Analysis of the Effect of Social Capital on Household Poverty: Evidence from 2018 CFPS
AbstractIn the post-poverty eradication era, it is still important to increase the monitoring of urban and rural residents ’ poverty status and succession of poverty alleviation and protection policies. Taking social capital as the entry point, this paper uses the 2018 CFPS database to study the impact of social capital on household poverty, urban–rural heterogeneity, and the moderating effect of economic developmen t, in order to provide a policy reference for further consolidating the results of poverty eradication. The results find that social capital can significantly reduce the probability of household poverty, an...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Analyzing the Impact of Climate-Smart Agriculture on Household Welfare in Subsistence Mixed Farming System: Evidence from Geshy Watershed, Southwest Ethiopia
This study assesses the effect of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technology adoption on the welfare status of households in a subsistence mixed farming system in the Geshy watershed, South West Ethiopia. Due to the changing climate, characterized by changes in patterns of rainfall and rising temperature, the livelihoods of smallholder rural farmers in the Geshy watershed are highly threatened. For these households that are highly dependent on rain-fed agriculture, coping mechanisms, proper adaptation, and mitigation measures are hence important steps to secure household incomes and livelihoods. CSA offers this opportunity...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward Flood Volunteerism in Bangladesh: A Gender-Based Analysis with Policy Implications
AbstractThe main purpose of this study was to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of flood-affected communities toward volunteerism. The study focused on a gender perspective to show the level of differences. The study followed a quantitative approach to collect, analyze, and present the data. A total of 410 samples were randomly selected for the study. A structured questionnaire with bivariate and multivariate indicators was used to collect data. Chi-square test,t-test, central tendency analysis, and variance analysis were performed to assess the differences between female and male responses. Resul...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Lived Experiences of Low-Income Unmarried Women in Rural Botswana: A Narrative Approach
AbstractThe research explored the lived experiences of low-income single mothers, to understand the psychosocial life course pathways that might expose them to chains of risks. Studies have found a high prevalence of co-occurring poverty, single parenthood, unemployment, violence, and multiple life traumas among rural unmarried women. It is important to explore how single mothers are vulnerable to poverty and its many effects and how these factors heighten adverse experiences of unmarried rural women. Fifteen low-income unmarried Botswana mothers were purposively sampled. A narrative approach was used to collect data, allo...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Measurement and Determinants of Rural Women ’s Empowerment in Pakistan
This study aims to develop a comprehensive rural women’s composite empowerment index (RWCEI) and determine individual, household, and community-level factors of RWCEI by using data from 1881 women from the 2013–2014 Pakistan Rural Household Panel Survey. Factor analysis was use d to develop RWCEI from nine domains, fourteen sub-domains, and eighty-nine indicators. In the sample, rural women were empowered in free mobility, no domestic violence, and time allocation, while disempowered in education, awareness, and economic domains. Results of multi-level mixed effects ordere d logistic regression revealed that the highly...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Social Support for South African Caregivers of Children Living with Perinatally Acquired HIV
AbstractCaregivers of youth living with perinatally acquired HIV often face many demands in providing for their children. While there is increased attention towards the needs of their youth, social support for these adults is largely understudied. Longitudinal data from three waves of caregiver interviews (n = 316) from an RCT entitled the VUKA Family Program were used. This is a psychosocial family intervention based in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Mixed-effect multilevel linear modeling was used across time points (baseline, posttest, follow-up). A significant difference in social support was fou nd between the inter...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Role of Demographic and Socio-economic Factors for Influencing on Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services Among the Scheduled Tribe Women: An Experience from the EAG States of India
AbstractMaternal health is a significant public health issue in India ’s Empowered Action Group (EAG) states. Reducing maternal mortality is greatly helped by the proper use of maternal health care services. In the EAG states of India, the study intended to investigate how socio-economic and demographic factors affect maternal health care services for women who belo ng to scheduled tribes (ST). Data for the study have been primarily gathered from the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey in the years 2019–2021 and 17,870 women from scheduled tribes who were in the age range of 15–49 and had at least one li...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Community Perception of Climate Change and Extreme Heat Influences on Health: Study of Kolkata Metropolitan Region
