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van Zyl, Ebben, M. Mokuoane, and Petrus Nel. "The Effect of Work Stress and Emotional Intelligence on Self-leadership among Nurses in Leadership Positions in the Lesotho Ministry of Health and Social Welfare." Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 19, no. 1 (June 1, 2017): 88–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2520-5293/613.
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'Nyane, Hoolo. "The interface between the right to life and the right to health in Lesotho: Can the right to health be enforced through the right to life?" African Human Rights Law Journal 22, no. 1 (August 11, 2022): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2022/v22n1a11.
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As a liberal constitution, the Constitution of Lesotho maintains a bifurcated human rights framework. Human rights are embodied in two distinct chapters - chapter II and chapter III - with different legal implications. Chapter II contains civil and political rights styled 'fundamental human rights and freedoms' while chapter III embodies socio-economic rights styled 'principles of state policy'. The right to life falls under chapter II, while the right to health is under chapter III. The juridical effect of this division is that socio-economic rights are not judicially enforceable. The courts have been tenacious in maintaining this division. The High Court's recent decision in Lesotho Medical Association v Minister of Health has challenged this prevailing judicial policy. In this case the Court adopted a liberal approach to the right to life in enforcing the right to health. The Court held that the failure by the Ministry of Health to provide personal protective clothing to health workers was a violation of the right to life. The main question for human rights scholarship is whether this decision could signal a change of approach by the judiciary in Lesotho in favour of the liberal approach to the right to life. This article sets out to investigate this question.
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Hong, Sa-Im. "A Study on the Reform of Social Security System for "Quality of Life"." Korean Journal of Policy Studies 10 (December 31, 1995): 251–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.52372/kjps10013.
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Recently, after the President's initiative action for "globalization of quality of life" by promulgating the ideal goal for coming 21th century, the Korean Government has established the 'National Welfare Planning Board' which has a historical duty to work out a long & medium-term blueprint for social security system in Korea. The matter of the promotion of national welfare is viewed as a difficult task to deal with, since it is very hard to tackle the matter by only a single government department, Ministry of Health & Welfare. Last year, with renaming the government department by Ministry of Health & Welfare, which was, in the past, named Ministry of Health & Social Affairs, the Government declared that the year of 1995 should be a launching year for advancing national health & welfare, in this respect, it has significant implications that 'National Welfare Planning Board' has been established, not in a sole department level but in the government inter-department level, and that the Board is co-headed by both the minister of Health & Welfare and the president of Korea Development Institute(KDI).
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Sharkov, F. I. "A NEW PARADIGM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE CONCEPT OF THE WELFARE STATE IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION." Social & labor researches 43, no. 2 (2021): 132–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.34022/2658-3712-2021-43-2-132-140.
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The formation and strengthening of the welfare state required the theoretical development of conceptual foundations, a set of policy measures, and their implementation by all stakeholders. “The concept of the welfare state, which emerged in the 20th century, is experiencing a crisis in many countries and cannot provide an increase in welfare ... Many previous models and factors of economic development are practically exhausted. In many countries, the concept of the welfare state, which emerged in the 20th century, is also in crisis. Today, not only can it not ensure a steady growth in well-being, but sometimes even keep it at the same level,” the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin said at the opening of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. The need to create a new concept of the welfare state in the Russian Federation at the beginning of the XXI century was associated with the fact that the country’s population began to advocate for the implementation of an active state policy that meets the principles and essence of the welfare state. It was also necessary to harmonize and bring closer the domestic legislation and socio-economic practice with the experience and regulatory systems of the CIS countries, EurAsEC, European countries participating in international treaties. The development of the concept of the welfare state in the Russian Federation was carried out by a well-known group of scientists and practitioners in Russia based on the Academy of Labor and Social Relations. The concept of a welfare state, created by this group, which included the authors of the article, was discussed at the Expert Council of the IPA EurAsEC. The program was approved by the participants of the conference organized at the Academy by the decision of the organizing committee in 2004. The draft Concept of the welfare state of the Russian Federation has been supplemented and corrected in accordance with the suggestions and comments of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Education, Social Insurance Fund, Pension Fund, Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund, as well as participants in thematic conferences and round tables. However, the active processes of globalization have led to the need not only to introduce simple changes to the existing concept of the welfare state, and also propose its new paradigm for subsequent wide public discussion.
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Cendrowicz, Dominika. "Regulacja prawna pomocy społecznej w Polsce w okresie powojennym do 1989 roku." Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem 43, no. 4 (December 30, 2021): 31–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2300-7249.43.4.3.
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The article’s aim is to examine the legal regulation of social welfare in Poland after World War II up to the year 1989. The article analyzes the legal position of beneficiaries of social welfare benefits in that period. The political situation in Poland after the end of World War II introduced changes in the perception of the pre-war system of social welfare. In the period of the Polish People’s Republic, social welfare was based on an incorrect legal basis and the legal position of beneficiaries of social welfare was not protected by law. Social welfare was transferred to the Ministry of Health and its organizational system was centralized. Such a situation lasted until the Act of 29 November 1990 on Social Welfare was passed. Theoretical and historical methods of legal research were used in this article.
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Timor-Shlevin, Shachar, Yuval Saar-Heiman, and Michal Krumer-Nevo. "Poverty-Aware Programs in Social Service Departments in Israel: A Rapid Evidence Review of Outcomes for Service Users and Social Work Practice." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 1 (January 3, 2023): 889. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010889.
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Critical perspectives and practices are fundamental to social work, yet there are only scarce examples of direct critical practice in public social services, and even fewer empirical evaluations of their outcomes for service users and social workers. This article presents a rapid evidence review of 25 evaluation studies of five programs that operate in the social services departments in Israel according to the principles of the Poverty-Aware Paradigm (PAP). The PAP is a critical paradigm for direct social work practice with people living in poverty that was implemented in the welfare services by the Ministry of Welfare, targeting over 14,000 service users. The evaluation studies we reviewed encompass an overall quantitative sample of 4612 service users and 1363 professionals, and a qualitative sample of 420 service users and 424 professionals. The findings present: (1) the program’s outcomes for service users in terms of relationship with social workers, financial circumstances, family relations, and children’s safety; and (2) the program’s impact on social workers’ attitudes and practices. Finally, we discuss the lessons learned regarding social workers’ role in combatting poverty, the construction of success in interventions with people in poverty, and the article’s limitations.
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Taderera, Hope. "Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems: Institutional and Regulatory Frameworks in Zimbabwe." International Journal of Human Resource Studies 2, no. 4 (October 29, 2012): 99. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijhrs.v2i4.2149.
