Social Aid Research Articles

A tale of two brothers and the incumbent prerogative for a social ombudsman

Social support stipulates two imperative components: A structural component comprising network size and frequency of social interactions, and a functional component with emotional (such as receiving love and empathy) and instrumental (practical help such as monetary gifts or assistance between providing therapeutic care and social support. I present such a case where my role belonged to more of a social ombudsman for the care receivers mitigating their daily lifestyles rather than a clinician providing only pharmacological upkeep. This case taught me the perspective of devoting time to patients and their family members beyond the call for duty from being a mere prescription provider to be more of a social aid to the debilitated family unit.

Oblicze starości w Polsce na początku XXI wieku

Forecasts for our population clearly indicate that ageing process of Polish community will be accelerated in the nearest decades of XXI-st century. Population ageing process should be perceived by the decision makers as the most important phenomenon in the XXI-st century, as it affects many areas of social life, such as but not limited to, economy, social security, social aid, labour market, etc. It also means an increase of the risk for occurrence of many chronic illnesses, which force the need for intensified health care, nursing, rehabilitation, stimulation to activity and spiritual support as well as growth of demand for the services from the side of social aid institutions. Old age is not a period detached from the rest of life – it is its continuation despite of fact that it is connected with many limitations, hence there are many new challenges related with that. We should assure to elderly people the right to live on the level that guarantees sense of social dignity, regardless of their age.

THE SCHEME OF CASH TRANSFER DISTRIBUTION DURING THE COVID-19 PERIOD THROUGH THE WAEHERU VILLAGE FUND, CITY OF AMBON

The Covid-19 outbreak has caused the loss of jobs and sources of income for the community to become the worst so that intervention is needed in the form of social aid to communities affected by Covid-19. Because of these problems, the purpose of this research is to find out the scheme for distributing social aid in the form of cash transfer to the community during the Covid-19 period. The research method used is descriptive qualitative by conducting direct interviews with the village government, the community receiving cash transfer, and conducting secondary data analysis. The research findings reveal that the procedure for distributing cash transfer to the community are (1) the village government records the residents of the Waeheru community as initial data then validates the recipient data (2) for those who receive cash transfer through the Village Fund (DD) scheme, they must have Bank Rakyat Indonesia account to be able to receive the funds, (3) The process of receiving cash transfer is through the stages of planning, implementation, administration, reporting to the level of accountability in a transparent manner to the village government, community, and Village Consultative Board (Badan Permusyawaratan Desa ―BPD).

Analysis of Social Aid in Turkey During the Covid-19 Epidemic

The Covid-19 epidemic started in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and was accepted as an epidemic disease by the World Health Organization in January 2020 and was declared a pandemic on March 11th, 2011. Since the beginning of the epidemic, it has caused enormous social and economic losses, and its impacts are still continuing. Due to Covid-19, approximately 6 million people worldwide and a hundred thousand people in Turkey have died so far. Many solutions have been tried to be produced in the world and in Turkey in order to reduce the social and economic effect of Covid-19, which causes enormous social and economic losses, on societies. Undoubtedly, the economic and social assistance to be provided by the states and other non-governmental organizations during disasters such as Covid-19 is important and necessary in terms of preventing the negativities experienced. Turkey, as the rest of the world, the government has tried to take measures to reduce the economic and social losses of Covid-19 and to fight the epidemic. In order to reduce the effects of Covid-19, it is important to examine the aid provided in Turkey and to investigate its social and economic effects in terms of being prepared for similar disasters that may occur in the future. In this article, by obtaining the amounts and the qualifications of aids provided by the private sector and public institutions whether they are adequate or not has been examined and evaluated. As a result, it has been evaluated that the Covid-19 epidemic process is managed in a controlled manner due to the adequacy of health personnel and health institutions and also vaccine applications are successful; social and economic aids are provided, but the economic aid is not sufficient compared to the aid provided by developed countries.

Judge Considerations Of The Corruption Decision Of Social Aid For Covid-19 Disaster Mitigation From The Perspective Of Anti-Corruption Principles

