scholarly journals Local and Community Well-Being through Community Based Tourism – A Study of Transformative Eff ect

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 77-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rojan Baniya ◽  
Unita Shrestha ◽  
Mandeep Karn
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Community Attachment ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Hospitality Education ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
The Individual

Poverty alleviation through community development is well-accepted agenda throughout the globe. One of the recognized tools for such community development endeavors has been community-based tourism. Not only an atecendent of development, community based tourism can have transformative effect on the individual, community and society as a whole, contributing to momentous transformative service movement. This formed the basis of this study. The research focuses primarily in two communities based tourism. Although the research is conducted at two different locations of Nepal, this study’s findings can help guide other similar programs. The findings of the study are encouraging, firstly, it shows CBT can have transformative effect on individual, community and society as a while - people involved in CBT have better individual wellbeing, with satisfaction in their life and better community attachment. In terms of financial wellbeing and psychological needs, CBT seems to fulfill these requirements. Then secondly, it has identified the reasons behind failure of CBT as deficiency in proper mechanism, insufficient scope of coverage, lack of local engagement and empowerment On the positive side, CBT has been successful in stimulating local economy in terms of tourist in flow, enhance the historical heritage, culture, traditions etc., promoting local tradition, generating income promoting local entrepreneurship and produces. The economic impact of CBT is found to be significant. And thirdly based on the outcomes a strong advocacy for CBT is proposed, and this study stands as an attempt to contribute to TSR movement. This research positively links transformative service and community-based tourism together, which has strong future implication.Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education 8 (2018), page: 77-96

scholarly journals Social Responsibility and Community Development in Vermont’s Food Business

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Conner ◽  
Rocki-Lee DeWitt ◽  
Shoshanah M. Inwood ◽  
Michael Archer
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Nutrient Management ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Firm Age ◽  
Broad Array

Businesses are increasingly expected to contribute to community development and sustainability. This exploratory research examines how food and agriculturally-based Vermont businesses are defining the concept of social responsibility (SR), incorporating it into their enterprises, and linking their enterprises to their communities. We develop indicators of SR and use them to examine qualitative interviews of 20 food entrepreneurs. We find that these businesses expressed commitment to and claimed actions to contribute to a broad array of SR goals, including community (with specific mention of employee well-being and improved access to healthy foods), local economy, and the environment. In many cases the respondents cited measurable impacts their actions made such as employee retention, food access, improved farm nutrient management and support for and assistance to local businesses. Contrary to prior studies, firm age did not have a measurable impact on SR values or practices. However, we found evidence of a U-shaped relationship between SR and scale, where small and large firms were more highly engaged and medium scale ones slightly less so. Implications focus on strategies for improved metrics for validation of impacts.

Early childhood educators’ workplace well-being: It’s everyone’s right!

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 322-335
Author(s):  
Catherine Jones ◽  
Melissa Johnstone ◽  
Fay Hadley ◽  
Manjula Waniganayake
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Disease Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Early Childhood Educator ◽  
Sequential Mixed Methods ◽  
Healthy Workplace ◽  
The Individual

Extant literature on Early Childhood educator workplace well-being focuses on the disease model of well-being, with studies mainly addressing stress and burnout. There is a paucity of research conceptualising healthy workplace well-being for educators and an absence of theorising to frame, understand and enhance Early Childhood educator workplace well-being. This paper reports on Phase 2 of an exploratory sequential mixed methods study, which aimed to explore the individual, relational, and contextual factors influencing healthy workplace well-being. Using Phase 1 interview findings (Author, blind for review), a survey was developed to investigate predictors on workplace well-being in early childhood services in Australia. The survey drew on the sub-theory ‘Basic psychological needs’ of Deci and Ryan’s Self-Determination Theory. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that autonomy, relatedness, and competence predicted workplace well-being even after controlling for demographic and organisation variables.

