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Journal articles on the topic "Health conditions of social workers"
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Fiorillo, Damiano. "Workers’ health and social relations in Italy." Journal of Economic Studies 43, no. 5 (2016): 835–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jes-11-2014-0193.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether social relations are associated with the health of workers. It uses two types of health status measures – self-reported and more objective health – and it considers two types of social relationships: individual social relations, measured through the frequency of meetings with friends; and contextual social relations, the average frequency with which people meet friends at the community level. Design/methodology/approach A probit model is estimated from the worker sample accounting for the possibility of selecting individuals in the labour market (selection equation). Then expanded probit models (including inverse Mills ratio) are used on both self-reported and more objective health measures using new data from an income and living conditions survey carried out in 2006 by the Italian Statistics Office. Robustness checks are employed to deal with possible problems when interpreting the results. Findings The study finds that social relations are correlated with health status of workers with differences among health outcomes. Social relations at the individual level are positively correlated with self-perceived health (SPH), negatively associated with chronic condition (CC) but not related to limitations in daily activities. Contextual social relations are negatively linked with CC and limitations in daily activities but not correlated with SPH. Research limitations/implications Although the results are consistent with the argument that individual and contextual social relations influence workers’ health, the author cannot prove causality. Social implications Improving the health of workers could reduce health inequalities and could increase work performance. The implication at a macro-economic level of an improvement in the health conditions of workers is relevant in Italy, where the level of labour productivity is low compared to the other developed countries (OECD, 2013). Policy makers should consider the benefits, both at social and economic level, of public policies designed to improve the social and physical infrastructure of social relations. Originality/value This paper is the first to relate individual and contextual social relations simultaneously to workers’ health. Moreover, it makes several other contributions to this area: it control for unobserved worker heterogeneity; it uses both subjective self-reported health as well as a more objective measure of health based on CC and limitations in activities of daily living; it adopts a multilevel approach to examine in the same framework the individual and contextual relationship of social relations with individual health status of workers, in so doing, filling a gap in the literature on social capital and public health.
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Ravalier, Jermaine M. "Psycho-Social Working Conditions and Stress in UK Social Workers." British Journal of Social Work 49, no. 2 (2018): 371–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy023.
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Игнатова, Tatyana Ignatova, Еремин, and O. Eremin. "Professional health of medical workers as a factor of the quality of medical service in public health." Journal of Public and Municipal Administration 5, no. 2 (2016): 81–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/20546.
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The article deals with the concept of quality of medical care, basic health indicators of professional health of medical workers. The current results of diagnostics of job satisfaction by health workers according to qualitative and quantitative characteristics are presented. Some objective and subjective factors influencing the formation of professional health of medical workers are revealed. The article determines the social status of the person engaged in the field of medicine and the place of medical profession in the system of social relations in modern conditions, when the profession of medical worker is characterized by versatility.
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Cabin, William. "Social Workers Assert Medicare Home Care Ignores Social Determinants of Health." Home Health Care Management & Practice 32, no. 4 (2020): 199–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1084822320923988.
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There is significant literature on the importance of addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) to improve health care outcomes. In response, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded Medicare Advantage plans ability to cover SDOH-related services. Medicare home health does not cover SDOH-related services. A literature review indicates no studies on the nature, significance, or impacts of the lack of SDOH coverage in Medicare home health. This article summarizes an initial, exploratory study to address the literature gap, based on interviews of a convenience sample of 29 home care social workers between January 2013 and May 2014 in the New York City metropolitan area. Results indicate social workers believe the lack of SDOH coverage, including social work, in Medicare home health results in exacerbation of existing patient conditions; creation of new, additional patient conditions; increased home care readmissions and rehospitalizations; increased caregiver burden; and exacerbation of patients’ mental health and substance abuse needs. Policymakers are urged to consider adding coverage of social work and SDOH to Medicare home health.
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Dias, Elizabeth Costa, Roberval Passos de Oliveira, Jorge H. Machado, et al. "Employment conditions and health inequities: a case study of Brazil." Cadernos de Saúde Pública 27, no. 12 (2011): 2452–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0102-311x2011001200016.
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This paper was prepared for the Employment Conditions and Health Inequalities Knowledge Network (EMCONET), part of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. We describe the Brazilian context of employment conditions, labor conditions and health, their characteristics and causal relationships. The social, political and economic factors that influence these relationships are also presented with an emphasis on social inequalities, and how they are reproduced within the labor market and thereby affect the health and wellbeing of workers. A literature review was conducted in SciELO, LILACS, Google and Google Scholar, MEDLINE and the CAPES Brazilian thesis database. We observed that there are more workers operating in the informal sector than in the formal sector and these former have no social insurance or any other social benefits. Work conditions and health are poor in both informal and formal enterprises since health and safety labor norms are not effective. The involvement of social movements and labor unions in the elaboration and management of workers' health polices and programs with universal coverage, is a promising initiative that is underway nationwide.
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Rocha, Fernanda Ludmilla Rossi, Maria Helena Palucci Marziale, and Oi-Saeng Hong. "Work and health conditions of sugar cane workers in Brazil." Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP 44, no. 4 (2010): 978–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0080-62342010000400017.
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This is an exploratory research, with a quantitative approach, developed with the objective of analyzing the work and of life situations that can offer risks to the workers' health involved in the manual and automated cut of the sugar cane. The sample was composed by 39 sugar cane cutters and 16 operators of harvesters. The data collection occurred during the months of July and August of 2006, by the technique of direct observation of work situations and workers' homes and through interviews semi-structured. The interviews were recorded and later transcribed. Data were analyzed according to Social Ecological Theory. It was observed that the workers deal with multiple health risk situations, predominantly to the risks of occurrence of respiratory, musculoskeletal and psychological problems and work-related accidents due to the work activities. The interaction of individual, social and environmental factors can determine the workers' tendency to falling ill.
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Babanov, Sergey Anatolievich. "The healthy/unhealthy worker effect as a phenomenon of occupational selection and the causation problem." Terapevt (General Physician), no. 9 (September 1, 2021): 6–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.33920/med-12-2109-01.
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Today, the "healthy worker effect" is understood as organized (on the part of the employer) and/or unorganized (self-selection on the part of the worker, due to the functional capabilities and the state of workers’ health) professional selection of healthier workers in unfavorable working conditions, who remain in the profession. It represents one of the most important problems in epidemiological research in occupational medicine. The “healthy worker effect” and its intensity in various industries (in various professions) can indirectly characterize the harmful and unfavorable conditions. The “healthy worker effect” and its intensity determine the need for medical and social security, as well as rehabilitation measures, not only for people who remain in this production (in this profession), but also for people who left this production or specialty, to prevent the phenomenon of increased mortality among workers who left a given production or profession due to suspension from work based on the results of periodic medical examinations and self-selection, or due to intolerance to working conditions because of the state of health.
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Hovbrandt, Pia, Per-Olof Östergren, Catarina Canivet, et al. "Psychosocial Working Conditions and Social Participation. A 10-Year Follow-Up of Senior Workers." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 17 (2021): 9154. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179154.
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Social participation is important for health, and it is well known that high strain jobs impact negatively on mental and physical health. However, knowledge about the impact of psychosocial working conditions on social participation from a long-term perspective is lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations between different job types and social participation from a long-term perspective. A comprehensive public health questionnaire “The Scania Public Health Survey”, was used, and psychosocial working conditions were measured with a Swedish translation of the Job Content Questionnaire. Based on data from 1098 working respondents aged 55 at baseline and a 10-year follow-up when the respondents were not working, the analyses revealed that social participation varied by job type. Jobs with high decision latitude, as in active and relaxed jobs, seem to predict high social participation, even after cessation of employment. Besides that, the result suggests that high social participation during working life is a predictor of high social participation from a long-term perspective which promotes healthy aging. Incentives for working longer are strongly related to good working conditions. A supportive work environment with possibilities for employees to participate in decision making, i.e., high control, is vital for a sustainable working life. This may contribute to an extended working life and may also support social participation prior to retirement as well as after retirement and thus to healthy aging.
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Wibowo, Purwo Purwowi. "WOMEN MIGRANT WORKERS AND SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES." Journal Sampurasun : Interdisciplinary Studies for Cultural Heritage 3, no. 1 (2017): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.23969/sampurasun.v3i1.113.
