Anthropologists & Sudanese Refugees: Cultural Exchange in the Heartland

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Mary Willis ◽  
Robert Hitchcock
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Social Service Agencies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
University Of Nebraska Lincoln ◽  
The University ◽  
Sudanese Refugees ◽  
Resettlement Programs

For nearly two decades, Lincoln, Nebraska has served as a refugee resettlement site for programs administered by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), a division of the Administration for Children and Families, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Recently, anthropologists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) have begun collaborations with (1) Nebraska HHS, (2) social service agencies, (3) resettlement programs, (4) health departments and service providers, (5) churches, (6) policy makers, and (7) Sudanese refugee community members to increase mutual understanding of US and African cultures and to highlight the relevant skills, ideologies and needs each brings to the domestic resettlement process. This paper describes some of the ongoing applied research among Sudanese refugees and emphasizes the need for, and appropriateness of, development anthropologists working within domestic resettlement programs and systems.

scholarly journals The politics of health policy knowledge transfer: the evolution of the role of British health economics academic units

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor MacKillop ◽  
Sally Sheard
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Health Economics ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Health Policy Decision ◽  
Academic Units ◽  
The University

Economics is now central to health policy decision making, within government departments and the National Health Service. We examine how and why a health economics academic unit ‐ the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) at the University of York, England ‐ was created in 1983, funded and commissioned to provide research evidence to the British government, specifically the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) and its successors. Building on the knowledge transfer literature, we document the origins of this relationship and the different strategies deployed by successive governments and researchers. This paper demonstrates the value of historical methodologies such as oral history and textual analysis that highlight the limitations of existing knowledge transfer theories, by foregrounding the role of politics via the construction of individual relationships between academics and policy-makers.

Bilingualism and Second Language Learning

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 50-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Cummins
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Cultural And Linguistic Diversity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Resettlement Programs

Interest in the phenomena of bilingualism and second language learning among both researchers and policy-makers has continued to grow during the past five years. The continued salience of these phenomena is due in part to the rapid growth in cultural and linguistic diversity in industrialized societies brought about by increased immigration and refugee resettlement programs. Policy-makers are naturally concerned to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of programs that teach the dominant societal language(s) to both children and adults.

scholarly journals Improving Indigenous health through better medication management: an overview

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte de Crespigny ◽  
Inge Kowanko ◽  
Helen Murray ◽  
Carolyn Emden ◽  
Scott Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Department Of Health

This paper provides an overview of a major South Australian research project with implications for the health of all Indigenous Australians. The researchers set out to explore the medication needs of Aboriginal people with mental health problems and found that most Aboriginal people have to deal with profound challenges to social and emotional wellbeing with significant medication implications. No previous research had investigated the problem of medication use by Aboriginal people in metropolitan, rural and remote locations to the depth and extent of this project. The research therefore is of widespread relevance and holds interest for many Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals and groups, consumers, service providers and policy-makers. As a research team comprising Indigenous and non-Indigenous members, we were committed to implementing strategies in the course of the project with immediate benefit to project participants as well as longer-term impact on improved use of medications. The design of the project enabled these strategic interventions and we are pleased to promote this model to other researchers. Recommendations from the project concern services, coordination of care, carers and family members, workforce education, and community development. Readers are advised where the project report and other published papers can be accessed. The project was funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.

scholarly journals Working towards Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Care in the Refugee Resettlement Process: Qualitative Inquiry with Refugee-Serving Professionals in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Hyojin Im ◽  
Laura E. T. Swan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
Trauma Informed Care ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Resettlement Programs

Trauma-informed care (TIC) approaches have gained popularity in various contexts of human services over the past decades. However, relatively little has been explored about how it is applicable and built into services for refugee populations in resettlement programs. This study explores the current status of the application of TIC in refugee-serving agencies and identifies perceived and experienced challenges and opportunities for culturally responsive TIC in the United States. As designed as part of the evaluation of state-wide refugee health promotion programs, this study conducted individual interviews with 78 refugee service providers from five resettlement sites. Despite the burgeoning interest and attempt to embrace TIC, our findings show that there is clear inconsistency and inexperience in TIC adaptation in resettlement programs. This study highlights that TIC that is culturally responsive and relevant to refugee trauma and acculturation experiences is a vital way to address the chasms between refugee-specific programs and mainstream services including mental health care systems. This study also discusses community resources and opportunities to bridge the deep divide and substantial gaps between mental health services and refugee resettlement services and to address comprehensive needs around mental health and wellness in the refugee community.

