Strengthening Community Research Articles

MA18.11 The Evolution of the Lung Screening Network: Uniting to Strengthen Community and Share Best Practices Among Navigators

MA18.11 The Evolution of the Lung Screening Network: Uniting to Strengthen Community and Share Best Practices Among Navigators

Exploring the role of salon professionals in identifying sex trafficking and violence victims in Indiana

BackgroundSex trafficking victims often have touchpoints with salons for waxing, styling, and other body modification services required by traffickers. Recently, some states have administered laws requiring salon professionals to receive intimate partner violence (IPV)-related training, with even fewer states mandating training on identifying sex trafficking. This study aimed to understand how salon professionals have witnessed evidence of violence, including IPV and sex trafficking, in the workplace and to explore the differences in their approach to each type of victim.MethodsIn-depth interviews were conducted with salon professionals (N = 10) and law enforcement professionals/policymakers (N = 5). Content and thematic analysis techniques were used.ResultsSalon professionals typically identified potential violence through signs such as bruises, odd behavior, and client disclosures, prompting them to engage in cautious conversations. Yet, few were trained to identify and intervene. Often, they responded to suspected violence by talking with the client, sharing concerns with salon leadership, directly intervening on the client’s behalf, or contacting the police. Law enforcement and salon professionals had suggestions about improving salon professionals’ recognition of and response to violence, including training on victim-focused resources, creating a safe environment, and building relationships with law enforcement. They also suggested strengthening community partnerships to increase resource advocacy and reporting.ConclusionsOne-on-one salon services may provide a unique opportunity to intervene and identify victims of violence, especially when empowered through additional training and collaborative partnerships with community-oriented policing initiates. Implementing training and community-based initiatives could aid salon professionals in gaining greater confidence in knowing what to do when serving a client who is a victim of IPV or sex trafficking.

Entrepreneurship education in East, West and North Africa Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): mapping agripreneurship curriculum and lecturers’ competencies

This study focused on mapping agripreneurship curriculum and lecturers’ competencies in 8 African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), participating in the Strengthening Agri-Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement Training in East, West and North Africa (AgriENGAGE) joint Project. A sample of 194 lecturers from East, West, and North Africa participated in the study. The study employed a mixed method approach with concurrent nested research design methodology to collect information. Among the main results found in this study, the key aspects that were implemented in curricula were; business plan development (µ = 3.57), business opportunities identification (µ = 3.56), and communicating with value chain actors (= 3.51). Concerning the forms of entrepreneurship taught, most institutions focused on subsistence agripreneurship (µ = 3.23) with growth-oriented agripreneurship (µ = 2.50) and innovative-oriented agripreneurship (µ = 2.50) having the lowest rating. Regarding teaching methods within the provision of entrepreneurship education, most of the institutions were using traditional teaching methodologies with the common ones being formal lectures, field trips, in-class group discussions, and group project-based learning. Most lecturers had low teaching competencies concerning instructional quality and a moderate/average level of entrepreneurial competencies. The study recommends that universities should implement more professional development and pedagogical training over and above the subject competency to improve lecturers’ entrepreneurial competency.

Community stewardship to protect coastal and freshwater ecosystems–pathways between recreation and stewardship intentions

Abstract Strengthening community engagement in stewardship can help to improve management of coastal and freshwater environments (blue spaces). Research suggests that recreational users of natural areas may be more willing to engage in stewardship. However, little research at a population scale has examine how recreation experiences shape psychological ingredients for stewardship. We surveyed 3271 residents of South East Queensland, Australia and quantified willingness to engage in blue space stewardship. We then quantified frequency of different types of blue space recreation, perceptions about threats to blue spaces (threat appraisal) and protective actions (coping appraisal), and satisfaction with blue spaces. We then examined pathways from recreation to stewardship intentions using mediation analysis. Results show that many types of recreation were associated with stewardship intentions. Specifically, higher frequency of social activities and nature‐appreciation activities were associated with greater intentions for individual stewardship (e.g. picking up litter, reducing use of household chemicals). Higher frequency of social activities, nature appreciation, exercise and fishing/boating was associated with stronger intentions for collective stewardship (e.g. attending a public meeting or riparian management event) Mediation analysis showed that most forms of recreation did not influence perceptions about severity of threats to blue spaces. Rather, the relationships between recreation and stewardship were mediated by greater place satisfaction, perceived vulnerability to blue space degradation, and feeling more able to contribute to waterway protection (efficacy). These findings indicate that many types of recreation (not just nature appreciation activities) can be a foundation for engaging in nature stewardship, and reinforce the importance of building efficacy when promoting stewardship. The finding that both place satisfaction and perceived vulnerability to environmental degradation suggests that there may be an optimal motivational window for stewardship: people need to connect a place with positive experiences, and have some recognition of a potential threat, but where the potential threat has not yet eroded the natural values of a place. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Editorial Comment

