Shadows from the past: The mothering experience of women survivors of maternal suicide

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 548-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronit D Leichtentritt ◽  
Judy Leichtentritt ◽  
Michal Mahat Shamir
Keyword(s):  
Women Survivors ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
The Past ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Emotional Socialization ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
Maternal Suicide

Summary Raising children, while challenging in the best of times, can be more complicated for a woman who lost her own mother during her childhood/adolescent years. This study examines the long-term impact of maternal suicide as evident in the mothering experiences of 12 Israeli women. Findings The participants’ descriptions reveal a constant Sisyphean struggle to move away from their legacy only to be pulled back—a fervent wish to be different from their mothers along with the simultaneous realization that they cannot escape their past. This continuing struggle is captured through four themes: (a) being a mother long before having children, (b) the past casting a pall over the present, (c) mothering as a means of fixing what is broken, and (d) the lack of a maternal model: an irrevocable absence. Applications The results of this study are discussed from an emotional socialization perspective which points to the relevance of two theoretical perspectives: the modeling and the compensation views of emotional socialization in the participants’ mothering experiences. These views can help social workers both to understand and to attend to the distinctive difficulties of mothers who have survived the suicide of their own mothers.

The Role of UBI in Mitigating the Effects of Psychosocial Stressors: A Review and Proposal

2021 ◽  
pp. 003329412110051
Author(s):  
Rashmi Gupta ◽  
Jemima Jacob ◽  
Gaurav Bansal
Keyword(s):  
Role Stress ◽  
Psychosocial Stressors ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
The Past ◽  
Individual Outcomes ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
The Impact

Psychosocial stressors and social disadvantages contribute to inequalities in opportunities and outcomes. In the current paper, we use an epidemiological perspective and highlight the role stress plays on individuals by reviewing the outcomes of major stressors such as poverty and unemployment. We further analyzed the psychological and physical cost of these stressors and their long-term impact. We examined the role of universal basic income and closely looked at income experiments that were implemented in the past, in terms of their effectiveness in enhancing the community as well as individual outcomes and propose the UBI as a tool for alleviating the impact of these stressors. At a time when a major pandemic (e.g., COVID-19) threatens economic stability and health globally, we believe the UBI is relevant now, more than ever.

Social Work Researchers Go to Camp

Not Just Play ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 149-164
Author(s):  
Dana R. Dillard ◽  
Stacey R. Kolomer ◽  
Katharine Hanavan
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Post Traumatic Growth ◽  
Psychosocial Difficulties ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Long Term Impact

“Social Work Researchers Go to Camp” offers an overview of camp-related studies published by social workers over the past two decades. Summaries of research are organized by the following categories of camps: bereavement; serious illness, injury, disability, and other challenges; learning disabilities and psychosocial difficulties; and foster care. A section focuses on research with social workers as camp volunteers and staff. The authors argue for the benefits of increasing the quantity of camp research by social workers and research about camp social work practice. Suggestions include engaging in evaluation studies and long-term impact research, as well as pursuing potential topics such as post-traumatic growth research.

Nepal’s Survival Strategies During the Shah Era

Unity Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 175-189
Author(s):  
Phanindra Subba
Keyword(s):  
Survival Strategies ◽  
Small States ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Small State ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Physical Size ◽  
The Past ◽  
The North ◽  
Long Term Impact

Nepal is one of the few countries in the world which was never colonized during the hey-day of colonial era. She is bounded on the north by China and on the three other sides by India. Compared to these Colossi, Nepal is significantly weaker in terms of demography, economics, military strength and physical size. Nepal is, thus, a typical small state. There are several strategies that small states can employ to compensate for their weaknesses, ensure security, and secure a measure of influence over other actors. Small state literature exposes that such states can choose from strategies such as entering into alliance with a great power, hedging, neutrality, balancing, and band– wakening. Currently, this paper explores a trajectory of survival strategies that Nepal adopted during the Shah era on the basis of the analysis of crucial events that occurred during this period from perspectives of small state theories. The paper is based on the study of relevant books, documents and articles on small states amidst international affairs in global spheres. The joint rise of India and China is transforming the strategic landscape of Nepal’s neighborhood and will have a profound and long-term impact on Nepal. Nepal in the past has demonstrated a stubborn ability to survive by adapting to changing geopolitical situations. Although the present-day world is far more complex, lessons from the past are worth reconsidering because there are instances of similarities to the present. Furthermore, some aspects of strategy are constant.

Prejudice Reduction: Progress and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 533-560
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Levy Paluck ◽  
Roni Porat ◽  
Chelsey S. Clark ◽  
Donald P. Green
Keyword(s):  
Research Effort ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Prejudice Reduction ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Structural Interventions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Theoretical Innovation ◽  
Long Term Impact

The past decade has seen rapid growth in research that evaluates methods for reducing prejudice. This essay reviews 418 experiments reported in 309 manuscripts from 2007 to 2019 to assess which approaches work best and why. Our quantitative assessment uses meta-analysis to estimate average effects. Our qualitative assessment calls attention to landmark studies that are noteworthy for sustained interventions, imaginative measurement, and transparency. However, 76% of all studies evaluate light touch interventions, the long-term impact of which remains unclear. The modal intervention uses mentalizing as a salve for prejudice. Although these studies report optimistic conclusions, we identify troubling indications of publication bias that may exaggerate effects. Furthermore, landmark studies often find limited effects, which suggests the need for further theoretical innovation or synergies with other kinds of psychological or structural interventions. We conclude that much research effort is theoretically and empirically ill-suited to provide actionable, evidence-based recommendations for reducing prejudice.