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Women migrant workers often face a variety of problems in the workplace, for example violence, sexual abuse, rape, extortion, and so on. Social protection systems for women migrant workers in other countries are very important. In the Philippines, there are two social protection systems to improve social welfare for vulnerable populations. Two models of social protection called the health care system and social health insurance. Both social protection systems can be managed, as based on: (1) culture value, (2) to be funded by the financial institutions, (3) implemented freely, (4) the scheme is combined with the national health insurance system, (5) able to create a high quality service. The conditions of women migrant workers are more vulnerable than male workers. So, the social protection for women migrant workers is urgent and need policies to protect them. The Government of the Philippines emphasizes the problems related to the obligation of women migrant workers to have right information and guidance before they leave the country in order to minimize social problems. Finally, social protection, not only in the Philippines, but also cooperation among countries to ptotect women migrant workers by making policy of social protection from local, national, regional, and international level.
Keywords: Migrant Worker, Social Protection in Philippines, Health Care System, Social Health Insurance
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Pentaraki, Maria, and Konstantina Dionysopoulou. "Social workers: a new precariat? Precarity conditions of mental health social workers working in the non-profit sector in Greece." European Journal of Social Work 22, no. 2 (2018): 301–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2018.1529664.
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Cureton, Shava T. "A study of social workers knowledge of environmental living conditions and health disparities." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2012. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/210.
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It has been proven that there is a connection between the physical environment and health outcomes. Low income and minority communities live in hazardous environments and bear a disproportionate burden of environmental health disparities. Environmental hazards imposed on low income and minority communities require the immediate attention of social workers. Social workers are in a unique position to ensure that the health and well being of oppressed groups is not compromised by environmental factors. This study examined the environmental health awareness of 90 licensed social workers. More specifically, this study assessed the following information from social workers: (1) familiarity with environmental hazards, (2) knowledge of environmental health problems, (3) knowledge of environmental legislation, (4) professional practice of screening clients for past and present exposure to environmental pollutants, (5) professional experiences with receiving environmental concerns from clients, (6) professional practice of advocating for the environmental health of clients, and (7) professional opinions about the need to train and educate social work students and professionals on environmental health. This study asserts that social workers can protect the environmental health of distressed communities across the micro-macro spectrum.
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Prinsloo, Celeste Jo-Ann. "Factors affecting health care workers' acceptance and use of Telehealth in hospitals in Kwazulu-Natal." University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6237.
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Magister Public Health - MPH (Public Health)Background and rationale: Telehealth is a collection of methods for enhancing health care, public health, and health education delivery and support using telecommunications technologies. Despite the many reported benefits of telehealth, there are challenges to its continued and widespread use in South Africa. It remains unclear what facilitates or hinders the integration of telehealth into routine clinical practice. Study aim and objectives: Drawing on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), this study investigated factors affecting healthcare workers' acceptance and use of telehealth in hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Specifically, it described the frequency and nature of telehealth use and the factors associated with technology acceptance; and evaluated the influence of socio-demographic factors (age, experience, profession, qualification) and acceptance factors on use and behavioural intention to use telehealth. Methods: A quantitative survey in seven hospitals (2 tertiary, 3 regional, 2 district) with telehealth facilities falling under the KZN Department of Health, was conducted. 177 medical, nursing, pharmacy and allied staff consented to complete an on-line, closed ended and structured self-administered questionnaire based on the UTAUT model. The responses to the individual likert scale items were assigned a score (1-4), and from this, total scores calculated for each construct. Respondent characteristics were converted into binary variables and associations with total scores on each of the UTAUT acceptance domains were tested using t-test. The associations between behavioural intention and actual use (as binary dependent variables); and the respondent profiles, scores for performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions (independent variables) were assessed in two multivariate logistic regression models.
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Egen, Olivia, Kate E. Beatty, David J. Blackley, Katie Brown, and Randy Wykoff. "Health and Social Conditions of the Poorest Versus Wealthiest Counties in the United States." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6823.
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Objectives. To more clearly articulate, and more graphically demonstrate, the impact of poverty on various health outcomes and social conditions by comparing the poorest counties to the richest counties in the United States and to other countries in the world.
Methods. We used 5-year averages for median household income to form the 3141 US counties into 50 new “states”—each representing 2% of the counties in the United States (62 or 63 counties each). We compared the poorest and wealthiest “states.”
Results. We documented dramatic and statistically significant differences in life expectancy, smoking rates, obesity rates, and almost every other measure of health and well-being between the wealthiest and poorest “states” in the country. The populations of more than half the countries in the world have a longer life expectancy than do US persons living in the poorest “state.”
Conclusions. This analysis graphically demonstrates the true impact of the extreme socioeconomic disparities that exist in the United States. These differences can be obscured when one looks only at state data, and suggest that practitioners and policymakers should increasingly focus interventions to address the needs of the poorest citizens in the United States.
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Santana, Santana Arminda, and Linn Tejne. "Ärenden i högar : En kvalitativ studie om hur psykisk ohälsa hos socialsekreterare leder till långtidssjukskrivningar." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-5353.
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Sick leave due to mental illness has increased dramatically in recent decades and is today one of the main reasons why individuals become long-term sick. Social workers job situation within social service has in recent years attracted an increasing attention and the debate has largely been about the high workload in the profession. Mental illness for social workers is a growing problem and there are no signs of a positive trend shift. The purpose of this study was to create a wider understanding of why social workers are prevented to work due to mental illness, goes on medical leave, and find out if it is possible to identify which common factors in these social workers stories. To answer the study's purpose, two issues have been considered. Partly which factors long-term sick social workers identified as the reason for their mental illness that led to long-term illness, and how the long-term sick social workers describe their individual experiences before, during and after their sick leave. The methodology has been a qualitative design where eight long-term sick social workers scattered around the country conducted interviews via e-mail through a semi-structured interview guide. The result will be divided and presented in three themes; Social workers practical work which concerns the social workers descriptions of their work place in the social services and the factors of the organization that has affected their work situation. It also presents the social workers perception of the impact of political decisions concerning the field of social work. The theme of social workers profession presents the results that have emerged and concerns how social workers perceive and identify their professional role. The third theme of individual experiences by social workers presents the results concerning the personal reflections that social workers have about themselves and their future role as a professional social worker. The study results show that job related factors largely affected the individual's mental health. It is clear that the structures upon an organisational level, the complexity of the professional role contra individual ideals have affected and led to the social workers present situation of long-term sick due to mental illness. The concluding section of this paper discusses several components with potential for development as possible contributing solutions to the problematic situation that made these social workers sick. Social work education, leadership and skills development are areas that are challenged in our discussion.Sjukskrivning på grund av psykisk ohälsa har ökat drastiskt de senaste decennierna och är idag en av de främsta anledningarna till varför individer blir långtidssjukskrivna. Socialsekreterares arbetssituation har under de senaste åren uppmärksammats allt mer och debatten har till stor del kommit att handla om den höga arbetsbelastningen inom yrket. Psykisk ohälsa för socialsekreterare är ett växande problem och trenden tycks vara svår att bryta. Syftet med den här studien har varit att skapa en ökad förståelse kring varför socialsekreterare blivit sjukskrivna på grund av psykisk ohälsa samt ta reda på om det går att urskilja gemensamma faktorer i socialsekreterarnas berättelser. För att besvara studiens syfte har två frågeställningar varit aktuella. Dels vilka faktorer som sjukskrivna socialsekreterare identifierat föranlett deras psykiska ohälsa som lett till långtidssjukskrivning och dels hur långtidssjukskrivna socialsekreterare beskriver sina individuella upplevelser innan, under och efter sin sjukskrivning. Metodvalet har varit av kvalitativ design där åtta långtidssjukskrivna socialsekreterare spridda över hela landet genomförde intervjuer via mail genom en semistrukturerad intervjuguide. Resultatet delas upp och presenteras i tre teman; socialsekreterarens arbete som berör socialsekreterarnas beskrivning sin arbetsplats på socialtjänsten och de faktorer i organisationen som påverkat deras arbetssituation. Här presenteras även socialsekreterarnas bild av hur de ser på socialpolitikens påverkan av deras arbete. I temat socialsekreterarens yrkesroll presenteras de resultat som berör hur socialsekreterarna upplever och identifierar sin yrkesroll. I det tredje temat socialsekreterarens individuella upplevelser presenteras de resultat som berör de personliga reflektioner som socialsekreterarna har kring sig själva och sin framtida roll som yrkesverksam socialsekreterare. Studiens resultat visar att faktorer på arbetsplatsen i stor utsträckning påverkat individens psykiska ohälsa. Det framgår tydligt att organisatoriska strukturer, yrkesrollens komplexitet och individuella ideal har påverkat och föranlett att socialsekreterarna blivit långtidssjukskrivna på grund av psykisk ohälsa. I uppsatsens avslutande del diskuteras flera komponenter med utvecklingspotential som möjliga bidragande lösningar på den problematiska situationen som gjort dessa socialsekreterare sjuka. Socionomutbildningen, ledarskap och kompetensutveckling är områden som utmanas i vår diskussion.
