Field Of Social Welfare Research Articles

International and national legal mechanisms of ensuring social justice for the elderly

Increase in the proportion of older persons in the population of most countries entails a change in the scale and structure of morbidity, which requires higher expenditures on health care and social service. Maintaining health and activity of older people is an important indicator of the effectiveness of public policies in the field of health and social welfare. Under these conditions the development of effective measures to promote prosperous aging is required, which includes primarily legislative, administrative and other measures, as well as development of a strategy and action plan of socio-economic nature, taking into account the needs of older people.

NGOs as providers of the social welfare services in cooperation with local authorities in the times of financial crisis

The article aims to establish whether Polish non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are important providers of social welfare services, and whether local authorities perceive them as partners in the implementation of this type of projects. The significance of NGOs is measured with the amount of social welfare grants they received between 2006 and 2011 and with the number of NGOs offering social welfare services that were active in that period. To test the research hypotheses, a trend analysis and a panel regression model are used. The research findings show that NGOs are becoming increasingly important to local governments as their partners in the field of social welfare, as well as a strong correlation between the number of NGOs in the area and the level of local governments’ grants for NGOs on the one hand and economic indicators such as GDP and the rate of unemployment on the other.

사회복지현장실습이 진로의식에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

본 연구는 사회복지현장실습이 전문직업인으로서 성장하는데 있어 진로의식에 미치는 영향력을 검증하기 위하여 진행되었다. 연구대상은 G지역 4년제 대학교 사회복지전공학생 198명을 목적표집에 의하여 조사하였으며, 자기기입식 설문을 통하여 진행하였다. 분석방법은 대상 및 변수의 특성을 파악하기 위해 빈도 및 기술분석, T-test, F-test, ANOVA, 상관관계(correlation), 회귀분석(regression)을 위해 SPSS 14.0을 사용하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 개인요인으로 실습생이 개인의 의사가 반영(<TEX>${\beta}=.197$</TEX>)되는 것과 사회복지학 전공을 선택한 것에 대해 만족감(<TEX>${\beta}=.205$</TEX>)이 사회복지전공학생의 진로정체감에 유의미한 영향을 미쳤다. 둘째, 개인요인으로 자신이 사회복지학을 전공으로 선택한 것에 만족감(<TEX>${\beta}=-.291$</TEX>)을 느끼는 경우와 부모가 사회복지학을 전공으로 선택한 것에 만족감을 느끼는 경우 사회복지전공학생의 진로결정수준에 유의미한 영향을 미쳤다. 셋째, 개인요인으로 개인의사 반영(<TEX>${\beta}=.156$</TEX>)이 진로준비행동에 유의미한 영향을 미쳤다. In this study, the social welfare field training course there is a growing awareness as professionals in order to verify the impact was conducted. G-local four-year university study social work majors by sampling 198 people were examined for the purpose, through self - survey was conducted. Materials and analytical methods in order to identify the characteristics of a variable frequency, and technical analysis, T-test, F-test, ANOVA, correlation (correlation), Regression (regression) was used for the SPSS 14.0. The results are as follows. First, the personal factors of the individual physician trainees reflect (<TEX>${\beta}=.197$</TEX>), and then the same about Social Welfare satisfaction (<TEX>${\beta}=.205$</TEX>) of the Social Welfare majors had significant impact on career identity. Second, the personal factors they chose what to major in social work satisfaction (<TEX>${\beta}=-.291$</TEX>), and if you feel you select a parent with a major in Social Work and Social Welfare major students feel the satisfaction of having a significant effect on the level of career decision crazy. Third, individual reflect personal physician factors (<TEX>${\beta}=.156$</TEX>) is significantly influenced the behavior of career preparation.

Plantão institucional: uma modalidade de intervenção face ao mal-estar contemporâneo na educação

The Institutional Duty is a service provided by the Service of School Psychology of IPUSP for groups of professionals working at the interface of Psychology with the fields of Education, Mental Health and Social Welfare. Our working hypothesis is that providing a space for talks and dialogue for these professionals promotes the mobilization of the desire involved in the educational action, a repositioning of the subject towards the issues raised by work and the expansion of the repertoire of strategies created to cope with the difficulties that emerge in the educational field.

