Author Correction: Challenges of Faith-Based NGO Intervention in Community Development: a Case Study in Bangladesh
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Source: Global Social Welfare - August 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Barriers of Financial Support Towards Successful Aging Among the Participants of Activity Center for the Older Persons in Malaysia
This study adopted a qualitative case study approach using an in-depth case interview, where a thematic analysis technique was used to present study findings. This study involved 24 elderly people in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and government agencies which were related to the social welfare of the elderly. Results showed that the lack of awareness and knowledge, poor family relationships, low household incomes, and institutional constraints were among the barriers of financial support faced by the elderly which have led to a lower quality of life and thus hindered progress towards successful aging. The study recommends to min...
Source: Global Social Welfare - August 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Vulnerabilities of River Erosion –Affected Coastal Communities in Bangladesh: a Menu of Alternative Livelihood Options
AbstractIn the context of generally limited research on the subject, this study aims to (i) unravel the nature, forms, and manifestations of socioeconomic and psychological vulnerabilities of the river erosion –affected coastal communities in Bangladesh and (ii) suggest a number of alternative livelihood options in order to reduce the vulnerabilities. It draws on a mixed-method approach. The fieldwork was conducted in three unions representing three upazilas (sub-districts) of the Bhola District. Quanti tative data were collected using a structured interview schedule from 371 household heads, while the qualitative data w...
Source: Global Social Welfare - August 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Impact of a Cyclonic Disaster on Coastal Communities in Bangladesh: Possible Community-led Interventions Towards Sustainable Disaster Recovery
AbstractBased on extensive doctoral fieldwork, this article explored the impacts of Cyclone Aila on a coastal community in Bangladesh and subsequently proposed some community-led interventions towards sustainable disaster recovery. There has been a very limited academic investigation on the subject, and the findings of this study may generate useful lessons and tips for both academics and practitioners especially in the field of disaster recovery. The study employed a mixed method research design, where quantitative data were collected through a face-to-face structured interview schedule from 230 Aila (disaster) affected c...
Source: Global Social Welfare - August 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in India: Is Empowerment a Protective Factor?
AbstractThis paper explores if women ’s empowerment is a protective factor against intimate partner violence (IPV) using a nationally representative, cross-sectional sample of 45,211 ever-married women in India. Descriptive statistics were used to examine women’s empowerment, and differences in individual-level and household-level characteristics among the sample. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess the contribution of the indicators of women’s empowerment in predicting past-year and lifetime physical and sexual IPV. Women who possessed a secondary education or higher, owned property, and had high i...
Source: Global Social Welfare - August 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Community-Based Interventions for Vulnerable Women: a Case of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust
AbstractThis paper is based on a qualitative case study of the victimized women seeking help from a local office of the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust in Sylhet, Bangladesh. It attempts to unveil the reasons behind seeking help from this agency, its intervention strategies, and the actual outcome. Ten cases were studied through interviews with service recipients and agency personnel and analysis of case records. The Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust tries to solve the problem of domestic violence or family conflicts through mediation meetings involving community leaders and relatives of complainants and defe...
Source: Global Social Welfare - August 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Stressful Life Events and Their Unique Associations with Psychosocial Outcomes: a Gendered Analysis Among High School Adolescents
ConclusionsFindings provide insights into how exposures might engender different mental health processes and outcomes, and how these processes may manifest differently across gender. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - August 12, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Constraints to Women Participating in Public Works for Improving Income-Generating Activities in Selected Districts Vis-a-vis Productive Safety Net Program of Ethiopia
AbstractThe study was carried out to identify constraints that women face for improving income-generating activities with particular reference to Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) project areas in Daro Labu and Lasta Districts of Ethiopia. A qualitative research approach using a descriptive design was employed. Field observation, survey and focus group discussion, and key informant interview were used for collecting data from 98 respondents, and the data were analyzed using thematic analysis and narration. The study revealed that the support made to poor women through public works of Productive Safety Net Program is neg...
