Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2213275
T. Majola, P. Maharaj
Abstract The prevalence of disrespectful and abusive care by public healthcare workers toward women during labor has been widely described as a health concern in the continent of Africa. Studies conducted in South Africa have outlined the different forms of abusive care, which include disrespect, neglect as well as abandonment. Research conducted on the mistreatment have focused on matured and married women as it has been assumed that childbearing occurs after marriage. This study placed emphasis on the experiences of young women utilizing public healthcare services during childbirth. Using a qualitative method, the study aimed to shed insights into the experiences of young women utilizing public healthcare services. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 young women aged 20 to 25 years living in a South African township. The study findings were thematically analyzed. The interviews suggest that young women experienced different forms of abusive care including, disrespect, abandonment and lack of privacy. The study recommends that the healthcare system in South Africa should effectively address the causes of abusive care and take appropriate action to ensure accountability and that women receive professional and dignified childbirth experience.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2218407
Hao Song, Shujie Chen, Chaoxin Jiang
Abstract Evidence-based knowledge is seen as an important factor for improving service quality perception, yet empirical knowledge of the potential mechanisms is relatively limited, especially among social workers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the serial mediation effect of attitudes toward evidence-based practice and job autonomy in the relationship between evidence-based knowledge and service quality perception. The study is based on a sample of 1159 social workers, which comes from the China Social Work Longitudinal Study (CSWLS) 2019. Results indicate that a serial mediation path from attitudes toward evidence-based practice with job autonomy is posited to operate between evidence-based knowledge and service quality perception among social workers. These findings suggest that the government and social service organizations should collaborate to offer evidence-based courses, enhance evidence-based practice training, and improve organizational climate to promote positive service quality perceptions among Chinese social workers. Future research should delve into social workers across diverse cultures and countries and examine the effect of other factors, such as social workers’ evidence-based skills and abilities, on perceived service quality to broaden the current research.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2223553
C. Chan, M. Tang, Meng Soi Florence Fong, Sheung Wan Wong
Abstract This study investigated the extent of family support for informal carers of patients with dementia while Hong Kong Chinese families have been facing various social and economic challenges. It also examined the assistance available to family carers from other informal support networks. In-depth interviews were used to gather the experiences of 18 female carers and collect the views of 20 workers of social service agencies. The study found that family support for informal carers is still relatively strong in Hong Kong, as demonstrated by various forms of assistance offered by family members, including siblings sharing caregiving duties and jointly paying for a domestic helper to provide social care for parents with dementia. Also, neighbors, property security guards, and religious organizations are addressing the daily and emergent needs of carers. Based on the findings, it is suggested that social service agencies need to give siblings advice on how to effectively share the caregiving tasks and provide dementia awareness training for neighbors, workers of religious and community organizations, and security guards of properties. Future research is advised to use a quantitative approach by having a large sample size and including carers who are taking care of family members with various health problems.
{"title":"Social Changes and Informal Support for Family Carers of Patients with Dementia in Hong Kong","authors":"C. Chan, M. Tang, Meng Soi Florence Fong, Sheung Wan Wong","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2223553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2223553","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study investigated the extent of family support for informal carers of patients with dementia while Hong Kong Chinese families have been facing various social and economic challenges. It also examined the assistance available to family carers from other informal support networks. In-depth interviews were used to gather the experiences of 18 female carers and collect the views of 20 workers of social service agencies. The study found that family support for informal carers is still relatively strong in Hong Kong, as demonstrated by various forms of assistance offered by family members, including siblings sharing caregiving duties and jointly paying for a domestic helper to provide social care for parents with dementia. Also, neighbors, property security guards, and religious organizations are addressing the daily and emergent needs of carers. Based on the findings, it is suggested that social service agencies need to give siblings advice on how to effectively share the caregiving tasks and provide dementia awareness training for neighbors, workers of religious and community organizations, and security guards of properties. Future research is advised to use a quantitative approach by having a large sample size and including carers who are taking care of family members with various health problems.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"262 - 271"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45510369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Family development policies in Indonesia aim to foster family resilience and welfare by supporting families to carry out their functions optimally. Family functions refer to a set of values practiced by the family members. This study aims to analyze the effect of family characteristics, family knowledge and participation in the Family Development Program on the functioning of families in Indonesia. This study used secondary data from the cross-sectional study “The 2019 Population, Family Planning and Family Development Program Accountability Performance Survey (SKAP)”. This study involved 69,662 families selected using a probability proportionate to size sampling, collected June-September 2019 across 34 provinces in Indonesia. The education level of the householder has the most significant impact on family functions practice among family characteristics variables (β = .106, p < .05). Family knowledge (β = .188, p < .05) and participation (β = .032, p < .05) in the Family Development Program has a significant positive effect on family functioning. These findings further reinforce the role of Family Development Program in helping families carry out their functions optimally. Thus, this study recommends further socialization of Family Development Program to promote well-functioning family.