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The discussion focuses on the Occupational Health and Safety Management System which was initiated by the International Labour Organization to facilitate the formulation, implementation and evaluation of occupational health and safety interventions at a national policy, sector and organizational level in all countries. It also focuses on Zimbabwe’s occupational health and safety policy, regulatory and institutional framework. The ILO’s OSH-MS 2001 was developed to provide a unique international model, compatible with other management system standards and guides, towards promoting occupational health and safety in a systematic manner. In Zimbabwe, occupational health and safety laws that are applicable to all employers and employees across sectors are enshrined within the Labour Act, Chapter 28.01, and the National Social Security Authority’s Accident Prevention Workers Compensation Scheme Notice No. 68 of 1990. Occupational health and safety management in Zimbabwe is pursued through the International Labour Organization’s Zimbabwe Office, the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, the National Social Security Authority, and the Zimbabwe Occupational Health and Safety Council, which comprises government, employers and labour unions. It was recommended that Zimbabwe fully adopts the OHS-MS in all sectors, industries and organizations in an adaptive manner. The study also recommended systematic capacity building at a national, sectoral, industrial and organizational level to enhance effective, efficient and adaptive implementation of this tool, and continuous interaction and engagement between the ILO, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, EMCOZ, ZCTU and ZFTU for the realization of the highest standards of occupational health and safety in Zimbabwe.
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Arimbi, Diah. "Legal Status of The Social Security Administrator (BPJS) As A Public Legal Entity." Jurnal Dinamika Hukum 19, no. 3 (October 26, 2020): 829. http://dx.doi.org/10.20884/1.jdh.2019.19.3.2700.
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The Social Security Administrator (BPJS) as an independent public legal entity has its legal position and authority. Because of the regulation issued by the Ministry of Health, the independence of BPJS is interfered with. The relationship that has not been well organized and elegant between BPJS and the Ministry of Health has caused many program problems in the field. Therefore, we need to figure out where the position of BPJS is as a state institution with a public legal entity. The BPJS forms the basis of the Welfare State, through which the government carries out its role of providing basic citizens’ rights to life. Based on Article 28 H and 34 of the 1945 Constitution, the National Social Security System (SJSN) law was established. The Social Security Administrator for Health (BPJS Kesehatan), a legal entity established by the law to administer social security programs, was then formed. Based on those bases, the relationship between BPJS of Health and the Ministry of Health is functional so that the BPJS as a state institution responsible to the President has complete independence. Keywords: Social Security Administrator for Health; Public Legal Entity; Legal Position.
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Paniga, Massimiliano. "Public Health Institutions in Italy in the 20th Century." Athens Journal of Mediterranean Studies 8, no. 2 (March 15, 2022): 117–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.30958/ajms.8-2-3.
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Only recently studied by Italian historiography, public health is one of the most important sectors of a modern Welfare system. During the Twentieth century Italy faced the hygienic and sanitary problem often with different ways and tools than other European countries. The aim of this article is to understand better the attitude and the development of the main public health institutions, both at the central and peripheral level, during the three great phases that marked the history of Italy in the last century: the liberal age, fascism and the Republic, as well as to highlight the organisations, men and structures that exercised decisive functions in the bureaucratic and administrative State machine. The essay focuses on the most significative legislative measures (for example, the “Testi Unici” of 1907 and 1934) and the turning points that have changed the sector on the institutional plan, from the creation of the Directorate-General for Public Health inside the Ministry of the Interior, and destined to remain for the entire Fascist period, to the birth, in the post-war years, of the High Commission for Hygiene and Public Health, then replaced by the Ministry of Health, until the establishment of the National Health Service in 1978. Keywords: Welfare State, social policies, public health, assistance, institutions
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Hoshino, Kazumasa. "Gene Therapy in Japan: Current Trends." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 4, no. 3 (1995): 367–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963180100006125.
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The Japanese government took significant steps in making decisions about a newly developing clinical application of gene therapy when, on April 15, 1993, the Government officially accepted the Guidelines for Clinical Research on Gene Therapy submitted by the Health Science Council of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan to the Minister.
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Daoud, N., and N. Ali Saleh-Darawshy. "Multiple barriers for accessing mental health service among women attending shelters for women experiencing intimate partner violence." European Psychiatry 65, S1 (June 2022): S320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.815.
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Introduction While women victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) suffer the burden of mental health issues (MHI), they face many challenges accessing mental health services (MHS). Objectives We draw on the socioecological model and explore different level barriers for accessing MHS among women experiencing IPV. Methods We conducted a qualitative study in 2020-2021 at three levels: policy, practice and women’s experience. This included in-depth interviews with 19 policymakers from the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ministry of Social Welfare (MSW); four directors of shelters for women victims of IPV; 35 women (26 Arabs, 9 Jewish) attending shelters for women victims of IPV (age 22-50), and six focus groups with 26 social workers. Participants were asked about the barriers for utilizing MHS. Results We identified complex multifaced barriers regarding the accessibility and quality of MHS among women victims of IPV. At the policy level, we identified structural organizational barriers related to the division of responsibilities between the two offices (MoH and MSW). These included lack of collaboration, funding and information transmission and insufficient communication mechanisms. At the practice level, shelters’ directors and social workers raised barriers, most of which were related to divisions in knowledge, terminology, and treatment approaches among mental healthcare providers and social welfare therapists. The women themselves raised issues related to stigma, lack of family support and continuity of MHS. Conclusions To improve MHS access, it is crucial to overcome the multiple barriers (individual, family, therapeutic and organizational) that are faced by women who are experiencing IPV. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Baidhowi, Anang Darwisyi. "Human Rights for The Elderly Group in Indonesia: Elderly in The Era of Covid 19." NEGREI: Academic Journal of Law and Governance 2, no. 1 (June 18, 2022): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.29240/negrei.v2i1.3629.
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The 1945 Constitution essentially guarantees that every citizen in national development in all aspects of life "promotes general welfare and social justice". Among the achievements of general welfare is the realization of better public health. The implication is that the life expectancy of the Indonesian population is increasing and the number of elderly or elderly people is increasing. However, the bad news regarding the Coronavirus Disease-19 (Covid-19) pandemic is that the elderly are vulnerable to being exposed to Covid-19. The data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that more than 95% of deaths occur at the age of 60 years or older (WHO, 2020). How is the elderly social protection provided by the government and society's elderly social institutions during the Covid-19 pandemi?, and what is the urgent need for these elderly social institutions in protecting the elderly during the Covid-19 pandemic? The methodology in this study uses a mixed method rapid study approach. Creswell interprets it as a research method characterized by the collection of quantitative data in the first stage, then followed by the collection and analysis of qualitative data in the second stage in order to support the results of the quantitative research conducted in the previous stage. The conclusion of this study states that the elderly have the right to obtain maximum protection. Ministry of Social Affairs R.I. as a government mandatory for the realization of the welfare of the elderly has an important and strategic role in this. For this reason, the Ministry of Social Affairs needs to continue to develop policies for the protection of the elderly according to contemporary dynamics. The study is an important instrument for developing policies, in this case the protection of the elderly. In this regard, the Center for Social Welfare Research and Development views the urgency of conducting a study on "Social Protection of the Elderly during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Government and Community Elderly Social Institutions" as an information and input for the development of the intended elderly protection policy.
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Broerse, Jacqueline E. W., Tjard de Cock Buning, Anneloes Roelofsen, and Joske F. G. Bunders. "Evaluating Interactive Policy Making on Biotechnology: The Case of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport." Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 29, no. 6 (November 13, 2009): 447–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0270467609349595.