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Camara, Patricia Cristiane Soares. "As condi??es de trabalho na ?rea de sa?de e o processo de adoecimento da (o) assistente social." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2013. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/17925.
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Previous issue date: 2013-02-26The requirements in the world of work in the contemporary impact on quality of life, health workers in their relations with users and other professionals of the healthcare team. Given this reality, this study discusses the working conditions in health and disease process of (a) having social goals as analyze the implications of working conditions in the disease (the) social workers in state hospitals Metropolitan Region Christmas (NMR); identify the main diseases affecting social workers in hospitals in the SESAP NMR and reveal the relationship between the disease processes of social and working conditions in hospitals in the state NMR. The research was guiding questions to reveal how to configure the work, conditions of work and of the disease process (the) social worker. To grasp the socioeconomic profile of (the) social workers, the characterization of the work, duties and responsibilities in the sociooccupational, factors that interfere with the disease process of (the) social workers of RMN, and actions and investments Policy on Occupational Health RN correlating to illness today is that we set for the unveiling of the movement of the object of study through the methodological approach with documentary research aimed at literature review; extensive direct observation correlated to real life observation and application of 66 (sixty-six) questionnaires. The data from the closed questions were treated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The open questions were transcribed and then analyzed the light of theoretical work on the subject. The research reveals that social workers are subject to conditions and labor relations precarious illness causing health problems because some of these professionals, among them are: stress, allergies and skin conditions or, Read / WMSD among other diseases. Thus, we understand the need for debates about the relationship work (the) social worker and worker health before the contradictions of capital also present in public health services
As exig?ncias no mundo do trabalho na contemporaneidade repercutem na qualidade de vida, na sa?de dos trabalhadores, nas suas rela??es com os usu?rios e demais profissionais da equipe de sa?de. Diante desta realidade, este estudo discute as condi??es de trabalho na ?rea da sa?de e o processo de adoecimento da (o) assistente social, possuindo como objetivos analisar as implica??es das condi??es de trabalho no adoecimento das (os) assistentes sociais dos hospitais estaduais da Regi?o Metropolitana de Natal (RMN); identificar as principais doen?as que afetam Assistentes Sociais nos hospitais da SESAP na RMN e desvelar a rela??o entre os processos de adoecimento das (os) assistentes sociais e as condi??es de trabalho nos hospitais estaduais na RMN. A pesquisa teve como quest?es norteadoras a fim de revelar como se configuram o trabalho, as condi??es desse trabalho e o processo de adoecimento da (o) assistente social. Para apreender o perfil socioecon?mico das (os) assistentes sociais; a caracteriza??o do trabalho, as atribui??es e compet?ncias no espa?o s?cio-ocupacional; os fatores que interferem no processo sa?de-doen?a das (os) assistentes sociais da RMN, e a??es e investimentos da Pol?tica de Sa?de do Trabalhador no RN correlacionando ao adoecimento nos dias atuais ? que partimos para o desvelamento do movimento do objeto de estudo atrav?s do percurso metodol?gico com pesquisa documental destinada ? revis?o bibliogr?fica; observa??o direta extensiva correlacionada ? observa??o na vida real e aplica??o de 66 (sessenta e seis) question?rios. Os dados das quest?es fechadas foram tratados utilizando-se o Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). As quest?es abertas foram transcritas e posteriormente analisadas ? luz da produ??o te?rica sobre a tem?tica. A pesquisa revela que os assistentes sociais est?o submetidos a condi??es e rela??es de trabalho precarizadas, ocasionando adoecimento devido alguns agravos ? sa?de destes profissionais, dentre esses se encontram: o stress, alergias e ou dermatoses, Ler/DORT entre outras doen?as. Assim, entende-se a necessidade de debates sobre a rela??o trabalho da (o) assistente social e sa?de do trabalhador diante das contradi??es do capital, tamb?m, presentes nos servi?os p?blicos de sa?de
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Bila, Neyla Ivanete Gomes de Farias Alves. "A banaliza??o da injusti?a social no cotidiano de trabalho : a prop?sito da viol?ncia no trabalho e amea?a ? sa?de do trabalhador." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2008. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/14667.
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Previous issue date: 2008-12-29Analyzes the factors that unleash violence by banalization of the problems and health questions of workers in a federal public institution, in Natal/RN. It analyzes transformations in the world of the work, with its politic, social and economic determinatives and its relation to the worker health. Boarding the violence in the work enviroment and its implications to the worker health, focusing on the banalization of problems faced by the workers as a kind of violence in and with the work. It was chosen an analitic methodology with qualitative approach, through the collection tecnic and information analyzes according to the thematic oral history, with recorders of authorized personal narratives, through individual interview with a semi-structured guide. In the analyzis of results it were made empiric cathegories: the daily work enviroment and its influence to the worker profession and life; the violence presents in the work enviroment and its consequences to the worker life and health; the banalization of the social injustice, due to violence against the worker that broked their dreams concerned to the nursing contribution. The results revealed the ordinary work of these workers showing enviromental and organizational unhealthy conditions, caracterized by physical and tecnical insecurity; absence and disqualification of instrumental and human supplies; overload and complexity service; bad distribution of the duties and pressure to the deadline and productivity, producing tension, conflict and anxiety related to the users, colleagues, superiors and to the duties. In the work enviroment, it were identified a external violence, caracterized by physical and verbal aggresion, psychic suffering, worker depreciation; and internal, caracterized by: moral and psychological molestations and accupational structural violence. These kinds of violence bring consequences to the life, that is, professional, economic and moral order of factors and to the health by biological, mental and emocional factors. The banalization of social injustice during the daily work was discussed in the aspects of banalization of problems and work conditions, the health, qualification banalizations and professional valorization. The workers expectatives pointed out to the necessity of: secure conditions of work; trainning and tecnical assistance; politics of attention to the physical, mental and social health to the workers and their family. We conclude the enviromental and organizational conditions of the workers interviewed do not offer physical and tecnical security that they need to the execution of their activities, neither offer comfort or physical and psychological satisfactions. The politic the instituition has used points out to the depreciation and inhumanization of them producing feelings as unsatisfaction, frustation and indignation related to the institution and the work, bringing suffering and physical and mental sicking. We noticed the most terrible violence found in the work enviroment is the banalization of social injustice related do the problems and health of these workers, producing a slowly debility and simbolic death of their lifes. Therefore, it is necessary the implementation of a politic that promotes assurance, health and integral education, valorization and humanization of these workers
