Social Partnership Research Articles

Development of Additional Professional Competencies of Future Teachers in Terms of Social Partnership

The article reveals conceptual approaches to the creation of a model for developing advanced competencies of future teachers on the example of a social partnership project with the “Panorama TVˮ regional publishing house, part of the “Media Pressˮ joint stock company. It describes the mechanics of the implementation of a joint student project related to the release of the children’s periodical “Umnyashkiˮ, dedicated to introducing young citizens of Saint Petersburg to the history of urban areas through entertaining tasks and game exercises by the student community of the Institute of Childhood of Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. The text of the article describes the key stages of the student project communityʼs work on the issues of the journal, provides examples and types of tasks, reveals the ways of the project team interaction. Conclusions are drawn about the importance of involving the Universityʼs social partners in the process of training future teachers in order to develop and build additional competencies that allow taking into account the needs of the regionʼs education system, the challenges of the teaching profession, advancing demands to improve the effectiveness of professional activity of a specialist in the field of modern childhood.

The Essence of Social Partnership and the Necessity of its Establishment in the Republic of Armenia

Key words: critical culture, negotiation environment, coexisense environment, trade unions, collective agreements The questions raised in the article and the observations of the views put forward by various authors show that the estabilised social partnership significantly contributes to the formation of a favorable atmosphere and cooperation within the state, ensures an improvement in the socio-economic condition of the population, especially low-income segments of the population, increases the vital needs of the population, quality of life, physical, mental and moral potential. Thanks to the social partnership, institutional and socio-economic prerequisites are also created for the citizens of various social status to realize their needs and interests. Social partnership is a dynamic process that will constantly strive to form and improve new systems of social protection, ensure the environmental safety, health, living standards of the population, and develop social infrastructure. Social partnership is important as the issues related to social rights, social equality and social justice are being addressed. Emphasizing the modernization of the social partnership in RA and the formation of a post-Soviet model, we believe that increasing the competence of labor collectives, their involvement in the decision- making process with employers on equal terms can significantly promote social partnership development in RA.

Synergy of the Triad “Education - Employer - Labor Market” as a Strategy for Advanced Forecasting of Social Order

Key words: market environment, reform, education system, social partnership, social order, corporate nature, labor market demands The article is devoted to new strategies for the interaction of the corporate triad “education - employer - labor market”. Nowadays, the orientation of education towards fundamental knowledge has eventuated to be out of demand in the labor market, since the real economy demands specialists with experience and skills in the application of this knowledge. Education faces a new challenge: strengthening the social partnership between universities and the labor market in order to obtain synergistic results. In this triad, the employer acquires a special role, since it is the one who is the final consumer of educational services. In fact, education and the labor market should integrate their efforts in the interest of a common goal: the sustainable development of countries and social welfare. Education and science play a key role in this integration, as they are generators of innovative development, new knowledge, and technologies for the application of that knowledge. The article describes international experiences of strategic partnership between universities and business communities, so it suggests potential algorithms for effective cooperation.

Community and Healthcare Perspectives on Implementing Hypertension Interventions for a Multiethnic Safety-Net Population.

To synthesize community and healthcare informants' perspectives on contextual considerations and tailoring recommendations for high-quality, sustainable implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for managing hypertension (HTN) in a multiethnic safety-net population. Structured focus-group discussions and semistructured qualitative interviews. High-quality, sustainable implementation of HTN-related EBPs can promote equitable care. Implementation challenges extend beyond individual patients to span multiple levels of context. Few studies have systematically engaged community and healthcare perspectives to inform the design of HTN intervention trials. A large safety-net healthcare system. We conducted four structured discussions with each of five race- or ethnicity-specific community action boards (CABs) to understand community members' HTN-related norms, assets, needs, and experiences across local healthcare systems. We interviewed 41 personnel with diverse roles in our partnered healthcare system to understand the system's HTN-related strengths and needs. We solicited EBP tailoring recommendations from both groups. We summarized the findings using rapid content analysis. Participants identified contextual considerations spanning seven themes: social determinants, healthcare engagement, clinical interaction, system operations, standardization, patient education, and partnerships and funding. They offered tailoring recommendations spanning nine themes: addressing complex contexts, addressing social needs, system operations, healthcare system training and resources, linguistic and cultural tailoring, behavioral engagement, relational engagement, illness-course engagement, and community partnerships. Engaging community and healthcare informants can ground implementation in the policy, community, healthcare system, clinical, and interpersonal contexts surrounding diverse patients at risk for disparities. Such grounding can reframe inequitable implementation as a multilevel social problem facing communities and healthcare systems, rather than individuals.