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Raduła, Michał. "Podmioty służby zdrowia w PRL." Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem 43, no. 2 (December 27, 2021): 343–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2300-7249.43.2.22.
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In the current legislation, the public tasks related with healthcare are performed by the healthcare entities. In the totalitarian and authoritarian Polish People’s Republic, the healthcare was functioning as a communist health and social welfare system. It was a centralised structure with the main role of the Ministry of Health. The article shows the most important regulations in the field of healthcare system entities in the Polish People’s Republic.
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Kham, Van Tran. "Challenges for social work Education in Vietnam: Voice of social work students." Social Work and Social Sciences Review 18, no. 2 (May 5, 2016): 7–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1921/swssr.v18i2.901.
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In the early 1990s, some academic institutions in Vietnam introduced the subject of social work into their curricula and began training students in related programs. The training was, however, not internally coherent, and social work education in Vietnam only really emerged in Vietnam in 2004, when the Ministry of Education and Training approved the national curriculum in the field. In 2010, the government of Vietnam recognized the urgent need for social work professionals to solve various social problems and build public welfare, democracy, and the socialist state. Since then, Vietnam’s social work education has developed rapidly. Currently there are around 55 universities and colleges at the national and provincial levels with active social work programs. But social work education in Vietnam faces many challenges. This paper gives voice to social work students on some of those challenges, including different layers of educators, licensing, materials, and practicum. The paper is based on a survey of, and interviews with, students from 17 universities in Vietnam, and includes concrete recommendations for improving the professional training of social work students.
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Rahman, Md Shahidur. "Community-Based Rehabilitation in Bangladesh, Health Components Need to be Integrated with Primary Health Care." Journal of Enam Medical College 8, no. 1 (February 7, 2018): 41–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v8i1.35435.
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Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) is defined as a strategy within general community development for the rehabilitation, equalization of opportunities, poverty reduction and social inclusion of people with disabilities. The role of CBR is to work closely with the health sector to ensure that the needs of people with disabilities and their family members are addressed in the areas of health promotion, prevention, medical care, rehabilitation and assistive devices. CBR also needs to work with individuals and their families to facilitate their access to health services and to work with other sectors to ensure that all aspects of health are addressed. Health components of CBR as per WHO guidelines are grossly neglected in Bangladesh. Some government and non-government organizations are working independently, but health components are inadequately addressed. We observed that primary health care, if integrated with medical rehabilitation of disabled, will better address the need and help bring disabled into mainstream of development. Health care providers at grass root level need to be trained in CBR activities which can be arranged centrally with health ministry, social welfare ministry and rehabilitation specialists. In this review we have tried to reveal the health components of CBR in global and Bangladesh context and importance of integrating health components of CBR with primary health care.J Enam Med Col 2018; 8(1): 41-45
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Park, Eun-Young, and Joungmin Kim. "Measurement invariance of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale in parents of individuals with disabilities." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 47, no. 10 (October 22, 2019): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.8257.
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We aimed to verify the factor model and measurement invariance of the abbreviated Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale by conducting a confirmatory factor analysis using data from 761 parents of individuals with intellectual disabilities who completed the scale as part of the 2011 Survey on the Actual Conditions of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities, South Korea, and 7,301 participants from the general population who completed the scale as part of the 2011 Welfare Panel Study and Survey by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea. We used fit indices to assess data reliability and Amos 22.0 for data analysis. According to the results, the 4-factor model had an appropriate fit to the data and the regression coefficients were significant. However, the chi-square difference test result was nonsignificant; therefore, the metric invariance model was the most appropriate measurement invariance model for the data. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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Kanefuji, Fuyuko. "Concepts and Challenges of Afterschool Program Quality in Japan." IJREE – International Journal for Research on Extended Education 8, no. 2 (October 18, 2021): 191–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.3224/ijree.v8i2.07.
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This study examines concepts surrounding the quality of afterschool programs in Japan and related challenges using qualitative and quantitative methods. A content analysis of government guidelines for afterschool programs provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is conducted, and the differences in the concepts of afterschool program quality (APQ) between them are explored. Second, using government statistics, the author looks at the current situation and systems of instructional features meant to improve quality. Third, the characteristics of the human resource development system of MEXT and MHLW for APQ are clarified using the social capital theory.
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Short, Stephanie Doris, Hyo-Young Lee, Mi-Joung Lee, Eunok Park, and Farah Purwaningrum. "The Case for a Reciprocal Health Care Agreement between Australia and South Korea." Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management 16, no. 1 (February 28, 2021): 21–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.24083/apjhm.v16i1.505.
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Objectives: This study presents the case for a reciprocal health care agreement (RHCA) between Australia and South Korea. Design and Setting: The research utilised a qualitative social scientific methodology. Document analysis was conducted on government reports, official statistics and media articles in English and Korean. Main outcomes: In Australia, the Health Insurance Act 1973 enables health care agreements with 11 nations, however, Korea has no similar legislation in place. Therefore, Korea would need to build a broader consensus on the need for a RHCA in full, based on the precedent of Australia's agreements with other nations, as well as on the Korean Pension Act, which has enabled reciprocal (equal treatment among the countries) pension agreements with 28 nations through an exceptive clause. Results: The active government commitment and involvement of the Ministry of Health and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia, and of the Ministry of Health & Welfare and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in South Korea, would be essential for a successful RHCA process to come to fruition. Conclusions: While a potential health care agreement between Australia and Korea would constitute a significant step forward in strengthening people-to-people links between these two significant trading partners in the spirit of health diplomacy, the feasibility at the current time is very low indeed.
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Chawla, Suraj, Vikas Gupta, and Manisha Kocher. "Health technology assessment: a tool for evidence-based decisions for quality health care in India." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 9, no. 5 (April 27, 2022): 2316. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20221258.
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Health technology assessment is widely used methodology internationally for optimization of healthcare resource allocation. It is a multidisciplinary process that gathers policy relevant evidence about the clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness, ethical and social issues related to the use of a health intervention in a systematic, comprehensive, transparent and robust manner to help policy makers in decision making while formulating policies for incorporating or excluding health interventions from the health system. In order to achieve the ultimate goal of universal health coverage, Government of India has set up health technology assessment in India under the department of health research, ministry of health and family welfare. The health technology assessment framework in India must utilize its entire capacity to guide government and policy makers in explicit priority setting that ensures that available health budgets are spent after weighing all options, and coming to a fair and just conclusion.
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JIN, Sun-Mi, and Yun-Hee SONG. "A Comparative Study on HRD Maturity, Organizational Commitment, Innovation Behavior, and Innovative Culture in Health and Social Care Organizations." Association of Korea Counseling Psychology Education Welfare 9, no. 4 (August 31, 2022): 121–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.20496/cpew.2022.9.4.121.
