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"Essential reading for all those training and working in healthcare, social care and related disciplines, addressing how society can effectively prevent disease and promote health and wellbeing. This new, fully revised edition will equip readers with a toolkit of public health skills to improve health and wellbeing for different populations"--

El envejecimiento humano es y será siempre un tema de interés para todos y más aún si se habla de la vejez, la última etapa de este proceso. Este proceso de envejecer implica cambios biológicos y psicológicos que interactúan con la vida en sus diferentes facetas, social, económica y cultural de las comunidades. Pero no solo envejecen las personas, también envejece la sociedad que evidencia, por tanto, un aumento significativo de las personas adultas mayores frente a las demás edades.

This book exposes the sacredness and wholliness of marketplace work culture and brings to light the concepts of social relationships that exist amongst human beings and the divine mandate which is clearly defined in the Scripture for humankind to associate freely. In social sciences and in the field of anthropology, work and social interaction are synonymous to socio-economic and cultural stardom of a society. For an appropriate social and economic interaction, God the Father must be understood and believed as the One who created work and was the first worker. He designed, fashioned, engineered, molded the universe and made it so beautiful and suitable for man to live in, with a clear mandate to "work" for the benefit of mankind and for the glory of God. In essence, a bond of relationship through work is established between God and humanity. A good theology of God therefore, must include work.

Soziometrie ist einerseits eine quantitative, andererseits eine qualitative Herangehensweise, soziale Beziehungen zu analysieren und zu verstehen. Mithilfe von Soziometrie kann das Wahlverhalten von Menschen anhand bestimmter Kriterien untersucht und mit eigenen Mitteln dargestellt werden. Sie dient gleichzeitig als Intervention zur Verbesserung von Gruppenkohäsion und -performanz. Die Durchführung soziometrischer Prozesse fördert und verbessert die interaktiven Prozesse in allen Arten und Größen von Gruppen. Sie beschäftigen sich mit offenen und verdeckten Strukturen in Gruppen und Beziehungen, und helfen dabei diese Hindernisse durch entsprechende Interventionen abzubauen. Das Buch stellt eine Einführung in das weite Feld der Soziometrie dar und beinhaltet eine Fülle von praktischen Übungen für die verschiedenen Anwendungsfelder Psychotherapie, Beratung, Coaching, Supervision, Schule.Der InhaltSozionomie, Soziatrie und SoziometrieVerwandte Untersuchungsmethoden und Weiterentwicklungen (z. B. Netzwerkforschung) Instrumente der Soziometrie Ausgewählte Messinstrumente Ausgewählte AnwendungsfelderDie ZielgruppenPsycholog*innen und Psychotherapeut*innen ¿ Psychodramatiker*innen ¿ Sozialpädagog*innen ¿ Soziolog*innenDer HerausgeberChristian Stadler, Dipl.-Psych., ist Psychotherapeut (Tiefenpsychologie und Psychodrama) und Supervisor sowie Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie.

An der Schnittstelle von Arbeitsmigration und Gesundheitsarbeit untersucht dieses Buch die dynamische Beziehung zwischen der grenzüberschreitenden Bewegung von Krankenschwestern und den Bemühungen, ihre Migration zu regulieren. Auf der Grundlage qualitativer Forschung an mehreren Standorten analysiert dieser Band die sich verändernden sozialen Dimensionen und das transnationale Ausmaß der globalen Krankenpflege und konzentriert sich dabei insbesondere auf die Anwerbung von Pflegekräften von den Philippinen nach Deutschland. Die Abwanderung von Pflegefachkräften aus ressourcenarmen Ländern in wohlhabende Länder führt nicht nur zu einem globalen Pflegenotstand, sondern ist auch ein Paradebeispiel für den internationalen Wettlauf um Talente und Fähigkeiten. Dieses Buch wirft einen kritischen Blick auf das entstehende Feld der Migrationssteuerung oder des Migrationsmanagements als bevorzugte politische Antwort auf die konkurrierenden Diskurse über den globalen Pflegenotstand und den globalen Wettbewerb um qualifizierte Pflegekräfte. Es beleuchtet nicht nur das sich verändernde Geflecht von Akteuren, Diskursen und Praktiken im Migrationsmanagement der Pflegearbeit, sondern auch und vor allem, wie verschiedene Formen der Pflege in der globalen Migration von Pflegekräften zum Tragen kommen.