This Special Issue of the University of Zambia Journal of Law and Social Sciences was prepared by the Department of Primary Education of the School of Education at University of Zambia. It was a product of the Knowledge Innovation Exchange (KIX) funded project, which ran under the title, “Scaling the School Readiness Initiative: Strengthening School and Community Capacities for Adoption of Play-based Learning in Uganda and Zambia”.

Building a Culture of Disaster Preparedness in the Health Sector: Strengthening Community Capacity

The natural disaster of an earthquake with the potential to cause a tsunami is still a latent danger along the coast of West Sumatra. One of the efforts in disaster management is mitigation by building a culture of disaster preparedness in the health sector, starting with intensive training. The purpose of this training was to increase the capacity of the trainees. A total of 21 out of 25 participants fully participated in the activity. This service activity was carried out in several stages, starting from the planning and preparation stage, the implementation stage, and the evaluation stage. The training method is a participatory approach with an andragogy education model. We assessed capacity improvement objectively using pre and post-test assessment sheets. Most participants were 50-60 years old and had never participated in disaster training. Analysis using paired samples t-test showed a significant increase in participants' knowledge capacity (p<0.05), from an average of 69.4 to 91.2. An evaluation of partner satisfaction at the end of the activity completed the activities. Participants were satisfied with the material the resource persons presented and the tasks. The participants considered the duration of training sufficient. Participants expect to participate in further training for specific subjects.

Application of Multicultural Education in Strengthening Community Solidarity in Indonesia

This study aims to describe the models, methods and approaches used in multicultural education in Indonesia. The research method used is systematic literature-based qualitative research, namely an approach that manages data by reducing data, presenting, and verifying, as well as concluding data, not using mathematical calculations and statistics. The results of the research found that, first, multicultural education is very important to be implemented in Indonesia, because the community is multi-ethnic and consists of various ethnicities, religions, cultures and regional languages. Second, the models, methods and approaches that are suitable for implementing multicultural education in Indonesia are inclusive education models through cooperative learning and role-playing methods and approaches. The study concludes that multicultural education in Indonesia is very important to be implemented through the integration of inclusivism values ​​to students through classroom interaction using cooperative learning and role-playing.

Restorative Justice Through Strengthening Community Legal Culture in Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunity

The main objective of this study is to examine how restorative justice can be effectively implemented in Indonesian society by strengthening its legal culture. The research methodology employed in this investigation is normative research, which encompasses a comprehensive review of existing literature and an analysis of pertinent legislation and policies. The prevailing legal culture in Indonesia places significant emphasis on punishment and incarceration as forms of justice, thereby influencing the acceptance and execution of restorative justice practices. Nevertheless, various endeavors have been undertaken to integrate restorative justice into the community's legal culture. These initiatives include establishing supportive legal frameworks, providing training and capacity-building programs, implementing pilot projects and experiments, advocacy campaigns, public awareness campaigns, and community engagement. However, several obstacles and challenges need to be addressed, such as shifting legal paradigms, insufficient knowledge and awareness among the general public, resistance from offenders, and limited resources. To overcome these constraints and challenges, concrete steps are needed, such as increasing public knowledge and awareness, establishing supportive legal frameworks, active community engagement, and resource optimization. By addressing these constraints and challenges, restorative justice can be more integrated with the legal culture of Indonesian society, providing a positive contribution to conflict resolution, restoring social relationships, and improving the justice system in Indonesia.

