Achieving Shared Meaning in Cross-Cultural Dialogue

Abstract

Based on a qualitative study of the Twin Cities Hmong community, this paper offers a case study of a Hmong family's response to a situation in which a woman who is a member of their family has been chronically physically abused by her husband. The case illustrates the challenges of understanding the family's reactions in light of their cultural context as well as the implications for social work practice. An excerpt of a verbatim interview between the author and a subject from the study is provided. The specifics of the cultural values, protocol for handling conflict and communication patterns that contribute to understanding what has occurred are discussed. The author then discusses the challenges for the social work practitioner of simultaneously maintaining the ethical values of honoring diversity and protection of the oppressed.     

Fathers’ Shared Book Reading Experiences: Common Behaviors,Frequency, Predictive Factors,and Developmental Outcomes

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A comprehensive critical review of the shared reading literature indicates that shared reading has the potential to yield positive developmental outcomes for children cognitively, socially, and emotionally. However, closer consideration of the literature further demonstrates that the extent and nature of parental sex differences is largely undocumented, though significant theoretical underpinnings suggest that mothers and fathers are likely to differ in quality of reading and linguistic exchanges with their sons and daughters. We review available literature on father’s shared reading to describe common father behaviors, frequency of fathers’ shared reading, factors predictive of fathers’ shared reading with children, and developmental outcomes for children. Implications for further research are elaborated.     

坚持习近平共享发展理念 全面落实2030年可持续发展议程

当前,世界多极化、经济全球化、文化多样化、社会信息化深入发展,人类社会充满希望。同时,国际形势的不稳定性及不确定性更加突出,人类面临的全球性挑战更加严峻,需要世界各国齐心协力、共同应对。放眼世界,可持续发展是各方的最大利益契合点和最佳合作切入点。2030年可持续发展议程统筹经济增长、社会发展、环境保护三大领域,描绘了全球发展的新图景,体现了世界人民对建设美好家园的共同追求与向往。议程自2015年实施以来,中国坚持共享发展,积极落实2030年可持续发展议程。习近平共享发展理念致力于实现发展的公平性、普惠性、包容.性,彰显着构建人类命运共同体的价值追求,为落实2030年可持续发展议程提供了根本遵循。     

增强劳动技能与改善劳动条件:农村低收入人口增收路径分析

扎实推进共同富裕,需要推动更多农村低收入人口迈入中等收入行列。如何对农村低收入人口进行类型细分,并探索其有效增收路径成为亟待解决的问题。从劳动视角进一步探源农村低收入人口收入困境发现,城乡二元体制、农村内部“共享”机制、人口生物性特征和社会性特征综合影响农村人口“劳动条件”和“劳动技能”,造成了部分群体收入低的现状;单一的劳动技能视角不能从根本上解决增收问题,必须促进劳动者的劳动技能与劳动对象的结合,在授人以渔的同时,还要确保他们有“捕鱼机会”。基于“劳动技能-劳动条件”结合情况,农村低收入人口类型可以划分为技能不足型、条件不足型以及技能与条件不足型共3种。促进农村低收入人口增收,在基本保障方面要建设关于体力劳动者的社会保护网,维持基本收入;在能力建设方面要构建基础性和专业性技能并重的人力资本增量体系,促进持续增收;在资产建设方面要实现规模农业与非农就业的和谐共进,释放增收潜力;在优化组合方面要实施劳动技能与劳动条件以强带弱的策略,形成增收合力。     

共享单车行业发展的若干问题探析

在共享经济进入单车行业之后,共享单车的发展引发了理论界定与管理实践等问题,对共享单车与共享经济的关系、共享单车市场横向与纵向竞合关系、公共单车与共享单车的经济社会影响、共享单车市场的规制政策等进行研究。研究认为,共享单车是人们出行方式在共享经济外延上的应用,共享单车市场上不同的营运模式引发不同程度的横向竞争,促使产业链从线上、线下的纵向整合实现资源优化配置;应利用市场资源对公共单车与共享单车进行合理配置,采用企业为主、政府为辅的协同合作模式;在借鉴网约车规制措施的同时,还需加强共享单车平台企业资产运营管理;针对消费者,共享单车企业应建立诚信制度和激励机制,政府应将消费者行为纳入社会征信体系,重点在于引导,消费者应加强责任意识和法律意识,履行相应的使用义务。     

Shared frailty models with baseline generalized Pareto distribution

Abstract

In this article, we have considered three different shared frailty models under the assumption of generalized Pareto Distribution as baseline distribution. Frailty models have been used in the survival analysis to account for the unobserved heterogeneity in an individual risks to disease and death. These three frailty models are with gamma frailty, inverse Gaussian frailty and positive stable frailty. Then we introduce the Bayesian estimation procedure using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique to estimate the parameters. We applied these three models to a kidney infection data and find the best fitted model for kidney infection data. We present a simulation study to compare true value of the parameters with the estimated values. Model comparison is made using Bayesian model selection criterion and a well-fitted model is suggested for the kidney infection data.     

Helping the helpers: Post‐traumatic distress and need for help among Israeli social workers in foster care agencies following armed conflict

This study examined the associations between exposure to armed conflict, perceived support, work experience, needing help, and post‐traumatic distress among Israeli social workers in foster care agencies based on Conservation of Resources theory. The study used a mixed‐methods design. Six months after the end of an armed conflict, 82 social workers responded to a web‐based questionnaire with closed‐ and open‐ended questions. Results showed that exposure to the armed conflict was moderately associated with post‐traumatic stress symptoms and functional impairment. Only the workers' perceived need for personal help (but not help for professional matters) was positively associated with their psychological distress. The qualitative analysis suggests that social workers showed strengths and wanted help mainly to improve their professional skills. Yet they also elaborated on the complexities involved in conducting their professional work, especially home visits, because such visits put their own lives in danger and meant deserting their own families. Practice implications are as follows: Foster care agencies should make greater efforts to provide knowledge and skills, support, supervision, and a “safe haven” for their workers, in the context of armed conflict.     

互联网、大数据与区域共享公共服务——基于互联网医疗的考察

互联网与大数据正在深度改变区域公共服务模式,中国区域公共服务正由“新区域主义”逐渐转向“区域共享公共服务”。区域一体化公共服务不再单纯依赖成本高昂的行政区划合并或者大都市政府扩容,而是另辟蹊径地由信息化驱动区域公共服务共享化：区域公共服务的价值观转向共享价值观;信息与大数据消解区域服务的行政壁垒,区域公共服务资源由行政空间非均衡配置转向信息空间一体化、均衡化与共享化;区域公共服务组织结构由官僚制转向人才共享机制与项目创新制。     

占道经营行为合法化路径研究——以公物特许利用为视角

行政机关与占道经营者长达十多年的“战争”彰显了取缔措施的无效。在此背景下,城市管理综合执法机构进行了治理的创新行为——拍卖占道经营权。占道经营行为违法性根源在于经营者无法取得道路的使用权。占道经营行为合法化首先须通过公物法的规定,行政机关以行政特别许可的方式赋予占道经营者对道路合法的特别使用权,通过“产权”机制解决外部性问题。此外,为了优先满足道路供公众一般自由通行的价值,公物管理机关可设置占道经营的禁止区、严控区以及诱导区。就费用而言,公物管理机关对占道经营者收取的费用不宜过高。     

佤山教育的特殊性和发展

沧源、西盟两个佤族自治县以佤族为主的民族教育 ,因历史、地理等原因而滞后。佤山教育的特殊问题制约着社会的全面发展 ,思考、解决这些问题 ,是实现边疆稳定、民族团结、共同繁荣、国家兴盛的一件大事