scholarly journals Building Community Resilience via Developing Community Capital toward Sustainability: Experiences from a Hakka Settlement in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 9012
Author(s):  
Rung-Jiun Chou ◽  
Feng-Tzu Huang
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Sustainability ◽  
Community Capital ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Practical Factors ◽  
Healthy Community ◽  
Health And Well Being

Developing community capital is widely viewed as a way to address community resilience-related issues toward sustainability. Based on a Taiwanese, peri-urban, Hakka settlement, this article presents findings on the practical factors in the development of community capital via farm-to-table and community care, and their implications for a resilient, healthy community. It shows that community capital arising from the pond farming, pond education, and community service systems can interact to support its diversity and linkability. The pond-based social network is identified as the key to mitigating the impacts of community challenges regarding food safety concerns, environmental degradation, and aging population. It argues that the pond-based food landscape, communal network, and a borderless campus can enhance community capital as well as play significant parts in achieving community sustainability by promoting residents’ health and well-being.

Conclusion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Bonner
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Resources ◽  
Successful Ageing ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Healthy Community ◽  
Health And Well Being

This book has examined the social determinants of health using an interdisciplinary approach, showing that relative poverty and social capital will provide the resilience for an individual to experience a sense of well-being and lead to successful ageing, while lifestyle choices and the support of a healthy community will reduce vulnerability to negative health behaviours. It has also explained how personal well-being is related to the availability of personal, family and community resources. This conclusion considers the austerity policies and other highly contentious policy intentions in the Conservative Party's manifesto and highlights their implications for health and well-being, particularly the policy on social care known as the ‘dementia tax’. It argues that these regressive policies are being reinforced by a major economic impact on the UK economy from policies related to Brexit and concludes by emphasising the importance of a wholistic approach to inequality and well-being.

Responding to FASD: what social and community service professionals do in the absence of diagnostic services and practice standards

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 14-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerryn Bagley
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Fetal Alcohol ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Prevention Education ◽  
Constant Comparative Method ◽  
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum ◽  
Health And Well Being

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the experiences and practices of social and community service professionals working with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) or suspected FASD in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach The research examined professionals’ empirical experience of working with FASD or suspected FASD. In total, 21 participants working in practice settings relevant to dual diagnosis were interviewed, with each interview being of 1–2 h duration. The interview data were transcribed and coded using the constant-comparative method in order to derive themes. Findings Participants identified a number of barriers to understanding or working with FASD: the limited knowledge of FASD and the absence of FASD from training contexts, difficulty obtaining institutional support and the challenge of working without a diagnosis. Participants also articulated a range of strategies for approaching FASD within the identified barriers of their practice contexts, specifically: working with alternative diagnoses, focussing on adjusting expectations, adopting a strengths-based approach, actively advocating for clients when working with other sectors and systems and focussing on prevention education. Originality/value This research expands the knowledge base for social and community service practice in contexts where FASD maybe a factor contributing to poor health and well-being outcomes for clients. It clarifies the challenges that professionals face when encountering FASD or suspected FASD in their work, reveals key gaps in individual and systemic knowledge about FASD and provides new insight into what professionals do to address these challenges. It also adds to the body of research concerning FASD in the Australasian context more broadly.

Building community resilience in post-disaster resettlement in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Jamshed ◽  
Irfan Ahmad Rana ◽  
Joanna M. McMillan ◽  
Joern Birkmann
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Extreme Flood ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Post Disaster

Purpose The extreme flood event of 2010 in Pakistan led to extensive internal displacement of rural communities, resulting in initiatives to resettle the displaced population in model villages (MVs). The MV concept is quite new in the context of post-disaster resettlement and its role in building community resilience and well-being has not been explored. This study aims to assess the role of MVs in building the resilience of relocated communities, particularly looking at the differences between those developed by governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Design/methodology/approach Four MVs, two developed by government and two by NGOs, were selected as case studies in the severely flood-affected province of Punjab, Pakistan. A sample of 145 households from the four MVs was collected using a structured questionnaire to measure improvements in social, economic, physical and environmental domains and to form a final resilience index. Supplementary tools including expert interviews and personal observations were also used. Findings The analysis suggests that NGOs are more successful in improving the overall situation of relocated households than government. Core factors that increase the resilience of communities resettled by NGOs are provision of livelihood opportunities, livelihood skill development based on local market demand, training on maintenance and operation of different facilities of the MV and provision of extensive education opportunities, especially for women. Practical implications The results of this study can guide policymakers and development planners to overcome existing deficiencies by including the private sector and considerations of socioeconomic development whenever resettling communities. Originality/value In resilience discourse, resettlement of communities has been extensively debated based on qualitative arguments. This paper demonstrates an approach to quantify community resilience in a post-disaster resettlement context.

