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Parent Talk: How Parents Discursively Construct, Co-Construct and Re-Do Gender Expectations and Practices in Their Young Children
No full textThis research explores how parents discursively construct, co-construct and re-do gender expectations and practices of their young children. Using the social construction of gender approach, which views the accomplishment of gender as an ongoing and multifaceted process, the author investigates parents’ of young twins’ discursive engagement with, and commitment to, the gender binary. It examines the ways in which parents are invested in the gender binary, feel accountable to other people regarding their children’s gender and how they resist gender expectations. Further, this study examines how parents “do” gender embodiment through the practices they engage in while raising their young children.This study draws off of 40 in-depth interviews and 8 observations with parents of twins between the ages of 12 and 60 months. What emerged were rich descriptions of parents’ gender ideals, gendered practices and resistance to gender expectations. The strength of the gender binary and parents’ investment reinforcing gender was strong and varied amongst the twin pairs, with parents of boy/girl twins expressing the most commitment to the gender binary. The study found that parents of boy/boy twins were the most invested in constructing and upholding social expectations of hegemonic masculinity, often rooted in homophobia and prompting them to “closet” behavior and practices the parents deemed non-gender appropriate. Whereas, parents of girl/girl twins often avoided gendered language and expressed the most comfort with gender fluidity and non-gender conformity. This research also found that parents feel responsible for constructing and upholding gender expectations for their children and their children’s gendered bodies. The study found that children’s bodies are often scrutinized by networks of accountability (e.g. family, friends, and other people) and parents’ feel accountable for their young children’s bodies living up to these gender expectations. Accountability also emerged as a reason parents often felt constricted to uphold gender expectations and practices and often didn’t engage in resisting gender norms
Controlling risk for the telecommuting workforce with an emphasis on ergonomics
No full textPlan BTen million people or nearly 4.5 % of the United States workforce characterized themselves as telecommuters at the end of 1998. Telecommuting generally involves extensive use of a personal computer workstation. Ergonomic risk factors identified as repetition, awkward postures, force, and the combination of these factors exist in the traditional office workplace. These risk factors are expected to be present in the telecommuters work situation as well. To maintain the health of employees and reduce potential corporate liability due to employee injuries, risk professionals must control ergonomic risk factors faced by the telecommuter. United States corporations have developed a number of different strategies to address ergonomic risks and they are presented in this study. Two specific strategies used are providing in-home workstation evaluations and furniture for the telecommuter. Several large US companies were informally surveyed to determine whether or not they provide these services to their telecommuting workforce. Similarly, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been evaluating different methods to control employee injuries associated with ergonomic factors in the office workplace through regulation. These regulatory strategies are also described in this investigation. Document collection and literature review was used as the primary data collection method throughout the study. In addition to the reviews, a set of questions was prepared to provide a framework for informal interviews with several companies. This interview process was used to collect information on the strategies the selected companies employ to control general and ergonomic risks faced by their telecommuting workforces. Data covering general risks associated with telecommuting was presented in paragraph format. Information collected on corporate risk control strategies was provided in a table format. Finally, a time line was created to present OSHA information related to telecommuting
"Put your own house in order first": local perceptions of EU influence on Romani integration policies in the Czech Republic
No full textThis article examines the influence of the European Union (EU) on the development and implementation of Romani integration policy in the Czech Republic from the perspective of those responsible for policy delivery. Based on analysis of key policy documents and research conducted in the Czech Republic, this article first examines how Romani integration became a more important issue during membership negotiations and then discusses how the criticism of the European Commission's Regular Reports was received by those responsible for implementing pro-Romani policies. Finally, the paper assesses how the status of full EU membership has impacted on integration policy. The article concludes that while funding for Romani integration projects has benefitted some groups, the overall impression of the EU is of a remote institution, quick to criticise and unwilling to practise what it preaches
NGOs, Micro-finance and Poverty Alleviation: Experience of the Rural Poor in Pakistan
No full textNon-governmental organisations (NGOs) continue to be the global ‘flavour of the month’ in international development. They are regarded as “outside” actors perceived to work in the interests of the poor, and in the absence of the state, many NGOs have taken on vital role in the provision of basic services to the poor. The institutional and political environment is attuned to privatisation in whatever form it takes. NGOs are another expression of this trend, but in the case of NGOs no real disillusionment phase has yet set in. But still NGOs remain the favoured vehicle for grass-roots involvement and community development in many countries. The present paper seeks to delineate the role of NGOs in micro finance and study their aggregate impact on poverty reduction in rural Pakistan as a result of micro finance efforts. The paper is organised in four sections. Section I commences with the concepts, promises and limitations of NGOs as a vehicle of micro finance. Section II summarises the record of performance of NGOs in Pakistan. In particular, the role, achievements and set-backs of two noted NGOs in Pakistan, Agha Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) and National Rural Support Programme (NRSP). Which are studied by examining aggregate impact of these NGOs on poverty reduction as result of their micro finance efforts. Section III examines the poverty profile and presents summary of the role of NGOs in the context of poverty lending and, finally Section IV concludes the analysis and proposes some policy recommendations.