Analisa os fatores que desencadeiam viol?ncia pela banaliza??o dos problemas e das quest?es da sa?de dos trabalhadores em uma institui??o p?blica federal, em Natal/RN. Analisa as transforma??es no mundo do trabalho, com seus determinantes pol?ticos, sociais e econ?micos e sua rela??o com a sa?de do trabalhador. Aborda a viol?ncia no ambiente de trabalho e suas implica??es na sa?de do trabalhador, enfocando a banaliza??o dos problemas enfrentados por esses trabalhadores como uma forma de viol?ncia no e com o trabalho. Foi utilizada metodologia anal?tica com abordagem qualitativa, atrav?s da t?cnica de coleta e an?lise de informa??es segundo a hist?ria oral tem?tica, com grava??es consentidas de narrativas pessoais, atrav?s da entrevista individual com roteiro semi-estruturado. Na an?lise dos resultados foram constru?das as categorias emp?ricas: o cotidiano no ambiente de trabalho e sua influ?ncia na profiss?o e na vida dos trabalhadores; a viol?ncia presente no ambiente de trabalho e suas conseq??ncias na vida e na sa?de dos trabalhadores; a banaliza??o da injusti?a social, a prop?sito da viol?ncia contra o trabalhador e sonhos divisados, a prop?sito da contribui??o da enfermagem. Os resultados revelam que o cotidiano de trabalho desses trabalhadores, apresentam condi??o ambiental e organizacional insalubres, caracterizada pela inseguran?a f?sica e t?cnica; falta e desqualifica??o de recursos instrumentais e humanos; sobrecarga e complexidade do servi?o; m? distribui??o das tarefas e press?o por prazo e produtividade, gerando tens?o, conflito e ansiedade relacionados com os usu?rios, colegas, superiores, e com a tarefa. No ambiente de trabalho foram identificadas a viol?ncia externa, caracterizada por agress?o f?sica e verbal, sofrimento ps?quico e desvaloriza??o do trabalhador e interna, caracterizada por ass?dio moral, ass?dio psicol?gico, e viol?ncia estrutural ocupacional. Essas formas de viol?ncia trazem conseq??ncias ? vida, explicitadas por fatores de ordem profissional, econ?mica e moral, e ? sa?de, por fatores de ordem biol?gica, mental e emocional. A banaliza??o da injusti?a social no cotidiano de trabalho foi discutida nos aspectos da banaliza??o dos problemas e das condi??es de trabalho, da banaliza??o da sa?de, e da banaliza??o da qualifica??o e valoriza??o profissional. As expectativas dos trabalhadores apontaram para a necessidade de: condi??es de trabalho seguras; treinamentos e assist?ncia t?cnica; pol?tica de aten??o a sa?de f?sica, mental e social para os trabalhadores, extensiva ? fam?lia. Conclui-se que as condi??es ambientais e organizacionais dos trabalhadores pesquisados, n?o oferecem seguran?a f?sica e t?cnica de que os trabalhadores necessitam para a execu??o de suas atividades, nem oferecem conforto e bem-estar f?sico e ps?quico. A pol?tica que vem sendo utilizada pela institui??o, aponta para a desvaloriza??o e desumaniza??o destes, acarretando sentimento de insatisfa??o, frustra??o e indigna??o com respeito a institui??o e ao trabalho, acarretando sofrimento e adoecimento f?sico e mental. Constatou-se que a forma mais cruel de viol?ncia presente no ambiente de trabalho ? a banaliza??o da injusti?a social diante dos problemas e sa?de desses trabalhadores, gerando padecimento lento e morte simb?lica de seus sonhos e de suas vidas. Portanto faz-se necess?rio a implementa??o de uma pol?tica que promova seguran?a, sa?de, educa??o integral, valoriza??o e humaniza??o desses trabalhadores.
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MOURA, Jackeline da Silva. "A precarização do trabalho do assistente social no SUAS: condições de trabalho e saúde do profissional." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2016. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/18611.
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A presente dissertação tem como objetivo analisar as condições e relações de trabalho dos assistentes sociais que compõem a rede do SUAS na cidade de Picos-PI, verificando as implicações decorrentes da mesma para a saúde dos profissionais. O propósito considerado para a realização deste estudo foi o de verificar, a partir da compreensão das atuais características do mundo do trabalho contemporâneo e do trabalho do assistente social, como a precarização do trabalho se configura no exercício de suas atividades na política de assistência social. Nesse sentido, diante da análise acerca das transformações no mundo do trabalho e seus rebatimentos sobre a prática dos assistentes sociais, percebe-se que a discussão comumente fica restrita às manifestações mais evidentes do processo de precarização, como por exemplo: as condições para o exercício, a desregulamentação dos direitos dos trabalhadores, as fragilidades nos vínculos, a precariedade salarial, negligenciando as discussões relativas à saúde destes profissionais. Para a operacionalização da análise, optou-se pela pesquisa qualitativa, a partir de pesquisa bibliográfica, utilizando-se ainda entrevista semiestruturada, orientada por um roteiro indicativo das questões a serem feitas aos profissionais. A pesquisa foi realizada in loco, comdoze profissionais que atuam nos serviços de assistência social do município de Picos, que conta com 02 CRAS (Morada do Sol e Parque de Exposição), 01 CREAS e 01 Secretaria de Assistência Social, situados na zona urbana da cidade.O critério de inclusão utilizado foi o mesmo: possuir vínculo empregatício em umas das instituições pesquisadas, podendo ser este efetivo ou temporário. A partir dos dados coletados na pesquisa, identificou-se que há um expressivo avanço da precarização do trabalho do assistente social nesta política, corroborado pela fragilidade dos vínculos empregatícios, considerando que a forma de inserção predominante deste profissional junto a esta política se dá via indicação ou processo seletivo por tempo determinado. O estudo também demonstrou que em relação ao exercício deste trabalho, há uma acentuada situação de desgaste mental surgido a partir das demandas encontradas nos ambientes de trabalho, além da pressão e do assédio para o cumprimento de prazos. Os profissionais ainda apontaram que a insegurança, a insatisfação com o exercício das atividades e a falta de condições para exercê-las são elementos que interferem em sua saúde.
This thesis aims to analyze the conditions and labor relations of social workers that make up the ITS network in the city of Picos-PI, verifying the implications of this for the health professionals. The purpose considered for this study was to determine, from the understanding of the current characteristics of the contemporary world of work and the work of the social worker, as the precariousness of work is set in the exercise of their activities in social welfare policy. In this sense, on the analysis regarding the changes in the working world and their repercussions on the practice of social workers, it is clear that the discussion often is restricted the most obvious manifestations of the casualization process, such as: the conditions for the exercise , deregulation of workers' rights, the weaknesses in links, wage precariousness, neglecting the discussions on the health of these professionals. For its implementation, we chose the qualitative research, from literature, still using up semi-structured interviews, guided by an indicative roadmap of questions to ask the professionals. The survey was conducted on-site, with twelve professionals working in social care Peaks municipality services, which has 02 CRAS (Sunhome and Exhibition Park), 01 CREAS and 01 Department of Social Services, located in the urban area city. The inclusion criterion was the same have employment in one of the institutions surveyed, this may be permanent or temporary. From the data collected in the survey, it was identified that there is a significant advancement of the precariousness of the social worker working in this policy, supported by the weakness of employment relationships, whereas the predominant form of insertion of this professional with this policy is given via display or selection process for a specified time. The study also showed that in relation to the exercise of this work, there is a marked state of mental stress arising from the demands found in the workplace, as well as pressure and harassment for meeting deadlines. Professionals also pointed out that the uncertainty, dissatisfaction with the performance of activities and the lack of conditions to exercise them are elements that interfere with their health.
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Cohen, Aaron J. "The mortality of cellulose fiber production workers." Thesis, Boston University, 1991. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/20801.
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This dissertation examines the relation between occupational exposure to the solvent
methylene chloride and mortality in a cohort of cellulose fiber production workers. The
first paper, entitled The Mortality of Cellulose Fiber Production Workers, presents the main
results of the mortality follow-up of the cellulose fiber workers cohort through
September 1, 1986. Mortality from neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease among
cellulose fiber production workers is compared to that of the U.S. and local (county
level) populations, while controlling for the effects of gender, race, calendar period, and
age. Mortality from cancers of the lung, breast, and pancreas, and ischemic heart disease
was less than expected. Excess mortality was observed for melanoma of the skin, cancer
of the buccal cavity and pharynx, tumors of the liver and biliary tract, and accidental
deaths. Three deaths from cancer of the bile ducts were observed (3 observed, 0.15
expected, SMR=20). This is the first known report of an association between exposure
to methylene chloride and cancer of the bile ducts. [TRUNCATED]
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Acciari, Louisa. "Paradoxes of subaltern politics : Brazilian domestic workers' mobilisations to become workers and decolonise labour." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2018. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3839/.