Nebraska Innovation Studio

2019 ◽  
pp. 158-182
Keyword(s):  
Learning Communities ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Community Members ◽  
New Members ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
White Boards ◽  
3D Printers ◽  
University Of Nebraska Lincoln ◽  
The University ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship

The Nebraska Innovation Studio (NIS) is a university-based makerspace built on a membership model open to the faculty staff and students from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) and community members at large. The space is located in the newly developed Innovation Campus that sits between the two established university campuses of UNL. Consisting of 17,000 ft2 (1580 m2), the space is large and modern with idea strips consisting of TV monitors, peg boards, and white boards running throughout much of the space. NIS has received a number of donations to enable the purchasing of equipment including laser cutters, 3D printers, a long arm quilter, as well as a number of work tables and computers. Overall, the space is very welcoming to new members, with few rules and policies to distract from the making experience. Learning communities are formed through the hard work of NIS staff, which keep track of individual members' projects and interests and work to ensure they connect with like-minded makers in the space. NIS has impacted the community by opening a shared university space, with the community focused on innovation and entrepreneurship. This chapter explores the Nebraska Innovation Studio.

scholarly journals “We Feel Like We’re Home”: The Resettlement and Integration of Syrian Refugees in Smaller and Rural Canadian Communities

Refuge ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey Haugen
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Refugee Families ◽  
The Media ◽  
Rural Places ◽  
Feeling At Home

Despite the media attention to Syrian refugee families being welcomed, finding work, and feeling at home in small towns across Canada, little is known about resettlement and integration in smaller and rural communities. Addressing this knowledge gap, this study visited four rural communities across four provinces in an effort to highlight the experiences of smaller and rural communities and the refugees living there. Based on interviews and conversations with rural refugee sponsors and community members, Syrian refugees, and service providers, the findings tell a story of refugees being welcomed into rural and smaller communities and of communities coming together to support the newcomers and find solutions to rural challenges. The article concludes that rural places can have a lot to offer refugees, some of whom settle permanently in these areas, and their experiences should be included as part of the larger narrative of refugee resettlement in Canada.

Partner or perish: experiences from the field about collaborations for reform

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Boyer ◽  
Peter Orpin ◽  
Judith Walker
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Academic Leadership ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Research Theme ◽  
Value Sets

Collaborations between researchers, policy makers, service providers and community members are critical to the journey of health service reform. Challenges are multifaceted and complex. Partners come with a variety of challenging agendas, value sets and imperatives, and see the drivers for reform from different perspectives. Different skills are required for managing the partnership and for providing academic leadership, and different structural frameworks need to be put in place for each task in each project. We have found through a series of partnerships across our research theme of healthy ageing, and consequent translation into policy and practice, that significant and innovative effort is required for both the collaboration and the research to succeed. A shared understanding of the issues and challenges is a start, but not sufficient for longer-term success. In addition to managing the research, our experience has demonstrated the need to understand the different challenges faced by each of the partners, recognise and respect personal and organisational value systems, and to establish separate mechanisms to manage strong egos alongside, but outside of, the research process.

Technology to support relational care for people who use drugs at home: Literature review and key informant content

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-217
Author(s):  
Izabela Szelest ◽  
Lori Motluk ◽  
Helen Jennens ◽  
Jeannine Lagassé ◽  
Martin Tailleur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
People Who Use Drugs ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
At Home

Canada’s opioid crisis is a public health emergency that disproportionately affects people who use drugs alone at home, requiring the mobilization of health systems to implement timely, effective, and innovative programs. The purpose of this review is to provide a synthesis of recent literature relating to technology-enabled harm reduction strategies. The results of the literature review are corroborated with key informants, including family members of people who use drugs and policy-makers in the area of opioid use. Based on this, it is recommended that technology-enabled support programs for people who use drugs at home must deliver support at whatever point the person is along their drug use continuum, must transfer frontline relational skills, must be co-developed with community members and service providers, and must deliver predictable and reliable services that are safe from stigma.

An Investigation of Faculty Members' Engagement in Saudi Arabia

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-136
Author(s):  
Eman I AHMED
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Faculty Perceptions ◽  
Cognitive Engagement ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Faculty engagement has been proved to be a critical driver of the universities’ efficiency and effectiveness. The first step towards building an engaged workforce is to get a measure of faculty perceptions of their engagement level to their universities. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the faculty members' engagement in the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University. It examines the relationship between the faculty professional variablesand their level of engagement to their institutions. William Kahn's (1990) three-component model of employee engagement was partially adapted as a framework to measure the faculty members' engagement. A questionnaire was used to better address the objective of this study. The data were obtained from the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam University) through an internet-based survey. The validity and the reliability of the questionnaire has been evaluated and reported. Results of the analyses show that cognitive engagement is reported to be higher than both the emotional and physical engagement, with a mean rating of 4.040 and a standard deviation of .487, based on the five-point scale. Given the engagement level of the faculty members in this study, the university administrators should develop policies, and strategies that encourage and support engagement among faculty members at the University in order to maximize their engagement. Policy makers must also take into consideration the needs of the faculty members

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