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In this study, HRD maturity, organizational commitment, innovation behavior, and innovationculture level were examined to understand the HRD situation of public and privateorganizations under the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The subjects of this study were thosein charge of education or HRD at public and private organizations, and 119 persons respondedto the survey. The collected data were analyzed using the independent sample t-test andone-way ANOVA. As a result of the study, it was found that the innovation behavior andinnovation culture of private organizations were higher than that of public organizations. HRDoperation maturity, performance maturity, and innovation culture were found to be higher in thewelfare organizations than in the health and welfare organizations. HRD strategy maturity,operational maturity, performance maturity and innovation culture were found to be higher inorganizations with less than 50 employees than in organizations with more than 50 employees. There were differences in HRD strategy, operation, and infrastructure maturity depending on theavailability of professionals. There were differences in strategic maturity, organizationalcommitment, and innovation behavior according to the HRD work period. It was found thatmanagers had higher organizational commitment and innovative behavior than executives. Theresults of this study will be basic data for education and training, career development, andorganizational development as well as determining policy directions of health and welfareorganizations.
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Jaehyun Joo. "Historical developments of central government department: A Korean case study of the Ministry responsible for social welfare and public health." Korean Review of Organizational Studies 4, no. 2 (December 2007): 139–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.21484/kros.2007.4.2.139.
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Cernada, George P., A. K. Ubaidur Rob, Sara I. Ameen, and Muhammad Shafiq Ahmad. "A Situation Analysis of Public Family Planning Service Delivery in Pakistan." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 14, no. 1 (April 1993): 21–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/wlw2-0app-bjbk-tf5c.
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A nationally representative sample of 8 percent of the Government of Pakistan's primary family planning service facilities, the Family Welfare Centres (FWC), was carried out at the request of the Ministry of Population Welfare in mid-1992. The “situation analysis” approach used involved: 1) observation and inventory of services, facilities, supplies and record keeping reviews; 2) observation of interaction between service providers and FP clients at FWC's; 3) interviews with service providers; and 4) exit interviews with FP clients after service provision. This one-day on-site observation by teams of three interviewers provided a unique overview and baseline assessment of the availability of services, the staff functioning and the quality of service. Significant findings include a low caseload, inadequacies of facilities, some stockouts, lack of educational materials, insufficient outreach, unnecessary medical and social barriers to providing contraception as well as in some cases insufficient information to clients about contraindications to contraceptive usage and possible side-effects. The need to bolster in-service training and supervision is emphasized.
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Rezapour, Aziz, Seyyed Mostafa Hakimzadeh, Sirous Panahi, Ehsan Teymourzadeh, Mohammadkarim Bahadori, Peivand Bastani, and Ali Tahernezhad. "Designing a pragmatic model for strategic purchasing of health services in health insurance companies." International Journal of Health Governance 24, no. 1 (February 22, 2019): 42–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhg-07-2018-0030.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the most important factors for strategic purchasing of health services in the health sector by the Iran Health Insurance Company and to provide an applicable model for other similar organizations in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach The present qualitative study was conducted in 2017 to identify the factors affecting the implementation of strategic purchasing of health services in the health sector by the Iran Health Insurance Company and to provide an indigenous and practical model through two phases: semi-structured interview followed by a Delphi process. Findings According to the findings of this study, Ministry of Welfare, Labor and Social Security plays a central role in the strategic purchasing. In addition, this was also approved by the representatives of citizens in communities concerning professional associations, insurance agencies and representative of the Council of Ministers. Model development explored 9 themes and 54 sub-themes. Research limitations/implications Based on the model, most attention has been paid to consumer role and inter-sector leadership of the company with other relevant organizations and systems including other insurance organizations and the welfare ministry. More importantly, the health insurance company should be able to communicate with providers and to choose the best providers, receiving price information through competition in the most appropriate mechanism. Guided by this model, it can strategically buy the best and the most effective services for its insured population. Social implications It might help developing societies to promote their health systems based on targeting the health budgeting and financial constraints so that it is prioritized according to the strategic purchasing criteria and consequently, economic evaluation. Originality/value The linchpins of the present study are as follow: first, the pragmatic model presented in the paper could help developing health systems to overcome the impediment in the implementation progress of strategic purchasing. Second, the model satisfies the need of enough knowledge to apply strategic purchasing in the health system. Third, the indigents have long been given special protection and consideration in the model that has continued to capture the attention of every policy-maker, in particular, developing countries, the portion of which is significant. Fourth, based on this model, attention has been paid to consumer role and inter-sector leadership of organization with other relevant organizations and systems. Fifth, this model could be correspondent for every insurance company in countries with similar developing conditions.
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Bangun, Heriana, Matias Siagian, and Humaizi Humaizi. "The Effectiveness of the Ministry of Social Family's Hope Program (Program Keluarga Harapan) in Increasing the Welfare of the District of Medan Johor." International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding 6, no. 4 (August 17, 2019): 125. http://dx.doi.org/10.18415/ijmmu.v6i4.956.
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The Ministry of Social Family's Hope Program (Program Keluarga Harapan) is a conditional cash transfer program for poor families or known internationally as Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT). Social Family's Hope Program (Program Keluarga Harapan) is a social protection program that provides cash assistance to underprivileged households and for members of Keluarga Penerima Manfaat (KPM) Beneficiary Families who have health components (toddlers and pregnant women), education (elementary, junior high, and high school children), and welfare social (elderly and social disability).This program, in the short term aims to reduce the burden of underprivileged households and in the long run it is expected to break the intergenerational poverty chain, so that the next generation can get out of the poverty trap. The effectiveness of the Ministry of Social Family Hope Program is measured by several indicators, namely the accuracy of the targets, the implementation of program socialization, the achievement of program objectives, and program evaluation.This research was conducted in Medan Johor District. The methods in this research is descriptive research with quantitative research methods. Quantitative descriptive research uses words, images, and not entirely numbers when data is collected. The population in this research was 2,589 and using the multi-stage sampling method, through the proportionate stratified and simple random sampling stages a sample of 259 members of beneficiary families was taken.The results of the research indicate that in general, the implementation of the Ministry of Social Affairs' Family Hope Program in Medan Johor District has been running effectively. However, there are still some aspects that have not fully met the effectiveness of this program, such as officers (assistants) who have not performed their duties properly, Beneficiary Families who often do not attend group meetings, and issues such as zero balance, damaged or lost cards that there is no substitute yet, and the Beneficiary Families' behavior and point of view regarding assistance from the Government are not yet correct.
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Mucharom, Rully Syahrul, and Rilla Kusumaningsih. "THE HEALTHCARE SERVICE SYSTEM OF BPJS PARTICIPANTS IN TANGERANG REGENCY." Legal Standing : Jurnal Ilmu Hukum 3, no. 1 (May 20, 2019): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.24269/ls.v3i1.1713.
