Survival and Abuse: What We Can Learn From It

This article is about a journey involving survival, abuse and learning. It is written by two people who have considerable experience of being involved with mental health services; both are currently making an active contribution to social work education. It describes the way in which, in situations of survival and abuse, service users can use their experience and knowledge to learn how to support and advocate for each other. It suggests that the relationships that are built between service users as a result of these experiences can be used to address some of the gaps in service provision. At the same time these relationships can provide mutual learning which can be used to improve the education and training of social workers and other professionals.     

An Overview of Elder Abuse and Neglect in Australia

ABSTRACT

Only relatively recently has the issue of elder abuse come to prominence in Australia. Until the late 1980s it was a hidden problem with little knowledge of its presence. Attention was drawn to elder abuse after the publication of a number of reports and research projects, allowing the development of responses at national and state levels. This paper gives an overview of the development of elder abuse as a social, legal and medical issue in Australia, and describes the diverse range of responses from the national, state and territory governments.     

The National Protection and Advocacy System

Abstract

Many in the profession of social work are unfamiliar with the national system of protection and advocacy services that were set in place by Congress. The system provides advocacy and legal representation to protect the civil rights of all persons with disabilities, with a particular emphasis on persons with developmental disabilities and persons with mental illness. The article describes this system of resources, its method of operation, and shows its compatibility with the purpose and mission of social work.     

What’s not to Like?: A Qualitative Study of Young Women Politicians’ Self-Framing on Twitter

ABSTRACT

Twitter provides women politicians with a platform for practising political public relations and the opportunity to circumvent traditional barriers to their visibility. To explore how young women use Twitter to frame themselves during election campaigns, this study undertook a thematic analysis of tweets sent by politicians Nikki Kaye and Jacinda Ardern during New Zealand’s 2014 general election campaign. A likability frame dominated their messaging, supported by subsidiary frames of the busy local MP and the relational politician. Choices of interpersonal and intimized situations showcased these attributes. Although the messaging was arguably effective, there are longer-term consequences for women with respect to the likability/competence double bind. Further and systematic incorporation of gender into the field of political public relations would strengthen this emerging discipline and add value to existing research around women’s electoral viability.     

Deaf Workers in Restaurant,Retail, and Hospitality Sector Employment: Harnessing Research to Promote Advocacy

ABSTRACT

A quarter-century after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA, 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). (1990). P.L. 101–336, 105 Stat. 327, 42 U.S.C., 12101 et. seq. [Google Scholar]), workplace accommodation is still a struggle for deaf employees and their managers. Many challenges are the result of communication barriers that can be overcome through much needed—although often absent—advocacy and training. This article highlights the literature on the employment of deaf individuals in the United States service industries of food service, retail, and hospitality conducted from 2000 to 2016. Exploring dimensions of both hiring and active workplace accommodation, suggestions are made for how social work advocates can harness information and strengthen their approaches for educating managers and supporting workers.     

Analysing the effect of public health campaigns on reducing excess weight: a modelling approach for the Spanish Autonomous Region of the Community of Valencia

Excess weight is fast becoming a serious health concern in the developed and developing world. The concern of the public health sector has lead to the development of public health campaigns, focusing on two-fold goals: to inform the public as to the health risks inherent in being overweight, and the benefits of a change in nutritional behaviour. Recent studies indicate that the effects of the average public health campaign on the target community is around 5%. In this study we aim to quantify the effect of different public health campaigns on lifestyle behaviour in the target populations in order to bring about weightloss in a significant number of people over the next few years.This study is based on recent works that consider excess weight as a consequence of the transmission of unhealthy lifestyles from one individual to another. Following this point of view, first a mathematical model is presented. Then, policies based on public health campaigns addressed to stop people gaining weight (prevention; this type of policy acts on individuals in order to maintain their weight and to stop an increase in weight) and, policies addressed to overweight individuals to reduce their weight (treatment; these campaigns act on overweight and/or obese individuals in order to reduce their weight) are simulated in order to evaluate their effectiveness. The study concludes that combination of preventive plus treatment campaigns are more effective than considering them separately.     

Using the cultural studies approach to understand health decision-making among a teen public

This cultural study explored how teen girls make decisions about the Gardasil vaccine based on the media campaign. The data suggest that teen girl publics face complicated, conflicting decisions to make about health, particularly because the media intervene in how they identify themselves. It is argued that while power differentials between publics and organizations limits deeper segmentation of publics, the cultural studies approach can help campaign designers better understand how publics make decisions.     

“不折腾”英译思辩

以重点探讨"不动摇、不懈怠、不折腾"的社会语境内涵和政论语体特征为基础,从语义、语境和语体3个不同层面分析9个"不折腾"较有代表性的译文,可体现政治内涵解读、语境分析和语体特点,但存在语义偏失、社会语境内涵不明以及语体不当等问题;应将"不折腾"翻译为"no development-blocking campaigns",将"不动摇、不懈怠、不折腾"整体上翻译为"no faith-wavering,no effort-relaxation,no development-blocking campaigns"。     

“周人尚赤”说的历史考察

战国时代儒家提出的“周人尚赤”说,是通过夸大周人习用红色牺牲等个别事实的意义构拟的一种假说,它与西周春秋时代战旗尚白、礼服尚黑的历史实际相抵牾,故难以成立。儒家对“周人尚赤”的论证一开始就相当牵强,秦汉学者特别是董仲舒的一些补充,说明其已完全陷入不顾史实随意演绎的误区。将崇尚某种颜色列为一朝典制是从秦朝开始的,在此之前并不存在与“秦尚黑”类同的制度。“周人崇尚什么颜色”和“周朝属于五德中的哪一德”一样,都基于错误的理论预设,因而带有伪问题的性质。总体来看,“周人尚赤”说对于今人研究周代礼制没有太大的参考价值,轻信此说并据之推论周代的相关文化现象,极易得出错误的结论。     

“不折腾”英译思辩

以重点探讨“不动摇、不懈怠、不折腾”的社会语境内涵和政论语体特征为基础,从语义、语境和语体3个不同层面分析9个“不折腾”较有代表性的译文,可体现政治内涵解读、语境分析和语体特点,但存在语义偏失、社会语境内涵不明以及语体不当等问题;应将“不折腾”翻译为“nodevelopment—blockingcampaigns”,将“不动摇、不懈怠、不折腾”整体上翻译为“no faith-wavering,no effort-relaxation,no development-blockingcampaigns”。