Forms of defense of the rights and interests of teachers

In this article, are analyzed the forms of defense of the employees’ rights and interests, with application to teachers, and the possible means of achievement within the various forms. At the same time, an attempt is made to determine the role played by teachers, and the place occupied by the alternative forms of protection of rights and interests – civic, juris-dictional non-judicial etc. – in relation to the basic forms of defense of rights and interests – judicial and administrative. As an example of the rights and facilities obtained by teachers in this way, is analyzed the acting collective bargaining agreement, as well as the conditions under which the teachers will be able to benefit from these facilities. The method used in the research includes the analysis of the normative framework in force, including the domain related social part-nership acts and the synthesis of existing rights and guarantees, resulting from collective bargaining.

Повышение уровня патриотизма и гражданской активности студенческой молодежи: проблемы оптимизации воспитательной работы в вузе

The article analyzes the civic-patriotic education of students, examines the experience of developing patriotism, features of the implementation of the federal project “Patriotic Education of Citizens of the Russian Federation” and regional programs of patriotic education. The experience of organizing and directing civic-patriotic educa-tion among students is presented, with the aim of its practical use at the university, the subjects of patriotic edu-cation and the most effective tools for educating a patriot are identified. The results of a sociological survey of students of the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “Belgorod National Re-search University” (BSU) regarding the manifestation of patriotism are presented, forms of work to enhance patriotic education within the framework of the activities of student self-government are identified, which should be built taking into account the trends of geopolitical realities, including the conduct of Special Military Opera-tion, and opportunities to expand the scope of social partnership. The problem of increasing the level of patriot-ism and civic activity of student youth, their willingness to combine public and personal interests, participation in the work of student self-government for the development of the university, region, and country is becoming urgent.

Promoting Economic Empowerment Through Effective Implementation and Linking Social Capital in Urban Agriculture Programs

Promoting Economic Empowerment Through Effective Implementation and Linking Social Capital in Urban Agriculture Programs

Social media and partnership jointly alleviate caregivers’ psychological distress: exploring the effects of online and offline connectedness

BackgroundThe prevalence of caregiving in the United States has increased from 16.6% to 19.2% during the period between 2015 and 2020. Caregivers play a critical public health role post-pandemic and as the population ages. However, caregiving can be detrimental to the health of caregivers. Many studies have shown that communication and connectedness are effective forms of health intervention for caregivers, but how this can be achieved requires further investigation.ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the indirect effect of caregiving on problems of alcohol drinking through psychological distress. Moreover, this study aimed to provide initial evidence of the distinct effects of online and offline communication and connectedness on caregivers' well-being.MethodsThe predictions were evaluated by examining responses to the Health Information National Trends Survey 2020 (n = 3,865). A mediation analysis was conducted to test the mediating effect of psychological distress on the association between caregiving and alcohol drinking. A second-level moderation analysis was performed. The online communication and connectedness, social media use for health, and the offline type, marital or romantic partnership, were tested as moderators to lessen the psychological distress of caregiving.ResultsA competitive mediation was identified. We found a positive indirect effect from caregiving to alcohol drinking mediated by psychological distress (bp = .0017, p < .05) but a negative direct effect from caregiving to alcohol drinking (bp = -.0340, p < .05). Furthermore, the study reported a strongly positive effect of moderated moderation on the linkage from caregiving to psychological distress. The negative impact of caregiving on mental distress was greater among those who used social media less, particularly those without a romantic or marital partner.ConclusionsThe findings indicate that caregivers experience more mental distress, which leads to risky behavior. This study highlights the crucial role of both online and offline connectedness in mitigating the adverse consequences of caregiving.

Problems of compatibility of specificities of human values system, business, state and society

Two forms of relations of the state economic authority with the economic agents areanalyzed: 1) paternalism and 2) free cooperation, the role of economic governance performed in relationto the state economic agents. The development trend of institutions that appear between the stateand individual private owners and begin to perform the function of economic mediator, carrier of localinterests, representative in state government bodies is analyzed. This trend is titled corporatism, and itsmodern variant is neo-corporatism. It is noted that the prevailing type of socio-economic thinking affectsthe system of social partnership. Three behavioral stereotypes are possible in the public mentality: a)in dominance-subordination relations, b) in the system of confrontation (power relation/confrontation)c) in cooperative relations (cooperation). While discussing t the problems, attention is payed on the followingissues: 1) formation of civil society and degree of development of corporatism; 2) tripartism andproblems of establishing social-labor relations; 3) ways to overcome the “economy of natural persons”;4) The concept of a new public agreement between the government and civil society. The question ofthe relationship between paternalism and private initiative is analyzed, the analysis of the results of thesocio-economic attitude research in Georgia is presented.

CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF THE PROCESS OF FORMING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF FUTURE TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS

The competitiveness of a teacher is an indicator of successful professional activity, the ability to be in demand due to a number of personal and professional qualities that determine a high level of expertise in the educational field. The effectiveness of forming the competitiveness of the future mathematics teacher will be higher under the condition of purposeful, systematic training in higher education, in particular, through the implementation of appropriate content and technological support. The purpose of the article is to characterize the content, forms, methods and technologies of the process of forming the competitiveness of future mathematics teachers. Research methods – analysis of scientific literature, systematization (to clarify the key concepts of research), implementation of research results in practice, observation, generalization (for the purpose of forming author's conclusions). It has been established that the formation of the competitiveness of future mathematics teachers occurs through the implementation of the system model of competitiveness formation in the process of scientific research activities and pedagogical conditions that ensure its effectiveness (using the potential of humanitarian disciplines in the process of forming the competitiveness of future mathematics teachers; organizing positive competition among students in the process of scientific research activities; motivational and stimulating support for the development of competitiveness of future mathematics teachers through the use of a set of pedagogical incentives; ensuring social partnership of subjects of educational activity in the process of developing the competitiveness of future mathematics teachers). The environment of scientific research activity contains three components: educational, practical-professional and research-innovative. The educational component provides for the formation of the competitiveness of future teachers during classroom training (through the use of a number of technologies, forms and methods - games, problems, cases, discussions, portfolios, the preparation of scientific papers, the performance of socio-pedagogical research) and extracurricular work (meetings with leading teachers, researchers, excursions). The practical-professional component involves the research orientation of student practices - propaedeutic and pedagogical. The research and innovation component enables the work of the students in scientific circles, student scientific society, conferences, competitions of scientific works, Olympiads, academic mobility, grants, and the implementation of socio-pedagogical research.

"More than just checking the box": community-based organizations on their role in Medicaid redesigns.

New York and Massachusetts 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers aimed to prioritize social determinants of health and engage community-based organizations to improve health outcomes. This is an evaluation of community-based organizations' public comments regarding their participation in social services delivery within the 1115 waivers. Both states solicited public comments on waiver implementation to date and potential improvements. The research team extracted all publicly available comments (n = 359) made by direct service providers between November 2016 and April 2019. The sample was then limited to only comments that discussed social service provision and health care-social service partnerships (n = 58). Findings are presented in 2 stages: (1) concerns regarding delivery system reform incentive payments funding levels, timing, and flow and (2) perspectives on how states and Medicaid administrators could improve health care-community organization relationships. Resource-dependent, community-based organizations protested insufficient funding. Additional comments identified specific design, structure, and implementation aspects of the 1115 waiver that could improve partnerships. Despite 1115 waivers prioritizing social service integration, community-based organizations still feel underfunded and disenfranchised. Aligning with health care standards requires significant time and effort. Given resource constraints, the state must facilitate these investments. Community organizations' feedback can also offer guidance on waiver strategies in other states.

The impact of pet ownership on healthcare access and utilization among people with HIV.

Though bonds with pets can be health-promoting for people with HIV (PWH), recent studies indicate that owning pets may complicate healthcare access, especially for those with fewer economic resources, poorer social support, and a strong human-animal bond. In this study, we make a case for considering pets to be an important element of the social environment that can influence healthcare access and utilization among PWH. Pet-owning PWH (n = 204) were recruited at healthcare and community sites throughout Florida as part of a larger survey study (the “Florida Cohort”). We developed a 12-item index of pet-related barriers to healthcare, which was designed to assess whether the participants experienced or anticipated any barriers to accessing and/or utilizing timely healthcare or health-related services due to pet caregiving or concerns about pet welfare. We estimated a series of regression models (negative binomial, logistic regression) to assess the effects of comfort from companion animals, human social support, healthcare needs, and sociodemographic characteristics on 1) the total number of pet-related healthcare barriers endorsed, 2) previously experienced pet-related healthcare barriers, and 3) anticipated pet-related healthcare barriers. Thirty-six percent of the sample reported at least one experienced or anticipated pet-related barrier to their healthcare; 17% reported previous healthcare barriers and 31% anticipated future healthcare barriers. Greater comfort from companion animals, greater healthcare needs, and poorer social support were associated with a greater probability of experiencing or anticipating any pet-related healthcare barriers. Those who identified racially as Black were less likely to anticipate future healthcare barriers than those who were White. Income was associated with pet-related healthcare barriers in all models. Given the importance of health maintenance for PWH and previous research suggesting pets may be an important emotional support for this population, social safety net programs and community partnerships that support multispecies families are strongly recommended.