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Healthcare service has become the main priority of executors as it is one of the basic rights of the people, and that its service must be established by the government. As mentioned in the Republic of Indonesia’s 1945 Constitution Article 28H paragraph (1) and Article 34 paragraph (3), the government has the obligation to provide proper and worthy healthcare services which suit the needs of the people. A state is an instrument which may give protection for all its citizens through a system built by that state. Economic gaps tend to bring out problems such as poverty and social gaps. Both of them are the central issues of social policies and of the welfare development. In early 2014, right on January 1 st the government of Indonesia through the Ministry of Health has operated the National Healthcare Security Program (Program Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional/JKN). The JKN program has also been applied in Tangerang. One of the focuses of the regional government and the BPJS (Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial/Social Security Administering Body) in Tangerang Regency is establishing social welfare for its citizens and to start a system of Healthcare Social Security.
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SUZUKI, Chisato. "CONCEPT OF PLANS FOR DESIGNING STANDARDS BY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE : A consideration on house types of the hosing corporation Part 1." Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) 71, no. 599 (2006): 165–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aija.71.165_1.
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Sakai, Hirohisa. "Reducing Various Generation Problems Based on Health Assessment for Mental Health in the Manufacturing Industry -Establishment of Organizational Assessment Management System-." WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ADVANCES in ENGINEERING EDUCATION 18 (July 12, 2021): 54–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.37394/232010.2021.18.6.
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At present, the labor force lowering by the mental health of the employee in the manufacturing site is remarkable, and it is noticed as a factor which causes labor accident, traffic accident, and social problem action. In addition, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan will emphasize mental health elimination as an occupational health measure, and the government intends to submit a mandate for stress checks by doctors or health technicians within this ordinary Diet. On the other hand, the company is also promoting prevention activities focusing on "organization" by activating people's cooperative behavior from the health support activity corresponding to the analysis of conventional individual features from the viewpoint of occupational health. In this paper, the health assessment "Occupational Stress Survey" identified that the supervisor support in the organization contributes greatly and constructed "Organizational Assessment System" which takes countermeasures from both sides of human resources and occupational health of the organization in the manufacturing industry.
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Fitria, Ana Riskhatul. "DUKUNGAN STRATEGIS DAN OPERASIONAL PEMERINTAH DALAM PEMENUHAN HAK KESEHATAN ANAK TUNAGRAHITA DI KOTA SURABAYA." Jurnal Administrasi Kesehatan Indonesia 6, no. 2 (December 7, 2018): 129. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/jaki.v6i2.2018.129-135.
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Background: Social justice is a condition of fulfilling material, spiritual and social needs of citizens to live properly and to develop themselves in carrying out the social functions. The social welfare rate in Indonesia was still low amounted to 62.8 in 2016. Children with mental illness problems experience social welfare. The government has provided support both strategic support and operational support for their lives.Aim: The objective of the research is to analyze the government's support for fulfilling child’s health rights for those who suffer from mental illness.Method: This research was descriptive. The data were collected by using policy review and observation. Policy review was used to discover the strategic support given by government to fulfill health needs of mentally illed children. Meanwhile, the observation was to find out government’s operational support for Kalijudan Surabaya Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) in Basic Social Services.Results: The results show that there is a good strategic support for the children with mental illness. The operational support has been implemented, but not in accordance with the existing regulations. However, Kalijudan Surabaya Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) in Basic Social Services has provided the right of health by cooperating with related parties.Conclusion: It can be concluded that the strategic support given includes Law Number 8 Year 2016 about disabled people, Health Ministry Law Number 25 Year 2014 about child’s health support, and Surabaya Mayor’s Law Number 2 Year 2013 about organization of Kalijudan Surabaya Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) at Basic Social Service Department. The Kalijudan Surabaya Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) in Basic Social Services had also given operational supports for mentally illed chidren’s health needs.Keywords: children with mental illness, health right, regulation
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Bambang Shergi Laksmono, Hartini Retnaningsih, Herlan,. "Operational Improvement On Data Validation And Verification Of Health Insurance Assistance Beneficiaries In Indonesia: An Overview Of Accountability/Governance Perspective." Psychology and Education Journal 58, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 2236–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/pae.v58i1.1101.
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Decent data management is a fundamental element in implementing government policies, especially in providing social assistance to the poor. Distribution of social assistance can only be done with the support of proper data management system that runs the data collection process, updating, validating according to the real condition, hence the distribution of social assistance is right on target. This study examines issues which concern on institutional, derivative function and authority in the distribution of social assistance, especially health insurance assistance for the poor and the needy in Indonesia. This study aims to review the whole implementation process of verification and validation on the distribution of health insurance beneficiaries (PBI-JK), starts from its procedures until it is implemented in the locations of MuBa Regency and Palembang City. To achieve the desired objective, this study uses a qualitative method by collecting data from documents, interviews and field observations. As the result, it appears that prelist data services for verification and validation purposes are carried out centrally at the Social Welfare Data and Information Center, Ministry of Social Affairs (PUSDATIN, KESSOS), and for verification and validation in the field are handled by other third parties but only for urban areas.
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Fabbricatti, Katia, Adelina Picone, Vincenzo Tenore, Fabrizio Ascione, Gilda Berruti, Enrico Formato, Cristina Mattiucci, and Alessandro Sgobbo. "Quality of housing for inner areas between specialised supply, proximity welfare and production of new economies." TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, no. 24 (July 26, 2022): 187–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/techne-12875.
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This paper focuses on the issue of housing in inner areas, presenting a project of the candidacy of the Campania region for the PINQuA national funding programme, which was launched by the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport in 2020. The project is based on the hypothesis that it is possible to reverse the demographic trend in marginalised areas – characterised by a declining population, a high old-age index, a lack of basic services and, at the same time, a high potential for innovation – with building renovation and differentiated housing offers with high standards of quality and services. Through a systemic and place-based approach, the research uses pilot cases to experiment on themes linked to new housing demands, digital and green innovation, proximity welfare and social cohesion through a multi-actor and multi-level process.
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Verma, Ira. "Resilient Housing and Care Services for Aging Municipalities." Architectural Research in Finland 3, no. 1 (September 9, 2022): 109–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.37457/arf.121669.
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The Social welfare and health care reform in Finland will have an impact on the services provided by the municipalities. The housing services, health promotion and wellbeing of residents will remain in charge of the local authorities. Environmental factors are important for independent coping of older people who live in their own homes assisted by peers or by home care staff. Therefore, architects need to anticipate the demographic change in housing design and urban planning.
The Government Key project TÄYTYY (2017 – 2018) was a research and development project targeting at efficient and operational service network, combining housing, home care and remote care services. The objective was to provide a resilient service structure for small municipalities through resource efficiency, complementing the urban structure and sharing existing facilities and resources locally.
The multiple case study method was used to promote shared use of resources and spaces in local context. The project was carried out with cross-sectoral collaboration together with Aalto University, municipalities, health care service providers and local associations. As result, the project provided a model and a process of development for small municipalities. TÄYTYY project was carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of the Social Affairs and Health and the Ministry of the Environment.
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Bonthuys, Elsje. "Legal capacity and family status in child-headed households: Challenges to legal paradigms and concepts." International Journal of Law in Context 6, no. 1 (February 25, 2010): 45–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1744552309990292.
