Family Preservation, Poverty, and the Value of Diversity

1993 ◽  
Vol 74 (9) ◽  
pp. 538-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Ronnau ◽  
Christine R. Marlow
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Family Preservation ◽  
Family Preservation Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Out Of Home Placement ◽  
Home Placement

The role of family preservation services in preventing out-of-home placement of children is a hot topic in the social service arena. Family preservation has much to offer as an organizing framework for practice in that one of its core values is to emphasize strengths and diversity. The authors define family preservation and describe its application to at-risk families in poverty.

Evaluation of a Newborn Screen for Predicting Out-of-Home Placement

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marni D. Brownell ◽  
Mariette Chartier ◽  
Robert Santos ◽  
Wendy Au ◽  
Noralou P. Roos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Discharge Data ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Vulnerable Families ◽  
Newborn Screen ◽  
Out Of Home Placement ◽  
Home Placement

A newborn screen designed to predict family risk was examined to: (a) determine whether all families with newborns were screened; (b) evaluate its predictive validity for identifying risk of out-of-home placement, as a proxy for maltreatment; (c) determine which items were most predictive of out-of-home placement. All infants born in Manitoba, Canada from 2000 to 2002 were followed until March 31, 2004 ( N = 40,886) by linking four population-based data sets: (a) newborn screening data on biological, psychological, and social risks; (b) population registry data on demographics; (c) hospital discharge data on newborn birth records; (d) data on children entering out-of-home care. Of the study population, 18.4% were not screened and 3.0% were placed in out-of-home care at least once during the study period. Infants not screened were twice as likely to enter care compared to those screened (4.9% vs. 2.5%). Infants screening at risk were 15 times more likely to enter care than those screening “not at risk.” Sensitivity and specificity of the screen were 77.6% and 83.3%, respectively. Screening efforts to identify vulnerable families missed a substantial portion of families needing support. The screening tool demonstrated moderate predictive validity for identifying children at risk of entering care in the first years of life.

Seven Important Determinants of Canadian Silviculture

1987 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 457-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. Weetman
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Performance Standards ◽  
Decision Models ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Crown Lands

An attempt is made to identify the seven most important features of Canadian forestry that determine the nature and level of silviculture practice. They are considered to be: the dominance of extensive reserves of old-growth timber often at risk; the unbalanced age class structure of many licencee areas and management units; the dominance of provincial Crown ownership of timber and the evolution of Forest Management Agreements and Tree Farm Licences; the intractable nature of the problem of silviculture on small private ownerships; the recognition of the social role of silviculture in alleviating unemployment; the lack of silviculture decision models; and the systematic tightening of silviculture performance standards on Crown lands.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SERVICE IN CARING FOR THE ELDERLY : A FIELD STUDY IN THE NURSING HOME OF AIN TÉMOUCHENT, ALGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (05) ◽  
pp. 01-10
Author(s):  
Mohammed BOURICHE ◽  
Linda Latifa BENMOHRA
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
The Social ◽  
Effective Role

Social service is one of the humanitarian professions, and an important topic, which carries in its folds, handling of many aspects, including, the elderly category and the reality of their livelihood in social care institutions and centers. This phenomenon has emerged in several societies, including the Algerian society. Through this study, we will try to know the role of social service in caring for the elderly residing in social shelters, or what is known as the home for elderly persons, in addition to identify the skills provided by social service owners for the elderly in the care center, and the reality of their life in these centers as well as most of the methods used by social service In helping the elderly, so that the forms were posed as follows: How can the social service play its effective role in caring for the elderly? What are the methods and methods used? From the aforementioned, it must be pointed out that any study cannot be scientific except on the basis of a specific and clear methodological method in order to complete the research. We have relied in our study on two important aspects, one that includes the origins and definitions, principles and characteristics, as well as the theories of social service The second part dealt with the field study, as well as presenting and analyzing the findings

scholarly journals The diversity of manifestations of the social service of religious communities

2008 ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
N. Gavrilova
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Church

The activities of religious organizations are aimed primarily at augmenting spiritual values, but are also relevant to the needs of a person's social life. For many centuries, social issues have been important, and they remain relevant today. Right now, they are receiving special attention, because the level of social life in Ukraine is not the best. In this case, the role of the Church as a social institution is ancillary to the healing of society.

scholarly journals Expanding customer engagement: the role of negative engagement, dual valences and contexts

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 1469-1499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kay Naumann ◽  
Jana Bowden ◽  
Mark Gabbott
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Community ◽  
Inverse Effect ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Responses

Purpose The purpose of this study is to operationalise and measure the effects of negative customer engagement (CE) in conjunction with positive CE. Both valences are explored through affective, cognitive and behaviour dimensions, and, in relation to the antecedent of involvement and outcome of word-of-mouth (WOM). It also explores the moderating influence of service context by examining engagement within a social service versus a social networking site (SNS). Engagement with the dual focal objects of a service brand and a service community are also examined. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modelling is used to analyse 625 survey responses. Findings Involvement is a strong driver of positive CE, and positive CE has a strong effect on WOM. These findings are consistent across the “brand” and “community” object, suggesting positive CE is mutually reinforced by different objects in a relationship. Positive CE is also found to operate consistently across the service types. Involvement is a moderately negative driver of negative CE, and negative CE is a positive driver of WOM. These relationships operate differently across the objects and service types. Involvement has a stronger inverse effect on negative CE for the social service, diverging from assumptions that negative CE is reflective of highly involved customers. Interestingly, negative CE has a stronger effect on WOM in the social service, highlighting the active and vocal nature of customers within this service context. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to quantitatively measure positive and negative valences of engagement concurrently, and examine the moderating effect of dual objects across contrasting service types.

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