The Social Support Function in Epilepsy Self-Help Groups

1986 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Droge ◽  
Paul Arntson ◽  
Robert Norton
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Support Function ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Help Groups

On-Line with the Friends of Bill W: Social Support and the Net

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Pleace ◽  
Roger Burrows ◽  
Brian Loader ◽  
Steven Muncer ◽  
Sarah Nettleton
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Self Help Groups

The Internet is now being used as a mechanism for the delivery of social support on a global scale, chiefly through the formation of self-help groups. Most of the research that has been undertaken on these groups has focussed on Usenet and the use of newsgroups for social support. This paper examines the use of an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) ‘room’, by a self-help group composed of problem drinkers. The group had an international membership and advocated the use of social support, rather than intervention by professional services, to help its membership overcome problem drinking. The paper considers the roles that these new forms of Internet mediated self-help and social support might play in changing the relationships of those who participate in them towards traditional health and social care services. The paper also critically examines the extent to which such fora might function as virtual ‘communities’ of care.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN ANTARA DUKUNGAN SOSIAL DENGAN KEMANDIRIAN PADA PENYANDANG TUNA DAKSA DI PUSAT REHABILITASI TERPADU PENYANDANG CACAT BANTUL

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Vira Rachmiwanti ◽  
Hartosujono Hartosujono
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Support Function ◽  
Rehabilitation Center ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Physically Disabled ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Correlation Analysis Method ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
Purposive Sample

Abstract This research aimed to find out to the correlation between social support with physically disabled in the Physically disabled rehabilitation center, to know the significant of social support function to autonomy of individual.The research was held in Physically disabled rehabilitation which subject were taken from 18 -35 years old of 120 people of physically disabled. To gain the data, the researcher used questionnaire method. The sample is taking with the purposive sample. Product moment Correlation analysis method was applied to analyze the data and it reached 5% of significance.The result of the data analysis showed that the social support  had a significance effect to the autonomy individual  with the value of r =0,399, (p>0,05), also give significant effect to it. Adjusted value (R2) of 0,159 means that 15,9% of variation of autonomy individual could be explained with the variation of social support. Meanwhile, 84,1% was caused by other factors. Keywords: social support and self-reliance

scholarly journals Microfinance in Fishery Sector: Social Capital as an Agent of Empowerment

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 7059-7063
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Future Study ◽  
Fishing Communities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Social ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Self Help Groups

The paper is a critical review of studies to understand the role of social capital in the empowerment of fishing communities who avail the assistance of microfinance institutions. The findings showed that studies on empowerment of communities by social capital were less. However, a substantial amount of studies analysed the concept of deployment of social capital as an assertion for the repayments of the loans obtained from the microfinance institutions. In addition to the above, the number of studies on the function of social capital in the empowerment of fishing communities who obtained financial assistances from microfinance institutions was rare. Although a few studies that investigated the attainment of knowledge and balanced utilisation of the available resources were obtained, studies that concentrated extensively on the on the beneficiaries in the fishery sector were found to be scarce. There were a sparse number of studies that elucidated the characteristics of the microfinance institutions as well as the groups of the beneficiaries of these institutions that affect the generation of a strong social capital among the group members. In conclusion, this review opens up various avenues for future research. Studies that scrutinise the difficulties of the members of self-help groups in the fisheries sector in employing the knowledge gained and resources attained from social capital established in their group and the consequent changes in their performance in their business can be carried out. Apart from the aforementioned future study opportunity, comprehensive studies on the policies to develop the social capital of the groups of the beneficiaries of the microfinance institutions can be carried out

scholarly journals EMPOWERMENT INEQUITY OF MICROFINANCE INTERVENTION: ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 247-259
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Voluntary Association ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Social Empowerment

It is assumed that microfinance through self-help groups is an accelerator of development and change. A self-help group is a voluntary association of 10 to 20 women from the disadvantaged section of the population who come together to save and avail credit from microfinance institutions and banks through a facilitating agency such as NGO. This paper reviews the scope and limitations of self-help groups in having an impact on the economic and social upliftment of its members by focussing on empirical research conducted in the state of Jharkhand and review of existing literature. Majority of the available literature focuses on the economic empowerment of women through microfinance intervention with a minuscule focus on social empowerment through identified social empowerment variables. This study points out that economic empowerment has not translated into desired social empowerment for the beneficiaries of this program. The social empowerment of the marginalized is still a mirage. This paper investigates the reason for the same and the role of communication in gender sensitization and stakeholder participation as communication is a facilitator of social change. It aims towards understanding the linkage of community participation and communication for empowerment and propose suggestions for the same.

scholarly journals Self-Help Group of Rural Assam and Its Role in Women Empowerment

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Polee Saikia
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Social ◽  
Equal Right ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Self Help Group ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

<div><p><em>Women empowerment is a universal issue. Women empowerment refers to the creation of an environment for women where they can make decisions of their own for their personal benefits as well as for the society. It refers to increasing and improving the social, economic, political and legal strength of the women, to ensure equal right to women and to make them confident enough to claim their rights. The overall development of the nation remains as a paradox until and unless the women got empowered. The under privileged rural women are still far from empowerment. Unemployment, illiteracy and low social recognition made them so. Presently the self-help groups that mushrooming in different corners of rural Assam have been creating opportunities for women to be empowered. Here in this study an attempt has been made to study whether the rural women got scope to get empowered by getting engagement in self-help groups. 40 women from 04 self-help groups, 13 literate and 27 illiterate women were taken as sample for the study. To collect first hand data self structured questionnaire and self structured interview schedule were prepared by the investigators. Percentage was used to analyze data.</em></p></div>

Il terzo settore fra nuovi e vecchi attori delle politiche sociali: i gruppi di self help

2009 ◽  
pp. 157-169
Author(s):  
Bordogna Mara Tognetti
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Research Participation ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Social ◽  
Welfare Mix ◽  
Self Help Groups

- The article intends to describe the dynamics of civil society and third sector, after an analysis of the major changes that have affected the social policies and the welfare mix. The paper focuses on self help groups, analyzing it as a new component of civil society, as new forms of collective action and "non-conventional mechanisms of representation" in public policy. It will highlight how academic research becomes essential in this context, also to understand and define the real contribution of all those entities to the implementation of social policies.Key words: self help groups, deliberative democracy, welfare mix, social policies, social research, participation

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