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In its 2005 Household Survey, Statistics South Africa counted 143,167 children living in child-headed households. The increased numbers of such households is usually ascribed to the death of parents from AIDS, and researchers expect them to increase further in the future. Similar household formations are also found in other Southern African countries such as Zimbabwe, Botswana, Uganda, Lesotho and Tanzania. Although the research indicates that children living in child-headed households usually experience emotional trauma, poverty and problems with accessing education, health care and social welfare grants, the consensus amongst children’s advocates and academics is that placing all such children in institutions, foster homes or adoption is not currently a viable or an optimal solution. The existence of child-headed households and the urgent need to assist children living in them exposes the inadequacy of several common law legal concepts and paradigms. This paper explores some practical and conceptual arguments for assigning family status to child-headed households and for awarding legal capacity to the minors who head these households.
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Savage, Gail L. "Friend to the Worker: Social Policy at the Ministry of Agriculture Between the Wars." Albion 19, no. 2 (1987): 193–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4050389.
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The interwar period posed unprecedented challenges to the English government. Unemployment, poverty, and fiscal crisis dogged policy-makers throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Governmental efforts to deal with the social and economic dislocation caused by the world-wide, post-war depression did not meet with much success. Opinion, both popular and scholarly, has tended to judge the government's domestic record rather harshly. The growing range of government activity overseen by an increasingly homogeneous civil service centralized under the direction of the Treasury has engendered some suspicion about the role of official advice in formulating policies widely regarded as, at best, ineffective and, at worst, wrong-headed and even oppressive. The Ministry of Health seemed more concerned to stem the demands on the Exchequer than to ameliorate living conditions among the poor. The Ministry of Labour, engulfed by the administrative nightmare of unemployment insurance, could not also devise programs to reduce the rate of unemployment. The Treasury not only failed to produce any innovative strategy for the country's fiscal problems, their insistence on reducing government expenditure and maintaining a balanced budget—the so-called “Treasury view”—hung like a millstone around the necks of the spending departments. Even if officials had pressed aggressive and creative programs of social welfare upon political leaders, the Treasury obsession with what we now call the “bottom line” would have effectively denied them the resources necessary to implement any new program.
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Arévalos Ramírez, Romina Elizabeth, Arnaldo Martínez-Mercado, Yenny Gabriela Vera Almirón, Nelson David Báez Larrea, Nelson Federico Báez Larrea, and Raquel Paniagua Cristaldo. "Linguistic legibility of printed informational materials, disclosed by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare, Paraguay, applying the Gunning Fog Index." Revista de salud publica del Paraguay 9, no. 2 (December 30, 2019): 53–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.18004/rspp.2019.diciembre.53-57.
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Goddard, Chris. "Not the Last Word: Point and Counterpoint: The “Sweet” and the “Swill”: Farewell Welfare?" Children Australia 14, no. 4 (1989): 17–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0312897000002460.
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“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen” (Orwell, 1949). The opening lines of 1984 have passed into the collective consciousness, gathering the familiarity that is reserved for great works of literature. The ‘Ministry of Truth’ was Winston Smith's employer and the name is now applied by journalists to the Victorian Government's media unit.Much science fiction has been treated with condescension and the label of approval, ‘literature’, has been applied sparingly, if at all. I have enjoyed the genre since reading The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. The terror and adventure of the story of the invasion by Martians held me enthralled, but the real thrill for me as a schoolboy was that much of the early action took place where I lived.
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Saiganov, Sergey A., Vadim I. Mazurov, Viktor V. Shilov, and Sergey A. Gorbanev. "Тelemedicine technologies in occupational health and pathology." Hygiene and sanitation 99, no. 9 (October 20, 2020): 961–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.47470/0016-9900-2020-99-9-961-967.
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Introduction. The article provides legal, organizational, and medical reasons for the feasibility of introducing telemedicine technologies into the practice of occupational health and professional pathology to increase the effectiveness of preventive measures to preserve the health of the working population. Material and methods. Analytical review of data of domestic and foreign literature on modern telemedicine technologies. The aim of the study was to analyze the main directions of development and modern achievements of telemedicine to determine the possibilities for using this type of digital technology in improving the working conditions of workers and preventing professional pathology. Results. The analysis showed that to optimize the search for managerial solutions aimed at preserving the health of the working population of Russia through the large-scale use of telemedicine and information technologies, it seemed necessary: the creation and integration into a single network of telemedicine centers based on professional pathology centers in most constituent entities of the Russian Federation with the head scientific institution - the Center for Occupational Pathology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for operational coordination of activities; integrate research institutes and higher educational institutions specialized in the field of Occupational Health medicine in major medical centers. Telemedicine technologies make it possible to optimize information interaction and discussion of materials when preparing new regulatory and legal documents with the participation of the main stakeholders: the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labor, Federal Service for Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, the Social Insurance Fund, industry unions, etc.; ensure the participation of highly qualified narrow specialists in medical commissions when making expert decisions. Conclusion. Mechanisms for improving the effectiveness of preventive work in Occupational Health using telemedicine technologies will be due to an increase in the quality of medical examinations of workers, an increase in personnel skills, an increase in information security and the speed of expert and managerial decisions, and economic feasibility.
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Snanfi, Ferinandus Leonardo. "IMPACT ONLINE LEARNING POLICY DROPS SEMESTER GRADES OF STUDENTS OF FISIP IN CENDERAWASIH UNIVERSITY YEAR 2020-2021." Sosiohumaniora 24, no. 2 (July 4, 2022): 160. http://dx.doi.org/10.24198/sosiohumaniora.v24i2.38177.
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This study aims to investigate the impact online learning policy, issued Ministry of Education and Culture Republic of Indonesia, followed Rector of Cendrawasih University and Dean of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. Policy impact drops semester grades students from seven program studies in Faculty of Social and Political Sciences: Governance Science, Public Administration, Business Administration, International Relations, Anthropology, Welfare, and Library. To analyze problem, Merilee S. Grindle’s policy theory was used. Qualitative research method. The study was conducted in Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Cenderawasih University year 2020-2021. Study involves 20 respondents: 8 are lecturers of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and 12 are students of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. Qualitative analyzed method was used; data collection methods interview, observation, documentation have been analyzed according to the reality. The result shows that the second semester grades of students of batch 2021 drastically drop due to internet trouble, unavailable facilities, infrastructures, and server building for Wi-Fi in Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Cenderawasih University, districts in Papua Province, and districts in West Papua Province. Recommendation for Dean of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Cenderawasih University, Rector of Cenderawasih University, Ministry of Education and Culture Republic of Indonesia is to allow face to face learning with number of students grouped into several daily shifts and good implementation of covid-19 health protocols in Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Cenderawasih University.
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Koivisto, Juha, and Pasi Pohjola. "Doing Together." International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation 7, no. 3 (July 2015): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijantti.2015070101.
