A Comparative Study of Rural Clinics in Remote Islands and Inland Areas

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuo Inoue ◽  
Shun Matoba ◽  
Yoshihiro Sugita ◽  
Masataka Okuno
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Full Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
Remote Island ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Remote Islands ◽  
Rural Clinics ◽  
Public Clinics ◽  
Almost All

The social and professional isolation of physicians remains an important issue in rural areas. However, few studies have investigated the involvement of geographic factors in the isolation. This study investigates rural public clinics in inland and remote island locations and attempts to objectively compare the isolation of these physicians. A mailed questionnaire was sent to rural clinics where graduate physicians from Jichi Medical School were working in 1994 and 1995. Among the 198 clinics with one or more full-time physicians, 185 (93 percent) responded to the inquiry. Geographic and demographic factors of the communities were compared between 43 clinics located in remote islands and the other 142 rural inland clinics. Rural clinics in remote islands have smaller subject populations, fewer part-time physicians, a longer journey to the nearest city, and a longer distance and travel time to the base hospital than rural inland clinics. Physicians in remote island clinics had less medical training and are more isolated than other physicians. More than half of the clinic physicians in remote islands have no regular training schedule, in contrast to less than a quarter of the inland clinic physicians. Almost all clinics (97.7%) in remote islands do not have a part-time physician, whereas about 20 percent of the rural inland clinics do. Physicians in remote island clinics are more socially and professionally isolated than those in inland clinics. Strategies to reduce these problems should be given priority in rural health policy and measures tailored to rural clinics in remote islands. Asia Pac J Public Health 2000;12(1): 22-26

Pediatrician's Practice Choices: Differences Between Part-time and Full-time Practice

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 764-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy E. Fritz ◽  
John D. Lantos
Keyword(s):  
Career Paths ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Family Patterns ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Status Number ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Teaching Responsibilities ◽  
Almost All

A national survey was used to study the differences in career and family patterns of pediatricians who work part-time (PT) vs those who work full-time (FT). A questionnaire mailed to 375 members of the American Academy of Pediatrics asked about age, marital status, number of children, type of practice, hours worked in particular duties, and attitudes about their choices. Sixty-five percent (n = 216) of the questionnaires were completed. The mean age of both the PT and FT women was 40 years, and FT men averaged 46 years. Thirty-seven percent of women had worked PT at some point in their careers; 21% were currently working PT. Only 70% of the FT women were married compared with 97% and 95% of PT women and FT men. The FT women had significantly fewer children (mean 1.27, compared with 2.34 for PT women and 2.39 for FT men). Part-time women in academic medicine tended to do little research or administrative work, but they had more teaching responsibilities. Almost all the PT women were happy with their decisions and careers despite the feeling among many that they had made career compromises. Many of the FT pediatricians wanted to work less. It is concluded that many women, particularly those with children, choose PT work in order to combine career and family duties. These choices may lead to different career paths for women pediatricians. By recognizing these different career paths, it may be possible for academic institutions to benefit from the unique contributions that PT women pediatricians can make.

scholarly journals Social work placements

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Janine Buck
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Site Supervisors ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The University

This article is a reflective account of my student experiences of practice teaching whilst on placements during the Social Work Degree. I consider what and how my Practice Teachers and on-site supervisors have been able to teach me about Social Work and Social Work skills and what I have learnt about myself as a person and future practitioner. I look at what, I believe makes a good Practice teacher and how different styles of teaching have enhanced my learning. I reflect on the benefits, under the new degree, of increased days on placement and how this has helped me in applying theory, methods and models which are not always easy in the classroom.At the time of completing this article I am three quarters of the way through my last placement of 100 days. I am undertaking my Social Work degree at the University of Northampton, which has a full time degree course of three years and a part time route taking four years. I am due to graduate with a B.A Honours degree in Social Work in July 2007.

