The writer has come to share with other recent contributors to this journal, a liking for social ... more The writer has come to share with other recent contributors to this journal, a liking for social ecological approaches to human development and the problems besetting individuals along the way. Like them, he has been attracted to the work of Bronfenbrenner and Garbarino as it seems to reflect in an explanatory way, the variety and complexity of influences, effecting outcomes encountered in practice with adolescents and their habitats. Bronfenbrenner points out the importance of considering development of the individual in a context and proposed a series of systems surrounding the developing person-micro, meso, exo and macro-systems – in which decisions are taken; events occur; and quality varies according to their composition; all impacting on the development of the individual. Garbarino extends this thinking to include concepts of sociocultural risk and opportunity. Using such approaches it becomes possible to consider the way in which young people develop through participating in a social environment. The nature of their interaction with kin, peers, significant others and the organisations and institutions around them is also worthy of study from the point of view of maximising peaceful human relations at both the micro and macro level.
... Owen, Lloyd. Source: Journal of Family Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, Oct 1998: 221-223. Document Ty... more ... Owen, Lloyd. Source: Journal of Family Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, Oct 1998: 221-223. Document Type: Journal Article. ISSN: 1322-9400. ... Affiliation: (1) Department of Social Work ond Social Policy, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Fax:0394793590. Database: Humanities ...
Can child and family social work research really assist practice? Clive Sellick Foster care on th... more Can child and family social work research really assist practice? Clive Sellick Foster care on the Internet: Is there a role for the Internet in assisting with the changing face of foster care into the 21st century? John Hulskamp
element of choice is also an important feature of the Writing Box. The authors compare this to co... more element of choice is also an important feature of the Writing Box. The authors compare this to commercial materials available to children which by comparison are prescriptive and inhibitive for experimentation, risk-taking and revision. The Process Writing approach (mentioned above) emphasises revising and editing, as well as the publishing aspect. The Writing Box facilitates all of these elements of the process.
I n his foreword to this book, which is in fact a substantial research report, James Short Jr. sa... more I n his foreword to this book, which is in fact a substantial research report, James Short Jr. says: 'Mean Streets' is an all too rare combination of rigorous theoretical and empirical inquiry applied to a significant research problem. ...The research design of the study is imaginative, complex, and demanding. The focus throughout is on young people, on their perspectives of family life and school experiences, on why some leave their homes-some flee, others are 'kicked out'-and on life on the streets and in the parks, malls, abandoned buildings, and shelters of Toronto and Vancouver (vii).
The report of the 1996 Australian Health Survey highlights the disparity between the health statu... more The report of the 1996 Australian Health Survey highlights the disparity between the health status of urban Australians and those living in rural and remote areas (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW], 1998). Death rates from all causes were higher in rural and remote areas, with mortality and morbidity rates increasing with distance from metropolitan centres (Mathers, 1994; Stocks & Peterson, 1994; Strong, Trickett, Titulaer, & Bhatia, 1998). Death rates for all major diseases were higher in both women and men in these areas (AIHW; Strong et al.). Morbidity rates and risk factors associated with a number of conditions (such as allergies and being overweight), were also greater for both women and men in rural and remote areas, although in some rural areas the incidence of high cholesterol, hypertension, and diabetes was lower than in the major cities (AIHW; Mathers, 1994). Although Sarantakos (2000) and Young, Murphy, and Strasser (2000) have indicated that there can be positive aspects to Ufe in the country, inherent disadvantages contribute to differences in health status between urban and rural communities.Their generally lower socioeconomic status (AIHW, 1998, Strong et al., 1998) gives rise to a number of health disadvantages for rural and remote populations, including, in some instances, poorer nutrition and housing quality, as well as reduced access to social and cultural resources. Access to health care services is relatively poor, exposure to harsh environments is greater, and occupational hazards can contribute health inequities (AIHW; Strong et al.). While these problems are common to rural areas in most developed countries, they have been exacerbated in Australia in recent years by deliberate policies that have favoured urban rather than rural development. Policy directions have thus contributed to further erosion of health infrastructure in rural and remote areas over the last decade (Hallebone, 2000). Strasser (1998) has argued that rural culture, patterns of illness and injury, and the shortage of practitioners in rural areas pose problems for rural populations and families. Geographic isolation leads to problems of access to care and to a shortage of health care providers and health services, particularly in small, sparsely distributed populations. The health of indigenous people, who constitute 3% of rural populations and 13% of remote populations, was found to be much poorer than that of all other Australians (Strong et al.). Technology has the potential to provide a partial solution to the problems of access to health services in rural and remote regions.The application of information technology to the health sector is referred to as telemedicine, which is a "subset of health telematics
Review(s) of: The Blackwell Companion to Social Work, Martin Davies (Ed.), Blackwell Publishers, ... more Review(s) of: The Blackwell Companion to Social Work, Martin Davies (Ed.), Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, UK, 1997, viii + 376pp., $39.95, paperback.
This paperback edition published in Great Britain in October 2002 by The Policy Press 34Tyndall&a... more This paperback edition published in Great Britain in October 2002 by The Policy Press 34Tyndall's Park Road Bristol BS8 1PY UK Tel+44 (0)117 954 6800 Fax+44 (0)117 973 7308 e-mail [email protected]www.policypress.org.uk First published in hardback in 2000 by ...
