Applying a social model of disability across the life span

With an estimated 21.3% of persons aged 15 and older experiencing disability in the USA, social workers will see clients present with disabilities across all practice settings and stages of human development. Yet, the training and terminology of social workers—which often closely aligns with medical professionals—may seem to occur in isolating silos or disciplinary theories. Social work education often views the needs of older adults and people with disabilities as two distinct populations, despite the fact that many of these individuals share similar needs for access, resources, and support. Furthermore, when discussing human development, the focus may skew to individual affective, behavioral, and cognitive processes and indicators of abnormal development and frailty. Thus, by clarifying terminology and applying a social model of disability across the life span, we identify how educational efforts related to human behavior and the social environment can promote intersectional and inclusive social work related to aging and disability.     

Predicting Attitudes Toward Lesbian and Gay Parent Families Among Portuguese Students from Helping Professions

The authors' goal was to characterize predictors of attitudes toward lesbian and gay parent families (LGPF), held by students enrolled in psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, elementary, and preschool education programs in Portugal. The authors examined the predictive value of students' (n = 600) sociodemographic characteristics when assessing their attitudes toward LGPF. Participant's gender, interpersonal contact with lesbians and gay men, gender role attitudes had indirect effects on attitudes toward LGPF, through attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. Understanding characteristics associated with attitudes toward LGPF may inform decisions in terms of the education and training of helping professionals.     

我国生育意愿及其影响因素研究综述：1980～2015

2016年1月1日起实施的全面二孩政策能否有效地鼓励民众的生育行为,这关乎到我国未来几十年合理调整人口结构、稳固新常态发展的成功与否。本文通过对我国1980-2015年有关生育意愿的国内外文献总结回顾,将生育意愿的内涵界定为数量、时间、性别、动机四个维度,并在此基础上结合国内外学者们的研究归纳得出影响生育意愿的五个方面因素：政策、经济、观念、教育、年龄,以期在新政策背景下展望未来,借鉴国外发展的经验,做好养老、医疗、就业、教育方面的准备措施来迎接全面二孩时代,并为有关生育意愿的进一步研究提供参考。     

Understanding barriers to healthy behaviors in black college men

Objective: Due to the short life expectancy of black men, it is important to understand what impacts health behaviors in this group so that interventions and programs can be developed to improve their health behaviors which may help in increasing the life expectancy of black men. The purpose of this study was to understand what perceived barriers exist for black college men that prevent them from engaging in healthy behaviors. Participants and Methods: Thirty-five black male students at a southern Historically Black College and University participated in five focus groups and four interviews. A qualitative analysis was used to analyze data for similar themes and codes. Results: Perceived barriers to engaging in healthy behaviors appear to be influenced by image, food cost, and education. Cues to action for not engaging in healthy behaviors appear to be related to role models. Conclusions: Black college men are not adequately informed or educated about elements that can impact their health and how they can improve it. College administrators and researchers should develop interventions that include elements of increasing health knowledge and age-appropriate role models to improve health behavior change among this group.     

The Association Between the New Rural Cooperative Medical System and Health Care Seeking Behavior Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese

The new rural cooperative medical system (NCMS) is the primary form of social insurance in rural China. This study aims to explore how the NCMS influences the health care seeking behaviors of middle-aged and older Chinese, considering the family and community contexts. A series of multi-level (three-level) models using data from the first wave of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) are used. We find that the presence of NCMS coverage has a statistically significant association with seeking inpatient and outpatient care but not physical checkups among middle-aged and older rural Chinese: Rural residents insured by NCMS were more likely to seek inpatient and outpatient care than people who were not insured. Other factors at the individual level (such as self-perceived health and number of doctor-diagnosed chronic diseases), the family level (such as living arrangements and household expenditures), and the community level (such as the presence of township hospitals within the community) are also significant predictors of health care seeking behaviors.     

思想与行为不应是思想政治教育学的起点范畴——与徐志远商榷

徐志远写的论文《思想与行为：思想政治教育学的逻辑起．最》认为：思想政治教育学的起点范畴只能是思想与行为,而不可能是其他范畴。此论值得商榷。思想政治教育学的起点范畴,有它自身的质和量的规定性,但是,思想与行为这一对范畴,并不符合思想政治教育学起点范畴规定性,思想与行为不应是思想政治教育学的起点范畴。相比较而言,利益,而不是思想与行为,更适合于作为思想政治教育学的起点范畴。     

国内网络集群行为研究文献综述

在互联网时代,全新的网络空间为人们提供了一个自由发表言论、表达观点的互动平台,＂网络集群行为＂正是基于这一平台而形成的一个有别于现实社会中集群行为的全新行为方式。这种网络集群行为的频繁发生,不但直接影响到人们的社会生活,而且也开始引起了不同学科众多学者的关注。这里试图通过对近几年国内就网络集群行为研究成果的梳理,充分展示国内有关网络集群行为的研究现状,以便为今后的研究者提供有益的助力。     

妇女、家庭与生育

在临近20世纪末的时候,人们发现家庭制度已经发生了很大的变化,呈现出一幅之多散漫的状态,那么在这些变化中,妇女在家庭与生育问题中所处的地位发生了多少变化,我们希望通过国内外的一些数字来说明问题。因为这些数字的背后折射地是一个心理观念、价值取向的现实问题。数字告诉我们妇女、家庭与生育问题也是一个事关社会稳定与发展的大问题。     

影响太原市城镇居民体育消费行为的因素分析

以太原市城镇居民为研究对象,主要从影响太原市居民体育消费行为的静态因素、动态因素进行分析.结合太原市的实际情况,提出了适应目前太原市城镇居民不同社会阶层的消费特征,并对家庭生命周期、地域及社会阶层几个因素对城镇居民体育消费行为的影响进行了深入阐述.最后,有针对性地提出了建立合理消费结构、促进消费结构升级政府应采取的对策,对企业市场营销策略的制定与选择作了有益的探索.     

生育政策调整目标实现的困境及破解--基于女性个体发展视角的分析

女性的生育行为是我国生育政策调整的落脚点,然而单纯的生育政策调整并不能对当前女性生育行为产生实质性影响。独生子女时代形塑的生育价值观念、工业经济催生的工具主义生育理性,有效地抵消了生育政策调整的预期效果。社会主义市场经济条件下,深度参与劳动力市场的女性更重视个体发展和个人价值的实现,个人与社会的关系得到强化,而与家庭的关系趋于弱化,然而生育行为易导致其个人发展陷入困境。由此,生育政策调整若要实现预期目标,需要补偿女性因生育行为所产生的损失,从社会政策体系方面构建有利于女性生育的环境,否则只是单纯地放宽生育子女数量和适度延长产假,无法激励女性生育,更无法改变女性生育于自身个体发展方面的不利现状。