Background: Historically, US immigration policy, including border enforcement, has served to define national belonging and through this process, has constructed particular groups as undesirable or threatening to the nation. Such political-economic strategies contribute to oppression through gender, ethnic, and class discrimination and economic and political exclusion. This dissertation is based on three studies that collectivity explored these issues as structural determinants of health (SDH) and forms of structural and everyday violence. Objectives: These studies aimed to (1) examine the relations between immigration related mistreatment and practices of ethno-racial profiling by immigration officials on health of Mexican immigrants of the Arizona border (2) contextualize the structural and everyday violence of such institutional practices through mistreatment narratives and (3) evaluate the impact of an intensive Border Health Service Learning Institute (BHSLI) on public health students' ability to locate such forms of violence and identify the role of public health advocacy. Methods: Study one and two are a secondary analysis of quantitative and qualitative data drawn from a random household sample of 299 Mexican-origin farmworkers. Study three is a qualitative analysis of 25 BHSLI student reflection journals from 2010-2012. Results: Farmworkers were US permanent residents and citizens, employed in US agriculture for 20 years. Approximately 25% reported immigration related mistreatment, more than 50% were personally victimized and 75% of mistreatment episodes occurred in a community location while residents engaged in routine activities. Immigration mistreatment was associated with a 2.3-increased risk for stress in adjusted models (OR 2.3, CI 1.2, 4.1). After a week at the US-Mexico border, BHSLI students articulated aspects of immigration and economic policy impacting health. Students framed economic and immigration policies as health policy and found the role of public health to convene stakeholders toward multi-institutional policy solutions. Conclusion: Immigration related mistreatment and ethno-racial profiling are historically embedded at institutional and individual levels and reproduce inequality overtime. Such institutional practices of discrimination are SDH and forms of structural and everyday violence. Academic public health programs, engaged in service learning strengthen students' abilities to learn and act on such SDH and contribute to campus-community engagement on related ethno-racial health disparities.

Submitted by Maria Medeiros (maria.dilva1@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-10-16T11:56:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 EDILENE DIAS SANTOS - TESE (PPGRN) 2017.pdf: 42187346 bytes, checksum: 9abee1af7b0de1764100d400a71c789f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-16T11:56:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EDILENE DIAS SANTOS - TESE (PPGRN) 2017.pdf: 42187346 bytes, checksum: 9abee1af7b0de1764100d400a71c789f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08 / Capes / A causa animal na cidade de Campina Grande é ainda um trabalho complexo e cheio de limitações. O poder público no ano de 2005 mandou eutanasiar oficialmente mais de 700 cães e gatos. Entre junho de 2004 à maio de 2005, foram eutanasiados 522 cães e gatos no Centro de Zoonoses. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo desenvolver um estudo sobre as políticas públicas, zoonoses, abandono e maus tratos aos animais nesta cidade. Realizou-se uma análise sobre a legislação vigente, bem como uma busca de informações e dados sobre o número de animais no Centro de zoonoses, como estão cadastrados, o número de castrações, doações, microchipagem dos animais que fazem parte dos veículos de tração animal, junto aos órgãos ambientais e autoridades fiscalizadoras, como também a protetores, veterinários e advogados. Desenvolveu-se uma pesquisa exploratória, com metodologia de História oral, onde se enxerga muito mais do que aquilo que o entrevistado diz ou passa. As entrevistas realizadas foram obtidas por meio de gravação de voz. Houve uma levantamento de dados históricos, sociais, econômicos e ambientais da cidade de Campina Grande, e obter dados além das respostas dadas pelos entrevistados envolvidos nas ações direcionadas aos animais, o centro de Zoonoses local, protetores, políticos, advogados, veterinários ativistas ou simpatizantes da causa animal. Pesquisa documental e bibliográfica. Conclui-se que o atual ordenamento jurídico, que não seja demasiadamente severo, é na verdade insuficiente. Há penas muito brandas em relação a esta causa; há ausência de políticas públicas; há ausência de um poder político sensível aos animais na cidade. E muito do que é considerado maus tratos, está ligado à cultura Nordestina, e ao fato do animal ainda ser “coisificado” e não tido como o que é, um sujeito de Direito. / The animal cause in the city of Campina Grande is still a complex work and full of limitations. The public power in the year 2005 has officially euthanized more than 700 dogs and cats. Between June 2004 and May 2005, 522 dogs and cats were euthanized at the Zoonoses Center. This research had as objective to develop a study on the public policies, zoonoses, abandonment and mistreatment to the animals in this city. An analysis was carried out on the current legislation, as well as a search for information and data on the number of animals in the Zoonoses Center, as registered, the number of castrations, donations, microchipping of animals that are part of the vehicles of animal traction , Along with environmental agencies and enforcement authorities, as well as to protectors, veterinarians and lawyers. An exploratory research was developed, with oral history methodology, where one sees much more than what the interviewee says or does. The interviews were obtained through voice recording. There was a survey of historical, social, economic and environmental data of the city of Campina Grande, and obtain data besides the answers given by the interviewees involved in the actions directed to the animals, the local Zoonoses center, protectors, politicians, lawyers, veterinarians activists or sympathizers Of the animal cause. Documentary and bibliographical research. It is concluded that the current legal system, which is not too severe, is in fact insufficient. There are very mild penalties for this cause; There is no public policy; There is no political power sensitive to animals in the city. And much of what is considered ill-treatment is linked to the Northeastern culture, and to the fact that the animal is still "considered" and not considered as what it is, a subject of law.

