Refugees’ Agency: On Resistance, Resilience, and Resources

This study set out to answer the question ‘Which kinds of agency do refugees perform when dealing with mental health problems of themselves and their children?’. Aiming to gain more insight in why it seems harder for refugee parents and minors than for the native population to talk to health professionals about their mental health and wellbeing, we combined two theoretical notions of agency to investigate a broad spectrum of informants’ behaviour. We conducted 25 interviews with 30 refugees from 8 countries (Syria, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Eritrea, Turkish Kurdistan, Vietnam), whose Dutch residence permit varied from 26 years to less than one year. Data were analysed through open and axial coding, followed by pattern analyses. Although sometimes refugees seek (mental) healthcare, at other times they show agency by doing ‘nothing’ or by deliberately using distracting activities to deal with severe stress. Making use of resources available to them, oftentimes refugees show agency in ways that are less visible to healthcare professionals, by surviving, showing resilience, and suffering. In these cases, we think healthcare for refugees should intervene in a non-medical way, e.g., by supporting them to obtain resources that help refugees to (re)gain agency.

Counteracting Hoax in Social Media Through Tabayyun By Islamic Student Community

This study aims to find out hoaxes on social media and how the form of tabayyun and its implementation can be a method of preventing hoaxes spread on social media. Using this type of research mixed methods with the design of the Sequential Exploratory Strategy. The subjects in this study N Total = 514 who were Muslim students at universities in Palembang City which were determined using purposive sampling technique. The data collection method used an online survey. Data analysis using coding techniques (open coding, axial coding and selective coding) version 9 of the Atlas.ti program and product moment analysis and testing for level categorization of the IBM SPSS version 24 program. This study found, first, the form of hoaxes on social media: 1) News lie; 2) False information; 3) Does not match the facts. Second, students have not implemented tabayyun optimally in responding to news on social media. The form of the application of tabayyun is to seek the truth by thinking critically, observing and confirming the news and information obtained.

Study of Staff Training at Educational Hospitals by Qualitative Approach

The essential resource for all organizations, mostly educational hospitals, for coping with changes is training of human resources. Staff training is accepted not only as an inevitable necessity for the growth and survival of the organization but also as part of the culture of the organization. That is why the research's main goal is to extract and classify concepts in the training of Staff the method of study was qualitative and had an inductive approach. In this regard, after reviewing the research context using semi-structured interviews, the data collected and analyzed. Considering this research's purpose, which is to design a staff-training model in educational hospitals, in-depth interviews were conducted with 13 experts in this field. In three stages, open coding, axial coding, and selective coding were performed. The thematic analysis technique was used to analyze the data from researchers' interviews in a peaceful environment and identify the model. A further advantage, particularly from learning and teaching, is that it is a method rather than a methodology. To ensure the Quality of the findings, the process of extracting concepts and coding monitored by expert researchers. Based on the results obtained from the software, training needs, training targets, training methods, training effectiveness, and educational hospitals identified by 58 codes. The results show that assessing needs of educational hospitals is the highest priority for staff training criteria.

Stigma Masyarakat terhadap Penderita Kusta di Kecamatan Batuputih Sumenep

Penyakit kusta selain mengganggu kesehatan dapat juga mengganggu kesejahteraan penderita dikarenakan stigma masyarakat yang buruk terhadap penyakit dan penderita kusta ini. Indonesia menduduki peringkat ketiga di dunia dengan penemuan kasus baru kusta terbanyak yaitu 17.202 jiwa pada tahun 2015 setelah brazil. Jawa Timur berada pada peringkat pertama dengan jumlah kasus baru kusta terbanyak pada tahun 2018 yaitu dengan jumlah 2.701 jiwa. Masyarakat yang masih kurang pengetahuan serta menganut keyakinan yang salah terhadap kusta beranggapan bahwa kusta merupakan penyakit kutukan dari Tuhan akibat dosa-dosa, penyakit guna-guna, dan penyakit yang diturunkan kepada anak-anaknya. Hal tersebut menimbulkan persepsi, sikap, dan perilaku yang buruk terhadap penderita kusta. Tujuan penelitin ini untuk mengetahui stigma masyarakat terhadap penderita kusta di Kecamatan Batuputih Sumenep. Metode penelitian ini yaitu kualitatif dengan menggunakan pendekatan fenomenologi. Jenis sampling yaitu Purposive sampling. Sampel yang digunakan yaitu sebagian masyarakat sebanyak 7 orang dan 1 orang informan kunci dari tenaga kesehatan di Kecamatan Batuputih Sumenep Tahun 2021. Pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara mendalam dengan teknik analisis data constants comparison analysis (open coding, axial coding, selective coding). Hasil penelitian didapatkan bahwa stigma masyarakat meliputi pengetahuan masyarakat, perasaan (ketakutan) masyarakat, pandangan masyarakat, sikap masyarakat, dan perilaku masyarakat terhadap penyakit dan penderita kusta. Stigma masyarakat terhadap penderita kusta masih ada diakibatkan masyarakat kurang pemahaman terkait penyakit kusta. Kesimpulan penelitian ini yaitu perasaan yang dialami secara subyektif oleh masyarakat dalam berbagai sudut pandang yang melatarbelakangi sehingga membentuk stigma. Hal ini dipengaruhi oleh faktor internal maupun faktor eksternal. Perlu adanya kerjasama antar profesional dan lintas sektor untuk mengatasi permasalahan ini sehingga mengurangi stigma masyarakat terhadap penderita kusta.