The writer has come to share with other recent contributors to this journal, a liking for social ... more The writer has come to share with other recent contributors to this journal, a liking for social ecological approaches to human development and the problems besetting individuals along the way. Like them, he has been attracted to the work of Bronfenbrenner and Garbarino as it seems to reflect in an explanatory way, the variety and complexity of influences, effecting outcomes encountered in practice with adolescents and their habitats. Bronfenbrenner points out the importance of considering development of the individual in a context and proposed a series of systems surrounding the developing person-micro, meso, exo and macro-systems – in which decisions are taken; events occur; and quality varies according to their composition; all impacting on the development of the individual. Garbarino extends this thinking to include concepts of sociocultural risk and opportunity. Using such approaches it becomes possible to consider the way in which young people develop through participating in a social environment. The nature of their interaction with kin, peers, significant others and the organisations and institutions around them is also worthy of study from the point of view of maximising peaceful human relations at both the micro and macro level.
... Owen, Lloyd. Source: Journal of Family Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, Oct 1998: 221-223. Document Ty... more ... Owen, Lloyd. Source: Journal of Family Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, Oct 1998: 221-223. Document Type: Journal Article. ISSN: 1322-9400. ... Affiliation: (1) Department of Social Work ond Social Policy, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Fax:0394793590. Database: Humanities ...
Can child and family social work research really assist practice? Clive Sellick Foster care on th... more Can child and family social work research really assist practice? Clive Sellick Foster care on the Internet: Is there a role for the Internet in assisting with the changing face of foster care into the 21st century? John Hulskamp
element of choice is also an important feature of the Writing Box. The authors compare this to co... more element of choice is also an important feature of the Writing Box. The authors compare this to commercial materials available to children which by comparison are prescriptive and inhibitive for experimentation, risk-taking and revision. The Process Writing approach (mentioned above) emphasises revising and editing, as well as the publishing aspect. The Writing Box facilitates all of these elements of the process.
I n his foreword to this book, which is in fact a substantial research report, James Short Jr. sa... more I n his foreword to this book, which is in fact a substantial research report, James Short Jr. says: 'Mean Streets' is an all too rare combination of rigorous theoretical and empirical inquiry applied to a significant research problem. ...The research design of the study is imaginative, complex, and demanding. The focus throughout is on young people, on their perspectives of family life and school experiences, on why some leave their homes-some flee, others are 'kicked out'-and on life on the streets and in the parks, malls, abandoned buildings, and shelters of Toronto and Vancouver (vii).
The report of the 1996 Australian Health Survey highlights the disparity between the health statu... more The report of the 1996 Australian Health Survey highlights the disparity between the health status of urban Australians and those living in rural and remote areas (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW], 1998). Death rates from all causes were higher in rural and remote areas, with mortality and morbidity rates increasing with distance from metropolitan centres (Mathers, 1994; Stocks & Peterson, 1994; Strong, Trickett, Titulaer, & Bhatia, 1998). Death rates for all major diseases were higher in both women and men in these areas (AIHW; Strong et al.). Morbidity rates and risk factors associated with a number of conditions (such as allergies and being overweight), were also greater for both women and men in rural and remote areas, although in some rural areas the incidence of high cholesterol, hypertension, and diabetes was lower than in the major cities (AIHW; Mathers, 1994). Although Sarantakos (2000) and Young, Murphy, and Strasser (2000) have indicated that there can be positive aspects to Ufe in the country, inherent disadvantages contribute to differences in health status between urban and rural communities.Their generally lower socioeconomic status (AIHW, 1998, Strong et al., 1998) gives rise to a number of health disadvantages for rural and remote populations, including, in some instances, poorer nutrition and housing quality, as well as reduced access to social and cultural resources. Access to health care services is relatively poor, exposure to harsh environments is greater, and occupational hazards can contribute health inequities (AIHW; Strong et al.). While these problems are common to rural areas in most developed countries, they have been exacerbated in Australia in recent years by deliberate policies that have favoured urban rather than rural development. Policy directions have thus contributed to further erosion of health infrastructure in rural and remote areas over the last decade (Hallebone, 2000). Strasser (1998) has argued that rural culture, patterns of illness and injury, and the shortage of practitioners in rural areas pose problems for rural populations and families. Geographic isolation leads to problems of access to care and to a shortage of health care providers and health services, particularly in small, sparsely distributed populations. The health of indigenous people, who constitute 3% of rural populations and 13% of remote populations, was found to be much poorer than that of all other Australians (Strong et al.). Technology has the potential to provide a partial solution to the problems of access to health services in rural and remote regions.The application of information technology to the health sector is referred to as telemedicine, which is a "subset of health telematics
Review(s) of: The Blackwell Companion to Social Work, Martin Davies (Ed.), Blackwell Publishers, ... more Review(s) of: The Blackwell Companion to Social Work, Martin Davies (Ed.), Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, UK, 1997, viii + 376pp., $39.95, paperback.
This paperback edition published in Great Britain in October 2002 by The Policy Press 34Tyndall&a... more This paperback edition published in Great Britain in October 2002 by The Policy Press 34Tyndall's Park Road Bristol BS8 1PY UK Tel+44 (0)117 954 6800 Fax+44 (0)117 973 7308 e-mail [email protected]www.policypress.org.uk First published in hardback in 2000 by ...
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