Caught in a Social Safety Net: Perspectives of Recipients of Social Security Disability Programs on Employment

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie F. Olney
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Disability Benefit ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Medical Benefits ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Social Security Disability

It is estimated that 15-30 percent of people who are on the Social Security Administration's (SSA) disability benefit programs would like to work. However, despite a number of incentives, few leave benefit programs and become employed. A qualitative study with SSA recipients, all of whom expressed a desire to work, was conducted to augment findings from previous quantitative studies. The most common barrier to employment mentioned by participants was the SSA system itself which was viewed as an institution breeding fear and mistrust. Respondents identified three scenarios that would allow them to work: a full-time job with medical benefits, a part-time job that would allow them to maintain SSA benefits, or a full-time job with sufficient income to afford medical benefits.

On Part-Time Farming

1974 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-142
Author(s):  
W. Lanny Bateman ◽  
Odell L. Walker ◽  
Raleigh A. Jobes
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Empirical Observation ◽  
Price Changes ◽  
Demand Functions ◽  
Farm Operators ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Time Operators

Economic logic and empirical observation suggest that increasing numbers of part-time farms can have important implications for organization of agricultural production and development of rural areas. Production relationships on part-time farms may differ because:1) Farm operators working off the farm may organize resources and respond to price changes differently than full-time operators;2) Part-time operators may have different demand functions for production inputs, particularly land and labor, and3) Part-time operators may achieve different levels of efficiency than their full-time counterparts.

Gender Stereotypes, Occupational Roles, and Beliefs About Part-Time Employees

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice H. Eagly ◽  
Valerie J. Steffen
Keyword(s):  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Occupational Roles ◽  
The Social ◽  
Female Part ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Male Part ◽  
Full Time Employment

Subjects' beliefs about the communion and agency of part-time employees were compared with their beliefs about the communion and agency of homemakers, full-time employees, and persons without an occupational description. Female part-time employees were believed to be more communal and less agentic than female full-time employees as well as less communal than female homemakers. Male part-time employees were believed to be less agentic than male full-time employees as well as less communal and less agentic than both male homemakers and men without an occupational description. In addition, subjects believed that part-time employment is associated with different life situations for women and men. For women this situation is substantial commitment to domestic duties, whereas for men it is difficulty in finding full-time employment. These findings support the theory that stereotypes concerning the communion and agency of women and men are a product of the social roles that women and men have been observed to occupy.

scholarly journals Determining the efficacy of full-time occlusion therapy in severe amblyopia at different ages

F1000Research ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Sameera Irfan ◽  
Nausherwan Adil ◽  
Haris Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Ophthalmological Examination ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Tertiary Referral Center ◽  
Occlusion Therapy ◽  
Visual Improvement ◽  
Previous Part ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Refractive Correction ◽  
Almost All

Objective: To find out how much visual improvement is possible in severe amblyopia using full-time occlusion therapy and if improvement is influenced by the patient’s age. Methods: A trial of 115 consecutive cases with unilateral, severe amblyopia was conducted at a tertiary referral center from Jan 2010 to Oct 2012. Patients were divided into three age groups: 3-7 years (n= 38), 8-12 years (n=41), 13-35 years (n=36). After a complete ophthalmological examination by a single ophthalmologist, cases with organic visual loss were excluded; cases with previous part-time occlusion therapy that had failed were included in the study. Patients were given optimal refractive correction for a month, followed by full-time occlusion therapy along with near visual activities for 3-4 hours/day. The therapy was continued until maximum visual recovery was achieved (6/6 Snellen’s). Therapy was gradually reduced and stopped. Patients were followed-up regularly for the next 18 months. Results: There was 100% success in the 3-7 year group, 92.68% in the 8-12 year group and 97.22% in the 13-35 year group. Conclusion: Visual improvement is possible in almost all patients with severe amblyopia irrespective of their age with full-time occlusion therapy.

