Social Welfare Research Research Articles

Review of the Lifestyle Issues of the Khumi Community

The Khumi community is primarily patriarchal and is a notable ethnic group in Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar. They reside in the western part of Myanmar, specifically in the Arakan hill region. Their settlements are found in the hilly areas adjacent to the India-Bangladesh border. The data analysis reveals the comprehensive insights into the socio-demographic, health-related, education-related, income, and livelihood characteristics of the Khumi community in remote hilly regions of Bangladesh. Most of the participants are male, farmers, and Christian. Health issues, such as their eye problems and ankle pain, vary between the genders, with a notable reliance on local pharmacies for their healthcare services. Education-wise, illiteracy is prevalent, and economic and teacher-related obstacles hinder their education accessibility. Monthly and yearly income distributions highlight their economic disparities, with a significant proportion earning between the ranges of 3,001 to 5,500 Taka monthly. Livelihood-related characteristics showcase a heavily reliance on solar power, diverse agricultural practices, and predominantly nuclear family structures. The various challenges in livelihood, including economic, cultural, healthcare, education, communication, and linguistic issues, are addressed through the community-driven solutions. There are various notable efforts focus on water drainage, transportation system improvement, electricity infrastructure enhancement, primary school education, and agricultural training. Therefore, the study concludes that the Khumi community faces various economic vulnerability, educational disparities, and cultural erosion while the recommendations include community-centric development programs, education enhancement, healthcare access improvement, agricultural support, infrastructure development, preservation of culture, social welfare programs, government-community collaboration, research and data collection, and awareness and advocacy efforts. Implementing these numerous recommendations can contribute to the overall development of the Khumi community with addressing their various unique challenges and fostering the sustainable progress.

일본의 한국 지역연구 동향

This paper aims to analyze the trends of Korea area studies in Japan, with a focus on the Korean Regional Research Association. Firstly, examining the current status of regional research-related conferences in Japan, such conferences were established in the 1980s and continued until the 2000s, but their numbers sharply declined in the 2010s. The Modern Korean Chosun Society, founded in 2000, is a relatively new society comprising members from various academic disciplines, including law, politics, international relations, economics, business administration, sociology, social welfare, journalism and communication research, pedagogy, cultural anthropology, ethnography, folklore, history, literature, and language. Korean political research tends to describe political dynamics based on different regimes, while political history often focuses on individual figures. Much of the Korean economic research has centered on analyzing the impact of the IMF economic crisis on Korean society. Additionally, Korean social research has examined various topics, such as changes in employment structures resulting from job insecurity in the labor market, the rapid aging of the population, and shifts in population and family structures due to trends like unmarried and late marriage.

Human Rights for The Elderly Group in Indonesia: Elderly in The Era of Covid 19

The 1945 Constitution essentially guarantees that every citizen in national development in all aspects of life "promotes general welfare and social justice". Among the achievements of general welfare is the realization of better public health. The implication is that the life expectancy of the Indonesian population is increasing and the number of elderly or elderly people is increasing. However, the bad news regarding the Coronavirus Disease-19 (Covid-19) pandemic is that the elderly are vulnerable to being exposed to Covid-19. The data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that more than 95% of deaths occur at the age of 60 years or older (WHO, 2020). How is the elderly social protection provided by the government and society's elderly social institutions during the Covid-19 pandemi?, and what is the urgent need for these elderly social institutions in protecting the elderly during the Covid-19 pandemic? The methodology in this study uses a mixed method rapid study approach. Creswell interprets it as a research method characterized by the collection of quantitative data in the first stage, then followed by the collection and analysis of qualitative data in the second stage in order to support the results of the quantitative research conducted in the previous stage. The conclusion of this study states that the elderly have the right to obtain maximum protection. Ministry of Social Affairs R.I. as a government mandatory for the realization of the welfare of the elderly has an important and strategic role in this. For this reason, the Ministry of Social Affairs needs to continue to develop policies for the protection of the elderly according to contemporary dynamics. The study is an important instrument for developing policies, in this case the protection of the elderly. In this regard, the Center for Social Welfare Research and Development views the urgency of conducting a study on "Social Protection of the Elderly during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Government and Community Elderly Social Institutions" as an information and input for the development of the intended elderly protection policy.