Purpose of the study (Tujuan): The purpose of this study is to analyze the judge's judgment on the corruption decision of the social aid for COVID-19 disaster mitigation from the perspective of anti-corruption principles. Methodology (Metodologi): This research method employed normative research, sourced from primary legal materials, secondary legal materials, and non-legal materials. Results (Temuan): anti-corruption principles which include accountability, transparency, fairness, policy, and policy control, are to prevent external factors causing corruption. Regarding the COVID-19 disaster mitigation, early prevention and disaster mitigation are required as a series of efforts to reduce disaster risk, through both physical development and awareness and capacity building to encounter the threat of disasters. One of which is through social aid to the community due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the review of the judge's decision No.29/Pid-Sus/TPK/2021/PN Jkt. Pst, what incriminated the defendant who was sentenced to 12 years in prison is a crime of corruption undertaken when the country combated the disaster emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that the defendant was a state official who is supposed to be a good role model. Meanwhile, the mitigating factor is that the defendant has suffered enough due to the insults he received from the community even though the defendant is not necessarily guilty. Thus, this has hurt the sense of justice in society. Learning from the corruption case of social aid during the pandemic, judges considered that a leader should not violate the principles of anti-corruption morality so that the integrity of the anti-corruption leadership does not match expectations. Applications of this study (Kegunaan): It is to give law enforcers insight on what types of judicial decisions may hurt society’s trust and sense of justice. It is to give a non-exemplary case of judicial decisions that failed to provide a deterrent effect to criminal actors. Novelty/ Originality of this study: It provides an analysis on the judge's judgment on the corruption decision of the social aid for COVID-19 disaster mitigation from the perspective of anti-corruption principles

Analisis Penolakan Gugatan Ganti Kerugian dalam Penggabungan Perkara Tindak Pidana Korupsi Juliari P. Batubara (Perspektif Teori Hukum Progresif)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed the corruption case committed by Juliari P Batubara and 4 other people related to the procurement of Social Aid (BANSOS) for handling COVID-19. As many as 18 residents of West Jakarta and North Jakarta through the YLBHI victim advocacy team filed a combined lawsuit for compensation for the corruption case against Juliari P Batubara. This study aims to analyze the position of the victim in a corruption case and analyze the rejection of a claim for compensation in the corruption case of Juliari P Batubara by using progressive legal theory. This is a normative legal research that uses case, statutory and conceptual approaches. This study concludes that the position of the victim in a corruption case is divided into 2 types. That is, the direct victim is the state and the indirect victim that is subsequently divided into two more, namely the indirect an sich victim which is the community and the victim of reports on someone suspected of committing a criminal act of corruption. In the view of progressive law, the panel of judges examining the corruption case of Juliari P Batubara was shackled by legalistic-positivistic thinking in applying the provisions for merging cases contained in the Criminal Procedure Code. The panel of judges did not see that the lawsuit for compensation filed by the community was an attempt to obtain their full rights, bearing in mind that corruption was perpetrated against BANSOS funds in the face of the non-natural national disaster COVID-19 which caused a decline in people’s purchasing power and even a weakening of the national economy. This research suggests reformulation of Articles 98 – 101 of the Criminal Procedure Code regarding merging cases for compensation claims, so that procedures are simplified and accelerated recovery of victims of criminal acts can be achieved.

Verification of Covid-19 Social Assistance Recipients using Naïve Bayes Classifier

The Indonesian government launches the Covid-19 social assistance program to reduce the impacts of the economic downturn during the pandemic. The recipients of social assistance in Sukabumi Selatan District of Jakarta Province is collected form Neighborhood Association (RT/RW). However, this mechanism has limitations in terms of feasibility assessment through direct verification which is not optimal due to social restriction activities. At the same time, data is also collected through the regular recipients of social aid program, so there is a data discrepancy that causing a bias in determining the recipients’ feasibility. Therefore, a mechanism is required to assess the eligibility of the recipients. This study aims to assist Social Service Agency of Sukabumi Selatan district, in assessing the eligibility of the recipients using Naïve Bayes classifier and K-Nearest Neighbors (K-NN) classifier as comparison. Experiments using Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM) model were carried out on a collected dataset, and the results show that Naïve Bayes classifier shows the best result with 93% accuracy, 86% precision and 100% recall, while K-NN has 90% accuracy, 82% precision and 98% recall. This research may assist the Social Service Agency of the district to determining more accurately the target recipients.

Recent Transmission and Prevalent Characterization of the Beijing Family Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Jiangxi, China.