A compelling account of two lifelong friends and adoptees using social media and DNA to find their birth families - and the struggle of dealing with what they found.

Using the five levels in Maslow's pyramid: Physiological, Safety, Love and Belonging, Esteem, and Self-actualization, this guided workbook provides weekly tools to successfully manage your mental health. This guided workbook provides weeks of tools and activities to manage your mental health successfully. There are prompts for:Stress Reduction TipsImprove WellbeingEncouragement, (scriptures & inspiring quotes)Mental wellness is a fundamental part of human existence; failure to successfully manage it may result in detrimental outcomes. Mental wellness consists of emotional, psychological, and social factors. Mental health affects everyone from all walks of life regardless of religion, sex, gender, and socioeconomic status. A person's mental well-being determines how stress is handled and how they function in all relationships. Those relationships comprise personal and professional. Impaired mental health affects a person's cognitive functions, ability to reason, judgment, and decision-making. We live in a society with a continuation of the stigma against mental health and illnesses. This stigma has caused many to not seek needed services. There is a need to successfully manage our mental wellness daily so that we can sustain healthy well-being and live better lives.

This book takes a comprehensive look at community engagement strategies in education to demonstrate the diverse nature of school-community relations and their value to promote their effective development. The author brings twenty years of experience in various educational settings in Ontario and California to examining community involvement policies and their interpretation, as well as school-community collaboration in practice. Chapters include recent research on school-community collaboration from the perspective of teachers, school district leaders, administrators, and support staff within two school districts in a low-income and culturally diverse urban community. The book also includes perspectives from community members involved in organizations across the city with a mandate to work with youth. In a time where students¿ academic, social, and emotional support needs are on the rise, this book offers a valuable resource for strengthening school-community relations and demonstrating the power of collaboration.

This book offers urgent exploration of how 'ordinary' citizens understand and make sense of radicalisation and counter-radicalisation policy.

"From the author, media pioneer, and curator of TED, a book about one of humankind's defining but overlooked impulses, and how we can super-charge its potential to build a hopeful future. Recent years have been tough on optimists. Hopes that the Internet might bring people together have been crushed by the divisiveness of social media. But as head of TED, Chris Anderson has had a ringside view of the world's boldest thinkers sharing their most uplifting ideas. Inspired by them and the unique insights he gained from how online sharing transformed TED into a global beacon of transformative ideas, he believes there's a pathway back from outrage to optimism. It all comes down to reimagining the role that one of the most fundamental human virtues-generosity-can play in our connected era. What if generosity could become infectious generosity? Anderson shows how the same technologies that have bred negativity can also be mobilized as an exponential force for good, to create chain reactions of generous behavior. Every day, remarkable stories of individual acts of kindness have sparked remarkable ripple effects when shared online, achieving a level of impact never before possible. This book captures some of the most inspiring such stories, revealing their potential to solve problems and make people happier in the process. Gifts of time, talent, connection, and kindness have always been part of what it is to be a good human. But today they can be catalyzed to have world-changing, self-replicating impact. In Infectious Generosity, Anderson offers readers a playbook to fine-tune these actions, to take generosity from invisible to transformative. Infectious Generosity invites readers, as well as companies, investors, and organizations, to give more to the world than they take from it, and to wholeheartedly embrace new forms of infectious generosity. Doing so isn't merely a test of character-our entire future may depend on it. This book shows the way"--

This is the first volume to comprehensively discuss the ethical, regulatory, and social aspects of xenotransplantation research.Organized into four parts, Xenotransplantation begins by examining ethical issues around informed consent of the potential xenograft recipient, the major ethical issues encountered when doing this research on pigs, and allocation issues. Part two examines regulatory aspects from a global perspective, specifically from three major regions of the world doing xenotransplantation research currently, of which include the United States, Western Europe, and Asia. Following this, part three describes religious aspects of xenotransplantation amongst the major world religions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism. The book closes with an analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies conducted by the editors that assess the public¿s perception of xenotransplantation. Featuring original data collectedby the editors, this book is an instrumental resource for all clinicians involved in the research and practice of xenotransplantation.

This book offers a radical alternative to the positive orientation of popular psychology. This positive orientation has been criticized numerous times. However, there has yet to be a coherent alternative proposed. We all know today that life hurts and that there is no ultimate remedy to this pain. The positive approach feels to us as dishonest and irrelevant. We require a new, more negative, perspective and practice, one that is honest and does not pretend to offer an escape from the agonies of the world. This book offers in three main chapters a ¿depressive realist¿ perspective that explores the structural role of negativity and tragedy in relation to the individual psyche, society, and nature. It explores the possibility of ¿negative psychoanalysis¿ which takes into account the tragedy of human existence instead of adopting escapist positions.

