Implementation of food safety and quality standards: A case study of vegetable processing industry in Zhejiang, China

Over the last decade great attention has been paid to food safety/quality control due to the increases of food especially pesticide residues related diseases in China. Firms of Chinese vegetable industry have adopted a number of standards that can enhance safety of products. This study uses binomial and ordinal Logistic Regression Models to identify the determinants that influence the adoption behavior and adoption magnitude of food safety/quality standards in Chinese vegetable processing sector. The findings indicate that adoption behavior and adoption intensity are very closely linked to firm's characteristics such as firm size, expected premium, export market, brand name, e-commerce, training frequency and traceability. Moreover, the results suggest that the significance and magnitude of the coefficients associated with the independent variables differ between binomial and ordered logistic models. The results provide policy implications for food safety regulation and promote adoption of standards in Chinese vegetable processing sector.     

High-risk children with challenging behaviour: changing directions for them and their families

This paper is about an evaluation of three centre-based projects established by a voluntary organization under the Scottish Government's Youth Crime Prevention Fund, to work with primary school-aged children displaying challenging and antisocial behaviour. Following a brief overview of what is known about effective interventions, the paper describes the projects' ways of working, including their remit and ethos. The core intervention chosen was the well-tested Webster-Stratton training programme, The Incredible Years . Wrap around services were also developed and staff modelled the projects' ethos, promoting children's participation and parents' empowerment. The evaluation is described, noting the limited time and resources at the disposal of the evaluation team. The evaluation team adopted a broad definition of evidence, using a range of measures to explore the processes of project development and service intervention, the meaning to the children and families who used the services, and the impact on children's behaviour and parents' levels of stress. The results were modest but encouraging. They suggested that the projects had provided valuable turning points for some of the children with out-of-control behaviour and their families. Finally, it is suggested that a better way to evaluate such projects could be to use complexity theory     

Domestic violence and child protection: towards a collaborative approach across the two service sectors

Domestic violence continues to be one of the most significant aspects of child abuse and neglect in Australia. However, the children are not well served by either child protection or domestic violence service sectors, which continue to operate as segregated, tertiary response systems. This paper reports on research that examined bridges and barriers to effective collaboration between child protection and domestic violence services in responding to children affected by domestic violence. The differing conceptions and responses of the workers from each service sector, in relation to children and families affected by domestic violence, is discussed in the light of gaps in service provision in both sectors. In doing so, areas of common ground for more effective collaboration between these service sectors are identified, including the prioritizing of emotional and psychological abuse, supporting and empowering abused mothers, strengthening the mother–child relationship, and supporting children and families across a continuum of service provision, particularly in the medium‐ to long‐term. Understanding each other and finding common ground across the two service sectors is paramount to improving how each responds to children and families affected by domestic violence.     

PUBLISHED SCHOLARSHIP ON MARITAL THERAPY

This article is a content analysis of 10 prominent marital and family therapy journals during a 6-year period. Marital therapy articles were the focus of the analysis. Prolific authours, institutions, types of articles being published, and publication outlet were described. The aim is to survey the field and facilitate future scholarship.     

Research and the State: Dilemmas of Feminist Practice

Governments are increasingly protective of the information they gather. This creates a dilemma for feminist researchers retained as consultants, who recognise that those who provide information to researchers have a stake in its use. The current emphasis on crisis management rather than redistributive goals and social rights, poses further problems for researchers who challenge this emphasis by government, and question the bureaucratic forms which maintain women in dependent situations. A suppressed report on women, disability and rehabilitation in Australia is used as a case study.     

When the going gets rough ... difficult points in treatment: Identification,exploration and working through (panel)

This paper is a summarized report of a panel presentation made by three analysts on the topic of resolving difficult points in the treatment of three of their patients through the understanding of countertransference and transference issues. The first analyst presented a case in which a stalemate was broken by addressing three different kinds of countertransference. The second presenter addressed an impasse in the treatment of her drug addicted male patient which was caused by positive transference and countertransference. The third analyst discussed the resolution of a critical point in the third year of treatment of a female patient which was uncovered by addressing the parameter of appointment scheduling. The candor and honesty of these presentations takes the reader into the heart of practice issues and illustrates how stalemates are resolved and treatment deepened. Audience reaction indicated that more such presentations which illustrate how analysts really work would be welcome.