Factors Hindering Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Service Uptake among HIV Positive Women at Comboni Hospital Kyamuhunga Bushenyi District

In the absence of preventive measures HIV infected mothers transmit the infection to their babies during pregnancy delivery and breastfeeding. However, improving eMTCT service uptake and continuum of care still remains a significant impediment in the western region of Uganda. The study was to explore factors hindering eMTCT service uptake among HIV positive women at Comboni Hospital Kyamuhunga. A descriptive cross-section design was used and majorly simple random sampling was employed with a number of 36 respondents and interviewed response were analysed using SPSS version to determine the association between the independent and dependent variable. The findings of the study revealed that there are a range of factors that hinder HIV positive women on eMTCT service uptake, disclosure of HIV status with 77.7%, lack of partner and family support with 75%, dependence on partners with 80.6%, long waiting times at facility and no linkage to support groups with 33.3%and 47.2% respectively. In conclusion Strengthening community awareness on the importance of eMTCT service uptake, improving on time management by health workers, engaging male involvement in eMTCT care, improve youth friendly services, empowering women, putting emphasis on disclosure of status and supporting young mothers is so crucial. Keywords: elimination, mother to child transmission, HIV service uptake, HIV positive women

Preventing Early Childhood Marriage through Strengthening Community Da'iyah and Tutor Peer Majelis Ta’lim in Bone Regency

Child marriage remains a persistent issue in Bone County, as evidenced by the high number of cases reported in 2019. While there has been some reduction in child marriage due to government intervention and Unicef cooperation in select villages, the problem persists. NU Muslimat has implemented various strategies to raise awareness and prevent child marriage to combat this. The study employed the ABCD method and found that community service effectively raised awareness among majelis taklim members and their children. Furthermore, the da'iyah training produced professionals capable of counseling against child marriage, while the peer tutor training involved individuals who conducted counseling sessions and created awareness materials. As a result of these interventions, members of the community and students expressed strong determination to avoid child marriage, demonstrating the positive impact of NU Muslimat's initiatives.

Gathering our medicine: strengthening and healing kinship and community

This article considers the terms culture and healing, critiques perpetuation of colonizing perspectives in conventional trauma-informed mental health approaches, and introduces Gathering Our Medicine, an innovative community framework created by Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish; Coast Salish Peoples Indigenous to the lands of Southern British Columbia, Canada) practitioner Denise Findlay in response to the need for decolonial approaches to mental health for Indigenous communities throughout British Columbia, Canada. The framework encourages re-imagining healing and mental health practices through values such as lateral kindness that draw from distinct traditional Indigenous philosophies, ontologies, and epistemologies. By revitalizing and centring distinctive traditional knowledges about actualization, transformation, and healing, the framework provides a role for allies that disrupts the impulse to deny culpability that Indigenous scholar Susan Dion calls the perfect stranger position. Findlay provides an alternative—the imperfect friend—drawing on kinship practices as effective indirect praxis for collective healing and well-being, transforming the distanced expert into engaged community member.

Applying Rapid Qualitative Analysis for Health Equity: Lessons Learned Using "EARS" With Latino Communities.

Qualitative research amplifies the voices of marginalized communities and thus plays a critical role in shaping our understanding of health inequities and their social determinants. Traditional qualitative approaches, such as grounded theory or thematic analysis, require extensive training and are time- and labor-intensive; as such, they may not be adequately suited to address healthy equity issues that require a swift response. Rapid qualitative analysis (RQA) is an action-oriented approach to qualitative data analysis that may be used when findings are needed to quickly inform practice. RQA capitalizes on using a team to summarize key points from qualitative data into matrices to explore relevant themes efficiently and systematically. In this paper, we provide case examples from our work applying RQA to health equity research with Latino communities to address community needs, such as responses to public health emergencies and the development of service delivery and technology interventions for infectious and chronic diseases. We draw from our collective experiences to share lessons learned and provide the following specific recommendations ("EARS") to researchers interested in applying RQA for health equity research: (1) Employ RQA to address rapidly evolving, urgent, health equity challenges; (2) Assure quality and rigor throughout the RQA process; (3) Respond to barriers and problem-solve as needed; and (4) Strengthen community relationships before, during, and after using RQA. Overall, we advocate for the use of RQA to promote health equity due to its ability to integrate the vital perspectives of marginalized communities and efficiently respond to their needs.

