Social Services Research Papers

This study integrates social capital theory and network analysis to explore the relationship between interorganizational networks and organizational action. It analyzes the collaborative partnerships that religious congregations form to provide social services, and it examines how these ties are associated with the number and types of programs they offer. Using cross-sectional and panel data from a national study of congregations, the analysis finds significant relationships between congregations' interorganizational ties and their social service provision patterns. Congregations that collaborate with other organizations offer more programs, and the effect is even greater for congregations with a diverse portfolio of collaborators. Furthermore, a network analysis indicates that congregations with a similar portfolio of collaborators offer a similar menu of services. This study demonstrates that an organization's collaborative ties, above and beyond its internal characteristics, are significantly associated with both the volume and scope of its activity.

Compares conceptualizations of homelessness as a temporary state through which people pass or a permanent trait that emanates from individual characteristics. Evidence from a longitudinal study of 564 homeless families in New York City and additional secondary sources supports the view that for families, homelessness is a temporary state that is resolved by the provision of subsidized housing. Even for single individuals with severe mental disturbances, housing is a key factor in ending homelessness, although here there is more evidence that social services also contribute. Policy implications are that governments should take a more active role in reducing homelessness by providing access to subsidized housing.

- by Marybeth Shinn
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- Program Evaluation, Psychology, Social Work, Family
- by Zoe Radnor
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- Criminal Justice, Performance Management, Productivity, Balanced Scorecard

Over the past years, local government in Finland has undergone unprecedented changes. The number of municipalities has decreased by 25%, and the service structure has become increasingly regional. One factor underlying this trend is the restructuring of local government services, known as the PARAS project, but municipal finances, legislative amendments and changes in service demands also play a part. The purpose of the ParasSos monitoring and evaluation study is to explore the transition in social services with special reference to the perspective of the clients using the services and the employees providing them. This will enable conclusions to be drawn about how the PARAS project has affected services at the grass-root level, specifically with regard to their availability and quality. The evaluation focused on a number of municipalities in central Finland, involving both employee interviews and a survey among local residents. The employee and user perspectives highlight the conse...

- by Liisa Heinämäki
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- Social Services
- by Eirini Flouri
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- Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health, Social Class

The complex formed by chronic illness, episodes of acute illness, physiological disabilities, functional limitations, and cognitive problems is prevalent among frail elderly persons. These individuals rely on assistance from social and... more

- by Francois Béland
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- Health Care, Experimental Design, Chronic illness, Quality of Care
- by Ronan Conroy M Conroy
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- Comparative Research, Social status, Older people, Northern Ireland
- by Samantha Sabo and +2
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- Health Promotion, Community-Based Mental Health Services, Health Disparities, Consumer Behavior
- by Chad Leaver
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- Social Work, Public Health Policy, Medication Adherence, Housing
- by Seth Pollack
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- Environmental Science, Criminal Justice, Political Science, Service Learning
- by Barbara Goodson
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- Program Evaluation, Psychology, Child Development, Life course
- by Farid Muakkassa
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- Jurisprudence, Social Work, Health Care, Public Health
- by Carol Jagger
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- Psychology, Dementia, Hospitals, Residential care
- by Robin Gauld
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- Primary Care, South Korea, Health Care, Service Quality
- by Eileen Baldry
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- Social Work, Pure Mathematics, Social Services
- by Thierry Chaussalet
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- Psychology, Econometrics, Statistics, Long Term Care

Publikacija sadrži analizu stanja (uključujući analizu pravnog okvira, međunarodnog okvira, zakone i pravilnike, proces licenciranja i akreditacije programa obuke), institucionani okvir, politike, analizu problema, iskustva drugih... more

- by Aleksandra Gligorovic
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- Montenegro, Social Services, NVO, Inkluzija
- by Clara Muschkin
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- Sociology, Demography, Anthropology, Migration
- by Brad Crammond and +1
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- Sociology, Social Policy, Social Determinants of Health, Social Exclusion

El objetivo del estudio era determinar la calidad de los proyectos de servicio social en que participan estudiantes de la Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, considerando la opinion de los prestadores, en relacion con seis criterios previamente identificados como pertinentes, de acuerdo con la filosofia institucional. Las licenciaturas se organizaron en tres areas de conocimiento y la evaluacion se realizo por medio de un instrumento disenado y validado por expertos. Se encontro que los prestadores evaluan los proyectos por encima de la media y que hay diferencias significativas en dos criterios de calidad.