{"title":"Family Development Program: Optimizing Family Functions in Indonesia","authors":"Oktriyanto, Hilma Amrullah, Elmanora, Rizky Sahla Tasqiya, Fannisa Septariana","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2217221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2217221","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Family development policies in Indonesia aim to foster family resilience and welfare by supporting families to carry out their functions optimally. Family functions refer to a set of values practiced by the family members. This study aims to analyze the effect of family characteristics, family knowledge and participation in the Family Development Program on the functioning of families in Indonesia. This study used secondary data from the cross-sectional study “The 2019 Population, Family Planning and Family Development Program Accountability Performance Survey (SKAP)”. This study involved 69,662 families selected using a probability proportionate to size sampling, collected June-September 2019 across 34 provinces in Indonesia. The education level of the householder has the most significant impact on family functions practice among family characteristics variables (β = .106, p < .05). Family knowledge (β = .188, p < .05) and participation (β = .032, p < .05) in the Family Development Program has a significant positive effect on family functioning. These findings further reinforce the role of Family Development Program in helping families carry out their functions optimally. Thus, this study recommends further socialization of Family Development Program to promote well-functioning family.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"205 - 221"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46056496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2198279
X. Xiang, Juan Wang, G. Tian, M. Ungar, Li-Yao Han
Abstract Few empirical studies have examined the impact of the universal social services provided to ordinary youth on their resilience and psychosocial adjustment, especially youth from developing countries like China. Based on a sample of 857 high school students between the ages of 13–19 from Beijing, this article examines the pattern of social services provided to Chinese youth and the impact of these services on their resilience and positive or negative psychosocial adjustment (depression, delinquency, prosocial behavior). The results reveal that: (a) Chinese youth generally make very limited use of services but they report moderate satisfaction; (b) both frequency and satisfaction of service use significantly predicts resilience, and resilience significantly predicts lower depression and higher prosocial behavior; (c) resilience fully mediates the relationships between social service frequency/satisfaction and depression/prosocial behavior. The findings give support to the public health model of social services and reveal that building resilience is one mechanism that universal service contributes to youths’ psychosocial adjustment. Future research may further investigate the relationships between social services, resilience and psychosocial adjustment in other geographical areas and time periods of China, and comparative studies between China and other countries may also be useful.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2217222
Anas Mahmoud Salem Abukhalifa, Nurul Liyana Mohd Kamil, Chen-Chen Yong
Abstract There is no doubt that the relationships between work engagement, turnover intention, and psychological capital have been examined in the for-profit sector and Western context. However, there is a dearth of studies that investigate such relationships in the nonprofit sector and the Eastern setting. Drawing on the Job Demand-Resource Theory and the Broaden and Build Theory, this study endeavored to investigate the moderating role of psychological capital in the relationship between work engagement and turnover intention of paid employees in the nonprofit sector. Data were gathered from 423 employees employed by 30 nonprofit organizations in Palestine and were analyzed through structural equation modeling. The findings showed a substantial inverse link between work engagement and turnover intention. The study also discovered that psychological capital strengthened the negative association between work engagement and turnover intention. This study, thereby, plugs such empirical gaps within the nonprofit and positive psychology literature. Future research may incorporate job resources or strategic HRM bundles into the model to investigate how job and contextual resources may shape such relationships.
{"title":"Work Engagement and Turnover Intention in the Palestinian Nonprofit Sector: Do Personal Resources Matter?","authors":"Anas Mahmoud Salem Abukhalifa, Nurul Liyana Mohd Kamil, Chen-Chen Yong","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2217222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2217222","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract There is no doubt that the relationships between work engagement, turnover intention, and psychological capital have been examined in the for-profit sector and Western context. However, there is a dearth of studies that investigate such relationships in the nonprofit sector and the Eastern setting. Drawing on the Job Demand-Resource Theory and the Broaden and Build Theory, this study endeavored to investigate the moderating role of psychological capital in the relationship between work engagement and turnover intention of paid employees in the nonprofit sector. Data were gathered from 423 employees employed by 30 nonprofit organizations in Palestine and were analyzed through structural equation modeling. The findings showed a substantial inverse link between work engagement and turnover intention. The study also discovered that psychological capital strengthened the negative association between work engagement and turnover intention. This study, thereby, plugs such empirical gaps within the nonprofit and positive psychology literature. Future research may incorporate job resources or strategic HRM bundles into the model to investigate how job and contextual resources may shape such relationships.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"222 - 239"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43928988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2201303
F. Ugwu, U. Okeja, E. E. Nnadozie, L. E. Ugwu, A. Areji, Ike E. Onyishi
Abstract The study examined the relationship between religiosity and punctuality, and whether self-regulation mediates this relationship. The study also explored whether personality traits moderate the positive relationship between religiosity and self-regulation and between religiosity and punctuality. Using PROCESS model 4, among 734 federal university employees in the South-east Nigeria, the results of the study showed that religiosity related positively to punctuality. Consistent with our proposition, self-regulation mediated the relationship between religiosity and punctuality. Religiosity associated with self-regulation and punctuality for individuals who are low on extraversion. Religiosity was related to self-regulation and punctuality both for individuals high on agreeableness and those high on conscientiousness. Religiosity related positively to self-regulation and punctuality for individuals low on emotional stability. Religiosity related to self-regulation and punctuality for individuals low on openness to experience. These results imply that self-regulation is key to punctuality, while individuals’ personality disposition propel individuals’ punctuality to appointments. These findings have implications for improving punctuality to work and appointments among public service employees and overall service delivery. Future studies should extend the present study by comparing punctuality among private and public service employees and explore the outcomes of punctuality at work.