Source: Global Social Welfare - August 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Smartphone Addiction and Bonding Social Capital Among University Students of Youth Community in Bangladesh
AbstractThe main objective of this paper was to examine the effects of smartphone addiction on bonding social capital among the university students in Bangladesh, for which measurement of smartphone addiction has been a correlated precondition of the study. In this connection, the main argument of this paper is that the accessibility of online-based smartphone apps alarmingly increases the compulsive use of smartphone mainly among the youth community in Bangladesh. The study employed a social survey method where data were collected through a face-to-face interview with a structured questionnaire. The study used a stratifie...
Source: Global Social Welfare - August 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Politics of Microcredit Facilities as Pro-poor Intervention in Solving Gender Inequality in Ghana: the Political Settlement Perspective
AbstractPoverty is ubiquitously chronic in Sub-Saharan Africa. Interventions to reduce the entrenched inequality by several government regimes have received mixed results as political elites spearhead many of these programs-cum-institutions hence moderate their full manifestation. Using the political settlement theory, the study interrogates the management of microcredit interventions in Ghana. In-depth interviews from multi-stakeholder groups reveal that Ghana ’s political climate adversely impacts the full expression of the pro-poor intervention in empowering women and reducing poverty. The study again reveals that the...
Source: Global Social Welfare - August 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Challenges of Faith-Based NGO Intervention in Community Development: a Case Study in Bangladesh
AbstractThe intervention of faith-based non-governmental organizations in the development area is no more an ignored topic due to their comprehensive coverage in humanitarian assistance, rise of global identity politics, and the changing ideological view of development donors and policymakers. However, such engagements are prone to criticisms. This paper aims to report the qualitative findings highlighting the strengths and challenges of faith-based non-governmental organizations in community development, based on a broader convergent parallel mixed-method study of the first author ’s PhD work. The study was conducted in...
Source: Global Social Welfare - August 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Combating the Spread of COVID-19 Through Community Participation
AbstractIndia has a vast population with a weak public health system, which is vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic. Economically and physically, India is in a state of considerable risk of the COVID-19 pandemic. Community participation through various measures is the only way to limit the spread of the virus. The present study investigates the possibility of social intervention and involvement in controlling the pandemics and its cascading effect. The study identifies 5 ‘S’, namely, segregation, sensitization, social fencing, solidarity, and social services, to control the disease through people’s participation that ...
Source: Global Social Welfare - July 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Loneliness Among Elderly Widows and Its Effect on Social and Mental Well-being
AbstractLoneliness is an unpleasant feeling within which an individual finds oneself under strong emptiness and depression due to the poor social connections and consequently leads to deterioration of one ’s well-being. This phenomenon may become even worst in the case of older adult widows. Therefore, the current research aimed to analyze the moderating effect of education and skill among loneliness of adult widows on their social and mental well-being. The data was collected from 200 widows (60 years old or above) of government pensioners (scale 1 to 16) who receive their pensions from the National Bank of Punjab (NB...
Source: Global Social Welfare - July 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Exploring the Nexus Between Microfinance Activities and Economic Wellbeing at the Grassroots: Evidence From an Emerging Market Economy
AbstractPurposeThis paper investigates the effect of microfinance activities on the economic wellbeing of individuals at the grassroots. It specifically investigated the effect of microfinance interest rates, microfinance products/services and microfinance social support on grassroots economic wellbeing. Furthermore, it examines how microfinance activities, such as social support and lending, interact to impact the economic wellbeing of beneficiaries at the grassroots.Design/Methodology/ApproachThe study used a sequential exploratory mixed methods research design. First qualitative data was collected from ten purposively s...
Source: Global Social Welfare - July 12, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Factors Contributing to Challenges in Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Among Young People with Disabilities in Ghana
ConclusionYoung people with disabilities have challenges accessing SRHS. Therefore, there is the need for the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders to make it an intervention priority to train health personnel in the use of sign language and brails to equip them with knowledge and skills to enable them adequately ad dress the challenges YPWDs face in accessing SRHS. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - May 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
