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Poverty, noncommunicable diseases, and perceived health risks among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in urban Thailand 2019冠状病毒病大流行期间泰国城市老年人的贫困、非传染性疾病和感知健康风险

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Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-03-31 DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12253

Wiraporn Pothisiri, Paolo Miguel Manalang Vicerra, Thananon Buathong

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Interventions and development strategies towards intensive social support among the participants of activity center for older adults in Malaysia 马来西亚老年人活动中心参与者加强社会支持的干预措施和发展战略

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Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12251

Faizah Hanim Zainuddin, Mashitah Hamidi, Haris Abd Wahab

{"title":"Interventions and development strategies towards intensive social support among the participants of activity center for older adults in Malaysia","authors":"Faizah Hanim Zainuddin, Mashitah Hamidi, Haris Abd Wahab","doi":"10.1111/aswp.12251","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aswp.12251","url":null,"abstract":"Social support is essential for improving the lives of older adults. However, some respondents of other literature reported receiving less adequate financial support from family, a lack of comprehensive policies to protect older adults, and a smaller social network as they age. In order to address this issue, more intense social support is required as older adults are at risk of obtaining insufficient social support from their social network. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the interventions and development strategies for social support for older adults. The qualitative case study method was used in this study, and in-depth interviews were conducted with 24 older adults aged 60 and above who participated in Pusat Aktiviti Warga Emas (PAWE), an activity center for older adults, for more than 5 months. Four PAWE supervisors and three policymakers from Department of Social Welfare Malaysia (JKMM) were also interviewed. The data were then thematically analyzed. The study highlighted three intervention and development strategies to improve social support for older adults namely in the areas of personal development, policy, and social connectivity of older adults. As Malaysia is expected to become an aging population by 2035, it is vital to establish a supportive environment for older people.","PeriodicalId":44567,"journal":{"name":"Asian Social Work and Policy Review","volume":"16 2","pages":"104-113"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41815625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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“We'll starve to death”: The consequences of COVID-19 over the lives of poor people with disabilities in rural Nepal “我们会饿死的”:2019冠状病毒病对尼泊尔农村贫困残疾人生活的影响

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Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-02-24 DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12250

Debashis Sarker, Sanjana Shrestha, Santosh Kumar Baidhya Tamang

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Social capital and structural disadvantages: A case of Community-Driven Development program in Afghanistan 社会资本与结构性劣势:以阿富汗社区驱动发展项目为例

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Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-01-26 DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12248

Hadi Noori

引用次数: 4

Disadvantage, discrimination, and despair: Parental experiences of caring for children with disability in Bangladesh 劣势、歧视和绝望:孟加拉国父母照顾残疾儿童的经历

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Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-01-21 DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12249

Muhammed Muazzam Hussain, Mohammad Mojammel Hussain Raihan

{"title":"Disadvantage, discrimination, and despair: Parental experiences of caring for children with disability in Bangladesh","authors":"Muhammed Muazzam Hussain, Mohammad Mojammel Hussain Raihan","doi":"10.1111/aswp.12249","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aswp.12249","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explored parental experiences of caring for children with disability (CWD) living in the Sylhet city corporation area of Bangladesh. This study applied a qualitative research approach. The purposive snowball sampling method was employed to recruit study participants. Twenty-one in-depth interviews and two focus group discussions with parents of children with physical, hearing, vision, and intellectual disabilities were conducted to learn more about their experiences and identify the difficulties and challenges they confront in their everyday lives. The results showed that respondents experience various disadvantages, for example, treatment-related challenges, financial incapacity, housing, and transportation issues. The study also indicates that parents are subjected to discrimination, experience stress, and tension, and become depressed when they consider the future distressing condition of CWD after their death. Poverty, the societal stigma associated with disability, and a lack of social supports exacerbate parents' mental anguish and limit their ability to care for CWD patients. Therefore, it is recommended to develop new services delivery strategy, including home care, respite care, and monetary transfers for CWD caregivers, as well as community mobilization and inter-professional collaboration, to enhance their current situation and overall well-being.","PeriodicalId":44567,"journal":{"name":"Asian Social Work and Policy Review","volume":"16 1","pages":"80-91"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aswp.12249","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45979329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Do complexity and ambiguity affect people's intent to apply for public assistance? 复杂性和模糊性是否会影响人们申请公共援助的意图?