Dog-bites, rabies and One Health: Towards a coordinated agenda for research, policy and practice
No full textDog-bites and rabies are neglected problems worldwide, notwithstanding recent efforts to raise awareness and to consolidate preventive action. As problems, dog-bites and rabies are entangled with one another, and both align with the concept of One Health. This concept emphasizes interdependence between humans and non-human species in complex socio-ecological systems. Despite intuitive appeal, One Health applications and critiques remain under-developed with respect to social science and social justice. In this article, we report on an ethnographic case-study of policies on dog bites and rabies, with a focus on Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which is widely recognized as a leader in animal-control policies. The fieldwork took place between 2013 and 2016. Our analysis suggests that current policies on rabies prevention may come at the expense of a ‘bigger picture’ for One Health. In that ‘bigger picture,’ support is needed to enhance coordination between animal-control and public-health policies. Such coordination has direct relevance for the well-being of children, not least Indigenous children.This research was made possible by funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research [CIHR-MOP-130569; UCalgary/CHREB13-1101].
The interviews with veterinarians took place under the auspices of a related project [CIHR-MOP-123380; UCalgary/CHREB14-1347]. In addition, Chris Degeling’s contributions were enabled by a grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [NHMRC-1083079], which concerns polices for rabies prevention.
Dawn Rault held an Indigenous Graduate Award from the Province of Alberta and the Captain Nichola K.S. Goddard Memorial Graduate Scholarship from the University of Calgary.
Our analysis benefited from presentations to the Alberta Association of Community Peace Officers, in November 2015; to the Alberta Municipal Enforcement Association, in May 2015, May 2016 and May 2017; at a symposium hosted by the Group for Research with Indigenous People in the O’Brien Institute for Public Health at the University of Calgary, in May 2016; and at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Medical Anthropology, in April 2016 and June 2016. The June 2016 presentation at the University of Edinburgh was made possible by a CIHR/IPPH Visiting Scholar Award [CIHR-ICT-146829]
Consortia and the big deals: a new way of doing business or the end of the technical library?
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Factors influencing Canadian oncology nurses discussing cannabis use with patients experiencing chemotherapy-induced nausea
No full textA descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted to determine factors influencing Canadian oncology nurses discussing cannabis use with patients experiencing chemotherapy-induced nausea (CIN). A survey invitation and three reminders were sent to 678 members of the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology (CANO) between February 8 and April 10, 2022. An educator sent an extra invitation to 131 oncology nurses in Eastern Ontario. The survey was based on the Ottawa Model of Research Use. Twenty-seven opened the link to the survey and 25 responded. Of 25 nurses, 11 (47.8%) correctly answered the knowledge question about the effectiveness of cannabis for CIN. The top three barriers to discussing cannabis use were social stigma, nurses’ lack of knowledge, and lack of guidance within the workplace. All participants identified needing continuing education and written guidance about use of cannabis for CIN. Although few oncology nurses responded to the survey, most indicated feeling inadequately prepared to discuss cannabis use with patients experiencing CIN
Internet technologies relevant to private investigators’ working practices
No full textMuch has been written and discussed especially in the various US media and in legislative organs, about how the Internet is used illegally (hacking, stalking for instance), but hardly if any research has been done as to how the investigative industry employs the new medium to its benefit. The author described in this thesis how private investigators (PIs) execute their profession these days using the facilities the Internet avail them in contrast to the time before the dawn of the Internet. This contrast is also investigated in an international context, an important part of the thesis, drawn from the author's 32 years of international business experience and that of PIs worldwide. The availability of the various online facilities in different countries are compared. To better understand the new medium, and its facilities a short outline of the Internet’s history, it’s set up in general and for the use of PIs in particular is supplied. PIs also face limitations in their daily work, limitations originating from online, legal, educational, financial and international causes. The new medium not only helps PIs in their investigative, but also in their office work. Finally PIs' wishes for new tools to facilitate their daily investigative work and their outlook as to where the new medium will head are also discussed
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