Dieses Lehrbuch thematisiert die Perspektive von Eltern und Herkunftsfamilien in erzieherischen Hilfen und Kinderschutzverfahren. Es stellt jene Bereiche der Sozialen Arbeit vor, die für die Beteiligung und Unterstützung der Eltern bzw. Herkunftsfamilie in Verfahren zur Abwendung einer Gefährdung des Kindeswohls und in anschließenden Hilfeprozessen von zentraler Bedeutung sind. Wobei wir zum besseren Verständnis immer wieder auf Fallbeispiele aus der Praxis der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe zurückgreifen werden.

Why would an innocent person ever confess to a crime they did not commit? Academia has conducted a great deal of research into this question and have routinely concluded that the actions of law enforcement officers and their interrogative tactics are largely responsible for these false confessions. Through the claims of academic researchers, expert witnesses, wrongful conviction advocates, defense attorneys, and even Hollywood producers, an ethos has been created which suggests that American law enforcement officers routinely overbear the will of criminal subjects and will stop at nothing in order to obtain a confession; even a false confession. This book finally brings balance to these flawed assertions by providing insights from real-world law enforcement officers who specialize in the field of criminal interrogation. This book also highlights the anti-law enforcement bias present within the academic community; the flawed and unrealistic research designs utilized to study the false confession phenomenon; and the rise of the lucrative false confession expert witness industry. In what can only be described as 'apoplectic,' academics have already equated the positions in this book to "arguing against the existence of climate change" and have pleaded that it "should never see the light of publication." At last, a book has been written that reconsiders the false confession phenomenon from a law enforcement perspective and ultimately paints a drastically different picture of what takes place inside of America's interrogation rooms. This book promises to offer a different take on what many so-called experts would have you believe about criminal interrogation; and it's one they don't want you to hear.

I was a police officer and special operations soldier for a combined 18 years. I had a loving wife, healthy kids, great friends, and perfect home. I was living the American dream. I trained my heart out every day to keep the peace in the community. Sacrificing my life and health to protect America both at home and over seas. Then I got involved in the infamous Breonna Taylor case. I was involved in the riots. I saw my friends getting hurt and maimed. I saw my community in flames. In a single moment I lashed out against a rioter. I was prosecuted and imprisoned and my American dream turned to tragedy for all involved.

Most of us dread the incursion of "Cognitive Decline" into our lives. However, it happens. If our exposure to cognitive decline is through a loved one, we feel the weight of a substantially changed lifestyle and the overwhelming responsibility of fulltime caregiving. "Called to Care for Rosemary" details one couple's struggle through this life changing ordeal and the lessons learned. In the end, you can answer this special call to ministry. This book discusses common errors and the lessons learned from these errors. If you are challenged with the daunting task of full time caregiving, this book is for you! The Author is a senior citizen, happily married and on a lifelong faith journey. In 2013 a convergence of his age, his marriage and his faith culminated when his wife was diagnosed with "mild cognitive decline". The author's journey through his wife's, mild cognitive decline, dementia and finally full blown Alzheimer's inspired him to share what he has learned with others. This book is the good fruit germinated by his journey.

Explores Derick Thomson's far-reaching influence on the 20th-century revival of Scottish Gaelic Derick Thomson and the Gaelic Revival focuses in expert detail on the 'other' great 20th-century Scottish Gaelic poet and intellectual. Derick Thomson's poetry ranks with Sorley MacLean's as among the best in the Gaelic language, and he contributed to the preservation and development of the language as an editor, journalist, scholar and activist. As well as founding and steering the most important modern Gaelic magazine, Gairm, he instigated a number of ventures aimed at promoting Gaelic and had major impact on Gaelic studies as an academic subject. His vision of the Gaelic revival is characterised by high aesthetic standards, organisational and economic shrewdness, openness to second-language users, support for Scottish political independence and a broad European outlook. The very first book-length study devoted to Thomson, this monograph explores his career within the context of the Gaelic revival in Scotland and other minoritised-language movements in Europe and examines his thoughts on the current and future state of the language as articulated in essays, articles, poems and short fiction. Key features and benefits  Based on previously untranslated sources  Introduces the scholar and activist who was the driving force behind influential initiatives aimed at promoting Gaelic  Offers a fresh European perspective on the subject, from an author with a command of Gaelic who is herself not Scottish  Incorporates a multifaceted approach that brings together Derick Thomson's cultural and political activism, poetry and scholarship  Examines Thomson's engagement with other countries, especially Ireland and Wales, and with other figures, including Alexander MacDonald (Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair), James Macpherson and Ruaraidh Erskine of Mar  Written with regard to international audiences and relevant for both Gaelic speakers and readers without a command of Gaelic  Enables the incorporation of modern Gaelic writing into comparative literature in Europe Petra Johana Poncarová is based at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. She translates from Gaelic into Czech and her award-winning Czech edition of Tormod Caimbeul's Deireadh an Fhoghair is the first complete translation of the iconic novel into any language.