- by Mario Pavón
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- Students, Social Services, Servicio Social, Calidad De Proyectos

Risk and protective factors of psychosocial development in children in different residential care settings need to be further studied internationally, in order to develop working methods for social and health care services. Standardized methods of the CBCL, TRF, and CGAS, were used to evaluate psychosocial functioning of children in children's homes in Finland. Further, data on sociodemographic situations and traumatic events in their lives were assembled. The percentage of behavioural and emotional problems within clinical or borderline range in the different ratings was 55–80%. Combined traumatization, sexual abuse, school difficulties, male sex, older age (>11 years) and older age at first and on-going placement (>7 years), as well as difficulties in relationships with parents are likely to be associated with more severe behaviour problems and lower general functioning. The results of this study show that children and adolescents in social service residential settings are a highly vulnerable group and that these children have extensive mental health needs.

- by Jorma Piha
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- Psychology, Sexual Abuse, Mental Health, Victimology

Purpose The World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) is used for patients with schizophrenia although no validation is available. This work addresses this issue by dealing with its psychometric properties in a clinical sample of patients with schizophrenia. Methods Two hundred forty-one patients from 10 Adult Mental Health Care Centers (AMHCC) meeting the following inclusion criteria were included:

- by Juan Amador-campos
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- Schizophrenia, Quality of life, Social Support, Spain
- by Elissa Mitchell
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- Social Work, Juvenile Justice, Children and Youth, Problem Solving

This paper examines the major features of the Ghanaian social security system. It discusses the Ghanaian scheme by examining the extent of coverage, criteria for eligibility, and the method of administration and financing. The paper undertakes an assessment of the existing security scheme and highlights its major limitations and weaknesses. It proposes measures for reforming the security system by suggesting an extension in coverage, adjusting the benefit formula, increasing expenditure on social services for the elderly, adjusting benefits to reflect the cost of living index, creating employer-based private pension schemes, and exploring alternative ways of investing social security accumulated funds.

- by Fran Klodawsky
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- Human Geography, Feminist Theory, Social Services, Government Policy
- by Richard Krugman and +1
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- Psychology, Social Work, Sexual Abuse, Child abuse and neglect
- by Victor Oliveira
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- Food Safety, Health Care, Food Consumption, United States

Features of online social information services show promises for overcoming obstacles in current knowledge management practices. This paper first discussed the potential efficacy and emerging practices of such technologies in the domain of knowledge management. Then a quality model of online social information systems was derived from prior literature on online information service quality and analyses of characteristics of emerging technologies.

- by Qin Gao
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- Computer Science, Knowledge Management, Service Quality, Industrial Engineering
- by Eileen Gambrill
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- Social Work, Organizational Change, Mental Health, Evidence Based Practice
- by Andrew Carswell
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- Social Services, Behavior change
- by Ellen Giebels
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- Psychology, Conflict Management, Problem Solving, Business and Management
- by Kathleen Meyers
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- Demography, Treatment Outcome, Counseling, Humans

Increasing numbers of lesbian and bisexual women are choosing to have children. This qualitative study investigated the degree to which a sample of Canadian lesbian and bisexual women were satisfied with the health and social services that they received during the process of trying to conceive, during pregnancy, and during the early postpartum weeks and months. Three focus groups were conducted: (1) women who were themselves, or whose partners were, in the process of trying to conceive (n = 6); (2) biological parents of young children (n = 7); and (3) women who were non-biological parents of young children or whose partners were currently pregnant (n = 10). Participants were asked to discuss their positive and negative experiences with health and social services during their efforts to conceive and through the perinatal period. Participants were very satisfied with the care they received from midwives, doulas, and public health nurses. Services directed specifically to lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents were also perceived to be important sources of information and support. Many participants perceived fertility services to be unsupportive or unable to address their different health care needs. Participants expressed satisfaction with pregnancy-related services provided by non-physicians and dissatisfaction with services provided by physicians and fertility clinics. There is a strong desire for fertility services specific to lesbian and bisexual women, but even minor changes to existing services could improve the satisfaction of lesbian and bisexual patients.