Scales to Measure Autonomous and Social Achievement Values

1975 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. W. Strümpfer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Examination Performance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Achievement ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Achievement Behavior

Inventory scales were constructed through factor analysis of Bendig's (1964) and Costello's (1967) items and then lengthened through item-analyses on additional items. Split-half and test-retest reliabilities were acceptable. The autonomous value scale correlated with university examination performance, differentiated between part-time and full-time students, was related to attitudes changed by an achievement motivation course for high school underachievers and correlated with inventory scales that converge on achievement behavior; high scorers seem to be highly socialized and have internalized standards of excellence. The social-value scale was not related to achievement behavior but seems to reflect needs for recognition, succorance, and sociability; males found these values socially undesirable, yet obtained higher means than females.

scholarly journals The dynamics of structural changes in the social-role attitudes of students during studies at higher educational institution

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Olha Savytska
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Component Structure ◽  
The Social ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Higher Educational

Abstract The purpose of the paper — to present the theoretical considerations and the results of empirical study concerning on the intentional characteristics of professional consciousness (on the example of social-role attitudes of students). The structure, the dynamics of changes in the social-role attitudes of students during studies at higher educational institution in different forms of studies (full-time and part-time) and the influence of the quality of program content transferred during the education process on the shaping of students' professional awareness were also discussed. The methodology of the research. We used the method of questioning and incomplete sentences in the research. The sample consisted of 94 students of 1 - 5 courses in the following fields: psychology, primary education, mathematics and physics. The study involved 17 part-time students and 77 full-time students. The age of full-time students was from 17 to 22 years old, and the age of part-time students was from 24 to 35 years old. Methods of mathematical statistics are used to evaluate the data. The results of the research. The data of the empirical research of the students' social-role attitudes show that they have content peculiarities as for the specifics of manifestation at different stages of professional training and on different forms of studies at higher educational institution. Social attitudes regarding the role of “student” and the role of “professional” which have three-component structure (cognitive, emotional and behavioural) vary in degree of awareness and completeness, and are ambivalent. This increases their resilience to changes. The discussion. The results of the studies show that the social-role attitudes undergo changes as a result of target influences in the process of professional training of future specialists at higher educational institution. Therefore, the definition of social-role attitudes features will contribute to the development of the effective technologies in the professional training of specialists.

When Dreams Wither and Resources Fail: The Social-Sup -port Systems of Poor Single

1998 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion H. Wijnberg ◽  
Susan Weinger
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Port Systems ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Political Decisions

Recent political decisions to redesign the welfare system compels single mothers to work. With concern for the women and children so effected, this qualitative study explores the views of 42 poor single mothers regarding (1) their aspirations and dreams in relation to work and (2) the helpfulness of their social support networks in enabling them to make transitions to work or to study. Analysis was performed on both the sample as a whole and on subgroups of respondents who were divided by work category, e.g. employed fulltime, employed part-time, women who were students and full-time mothers. Developing meaningful subgroupings of single mothers may help avoid the dangers inherent in lumping all single mothers into a large and potentially inaccurate category.

scholarly journals Mothering and Stress During COVID-19: Exploring the Moderating Effects of Employment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Yan ◽  
Liana C Sayer ◽  
Daniela Veronica Negraia ◽  
R. Gordon Rinderknecht ◽  
Long Doan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
The Social ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Full Time Employment

Using primary data from the Assessing the Social Consequences of COVID-19 study (N=1,647), we examined how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the stress levels (i.e., pre-pandemic vs. during-pandemic stress) of women with and without coresiding minor children, paying special attention to the moderating role of women’s employment status. Results from OLS regression models show that following the pandemic outbreak, among women who worked full-time, mothers reported smaller stress increases than non-mothers. Among part-time and non-employed women, mothers and non-mothers experienced similar levels of stress increase. Changes in women’s work hours and employment status, following the pandemic onset, had limited impacts on the patterns of stress level changes. This study contributes to research on parenting and health by showing that during times of crisis, full-time employment may play a protective role for mother’s mental health, but may not buffer the mental health deterioration of women not raising children.

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