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    Género, migración femenina transnacional y trabajo doméstico en Grecia

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    In global labour markets, migrant workers are mainly found in precarious, low-status/low-wage occupations in undeclared work and the underground/informal sector of the economy which demands a low paid, uninsured, mobile, temporary and flexible workforce. This article argues that migrant women are mostly employed as domestic workers in various countries that demand precarious, low-status/low-wage service workers and personal services. Feminist scholarship on migration underlines, that social constructions of gender and racial stereotypes drive men and women into specific roles and therefore dictate their experiences. Social constructions of gender cannot be considered separate from social constructions of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and sexuality; female migrants are disassociated from family relationships, community associations, solidarity networks, and become susceptible to discrimination based on race and ethnicity, class and gender in the reception countries. This article provides an intersectional review of research on domestic work, healthcare and community networks in Greece (1990-2018). Intersectionality produces assumptions set in women’s race and ethnicity, projecting unequal labour rights among sexes in Greece. Gender, race and ethnicity subject women to obedience, susceptibility and exploitation, confining them to domestic work, and low-paid jobs without social rights. Last but not least, this article suggests that ethnic background and unstable legal residence status works as a mechanism of control and suppression, which in turn force female migrants to accept low wages, refrain from demanding healthcare services and from seeking support from migrant community associations. Employers confiscate their documents, monitor them and threaten to report them to the authorities, thus institutionalising exploitation, leading to forceful application of discipline, consent, subordination, obedience and dependency of domestic workers.En los mercados laborales globales, los trabajadores migrantes se encuentran principalmente en ocupaciones precarias, de bajo rendimiento estadístico/de bajos salarios en el trabajo no declarado y en el sector clandestino/informal de la economía, que exige una mano de obra mal pagada, no asegurada, móvil, temporal y flexible. Este artículo argumenta que las mujeres migrantes están empleadas en su mayoría como trabajadoras domésticas en varios países que exigen trabajadores y servicios personales precarios, de bajo estatus/bajos salarios. La investigación feminista sobre migración subraya que las construcciones sociales de los estereotipos de género y raza llevan a hombres y mujeres a roles específicos y, por lo tanto, dictan sus experiencias. Las construcciones sociales de género no pueden considerarse separadas de las construcciones sociales de clase, género, raza, etnia y sexualidad; las mujeres migrantes no están asociadas con las relaciones familiares, las asociaciones comunitarias, las redes de solidaridad y se vuelven susceptibles a la discriminación basada en la raza y el origen étnico, la clase y el género en los países de recepción. Este artículo proporciona una revisión interseccional de la investigación sobre trabajo doméstico, salud y redes comunitarias en Grecia (1990-2018). La interseccionalidad produce supuestos establecidos en la raza y el origen étnico de las mujeres, proyectando derechos laborales desiguales entre los sexos en Grecia. El género, la raza y la etnicidad someten a las mujeres a la obediencia, la susceptibilidad y la explotación, limitándolas al trabajo doméstico y a los trabajos mal pagados sin derechos sociales. Por último, pero no menos importante, este artículo sugiere que los antecedentes étnicos y el estatus de residencia legal inestable funcionan como un mecanismo de control y supresión, que a su vez obliga a las mujeres migrantes a aceptar salarios bajos, se abstienen de exigir servicios de atención médica y de buscar apoyo de las asociaciones de comunidades de migrantes. Los empleadores confiscan sus documentos, los monitorean y amenazan con informarlos a las autoridades, institucionalizando así la explotación, lo que lleva a una aplicación contundente de disciplina, consentimiento, subordinación, obediencia y dependencia de los trabajadores domésticos

    Protective behaviors during COVID-19 confinement measures in Greece: the role of anxiety, perceived risk and risky-choice framing