"A propulsive story of a new breed of investigators who have cracked the Bitcoin blockchain, taking once-anonymous realms of money, drugs, and violence and holding them up to the light Black markets have always thrived in the shadows of society. Increasingly, these enterprises-drug dealing, money laundering, human trafficking, terrorist funding-have found their shadows online. Digital crime lords inhabiting lawless corners of the internet have operated more freely than their analog counterparts could have ever dreamed of. At the heart of their massive conspiracies: cryptocurrency. By transacting not in dollars or pounds but in Bitcoin-a currency with anonymous ledgers, overseen by no government, beholden to no bankers-black marketeers robbed law enforcement for years of their chief method of cracking down on criminal markets, namely, following the money. But what if the centerpiece of this dark economy held a secret, fatal flaw? What if their currency wasn't so cryptic after all? An investigator using the right mixture of technical wizardry, financial forensics, and old-fashioned persistence could crack open an entire world of crime. Men with No Names is a story of crime and consequences unlike any other. With unprecedented access to the major players in federal law enforcement and private industry, veteran cybersecurity reporter Andy Greenberg tells an astonishing saga of criminal empires built and destroyed. He introduces an IRS agent with a defiant streak; a Bitcoin-tracing Danish entrepreneur; and a colorful ensemble of hardboiled agents and prosecutors as they delve deep into the crypto-underworld. The result is a thrilling, globe-spanning story of dirty cops, drug bazaars, sex-abuse rings, and the biggest takedown of an online narcotics market in the history of the internet. This is a cat-and-mouse story and a tale of a technological one-upmanship that's utterly of our time. Filled with canny maneuvering and shocking twists, it answers a provocative question: How would some of the world's most brazen criminals behave if they were sure they could never get caught?"--

There's a thin blue line between fact and fiction. Blue Lies tells the story left out by the media. Domestic terrorism, denial of constitutional rights, wrongful prosecutions, stripping away qualified immunity, disarming and defunding police, all designed to weaken America's cops while emboldening the lawless. Radicals have declared war on American Justice. They hold public office as city council members, mayors, county prosecutors, state legislators, governors, members of congress and even the highest office in the land. Meanwhile, American police officers are being forced to fight a media battle while struggling to maintain law and order in our streets, as violent crime soars."Blue Lies: The War on Justice and the Conspiracy to Weaken America's Cops" dissects the systematic agenda of the radical left who has declared war on police. Combining statistical analysis, evidence based facts from high profile cases, and a career of personal experience, the author takes the reader on a literary "ride-along" behind the scenes of the most controversial issues facing today's blue warriors. Among those issues are police deadly force encounters, eliminating traffic stops, systemic racism in law enforcement, and the defund, disarm, and dismantle the police movements.With unparalleled insight, Sgt. Wolf delves into the consequences of "blue lies" - the distortion and manipulation of facts in an effort to sway public opinion. He reveals the intricate web of deception spun by those with an agenda, intent on vilifying police officers and sowing discord within society.Through the pages of this powerful book, readers will gain an understanding of the multifaceted challenges faced by law enforcement professionals as they navigate an increasingly complex landscape. Sgt. Wolf explores the impact of media sensationalism, political interference, and the erosion of due process, shedding light on the ripple effects felt by both cops and the communities they serve."Blue Lies" is not just an indictment of a broken system; it is a call to action. Sgt. Wolf passionately argues for a balanced approach, one that upholds justice while also addressing the legitimate concerns of marginalized communities. He emphasizes the importance of unity and understanding in order to overcome the divisions that threaten to tear our society apart.Thought-provoking and emotionally charged, "Blue Lies" stands as a testament to the bravery and dedication of the men and women who don the blue uniform. It challenges readers to question the narratives they encounter and to engage in a constructive dialogue that can lead to positive change and a stronger, more just society.In an era defined by polarization and mistrust, Sgt. Jeff Wolf's "Blue Lies: The War on Justice and the Conspiracy to Weaken America's Cops" serves as a beacon of truth, urging us to confront the complexities of the issues at hand and strive for a future where justice prevails and the bond between police and communities is restored.