This study aimed to understand community perception about climate change and extreme heat influences on health. It was conducted in the Kolkata Metropolitan Region through a comprehensive interview of 56 participants by using purposive sampling methods. The information was obtained through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The data was analyzed using the narrative analysis method based on the transcribed notes. The collected information was made into a summary and then categorized with the chronology. Information was presented in the subsections of urban expansion influence on the regional climate, contribut...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Parenting Challenges in Families of Children with a Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Research Study in Istanbul
ConclusionsMoving forward, the emerging social work profession should assist children who have been given a diagnosis of ASD and their parents in accessing mental and behavioral health and community-level resources, especially mothers, as they often bear the most responsibilities in Turkey. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Identifying and Evaluating the Socioeconomic Factors of COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Through an Integrated Multicriteria Decision Analysis Approach
AbstractThe governments have been facing the challenges to develop tailored strategies to decrease COVID vaccine hesitancy (CVH) and refusal and increase the acceptability and uptake to ensure the protection of public health. In Pakistan, it has been a great challenge for the government to increase the acceptability of the COVID vaccine. CVH has been a great hurdle to achieving this objective. The authors found it imperative to identify and evaluate the factors of CVH in Pakistan. For this purpose, the authors used an integrated multicriteria decision analysis method (MCDM) by combining Delphi and DEMATEL methods. The fact...
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
“It Saved My Life Three Times, I Could Have Died”: Exploring the Perceptions of Peer-Administered Naloxone Program in Spain
ConclusionFindings support that overdose death is potentially evitable through peer naloxone programs. Expanding access to naloxone programs could contribute to solving the opioid pandemic. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Continuous Spatial Mapping of the Use of Modern Family Planning Methods in Nigeria
AbstractThe prevalence of use of modern contraceptive has remained persistently low in Nigeria despite huge investments aimed at accelerated progress. Studies have indicated the existence of north-south divide in usage but the analysis at state levels conceals local variations since each Nigerian state is made of people holding different cultural and religious ideologies that shape their behaviour. We undertake a spatio-temporal mapping, at continuous spatial scale, of the prevalence of use of modern contraceptives among women of reproductive age (15 –49 years) in Nigeria using data from four waves of the Nigeria Demogra...
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies and Smallholder Farmers ’ Welfare: Evidence from Cashew Nuts (Anacardium occidentale) Farming System in Lindi, Tanzania
This study assessed the effect of the adoption of climate-smart cashew nut technologies on smallholder farmers ’ welfare in Lindi, Tanzania. Multivariate probit, endogenous switching regression, and inverse-probability-weighted regression adjustment were used for analysis. Empirical results on the levels of adoption revealed that 46.53% of the farm households planted improved cashew varieties, 79.21% used pesticides/herbicides, and 21.29% used inorganic fertilizers. Significant factors that influence the probability of interrelated adoption of climate-smart cashew nut technologies were off-farm income, extension contacts...
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Socio-psychological Development of Children in a Large Family
ConclusionThe conclusions obtained in the article can be used in the formation of the social policy of the state, in the course of teaching social and humanitarian disciplines, and in providing psychological counselling to the type of family under study. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - January 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A Cross-Sectional Examination of Educational Expectation Among Welfare Users in an Asset Building Program
AbstractThe Children ’s Savings Accounts (CSAs) program, an asset-building intervention, has gained increasing attention for its potential to elevate low-in families’ education expectations, college enrollment, and completion. Variations in program enrollment policy can lead to different levels of program participat ion among vulnerable populations. This paper examines the enrollment policy of one of the oldest CSA programs and explores program participation among a financially vulnerable group—welfare users. While welfare users were 43% less likely to expect their children to attend college, those who enroll ed in t...
Source: Global Social Welfare - January 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
