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Teen Incentive Program: A Research and Evaluation Model for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
For many American adolescents, the decision to delay pregnancy is a manifestation of attitudes and behaviors which increase their ability to avoid unplanned pregnancies. Poor self-perception and external locus of control, in turn, are considered to be major determinants of the quality of decisions that many adolescents make. Research informs us that many factors: family, environmental and psychological, come together to motivate the adolescent's self-perception and perception of the risks of pregnancy and childbearing. To motivate the freshmen at an inner city high school, a three phase program of interventions using professional staff from a nearby hospital was developed. Built into this program was a research component based on the classic experimental design. The sixty students in the experimental group met once weekly for eight weeks in small groups of 10-12 each, to learn social interaction, communication, and decision-making skills as well as family planning and male/female sexual responsibility. Additionally, condoms were distributed free of charge along with encouragement to use them whenever a decision was made to have sex. The six week career mentorship component of the program made it possible for these students to try out a possible life career by spending time with a professional person in a chosen area of health care. The students then returned to their groups for a six week termination phase. Pretesting, based on the Nowicki-Strickland test and the Rosenberg scales showed no differences between the control and experimental groups, and incremental improvement after treatment which was not statistically significant, however, posttests results show a significant increase in the use of contraception amongst sexually active program participants. In addition, frequency of sexual activity decreased by more than one half after treatment. Students who completed the program participated in a graduation ceremony and were given certificates. These young men and women gave very positive evaluations to the program. More significantly, many of them have returned as volunteers and peer mentors to work with a new group who have just started the new program cycle
Interdiszciplináris közösségfejlesztés és együttműködés izraeli és amerikai tapasztalatok és szaktudás alapján
A tanulmány az interdiszciplináris közössĂ©gfejlesztĂ©s Ă©s egyĂĽttműködĂ©s fogalmi kereteit Ă©s gyakorlatát vizsgálja, amerikai Ă©s izraeli tapasztalatok alapján. KĂ©t interdiszciplináris szakmai csoport munkájára Ă©pĂĽl, melyek szociális munkások kezdemĂ©nyezĂ©sĂ©re jöttek lĂ©tre az USA-ban Ă©s Izraelben. A tanulmány bemutatja a tĂ©ma fĹ‘bb kĂ©rdĂ©seit Ă©s fogalmait, Ăgy a mono-, multi-, inter-, transz-diszciplinaritás valamint a nĂ©zĹ‘pontok közötti megközelĂtĂ©s kĂĽlönbsĂ©geit. Emellett tárgyalja a kĂĽlönbözĹ‘ szakmai identitások kĂ©rdĂ©sĂ©t, a közössĂ©gfejlesztĂ©s gyakorlatában rĂ©szt vevĹ‘ szakmák számára lĂ©trehozhatĂł közös tudásalap Ă©s kĂ©szsĂ©gek azonosĂtását, valamint a szervezetközi szempontok Ă©rtelmezĂ©sĂ©t. Bemutatja az interdiszciplináris közössĂ©gfejlesztĂ©sben Ă©s egyĂĽttműködĂ©sben rĂ©szt vevĹ‘ szakemberek párbeszĂ©deibĹ‘l nyert adatok kvalitatĂv mĂłdszerekkel elvĂ©gzett tartalmi elemzĂ©sĂ©t, illetve az izraeli Ă©s amerikai csoport eredmĂ©nyeinek összevetĂ©sĂ©t. Az eredmĂ©nyek azt mutatják, hogy az eltĂ©rĹ‘ cĂ©lok, gyakoriság Ă©s intenzitás ellenĂ©re a kĂ©t fĂłrum között több a hasonlĂłság, mint a kĂĽlönbsĂ©g. Az eredmĂ©nyek tĂĽkrözik a rĂ©sztvevĹ‘k megbeszĂ©lĂ©sek fontosságába vetett hitĂ©t Ă©s a szakmaközi gyakorlat iránt Ă©rzett elkötelezettsĂ©gĂ©t. MindkĂ©t csoport meggyĹ‘zĹ‘dĂ©se volt, hogy a szervezetközi Ă©s szakmaközi kapcsolatok, valamint a szakmai-közössĂ©gi interakciĂłk Ăşj modelljei mellett sokfĂ©le szaktudásra van szĂĽksĂ©g. A korábbi kutatásoktĂłl eltĂ©rĹ‘en a tanulmány a közössĂ©get a közössĂ©gfejlesztĂ©si egyĂĽttműködĂ©sekben kĂĽlön diszciplĂnakĂ©nt kezeli. HasonlĂłan fontos a fejlesztĂ©s jövĹ‘beli cĂ©ljainak meghatározása, mely magába foglalja az alap Ă©s társszakmák, valamint a szociális munka kĂ©pzĂ©sĂ©nek Ă©s oktatásának, illetve más társadalomtudományi szakmák irányainak azonosĂtását. Az ajánlások az interdiszciplináris közössĂ©gfejlesztĂ©s Ă©s egyĂĽttműködĂ©s további vizsgálatának szĂĽksĂ©gessĂ©gĂ©re mutatnak rá
Comparative Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Community Collaboration between Academics and Community Practitioners
Voluntary Immigration and Continuing Encounters between Blacks: The Post-Quincentenary Challenge
Another history of museums: from the discourse to the museum-piece
The history of museums could get inspired on the procedures of material studies and of Anthropology in order to take a new stand and move away from the institutional approach and consider the approach of objects traditionally labelled as museum objects. The socalled “museum pieces” are supposed to have a number of characteristics, particularly some great historical and artistic qualities, sometimes an heritage quality, but above all the ability to make “friends” around the community or around the world. In all these respects, it is proposed here a number of research procedures that may supplement or enrich the directions usually assigned to the history of institutions