This textbook deals with the progressive global dissolution of political, economic, and social boundaries, which has significant implications for labor markets, the international division of labor, social security, and income distribution. Politically, it is eroding the sovereign ability of nation-states to shape their own affairs; socially, it conjures up the specter of an increasingly global culture of unity. Against the background of the empirical effects of globalization processes in a number of areas, the book discusses to what extent these fears are justified, whether they cannot also be explained by other developments, and whether the benefits of globalization justify the costs and risks resulting from it.

This book speaks to those interested in topics related to punitiveness and public attitudes to crime and punishment. Punitiveness has been the focus of increasing criminological attention in recent decades. This book extends this focus by taking a multi-disciplinary approach to examining punitiveness in the criminal justice system, the welfare system, and the education system in British society today. In doing so, this study uses new survey data (n=5,781) applying ordinal and linear regression and structural equation modelling to examine the relationship between public punitiveness towards ¿rulebreakers¿ and political values. This is explored through assessing punitive attitudes towards the treatment of i) school pupils who break school rules, ii) towards the treatment of benefit recipients who fail to comply with the rules, and iii) towards people who break the law. It examines the relationship between political attitudes (neo-conservative values, neo-liberal values), nostalgic values (social, economic, and political), and public punitive attitudes towards the three rule-breaking groups. This book¿s appeal may extend to an interdisciplinary audience including welfare, education, and social policy disciplines.

This book introduces the use of facilitation to support children¿s agency in the classroom as authors of knowledge. The authors draw on research undertaken in two Year Three classrooms, in which children were invited to share photographs in a workshop to facilitate the sharing and creation of narratives. Motivated by the idea that elevating children¿s status to constructors of knowledge is essential for a pedagogy of authentic listening, understandings of childhood are challenged in relation to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the tension between self-determination and the protection of children. The book will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners in the areas of education, early childhood studies, sociology of childhood, social work, children¿s rights and educational management.

One person's drama is another person's life. Daphne Rae Meyers didn't ask for a life of pain and suffering. She is the definition of a victim. She was born into an extremely dysfunctional family. By age 7, Daphnes' mother relinquished her. Daphnes' father didn't fight for her. When she needed someone, no one was there. The result was adoption. Daphnes' entire family moved on without her. In an adoption, the child does not speak. Adults choose, claiming what is in the best interest of the child. In Daphnes' case, adoption was not the right fit. It was the only fit. Her adoptive family ended up worse than her family. Daphne paid for everyone's mistakes, every day of her life. She paid until one day she decided not to pay anymore. Everything comes out in the wash. Daphne spent a lifetime trying to repair what was not hers to repair. September's Child; Unlocked Memories, is a rewrite of September's Child; A Remarkably True Story. Years of counseling, with a diagnosis of PTSD, led to the rewrite of the original September's Child. There was too much left out of Daphnes' original story. It was imperative that the entire story be told. Every painful roller coaster twist, turn, and dip had to be told. Though she never returned home, she created her own home. A home full of love, acceptance, and loyalty. Everything she did not have as a child.

Zu Beginn der 2000er-Jahre wurde für die sSchweizerische Gassenarbeit eine Phase der Neuorientierung diagnostiziert, die aber bislang kaum analytisch reflektiert wurde. War Gassenarbeit früher stark an einer parteilichen Ausrichtung und der Lebenswelt ihrer Zielgruppen ¿ der Gasse ¿ orientiert, wird heute vor allem öffentlicher Raum als Bezugspunkt gesetzt. Wie sich die sozialarbeiterische Praxis im Anschluss an die Phase der Neuorientierung gestaltet, bleibt bislang ebenso offen wie der Stellenwert von öffentlichem Raum im Kontext dieser Praxis. Anhand zweier kontrastierender Teams wird deutlich, dass sich Gassenarbeit mittlerweile zwischen Bewirtschaftung des öffentlichen Raums und Lobbyarbeit in der Stadtentwicklung bewegt.