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This thesis investigates the possibilities and forms of subaltern politics through an empirical study of Brazilian domestic workers' mobilisations. Domestic work, often described as a legacy of slavery in Brazil, is characterised by the intersection of gender, race and class matrices of oppression, which makes domestic workers a subaltern group. As a result of their subaltern status and characterisation as 'non-standard' workers they are expected to be harder, or even impossible, to organise and represent. Yet, Brazilian domestic workers have been organising since 1936; they formed their own autonomous trade unions, and won partial recognition in 2015 when the Brazilian Congress approved a law extending basic labour rights to them. Thus, my thesis examines how this subaltern group has been able to organise, and argues that instead of considering subalternity as an impediment to collective action it should be understood as a potential resource for mobilisation. I have identified three paradoxes of subaltern politics. First, I show how the professional identity 'domestic worker' is both necessary for political recognition in the Brazilian corporatist state, but also rejected, as it re-inscribes domestic workers into the raced-gendered power relations they want to challenge. Furthermore, I find that while the intersecting nature of their oppression is what has constructed domestic workers as a subaltern group, it has also enabled the formation of broad-based alliances with women, black and workers' movements, thereby turning subalternity into a resource for collective action. Finally, domestic workers have used their perceived vulnerability to force recognition from the Brazilian state, yet, this has led to a paternalistic mode of recognition and a certain demobilisation of the domestic workers' local unions. As domestic workers gained partial recognition as workers, they were also forced into an industrial relations model that did little to respond to the complex and multi-sided forms of oppressions they face, posing new challenges to their modes of organising.
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Walker, Kristin L., Edward C. Chang, and Jameson K. Hirsch. "Neuroticism and Suicidal Behavior: Conditional Indirect Effects of Social Problem Solving and Hopelessness." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/856.
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Individuals with problem solving deficits, and higher levels of neuroticism and hopelessness, are at increased risk for suicide, yet little is known about the interrelationships between these vulnerability characteristics. In a sample of 223 low-income, primary care patients, we examined the potential mediating role of hopelessness on the relation between neuroticism and suicidal behavior, and the potential moderating role of social problem solving ability. Participants completed self-report questionnaires: Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised, Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised, Beck Hopelessness Scale, and NEO Five Factor Inventory. Models were tested using bootstrapped moderated mediation techniques. There was a significant indirect effect of neuroticism on suicidal behavior through hopelessness, and this indirect effect was moderated by social problem solving ability. Patients with greater neuroticism also manifest greater levels of hopelessness and, in turn, more suicidal behavior, and these relations are strengthened at lower levels of social problem solving. Interventions that increase social problem solving ability and reduce hopelessness may reduce suicide risk.
Books on the topic "Health conditions of social workers"
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Chaudhuri, Salma. Garment workers in Bangladesh: Economic, social and health condition. Institute of Development Studies, 1996.
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Bhadra, Ranajit K. Social dimension of health of tea plantation workers in India. N.L. Publishers, 1997.
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Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee., ed. First National Conference of Sex Workers. The Committee, 1997.
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Ship-breaking industry: Risk-vulnerability, health hazards and livelihood of workers in Bangladesh. Academic Press and Publishers Library, 2014.
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Hoodfar, Homa. Volunteer health workers in Iran as social activists: Can "governmental non-governmental organisations" be agents of democratisation? Women Living Under Muslim Laws, 1998.
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1956-, Bigmore Jenny, and Parker Jo 1975-, eds. The survival guide for newly qualified social workers in adult and mental health services: Hitting the ground running. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012.
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A history of neglect: Health care for blacks and mill workers in the twentieth-century South. University of Tennessee Press, 1987.
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University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. Center for Sustainable Development, ACTIONAID Bangladesh (Organization), and Liberation and Empowerment: Attaining Dignity and Rights of Sex Workers and their Children in Bangladesh Project, eds. Sex workers and their children in Bangladesh: Addressing risks and vulnerabilities : a compilation of research conducted as part of the Liberation and Empowerment: Attaining Dignity and Rights of Sex Workers and their Children in Bangladesh (LEADR) Project. Co published by University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh's Center for Sustainable Development & ActionAid Bangladesh, 2012.
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Lynn, McDonald. Migrant sex workers from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union: The Canadian case. Status of Women Canada, 2000.
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Connecticut. Permanent Commission on the Status of Women. The economic status of workers in caregiving professions: Public hearing report of the CT General Assembly's Permanent Commission on the Status of Women. The Commission, 2002.
Book chapters on the topic "Health conditions of social workers"
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Pentaraki, Maria, and Konstantina Dionysopoulou. "Social workers: a new precariat? Precarity conditions of mental health social workers working in the non-profit sector in Greece." In Social Work and Neoliberalism. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003142225-11.
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Moure-Eraso, Rafael, and Maria Julia Brunette. "Employment conditions as a social determinant of health in Latino populations: Policy interventions using the WHO social determinants model." In Occupational health disparities: Improving the well-being of ethnic and racial minority workers. American Psychological Association, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0000021-003.
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Goldenberg, Shira M., Ruth Morgan Thomas, Anna Forbes, and Stefan Baral. "Overview and Evidence-Based Recommendations to Address Health and Human Rights Inequities Faced by Sex Workers." In Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64171-9_1.
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AbstractThis volume uses community case studies and data from around the world to highlight the sustained health and social inequities that sex workers in all of their diversity experience in 2020. Guided by a balanced community–academic partnership, this volume aims to ensure that sex workers’ voices are amplified in describing both challenges and the ways forward. Collectively, the chapters describe an elevated burden of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, drug-related harms, violence and other human rights violations, and significant unmet sexual and reproductive health needs. They also demonstrate that sex workers are not passive recipients of such inequity, but rather actively resist and continue to mobilise to advocate for improved health, safety, and human rights conditions and policy changes. Evidence-based recommendations include sex work decriminalisation, ensuring accessible and sex worker-friendly services, removal of punitive policing and surveillance, community empowerment, and strengthening capacity for community engagement in research, policy, and programmes.
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West, Brooke S., Anne M. Montgomery, and Allison R. Ebben. "Reimagining Sex Work Venues: Occupational Health, Safety, and Rights in Indoor Workplaces." In Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64171-9_12.
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AbstractThe setting in which sex workers live and work is a critical element shaping health outcomes, in so far that different venues afford different sets of risk and protective factors. Understanding how contextual factors differ across venue types and influence health outcomes is thus essential to developing and supporting programmes promoting the rights and safety of people in sex work. In this chapter, we focus primarily on indoor workplaces, with the goals of: (1) elucidating unique social, economic, physical, and policy factors that influence the well-being of sex workers in indoor workplaces; (2) highlighting sex worker-led efforts in the Thai context through a case study of the organisation Empower Thailand; (3) describing best practices for indoor settings; and (4) developing a framework of key factors that must be addressed to improve the rights and safety of sex workers in indoor workplaces, and to support their efforts to organise. The chapter draws attention to convergences and divergences in key challenges that sex workers encounter in indoor venues in different global contexts, as well as opportunities to advance comprehensive occupational health and safety programmes. Indoor venues pose important potential for establishing and implementing occupational health and safety standards in sex work and also may provide substantial opportunity for collective organising given the close proximity of people working together. However, any efforts to improve the health and safety of sex workers must explicitly address the structural conditions that lead to power imbalances and which undermine sex worker agency and equality.
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Argento, Elena, Kay Thi Win, Bronwyn McBride, and Kate Shannon. "Global Burden of Violence and Other Human Rights Violations Against Sex Workers." In Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64171-9_3.
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AbstractGlobally, sex workers experience a disproportionate burden of violence and human rights violations linked to criminalisation, punitive law enforcement, and lack of labour protections. Social injustices including poor working conditions, violence and victimisation, police harassment, and discrimination constitute severe violations of sex workers’ health, labour and human rights, and abuses of their freedom and dignity. Policymakers, researchers, and international bodies increasingly recognise violence as a critical public health and human rights concern among the general population; however, human rights violations against sex workers remain largely overlooked within international agendas on violence prevention and in human rights conventions. This chapter provides an overview of the global literature on violence against sex workers, other human rights violations, and drivers of elevated violence and rights inequities across settings. In addition to synthesising global research findings, this chapter features contributions and case studies from community partners in Asia Pacific. Guided by a structural determinants framework, and in recognising the right to live and work free from violence as a human right, this chapter provides an evidence base pertaining to violence against sex workers towards that informs the development of policy and public health interventions to uphold human rights among sex workers worldwide.