Fathers in the Care of Children with Disabilities: An Exploratory Qualitative Study

Objective: to explore the perception and experience of fathers of children with disabilities in caring for their children; to know their role and how these tasks impact their daily life, health and physical, mental and/or emotional well-being. Methodology: qualitative approach study with phenomenological design. The sample consisted of seven young fathers of underage children with various diagnoses. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews; the discourse analysis was carried out through open and axial coding processes. Three themes emerged from the results of the analysis: (1) shared responsibilities, (2) somewhat difficult to fit in, and (3) either you join or you split. Results: Fathers must readjust their work schedule, reduce their working hours, or give up their job altogether to take care of their children, as well as give up their social life. They lack time to enjoy their leisure time, to spend time with their partner, to take care of themselves. This involvement in caregiving generates an important occupational imbalance that has repercussions above all on their mental health. Conclusions: The sharing of caregiving tasks also impacts significantly on parents’ lives, it also takes away time and opportunities, and sometimes health and quality of life.

Physical education students’ usage and perceptions of a supplemental online health-related fitness knowledge curriculum (iPE)

The purpose of this study was to explore high school physical education students’ usage and perceptions of a supplemental online health-related fitness knowledge curriculum through the lens of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology. Individual interviews were conducted with 37 students who were enrolled in a ninth-grade physical education class. The course used an externally provided online curriculum designed to deliver and assess health-related fitness knowledge. Initial themes were generated using open and axial coding compiled into a codebook. The codebook was pilot-tested and finalized following peer debriefing sessions. Four main themes were developed: Home(room), Alone; Easy to Use, Easier to Ignore; Disconnected and Conflicted; and Low Value, Low Priority. Students completed their online work alone, but location and devices varied. Most thought the online platform was easy to navigate, and many completed multiple modules at once. Students sensed that the online content was disconnected from face-to-face physical education and questioned why they were required to engage in sedentary online learning for a physically active course. They also expressed difficulty understanding the value of the online content and assigned a low priority to completing it as a result. Implementing a supplemental online physical education curriculum presents challenges given the relative novelty of the modality within the subject. This study highlights the important role system design plays in the online learning process. It also illustrates the responsibility teachers have in helping students see the value of online learning opportunities by making connections to their own lives.

The sociology student’s communicative personality in learning in the pandemic discourse

The article studies the transformation of the communicative personality in terms of learning space digitalization and formation of the main components of the sociology students’ communicative competence in the transition to distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis of a communicative personality is performed. In-depth interviews and group interviews were used as data collection methods. The interviewees are students of the Faculty of Sociology of MSU attended their graduation courses in full-time and distantly. The interview guide is represented by questions corresponding to individual parameters of the communicative personality. The empirical data analysis method is axial coding. The specificity of individual characteristics of the students’ communicative personality, remotely learning the profession of a sociologist, was revealed. The article highlights the motivation for entering the educational communicative process, the absence of the cognitive aspect’s direct influeence on the new education format, and the transformation of ethical component of communicative personality.