사회복지분야의 메타분석 논문에 대한 고찰과 제안

본 연구는 국내에서 발표된 사회복지분야의 메타분석 논문을 미국 심리학회에서 제시한 메타분석 보고기준에 따라 연구방법론 측면에서 고찰하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 사회복지분야의 메타분석 논문 26편을 대상으로 5가지 준거별로(제목 및 초록, 서론, 방법, 결과, 논의) 분석하였다. 분석결과는 첫째, 제목 및 초록 준거에서는 메타분석 방법에 대한 제시항목을 제외하고 양호한 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 서론 준거에서는 상당수의 항목에서 기술이 양호한 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 방법 준거에서는 전반적인 보고기준이 미흡한 것으로 나타났는데 특히 코딩절차에 대한 보고기준이 상당히 미흡한 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 결과 준거에서는 대체로 양호했지만 표와 그래프 제공이 잘 보고되지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 다섯째, 논의 준거에서는 대체로 양호한 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 메타분석 연구물을 평가할 수 있는 타당성 확보에 필요한 보고기준과 시각을 제공하여 메타분석을 통한 사회복지학의 학문적 발전을 위한 시사점을 제시하고자 하였다. The purpose of this study was to discuss the papers of social welfare field that were published in Korea, from a research methodology aspect in accordance with the meta-analysis reporting standard proposed by the United States Psychological Association. To this end, an analysis was conducted according to 5 types of conformity (title and abstract, introduction, methods, results and discussion) on the target subjects of 26 meta-analysis papers of social welfare field. The analysis results showed, first, the conformity in the title and abstract showed good results except for the suggested topics for meta-analysis methods. Second, in terms of the conformity of the introduction, the descriptions seemed to be good in a number of items. Third, for the conformity in the methods, the overall reporting standard was seen to be lacking and, in particular, the reporting standard for the coding procedure was seen as being very deficient. Fourth, the conformity in the results showed that the assessment of research quality and the magnitude of efficacy for each individual study, sample size, and the contents of the provided tables, summary of tables and graphs, including the study results, were not being properly reported. Fifth, the conformity in discussions was seen to be generally sound. Based on such results, by providing a reporting standard and perspective needed for ensuring feasibility that can be used to assess meta-analysis study materials, this study was aimed at presenting implications for the academic advancement of field of social welfare.

書評 札幌女性問題研究会編 『北海道社会とジェンダー ―􌖨労働・教育・福祉・DV・セクハラの現実を問う』 (明石書店，2013年)

書評 札幌女性問題研究会編 『北海道社会とジェンダー ―􌖨労働・教育・福祉・DV・セクハラの現実を問う』 (明石書店，2013年)

Community Development and Community Care(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2013)

Community Development and Community Care(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2013)

Social Work(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2013)

Social Work(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2013)

Welfare for the Disabled(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2013)

Welfare for the Disabled(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2013)

International Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2013)

International Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2013)

Child and Family Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2013)

Child and Family Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2013)

Senior Citizen&apos;s Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2013)

Senior Citizen&apos;s Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2013)

복지현장실습이 진로선택에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 - 통계분석 기법을 중심으로 -

본 연구는 사회복지 현장실습이 진로선택에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구를 통계분석 기법을 중심으로 연구하고자 한다. 복지 현장실습이 전문가를 양성시키는 중요한 곳이기 때문에 지식, 가치, 실천적 기술을 파악하고자 한다. 이러한 측면에서 복지현장실습이 진로와 직결되기 때문에 사회복지학과의 교과수업 만족도, 기관 등 연계를 원하는 정도, 사회복지학과의 실습에 관한 요인인 실습의 만족도에 대해 분석하고자 한다. 첫째, 사회복지학과 실습생들의 개인적 특성을 파악한다. 둘째, 사회복지학과 요인과 진로선택의 관계를 규명한다. 셋째, 사회복지학과 대학(원)생들이 사회복지현장실습이 진로선택에 영향을 주는지 살펴본다. This research tries to study the effect that the welfare field training the course selection. Because of being the important place where the welfare field training trains the expert, the knowledge, value, and practical lodging tries to be identify instructed. In this aspect, we try to analyze about the extend of satisfaction of the actual training, that is the extent of desiring the link including the class of school subject extend of satisfaction of the department of social welfare engine, and etc. and factor about the actual training of the department of social welfare, because the welfare field training the technique is connected directly with the route. First, the individual characteristic of the social welfare and trainees is grasped. Second, the relationship of the social welfare and factor and course selection is investigated. Third, the social welfare and university (circle) lives look into whether the social welfare field training has an effect on the course selection or not.

Social Interests, Policy Networks, and Legislative Outcomes

The article analyzes how various societal interests and groups influenced employment and social policies in contemporary Serbia. These policies were shaped under the influence of international actors and current mainstream ideas. However, various societal interests and interest groups have affected them. Using policy network analysis, we identified key actors, their interests and ideological preferences, and the influence they exerted on the employment and welfare policies. The research indicates that the potential for the redistribution of power and resources is a trigger for establishing policy networks. In the field of social welfare we identify a stable policy network connecting various professional groups (from the public sector, academia, and the nongovernmental sector). There was a lack of other social interests in the debate, that is, welfare beneficiaries or civil society pressures that would influence policy process. The policy network was thereby primarily based on clearly identified interests of professional groups, and new welfare policies redefined and improved their professional and social status. In the field of employment policies, there was a lack of societal interests and organized interests groups that would influence policy process and outcomes. No policy network was identified, and obviously key actors in shaping of employment and labor policies (i.e., economic elites) were not even among the direct participants in the process. During the course of the policy reforms, direct and specific redistributive interests of groups that could have benefited from the new policies had mediated various policy inputs and at the end prevailed over the broader ideological frameworks.

A survey of body sensor networks.

