A study to determine the role of one mental health integrator as she functioned on the instructional staff responsible for the teaching of fundamentals of nursing, Block III, in "X" University School of Nursing.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston Universit

In loco parentis and the professional responsibilities of teachers.

This paper examines the concept of in loco parentis in the light of its legal origins and considers its relevance to contemporary schooling, particularly the professional responsibilities of teachers. It is argued that from a legal perspective, in loco parentis is now largely an anachronism in New Zealand education, although it appears to have some limited application in non-compulsory and out-of-school-hours educational activities. From an ethical point of view, the concept remains useful because it stresses the duty of care that professional teachers have towards their students. However, teachers need to be clear about its extremely limited legal relevance as either a source of teacher authority or a legal basis for teachers to attend to the health and well-being of their students. In the main, its old functions have been superseded by much more specific legislatio

The “Other” Cancún: Exploring Knowledge, Attitudes, And Practices Towards Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health in Two Ejido Settlements in Cancún, Mexico

Hundreds of millions of people globally are without access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and face a higher likelihood of contracting waterborne illnesses like cholera, dysentery, and typhoid. While the majority of the global population without WASH tend to be those living in low-income nations (LICs), this problem also affects those in upper-middle (UMIC) and high-income countries (HIC), like Mexico and Canada. Despite reductions in the proportion of the population in UMICs and HICs without access to WASH since the inception of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the most marginalized and vulnerable communities continue to be without these essential services. This inaccessibility and need to cope with lack of services may result in the continued spread of waterborne illnesses at household and community levels. This research is set in the irregular zones of two ejido settlements in the peri-urban zone of the City of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. These zones are characterized by a lack of infrastructure and land regulation. The objectives of this research are threefold: to explore the WASH and health knowledge, attitudes, and practices of residents living in these two settlements; second, to investigate the WASH and health knowledge, attitudes, and practices of researchers and professionals who work in the space of WASH and health service provision; and third, to uncover the differences in understanding between residents and key informants of the facilitators and barriers to achieving safely managed services in irregular zones of ejido settlements. Results of semi-structured interviews with residents (n=18) and key informants (n=10) indicate a combination of social, economic, and legal factors that interact to create barriers to achieving access to safely managed services of WASH in these settlements. The issue of land regulation and therefore the inability to be recognized in urban planning was mentioned with the greatest frequency by both residents and key informants. The findings of this research can be utilized to elucidate the gaps and understanding between residents of these irregular zones and the professionals and researchers who actively work to improve access to WASH for all members of the population. Results can also be used to inform future interventions that are both culturally appropriate and sustainable

Post-Election Audits: Restoring Trust in Elections

With the intention of assisting legislators, election officials and the public to make sense of recent literature on post-election audits and convert it into realistic audit practices, the Brennan Center and the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at Boalt Hall School of Law (University of California Berkeley) convened a blue ribbon panel (the "Audit Panel") of statisticians, voting experts, computer scientists and several of the nation's leading election officials. Following a review of the literature and extensive consultation with the Audit Panel, the Brennan Center and the Samuelson Clinic make several practical recommendations for improving post-election audits, regardless of the audit method that a jurisdiction ultimately decides to adopt

Identity Empowerment Through Clinical Sociology

Identity empowerment is defined as the deliberate enhancement of clients\u27 awareness of their values and goals and of clients\u27 expression of these values and goals in everyday behavior. Values are the deepest and broadest objectives or goals with which an individual can identify. Identity empowerment culminates in observable increases in clients\u27 behavioral expressions of their values in social commitments. The process of clinical discussion and behavioral applications promotes clients\u27 well-being and effectiveness by increasing the durability and flexibility of their bonds with significant others and by strengthening their motivations to accomplish meaningful goals in their lives. Two case studies illustrate selected uses of clinical sociological theory. The cases suggest a number of unique contributions of sociological practice in crisis intervention and in the formulation of clients\u27 options during periods of more gradual change. Ten selected clinical sociological concepts bridge micro- and macrosociological structures and represent different levels of analysis. Each concept is a context or frame of reference for a particular aspect of identity empowerment and its concomitant changes in interpersonal behavior, group membership, and societal participation. Although it is frequently in crises that clients\u27 awareness of their values and value negotiations with others is most dramatically heightened, these clinical concepts are a basis for therapeutically directed efforts to strengthen their self-understanding both during crises and in periods of gradual change

Clinical Sociology in Service-Learning

Experiences in teaching internship courses illustrate some of the advantages of teaching sociological practice through community service. For example, a course requirement to spend nine hours of each week of a semester in an advocacy group provides a richer variety of opportunities for students to learn about themselves, society, sociological theory, and research methodologies than is possible in conventional lecture-discussion classes. Furthermore, becoming participants in sociological interventions heightens students\u27 awareness of related ethical concerns, as well as of the complexity of social problems, and of how to define viable individual and collective solutions

Triadic Analysis: A Conceptual tool for Clinical Sociologists

This paper explores the utility of triadic analysis as a conceptual tool for clinical sociologists. Departing from earlier research on patterns of interaction, triads are emphasized over dyads as the structural basis of both micro- and macro-processes, and interdependency is recognized as a decisive influence in the formation and dynamics of triads. Clinical examples and applications of triadic analysis suggest that stress and conflict within a dyad prompt its members to seek out a third party to neutralize the tension. A third party functions to stabilize the dyad, in some cases as participant in a new dyadic coalition within the triad. Until the original dyadic stress is effectively lowered, third parties are continuously sought. This predictable outreach creates networks that stabilize dyads and relationship systems

Clinical Sociology and Religion

Although religious concerns are generally not clients\u27 primary presenting problems in secular therapists\u27 practices, religious beliefs and values can have a strong influence on clients\u27 behavior and clinical progress. For this reason, knowledge about religion and its impact can be useful in intervention work. Three case studies illustrate how sociology of religion can be a substantive resource in clinical sociology and sociological practice. In this paper, religion is defined as a belief system of denominational, sectarian or secular values which explains natural and supernatural phenomena. As the concept of a supreme being is central in most Western belief systems, the three clients\u27 perceptions of their relationships with a supreme being are examined. Clients\u27 concepts of God are used to demonstrate the process by which clinical strategies can increase the meaningfulness of clients\u27 choices of secular and religious values and their awareness of the consequences of holding specific beliefs for their everyday behavior. The three clinical examples are based on life history data of contrasting patterns of behavior resulting from individual allegiances to different religious belief systems. These contrasts are summarized as patterns of Deference/Fatalism, Self as Equal to God, and Copartner with Powerful God. It is proposed that sociology of religion can effectively inform principles and strategies for clinical intervention, as well as strengthen and enrich basic propositions of clinical sociology