in performance

This study aimed to investigate the trends of finishers in the São Silvestre race in Brazil, taking into account sex, age, and performance levels. A total of 31 ​775 runners (women, n ​= ​13 ​847; men, n ​= ​17 ​928), aged (45.2 ​± ​16.8) years, finishers in the São Silvestre race between 2007 and 2021, were considered in the present analysis. Data (event year, date of birth, sex, and race times) were downloaded from the official race website. The man-Whitney U test, Spearman correlation, and robust regression model were computed. Participation increased over time for both sexes. Regarding age groups, “31–40 years” (women) and “> 60 years” (men) were those with the highest number of finishers. We found a decrease in performance across the years (β ​= ​2.45; p ​< ​0.005), as well as significant differences in race times for both sexes (U ​= ​42.844; p ​< ​0.001), with men presenting better performances than women. Over time, it was observed an increase in the performance gap between the sexes, but in general, the performance decreased (β ​= ​1.76; p ​< ​0.001). Stakeholders should consider improving the strategies to improve women and young people's participation in running events.

Climate change governance and Indigenous Peoples participation: an analysis from the Chilean case

ABSTRACT The effects of climate policy depend on the coherent integration of social, environmental and economic challenges, including Indigenous Peoples' demand for self-determination. Although Indigenous Peoples are gaining prominence in international climate change debates, their involvement in national legislation remains marginal. From an ethnographic approach, this article assesses the vertical coherence – integration of objectives set in international commitments, national policymaking and local implementation – of Chilean climate governance regarding Indigenous People's participation. I conducted documentary analysis, participant observation and interviews. International pledges promoting the participation of Indigenous Peoples in climate policy are increasing. However, these pledges may not translate into success at the national level. Fostering effective participation of Indigenous Peoples demands intercultural competences that critically address the challenges of policy implementation in Indigenous territories and better analysis of climate policy impacts, including stakeholders assessments. With justice as a guiding principle, national efforts can promote the transformation of international climate governance.

Examining Plogging in South Korea as a New Social Movement: From the Perspective of Claus Offe's New Social Movement Theory.

This study examines plogging as an environmental movement, using Claus Offe's new social movement theory to critically analyze why its value as an environmental movement has not been recognized in Korean society. Four rounds of in-depth interviews and narrative analysis were conducted between 2 October and 28 December 2022, which involved eight individuals who participated in and organized the plogging movement. The results revealed three reasons for plogging's failure to be appreciated by Korean society as an environmental movement: (1) the plogging movement overlaps with existing social movements; (2) the generational gap related to plogging movement participants stemming from the "new middle class"; and (3) conglomerates using the plogging movement as a marketing tool. The plogging movement has value as a new proactive, social movement for environmental protection that centers on people's participation. However, long-standing ideological and structural issues embedded in Korean society hinder the recognition of plogging's value.

Determining Factors of People's Participation in the Community Forest Program in the Central Dry Zone during the Rural Livelihood Transition in Myanmar

Determining Factors of People's Participation in the Community Forest Program in the Central Dry Zone during the Rural Livelihood Transition in Myanmar

Role of AMRUT Project in Urban Governance of West Bengal: A Review of Barddhaman Municipality (2015-2020)

The term "urban governance" refers to the effective planning, financing, and reforms in the delivery of urban services to people. Deficits in India's urban basic infrastructure pose a threat to inclusive governance. As a result, schemes such as AMRUT have been developed to fill infrastructure gaps and improve service delivery through effective planning, financing, decentralized-digital reforms, and people's participation. This paper will critically investigate the underlying process that projects like AMRUT use to develop urban planning, financing, reforms, and services more accountable, effective, transparent, and inclusive.

Feasibility of Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Veterans Managing Chronic Pain.

Background. Chronic pain impacts people's activity participation, productivity, mental health, and sense of wellbeing. Purpose. This study aimed to (1) evaluate the feasibility of the Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management (MBCPMTM) program on reducing pain perception and enhancing the quality of life, and (2) understand veterans' experience with the program. Method. The pretest-posttest single-group, mixed-methods design was used. Thirty-one veterans were offered the 12-week intervention. The Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-29 were administered before and after the program. Focus groups and individual interviews were conducted to understand the experience. Findings. Participants' PCS scores improved (Z = -3.116, p = .002), but the pain intensity did not change significantly. Themes from qualitative data include: (1) We are not alone! (2) I have a sense of awareness, choices, and control; and (3) It does work! Implications. The study shows preliminary feasibility of MBCPMTM for veterans. This promising effect supports future rigorous testing of this intervention.