The Long-Term Impact of Promotions on Consumer Stockpiling Behavior

1998 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl F. Mela ◽  
Kamel Jedidi ◽  
Douglas Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Packaged Goods ◽  
Consumer Packaged Goods ◽  
Purchase Incidence ◽  
Shopping Trips ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
Purchase Quantity

Although brands have increased their promotional spending substantially in many categories over the past decade, panel-based research into consumer stockpiling behavior typically has assumed that consumers’ decisions regarding whether and how much to purchase have remained invariant to this increase. The authors develop a varying parameter model of purchase incidence and purchase quantity to ascertain whether this increase in promotions has affected households’ stockpiling decisions in the long term. The authors estimate the model on the basis of more than eight years of panel data for a frequently purchased, nonfood, consumer packaged-goods product. The results suggest that consumers’ stockpiling behavior has changed over the years. The increased long-term exposure of households to promotions has reduced their likelihood of making category purchases on subsequent shopping trips. However, when households do decide to buy, they tend to buy more of a good. Such behavior is indicative of an increasing tendency to “lie in wait” for especially good promotions. This change appears to have some deleterious ramifications for category profitability.

Rendering Inuit cancer “visible”: Geography, pathology, and nosology in Arctic cancer research

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-225
Author(s):  
Jennifer Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Diagnostic Category ◽  
Disease Category ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
The Past ◽  
Epidemiological Features ◽  
Cancer Trends ◽  
Historical Trajectory ◽  
Long Term Impact

ArgumentIn August of 1977, Australian pathologist David W. Buntine delivered a presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia in Melbourne, Victoria. In this presentation, he used the diagnostic category of “Eskimoma,” to describe a unique set of salivary gland tumors he had observed over the past five years within Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Center. Only found amongst Inuit patients, these tumors were said to have unique histological, clinical, and epidemiological features and were unlike any other disease category that had ever been encountered before. To understand where this nosological category came from, and its long-term impact, this paper traces the historical trajectory of the “Eskimoma.” In addition to discussing the methods and infrastructures that were essential to making the idea of Inuit cancer “visible,” to the pathologist, the epidemiologist, and to society at large, this paper discusses how Inuit tissue samples obtained, stored, and analyzed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, came to be codified into a new, racially based disease category – one that has guided Canadian and international understandings of circumpolar cancer trends and shaped northern healthcare service delivery for the past sixty years.

scholarly journals Urban resilience

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802110522
Author(s):  
Edward L Glaeser
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Urban Crisis ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Urban Renaissance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Long Term Impact

Will COVID-19 end the urban renaissance that many cities have experienced since the 1980s? This essay selectively reviews the copious literature that now exists on the long-term impact of natural disasters. At this point, the long-run resilience of cities to many forms of physical destruction, including bombing, earthquakes and fires, has been well-documented. The destruction of human capital may leave a longer imprint, but cities have persisted through many plagues over the past millennia. By contrast, economic and political shocks, including deindustrialisation or the loss of capital city status, can enormously harm an urban area. These facts suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic will only significantly alter urban fortunes if it is accompanied by a major economic shift, such as widespread adoption of remote work, or political shifts that could lead businesses and the wealthy to leave urban areas. The combination of an increased ability to relocate with increased local redistribution or deterioration of local amenity levels, or both, could recreate some of the key attributes of the urban crisis of the 1970s.

scholarly journals Social Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Responding to Urgent Social Needs

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisela Redondo-Sama ◽  
Virginia Matulic ◽  
Ariadna Munté-Pascual ◽  
Irene de Vicente
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Organizational Responses ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
The Impact

Social work during the COVID-19 crisis has faced one of the most challenging times to cover urgent social needs in an uncertain scenario. This study analyzes the immediate responses in social work to vulnerable groups in the first 15 days of the pandemic in Barcelona, one of the most affected areas worldwide by COVID-19. The sample for this qualitative study includes 23 semi-structured interviews with social workers from different fields of intervention, from general approaches (primary care) to specific ones (health, ageing, homeless, and justice). The data analysis followed the communicative methodology, including transformative and exclusionary dimensions, and the analytical categories focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social services users, the organizational responses of social workers, and the impact of the interventions to cover urgent social needs of attendees. The interventions have been accompanied by an improvement in communication channels with vulnerable groups, ensuring an understanding of the situation of families and individuals, and covering the most urgent social needs. The study shows the key role of social workers from diverse social attention tools and their contribution to the sustainability of social services with a long-term impact.

scholarly journals Whatever happened to Tuatapere? A study on a small rural community

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Pam Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Rural Culture ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Rural People ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Do So

Social workers working in the rural community do so within a rural culture. This culture has developed from historical and cultural influences from the generations before, from the impact of social and familial changes over the years and from current internal and external influences. These changes and influences make the rural people who they are today. This study was carried out on a small rural community in Western Southland. The purpose was to examine the impact on the community of social changes over the past 50 years. Eight long-term residents were interviewed. The results will be discussed within this article. 

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