The technology of sensor, pervasive computing, and intelligent information processing is widely used in Body Sensor Networks (BSNs), which are a branch of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). BSNs are playing an increasingly important role in the fields of medical treatment, social welfare and sports, and are changing the way humans use computers. Existing surveys have placed emphasis on the concept and architecture of BSNs, signal acquisition, context-aware sensing, and system technology, while this paper will focus on sensor, data fusion, and network communication. And we will introduce the research status of BSNs, the analysis of hotspots, and future development trends, the discussion of major challenges and technical problems facing currently. The typical research projects and practical application of BSNs are introduced as well. BSNs are progressing along the direction of multi-technology integration and intelligence. Although there are still many problems, the future of BSNs is fundamentally promising, profoundly changing the human-machine relationships and improving the quality of people's lives.

Disability: A Fresh Approach to an Old Dilemma

History has witnessed numerous discourses concerning disability in general and autism in particular, most notably in the fields of religion, medicine, and social welfare. Although these discourses diverge considerably in their emphasis and intent, most share a common conception of disability as a “problem to be solved.” In contrast, the authors of this article argue that recent Christian theological discourses concerning autism, as well as their own experience as family members of people with disabilities, suggest a different approach. Specifically, they suggest disability is a difference to be embraced rather than a problem to be fixed. Implications of such an approach when counseling people who have a disability and their families are discussed.

The attitudes of professionals towards implementation of the registry of offenders of sexual abuse of juveniles

The sexual victimization of children has always drawn great attention from experts and criminal policy makers due to the nature of the violent behavior and the developmental specific characteristics of the victims which enjoy special criminal law protection in a developed society. The high dark number and sex offender recidivism, as referenced by the frequent media reports about new cases of sexual violence towards the youngest memebers of society, highlight the need to search for the most appropriate social response to this form of sexual offending. The establishment of a register of convicted sex offenders for acts of sexual violence committed against minors, as one approach with a primary special preventive purpose, found its application in criminal law theory and practice of the Republic of Serbia. The aim of the paper is to present the results of an attitudinal survey of professionals employed in the field of justice and social welfare in the Republic of Serbia on the provisions of the special measures to prevent the commission of crimes of sexual abuse against juveniles and the establishment of the register of sex offenders.

Professional integrity, social work and the ethics of distrust

This paper explores the relevance of the concept of professional integrity in the context of the current climate of managerialism and marketisation in the social welfare field. It considers the implications for professional integrity of the present organisational climate based on an ‘ethics of distrust’, the nature of the concepts of ‘integrity’ and ‘professional integrity’, and the possibility of professional integrity as part of an ‘ethics of resistance’. It draws on literature from moral philosophy and on interviews with senior practitioners in social work and related occupations.

The Improve Methods of Citizen Digital Identification Card: A Case of Government Intelligence Services

In the trend of e-government development and the emphasis on enhancing government intelligence capability, Taiwan provides publics and industries with active service process by integrating government information, building innovative technology (e.g. cloud technology, Internet of Things, IoT). The fields of medical health insurance and social welfare are the primary developing focuses of e-government. Government intelligence service strategy includes building multiple service environments, active deliver government information, centralizing resource for effective management, improving jointly interaction and trust, and effectively connecting social networks. The application of digital identification card already use in Taiwan few years. A investigate shows in this study. June 20th 2012, the amount of issued citizen digital identification card has reached up to 2960000 cards. This study expects there would be more service affairs to be transformed to web services. For achieving the goal of effectively improving the utilization rate and the amount of issued cards, this study aims to take the effect on publics into prior consideration. This study mainly analyzes the applied services of citizen digital identification launched by the government in order to realize the numbers of users, the average usage times per year, and applied items of follow-up conducting publics to explore the importance of and public’s satisfaction toward applied service performance. The descriptive statistics, cross-analysis, important performance analysis (IPA) method and recommended relevant strategies are adopted in this study. Although the government has achieved the initial goal concerning the effects of volume of circulation and the critical items (e.g. an income tax report) on public satisfaction and benefits, this study suggests that it would be more beneficial in mid and long term to encourage the integration of citizen digital identification with B2C e-business, ID and health insurance card, and digital permit with, taking European Union’s ID as reference. The expectation is to let citizen digital identification application gradually embed in citizen’s daily life (e-butler). The results of this study can provide government with useful references for continuous improvement strategies with citizen digital identification.

Mind over Matter

In 1983 the New York artist Barbara Kruger released a photomontage showing the face of a female model, resting on a grassy background, with her eyes closed and covered by two leaves. Kruger completed the piece by adding the statement, “We won’t play nature to your culture.” In many ways, this image marked a turning point in America’s popular and intellectual response to the issue of the environment. Twenty-one years earlier, in 1962, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring had launched a new era in the environmentalist movement, prompting many Americans to begin associating their own physical health with that of the environment. But whereas the publication of Silent Spring and the establishment of Earth Day in 1970 contributed to a far-reaching shift in the ways both scholars and laypersons thought about the practical implications of humanity’s physical engagement with nature, Kruger’s statement represented yet another approach to considering this relationship.