{"title":"Who Cares about Time? Investigating Personality and Self-regulation in the Relationship Between Religiosity and Punctuality in Nigerian Public Service Organizations","authors":"F. Ugwu, U. Okeja, E. E. Nnadozie, L. E. Ugwu, A. Areji, Ike E. Onyishi","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2201303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2201303","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The study examined the relationship between religiosity and punctuality, and whether self-regulation mediates this relationship. The study also explored whether personality traits moderate the positive relationship between religiosity and self-regulation and between religiosity and punctuality. Using PROCESS model 4, among 734 federal university employees in the South-east Nigeria, the results of the study showed that religiosity related positively to punctuality. Consistent with our proposition, self-regulation mediated the relationship between religiosity and punctuality. Religiosity associated with self-regulation and punctuality for individuals who are low on extraversion. Religiosity was related to self-regulation and punctuality both for individuals high on agreeableness and those high on conscientiousness. Religiosity related positively to self-regulation and punctuality for individuals low on emotional stability. Religiosity related to self-regulation and punctuality for individuals low on openness to experience. These results imply that self-regulation is key to punctuality, while individuals’ personality disposition propel individuals’ punctuality to appointments. These findings have implications for improving punctuality to work and appointments among public service employees and overall service delivery. Future studies should extend the present study by comparing punctuality among private and public service employees and explore the outcomes of punctuality at work.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"161 - 178"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45632806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2216216
H. Lassmann
Abstract Foster parents receive training to prepare them for managing the various behaviors foster children may exhibit, but it may not prepare them to care for children with complex medical needs. This study sought to understand the lived experiences of foster parents who care for a child with complex medical needs. Using a phenomenological approach, a sample of eight foster parents were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. Foster parents indicated they felt supported by their assigned workers, but many foster parents experienced problems with the workers assigned to their foster children. Findings indicate the need for increased supports and services for foster parents, and a need for children’s workers to receive more training to increase their knowledge of how to support children with disabilities, as well as their foster parents. Future research should focus on the specific needs of workers, including training on issues related to children with disabilities as well as the types of supports these children need, and ways to better support foster parents who care for children with complex medical needs.
{"title":"Oh What a Difference a “Good” Worker Can Make. Fostering Children with Complex Medical Needs: A Phenomenological Study","authors":"H. Lassmann","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2216216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2216216","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Foster parents receive training to prepare them for managing the various behaviors foster children may exhibit, but it may not prepare them to care for children with complex medical needs. This study sought to understand the lived experiences of foster parents who care for a child with complex medical needs. Using a phenomenological approach, a sample of eight foster parents were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. Foster parents indicated they felt supported by their assigned workers, but many foster parents experienced problems with the workers assigned to their foster children. Findings indicate the need for increased supports and services for foster parents, and a need for children’s workers to receive more training to increase their knowledge of how to support children with disabilities, as well as their foster parents. Future research should focus on the specific needs of workers, including training on issues related to children with disabilities as well as the types of supports these children need, and ways to better support foster parents who care for children with complex medical needs.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"191 - 204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46116366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2226170
Min-Kyoung Park, J. Cheon, Rachel McPherson
Abstract The present study applied a multilevel approach to assess the effects of caregiving for older parents with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) on a level of depressive symptoms among adult child caregivers in the Baby Boomer generation. Along with the main effect, this study focused on the interaction effects between AD caregiving, gender and marital status. The present study’s findings revealed that AD caregiving experience is associated with worsening depressive symptoms. However, there are differences between individuals in changes in depressive symptoms. Additionally, the results of the interaction effect showed that in the case of unmarried female caregivers, the level of depressive symptoms associated with AD caregiving worsens faster than their counterparts. These results highlight the need for social policies that address the mental health needs of adult child caregivers who are vulnerable to AD caregiving experience.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2168834
Ashenafi Hagos Baynesagn, Sara Abebe Beyene
Abstract The article sought to examine and identify the protection and support services provided for sexually abused female children in a safe home in Ethiopia. This organization works with underprivileged female children at risk or victims of violence and physical and sexual abuse. The qualitative research method was used to show how vulnerable female children were protected and got the support they needed to rehabilitate, recover and rejoin society. Ten sexually abused female children from the safe home were interviewed as the target group, and six key informants also participated in the study. Documents in the safe home were reviewed, and observations were made in the compound. The finding showed that when including the provision of protection and support services for sexually abused female children at the safe home, it helped to address their emotional, social, and spiritual needs with significant service efficiency. Finally, implications for application to service improvement are suggested. Future studies were suggested to examine the experiences of other safe homes in Ethiopia. A quantitative study that evaluates the victims’ psychosocial changes over time in safe homes could also be an area for future studies.
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