Evaluation of a Community-Based Participatory Research Consortium From the Perspective of Academics and Community Service Providers Focused on Child Health and Well-Being

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayne R. Pivik ◽  
Hillel Goelman
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Shared Commitment ◽  
Health And Well Being

A process evaluation of a consortium of academic researchers and community-based service providers focused on the health and well-being of children and families provides empirical and practice-based evidence of those factors important for community-based participatory research (CBPR). This study draws on quantitative ratings of 33 factors associated with CBPR as well as open-ended questions addressing the benefits, facilitators, barriers, and recommendations for collaboration. Eight distinct but related studies are represented by 10 academic and 9 community researchers. Even though contextual considerations were identified between the academic and community partners, in large part because of their focus, organizational mandate and particular expertise, key factors for facilitating collaboration were found across groups. Both community and academic partners reported the following as very important for positive collaborations: trust and mutual respect; adequate time; shared commitment, decision making, and goals; a memorandum of understanding or partnership agreement; clear communication; involvement of community partners in the interpretation of the data and information dissemination; and regular meetings. The results are compared to current models of collaboration across different contexts and highlight factors important for CBPR with community service providers.

Design interventions to repair migrants’ mental well-being: The ‘Culture in Mind’ healing space

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-153
Author(s):  
Eleni Kalantidou
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Intercultural Understanding ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Health And Well Being

The intention of this article is to present the transformation of a space that houses a migrant-oriented community service with a focus on mental health and well-being (Culture in Mind) into an inviting milieu, which fosters healing processes, intercultural understanding and community empowerment in Brisbane, Australia. This project, which was formed as a case study, is described through its ideation phase, the installation methods, the sourcing and use of reclaimed materials as well as the methods employed for the collection of data, including interviews conducted for the evaluation of the design interventions. In like manner, the outcomes of the data analysis are discussed in conjunction with evidence provided by relevant studies and photos collected through the documentation process. The final part of the article is dedicated to arguing the necessity of different understandings of mental health according to non-western cultural backgrounds so as to inform the design of mental health services and physical settings and enhance sentiments of privacy, safety and dignity for migrant patients.

Collaborative Remembering and Reminiscence in Older Adults

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda A. Henkel ◽  
Alison Kris
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Nursing Facilities ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Healthy Community ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Care Nursing

This chapter explores the ways in which remembering alone or with others shapes what older adults remember and what they forget, and how such memory activities impact their mental health and well-being. Two related but largely separate bodies of research on older adults are examined, one using a primarily laboratory approach to understand how and when collaborative remembering helps or hinders memory, and the other using descriptive and correlational studies about the functions and values of reminiscing and sharing one’s personal memories with other people. We examine the use and value of reminiscence in healthy community-dwelling older adults, as well as in older adults with some degree of cognitive impairment living in long-term care nursing facilities.

scholarly journals Needs of carers of people with long-term mental illness in Mid Glamorgan

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Cohen ◽  
Lisa Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Persistent Mental Illness ◽  
Informal Carers ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Consequent Increase

In recent years, the care of people with long-term and persistent mental illness has been shifting from institutional to community care with a consequent increase in the use of informal carers. Given that both professionals and carers are human resources contributing to the health and well-being of patients, it is surprising that so little research on the needs of carers or means to improve their effectiveness has been undertaken.

The role of public relations in building community resilience to natural disasters: perspectives from Sri Lanka and New Zealand

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-317
Author(s):  
M.K. Gayadini Imesha Dharmasena ◽  
Margalit Toledano ◽  
C. Kay Weaver
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Building Community

PurposeThe paper identifies a role for public relations in disaster management by analysing disaster and communication managers' understanding of community resilience and their use of communication in the context of two different cultural environments.Design/methodology/approachThe research study comprised 51 in-depth qualitative interviews with disaster managers in Sri Lanka and New Zealand, which were thematically analysed using the software programme NVivo 10.FindingsThe study identified cultural differences in Sri Lanka and New Zealand that impact on how managers' communicate in natural disaster situations. The findings indicated that public relations’ understanding of communities’ cultures, their communication, networking and lobbying skills could further enhance the effectiveness of efforts to build community resilience to disasters.Research limitations/implicationsNations are complex multicultural realities; the findings cannot be generalized to make claims about how natural disasters are managed in different national contexts.Practical implicationsThe paper identifies the unrealized potential of public relations’ expertise in communication, community relations, networking and lobbying to contribute to building community resilience to natural disasters.Social implicationsBy supporting efforts to build community resilience to disasters, public relations practitioners can contribute to social well-being in times of catastrophic natural disasters.Originality/valueThe paper adds an innovative perspective to public relations crisis literature by identifying the potential contribution of public relations’ concepts and practices to build community resilience to natural disasters. It demonstrates how sociocultural differences may affect disaster communication strategies.

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