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    Confinement measures at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic imposed major changes on the global population. The aim of this study was to explore the level to which the public adhered to protective guidelines by adopting the most appropriate behaviors at that time (such as hand washing with soap and using sanitizer gel) and to identify the determinants of these behaviors. A purposive sample of 1013 individuals was invited and voluntarily participated in the online survey. The questionnaire collected information on demographic data, hand washing, risk perception, anxiety (through the S = Anxiety scale of STAI) and risky-choice framing. Results showed increased levels of anxiety, a moderate perception of the risk of catching coronavirus and increased adoption of protective behaviors, such as handwashing and cleaning surfaces with disinfectant/antiseptic products. Multiple ordinal logistic regression models showed that being female, more educated and cleaning home with disinfectant / antiseptic products predicted handwashing with soap. Additionally, having an increased perception of getting the coronavirus, being older and cleaning the home with disinfectant / antiseptic products predicted handwashing with antiseptics. Public health interventions should take into consideration the unified cleaning pattern and the combined effect of sociodemographic variables and risk perception on the adoption of protective behaviour in the context of a health crisis which is out of people's control

    Policy Recommendations ebook. Migrations, Gender and Inclusion from an International Perspective

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    Technical coordination: Rais, Carlo (Pixel Associazione - Italy); Martellini, Lorenzo (Pixel Associazione - Italy) Collaborating team: Esteban-Ibañez, Macarena (Pablo de Olavide University - Spain); Macias Gómez-Esthern, Beatriz (Pablo de Olavide University - Spain) Monreal Gimeno, Carmen (Pablo de Olavide University - Spain) Moreno Amador, Gracia (Pablo de Olavide University - Spain) Pérez-de-Guzmán-Puya, Victoria (Pablo de Olavide University - Spain)This publication is the third product of the Erasmus + Project entitled Voices of Immigrant Women (Project Number: 2020-1-ES01-KA203-082364). This product is based on a set of policy recommendations that provides practical guidance on intervention proposals to those with political responsibilities in governance on migration management and policies for integration and social inclusion, as well as to policy makers in the governance of training in Higher Education (University) at all levels. This is intended to promote the development of practical strategies that allow overcoming the obstacles encountered by migrant women during the integration process, favoring the construction of institutions, administrations and, ultimately, more inclusive societies. The content presented in this book proposes recommendations and intervention proposals oriented to practice to: - Improve Higher Education study plans by promoting the training of students as future active protagonists who are aware of social interventions. This will promote equity, diversity and the integration of migrant women. - Strengthen cooperation and creation of networks between academic organizations, the third sector and public administrations that are responsible for promoting the integration and inclusion of migrant women. - Promote dialogue and the exchange of knowledge to, firstly, raise awareness of human mobility and gender in Europe and, secondly, promote the participation and social, labor and civic integration of the migrant population. All this is developed through 4 areas in which this book is articulated. The first area entitled "Migrant women needs and successful integration interventions"; the second area entitled "Promoting University students awareness and civic and social responsibility towards migrant women integration"; the third area entitled "Cooperation between Higher Education institutions and third sector"; the fourth and last area, entitled "Inclusive Higher Education".PixelInstitut De Recherche Pour Le DéveloppementPolytechnic Institute of BragançaUniversity of FlorenceEuropean Public Law OrganizationThe Peace InstituteEmet Arco Iris FoundationUniversidad Pablo de Olavid

    HIV risk behaviours amongst greek inmates A theoretical perspective

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    Factors affecting parents' satisfaction with pediatric wards

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    Aim To explore the relationship of parental satisfaction with sociodemographic variables and to identify the possible determinants in pediatric and surgical wards of two public pediatric hospitals in Greece. Methods: The validated Swedish Pyramid Questionnaire that measures parental satisfaction with the quality of care was used. A convenience sample of 352 parents (response rate: 88%) was collected from two major pediatric public hospitals in Athens, Greece, from February to April, 2016. The satisfaction questions focused on eight domains: information on illness, information on routines, accessibility, medical treatment, care processes, staff attitudes, parental participation, and the staff work environment. Results The parents of the hospitalized children were highly satisfied with the behavior of the healthcare providers and the medical and nursing care that was provided, but they were less satisfied with accessibility in the hospital. The marital status and child’s length of stay in the hospital seemed to affect the most dimensions of parental satisfaction, with the married parents whose child’s length of stay was short expressing higher levels of satisfaction. Conclusion: Healthcare providers’ approaches should be modified for parental satisfaction to be improved and parents’ sociodemographics while providing health care. Nurses should enhance the quality of nursing care

    Measuring parental satisfaction of care quality provided in hospitalized children