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This article examines a systemic innovation model into which the relational approach of actor-network theory (ANT) has been incorporated. The article examines what the relational approach can contribute to the conceptualization of services and to the co-development and co-design activities of them. The article operates in the context of public welfare and health services, but its analysis might be applied in any other sector and with any other object of development as well. The article presents the systemic innovation model developed in a national Innovillage project in 2009-2013 in Finland. Further, the article studies how the model has been translated into practice in the design activities of a strategic development program of social and health sector run by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland. In the discussion analytical and practical challenges of the model are specified and its further development is discussed.
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Sachdev, H. PS, Anura Kurpad, Renu Saxena, and Umesh Kapil. "National expert group technical consultation on prevention and treatment of iron deficiency anemia." Indian Journal of Community Health 30, no. 1 (Supp) (April 25, 2018): I—XI. http://dx.doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2018.v30i01supp.001.
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A “National Expert Group Technical Consultation on Prevention and Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia” was held from 23rd to 24th April 2018 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The Consultation was conducted under the aegis of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The following were the Co-organizers i) Departments of Human Nutrition and Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; ii) Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research (SBISR), New Delhi; iii) Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), iv) Nutrition Society of India (NSI), v) Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM), vi) Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) Nutrition Sub-specialty Chapter , vii) Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India (FOGSI), viii) Indian Public Health Association (IPHA), ix) Indian Society of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (ISHBT), x) International Epidemiological Association - South East Asia Region (IEA-SEA), xi) Alive and Thrive India, xii) Knowledge Integration and Translational Platform (KnIT – BIRAC-DBT), and xiii) World Health Organization (WHO).
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Wang, Shou-Yu, Shih-Ru Hong, and Jung-Ying Tan. "Five Different Lives after Suffering from Spinal Cord Injury: The Experiences of Nurses Who Take Care of Spinal Cord Injury Patients." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 3 (January 18, 2022): 1058. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031058.
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According to statistics of Ministry of Health and Welfare, accidents were the sixth common causes of death in Taiwan in 2016. A total of 1200 new cases of spinal cord injury each year are caused by accidents and adverse effects. This study explored nurses’ experience of caring for patients with spinal cord injury. Hermeneutic phenomenology was used in the data analysis. The five themes emerged: dramatic changes in life, life lost control, life after catastrophic injury, life takes turns for the worse for family, and the power of rebirth. This study revealed that accidents were the primary cause of spinal cord injury, and that nurses may neglect patients’ mental and social care. Career guidance should be offered to spinal cord injury patients to ensure that they retain sociality. This study provides recommendations regarding a patient’s and their family’s post-injury adaption process. The sexual desire of patients should be further explored in future research.
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Kim, Jin Hwa, Young Sang Lyu, and Sang Yong Kim. "Impact of Social Jetlag on Weight Change in Adults: Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2016–2017." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 12 (June 18, 2020): 4383. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124383.
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Social jetlag, the circadian misalignment reflecting the discrepancy between the circadian clock and social clock, has been implicated in weight-related issues. The objective of the present study was to determine whether there was an association between social jetlag and body weight change among adults in a large, nationally representative general population. This study was based on data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted during 2016–2017 by the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare. Of the 16,277 participants, data from 8295 adults were included in the analysis. Men with social jetlag > 2 h had a significantly higher risk of weight gain (odd ratios (OR): 1.787; 95% confident interval (CI): 1.192–2.679) than those with social jetlag < 1 h, after adjustment for age, sociodemographic factors, lifestyle behaviors, chronic disease, obesity and average sleep duration. Women with weight gain had a higher social jetlag (>2 h), and women with social jetlag > 2 h had a higher proportion of weight gain. However, we did not find a significant association of social jetlag with weight gain after adjusting for confounding factors in women. There was no significant association between social jetlag and weight loss in men and women. Higher social jetlag was independently associated with an increased risk of weight gain in men. We propose that social jetlag may contribute to the obesogenic tendency in men, and that there is a potential for body weight to be managed with a circadian approach.
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Barnea, Zipora, Meir Teichman, and Giora Rahav. "Substance Use and Abuse among Deviant and Non-Deviant Adolescents in Israel." Journal of Drug Education 23, no. 3 (September 1993): 223–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/u7t7-t0de-9rx9-ylre.
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The study examined the hypothesis that the use of psychoactive substances is strongly associated with social deviance. Patterns of alcohol and drug use among two samples of deviant adolescents were investigated and compared to patterns of use among a sample of non-deviant youths. The participants were as follows: ninety-seven juvenile delinquents, inmates in institutions, aged twelve through eighteen; 184 detached youth, aged twelve through eighteen, who are in treatment programs of the Departments of Youth Advancement, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Welfare; and a nationwide representative sample of 8151 high school students, aged twelve through eighteen. Substance use was measured by three self-report indices: frequency of use during the last year, use during the last month, and use during the last week. The results clearly indicate that psychoactive substance use is concentrated among Israeli groups of deviant adolescents. These adolescents use all types of substances, licit as well as illicit, at rates considerably exceeding those found among high school students. However, a great similarity was found between the deviant groups of adolescents and the high school students in several personality correlates (sensation seeking, anxiety, depressive mood and learned resourcefulness) of substance use, and to a much lesser degree in its interpersonal correlates (perceived closeness to parents and to peers). The results' implications for prevention are discussed.
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Ramponi, Francesco, Dominic Nkhoma, and Susan Griffin. "Informing decisions with disparate stakeholders: cross-sector evaluation of cash transfers in Malawi." Health Policy and Planning 37, no. 1 (November 18, 2021): 140–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab137.
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Abstract The Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) in Malawi is a cross-sectoral policy with impacts on health, education, nutrition, agriculture and welfare. Implementation of the SCTP requires collaboration across sectors and across national and international stakeholders. Economic evaluation can inform investment by indicating whether benefits exceed costs, but economic evaluations that provide an overall benefit–cost ratio typically assume a common agreed objective and agreed set of value judgements. In reality, the various stakeholders involved in the delivery of the SCTP may have different remits and objectives and may differ in how they value the impacts of the programme. We use the SCTP as a case study to illustrate a cross-sectoral analytical framework that accounts for these differences. The stakeholders that contribute to the SCTP include the Ministry of Gender, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development and Global Fund. We estimate how the SCTP changes outcomes in education, health, net production and poverty, and distinguish outcomes in three groups: SCTP recipients; population in Malawi not eligible for the SCTP and population in other countries. After estimating the direct effects and opportunity costs from investing in the SCTP, we summarize the results according to different perspectives. The SCTP is estimated to provide benefits in excess of costs from the perspective of national stakeholders. From the perspective of an international donor interested in health outcomes, its health benefits do not outweigh the opportunity costs unless health improvement in SCTP recipients is valued at 18 times that of other potential spending beneficiaries or the donor values broader outcomes than health alone. This work illustrates the potential of a cross-sectoral economic evaluation to guide debate about stakeholder contributions to the SCTP, and the value judgements required to favour the SCTP above other policy options.
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Bae, Jaeyoon. "Health and Social Participation Characteristics of Korean Older Adults: Focusing on the Older Adults Who Participate in the Senior Social Activities and Job Program of the Ministry of Health and Welfare." Korean Journal of Physical Education 59, no. 3 (May 30, 2020): 291–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.23949/kjpe.2020.5.59.3.291.