- by Lori Ross and +1
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- Obstetrics, Focus Groups, Health Care, Qualitative Research

ANALIZA STANJA (Analiza pravnog okvira, Međunarodni okvir, Zakoni i pravilnici, Licenciranje, Akreditacija programa obuke, Finansiranje usluga)
INSTITUCIONANI OKVIR
POLITIKE (na nacionalnom i lokalnom nivou)
ANALIZA PROBLEMA (Pozadina, Prednosti uključivanje nevladinog sektora u sferu pružanja usluga, Slabosti, Izazovi u standardizaciji usluga, Analiza potreba OCD u vezi uvođenja standarda u pružanju
socijalnih usluga, Finansiranje)
ZAKLJUČCI
PREPORUKE

- by Devon Polaschek
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- Psychology, Cognition, Criminal Psychology, Impression Management
- by ruby brown
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- Criminology, Psychology, Domestic Violence, Research Methodology

Či považujeme alkoholizmus skôr za chorobu alebo dôsledok
osobnej zodpovednosti, je v tejto oblasti mimoriadne potrebné
venovať maximálne úsilie prevencii. Sociálne poradenstvo
zohráva dôležitú úlohu pri riešení tohto problému. Aby bola
prevencia na všetkých úrovniach úspešná, musí byť riadená
odborne a profesionálne s dôrazom na celý komplex detailov.

- by Jozef Polačko
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- Community and Social Services, Alcoholism, Social Services
- by Stephanie Chalk
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- Children in Foster Care, Social Services
- by giulio cesare zavattini
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- Psychology, Adoption, Attachment, Social Services

This paper addresses citizen participation in the development of community-level health and capacity indicators with a specific focus on processes that can be used to engage community members in indicator development. It is based on work that the authors completed with the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) in 2002 and work they have been conducting in partnership with the Prince Albert

- by Kerrie Duncan
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- Population Health, Community Health, Community Capacity, Citizen participation
- by Jake Pyne
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- Gender Studies, Social Work, Transgender Studies, Homelessness

Since the 1990s, change management has received considerable attention as the new paradigm for the management of organisational transformations as well as behavioural and motivational changes within both for-profit and non-profit organisations. As a result, change management has been included in most bachelor's and master's degree programmes in social work and ped-agogics in Germany, either as additional courses or as an area of specialisa-tion. However, its interdisciplinary and intersectional nature has, so far, not been thoroughly considered in the development of managerial and social competences. In particular, the relationship between management science and professional practice was not given much attention, even though the development of change strategies in Human Service Organisations (HSO) must be based on research findings from both social sciences and management studies. In addition, management research and education need to draw conclusions from experiences gained in professional practice (e.g. Raelin, 1997). Research on the theory of transfer in the field of change management has not kept pace with the practice of leading change. So far, existing research has failed to develop a satisfactory concept of theory-practice transfer and ignored the relationship of the justification and development of change strategies as part of the management of social organisations. A number of important questions for researchers, educators, practitioners, consultants, etc. are

- by Maik Arnold
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- Management, Social Work, Organisational Change, Germany

Os textos reunidos no livro Ciências Sociais: diálogos interdisciplinares representam uma visão do que foram as pesquisas que resultaram em teses do Doutorado em Ciências Sociais realizado no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais... more

- by Pimenta Cultural
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- Education, Social Sciences, Direito, Ciências Sociais
- by Deborah Norris and +1
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- Focus Groups, Child Care, Models, Multiple Perspectives

This article examines the survival strategies undertaken by homeless people. The findings of an ethnographic research, both in Italy and in Colombia, highlight the main activities which are performed by the homeless for their daily survival. We can call those activities 'shadow works'. They refer to the informal and hidden economy linked to exchanges carried out directly on the street and allow the procurement of essential goods for the mental and physical health of the people who live their marginality on the street. These works are "shadow" in the sense that, in addition to belonging to the informal sphere of the underground economy, they often reproduce work activities of the "normal" society in a form adapted to street life. Challenging many misconceptions, this article suggests that "street society" is complex, organized , clearly separated from mainstream society, and providing a cultural framework that guides homeless people's survival strategies.

- by charlie barnao
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- Social Work, Sociology of Work, Ethnography, Qualitative Methods

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