scholarly journals Contribution of community-based sociotherapy interventions for the psychological well-being of Rwandan youths born to genocide perpetrators and survivors: analysis of the stories telling of a sociotherapy approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Biracyaza ◽  
Samuel Habimana
Keyword(s):  
Personal Growth ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Health Intervention ◽  
Individual Growth ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Positive Functioning ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Background Psychological well-being (PWB) refers to inter- and intra-individual levels of positive functioning that include one’s relatedness with others and self-referent attitudes that include one’s sense of mastery and personal growth. PWB consists of hedonism and eudaimonia building on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Sociotherapy is a community-based health intervention that contributes to the promotion of PWB worldwide. Starting from an analysis of trauma transmitted from the perpetrators and survivors of the Rwandan genocide to their descendants, this article is aimed at exploring the contribution of therapeutic sessions to PWB among youth. Method A qualitative study design based on shared testimonies was carried out. Field reports from the sociotherapists, written texts, and testimonies of changes presented in the conviviality meetings were analyzed using transactional analysis. We included 24 reflexive texts upon completion of 8 months of the therapeutic program. Results Results indicated that before sociotherapy sessions, youth born to genocide survivors and perpetrators had psychosocial distress, including low self-esteem, hopelessness, anxiety, stigma, thoughts of revenge, shame, depression, and antisocial behaviors. Sociotherapy significantly contributed to the reduction of these psychosocial problems. Participating youth reported feeling safe, trusted, respected, and healthier than before the sociotherapy. This intervention created inner healing, social cohesion, alleviated their sufferings of trauma, restored their families and contributed to community resilience. Results revealed that youth developed PWB, helping them to what appeared to be psychosocial problems as being potentially healthy, enhancing self-acceptance, and respecting humanity. Youth also became the vector for the reconciliation and reconstruction of their humanity. Conclusion Sociotherapy is a community health intervention that has an effective outcome on the personal well-being of of youth. This therapy impacted the individual, social, and familial resilience of youth who developed their capacity to regain and maintain health. The intervention restored their PWB, characterized by increased positive functioning specifically in the areas of autonomy, ecological mastery, individual growth, purpose in life, good relationships with others, and improved self-esteem.

scholarly journals A community-based participatory research approach to understanding social eating for food well-being

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Nadina R Luca ◽  
Marsha Smith ◽  
Sally Hibbert
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Food Service ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Social Eating ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Food Charity

‘Social eating initiatives’ are a specific type of community-based food service that provides opportunities for people to eat together in local spaces using surplus food. These initiatives provide a meal that is fresh, affordable and more environmentally friendly than fast or convenience foods. In this research, we build upon the food well-being model to explore how food consumption is experienced in these community settings and the role of social eating projects in shaping the different dimensions of people’s foodscapes. We adopted a community-based participatory approach and engaged in a series of dialogues with staff volunteers and coordinators at four ‘social eating initiatives’. We also conducted 45 interviews with service users and volunteers at three sites in the Midlands region.   The role of community-based food initiatives responding to hunger by utilising surplus food to feed local populations is often conceptualised critically. The conjoining of food insecurity and surplus food appears to instrumentally feed customers and reduce food wastage, but in ways that are stigmatising, and which position customers as passive recipients of food charity. However, closer attention to the experiences of staff, volunteers and customers at these spaces, reveals them as sites where knowledge and experience of food is being developed with this contributing to a sense of well-being beyond nutrition. Shared food practices and eating together contribute to social capital and are important dimensions of food well-being that are significantly restricted by food insecurity. The ‘food well-being’ model envisages a shift in focus from health, defined as the absence of illness, towards well-being as a positive relationship with food at the individual and societal level. In the concluding remarks of this article, it is suggested that this holistic conception is required to understand the role and function of social eating initiatives.

scholarly journals Mindfulness “in” Education as a Form of Iatrogenesis

2021 ◽  
pp. 154134462098723
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Brito ◽  
Stephen Joseph ◽  
Edward Sellman
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Adverse Side Effects ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Mindfulness In Education ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Positive Side Effects ◽  
Critical Literature

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) can result in positive “side effects,” such as concentration and individual well-being, highly desirable to schools operating within a neoliberalist agenda emphasizing performativity. However, employing a critical literature review, we argue that adverse side effects also occur, though under-researched. We engage critical and systems theories, within a broader complexity paradigm, to show how MBIs manifest as a form of “iatrogenesis,” whereby a “sleight of hand” occurs, offsetting systemic fallibility as individual culpability. Iatrogenesis provides both “cancer” and “cure,” the source of much stress and the means to cope, leaving systems under-critiqued whilst the individual is expected to adjust to this logic. Guised like this, MBIs may do more harm than good, obfuscating deeper transformation of self and society. We conclude by uniting with those who argue the need to embrace more authentic and holistic versions of mindfulness for individual and social transformation to occur.