Criteria and factors of digital activism effectiveness: expert assessments

This article examines the problem of the effectiveness of digital participation, and sets the goal of defining criteria for measuring it and identifying factors that act as barriers to the implementation and achievement of full results of digital civic initiatives. The diversity of understanding efficiency is revealed in the context of the specifics of social processes and digital communications. It is shown that in the Russian and foreign scientific sociological field has not been formed a wide and substantiated experience and methodology for studying the effectiveness of online forms of civic activism, which determines the relevance of the research topic, as well as the need for a methodological solution to the problem. The empirical basis of the study is a survey of 16 experts in the field of digital activism from 8 federal districts of the Russian Federation conducted. The novelty of the work is related to the typology of the criteria for the effectiveness of digital participation, based on the analysis of expert assessments: effectiveness as effectiveness, effectiveness as the level of activity and involvement of citizens, effectiveness as development (creativity and innovation), social effectiveness and social effects, effectiveness as dialogue and the development of social partnership. Within each type there is a detailed description of the indicators and quotes from experts characterizing this performance indicator. It has been recorded that experts perceive the situation with the development of digital civic participation as dual, in which positive trends collide with barrier factors and conditions. Key factors-barriers have been identified: negative ideas about the effectiveness of digital activism, low awareness of the population about digital technologies and opportunities for participation, formalization and simulation of citizen activity, etc. Taking into account the results obtained, the prospects for future research are related to the study of the social effects of digital activism, identifying criteria for effectiveness in the assessments of the initiators and participants of activism, government officials and the media.

Public support for worktime reductions in Switzerland in the context of a transition to a post-growth society

Work time reductions (WTRs) may contribute to a transition to a post-growth society. We analysed Swiss stakeholders’ perceptions of the effects of WTRs and their support for measures to implement them. It is assumed that public support will play a significant role in putting WTRs into practice.There is some scientific evidence that work time reductions (WTRs) have beneficial ecological, social, and economic effects that could contribute to a transition to a post-growth society. However, little research has been conducted on whether the occurrence of such desired effects is acknowledged: Do they form part of the public debate and is there any public support for WTRs? We conducted a two-round survey among Swiss stakeholder groups (N = 51/28) to identify what effects they believe WTRs have, and what measures to implement WTRs they would be most likely to support. Stakeholders perceived WTRs to have several beneficial social and economic effects, including effects that are relevant for a transition to a post-growth society. However, they did not assume that ecological effects occur. Measures voluntarily implemented on an organisational level by businesses were more popular than those implemented on a national policy or social partnership level. Certain incremental measures and/or those that are merely conducive to WTRs were uncontested. Other more direct and extensive measures were predominantly supported, but not uncontested.

Why Can China Still Promote the SDGs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

SDGs are one of the most prominent agendas in todays global governance and are widely accepted by global society. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted the regular process of implementing SDGs. Under tremendous stress, many countries progress in SDGs has been suspended or declined significantly. Still, China has withstood the impact of the pandemic and made progress in SDGs. This article aims to explain why China can still promote SDGs during the COVID-19 pandemic using process tracing methods. By analyzing how COVID-19 will affect accomplishing the SDGs and investigating Chinese efforts to address these issues, this article concludes three main reasons that enable China to make progress in SDGs: the overlap between SDGs and Chinas national strategic goals, the effective implementation institution design adopted by the Chinese government, and the broad social consensus and partnership that concern SDGs in China. Consequently, this article studied the unique experience and effective practice of China for implementing SDGs during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering learnable lessons for global governance and helping governments around the world better promote SDGs after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mothers’ perceptions of barriers and opportunities for health-promoting lifestyle one year postpartum

Abstract Background Pregnancy is often seen as an opportunity for women to transition to a health-promoting lifestyle but maintaining healthy habits can be challenging in the postpartum period. This study aims to explore women's experiences with lifestyle changes related to diet, physical activity, mental health, and social health one year after delivery. Methods Semi-structured face-to-face interviews with women one year postpartum (n = 24; mean age 33.58 ± 0.88; mean BMI (kg/m2) 23.18 ± 3.09) recruited through a longitudinal study in Austria were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach was used to analyze the data. Results Five overarching themes related to the research question emerged, including ‘social relationships and partnership,’ ‘responsibilities, stressors, and time,’ ‘diet, exercise, and sleep patterns,’ ‘mental illness,’ and ‘family and external support.’ Women's views on lifestyle changes reflect the diversity of different personalities and life circumstances. However, the results suggest that women find it difficult to transfer their good intentions from pregnancy to postpartum behavior, regardless of their initial motivation. Conclusions This study highlights the need for individualized health supports that provide flexibility, such as telehealth, to address nutrition, psychological and physiological changes, feelings of distress, and lack of support. Health professionals and support systems can provide targeted, evidence-based interventions and support for this population by understanding how the transition to motherhood affects mothers’ lifestyles and health habits. Overall, the study provides valuable insight into the challenges and opportunities that mothers face postpartum and can inform the development of evidence-based interventions to promote their health and well-being. Key messages • There is a need for individualized health support (e.g. telehealth) that provides flexibility in the postpartum period for maintaining a health-promoting lifestyle. • Understanding postpartum transition enables health professionals and support systems to provide evidence-based interventions for maternal well-being.