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Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-01-10 DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12246

Hyejin Moon, Yong-Chang Heo

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Acculturation trajectories of South Korean multicultural adolescents and their immigrant mothers and its association with adolescent adjustments 韩国多元文化青少年及其移民母亲的文化适应轨迹及其与青少年适应的关系

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Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-01-09 DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12247

Jisu Park

{"title":"Acculturation trajectories of South Korean multicultural adolescents and their immigrant mothers and its association with adolescent adjustments","authors":"Jisu Park","doi":"10.1111/aswp.12247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aswp.12247","url":null,"abstract":"This study identified the acculturation trajectories of multicultural adolescents in South Korea along with those of their migrant mothers using a latent class growth analysis and examined the relationship between latent trajectories of adolescents and their mothers and the adjustment of adolescents. Data from a nationally representative sample of Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study (N = 1458, Girls = 50.62%, age range = 9.97–14.96) were used. Three latent acculturation trajectories of multicultural adolescents were identified, including integration, modest assimilation, and high assimilation, and four latent acculturation trajectories of migrant mothers were distinguished, including high assimilation, high separation, modest assimilation, and modest separation. The most favorable profiles were those of the integration of adolescents and high assimilation of migrant mothers. These findings suggested the importance of providing family-based prevention and intervention programs against the maladjustment of South Korean multicultural adolescents.","PeriodicalId":44567,"journal":{"name":"Asian Social Work and Policy Review","volume":"16 1","pages":"51-67"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aswp.12247","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137494550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Obstacles to regulating the private sector: The case of Korean long-term care 管制私营部门的障碍:以韩国长期护理为例

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Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-12-26 DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12245

Chang Lyul Jung, Alan Walker

引用次数: 1

The myth of organization autonomy: Social workers’ salary under the lump sum grant subvention system in Hong Kong 组织自治的神话:香港一次过拨款资助制度下的社工薪酬

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Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12244

Haijing Dai, Niantao Jiang, Ruobing Li

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Unpacking the complexities of child well-being in Southeast Asia: Insights for social policy 解开东南亚儿童福祉的复杂性:对社会政策的见解

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Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-11-29 DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12243

Hamzah Nor Bin Aedy Rahman, Tauchid Komara Yuda

{"title":"Unpacking the complexities of child well-being in Southeast Asia: Insights for social policy","authors":"Hamzah Nor Bin Aedy Rahman, Tauchid Komara Yuda","doi":"10.1111/aswp.12243","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aswp.12243","url":null,"abstract":"The body of knowledge related to child well-being in Southeast Asia is sketchy and preliminary. Using standardized Z-scores, we computed the child well-being index (CWI) to observe how well 11 Southeast Asian countries take care of children. The overall result shows most countries in this region have “less” to “moderate” performance in terms of CWI realization. An exception is given to Singapore, which has achieved a higher degree of CWI. Further analysis on “child well-being regimes” suggests that examined countries have been combining productive and protective models with more emphasis on the former. The explanation for the low level of CWI and pervasive characteristic of productivism may rest on moral argumentation, in which child well-being is constructed as an intimate and private area. Public provisions to regulate child well-being, consequently, remain hidden behind the family unit as objects rather than subjects of social policy. Tied to low-performance countries, we call for generous welfare programs to support low-income families and intensified effort for the provision of quality education, healthcare, and basic facilities in order to enhance the well-being of children.","PeriodicalId":44567,"journal":{"name":"Asian Social Work and Policy Review","volume":"16 1","pages":"4-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aswp.12243","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42689203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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