This diploma thesis deals with problems of the Elder Abuse and Neglect Syndrome, that is abuse, mistreatment and neglect of senior citizens. The diploma thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part is further divided into nine chapters. Ageing, senescence as well as biological, mental and social changes are described in the first chapter. The next chapter is devoted to the phenomenon of ageism, its sources and manifestations of discrimination by caretakers. Domestic violence and its specifics are defined in the third chapter, where the myths of domestic violence are included as well. The fourth chapter deals extensively with the EAN syndrome. All possible sorts/types of the violence (i.e. physical, psychical, economical, sexual etc.) are described in this chapter. The following chapter is devoted to the root causes, risk factors, diagnosis and possible consequences of abuse and neglect of senior citizens. General profile of the victim/abuser, preventive measures and possible solutions of this phenomenon are described in this chapter too. General information about where to get help if needed can be found in chapter six. The last three chapters of this diploma thesis dwell on the social work with senior citizens, crisis intervention in person and crisis intervention by phone. The second part of this diploma thesis is of practical nature. The purpose of it was to find out whether selected social workers (caring professional staff) are well informed of and familiar with the EAN syndrome, whether they have direct experience with any abused elderly person, and what tools are being used when dealing with the studied phenomenon. I used the qualitative research design for the data gathering, the method of questioning and the technique of semi-controlled interview. The qualitative research was executed in the period of November 2012 to February 2013 in the form of semi-structured interview in Třebíč and in České Budějovice. The selected workers - social workers, caretakers and nurses - participated in the research conduct. The workers of selected facilities were chosen according to whether they fitted in with the elaborated framework of quota sampling. The final group was made up of 10 respondents (10 women). The respondents were between the ages of 35 to 55 years. The semi-controlled interview with selected social workers was made on the basis of predetermined questions in a fixed order. Outcomes of the interviews were processed in the form of interview analysis. After the processing of the results I found out, that all workers in selected facilities in Třebíč and in České Budějovice are not sufficiently aware of the problems of the EAN Syndrome. Furthermore, the research revealed that 8 out of 10 respondents had direct experience with mistreated, abused and neglected elderly person. Economic abuse was the most common one along with self-neglect and rude behavior from the caring staff. The last, third aim of the practical part of my diploma thesis was to find out what tools of social work are being used by workers when dealing with elderly persons suffering the EAN Syndrome. Interview was the most commonly used tool of social workers in selected facilities. The next tools are reporting the situation to the superior staff, getting in touch with experts in the field (i.e. psychologist, psychiatrist), social unions and the police. After the processing of the results I reached the conclusion. Despite the fact that selected workers face various kinds of abuse, mistreatment and neglect of elderly persons, they are insufficiently informed about the EAN Syndrome.

This study attempted to expand previous research on employee retaliation against abusive supervision by evaluating both overt and covert retaliatory behaviors and the different mechanisms behind these behaviors. Initial confirmatory factor analysis did not find substantial support for a two-factor retaliation construct, but this may have been a result of the nature of behavioral retaliation items that composed the measures. Correlational analyses did not demonstrate clear discriminate validity between overt and overt retaliation; additionally, regression analyses did not find support for high performing or highly political skilled employees retaliating primarily through one form of retaliation. Highly political skilled and high performing employees performed less retaliatory behaviors overall when experiencing high amounts of abusive supervision. Although initial analyses did not support the distinction between overt and covert retaliation, mediation analyses did find some support for differential pathways. Specifically this investigation found that the relationship between abusive supervision and overt retaliation was mediated by feelings of hostility towards employees’ supervisors, whereas the relationship between abusive supervision and covert retaliation was mediated by perceptions of interactional injustice. Overall, this investigation provides mixed support for the distinction between overt and covert employee retaliatory behavior.

