Transitioning to SDGs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing National Context Variations and Disparities on the MDG#1 in Ghana
AbstractIntroductionPoverty in sub-Saharan Africa still remains a challenging one and this requires commitment, resources, and strengthening of human resources and implementing effective monitoring and evaluation systems through research to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Ghana is one of the countries in the sub-Saharan that has made significant gains on the MDG#1; however, there are sharp variations in national context. Ghana is composed of three ecological zones, the forest, the coastal and the dry savanna. Whereas the forest zone has relatively poverty conditions due to agricultural potentials, the sava...
Source: Global Social Welfare - September 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
An Exploratory Study into Social Welfare Policies and Social Service Delivery Models for People with Disabilities in China
AbstractThe article represents the findings of a study pertaining to the social service and income support needs of people with disabilities in Liaoning Province, northern China, and data for this research is based on the authors ’ research for the Department of Human Resources and Social Security, Liaoning Province, China. The article presents findings gained through an extensive review of literature pertaining to disability in China as well as an examination of Chinese government programs and policies and data collected through on-site interviews in China. For this research, 53 people were interviewed and the participa...
Source: Global Social Welfare - September 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Decisions of Scrapping the Subsidies in Kerosene Supply in India: How Will It Affect the Poor?
AbstractThis research aims at exploring the impact of scrapping kerosene subsidy on the welfare of the poor. In India, still 31 % of households use kerosene fuel as an alternative source of energy to illuminate their house, especially in rural India. Kerosene along with the other social security goods has been disbursed at a highly subsidised rate for a long time. Off late, a new policy vows at scrapping such subsidies as a strategy to reform and restructure the energy sector. Keeping these things in consideration, the study views scrapping policy as having an adverse impact on people. The present study employs the lates...
Source: Global Social Welfare - September 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Educating Youth About Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: a Systematic Review
AbstractThere has been growing attention focused on the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), with many policymakers, practitioners, and anti-human trafficking advocates stressing the importance of educating youth about CSEC. To examine the state of the literature on educating youth about CSEC, and to determine key recommendations about this topic, we systematically reviewed the peer-reviewed literature. Only 13 articles on educating youth about CSEC met our broad inclusion criteria (i.e., included some content on educating youth about CSEC and was published in English before or during April of 2017). In addit...
Source: Global Social Welfare - July 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Commentary: Equity and Exchange in Global Research-Practice Partnerships
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Source: Global Social Welfare - July 3, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Correlates of Female Sterilization in Bihar: Does Women ’s Empowerment Matter?
AbstractFemale sterilization is the most emphasized and utilized method of family planning in India. Recently, Bihar, one of India ’s most socially and economically disadvantaged states, has garnered national and international attention for government prompted, coercive measures to sterilize impoverished women (MacAskill,2013; Human Rights Watch,2012). Using data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), this study examined the association between factors of women ’s empowerment and female sterilization controlling for sociodemographic characteristics in the state of Bihar. Logistic regression analysis was restr...
Source: Global Social Welfare - June 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Integrated Behavioral Health and Social Work: a Global Perspective
AbstractMental health and substance use disorders, in combination referred to as behavioral health, significantly impact lives across the world and represent a considerable proportion of the global disease burden. The intent of integration of physical and behavioral health is to increase access to services while promoting treatment of the whole person. Because many countries are undergoing transformation of their healthcare systems, this paper offers a comparative analysis of integrated models of behavioral healthcare between the USA, the UK, and China. Integrated care occurs on a spectrum, and therefore, this paper outlin...
Source: Global Social Welfare - June 2, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Limited Public Healthcare Coverage as Binding Child Welfare Constraint: a Perspective of Selected Southern States in the USA
This article operationalizes limited public healthcare coverage as medical neglect in child welfare context and reflects on the potential link between adequate healthcare coverage and child welfare in selected southern states. A review and synthesis of secondary data obtained from the Kaiser Commission Research, Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) National Health Interview Survey Data, Child Welfare Gateway, and Annie E. Casey Foundation ’s Kids Count data book are presented. The data shows that improvement in healthcare coverage and outreach efforts does not correlate to the lower child well-being index in s...
Source: Global Social Welfare - June 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Understanding Ebola in West Africa: Applying Human Ecology Theory
AbstractThis paper applies human ecology theory to the context of the Ebola virus in order to improve our understanding and implementation of public health standards in West Africa. Human ecology theory rests on the premise that humans interact with their environment to create an ecosystem. Put another way, humans and the environment are interdependent. Such interdependence is driven by two sets of rules: (1) physical and biological laws of nature (i.e., survival) and (2) human-derived rules (i.e., social norms, education, nurturing relationships, etc.). An important conclusion of this analysis is that, thanks to adequate ...
Source: Global Social Welfare - June 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Internalised and Social Experiences of HIV-Induced Stigma and Discrimination in Urban Ghana
AbstractHIV-induced stigma and discrimination remain a prevalent global challenge especially in low-income countries which may compromise the emotional and social well-being of people living with HIV (PLHIV). Despite the efforts so far, the incidence of HIV-related stigma remains high in Ghana. Drawing on the Goffman ’s theory of social stigma and interpretivist research paradigm, the paper explores the lived experiences of 123 PLHIV in HIV-endemic cities in Ghana. Findings suggest that PLHIV largely suffer from three levels of stigma—internal, received and associated—with complex discriminatory dimensions . PLHIV ar...
Source: Global Social Welfare - June 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Securing Food Through the Public Distribution System: Evidence from Odisha
This study also explores the process of procurement, storage, and distribution of commodities in Odisha. The study shows that PDS in Odisha is functioning reasonably well and has significantly improved over the years, but the amount of grain and quality of the commodities provided are far from satisfactory. There are still large exclusion and illegal inclusion errors in the system and bribing for ration card is a common practice. Suggestions and necessary policy recommendations have been made to make the current system more efficient. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - June 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
