'I believe that the staff have reduced their closeness to patients': an exploratory study on the impact of HIV/AIDS on staff in four rural hospitals in Uganda

Expectancy theory has been utilized by organizational psychology to explore the expectations and valuations of individuals in various professions. This study employs expectancy theory to clergy, investigating pastors' personal motivations, or values, for assuming pastoral ministry and the subsequent expectation that these values will be honored by their activities within the pastorate. The responses of 235 pastors from Catholic and Protestant denominations on a 24-item questionnaire devised to gauge pastoral motivation and adapted to assess pastoral expectations were factor analyzed and correlated in this exploratory study. The analysis yielded four robust factors. The first two motives found to be dominant were the pursuit of a Christian Way of Life and Anthropocentric Altruism. Anthropocentric Egoism and Theocentric Egoism, although secondary motivations, were theoretically meaningful in the understanding of pastoral motivations and expectations. The impact of expectations upon pastoral well-being and resilience against burnout is discussed.

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Marital Satisfaction of Portuguese Families in Times of Social Lockdown

The Family Journal ◽

10.1177/10664807211009809 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 106648072110098

Author(s):

Carla Sílvia Fernandes ◽

Bruno Magalhães ◽

Sílvia Silva ◽

Beatriz Edra

Keyword(s):

Marital Satisfaction ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Social Economic ◽

Future Research ◽

Marital Relations ◽

The Social ◽

The Family ◽

Convenience Sampling ◽

Global Threat ◽

The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global threat and crisis situation, and its wide-reaching impact has also affected marital satisfaction. Dysfunction of the marital system puts the survival of the family unit at risk. This research aimed to determine the level of marital satisfaction of Portuguese families during the social lockdown and the association between the variables under study. A descriptive, exploratory study was conducted. During the social lockdown, 276 people of Portuguese nationality and residing in Portugal were recruited using nonprobabilistic convenience sampling. Marital satisfaction in the pandemic phase showed low values that may be associated with the social, economic, and political context experienced by the pandemic situation. Future research must be carried out in order to identify, prevent, and intervene in situations of violence. In addition, future research should explore not only marital satisfaction during the current pandemic but a more systemic assessment of marital relations during crises, expanding the impact of marital satisfaction in family functioning.

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The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Selected Business Sectors in South Africa

Studies in Economics and Econometrics ◽

10.1080/10800379.2007.12106420 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 29-52

Author(s):

L L Ellis

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

The Impact ◽

Business Sectors ◽

Hiv Aids

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Assessing antiretroviral therapy success in HIV/AIDS morbidity and mortality trends in Brazil, 1990–2017: an interrupted time series study

International Journal of STD & AIDS ◽

10.1177/0956462420952989 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 095646242095298

Author(s):

Augusto Cesar Lara de Sousa ◽

Tatiana de Araujo Eleuterio ◽

José Victor Afonso Coutinho ◽

Raphael Mendonça Guimarães

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Antiretroviral Therapy ◽

Burden Of Disease ◽

Interrupted Time Series ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Disability Adjusted Life Years ◽

Disability Adjusted Life ◽

Life Years ◽

The Impact ◽

Hiv Aids

To describe the trends of HIV/AIDS metrics related to the burden of disease for Brazil between 1990 and 2017 we conducted a timeseries analysis for HIV/AIDS indicators by extracting data from the Global Burden of Disease study. We calculated traditional prevalence, incidence and mortality rates, the number of years lost by HIV-related deaths (YLL) and disability (YLD), and disability-adjusted life years (DALY). We estimated time series models and assessed the impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on the same indicators. In the set of disability-adjusted life years (DALY), the highest weight of its magnitude was due to YLL. There was a decline, especially after 1996, of DALY, mortality and YLL for HIV/AIDS. However, YLD, incidence, and prevalence increased over the same period. Also, the analysis of interrupted time series showed that the introduction of HAART into health policy had a significant impact on indicators, especially for DALY and YLL. We need to assess the quality of life of people living with HIV, especially among older adults. In addition, we need to focus on primary prevention, emphasizing methods to avoid infection and public policies should reflect this.

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Exploratory study of the impact of project domain and size category on the detection of the God class design smell

Software Quality Journal ◽

10.1007/s11219-021-09550-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Khalid Alkharabsheh ◽

Yania Crespo ◽

Manuel Fernández-Delgado ◽

José R. Viqueira ◽

José A. Taboada

Keyword(s):

Exploratory Study ◽

Size Category ◽

The Impact

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An Exploratory Study of Length and Frequency of Internet Banking Usage

Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research ◽

10.3390/jtaer2010007 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 76-85

Author(s):

Booi Hon Kam ◽

Hernan Riquelme

Keyword(s):

Customer Satisfaction ◽

Foreign Exchange ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Internet Banking ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Market Segments ◽

Customer Base ◽

Banking Service ◽

The Impact ◽

Exchange Transactions

The advent of Internet has provided banks an opportunity to reduce costs, increase customer base, and mass customize by delivering their products and services through this medium. A flurry of studies on Internet banking (IB) has since emerged. The majority of these studies, however, have been directed to either IB adoption or IB service quality delivery. With few exceptions, the impact that customer satisfaction with e-banking service qualities has on IB usage remains unexplored. This study examines a sample of Australian IB users based on their frequency and length of usage. The results show that as customers become more acclimatized to IB, they use these services more often. Further, daily and frequent IB users are more pleased with “ease of use” and “aesthetics” and tend to use IB more for electronic fund transfer and foreign exchange transactions than the less frequent users. The findings suggest that banks need to develop more customized services since there are distinct market segments with different banking requirements.

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