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Psychosocial Risk Management in the Teaching Profession: A Systematic Review

  • Wischlitzki, Elisabeth;Amler, Nadja;Hiller, Julia;Drexler, Hans
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.385-396
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    • 2020
  • Teachers are facing various job demands with psychosocial aspects being fundamental due to the nature of the occupation. Although teachers' work is associated with different psychosocial health risks, little is known on how to identify and tackle those. Thus, a systematic literature search as per the PRISMA statement was conducted via MEDLINE (PubMed), PSYNDEX (PubPsych), and ScienceDirect. Two reviewers independently screened 2261 titles and abstracts and 169 full-texts. According to the inclusion criteria established a priori, articles from peer-reviewed journals (English or German) on psychosocial risk management in teachers were incorporated. Despite a comprehensive and sensitive search, only four publications could be identified, outlining a process to implement risk management and different assessment tools. Taken together, data presented in the articles were scarce. Recommendations for process steps and the assessment of psychosocial risks can be derived from the findings. To implement effective psychosocial risk management in the teaching profession, further research is needed, though. Effective and practicable approaches, which are accepted by the target group, should be further developed and investigated. Relevant causes of occupational strain in the teaching profession must be identified and assessed reliably. Low-threshold interventions should be implemented, and the outcome must be evaluated afterward.

Development and Application of Social Equity Indicators for Evaluation of Bus Networks (시내버스 노선체계 평가를 위한 사회적 형평성 지표의 개발 및 적용성에 관한 연구)

  • Yang, Sun-Kyu;Chang, Hyun-Bong
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.24-35
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    • 2016
  • This paper developed social equity indicators for evaluation of bus networks. This paper divided the social equity is into 4 categories such as horizontal equity, horizontal accessibility, vertical equity, and vertical accessibility and social equity was defined as integrated concept of these individual indicators. A simulation was performed by using the newly developed indicators to the toy network. On the basis of the simulation result, the social equity indicators are significant to the relative comparison for each zone. And, it was proved that optimal bus network alternative could be different depending on inclusion of the social equity indicators. Thus, it enabled to evaluate the bus network, as a public resource, considering not only the economic efficiency but also social equity. This paper suggested evaluation method for bus network considering social equity using indicators newly developed.

Social Support and Hopelessness in Patients with Breast Cancer

  • Oztunc, Gursel;Yesil, Pinar;Paydas, Semra;Erdogan, Semra
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.571-578
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    • 2013
  • Background: Patients with breast cancer can experience a feeling of hopelessness very deeply in the adjustment process, and the social support provided during this period can be effective in increasing the level of hope. The present study aimed to identify breast cancer patients' social support and hopelessness level. Materials and Methods: The target population of this analytical study was all breast cancer patients (total of 85) who had treatment in the oncology department of a university hospital located in Adana/Turkey and who met the inclusion criteria. Data were collected through "Personal Information Form", "Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS)" and "Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support" (MSPSS). Analysis was performed using Shapiro Wilk, One Way ANOVA Welch, Student t-test, Mann Whitney U, and Kruskall Wallis tests. Homogeneity of variance was tested with the Levene, Bonferroni and Games Howell tests. Mean scores and standard deviation values are given as descriptive statistics. Results: Average age of the participants with breast cancer is $48.6{\pm}10.6$. Of all the participants, 84.7% are married, 49.4% graduated from primary school, 81.2% are housewives, and 82.4% had children. The participants' multidimensional perceived social support total scores were found to be high ($57.41{\pm}13.97$) and hopelessness scale scores low ($5.49{\pm}3.80$). There was a reverse, linear relationship between hopelessness scale scores and social support total scores (r=-0.259, p=0.017). A statistically significant relationship was found between hopelessness scores and education level and having children, occupation, income status, and education level of spouses (p<0.05). Conclusions: The present study indicates that hopelessness of the patients with breast cancer decreased with the increase in their social support. Therefore, activating patient social support systems is of importance in increasing their level of hope.

A Study on social policy strategies and the modalities of unemployment and poverty of European welfare states in the postindustrial society (후기산업사회에서 유럽복지국가의 사회정책 전략과 실업 및 빈곤의 양상에 관한 연구)

  • Baek, In Rib
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.403-442
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    • 2010
  • This study aims to configurate the contents of social policy strategies of European welfare states in the postindustrial society. The social policy strategy of the socialdemocratic regime consists of 'maintenance of statecentrism' and 'inclusion'. The contents of social policy strategy of the liberal regime are 'expansion of market forces' and 'increase of individual' self-responsibility'. The conservative regime adheres to the 'protection of male breadwinner; and 'income maintenance programs'. Due to these social policy strategies, the conservative regime has very high rate of unemployment. In the liberal regime, the high rate of poverty exists. In contrast, the socialdemocratic regime has low rates of unemployment and poverty and shows best social outcomes among the welfare regimes.

