A Training Programme for Homemakers

1980 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Carey Drake-Brockman ◽  
Elizabeth Constable ◽  
Alison Ward
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Health ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Teaching Role ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nursing Aide ◽  
Canadian Council

The term Homemaker has been used to describe roles which range from a friendly visitor, to a teaching role, to that of a domestic or nursing aide (Canadian Council of Social Development, 1971). To avoid any confusion the Homemakers referred to in this article are essentially support workers with a teaching orientation. Their role is to prevent breakdown in the family unit by acting as a resource to the parent in a range of problem areas, but with a specific focus on child rearing. They aim to protect, restore or improve family functioning in the area of physical, social and emotional health. In some situations they may perform practical tasks to help improve the quality of life in the home, but generally their main task is to assist the parent to acquire the necessary skills.

Finding a focus for quality of life with aphasia: Social and emotional health, and psychological well-being

Aphasiology ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeline Cruice ◽  
Linda Worrall ◽  
Louise Hickson ◽  
Robert Murison
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Social And Emotional

scholarly journals ‘Connecting with Young Men’: The Impact of Training in Ireland.

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. e24-e35
Author(s):  
Paula Carroll ◽  
Noel Richardson ◽  
Billy Grace
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
The Impact

‘Connecting with Young Men’, Unit 6 in ENGAGE, Ireland’s National Men’s Health Training programme was developed to support service providers to engage young in mental health and related services. This study evaluated the impact of Unit 6 on front line service providers’ knowledge, skills, capacity, and practice pre and immediately post-training via questionnaire (n=206). At 1-month post-training interviews were conducted with youth workers (n=11), SPHE (social and emotional health curriculum) teachers (n=3), and sports personnel (n=3) (12-40 mins) to explore their experience of the training and its impact on practice. Overall, feedback regarding training satisfaction was largely positive (8.43±1.43/10). Participants self-reported level of knowledge (p=0.000), skills (p=0.000), capacity to engage (p<0.003) and identify priorities for young men (p<0.001), and success at convincing other service providers within (p<0.001) and beyond (p<0.000) their organization to prioritize engaging young men increased immediately post-training. Nota-bly, 57.3% of service providers said that they would integrate the training into their work practice. Critical components of Unit 6 included (a) the focus on understanding gender as a dynamic construct, (b) the use of experiential and interactive sessions, and (c) the integration of ongoing reflective practice. The provi-sion of more practical tips on ‘how’ to initiate and build relationships with young men as well as including young men’s voices would strengthen the training. Unit 6 has been effective in building capacity among service providers to engage young men. While assessing the longer-term impact of the training on practice is recommended, these findings have implications for those who wish to develop gender-sensitive services for young men elsewhere.

scholarly journals Satisfaction of parents (legal representatives) with the quality of medical care provided to their disabled children

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-111
Author(s):  
Andrey P. Fisenko ◽  
Rimma N. Terletskaya ◽  
Irina V. Vinyarskaya ◽  
Elena V. Antonova ◽  
Vladislav V. Chernikov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
Quality Of Medical Care ◽  
The Individual

The aim is to identify parents’ (legal representatives’) satisfaction with the quality of medical care provided to their disabled children to improve this type of service further. Materials and methods. A sociological survey was conducted of 506 legal representatives of minors (aged from birth to 17 years) with the status of a disabled child. The study design is single-center, non-randomized, uncontrolled. Results. An analysis of the living conditions of a disabled child in the family, the parents’ assessment of his health status, the problems arising in the registration of disability, in the provision of medical and rehabilitation assistance, and issues of medical and social support made it possible to determine the position of this part of the child population in current legal and medical and social conditions. The main problems were the collection of a large number of documents when registering a disability, a long wait for the day of examination, the remoteness of the medical and social examination bureau, the lack of specialist doctors, problems with obtaining subsidized drugs, the lack of consideration of the individual needs of the child when conducting unique rehabilitation programs, the need to apply at the same time to various organizations and departments, violation of rights in the provision of medical services to a disabled child. Conclusion. The obtained information is very significant for further improving the provision of medical and social assistance to disabled children and children with disabilities. The main task today is to develop mechanisms for implementing the declared rights and freedoms of persons with disabilities, the obligations assumed by the State concerning them.

Il disegno della famiglia in bambini italiani e tailandesi vittime di abuso sessuale: uno studio esplorativo

2009 ◽  
pp. 151-163
Author(s):  
Chiara Ionio ◽  
Manuela Sberna
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Drawing Test ◽  
Graphic Representations ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sexually Abused Children

- The family drawing test is currently considered by many authors a useful tool in identifying the overall quality of family relationships in cases of sexual abuse. It was conducted a pilot study with the aim of highlight the role played by both environmental and innate features of graphic representations of sexually abused children. This study compared family drawing tests made by Italian (N = 24) and Thailand (N = 17) children victims of sexual abuse, aged between 6 and 13 years. Our data highlight that the Family drawing test can be considered, a useful tool to analyze cognitive, affective and emotional health of the child, in both cultural contexts examined. This research also shown that the test can be used as a mean of detecting the child's own perception of his family and his social background.Key-words: family drawing test, sexual abuse, cultural differences, graphic-formal sign, content sign.Parole chiave: disegno della famiglia, abuso sessuale, differenze culturali, indicatori grafico- formali, indicatori di contenuto

Assessing quality of life in patients with heart failure in Cyprus

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Evanthia Asimakopoulou ◽  
Nikos Flouris ◽  
Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos ◽  
Agathi Argiriadi ◽  
Alexandros Argiriades ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Heart Failure Questionnaire

