SAUNA, SISU AND SIBELIUS:

This article uses an ethnographic approach to explore ethnic identity among second- and third-generation Finnish Americans. Analysis of qualitative data yielded four second- and twelve first-order latent dimensions: (1) ethnicity and the self (affinity, recognition, behavior and identity), (2) orientation to Finland (immigrant generation, ancestral homeland, and contemporary Finland), (3) real world ethnicity (ethnic infrastructure, family and ethnicity, and everyday life), and (4) ethnicity as social construction (symbolic ethnicity and creating ethnicity). This multidimensional measurement model reflects a constructionist approach to ethnicity.     

Conventional Wisdom on Risk Communication and Evidence from a Field Experiment

A recent comprehensive review of the literature identified a number of facts and principles governing risk communication. This paper evaluates several of these propositions using recent evidence from a field experiment in communicating the risks from radon in homes. At this point in the research, data relates primarily to the response of risk perceptions to different information treatments and different personal characteristics. The effect of various causal factors is sensitive to the particular test of risk perception applied. No information treatment was clearly superior for all tasks. An important implication of these findings is that risk communicators must determine what specific task or tasks the information program should enable people to do.     

Sexual attitudes and contraception among females across five college samples.

The relationships among sexual attitudes, sexual and contraceptive behavior, and responses to statements about sexual topics are explored using data obtained in the Sexual Opinion Survey concerning 772 women attending four midwestern U.S. universities in the period 1977-1979. "Associations generally occurred between the expression of more positive sexual attitudes and the reporting of behaviors and attitudes supportive of effective contraceptive activity."     

Reflection on action: The process of helping social work students to develop their use of theory in practice

Over the years, college and practice-based social work teachers have been expected to help social work students to relate or integrate theory and practice, to transfer knowledge and/or to be a reflective practitioner. This paper first seeks to unpick and clarify what integrating theory and practice actually means and then goes on to suggest a model for exploring the use of theory in practice which a practice teacher could use with students in supervision.     

An evaluation of a psychiatric camp for children 1

Between Client and Community. Bertha Reynolds. (New York, N.Y.: Oriole Editions, 1974).

An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis. Charles Brenner. (L.I., New York: Doubleday, 1974).

Ego Analysis in the Helping Professions. Frances Upham. (New York: Family Service Association of America, 1973).

Letters to Simon. I. H. Paul. (New York: International University Press, 1973).     

The personalisation agenda: the case of the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme

As part of the international trend towards personalisation, in 2013 Australia launched a major disability scheme aiming to give participants greater choice and control over services. The scheme aims to cover a wide diversity of disabilities, services and significant geographical area – resulting in a highly complex system of local overlapping markets. At four years into implementation a range of challenges have emerged. In this paper we firstly describe the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme, then explore a range of implementation challenges it currently faces as a large-scale personalisation scheme. Based on these experiences we pose a range of questions for similar schemes internationally.