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Zehao, Zhang, Wang Xinting, and Xie Linling. "A Survey on the Sustainability of China’s Smoke-free Community Elderly Care Service Models from the Perspective of Welfare Pluralism." Tobacco Regulatory Science 7, no. 5 (September 30, 2021): 1469–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.18001/trs.7.5.66.
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Objectives: Studies show that the harm of smoking is much higher in the elderly than in the young and middle-aged. Therefore, smoke-free communities are more suitable for the elderly. China’s ministry of civil affairs pointed out that, the development of community elderly care services conforms to the wishes of over 90% of the elderly in China, which is the focus of the construction of China’s elderly care service system. Meanwhile, China’s existing smoke-free community elderly care service models are diverse, service efficiency and sustainability remains uneven. Methods: This study constructed a conceptual framework for smoke-free community elderly care service based on the theory of welfare pluralism. To find the sustainability of smoking control in smoke-free communities and the efficiency of elderly care service supply under different supply modes. According to the geographical location, 9somke-free communities in Beijing, Nanjing and Xi’an were selected for investigation. Results: Three supply modes of community-based elderly care services are summarized, including Multiactor Participation Model (MPM), Government and Social organization Cooperation Model (GSCM), and Government-led Participation Model (GPM). The case analysis method is used to analyze the characteristics of the supply actors, supply content, and supply methods of these three models. Conclusion: Three supply modes of community-based elderly care services are summarized, including Multiactor Participation Model (MPM), Government and Social organization Cooperation Model (GSCM), and Government-led Participation Model (GPM). The MPM for smoke-free community elderly care, which includes the participation of multiple subjects and is more diversified in terms of supply content and methods, is found to have better smoking control efficiency and higher sustainability.
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Tuaf, Hila, and Hod Orkibi. "Community-based rehabilitation programme for adolescents with mental health conditions in Israel: a qualitative study protocol." BMJ Open 9, no. 12 (December 2019): e032809. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032809.
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IntroductionIn Israel, 12% of adolescents have mental health conditions. Approximately 600 adolescents with mental health conditions are hospitalised each year and about 40% of them return to the hospital and are thus cut-off from their daily lives and peers in the community. In contrast to adults, adolescents with mental health conditions in Israel are not eligible by law for rehabilitation services. Thus, the overarching goal of this qualitative study is to identify best practices for the implementation of community-based psychosocial rehabilitation programme for this population, by examining the first such programme in Israel. Amitim for Youth, which was established in 2018 by the Israel Association of Community Centers in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and the Special Projects Fund of the National Insurance Institute.Methods and analysisQualitative data will be collected through in depth semi-structured interviews and focus groups. To identify themes and patterns in the data, a six-stage reflexive thematic analysis approach will be used. A triangulation procedure will be conducted to strengthen the validity of the findings collected by different methods and from various stakeholders in the programme: the programme’s decision-makers, programme team members, the intended beneficiaries and referring mental health professionals. To insure the trustworthiness of the findings, three strategies will be employed: memo writing, reflexive journaling and member checking.Ethics and disseminationThis study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Human Research in the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences at the University of Haifa (#455–18) and by the Chief Scientist in the Ministry of Education (#10566). All participants will sign an informed consent form and will be guaranteed confidentiality and anonymity. Data collection will be conducted in the next 2 years (2019 to 2020). After data analysis, the findings will be disseminated via publications.
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Hydara, Abba, Andrew Bastawrous, Suzannah Bell, Dorothy Boggs, Tess Bright, Hannaa Bobat, Julian Eaton, et al. "The Gambia National Eye Health Survey 2019: survey protocol." Wellcome Open Research 6 (January 21, 2021): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16531.1.
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Two national surveys of vision impairment and blindness were undertaken in The Gambia in 1986 and 1996. These provided data for the inception of The Gambia’s National Eye Health Programme (NEHP) within the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. There have been important developments in the eye health services provided by the NEHP in the last 20 years. At the same time, the population has also undergone major demographic changes that may have led to substantial changes in the burden of eye disease. We conducted a National Eye Health Survey of vision impairment, blindness and its comorbidities in adults in The Gambia in 2019. We examined a nationally representative population-based sample of adults 35 years and above to permit direct comparison with the data available from the previous surveys. Alongside a comprehensive vision and eye examination, the survey provides nationally representative data on important comorbidities in this population: diabetes, hypertension, obesity, hearing impairment, disability and mental health. Secondly, it estimates access to assistive technologies and eye health services. Thirdly, it is powered to allow a five-year follow up cohort study to measure the incidence and progression of eye disease.
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Hydara, Abba, Andrew Bastawrous, Suzannah Bell, Dorothy Boggs, Tess Bright, Hannaa Bobat, Julian Eaton, et al. "The Gambia National Eye Health Survey 2019: survey protocol." Wellcome Open Research 6 (October 14, 2021): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16531.2.
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Two national surveys of vision impairment and blindness were undertaken in The Gambia in 1986 and 1996. These provided data for the inception of The Gambia’s National Eye Health Programme (NEHP) within the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. There have been important developments in the eye health services provided by the NEHP in the last 20 years. At the same time, the population has also undergone major demographic changes that may have led to substantial changes in the burden of eye disease. We conducted a National Eye Health Survey of vision impairment, blindness and its comorbidities in adults in The Gambia in 2019. We examined a nationally representative population-based sample of adults 35 years and above to permit direct comparison with the data available from the previous surveys. Alongside a comprehensive vision and eye examination, the survey provides nationally representative data on important comorbidities in this population: diabetes, hypertension, obesity, hearing impairment, disability and mental health. Secondly, it estimates access to assistive technologies and eye health services. Thirdly, it is powered to allow a five-year follow up cohort study to measure the incidence and progression of eye disease.
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Hydara, Abba, Andrew Bastawrous, Suzannah Bell, Dorothy Boggs, Tess Bright, Hannaa Bobat, Julian Eaton, et al. "The Gambia National Eye Health Survey 2019: survey protocol." Wellcome Open Research 6 (October 14, 2021): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16531.2.
Full textAbstract:
Two national surveys of vision impairment and blindness were undertaken in The Gambia in 1986 and 1996. These provided data for the inception of The Gambia’s National Eye Health Programme (NEHP) within the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. There have been important developments in the eye health services provided by the NEHP in the last 20 years. At the same time, the population has also undergone major demographic changes that may have led to substantial changes in the burden of eye disease. We conducted a National Eye Health Survey of vision impairment, blindness and its comorbidities in adults in The Gambia in 2019. We examined a nationally representative population-based sample of adults 35 years and above to permit direct comparison with the data available from the previous surveys. Alongside a comprehensive vision and eye examination, the survey provides nationally representative data on important comorbidities in this population: diabetes, hypertension, obesity, hearing impairment, disability and mental health. Secondly, it estimates access to assistive technologies and eye health services. Thirdly, it is powered to allow a five-year follow up cohort study to measure the incidence and progression of eye disease.