농촌관련 사회복지 연구의 경향과 쟁점 : 사회복지학분야 학회지 게재 논문을 중심으로

농촌관련 사회복지 연구의 경향과 쟁점 : 사회복지학분야 학회지 게재 논문을 중심으로

Therapy Dog Support in Pediatric Dentistry: A Social Welfare Intervention for Reducing Anticipatory Anxiety and Situational Fear in Children

Children often experience anticipatory anxiety and situational fear (AAS though not statistically significant. Cortisol tended to decreased over the three time points, while alpha-amylase appeared to follow the trend of oxytocin more than cortisol. The findings support that Canine Support in Pediatric Dentistry is a feasible AAI in the pediatric dental clinic, which provides a model generalizable to other medical environments and experiences that may provoke AA&SF in children. Collection and measurement of salivary analysis is a feasible and practical method to explore biopsychosocial change in social welfare research.

The Direct Relationship between Bullying Rates and Extracurricular Activities among Adolescents and Teenagers with Disabilities

ABSTRACTPast studies have indicated students who have disabilities are at a higher risk of experiencing bullying victimization in comparison to other student groups. Extracurricular activity participation has shown to establish better social outcomes for students. These positive social outcomes indirectly decrease the amount of times a student is bullied. The following study uses the National Crime Victimization Survey – School Crime Supplement (NCVS/SCS) to analyze the bullying occurrence rates experienced among students, with disabilities being a focal variable. To explore the relationship between extracurricular involvement and bullying occurrence rates, this study employs a binary logistic regression to determine if athletic and non-athletic extracurricular activities have an impact on the number of times a student with disabilities experiences bullying. Implications for future social welfare practice and research are discussed.

Public Support for Sustainable Welfare Compared: Links between Attitudes towards Climate and Welfare Policies

The emerging concept of sustainable welfare attempts to integrate environmental sustainability and social welfare research. Oriented at a mid-term re-embedding of Western production and consumption norms into planetary limits, it suggests the development of “eco-social” policies in the rich countries. In this theoretical context, this article empirically investigates the relationships between attitudes towards welfare and climate policy in 23 countries. Using 2016 data from the European Social Survey, we explored patterns of synergy between both kinds of policies as well as effects of crowding-out, where support for one kind of policy involves refusing the other. Since previous research addressed the role of welfare states and their institutional foundations in establishing environmentally sustainable societies, we studied how attitudes towards welfare and climate policies differ according to welfare regime affiliation. Additionally, we examined how a range of socio-demographic and political factors such as class, education, income, and political position shape people’s views on welfare and climate policy goals. The results of a multiple correspondence analysis indicate that the simultaneous support of welfare and climate policies follows welfare regime lines in that this support is the highest among social-democratic countries. However, also some conservative and Mediterranean countries score high in this regard. At the individual level, people with a higher education, employees in socio-cultural professions, and voters of moderate left and green parties display the highest mutual support for welfare and climate policies.

Active ageing in Slovakia

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The Measurement of Targeting Design in Complex Welfare States: A Proposal and Empirical Applications

The extent to which welfare states target resources to the poor and the effect this may have on redistribution and public support remains an important question in contemporary social policy and welfare state research. Usually in this line of research, targeting is measured as the extent of transfers accruing to the lowest income groups. Such an outcome measure depends on both policy design and contextual factors, such as the composition of the population. For some research questions however, researchers may want to separate the effect of the design of benefit schemes, i.e. targeting design, from the context in which targeting takes place. For instance to assess the effect of policy design on redistributive outcomes, or to track whether policymakers resorted to more or less targeting in their benefit schemes over time. Therefore, in this article we develop an institutional targeting indicator that captures the policy intention to target towards the poor. Our indicator summarizes policy design into one parameter, and captures the complexity of benefit design in contemporary welfare states in a meaningful way. Drawing on the OECD Benefits and Wages data that capture the rules and legislation of tax benefit systems, we demonstrate different empirical applications for this indicator.