Analysis and Direction of Korea Rehabilitation for the Past 60 Years (한국 장애인재활 60년의 분석과 재활의 방향성)

  • Na, Woon Hwan;Lee, Im Kyu
    • 재활복지
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.1-24
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze that change of social environment, disability perspective and rehabilitation paradigm of Korea rehabilitation for the past 60 years and to propose future direction for rehabilitation of Korea. The major results of this study are summarized as follow : First of all, there is a disparity of 30 years between persons with disabilities and persons without disabilities for the perspective of social inclusion in Korea. Second, social environment is one of the most important effective variable on rehabilitation for persons with disabilities in Korea, it has been rapidly changed from agrarian society, going through industrial society and intellectual society, to convergence society. Third, disability perspective has been changing to universalist model with change of the social environment and also paradigm of the rehabilitation has been changing from the target of treat, education and training to the member of society that can empower and support persons with disabilities. Forth, rehabilitation policies have been changing from the welfare policies to the empowerment policies in company with change of paradigm. On the basis of the results, the following suggestions can be made : First, universalist model have to be permeated in the society at large. Second, rehabilitation paradigm should change to emphasize the holistic and universalist perspective. Third, the main purpose of rehabilitation policies are equality, mean and target of the policies are to emphasize universal services.

Utilization rate of dental implant for elderly in National Health Insurance in Korea (노인의 치과임플란트 건강보험 급여 이용률 현황)

  • Ryu, Jae-In;Jeon, Ji-Eun
    • The Journal of the Korean dental association
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    • v.57 no.9
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    • pp.496-503
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    • 2019
  • A dental implant has been covered by National Health Insurance (NHI) in Korea since 2014. Every year the age group covered was extended and the out-of-pocket payment was decreased. This study analyzed the dental implant utilization rate by the National Health Insurance customized DB during the last 5 years. As a result, the utilization rate has been rapidly increasing steeply. The differences by age and sex in the utilization rate of dental implants were explored. The inclusion of a dental implant in the NHI system contributed to improving the dental accessibility of the elderly in Korea. However, a deep discussion is needed whether it is appropriately provided to necessary patients. The utilization rate will increase further in the future. Therefore, continuous monitoring and critical policy review should be continued.

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Regional Level of Inclusive Development

  • Shashyna, Maryna V.;Butko, Mykola P.;Tulchynska, Svitlana O.
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.133-138
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    • 2021
  • The concept of inclusive development provides equal opportunities for all participants in access to the labor market and resource allocation. This concept emphasizes the equality of human capital, the ecological state of the environment, social protection and food security. This concept is fundamentally different from the standard perception of economic growth, because it has broader goals than simply increasing incomes and GDP. It rejects the position that positive results are an automatic consequence of growth; here the basic condition is human development and increase of its well-being, reduction of poverty. Therefore, it is not the result of distribution that becomes primary, but the involvement in the process of social reproduction. An alternative system of characterization of the country's position according to the resulting indicator of the Inclusive Development Index was presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In this research the methodical development of the system of estimation of the index of inclusive development for regions of the NUTS 4 level of the European classification is resulted.

Possibility of Inclusive Adaptation of The ABA Intervention at School

  • Saigh, Budor H.
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.83-88
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    • 2022
  • Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) is the applied science where strategies are derived from the principles of behaviour and are applied to improve meaningful social behaviours [3]. This study investigates the possible inclusive value of the use ABA in schools in Saudi Arabia. Interviews were conducted with two ABA therapists and a support teacher in order to address this possibility. From the research findings, it emerged how ABA is one of the cognitive-behavioural intervention models and therefore, can be generalised to other disorders or diagnoses and the applied behavioural analysis does have an inclusive value as it structures individualized activities for the increase of both personal and social skills and these activities allow the subject to work on his or her skills, which are, however, absolutely preparatory to the inclusion of the subject in the classroom context.

The Critical Perspectives and Implications of the Migrant Policies in the West: based on Assimilation, Multiculturalism, and Social Integration Policy (서구의 이주자 정책에 대한 비판적 접근과 시사점 - 동화, 다문화주의, 사회통합 정책을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Yong Gyun
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.112-127
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    • 2014
  • This study aims to understand the change of migrant policies, namely assimilation, multiculturalism and social integration, in the West through critical perspectives and to derive implications for the Korea's migrant policy from the experience of the West. In 1970s, assimilation policy was severely criticized from the limitation of cultural diversity, and multiculturalism expanded rapidly in the West focusing on the migrant's right and cultural difference. However, multiculturalism received severely criticism because it makes social isolation and segregation between mainstream society and migrants. Since 2000 social integration became the major policy for migrant incorporation, focusing migrant's attitude and practice to receive the value and culture of mainstream society with the active participation of socioeconomic activities. However, social integration policy reveal some problems which regard migrants as the object of control, and also as the object of discrimination. The experience of the Western policies suggests on the careful selection for the migrant's incorporation policies in Korea with the consideration of social inclusion of migrant, analysis on the problems of multiculturalism and social integration policy, and the necessity of mainstream society's change into the acculturation.

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Developing Information Services and Social Integration of Marriage Migrant Women in Korea (정보서비스와 결혼이주여성의 사회통합)

  • Kim, Anna
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.22 no.12
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    • pp.1631-1638
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    • 2018
  • Korea has experienced an increase in the number of immigrants in accordance with accelerated globalization. In particular, the rapid surge in international marriages and multicultural families has created social adaptation or inclusion problems for these families in Korean society. This paper examines how information services or technological education programs affect the social integration of marriage migrant women in Korea. Using survey data on international marriage migrant women, we conducted multiple and logistic regression models to examine the relationship between information and technology services and life satisfaction and employment status. The results show that the experience of using social services tends to have positive effects on life satisfaction. Having experiences of information services or technological education improves marriage migrant women's chances of employment and increases their willingness to work or start a business. This indicates the importance of information services or technological educational training and social services in improving social adaptation and integration of marriage migrant women in Korea.