What should be measured to assess the quality of community-based palliative care? Results from a collaborative expert workshop

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Nicole Williams ◽  
Nicole Boumans ◽  
Nicole Luymes ◽  
Nancy E. White ◽  
Manon Lemonde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Substantial Contribution ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Objectives The need for palliative care (PC) will continue to increase in Canada with population aging. Many older adults prefer to “age in place” and receive care in their own homes. Currently, there is a lack of standardized quality indicators (QIs) for PC delivered in the community in Canada. Methods A one-day workshop collected expert opinions on what should be measured to capture quality PC. Three brainstorming sessions were focused on addressing the following questions: (1) what is important to measure to support quality PC, regardless of setting? (2) Of the identified measures, are any of special importance to care provided in the home? (3) What are the challenges, barriers, and opportunities for creating these measures? The National Consensus Project (NCP) for Quality Palliative Care framework was used as a guide to group together important comments into key themes. Results The experts identified four themes that are important for measuring quality, regardless of care setting, including access to care in the community by a multidisciplinary team, care for the individual with PC needs, support for the informal caregiver (e.g., family, friends), and symptom management for individuals with PC needs. Two additional themes were of special importance to measuring quality PC in the home, including spiritual care for individuals with PC needs and home as the preferred place of death. The challenges, barriers, and potential opportunities to these quality issues were also discussed. Significance of results PC experts, through this collaborative process, made a substantial contribution to the creation of a standardized set of QIs for community-based PC. Having a standardized set of QIs will enable health care professionals and decision makers to target areas for improvement, implement interventions to improve the quality of care, and ultimately, optimize the health and well-being of individuals with a serious illness.

scholarly journals Nilai Sense of Community pada Kesejahteraan Psikologis dalam Menghuni (Housing Well-being): Studi Meta-analisis

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Intan Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Residential Community ◽  
Analysis Strategy ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Individual

<div class="Section1"><div class="Section1"><p class="IABSTRAK"><strong>Abstract:</strong> Well-being appreciates as a holistic unity of one's potential and a state where individuals can receive strengths and weaknesses, have a purpose in life, develop positive relationships that lead to personal growth wherever individuals are, especially in their neighborhoods. The shelter that spawned a housing well-being that looked at the potential benefits optimally could be likened to where he/she lived. Housing well-being requires reflective and formative as a benchmark to assess the welfare of individuals in their dwellings. Formative indicators point to the evaluation of the satisfaction of residential features, while reflective indicators look at the gap between expectations and existing in the neighborhood, one of which is in the neighboring neighborhoods that are part of the residential community. Sense of community is an early stage in the individual to see the community. Based on the map of existing research results in terms of residential satisfaction. The study used this meta-analysis strategy to examine the results of previous research on the consistency between the sense of community in shaping housing welfare. This meta-analysis study resulted that a sense of community contributing to housing welfare.</p><p class="IKEYWORDS"><strong>Abstrak: </strong>Kesejahteraan psikologis dijelaskan sebagai suatu pencapaian yang holistik dari potensi psikologis seseorang dan suatu keadaan ketika individu dapat menerima kekuatan maupun kelemahan, memiliki tujuan hidup, mengembangkan relasi positif yang bermuara pada pertumbuhan pribadi dimanapun individu berada, terlebih dalam lingkungan tinggal­nya. Konsep kesejahteraan psikologis inipun berkembang dalam lingkup hunian yang mencetuskan perspektif kesejahteraan psikologis dalam menghuni (<em>housing well-being</em>) yang memandang pada pencapaian potensi secara optimal beserta fungsi psikologis positif seseorang terhadap tempat tinggalnya. Pada indikatornya, <em>housing well-being</em> mensyaratkan reflektif dan formatif sebagai tolak ukur untuk menilai kesejahteraan psikologis individu pada huniannya. Indikator formatif menunjuk pada evaluasi kepuasan menyeluruh fitur hunian, sementara indikator reflektif melihat pada senjang antara harapan dan kenyataan yang ada di lingkungan tinggal, salah satunya adalah kepuasan dalam bertetangga yang merupakan bagian dari komunitas tinggal. S<em>ense of community</em> merupakan tahap awal dalam diri  individu  untuk  melihat  komunitasnya.  Berdasarkan peta penelitian  diperoleh  hasil bahwa terdapat peran <em>sense of community</em> dalam <em>housing well-being</em>. Penelitian yang meng­gunakan strategi meta-analisa ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji hasil-hasil penelitian yang telah dilakukan peneliti sebelumnya tentang kekonsistenan antara <em>sense of community</em> dalam membentuk <em>housing well-being</em>. Studi meta-analisis ini menghasilkan bahwa <em>sense of community</em> memberikan kontribusi terhadap <em>housing well-being.</em></p></div></div>