The Beijing genotype is the most common type of tuberculosis in Jiangxi Province, China. The association of population characteristics and their prevalence in the development of recent transmission is still unclear. 1,433 isolates were subjected to drug-resistant tests and MIRU-VNTR analysis. We compared differences in demographic characteristics and drug resistance patterns between the Beijing and non-Beijing family strains. We also explored the association of the clustering rate with the Beijing genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The Beijing genotype was dominant (78.16%). The results of MIRU-VNTR showed that 775 of 1,433 strains have unique patterns, and the remaining gather into 103 clusters. A recent transmission rate was 31.54% (452/1,433). The Beijing genotype strains were more likely to spread among the recurrent population (p = 0.004), people less than 50 years of age (p = 0.02 or 0.003), and the personnel in the northern regions (p = 0.03). Drug resistance patterns did not show significant differences between Beijing and non-Beijing genotype isolates. Furthermore, we found that HIV-positive cases had a lower clustering rate (p = 0.001). Our results indicated that the recurrent population and people under 50 years of age were more likely to be infected with the Beijing genotype of M. tuberculosis. The strains from the Beijing family were easier to cluster compared to strains isolated from the non-Beijing family. Social activity and AIDS substantially impacted the clustering rate of the Beijing genotype of M. tuberculosis. Multidrug resistant M. tuberculosis affected Beijing genotype transmission.

On the Issue of State Social Policy for the Disabled People During the First World War in Russian Historiography: Was the State a Real Subject of Social Aid?

On the Issue of State Social Policy for the Disabled People During the First World War in Russian Historiography: Was the State a Real Subject of Social Aid?

DETERMINANTS OF THE INTENTION OF SOCIAL AID BENEFICIARIES TO USE BANKING SELF-SERVICE TECHNOLOGY (SST)

This study aims to examine the intention of social aid beneficiaries to use banking self-service technology (SST). In general, the social aid beneficiaries have limitations in accessing banking technologies. Therefore, research on the determinants of the intention of social aid beneficiaries in using banking SST is considered necessary. The independent variables used in this study are attitude, coercive pressure, normative pressure, mimetic pressure, and perceived costs, while the dependent variable is the intention to use banking SST. Respondents in this study are social aid beneficiaries who have used banking services. The research hypotheses are tested using PLS SEM analysis with WarpPLS 7. The results of this study indicate that attitude, normative pressure, mimetic pressure, and perceived costs have a significant positive effect on the intention to use banking SST, while coercive pressure has a significant negative effect on the intention to use banking SST.

Fragmented Sexual Citizenship in China: Marriage Law, Assigned Guardianship System, and Gay Lives

The legalization of same-sex marriage in China remains unlikely to be achieved. Some same-sex couples have begun to use legal guardianship as a way to obtain some of the rights of marriage. Even if the assigned guardianship system grants some marriage privileges, it denies same-sex couples access to social aid, protection from domestic violence, a reduced mortgage, and communal property, among other things. In this paper, I analyze and evaluate the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China and conduct interviews with a lesbian couple and a gay couple who have previously applied for assigned guardianship to determine how the assigned guardianship system in China prevents same-sex couples from attaining full sexual citizenship.

When Fake News and Personal Experience Contradict: Limits to Post-Truth in Turkey

ABSTRACT While many studies examine Erdoğan’s growing control over the Turkish media sector, there are hardly any studies that look at how post-truth affects the low-income urban consumers of partisan media in Turkey, which this article aims to do. This focus group study reveals that the partisan media has a significant impact on the views and behaviour of the relatively less educated urban poor, but personal experiences prove a significant factor in the success of post-truth politics. If interviewees are locked into a relation of interest with Justice and Development Party organizations, particularly if they are recipients of social aid, their loyalty to Erdoğan and inclination to believe fake news from partisan media are stronger. However, when their personal experiences are diametrically different from the claims made in fake news, these individuals are harder to be persuaded by partisan media.

Analysis of the Role of the Social Service in Distributing Social Aid as an Effort to Relieve Poverty in Wonogiri District

Poverty is also a classic problem in any country; there has not been a powerful formula that can deal with poverty quickly. This study uses qualitative methods with Case Study Analysis that explores a particular case in more depth by collecting various sources of information. The type of data used is primary data, the source of data taken from respondents through data collection techniques, interviews, observations, and documentation. The method of selecting respondents uses purposive sampling with six respondents, including three employees of the Social Service office and three recipients of social assistance in this social assistance program. From the results of interviews with 4 out of 6 respondents, it can be concluded that the existence of this social assistance distribution program can be said to be not fully on target. The recipients of the social assistance understand the purpose and purpose of this social assistance and how to get the social assistance. Keywords: poverty; social assistance; pandemic

Implementasi Peraturan Bupati Gayo Lues Nomor 28 Tahun 2013 Tentang Pemberian Hibah dan Bantuan Sosial kepada Masyarakat di Kabupaten Gayo Lues Tahun 2020

