101companies: A Community Project on Software Technologies and Software Languages

This paper explores the issue of building beneficiaries’ commitment to the social project. Building beneficiaries’ commitment is difficult and complicated, but necessary to achieve the project’s goals. The paper presents experiences of individuals who organise activities in the Potentials… project, namely activities of those who have been responsible for building involvement of the projects’ benfciaries. The author presents conclusions of her qualitative research into the local community/project concerning commitment building methods, the difficulties connected with it and some suggestions concerning the project implementation in the future.

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‘About Being’: An interdisciplinary and collaborative arts and health project supporting the ongoing recovery of stroke survivors

Journal of Applied Arts and Health ◽

10.1386/jaah_00062_1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 00 (00) ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Laura Snell ◽

Vicki Goodwin ◽

Tom Grimwood

Keyword(s):

Unique Feature ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Stroke Survivors ◽

Valuable Contribution ◽

Community Project ◽

Arts And Health ◽

Health Initiatives ◽

Student Volunteers ◽

Health Project ◽

Model Of Practice

Arts and health initiatives can make a valuable contribution to the ongoing recovery of stroke survivors. This article focuses on a study of the ‘About Being’ project, which provides dance and movement sessions for stroke survivors in the Cumbrian city of Carlisle, United Kingdom. The study evaluated the model of practice applied to the community project and how the sessions supported the ongoing recovery of stroke survivors. The methodology involved observations of the sessions and qualitative interviews. A unique feature of this project is that it brings together the fields of education, arts and health by engaging practitioners, academics and student volunteers, along with the stroke survivors who participate in the sessions. It is proposed that the success of the ‘About Being’ project is attributed to its interdisciplinary and collaborative practice, person-centred approach and multidirectional learning environment, which is beneficial for all those involved.

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Significant elements of community involvement in participatory action research: evidence from a community project

Journal of Advanced Nursing ◽

10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00816.x ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 28 (5) ◽

pp. 1106-1114 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Elizabeth Lindsey ◽

Liza McGuinness

Keyword(s):

Action Research ◽

Participatory Action Research ◽

Community Involvement ◽

Research Evidence ◽

Participatory Action ◽

Community Project

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PENGEMBANGAN KAPASITAS PEREMPUAN BAGI IBU-IBU RELAWAN PROGRAM PALIATIF DI DESA KAMBINGAN DAN DESA KREMBUNG, KECAMATAN CERME, KABUPATEN GRESIK

Jurnal Layanan Masyarakat (Journal of Public Services) ◽

10.20473/jlm.v4i1.2020.189-201 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 189

Author(s):

Sulikah Asmorowati ◽

Inge Dhamanty

Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

High Rate ◽

World Health ◽

Target Area ◽

Target Groups ◽

Community Project ◽

Health Organization ◽

End Stage

The high rate of deaths caused by serious illnesses has led the World Health Organization (WHO) to recommend palliative care that is considered to be able to improve the quality of patient’s live Palliative care or service is service for patients with serious illnesses, such as cancer (stadium or end-stage). In this activity, however, palliative care and service is extended so that it includes diseases that are not contagious but deadly (thus, contributed significantly to mortality rate), including such illnesses as diabetes, high-blood pressure, cholesterol, stroke and other similar illnesses. These illnesses are now increasingly being suffered by and become the major cause of death (caused by illnesses) amongst Indonesians. In order to increase the availability of palliative services in the target area, this community project provides training and assistance to develop women’s capacity in the villages of Kambingan and Ngembung, Cerme, Gresik, so that they are ready to volunteers for palliative care and service in their respective communities. The projects were conducted by providing material through lectures, and modules; followed by assistance to form a team of palliative case and service. At the end, this project resulted in the increasing understanding, and capacity of women (and mothers or PKK member), as the target groups about palliative care and services. In turn, the women were then ready to become volunteers for palliative care and program.abstrakTingginya tingkat kematian akibat penyakit serius membuat WHO menyarankan untuk melakukan perawatan paliatif yang dianggap dapat meningkatkan kualitas hidup pasien. Program atau layanan paliatif adalah pelayanan kepada pasien dengan penyakit berat, yaitu kanker (stadium akhir). Dalam kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat (pengmas) ini, layanan paliatif diperluas sehingga meliputi pula penyakit-penyakit yang tidak menular namun mematikan, seperti penyakit diabates, darah tinggi, kolesterol, stroke dan sejenisnya yang dewasa ini semakin banyak di derita masyarakat Indonesia. Kegiatan pengmas ini memberikan pelatihan dan pendampingan untuk mengembangkan kapasitas ibu-ibu tim penggerak dan anggota PKK di Desa Kambingan dan Desa Ngembung, Kecamatan Cerme, Kabupaten Gresik agar siap untuk menjadi relawan program paliatif di lingkungan masyarakat masing-masing. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan ini adalah dengan pemberian materi melalui ceramah, pemberian modul, serta pendampingan pembentukan tim paliatif sebagai follow-up kegiatan. Hasil yang dicapai dari kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah meningkatnya pemahaman masyarakat khususnya ibu-ibu tentang layanan paliatif, serta meningkatnya kapasitas mereka,sehingga siap menjadi relawan program paliatif.

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