scholarly journals Behavioral assessment of shelter dogs submitted to different methods of environmental enrichment

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rubia Avlade Guedes Sampaio ◽  
Yanna Nascimento de Figueiredo Martins ◽  
Francisca Maria Sousa Barbosa ◽  
Camilla Ingrid Queiroz Franco ◽  
Maria Duarte Kobayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Enrichment ◽  
Behavioral Assessment ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stereotyped Behavior ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Shelter Dogs ◽  
The Individual

ABSTRACT: Environmental enrichment is a dynamic process consisting of a set of activities designed to meet the ethological and psychological needs of animals. It stimulates the natural behavior of each animal species improving the well-being of the individual and avoiding the development of stereotyped behaviors. The present study aimed to assess the potential benefits that four different types of environmental enrichment would bring to the quality of life of shelter dogs. Twenty dogs were observed for 6 hours daily for 5 consecutive days in the first week in order to assess and document their behavior patterns in an experimental kennel. Between the second to the fourth week, 3 forms of game and 1 type of food enrichment were used in the first 4 days of each week. On the fifth day of each week, behavioral patterns were recorded and later compiled and analyzed according to the Tukey test. Statistical analysis showed significant differences in behaviors associated with lying down, standing up, and licking. Based on our findings, we concluded that the use of environmental enrichment methods through different types of games and toys in shelters decreased signs of depression and stereotyped behavior of kennelled dogs. Results of the present study showed that these tools may help improve life quality of these animals.

scholarly journals Approaches to Community Development in Nigeria, Issues and Challenges: A Study of Ebonyi State Community and Social Development Agency (EB-CSDA)

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry E. Udu ◽  
Sunday O. Onwe
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Development Agency ◽  
Needs Assessments ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

<span lang="EN-US">The study examined the activities of the Ebonyi State Community Based Social Development Agency (EB-CSDA), particularly on poverty reduction in the rural communities of Ebonyi State. Survey and content Analytical Approach were adopted. Data were extensively drawn from documentary papers, publications, oral interviews, direct observation and the use of structured questionnaire distributed to 400 sampled respondents from rural communities in the 13 LGAs of the State. Findings reveal that despite efforts of successive governments aimed at reducing poverty, the scourge has remained pervasive. EB-CSDA however, is rated high in the provision of micro-projects to the rural communities but its approach is group- targeted rather than on the individual poor. Consequently, the paper recommends among others that adequate background studies should be undertaken to understand the demographic characteristics of the rural communities to enable development agencies target their efforts on the real poor based on sufficient needs assessments of recipients.</span>

Reflections On… Occupational Therapy and Assertive Community Treatment

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Krupa ◽  
Debbie Radloff-Gabriel ◽  
Elizabeth Whippey ◽  
Bonnie Kirsh
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Assertive Community Treatment ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Treatment ◽  
Psychiatric Disabilities ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Health And Well Being

Occupational therapists can play a valuable role on Assertive Community Treatment Teams (ACT). ACT is a widely disseminated, community based model of service delivery for individuals with severe psychiatric disabilities and high support needs. This paper discusses the generalist and specialist functions of occupational therapists within ACT. It is argued that occupational therapy addresses the occupational health and well being of ACT clients by intervening at three levels: the individual, the program and the community. This occupational focus is consistent with the ACT goal of enhancing community adjustment and quality of life. The paper concludes with a discussion of the opportunities and the constraints that face occupational therapists working within ACT.

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