This study aimed to ascertain the implemtation of the program of grants and social assistance in Gayo Lues, knowing what factors influence the implementation of grants and social assistance in Gayo Lues,, and to identify bottleneks in the delivery mechanism of grants and social assistance in Gayo Lues. The method used is descriptive qualitative, in depth interviews with research intrument. The result of this study are Policy Impelementation grants and social assistance in Gayo Lues went pretty smoothly. Although it still has not been done in accordance with the laws in force but nearly all stages of proposal and grants management activities and social assistance have been implemented. Then some of the factors that affect the implementation of the grants program and social assistence is communication, resource capabilities, attitudes executor, bureaucratic structure, and the size and environmental policy objectives. Obstacles encountered in the mechanism of providing grants and social assistance in Gayo Lues less that optimal, the implementation of social assistance program and grant the use data of beneficiaries of grants and social aid the previous years, and many recipients aid that has not verified that factual data, there is still overlap in the distribution of grant and social assistance, socail assistance funds even impressed educate people corrupt and nepotism.

Teaching good and doing good: Late-Qing Sichuan folk preaching and its effects

Since the mid-Qing era, public preaching in Sichuan has gradually become more about works of doing good than imperial edicts, which greatly influenced everyday ethics and beliefs in Sichuan grassroots society. In a way, this reflects how ideas affect society. Folk preaching in Sichuan, as a way of doing good itself, has been a common practice to advocate good deeds. Late-Qing folk preaching in Sichuan was closely linked to, and had promoted, the rise of local charities and better social aid services that ensued.

SELF-REPRESENTATION OF WASTE PICKERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA: SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF TWEETS OF @atikkagit DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Waste pickers have been excluded from society because of their appearance due to working conditions and poverty, as well as being deprived of fundamental human rights such as the right to health and the right to education. Moreover, the advocacy of the waste pickers is presented as a spectacle in the mainstream media content (whether online or in the mass media) that protects the interests of the dominant ideology. Therefore, waste pickers, who are neither visible on the street nor in other public spaces, try to construct a self-representation through social media. The institutional form of this self-representation is the Recycling Workers Association, which was established in 2013, and the social media accounts of this association. Waste pickers looking for recyclable materials in dumpsters or working in waste yards faced a vital threat by not being able to earn their daily income due to both the risk of disease caused by COVID-19 and the curfews/restrictions in 2020. This study aims to discuss the self-representation of waste pickers, who strove at moulding public opinion during the curfews, on social media. This study is important in terms of understanding the efforts of others to gain visibility in society by using social media. The study is limited to the content shared on the @atikkagit Twitter account during the curfew, and the semiotic analysis method is used in the study. According to the research findings, the self-representation of waste pickers in an emergency due to the COVID-19 epidemic is seen within the framework of poverty and social aid rather than a struggle for rights.

ÜRGÜP PEOPLE’S HOUSE AND IT’S ACTIVITIES (1934-1951)

Mustafa Kemal’in girişimi ile kurulmuş, eğitim ve kültür yuvası olarak da çok sayıda çalışmaları olan Halkevleri, 19 Şubat 1932’de ilk kez on dört merkezde açılmıştır. Ürgüp Halkevi de iki yıl sonra 22 Şubat 1934’te açılmıştır. Tarihi ve kültürel olarak önemli bir yerleşim yeri olan Ürgüp’te açılan halkevinin faaliyetlerini ortaya koymak ve değerlendirmek bu çalışmanın konusunu oluşturmaktadır. Bu makalede; Ürgüp Halkevinin, Türk inkılabının halka ulaştırılması ve vatandaşların aydınlatılmasındaki katkılarını ortaya koymak amaçlanmıştır. Bu çerçevede hazırlanan makalemizde, Ürgüp Halkevi ve faaliyetleri arşiv belgelerinin ışığında incelenmiştir. Ürgüp Halkevi, çalışmalarına temsil, spor, sosyal yardım ve sanat şubeleri (kol) ile başlamıştır. 1950 yılına gelindiğinde Ürgüp Halkevi’nin, halk dershaneleri ve kurslar kolu haricinde tüm kolları vardı. Araştırmamıza göre Ürgüp Halkevi’nin, spor, kütüphane ve yayın, temsil ve sanat kolları faal iken diğer kollarının fazla bir çalışması olmamıştır. Ürgüp Halkevi, sınırlı bütçe ve imkânsızlıklarına rağmen verilen konferanslar, yapılan temsiller ile Atatürk ilke ve inkılaplarının halka anlatılmasını sağlamıştır. Bunun yanında halkevinde açılan kurslar, yapılan sportif ve kültürel çalışmalar ile vatandaşların eğitimine ve kültürel gelişimine katkı sağlanmıştır. Ürgüp Halkevi, 1934-1951 yılları arasında memleket insanlarını çatısı altında toplamış, kentli, köylü birlikteliğini sağlamaya ve halkın sosyo-kültürel ihtiyaçlarını gidermeye çalışmıştır.