Manager profile in organizations providing social services: Evidence from the Czech Republic

A profile of manager represents characteristics of a person performing a managerial position, i.e., it includes qualities such as knowledge, skills, and competencies within a specific specialty that provides the ability to carry out managerial duties and responsibilities successfully. The reason for obtaining this information is to build a profile of managers in organizations providing social care, as this area has not been elaborated in detail in the Czech Republic.This study aims to identify and describe the profiles of managers in organizations providing social services in the South Bohemian Region. The study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 24 managers of selected organizations providing social services in the South Bohemian Region until the information obtained was sufficient. Data were processed using open, selective, and axial coding. Managers were asked about their job descriptions, their skills and education, and the specifics of their duties and responsibilities within their organizations. The results show that manager profiles are influenced by the type of organization and the organization’s funding. The results of the study showed that specific managerial duties and responsibilities are based on the type of social service provided. These duties and responsibilities are also based on the clients of services and the frequency of services provided. AcknowledgmentThis study was financially supported by the project “Selected aspects of social work management”, registration number GAJU 052/2019/S (Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice).

Defining diversity in groupwork: A relational exploration

One of the basic assumptions underlying all traditional definitions is that diversity is a characteristic of an individual or a group, which is a problematic to groupwork. This paper explores Phases 1 and 2 of a multi-method research project exploring groupworkers’ understandings of diversity and how their perceptions impact their approach to group processes, with implications for group practice advancement. The project consists of sequential phases following a mixed-methods design. In the initial phase, in-depth semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted individually with 24 groupworkers. While the second phase (phase two) consisted of 4 focus groups involving theoretical and criterion sampling strategies to interview experienced therapeutically-oriented groupworkers in Western and Eastern Canada. The analysis was guided by Glaser and Strauss’s (1967) constant comparative method involving open-coding, followed by axial coding, and concluded with selective coding. Groupworkers reported feeling overwhelmed and, in some cases, “paralyzed” by the complex diversity present in their groups. These findings suggest attention to group diversity renders it potentially more relevant and salient. We also found the levels and complexity of diversity increased as the reflection by groupworkers deepened. In keeping with the traditional aims of groupwork, attending to diversity goes beyond the group to include responses to diversity in the organizational and community contexts. Dialogue and change in organizational responses to diversity is important in the areas of organizational climate, allocation of resources, and agency policy and procedures. Accordingly, offering groupworkers and members tools to attend and navigate diversity in situ is a first step towards recognizing its presence and importance. A critical step in moving forward is to examine the nuances of diversity and move beyond thinking of diversity in terms of demographic variables.

SINERGISITAS AKADEMISI DAN PRAKTISI AKUNTAN FORENSIK DALAM MENGHASILKAN BIBIT UNGGUL AKUNTAN FORENSIK

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis respons pemakai lulusan akuntan forensik terhadap fenomena ketidaksinkronan antara peran akademisi dan praktisi akuntan forensik dan untuk mengungkapkan praktik kolaborasi antara peran akademisi dan praktisi akuntan forensik dalam menghasilkan bibit unggul yang kompeten dan mampu melakukan pendeteksian fraud dalam memberantas fraud. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Pemilihan sampel pada penelitian ini menggunakan metode cluster sampling. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui pengamatan dan wawancara mendalam. Analisis data dilakukan dengan pengkodingan dalam beberapa tahapan, yaitu open coding, axial coding, dan selektif coding. Hasil penelitian ini adalah secara konseptual terdapat ketidakpuasan yang dialami oleh pemakai lulusan karena kurikulum pada perguruan tinggi belum dapat mencetak lulusan dengan kompetensi yang dibutuhkan oleh pemakai lulusan. Kaum akademisi dan praktisi dapat berkolaborasi secara khusus dalam menciptakan suatu strategi perancangan kurikulum, sehingga dapat dihasilkan lulusan unggul yang mampu bersaing dan melakukan pendeteksian dan pengungkapan fraud pada lapangan kerja di lembaga pemerintahan tempat pengabdian. ABSTRACTThis study aims to analyze the response of users of forensic accountants graduates to the phenomenon of asynchronous between the roles of academics and practitioners of forensic accountants and to reveal the practice of collaboration between the roles of academics and practitioners of forensic accountants in producing superior seeds who are competent and able to detect fraud in eradicating fraud. This research is qualitative with a phenomenological approach. The sample selection in this study used the cluster sampling method. Data was collected through observation and in-depth interviews. Data analysis was carried out by coding in several stages, namely open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. The results of this study are conceptually there is dissatisfaction experienced by graduate users because the curriculum at universities has not been able to produce graduates with the competencies required by graduate users. Academics and practitioners can collaborate specifically in creating a curriculum design strategy, so that superior graduates can be produced who are able to compete and detect and disclose fraud in employment in government institutions where they are dedicated.