If Not Now, when?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Knobel
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Public Service ◽  
News Organization ◽  
Newspaper Editors

This chapter contains conclusions and prescriptions for strengthening watchdog reporting. To that end, this chapter presents ten recommendations resulting from this research. These are directed to newspaper editors, as they are most likely to drive the changes needed to make public service journalism all that it can be. Any news organization implementing these recommendations would be able to produce more accountability reporting and more deep investigative and watchdog reporting than ever before. In addition, this chapter provides one more recommendation—this time directed at the readers: subscribe to the local paper. Even better: subscribe to both a local and a nationally focused newspaper, as spending money to support the work of newspapers is one of the best investments to improve one's quality of life and the quality of our democracy.

Perceptions towards the quality of public services in Romania. Poor outcomes of public administration reforms?

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-285
Author(s):  
Claudia Petrescu ◽  
Flavis Mihalache
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Public Services ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Administration Reform

Public services represent an important dimension of quality of society, as they create the contextual conditions for people to further their quality of life. Romanian public administration reform has brought about a constant institutional transformation, which has influenced both the specific features and the quality of the services. This article aims to analyse trends regarding the perceived quality of public services in Romania, in European comparative perspective, using the data of the European Quality of Life Survey (2003–2016). The article aims to understand the low satisfaction with public services in Romania against the background of the public service reform measures taken by government in this period. The article describes the context of Romanian public administration and public service reform, the most important public policy measures adopted and the most important challenges. The lack of vision in the public service reform, the partial introduction of reform elements, the permanent and, sometimes, conflicting changes are issues that may have influenced the way in which the population perceives the quality of public services. The decentralisation process of public services and the insufficient allocation of public funds for delivering such services at local level might have an impact on their quality and quantity perceived by the population. Keywords: public services; public administration reform; citizens’ satisfaction; New Public Management; New Weberianism.

scholarly journals PRÁTICAS CONTEMPORÂNEAS DE DESIGUALDADE DE GÊNERO E QUALIDADE DE VIDA NO TRABALHO NO SERVIÇO PÚBLICO

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Mariane Bezerra Nóbrega ◽  
Rodrigo Leite Farias de Araújo ◽  
Luiz Gustavo Paixão da Gama
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Federal Institute

Este artigo teve como objetivo “analisar a ocorrência de práticas contemporâneas de desigualdade de gênero no Instituto Federal do Amapá campus Santana e a possível influência na Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho (QVT) dos ser vidores”. Foi observado o projeto “Roda de Conversa com a Reitora”, para verificar se ocorreriam situações de bropropriating, gaslighting , mansplaining e/ou manterrupting e aplicado aos servidores um questionário adaptado à realidade em questão . Nas rodas de conversas foram observadas práticas de bropropriating e manterrupting. Pode se dizer que o campus se encontra em um estágio satisfatório de QVT dos servidores e apresenta percepção de gênero positiva. AbstractThis article aimed to analyze the occurrence of contemporary practices of gender inequality in the Federal Institute of Amapá campus Santana and the possible influence on the Quality of Life at Work (QVT). The project "Conversation Wheel with the Reitora" was observed, to verify if there would be situations of bropropriating, gaslighting , mansplaining and/or manterrupting , and applied to the servers a questionnaire adapted to the reality in question . In the results of the conversational wheels practices of bropropriating and manterrupting were observed. It can be said that campus is in a satisfactory stage of QVT of the servers and presents positive gender perception.KeywordsGender ine quality;Quality of life at work Public service; Contemporary practices.

Television, Quality of Life and the Value of Culture

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hesmondhalgh
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Cultural Markets ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Uk

This chapter foregrounds two concepts that need to be central in discussions about the future of television in the UK: quality of life, and the value of culture. It makes four main claims: (i) television can contribute to quality of life in important ways, but we should not understand that contribution in terms of ‘consumer preferences’; (ii) television's contribution to quality of life should be thought of in terms of what it enables people to do or to be; (iii) television markets, if not well constructed and regulated, are unlikely to enhance cultural quality of life adequately, because high-quality television is a particular form of ‘merit good’ and is therefore likely to be underproduced; and (iv) digitalisation does not remove the fundamental problems surrounding cultural markets and quality of life — it makes a public service ‘common provider’ more important.

scholarly journals URBAN SPORTS SERVICE STRUCTURE FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONTEXT

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (spe) ◽  
pp. 108-110
Author(s):  
Rizhong Liang
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service System ◽  
Service Model ◽  
The Public ◽  
Perfect Performance ◽  
Evaluation Mechanism

ABSTRACT With the improvement of the quality of life, the residents’ requirements for the construction of urban public sports services have gradually improved. In order to improve the current urban public sports service system, this study analyzes the existing public sports service through the construction of public sports service model. The results show that the current construction of public sports service has some defects, such as single construction subject, unbalanced regional development of sports service, lack of perfect performance evaluation mechanism of sports public service, and so on. Therefore, in the process of public sports service construction, we need to pay attention to the diversification of construction subjects, the cultivation of residents’ awareness of physical exercise, the improvement of performance evaluation mechanisms of sports public services, and the broadening of investment channels. These measures can improve the urban public sports service system from the perspective of public health, and create better quality public sports services. This study analyzes the problems existing in the construction of public sports service by building a model, and puts forward some suggestions for improvement, hoping to provide ideas for scholars who study related experiments.

scholarly journals Nicotinism and the knowledge of consequences of laryngectomy among university students.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Hamerlińska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
University Students ◽  
Laryngeal Cancer ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Nicotine Addiction ◽  
Everyday Functioning ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
The Subject

Nicotine addiction is currently one of the most serious health and social problems worldwide, which contributes to the development of numerous diseases, including, above all, laryngeal cancer, which may lead to laryngectomy. The consequences of losing one’s larynx are irreversible. The objective of the study presented in this paper was to describe the knowledge of the consequences of radical laryngectomy among students pursuing a variety of majors. The study covered 194 people (119 non-smokers and 75 smokers), who took part in diagnostic survey based on a bespoke questionnaire. Based on the study in question, the author determined that the level of knowledge about the consequences of laryngectomy among the majority of students is average to low, while smoking students have an average awareness of these consequences. Moreover, it turned out that age, gender, major and the number of smokers in students’ closest circles do not determine the knowledge about the subject at hand. The results of the study indicate that the anti-smoking public service campaigns addressed to youth should include information about both the risk of diseases and their consequences, which may significantly reduce the quality of life and hinder everyday functioning.

Self-Compassion and Quality of Life in Adults Who Stutter

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2097-2108
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Croft ◽  
Courtney T. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
The Self ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Adults Who Stutter ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify levels of self-compassion in adults who do and do not stutter and to determine whether self-compassion predicts the impact of stuttering on quality of life in adults who stutter. Method Participants included 140 adults who do and do not stutter matched for age and gender. All participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale. Adults who stutter also completed the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering. Data were analyzed for self-compassion differences between and within adults who do and do not stutter and to predict self-compassion on quality of life in adults who stutter. Results Adults who do and do not stutter exhibited no significant differences in total self-compassion, regardless of participant gender. A simple linear regression of the total self-compassion score and total Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering score showed a significant, negative linear relationship of self-compassion predicting the impact of stuttering on quality of life. Conclusions Data suggest that higher levels of self-kindness, mindfulness, and social connectedness (i.e., self-compassion) are related to reduced negative reactions to stuttering, an increased participation in daily communication situations, and an improved overall quality of life. Future research should replicate current findings and identify moderators of the self-compassion–quality of life relationship.

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