DECISION-MAKING MODEL FOR RECEIVING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN BUTI VILLAGE OF MANANGGU DISTRICT OF BOALEMO REGENCY

The purpose of the research included finding out the model of decision-making in the provision of social assistance during the Covid-19 pandemic in Buti Village, Mananggu District, Boalemo Regency.
 This research is a type of descriptive research with a qualitative approach The reason or using a descriptive type of research and qualitative approach is because this research is generated from descriptive data obtained from several writings, words, and documents derived from sources and information that are researched and trusted.
 The results of the study concluded that the decision-making model of social aid recipients affected by covid 19 through 3 stages, namely 1). The data collection process is carried out the formation of a verifier team to collect candidates who deserve assistance in the field (hamlets), then the verifier team consisting of Dasawisma and the head of the hamlet descends to the hamlets by name by address, as well as reporting the results of the collection of prospective recipients of assistance to the village head as preliminary data. 2). Consolidation and verification of the second stage in the decision-making process of beneficiaries for communities affected by covid 19 is the process of consolidation and verification, in this stage, the village head will sit together with the entire verifier team, BPD, and village companion to discuss thoroughly the results of the initial data collection that has been collected. All the data will be verified until you get the real amount who is most entitled to be recommended to receive assistance, the verification results will be taken to the final validation stage. 3). Validation and Determination of the final stage results in the decision-making process of beneficiaries for communities affected by covid 19 validation and determination of results, in this stage the village head will sit together with the entire verifier team, BPD, and village companions to thoroughly discuss the results of the initial data collection that has been collected. All the data will be validated until the real amount of who is most entitled to be recommended to receive assistance, the validation results will be taken to the stage of determining the results.

SERVICES MANAGEMENT OF INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE CENTER FOR MOTHERS AND THEIR TODDLERS INDIMITO VILLAGE, WONOSARI DISTRICT BOALEMO DISTRICT

The purpose of the research included finding out the model of decision-making in the provision of social assistance during the Covid-19 pandemic in Buti Village, Mananggu District, Boalemo Regency.
 This research is a type of descriptive research with a qualitative approach The reason or using a descriptive type of research and qualitative approach is because this research is generated from descriptive data obtained from several writings, words, and documents derived from sources and information that are researched and trusted.
 The results of the study concluded that the decision-making model of social aid recipients affected by covid 19 through 3 stages, namely 1). The data collection process is carried out the formation of a verifier team to collect candidates who deserve assistance in the field (hamlets), then the verifier team consisting of Dasawisma and the head of the hamlet descends to the hamlets by name by address, as well as reporting the results of the collection of prospective recipients of assistance to the village head as preliminary data. 2). Consolidation and verification of the second stage in the decision-making process of beneficiaries for communities affected by covid 19 is the process of consolidation and verification, in this stage, the village head will sit together with the entire verifier team, BPD, and village companion to discuss thoroughly the results of the initial data collection that has been collected. All the data will be verified until you get the real amount who is most entitled to be recommended to receive assistance, the verification results will be taken to the final validation stage. 3). Validation and Determination of the final stage results in the decision-making process of beneficiaries for communities affected by covid 19 validation and determination of results, in this stage the village head will sit together with the entire verifier team, BPD, and village companions to thoroughly discuss the results of the initial data collection that has been collected. All the data will be validated until the real amount of who is most entitled to be recommended to receive assistance, the validation results will be taken to the stage of determining the results.

Revisiting the Akhi Order: Research on Akhi Values Perception of Anatolian People

Akhi is an important system that guided social and commercial life in Anatolia from the 13th century to the beginning of the 20th century. The Akhi Organisations, shaped by the Akhi system of thought, became important social aid and non-governmental organisations of their time. Even though the Akhi organisations legally disappeared at the beginning of the 20th century and were replaced by other organisations, the Akhi thought system continues to be in effect in Anatolia as a cultural heritage. Today, it is quite important for Anatolian people that tradesmen embrace Akhi values closely. This study investigates Anatolian people’s perception of tradesmen’s Akhi values. Customers’ perception of values of the Akhi community is measured via general and sub-dimensions, and its relationship with demographic characteristics is examined through a survey method. The survey data, evaluated by the SPSS 25.0 program, is subjected to Cronbach Alpha, factor, frequency, t-test and a one-way ANOVA test. As a result of the study, it is determined that the participants have a moderate level of perception of the Akhi community and the demographic characteristics of the participants have a significant effect on the perception of values of the Akhi community.