사회복지분야 연구참여자보호 강화 방안에 관한 고찰

사회복지분야 연구참여자보호 강화 방안에 관한 고찰

Coexisting Social, Economic, and Health-Related Disadvantages in More than 2.4 Million Swedes: Combining Variable-Centred and Person-Centred Approaches

The notion of coexisting disadvantages has been recognised in social welfare policy and welfare research, not least in the Nordic countries. The prevalence and patterning of coexisting disadvantages in society have far reaching implications for well-being, social policy, and social inequality. Using longitudinal register-based data for the years 1998‒2008 for all Swedish individuals born 1946‒1965 (n > 2.4 million), this exploratory study maps out the occurrence of coexisting disadvantages in the Swedish working-age population, and examines to what extent observed prevalence rates are associated with sex, age, immigrant status, and marital status. Coexisting disadvantages are analysed in terms of four broad register-based indicators intended to capture individuals’ resources in key areas of the society: education, income, labour market, and mental health. The results show that while most individuals are not disadvantaged in these areas, coexisting disadvantages do occur and its prevalence varies according to sex, age, immigrant status, and marital status. This study shows that combinations of person-centred and variable-centred analyses of register-based indicators can play a part when developing effective systems for policy surveillance.

臨調・「行革」と社会福祉研究の課題

臨調・「行革」と社会福祉研究の課題

Exploring Trends in Mixed Methods Research in Social Welfare

Exploring Trends in Mixed Methods Research in Social Welfare

International Policy Frameworks on Ageing: Assessing Progress in Reference to the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing

Alexandre Sidorenko – Senior Advisor, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna, Austria. Email: sidorenko.alexandre@gmail.com
 Asghar Zaidi – Professor in International Social Policy, University of Southampton, UK. Email: Asghar.Zaidi@soton.ac.uk
 The central goal of this article is to review progress made in implementing the international policy frameworks on ageing, focusing on the Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing (VIPAA) and in more detail on the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA). The article offers a critical examination of the current approaches to monitoring and assessing the implementation process, outlining promising avenues for the future. In this way, the limitations of the current procedures for following the policy priorities of the MIPAA can be highlighted. What is found is that progress in many countries is hampered by inherent subjectivity in assessing and reporting advancement, lack of continuity and consistency, and difficulties in comparing the national level progress with international development in the same areas. The current year, 2017 / 2018, is momentous as we reach the end of the third five-year implementation cycle of the MIPAA. Introspection now should not merely focus on assessing the progress made but also on how the implementation of the MIPAA could be strengthened. In the same spirit, the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development Goals presents new opportunities; especially its pledges 'Leave no one behind' and 'Reach the furthest behind first', which imply that the older population can serve as agents of development. In moving forward, an essential requirement will have to be the establishment of an internationally acceptable set of indicators, which can be employed for assessing national progress in addressing the challenges and opportunities of ageing and monitoring the international efforts to implement international policy frameworks like the MIPAA. Along the lines of the dashboard of indicators used in the Active Ageing Index 'AAI', there should be a MIPAA monitoring toolkit with different layers of indicators, which are aligned with the three priority directions of the MIPAA.

教育政策と児童福祉政策の連動と違い : 社会福祉研究の立場から(III 教育政策研究の現状と課題)

教育政策と児童福祉政策の連動と違い : 社会福祉研究の立場から(III 教育政策研究の現状と課題)

Looking for Continuity of Care.

