Vulnerable Groups In Community Research Articles

Vulnerable people and sustainable livelihoods in the face of replanting phase in oil palm industry in Jambi - Sumatra

This article aims to discuss the threat of vulnerability in the oil palm industry-based village. This vulnerability occurs because oil palm which has been the source of people’s livelihoods has to be uprooted and replanted. Among the social structures of the village community, the most vulnerable are local farmers and plantation workers who do not own land and the work in oil palm plantations has been their main job. The data collection in this paper was conducted using document study techniques, focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and observations from the end of December 2016 to January 2017. This paper has two main findings: firstly, the main source of livelihood for the community relies on oil palm plantations, but it is limited to producing fresh fruit bunches and they have not been able to process any further because the palm oil is transferred to the plantation company. If replanting is to be carried out, the residents’ main source of livelihood will be automatically threatened. Secondly, the most vulnerable community groups are the second generation and so on, where they do not have land for gardening and can only work as farm laborers or work in plantation companies.

A study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Human Right of Mentally Ill Patient among Community People in Kaski, Pokhara,Nepal

Introduction: Mental health problems raise many human rights issues. People with mental illness are exposed to human rights violation within and outside the health care context. Because of lack of awareness, people with mental illness and their families do not exercise their rights. Psychiatric patients are most vulnerable groups in community. Incidence of violation of rights of mentally ill patients can be avoided if the community people become aware of them.
 Objective: To assess knowledge regarding human rights and myth of mental illness among community people.
 Method: A descriptive crosssectional study was conducted among 140 community people of Ritthepani-27, Kaski, Nepal. Non probability convenient sampling technique was adopted to collect the data. Inclusion criteria included head of the family of the selected community who were willing to participate in the study. Data was collected through face to face interview using a structured questionnaire.
 Results: In the present study, it was found that 46.40% of the community people had inadequate knowledge regarding human rights of mentally ill patients. There was no significant association between demographic variables and knowledge score of the respondents. The study found that more than half of the respondents (51%) had belief that mental illness is not related to physical health. Likewise 36.4% believed mental illness is caused by supernatural power and evil and 30% believed that marriage can cure mental illness.
 Conclusion: Based on findings, it is concluded that the level of knowledge regarding rights of mentally ill patient is inadequate and there is a high prevalence of myths and misconceptions related to mental illness among the adult population. So, there is need to conduct awareness raising activities in the community.

Investigation of Internal Tensions of Wives of Men Who Addicted to Heroin

Background: Addiction is one of the social bad phenomenon and because of family is the most vulnerable of social institution against to the adverse effects of addiction and due to head of family with drug addicts cannot perform his role as husband and father, important role of women in such families is double. Due to this group of women are the most vulnerable community groups and are at risk of serious damage to the system of family, present study describes the structure and nature of psychological problems who addict to heroin and deep understanding of the overall psychological problems. Methods: In this research was used from qualitative approaches (phenomenology). Sampling method is based on object and has been continued until data saturation. Participants were the wives of men who have been addicted to heroin .The women refer to Eynolhayat club - treatment center of addiction- in Khoy city during this research. Results: The extracted interviews were analyzed. Concepts of internal stresses associated with six subconcepts that were identified are as follow: shy, uncertain future, frustration, guard less, concern and confusion. Conclusion: This study suggests that the wives of men who addicted to heroin experience a range of psychological problems in various aspects of their life. They need psychological support and use from counseling of psychologists when faced with psychological problems. Because the women have an important role in shaping the family system, the practitioners with adequate knowledge of their spouse problems in relation to addiction husbands must support them. We can use from findings of this study to educate and raise awareness level of some organization (especially the anti-drug organization) and the nature of addiction to rise possibility comply with human psychosis problems and better support from them.