Background Heart failure is a chronic disease with a serious impact on patients' quality of life which is influenced by several factors. Aims The purpose of this study is to evaluate the quality of life of patients with heart failure in the city of Limassol in Cyprus. Methods The proposed study is characteristically descriptive quantitative research. The sample includes 99 patients with heart failure in Limassol Hospital, using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire in the Greek Language. The data were collected from October 2017 to November 2017. Findings Our sample consisted of 99 individuals from the Limassol district, 40 (40.4%) were females and the average age of the patients was 68.5±14 years. Patients with heart failure who had a primary education averaged 9.69 points on the quality of life scale. This is lower than patients with higher education (b=9.69 P=0.057), lower physical health by 7.35 points (b=7.35 P=0.008) and lower by 2.26 Social health units (b=2.26 P=0.030). Conclusion Patients with heart failure experience many and complex problems. Through this research, it appears that different dimensions of quality of life are affected, such as physical, social and emotional health. The older the age of the patient, the lower levels of education and the sex of the patient have an impact on the quality of life of patients with heart failure.

Does Teen Triple P Affect Parenting and the Social and Emotional Behaviours of Teenagers? A Study of the Positive Parenting Programme in the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Majone Steketee ◽  
Harrie Jonkman ◽  
Pauline Naber ◽  
Marjolijn Distelbrink
Keyword(s):  
Training Programme ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Triple P ◽  
Parenting Skills ◽  
Parenting Programme ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Parental Practice

Abstract Triple P is a parenting programme used in the youth healthcare practice of many Dutch municipalities to support parents in raising their children. According to international research, this Australian intervention is effective for parents with children up to the age of 12. It shows positive effects on parenting skills and on the reduction of both parents' child-rearing stress and their children's behavioural and emotional problems. Our study examined the effectiveness of Teen Triple P level 4: a training programme for parents of teenagers aged 10–16. The programme included five group sessions of 1.5–2 h each, as well as three individual (phone) consultations. Through a matching procedure, 103 parents who participated in Teen Triple P were compared in a quasi-experimental study with 397 parents in a control group. Compared with the control group, parents who received the Teen Triple P training reported a significant improvement in their parental practice. Now, they are more involved with their child, more responsive to the needs of the children, and they report fewer parent–child conflicts. Some positive differences in behavioural problems among adolescents, as reported by their parents, could be found among the experimental group. These findings remained the same at the follow-up.

scholarly journals Socio-Pedagogical Aspects of Diagnostics of Family Problems of a Specialist in the Security and Defense Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (6 (344)) ◽  
pp. 118-129
Author(s):  
Iryna Trubavina ◽  
◽  
Svitlana Boyko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Problems ◽  
Military Conflict ◽  
The Family ◽  
Statics And Dynamics ◽  
Hybrid War

The article is focused on the problems of diagnostics of the security and defense specialists by a specialist of social and socio-pedagogical work in family problems. It is determined that the problems of families of Ukraine security and defense specialists under the hybrid war and military conflict in the East of Ukraine conditions are both general and special in the context of creating social conditions addressing issues of concern to the family. They may be subject to the work of military and social specialists in their departments and social work in the community with families, if they are in difficult life circumstances. The social diagnosis criterion is the quality of life of the family, which is an objective and subjective criterion, implemented through a system of indicators at the level of a particular family and its member and the family at the level of society. These criteria include quality of life such as physical health, emotional health (eg, satisfaction, self-esteem, happiness), material well-being, work, creativity, relationships, security, direct involvement in a particular society, which we revealed through indicators for families of security and defense specialists. Socio-pedagogical methods of determining the family life quality for making a family social diagnosis are generalized. When using them, we have to keep in mind that the family should be studied in statics and dynamics. Prospects for further research are the development of methods for studying the family in psychology, law and social sciences.

Diagnosis as a specific competence and task of a family assistant

2021 ◽  
Vol 597 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-32
Author(s):  
Ewa Wysocka
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Diagnostic Procedure ◽  
Professional Role ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Family ◽  
Quality Of Family Life ◽  
And Task

The article is a selective presentation of problems related to family diagnosis in the context of the role of a family assistant as a diagnostician. The main task of a family assistant is to support the family in the implementation of the care and educational function and to help improve the quality of family life. This is possible if the needs of the family in this area are recognized. The author selectively describes the professional role of a family assistant and shows its unique importance in the implementation of the diagnostic function. She indicates the most important factors which describe the functionality of the family, replacing the notion of health and pathology of the family with the criteria for its proper functioning. The author also attempts to catalogue the most important diagnostic criteria for the assessment of family functioning and also selectively indicates the basic principles of diagnostic procedure. She constructs a family diagnosis model, taking into account basic diagnostic competences and points out the need to include them in the process of professionalization of the family assistant’s profession.

scholarly journals Twelve Smartphone Applications for Health Management of Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10235
Author(s):  
Seong Kyu Ha ◽  
Hey Sig Lee ◽  
Hae Yean Park
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Smartphone Applications ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Nutrition Management ◽  
Health And Nutrition

This study investigated smartphone applications that may be helpful in managing the health of the elderly during COVID-19. The application searched the seven areas of health management, newly classified in OTPF 4th edition with keywords in the Google Play Store. As a result, two applications meeting the selection criteria were selected for each area. The selected applications are social and emotional health promotion and maintenance: Wysa & MindDoc, symptom and condition management: Ada & Diseases Dictionary, communication with the health care system: Telehealth & Blood Pressure Diary, medication management: Medisafe & MyTherapy, physical activity: FitOn & Samsung Health, nutrition management: Lifesum & Health and Nutrition Guide. Through the analyzed applications, twelve applications with the potential to improve the health management and quality of life in older adults during social distancing or self-isolation due to COVID-19 were identified.

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