LWW/JNCQ JNCQ-D-16-00190 February 3, 2017 J Nurs Care Qual Vol. 00, No. 00, pp. 1–2 c 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright Commentary In this commentary a patient describes his recent hospitalization and need for better continuity of care. Looking for Continuity of Care Steven P. Segal, PhD W HO is Dr Jason Lo? Dr Lo was listed as my physician on the whiteboard on the wall next to my hospital bed, but during the 2 1 / 2 days I was in the hospital, I never met him. While “all’s well that ends well,” there are aspects to my recent hospitalization regarding continuity of care that the health care system needs to address if my experience is at all representative. Day 1: I arrived at the emergency depart- ment (ED) at 4:00 PM and was admitted to the hospital at 11:00 PM , relieved to be finally going to a room. The nurse said the physi- cian listed on the whiteboard next to my bed would be in to see me in the morning. Nurses showed concern, were efficient, and shared important information. All seemed well de- spite the seriousness of what I was informed was a potentially life-threatening condition, a deep vein thrombosis and saddle pulmonary embolism. Day 2: Breakfast seemed surprisingly un- healthy, soggy hash browns. I had been up since 6:00 AM , but Dr Lo had yet to appear. The Author Affiliations: Mental Health and Social Welfare Research Group and The Mack Center on Mental Health and Social Conflict, School of Social Welfare, University for California, Berkeley. The author declares no conflicts of interest. Correspondence: Steven P. Segal, PhD, University for California, 120 Haviland Hall (MC# 7400), Berkeley, CA 94720 (spsegal@berkeley.edu). DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000246 nurses indicated I needed to talk to him to find out my treatment plan. My blood pressure was higher than I ever remembered: it was 120/80 at my physician’s office before visiting the ED but now was 165/85 (“white coat” hyperten- sion, according to physician friends). At 10:00 AM , I met Dr R. He had read my file, had a treat- ment plan for me, but said I must first see the oncologist. I was surprised at that. I had never been told I had cancer. Did he mean a hema- tologist? He did and apologized, thanking me for the correction. Dr R, however, continued to refer to my impending meeting with the “oncologist” after lunch. He was apologetic when over again I said “hematologist.” Dr H., the hematologist, came in after dinner and outlined the treatment plan. He would put me on a new medication, Xarelto (rivaroxaban), although there could be some issue with in- surance approval. Day 3 begins early: A “masked-woman” turned on my room lights at 6:15 AM . “Wake up,” she said, “I have orders to draw blood.” She came around to the side of my bed and said: “William, how are you?” I told her “I’m not William.” She looked at my wristband and exited the room without another word. At 7:15 AM , another woman entered my room and awakened me, yet again. She said: “Good morning ma’am, I’m here to take vitals.” Upon seeing I was a man, she too left, saying “ex- cuse me.” My nurse came in later, took my vital signs, was quite thorough in checking me out, and was nice and conversational. She told me my Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. [AQ1]

Analysis of trends in social welfare research related to death preparation education

Analysis of trends in social welfare research related to death preparation education

Occupying Liminal Spaces in Post-Conflict Social Welfare Reform? Local Professionals and International Organisations in Bosnia and Herzegovina

This article presents the findings from a small-scale, exploratory, qualitative study on the perceptions of local managers working for international organisations involved in in social welfare reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a post-conflict society. The findings explore the nature of the involvement of international organisations in the reform efforts during and after the war, characterised by the development of a parallel welfare system, imported understandings of social welfare issues and difficulties in ensuring that international projects are complementary to statutory services and embedded within the wider society. The nature of policy translation renders many of these projects and programmes unsustainable. In conclusion, the text argues for closer linkages between social welfare and development studies research and practice, addressing the political dimensions of welfare reform and the need for greater coproduction of post-conflict social welfare policies and practices with service users.

Key Word Network Analysis to Identify the Trends of Research in Social Welfare for Disabled People

본 연구는 국내 장애인복지 연구의 동향을 주제어 연결망 분석의 방법으로 접근함으로써 기존의 기술적 분석 위주의 연구가 지니는 한계를 보완하는 대안적 분석을 시도한 연구이다. 이를 위해 1996년부터 2015년까지의 20년간 박사학위논문, 『한국사회복지학』, 『재활복지』 등을 통해 발표된 관련 연구 1,034편의 논문 주제어를 분석의 자료로 삼았으며, 주제어와 함께 연구방법의 동향도 함께 살펴보았다. 이러한 연구를 통해 연구방법의 경향과 흐름, 관심의 대상이 된 장애유형과 인구집단 및 쟁점 등의 우선순위, 주어진 기간 동안의 장애인복지 연구의 지적 구조 등을 밝혀 보았다. 지적 구조는 개별 주제어의 국지적 중심성 지수인 최근접이웃중심성, 전역 중심성 지수의 하나인 평균프로파일연관성 값의 비교, 군집분석 결과의 검토, 연결망의 시각화 등을 통하여 규명해 보았다. 이렇게 하여 발견 혹은 확인된 점들에 비추어 향후 연구에서 고려할 필요가 있는 연구방법, 연구관점, 연구대상, 연구주제 등의 방향에 관하여 논의하였다.The main purpose of this paper is identifying the trends of researches in the realm of social welfare for disabled people. It tries to introduce an alternative analytic approach - key word network analysis - that might surpass the shortage of analysis methods of existing studies which have mainly relied on descriptive analysis. For this purpose the authors constructed a database composed of key words and informations about research methods of the data sources of this study. The sources are such researches as doctoral theses and the papers of Korean Journal of Social Welfare and Journal of Rehabilitation Research which were published during the 20 years from 1996 to 2015. Total numbers of the thesis or papers analysed at this study are 1,034. The results are shown in three ways as follows: First, the method trends of selected researches. Second the lists of interested types and population groups of the disabled persons and interested issues. Third, the intellectual structure of the research. Based on the findings of this study, some suggestions are given considering desirable directions of future researches in relation to perspectives, methods, targets and subjects of them.