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    Introduction: Measuring parental satisfaction is of major importance for pediatric hospitals and the key component of evaluating the quality of services provided to health services. Aim: To assess the degree of parental satisfaction from the care provided to their hospitalized children.Methodology: A descriptive study conducted using a convenience sample of parents of hospitalized children in two public pediatric hospitals in Athens. Data collection was completed in a period of 3 months. 352 questionnaires were collected (response rate 88%). The Pyramid Questionnaire for parents of hospitalized children was used which estimates the degree of parental satisfaction from the care provided to their hospitalized child.Results: More parents were satisfied with health care professionals’ behavior (81,9%), the supplied care (78,2%) and the information provision to parents regarding the hospitalized child’s disease (71,9%). In contrast, less parents were satisfied with their hospitalized child’s involvement in care (52,3%) and the accessibility to the hospital (39,5%). The overall parental satisfaction ranged in very good level (76,8%) and it was higher on hospital A (78,8%), among married parents (77,4%) and those not al all concerned or concerned less for child’s illness (83,1%). Logistic regression model showed that hospitalization in hospital B and the great concern for child’s illness and its complications decreased ovewrall satisfaction by 24% and 17% respectively. Conclusions: The assessment of the degree of parental satisfaction is the most important indicator of hospitals’ proper functioning. From our study certain areas need improvement, such as: the parental involvement in child’s care, information provision, the accessibility to the hospital, the communication and the interpersonal health care in order greater satisfaction to be achieved

    Factors associated with parents' levels of stress in pediatric wards

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    Hospitalization of a child is a stressful experience, increasing parents' anxiety and deteriorating their satisfaction with the health-care services. This study aimed to assess the level of stress that parents of hospitalized children experienced and evaluate the association of parent's stress and satisfaction and identify its predictors. Three hundred and fifty-two parents whose children were hospitalized in two pediatric hospitals were enrolled in the study, from February 2015 to April 2015. The Perceived Stress Scale was used to estimate parental stress and the Pyramid Questionnaire was used for assessing parents' overall satisfaction with care. Parents expressed mild to moderate overall levels of stress. Less-stressed parents felt more satisfied. Being single (p < .001), having lower educational level (p = .005), one's child been hospitalized for more than 14 days (p = .001), and one's have visited the hospital many times in the past (p = .014) were the predictors of experiencing high levels of stress. During pediatric hospitalization, parental needs (communication, interpersonal health care, continuous information, involvement in child's care) should be considered, so as stress levels to be decreased and parents get more satisfied by the quality of health care provided

    Subjective stress, role perceptions and coping strategies among mental health nurses

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    Introduction: Lack of nursing personnel, the consequent nurses’ work pressure within health care units and the particularities of nursing services provision in mental health institutions, render the examination of stress at work a necessity. Aim: The current study aims in presenting the stress levels among nurses in mental health institutions, their perceptions of the nursing role and the coping strategies they use. Methodology: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in the population of 85 nurses in mental health open and closed units of two public hospitals of Attica, one psychiatric and one general. Participants filled in questionnaires on demographic characteristics, perceived stress, role conflict and ambiguity and ways of coping with stressful situations. Results: 57 women (67,1%) and 28 men (32,9%), aged (mean) 41,08 years, mostly married (74,1%) and graduates of Technological institutions (29,4%) participated in the study. Most were working 16-20 years (32,9%), were nurses (71,8%) and were being occupied in a psychiatric structure for more than 21 years (27,1%). Female nurses had a greater amount of role ambiguity (p=0.048) and higher levels of stress (p=0.007). The same pattern was observed to those who worked for more years (p=0.038). Those who were not satisfied with their job suffered from greater role ambiguity (p<0.001) and conflict (p<0.001), while the graduates of secondary education and specialised nurses had higher levels of stress (p=0.004). Nurses with most working years in a psychiatric facility, experienced greater role conflict (p=0.034). Role ambiguity was positively associated with role conflict (p<0.001), perceived stress (p=0.006), positive approach strategy (negatively; p=0.003), self-rated health (negatively; p=0.003) and age (negatively; p=0.006). Perceived stress was negatively associated with positive approach (p=0.019) and self-rated health (p<0.001). Finally, positive approach was positively associated with social support (p<0.001) and self-rated health (p=0.009). Conclusions: Further examination of the complex aetiology of work-related stress, its determinants and underlying mechanisms is imperative in order to optimize the organisation of the work environment
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