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Ahuja, Ravi. "Minoritarian Labour Welfare in India: The Case of the Employees’ State Insurance Act of 1948." In One Hundred Years of Social Protection. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54959-6_5.
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AbstractThrough a case study of the Employees’ State Insurance Act of 1948, this chapter examines the historical evolution of a type of welfare schemes in India that made entitlements conditional on specific forms of employment. Global trends in social policy had influenced debates on a social insurance for Indian workers since the 1920s. Transformations of Indian industry, World War II, the post-war crisis and postcolonial economic planning then created conditions for legislation. Just when the international welfare discourse, Indian contributions included, converged on social welfare as a universal citizen right, the regulatory content of the health insurance scheme devised for India diverged from this normative consensus: “Employees’ State Insurance” remained strictly employment-based but also generated horizons of expectation that continue to inform labour struggles.
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Rijken, Conny. "Balancing Public Health and Economic Interests Whilst Creating New Opportunities for Labor Migrants." In The New Common. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65355-2_28.
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AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic unveils structural weaknesses and vulnerabilities in societal structures that we have become to take as ordinary parts of our society. This especially holds true for such structures in the labor market in general (see Chap. 10.1007/978-3-030-65355-2_5 by Bekker) and especially for labor migrants, the focus of this chapter. The COVID-19 crisis not only augmented their precarious situation but also enlarged the awareness of the dependency of developed countries on migrant workers and, in some countries, led to a positive response by way of regularization of the migratory status of migrant workers. Apparently, the COVID-19 crisis has revealed that a public health risk generated more impact than academic and grounded research on work and living conditions of migrant workers and the work of organizations fighting for migrant workers’ rights. In this chapter, I will first address how COVID-19 has impacted the position of migrant workers before discussing opportunities created for migrant workers and the way forward.
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Kerschen, Nicole. "Migrants’ Access to Social Protection in Luxembourg." In IMISCOE Research Series. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51241-5_19.
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Abstract For over 100 years, Luxembourg has been an immigration country. In 2019, 93% of the resident population are European citizens. Luxembourg nationals represent 53% of the entire population, nationals from other European Union (EU) Member States 40% and non-EU foreigners 7%. These three groups have different rights regarding residence and access to work in Luxembourg. All persons engaged in a professional activity in Luxembourg, whatever their nationality or residence, are covered by a compulsory social security system. The essence of the Welfare State, whose origins date back to the Customs Union with Germany, is Bismarckian. It protects workers against the following social risks: unemployment, sickness and maternity, long-term care needs, family, invalidity and old age. Family members are entitled to derived rights. Regarding health-care and old age pensions, it is possible to subscribe a voluntary insurance under specific conditions. A guaranteed minimum income, recently reformed, is accessible to everybody residing legally in Luxembourg under specific conditions. For non-EU foreigners, a residence for at least 5 years during the last 20 years or the possession of a long-term resident status is required.
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Bute, Stanley. "Violence to social workers." In Violence and Health Care Professionals. Springer US, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2863-4_4.
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Moniz, Cynthia D., and Stephen H. Gorin. "Social Workers and Policy Practice." In Health Care Policy and Practice. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315114163-9.
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Puspitaningtyas, Danty Indra, Argyo Dermatoto, and Bhisma Murti. "THE REPRESENTATION OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CONDITION OF THE COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS POST-CLOSING OF THE DOLLY COMPLEX IN SURABAYA." In International Conference on Public Health. Masters Program in Public Health, Sebelas Maret University, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/theicph.2017.054.
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Hoványi, Gábor, Róbert Tésits, and B. Levente Alpek. "An in-depth survey of the factors causing dissatisfaction within the group of elderly workers in South Transdanubia." In The Challenges of Analyzing Social and Economic Processes in the 21st Century. Szegedi Tudományegyetem Gazdaságtudományi Kar, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14232/casep21c.13.
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The currently still active age group (aged 50–64) faces a number of difficulties with the approaching retirement age, as their ability to work and adapt quickly to changing situations are constantly losing their effectiveness. With this, of course, we do not claim that an older worker will carry out his or her work less effectively than a younger worker, as the experience gained in a particular job can balance out the performance differences stemming from age. However, as we approach the retirement age, losing your job at an older age would pose serious challenges for those who would want to return to the group of economically active workers. It is unlikely that they will find a job that matches their qualifications, as their knowledge is less up-to-date and employers would prefer young people who could be relied on in the longer term, as opposed to those who need to be replaced within a few years. These potential difficulties are revealed by the widely distributed questionnaire, which seeks to identify the motivations and preparedness of different social strata for the changing challenges of a precarious age, based on the current economic situation and living conditions of the workers. Results: Through the questionnaire survey, we were able to gain insight into how aging workers are preparing for their approaching retirement years and what steps they can take to preserve their current labour market position, as well as what opportunities they might have for returning to the labour market after losing their jobs as a result of possible redundancies. Conclusion: Due to the aging national age structure, the situation of the aging workers is becoming an increasingly widespread problem, which, if we are not able to remedy in time, then will have to count on the degradation of the employability for the examined group in the near future. This will be mainly due to the constantly deteriorating health status of the individuals and the overwhelmed health care system that needs to provide for all age groups.
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Fleischmann, MS, and J. Head. "P56 Do working conditions alter to accommodate older workers’ changing needs when their health declines: a 10-year follow-up of the english longitudinal study of ageing." In Society for Social Medicine, 61st Annual Scientific Meeting, University of Manchester, 5–8 September 2017. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-ssmabstracts.157.
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Trisetyaningsih, Anugerah Destia, and Dewi Rokhanawati. "Young Mothers’ Perspectives on Early Postpartum: A Scoping Review." In The 7th International Conference on Public Health 2020. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.32.
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ABSTRACT Background: Postpartum period is a happy period at the same time crucial for a woman and her entire family. Especially young mothers, because they are simultaneously faced with the demands of caring for their babies and experience the physical, emotional, and social changes that occur. Health problems and maternal psychological stress can impact the interaction between mother, baby, spouse, family, and the development of children both in the short and long term. The aim of the scoping review is to review the evidence relating to the perspective of young mothers on early postpartum. Subjects and Method: This was a scoping review were young mothers in the early postpartum period, and the method used was adapted from Arskey and O’malley. Search for relevant articles through 4 databases, namely PubMed, Science Direct, Wiley, and Grey Literature through Google Scholar published from 2009-2019, a type of qualitative research. Results: From the search results through 4 databases, 258 articles were obtained, then after selecting relevant articles and conducting a critical appraisal, seven relevant articles were obtained, and it was found that the perspective of young mothers in the early postpartum period experienced several obstacles, both from meeting nutritional needs, physical changes, and baby care, family planning, economy and stigma. From a psychological perspective, mothers have positive (happy, ready to become mothers) and negative (anxiety, sadness, unpreparedness and emotional instability) coping in this period. In addition, support from partners, families and health workers is needed by young mothers during this period. Conclusion: Young mothers in the early postpartum period need high social support to prepare mother physically, psychologically, and socially. There is a need for more in-depth research regarding the conditions and psychology of young mothers in this period to provide recommendations for improving the health and well-being of young mothers and babies. Keywords: perspective of young mothers, postpartum period, postpartum period Correspondence: Anugerah Destia Trisetyaningsih. Universitas ‘Aisyiyah Yogyakarta. Jl. Ring Road Barat 63 Nogotirto, Gamping, Sleman, DI Yogyakarta. anugerahdestia.ad@gmail.com: 081229455404. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.32
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Baybora, Dilek. "The Work Accidents and Occupational Diseases in Turkey and Its Place in the Social Security System." In International Conference on Eurasian Economies. Eurasian Economists Association, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.36880/c04.00668.