The moment is now: Strengthening communities and families for the future of our nation

COVID-19 has highlighted the historical lack of investment in the conditions that children need to thrive, and demonstrates how a crisis can exacerbate children’s vulnerability to disease and violence. Exposure to early adversity already affects millions of children across the country and puts them at risk for poor outcomes. With the uncertainty of the pandemic, many more families are struggling and subsequently, more children are at risk for exposure to adversity. Preventing early adversity and promoting the prosperity of our nation requiresassuringthat all children, regardless of sociodemographic characteristics, have what they need to reach their full health and life potential. Now is the time to address the social and structural conditions that contribute to the inequitable distribution of risk for some families and which contribute to their unequal burden and impacts of adversity, COVID-19, racial injustice, and other health crises. While many look forward to “a return to normal,” returning to normal would be a missed opportunity to learn from our mistakes and ensure a bright future for our nation. We must invest in children and families for the future health of Americans.

ANALISIS PROFIL JUDUL PENELITIAN DENGAN RIP LPPM UCY 2022-2027 STUDI PADA FE UCY

Research activities are one of the tridharma of higher education. For lecturers, this activity is a prerequisite in fulfilling the lecturer's performance load report which is reported every semester, while for students it is a prerequisite for the final project report in fulfilling graduation as a bachelor's degree. The problem is that although the productivity of lecturers' research through student guidance in completing their final assignments has increased, research products that have the potential to be published in national and international journals are still limited.
 This study aims to determine the profile of research titles for students of the Faculty of Economics, University of Cokroaminoto, Yogyakarta with the research themes in the Research Master Plan (RIP) LPPM UCY 2022-2027. According to the RIP LPPM 2020-2027, the leading themes of research and community service at UCY are set in 5 (five) areas of community life. The field of study is adjusted to the expertise of the study program at UCY. The leading research themes in each field are as follows: 1) Religion Religion: Strengthening Community Religiosity towards the welfare of the nation 2) Economics: Human Resource Management, Financial Management, Marketing and Poverty Alleviation, 3) Law: Strengthening local governance and protection of human rights , 4) Education: Development of IT-based education with Indonesian character 5) Engineering: Disaster Management Management.
 The results showed that there were 24 titles of student research results with the theme of economics, namely 20 from management study programs and 4 from accounting study programs. Of the 24 themes related to Human Resources there are 2 titles, Financial Management consists of 8 titles, Marketing consists of 14 titles and Poverty Alleviation is not yet available.
 
 

Influence of community dialogues on social accountability in the health system in Nairobi County, Kenya

Background: Social accountability encompasses a variety of strategies that enable citizens to express their concerns about the performance of health-care services. Community dialogues provide a forum for community engagement and participation in the health care system. However, there is little documentation on how it is used to improve social accountability within government community health structures. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of community dialogues on social accountability in Nairobi County, Kenya.Methods: A qualitative study was conducted that included in-depth interviews with key stakeholders purposively selected. A total of three focus group discussions with 23 participants, eight key informant interviews and document review of minutes were conducted. Data analysis was done using thematic analysis.Results: Findings showed that community dialogues were held quarterly. The forums were mostly used for education purposes with little evidence on community engagement. Minutes showed what the community health assistant and community health volunteer said to the community with minimal input from the community members. Feedback was a challenge because the health management team hardly attended community dialogues due to logistic and workload issues.Conclusions: There is need of practical strengthening community dialogues through use of tools like chalk board and community scorecard as advocated in the community health policy. However, in practice, these tools were hardly used resulting to missed opportunity for the community to voice their opinions on health services.