Developing a whole systems joint outcomes approach to contracting for integrated health and social care for older people

Background : In the climate of service reorganisation and sensitivity surrounding cost, health and social care systems are confronting many pressures. In England for example, most of the funding is tied up in acute and long term social care, current NHS contracts are widely regarded as insufficient for the transformation agenda and stifle innovation, and Payment by Results does not incentivise the reduction in admissions or social care changes but in fact acts as a perverse incentive (Curry et al 2011). As a consequence, commissioners of health and social care must rapidly consider contracting arrangements to drive forward service integration that is person-centred, innovative, sustainable and transferable. The aim of this project was to develop and externally validate a contracting model blueprint for long-term conditions that was integrated care focused, evidence-based, collaborative and based on achievable joint outcomes. The intention of the model was to ensure high quality integrated care for people with long-term conditions to support self-management and end of life care. Literature review, method and outcome: There were three phases to this project: 1. A critical international literature review of contracting models from within health and social care and industry was undertaken, in order to underpin the model with theory and evidence of effectiveness. This identified eight key contracting models (Alliance, Lead Provider, Partnering model, Outcomes-base commissioning, Accountable Care Organisations, value-based healthcare, incomplete contracts and the Alzira model). Overall there is little evidence of effectiveness, but much on values and principles underpinning the models and an equal amount of qualitative and anecdotal data theorising success and failure (Billings & de Weger 2015). 2. A design group of stakeholders from Clinical Commissioning Groups, acute and community health and social care, contracting and legal services, and technologists from industry was convened to develop the model. It met at monthly intervals over a six month period. A set of underlying principles were initially determined upon which a model should be developed that were person-centred (eg promoting self-management and high quality integrated care) and organisational (eg motivate the workforce, be flexible and innovative). These were isolated from best practice aspirations within professional and integrated care literature (eg Goodwin et al 2014). Secondly, relevant aspects identified in the literature review were extracted for inclusion. This included aspirational leadership and incentivisation from Accountable Care Organisation principles, trust and relational embeddedness between organisations from Alliance models, and person-centred values from outcomes-based commissioning approaches. Following the six months of design, the model consisted of two levels of detail with four overarching core elements – a) (joint) outcomes; b) partnership: collaboration and leadership; c) financial: incentives and risk; and d) legal. Each core element then had a series of more detailed contracting criteria, followed by further detailed specifications to guide the contract development. 3. This model was subsequently validated with a wide range of national and international experts to ascertain relevance and applicability across diverse contexts. The model has been assessed through consultation with five national and four international contracting, legal and long term care experts, and with organisations such as Monitor, the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, and NHS England. In addition it has been presented at webinars, conferences and discussed with professionals. Overall, those experts and bodies consulted expressed favourable opinions and were in agreement that the contracting model had face validity and potential in the field of integrated care. Discussion and Conclusion : This contracting blueprint signals a significant departure from how current contracts are developed, agreed and operationalised in England, tuned as it is towards integrated care and joint outcomes, and potentially can provide a ‘backbone’ for the achievement of the transformation agenda. However, despite the extensive validation and perceived relevance of such a model, it must remain aspirational until tested in the field. This is even more so, in that the strive for evidence to strengthen the conceptual development of the model was largely faulty, weak or absent; hence the literature underlining its development was equally aspirational. However, new agendas require new thinking. Work is underway to explore technological solutions to its application, developing software that will simulate bespoke contracts for localities using the model as a framework for developing joint outcomes.