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The work accidents and occupational diseases are very important especially in the industrializing countries. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO) every 15 seconds, a worker dies from a work-related accident or disease. Every 15 seconds, 160 workers have a work-related accident. Every day, 6.300 people die as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases–more than 2,3 million deaths per year. The economic burden of poor occupational safety and health practices is estimated at 4 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product each year. In Turkey, work accidents’ figures are very high but occupational diseases’ figures are not very high. There are several causes of this condition. In Turkey, the Work Accidents, Occupational Diseases and Maternity Act No. 4772 was accepted in 1947. The Social Security and General Health Insurance Act No.5510 was accepted in 2006. There are regulations about the work accident and occupational disease insurance in the Act. According to the Act, insured and the rights holders can obtain some assistance.
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Passos, Valeria Maria de Azeredo, Luísa Campos Caldeira Brant, Paulo Roberto Lopes Corrêa, Pedro Cisalpino Pinheiro, Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza, and Deborah Carvalho Malta. "SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN COVID-19 MORTALITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN BELO HORIZONTE: VACCINATION PRIORITY." In XXII Congresso Brasileiro de Geriatria e Gerontologia. Zeppelini Publishers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5327/z2447-21232021res02.
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OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that older adults (aged 60+ years) living in areas of greater social vulnerability were most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Belo Horizonte between February and October 2020. METHODS: We conducted an ecological study with analysis of mortality rates by census tracts, classified as areas of low vulnerability (1330 tracts), medium vulnerability (1460 tracts), and high/very high vulnerability (1040 tracts) according to the health vulnerability index (consisting of indicators of sanitation, garbage collection, water supply, literacy level, and race). The number of deaths from COVID-19 was obtained from the Mortality Information System from 10th to 43rd epidemiological week. The rates were age-standardized for populations of the three areas of vulnerability, based on population estimates from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. RESULTS: In Belo Horizonte, the mortality rate was 62.9 deaths per 100,000 population, ranging from 36.1 in areas of low social vulnerability to 76.6 and 101.9 in areas of medium and high/very high vulnerability, respectively. The mortality rate was 292.3 per 100,000 older persons, increasing from 179.2 in areas of low vulnerability to 353.6 and 472.6 in areas of medium and high/very high vulnerability, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: In this moment of organizing vaccination sessions for the population, social inequalities in mortality, even in the age group at highest risk, reinforce the principle of starting vaccination by prioritizing the most socially vulnerable areas. It is necessary to prioritize the most exposed older persons, as they usually live with on-site workers, have greater difficulty in complying with social distancing orders and with the hygiene preventive measures due to poor housing and transportation conditions, and experience limited access to health care services.
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M, Festy, Aris Sudiyanto, Argyo Demartoto, and Sapja Anantanyu. "A Scope of Qualitative and Quantitative About Representation of Social, Economic, Psychological and Health Conditions of Indirex Female Sex Worker Reproduction During the Covid-19." In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Law, Social Science, Economics, and Education, ICLSSEE 2021, March 6th 2021, Jakarta, Indonesia. EAI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.6-3-2021.2306474.
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De Bell, Leendert, and Linda Drupsteen. "How to scale the societal impact of work integration social enterprises? Evidence from The Netherlands." In CARPE Conference 2019: Horizon Europe and beyond. Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/carpe2019.2019.10191.
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The number of social enterprises is increasing rapidly. Social enterprises are looking for new, innovative and economically sustainable ways to tackle structural societal challenges that generally fall outside the direct focus and objectives of the public and private sector. Social enterprises are primarily mission-driven, where profit is not a goal in itself but a means of creating social impact with regard to a specific social problem. The intended impact areas of social enterprises broadly range from poverty reduction, sustainability, healthcare, or labor participation of vulnerable groups. With respect to the latter impact area, many initiatives have been taken across Europe to prevent and combat marginalization of vulnerable groups as a result of long unemployment spells, which may cause financial and social pressure, as well as decay of physical and psychological health conditions. Nevertheless, the nature and extent of these initiatives vary considerably across countries (CEDEFOP, 2018). Social enterprises, in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders such as ‘conventional’ companies or local governments, can play a key role in addressing these challenges. This proposal builds on research that was completed earlier this year at HU concerning the scaling of social enterprises with a particular focus on work integration of people with a distance to the labor market (so-called WISEs) (e.g. people with low qualifications, young people disengaged from education, people with mental or physical disabilities, refugees, former prisoners, former addicts, or people who have difficulties finding a job due to their age etc.). One of the outcomes of this research showed that it is difficult for WISEs to transcend its societal impact beyond the local level. In practice, the effective realization of both social and economic value is not easy for many WISEs, but the interaction with and between different actors in the external environment or ecosystem also plays a crucial role in its success. More research is needed on what works in successfully addressing the work integration of vulnerable groups in different parts of Europe, and under what conditions. The aim is to come to a joint EU research proposal, in which WISEs play a central role, to contribute to innovative and more structural solutions for labor participation of vulnerable groups.
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Korneeva, Yana, and Natalia Simonova. "Psychological Adaptation Peculiarities of the Offshore Ice-Resistant Oil and Gas Production Platform Workers in the Caspian Sea." In SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/205956-ms.
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Abstract The fly-in-fly-out personnel on the oil platform are exposed to extreme climatic and geographic and production factors, and also remain in group isolation conditions, which makes demands on the body of the fly-in-fly-out worker that often exceed its reserves. This excludes the possibility of full psychological adaptation to these conditions and causes the emergence of specialist's unfavorable functional states, which lead to a decrease in the mental health level, productivity and professional performance. The worker's labor tasks of various professions differ in physical and physiological stress, as well as in the degree of harmful production factors action. The goal is to identify the psychological adaptability of the offshore ice-resistant oil and gas production platform fly-in-fly-out employees in the Caspian Sea. The study was conducted on the offshore ice-resistant platform in the Caspian Sea (April 2019), 50 employees took part in it (fly-in duration - 14 days \ fly-out period – 14 days). Research methods are questionnaire, psychological and psychophysiological testing. By psychological adaptation we understand a personality traits system necessary for the productive performance of our leading activities. Due to the fact that fly-in-fly-out oil and gas workers are affected by climate, production and socio-psychological factors, we will study psychological adaptability through subjective criteria: indicators of regulatory processes, subjective control, socio-psychological adaptation, as well as personal characteristics, and objective criteria: functional state level (working capacity, job stress and other). The psychological adaptability peculiarities were revealed among employees with an optimal and reduced level of functional reserves and working capacity. The oil and gas production platform employees are distinguished by a high level of self-regulation, which is expressed in the ability to form a self-regulation style that allows them to compensate for the personal influence, characterological characteristics that impede the goal achievement. Among the regulatory processes, a high expression level is observed in planning and modeling. The employees have a need for conscious planning of activities, the plans in this case are realistic, detailed, hierarchical, effective and stable, the goals of the activity are put forward independently. They are able to identify significant conditions for achieving goals both in the current situation and in the long-term future, which is manifested in the adequacy of the action programs to the action plans, the results correspondence obtained to the adopted goals. Programming, evaluation of results, independence and flexibility are developed among employees at an average level. The workers are characterized by an average subjective control level. They believe that most of the important events in their life are the result of their own actions, that they can control them, and feel their own responsibility for these events and for the way their life in general develops. It should be noted that there is a negative relationship between the subjective control level and the functional reserves level of employees. With an increase in the subjective control level, the internal reserves decrease level. This can be explained by the fact that taking responsibility for life events requires more inclusion and resources. A high level of subjective control can lead to overexertion of employees. This is confirmed by the results of our previous studies.
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Tommasi, Francesco, Andrea Ceschi, and Riccardo Sartori. "PERSONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS ANTECEDENTS OF MEANINGFUL WORK." In International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021inpact095.
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"The contribution presents evidence of the role played by personal and organizational characteristics of employees in the experience of meaningful work. As referred to the individuals’ experience of value and significance of their work, meaningful work is a critical working phenomenon both for individuals (e.g., individuals’ well-being) and organizations (e.g., workers’ productivity). Therefore, a large number of studies have tried to understand its antecedents, however, it is still not clear about how and to what extent personal and organizational characteristics are associated with meaningful work. For instance, it is unclear the roles of a higher level of education as well as financial returns or good working conditions (e.g., high level of salary and good health insurance) for the pursuit of meaningful work. The contribution considers such a need for knowledge and aims to understand the antecedent role of personal and organizational characteristics in the experience of meaningful work. 570 Italian employees participated in a cross-sectional study that comprised measures of meaningful work and related facets, as well as questions on personal and organizational characteristics. Data were analyzed via the MANOVAs and results showed significant associations with meaningful work dimensions and personal characteristics, such as education, social class and health as well as organizational characteristics, such as job contract, job sector and salary."
