scholarly journals MICRO FINANCE THROUGH WOMEN SELF-HELP GROUPS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1319-1322
Author(s):  
Raghu B.T ◽  
◽  
Venkatesha T.K ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Common Disease ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Community Ties ◽  
Self Help Groups

Self-help groups also known as mutual help, mutual aid, or support groups, or groups of people who provide mutual support for each other. In a self-help group, the members share a common problem, often a common disease or addiction. Their mutual goal is to help each other to deal with, if possible to heal or to recover from, this problem. In traditional society, family and friends provided social support. In modern industrial society, however, family and community ties are often disrupted due to mobility and other social changes. Thus, people often choose to join with others who share mutual interests and concerns.

Personal Needs and Social Goals: Issues in Professional Involvement with Victims' Self-Help Groups

1990 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea M. Kowaz ◽  
Ronald Roesch ◽  
Walter J. Friessen
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Social Goals ◽  
Psychological Benefits ◽  
Social Advocacy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Treatment Models ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Benefits And Costs

The past decade has seen an upsurge in the development of self-help groups encompassing mutual assistance and/or social advocacy dimensions. Although considerable analyses of the sociological functions of such groups have been conducted, the literature concerning psychological benefits and costs of membership, particularly in victim support groups which commonly combine these two dimensions, is sparse. The present article reports on a group therapy experience, where group participants were all active members of a self-help organization and had all lost family members in accidents involving drunk drivers. This experience highlighted the importance of a number of issues located at the intersection of social goals and individual needs, a grey area the authors believe will become a matter of increasing concern and challenge. Rising costs of health care and the search for alternate treatment models make these issues of special interest to those involved in community mental health. This article is addressed to clinicians and researchers, both of whom will be needed to bring greater understanding to issues emerging from the growth of victims' support groups.

TOPICS AND TANGENTS FOR MUTUAL HELP IN UNCERTAINTY

Africa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 510-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parker Shipton
Keyword(s):  
Change Over Time ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Generalize Input ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Over Time ◽  
As If

ABSTRACTSelf-help groups of varied kinds emerge when kinship, territorial governance or other accustomed associations prove unreliable. Interactions that appear helpful and mutual to one party need not always seem so to another. Shaping their character are not just reason and economic or political necessity, but also feelings, some of which humans share with other animals. These feelings often depend, however, on distinctly human symbolic and linguistic contrivances, sometimes of ironic kinds. Mutual help in Africa often spans generations, and by some interpretations both the living and the non-living. Rites and ceremonies can change over time in relation to other ones performed. Whether these conventions strengthen each other, as if by exercise, or substitute for each other in a more hydraulic way as a trade-off is hard to predict or generalize. Input from several sciences, once integrated with humanistic inquiry, may further enrich our understanding.

scholarly journals E-MODERATION IN COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE: A PROPOSAL BASED ON A PORTUGUESE ONLINE COMMUNITY DIRECTED TO SPECIAL NEEDS / E-MODERAÇÃO EM COMUNIDADES DE PRÁTICA: UMA PROPOSTA BASEADA NUMA COMUNIDADE ONLINE PORTUGUESA DIRECIONADA PARA NECESSIDADES ESPECIAIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksana Tymoshchuk ◽  
Teresa Sousa ◽  
Ana Margarida Almeida ◽  
Paula Santos
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Moderation Model ◽  
Convergent Approach ◽  
Self Help Groups

This article discusses the development of an e-moderation model for an online community in Special Education, whose objective is a more accessible communication between families and education and health professionals. The study used a development research methodology, which involved several complementary steps, including the analysis of existing e-moderation models and interviews with moderators of self-help groups in the area of Special Needs. The proposed e-moderation model presents a convergent approach to existing theoretical models and the practices and dynamics of mutual aid groups in the area of Special Needs. The development of this model has enabled the creation of an online community named Compartilha, that aims to promote the sharing of knowledge and resources among these education agents of children and young people with Special Needs. Este artigo aborda o desenvolvimento de um modelo de e-moderação para uma comunidade online em Educação Especial, cujo objetivo é uma comunicação mais acessível entre famílias e profissionais de educação e saúde. O estudo utilizou uma metodologia de investigação de desenvolvimento, que envolveu várias etapas complementares, incluindo a análise dos modelos de e-moderação existentes e entrevistas com moderadores de grupos de autoajuda na área das Necessidades Especiais. O modelo de e-moderação proposto apresenta uma abordagem convergente dos modelos teóricos existentes e das práticas e dinâmicas dos grupos de ajuda mútua no domínio das necessidades especiais. O desenvolvimento deste modelo permitiu a criação de uma comunidade online denominada Compartilha, que visa promover a partilha de conhecimentos e recursos entre estes agentes educativos de crianças e jovens com necessidades especiais. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0770/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals KAPITTEL 4 «Midt i smørøyet» – samarbeid og ambivalens i grenseflater mellom profesjons- og erfaringskunnskap

2019 ◽  
pp. 91-113
Author(s):  
Nora Gotaas
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Boundary Object ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
District Office ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Education Resource ◽  
Competence Centre ◽  
Help Model

The chapter discusses collaborations and «borderwork» between self-help/mutual aid activists and professionals by the example of the project Utviklingsprosjekt LINK Vestfold. The project was initiated and run by three patient education resource centres (LMS) in Vestfold county in 2009–2010, financially supported by the Directorate of Health and in close collaboration with the National Competence Centre Self-Help Norway. Essentially, the project was very successful, resulting in a broad and active network of professionals and volunteers and the formation of new self-help groups. The project paved the way for a new district office of the National Competence Centre. At the same time, the collaboration revealed certain tensions and ambiguities on both sides, originating in close similarities as well as important differences regarding the use and practice of experiential knowledge – as opposed to professional knowledge – by actors operating in between and on the fringe of established fields. The project highlights how processes of standardization of the self-help model (by Self-Help Norway) is met by kind of resistance and how self-help as a «boundary object» needs to be kept flexible to adjust to different local contexts. This may be an act of balance in a context where the self-help movement is the weaker part regarding institutional strength, in need of guarding the autonomy of self-help groups.

scholarly journals Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and Women Empowerment: A Study in Cooch Behar District of West Bengal, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rema Das
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Collective Decision Making ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Affinity Group ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Process And Outcome ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Self Help Group

Empowerment is an abstract, multi- dimensional and multi-level concept that can be both a process and outcome. It can be defined as the process of increasing the assets and capabilities of individuals or groups to make purposive choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes. A Self Help Group (SHG) is a small economically homogenous affinity group of 10 to 20 persons who come together to save small amounts regularly, mutually agree to contribute to a common fund, have collective decision making, or resolve conflicts through collective leadership and mutual discussion. The present study was undertaken in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal,

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