Improving mechanisms of social partnership in the system of «government-business-civil society»in the context of European integration

The article examines the evolution of political relations between the state and business in Ukraine in the conditions of state corporatism. The purpose of the article was to determine the main political trends of government-business interaction, to reveal the processes of evolution of relations and to assess the prospects of their influence on the modern Ukrainian political process. The concepts of collective action and the model of universalism-particularism are proposed as a methodological basis for the analysis of relations between state, business and civil society. It is substantiated that the mechanisms of political interaction between the state and business are gradually being replaced by the mechanisms of political influence of the state on business. The results obtained emphasize the role that civil society organizations can play in the representation of politics. In the conclusions it was established that the forms and principles of state corporatism describe relations; when the government not only chooses: organizations and groups that should represent the interests of the enterprise in interaction with it, but also controls them to some extent.

ИНСТИТУЦИОНАЛЬНЫЕ И ИНФРАСТРУКТУРНЫЕ АСПЕКТЫ РАЗВИТИЯ СОЦИАЛЬНОГО ПАРТНЁРСТВА В РЕГИОНЕ

In this study, the development of social partnership is considered as a socio-economic phenomenon in the institutional and infrastructural aspects, as well as an eff ective tool for a worthy response to global challenges associated with threats to the existence and power of the Russian Federation. The results of the study concern the identifi cation of institutional and infrastructural aspects to ensure the development of social partnership in the region. It is proposed to introduce goal setting into the content of defi nitions in the fi eld of social partnership in the form of socially signifi cant goals, which are a priority for all subjects of social partnership. This makes it possible to direct the interaction of all parties to the partnership towards the realization of interests in full accordance with the contribution to the implementation of socially signifi cant interests — improving the quality of life of the population, growth of human capital, creating favorable conditions for the disclosure and realization of human potential. The institutions and infrastructure of social partnership in the region are defi ned, and the regional system of social partnership is presented. It is proposed to introduce inclusive and extractive institutions of social partnership into the classifi cation of institutions, which will allow us to fi nd new opportunities for more eff ective use of this tool.

Метаморфоза парадигмы государственного управления и новые требования к квалификационным характеристикам госслужащих

In conditions of rapidly changing external environment, increasing international tension, and more complicated public policy, the theory of public administration must quickly adapt. Traditional models of public administration based on strict hierarchical subordination are extremely ineffective, which necessitates their radical rethinking and redesign. These changes affect the requirements for the qualification profile of civil servants. The key trend is the rejection of team management methods in favor of methods based on participation, involvement, effective motivation. The purpose of the study is to analyze the theory of public administration basic concepts (models); to establish the functions and tasks of civil servants and arrange them; to identify key trends in the society development that affect the qualification profile of civil servants. The research is based on scientific works, statistical data of national and foreign agencies and institutes, empirical data. Scientific methods: literature analysis, comparative analysis, synthesis, generalization, observation; methods, used in the article are of scientific abstraction and abstract thinking. The novelty of the research lies in the conclusion that the paradigm of public administration shifts towards social partnership and decentralization of public administration, increasing the responsibility of civil servants.

From New Public Management to public value: Irish education policy through the lens of Statements of Strategy

ABSTRACT Through the lens of successive Department of Education and Science (DES) Statements of Strategy (1997–2021) the author considers the evolution of Irish education policy making from the perspectives of New Public Management (NPM) and the public value paradigm. In the context of changing international and national environments, the Strategic Management Initiative (SMI), introduced in 1994, was rooted in NPM principles and characterised by performance indicators, measurable outcomes/outputs, and value for money. However, more recent strategy statements have been predicated on vision, a whole-of-system approach, and values that include learning as a public good, and wellbeing. This evolution occurred in an environment where social partnership has been a constant feature. Following consideration of the main contours of ten SSs, and discussion of the relevant antecedents and the move towards public value, some unresolved issues are briefly identified in the concluding remarks.