Reports on the topic "Health conditions of social workers"
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Mouland, Jemma. Health warning for employers: Supporting older workers with health conditions. Centre for Ageing Better, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.31077/ageing.better.2018.04a.
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Galdos, Susana, Lucella Campbell, Patricia Mohammed, et al. Linking reproductive health to social power: Community health workers in Belize and Pakistan. Population Council, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy2.1009.
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Thomas, William. Social Workers in the Community Mental Health Field A Delphi Forecast of Training Priorities. Portland State University Library, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.2361.
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Presseau, Justin, Laura Desveaux, Upton Allen, et al. Behavioural Science Principles for Supporting COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence and Uptake Among Ontario Health Care Workers. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.47326/ocsat.2021.02.12.1.0.
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Health Care Workers (HCWs) are the backbone of Ontario’s COVID-19 pandemic response and are a key vaccination priority group. About 80% of Ontario HCWs intend to receive COVID-19 vaccine.1 Challenges include the logistics of delivering the vaccine to this mobile and diverse group and improving vaccine confidence in the remaining 20%. These challenges can be overcome by allaying safety concerns and highlighting personal benefits; tailoring messages to factors associated with lower intention (e.g. age, gender, ethnicity and work setting); employing trusted leaders to set the tone and peers to build social norms; and leveraging public health organizations and health institutions as existing channels of influence.
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Mishra, Sharmistha, Nathan M. Stall, Huiting Ma, et al. A Vaccination Strategy for Ontario COVID-19 Hotspots and Essential Workers. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.47326/ocsat.2021.02.26.1.0.
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Ontario’s initial mass COVID-19 vaccination strategy in place until April 8, 2021 was based on per-capita regional allocation of vaccines with subsequent distribution – in order of relative priority – by age, chronic health conditions and high-risk congregate care settings, COVID-19 hotspots, and essential worker status. Early analysis of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout reveals inequities in vaccine coverage across the province, with residents of higher risk neighbourhoods being least likely get vaccinated. Accelerating the vaccination of COVID-19 hotspots and essential workers will prevent considerably more SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths as compared with Ontario’s initial mass vaccination strategy (Figure 1).
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Bosch, Mariano, Stephanie González, and María Teresa Silva Porto. Chasing Informality: Evidence from Increasing Enforcement in Large Firms in Peru. Inter-American Development Bank, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003128.
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Evasion of labor market regulations in middle income countries is systemic. This is generally known as informality. In Latin America, where less than 50% of workers are registered with social security, this is a permanent phenomenon and encompasses a variety of economic realities ranging from subsistence self-employment to evasion of certain regulations including social security contributions. In this study we analyze the role of enforcement in curbing informality in large formal firms in Peru, where informality levels are around 70%. Through the Peruvian National Labor Control Superintendence (SUNAFIL) we randomly sent 697 letters to formal Peruvian firms of more than 50 workers, indicating their obligation to enroll workers in social insurance systems (health and pensions). Two types of letters were sent, one with a deterrence message and one emphasizing the benefits of formalization. One year after the letters were sent, we found a positive and statistically significant effect on the number of workers enrolled in social security (9.8% on average). Only strict deterrence messages had a significant impact, and only in very large firms. This evidence suggests that there is room for improvement in compliance with labor regulations through more proactive monitoring and behavioral tools such as reminders, but effects could be concentrated in the largest firms.
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Enfield, Sue. Covid-19 Impact on Employment and Skills for the Labour Market. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.081.
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This literature review draws from academic and grey literature, published largely as institutional reports and blogs. Most information found considered global impacts on employment and the labour market with the particular impact for the very high numbers of youth, women, migrant workers, and people with disabilities who are more likely to be employed in the informal sector. There has been a high negative impact on the informal sector and for precariously employed groups. The informal labour market is largest in low and middle-income countries and engages 2 billion workers (62 percent) of the global workforce (currently around 3.3 billion). Particularly in low- and middle-income countries, hard-hit sectors have a high proportion of workers in informal employment and workers with limited access to health services and social protection. Economic contractions are particularly challenging for micro, small, and medium enterprises to weather. Reduced working hours and staff reductions both increase worker poverty and hardship. Women, migrant workers, and youth form a major part of the workforce in the informal economy since they are more likely to work in these vulnerable, low-paying informal jobs where there are few protections, and they are not reached by government support measures. Young people have been affected in two ways as many have had their education interrupted; those in work these early years of employment (with its continued important learning on the job) have been interrupted or in some cases ended.
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Babu M.G., Sarath, Debjani Ghosh, Jaideep Gupte, Md Asif Raza, Eric Kasper, and Priyanka Mehra. Kerala’s Grass-roots-led Pandemic Response: Deciphering the Strength of Decentralisation. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2021.049.
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This paper presents an analysis of the role of decentralised institutions to understand the learning and challenges of the grass-roots-led pandemic response of Kerala. The study is based on interviews with experts and frontline workers to ensure the representation of all stakeholders dealing with the outbreak, from the state level to the household level, and a review of published government orders, health guidelines, and news articles. The outcome of the study shows that along with the decentralised system of governance, the strong grass-roots-level network of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers, volunteer groups, and Kudumbashree members played a pivotal role in pandemic management in the state. The efficient functioning of local bodies in the state, experience gained from successive disasters, and the Nipah outbreak naturally aided grass-roots-level actions. The lessons others can draw from Kerala are the importance of public expenditure on health, investment for building social capital, and developing the local self-delivery system.
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Hartoto, Annisa Sabrina, and Ken M. P. Setiawan. Membuka Jalan untuk Pembangunan Inklusif Gender di Daerah Perdesaan Indonesia: Bunga Rampai Kajian Aksi Kolektif Perempuan dan Pengaruhnya pada Pelaksanaan Undang-Undang Desa [Forging Pathways for Gender-inclusive Development in Rural Indonesia: Case Studies of Women’s Collective Action and Influence on Village Law Implementation]. Edited by Amalinda Savirani and Rachael Diprose. University of Melbourne with Universitas Gadjah Mada and MAMPU, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.46580/124328.
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An edited volume (180K) of 12 analysis case studies (what we call stories of change - SOCs but these are village/region stories not individual stories). The case studies draw on multiple sources of data. These were originally written in Bahasa Indonesia, with abstracts in both English and Bahasa Indonesia. The volume also has an introductory analysis article that has its own analysis and illustrates core points from the case studies – separate and citable (see below). Case studies are organised by the five sectoral themes of the work covered by CSOs (e.g. supporting migrant workers, targeting reproductive health and nutrition, targeting social protection, targeting reductions in domestic and other gender-based violence, and support for informal sector workers who work at home).
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Hartoto, Annisa Sabrina, and Ken M. P. Setiawan. Membuka Jalan untuk Pembangunan Inklusif Gender di Daerah Perdesaan Indonesia: Bunga Rampai Kajian Aksi Kolektif Perempuan dan Pengaruhnya pada Pelaksanaan Undang-Undang Desa [Forging Pathways for Gender-inclusive Development in Rural Indonesia: Case Studies of Women’s Collective Action and Influence on Village Law Implementation]. Edited by Amalinda Savirani and Rachael Diprose. University of Melbourne with Universitas Gadjah Mada and MAMPU, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.46580/124328.
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An edited volume (180K) of 12 analysis case studies (what we call stories of change - SOCs but these are village/region stories not individual stories). The case studies draw on multiple sources of data. These were originally written in Bahasa Indonesia, with abstracts in both English and Bahasa Indonesia. The volume also has an introductory analysis article that has its own analysis and illustrates core points from the case studies – separate and citable (see below). Case studies are organised by the five sectoral themes of the work covered by CSOs (e.g. supporting migrant workers, targeting reproductive health and nutrition, targeting social protection, targeting reductions in domestic and other gender-based violence, and support for informal sector workers who work at home).