Mental Health Literacy: Strengthening Community Mental Health with Awareness

Günümüzde artan ruhsal sorunlar nedeniyle, toplumun ruh sağlığını korumak ve güçlendirmek daha da önemli bir konu haline gelmiştir. Ruhsal bozukluklar hakkında toplumların bilgi eksikliklerinin ve damgalayıcı tutumlarının olması, ruhsal bozuklukların erken dönemde etkili bir şekilde tedavi edilememesine sebep olmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, koruyucu ruh sağlığı hizmetleri kapsamında toplumun ruh sağlığı okuryazarlığını arttırmak önemli bir adım olacaktır. Ülkemiz için ruh sağlığı okuryazarlığı, çok yeni bir kavram olup, tam olarak bilinmemektedir ve bu konuda yapılmış çalışmalarında sınırlı olduğu görülmektedir. Bu nedenle bu derlemede, ruh sağlığı okuryazarlığı kavramı, önemi, geliştirmeye yönelik müdahaleler ve bu konuda psikiyatri hemşirelerinin neler yapabileceği tartışılacaktır. Bu derleme, literatüre önemli ve güncel veriler kazandıracak ve ruh sağlığı okuryazarlığı müdahale çalışmalarının yapılması gerektiği konusunda ruh sağlığı profesyonellerine farkındalık kazandıracaktır.

Indices and Indicators Developed to Evaluate the "Strengthening Community Actions" Mechanism of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion: A Scoping Review.

To determine 1) the indexes/indicators used for evaluating the "strengthening community actions" mechanism of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and 2) to extract the characteristics and key components of the indexes/indicators using a scoping review.Data Source:In May 2020, the search was conducted across three databases: Medline (via PubMed), Embase, and Scopus.Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria: All primary studies relating to development, identification, and measurement of health promotion indices/indicators associated to the "strengthening community actions" were included. The review articles were excluded. The data were extracted to a data-charting form that was developed by the research team. Two authors reviewed the extracted data. To summarize and report the data, a descriptive numerical analysis and a narrative descriptive synthesizing approach were used. In total, 93 study articles were included. A majority of studies (82%) were conducted in developed countries. Different types of recognized indices were categorized into seven groups: social cohesion (n = 3), community capacity (n = 1), community participation (n = 7), social capital (n = 6), social network (n = 3), social support (n = 1), and others (n = 5). Having a collection of "strengthening community actions" indices/indicators in hand, health policymakers and health promotion specialists might be able to do their best in considering, selecting, and applying the most appropriate indices/indicators while evaluating community health promotion interventions in different settings.

The issue of performance in Higher education institution - Community partnerships: A Canadian perspective

ABSTRACT Higher education institutions are expected to account for their performance and this increasingly includes strengthening community relationships. However, assessment of Higher education institution (HEI)-Community partnerships is nascent. In this study we seek to discern the situation of these partnerships and examine accountability for performance in Canada, thereby advancing understanding about this international phenomenon. A search of Canadian HEIs was carried out to identify those with an explicit mandate relating to community relationships and an initial questionnaire was distributed to their offices. Results afford insights into the present state of HEI-Community partnerships in Canada. A second questionnaire, distributed to individuals within the HEIs as well as community partners, examined how best to assess the performance of HEI-Community partnerships. Indicators and measures associated with a three-fold framework (inputs, processes, outcomes) were validated, offering important and timely advancements to HEIs in the era of accountability and performance-based funding.

The Role of Place-Based Education in Strengthening Community Resilience against Climate Change

The Role of Place-Based Education in Strengthening Community Resilience against Climate Change

Dynamic Governance and The Strengthening Community Participation in Countermeasure Coronavirus Disease

This article discusses the strengthening public participation in the countermeasure and prevention of coronavirus disease-19. The main issue in this study is related to the complexity of the problem to counteract and prevent Covid-19, such as the existence of a gap between planning and objectives in government policy instruments, lack of public participation, and awareness in supporting government policies in preventing Covid-19. Preliminary observations made by researchers indicate the importance of examining research issues using dynamic governance theory and policy instruments. The research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive approach with data collection techniques through interviews, observation, and documentation study. The preliminary findings of the study indicate that the implementation of dynamic governance capacity, and public participation in the countermeasure and prevention of Covid-19 has not been fully implemented due to several factors, such as the inadequate capabilities of public sector organizations, internalization of government organizational culture and problems of community participation. Therefore, it is necessary to encourage strategic policy instruments through the dynamic governance concept approach to support the success of the countermeasure and prevention of Covid-19.