Bakgrund: Obstetriskt våld är en osynlig form av våld mot kvinnor som föder barn. Utifrån ett feministiskt perspektiv handlar obstetriskt våld om en process där kvinnan varit fri och självständig att fatta egna beslut till att bli ett passivt objekt utan möjlighet att komma till uttryck. Syfte: Att undersöka innebörden av begreppet obstetriskt våld med utgångspunkt från nyförlöstas kvinnors förlossningsberättelser. Metod: En induktiv kvalitativ ansats med narrativa berättelser där enskilda intervjuer utfördes. Urvalet var nyförlösta kvinnor som har haft en negativ förlossnings upplevelse och rekryterade på en barnmorskemottagning i nordvästra Skåne.Resultat: Analysen alstrade fyra kategorier: Bristfällig information och uteblivet samtycke som innebär att kvinnorna uppfattade informationen under förlossningen otydlig, bristfällig eller helt obefintlig. De ansåg sig heller inte vara delaktiga i beslut. Otillräcklig smärtlindring där kvinnorna beskrev att de fick utstå smärta utan att få någon smärtlindring. Avsaknad av tillit och trygghet där kvinnorna berättade att när de födde sitt barn bemöttes de av personalens kränkande ord som ingav avsaknad av tillit och trygghet. Tydlig vägledning fattades och de upplevde sig ensamma. Upplevelsen av övergrepp där kvinnorna beskrev att de upplevde att de hade blivit utsatta för våld och hot om våld under sin förlossning. Konklusion: Resultatet visade att kvinnor upplever sig ha blivit utsatta för fysiska och psykiska övergrepp under sin förlossning som kan tolkas som obstetriskt våld. Denna osynliga form av våld är ett komplext problem som påverkar kvinnors autonomi och värdighet under förlossningen. Det behövs en kvalitetssäkring inom området med tydliga riktlinjer för hur upplevelser av detta slag ska hanteras så att kvinnorna i högre grad får en positiv förlossningsupplevelse. / Background: Obstetric violence is an unseen form of violence against women during childbirth. Obstetric violence is, from a feministic perspective a process in which the woman is transformed from an independent and capable individual, free to make her own decisions to become a passive object.Aim: To investigate the concept of obstetric violence by analyzing narratives of women who recently have given birth. Method: An inductive qualitative approach with individual narratives from women who have recently given birth. The sample consisted of women with a bad birth experience, recruited at a maternity unit in southern Sweden. Result: Four categories emerged from the analyses: lack of information and consent including poor information and no right to participate in decisions concerning the process of labour, suboptimal pain relief, who embedded unbearable pain without pain relief, lack of trust and support where the women were met with bad attitude and jargon, and the experience of abuse including threat of violence from the midwives.Conclusion: The study shows that obstetric violence exists and that women are subjected to physical and psychological abuse during childbirth – obstetric violence. During labour there are many situations affecting the autonomy and dignity of the women and the phenomenon is very complex. The abuse of women during childbirth might be a significant problem and quality

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Cette thèse a cherché à évaluer et à comprendre les répercussions des maltraitances physiques et psychiques sur le développement des enfants qui en sont victimes. Il s’agit ici de repérer l’influence des représentations de la mère concernant l’enfant qui ont conduit aux actes maltraitants. Le but de l’étude était de repérer la place de l’enfant dans les enjeux psychiques maternels avec l’hypothèse de la mise en acte d’un fantasme d’infanticide à l’œuvre. Dans une approche culturelle, il a été question d’élargir la notion de maltraitance au-delà des syndromes communs notamment les enfants singuliers. L’étude a visé à comprendre les modalités d’expression de l’enfant de moins de 3 ans à travers les comportements d’externalisation et d’internalisation. 15 enfants de 6 mois à 3 ans et leur mère ont été recrutés. Différentes méthodes ont été utilisées, l’échelle de Brunet-Lézine-Révisé et la Malette Projective Petite Enfance, l’observation et l’entretien clinique à visée de recherche. Les résultats ont fait ressortir la mise en acte de fantasme chez les 12 mères sous différentes formes à travers le vécu de la grossesse, de l’accouchement, du maternage etc. et les effets des maltraitances qui entravent le développement de ces enfants. / The goal of this research is to evaluate and understand the repercussions of physical and psychological abuse on the development of children who are victims. The focal point is to identify the mental appraisal the mother has of the child and how it inherently drives her to mistreat the child. The aim of the study was to ascertain the child’s place in the mother’s mental thoughts with the assumption of the portrayal of an infanticide fantasy at work. Culturally, it was pertinent to broaden the notion of abuse way beyond the common syndromes especially associated with children that act bizarre. The study aimed to understand the modalities of expression of the child below the age of three through behaviors externally and internally expressed. Fifteen children from 6 months to 3 years of age and their mothers were selected for this study. Different methods were used such as, the revised version of the Brunet-Lézine scale, the "Malette projective Petite enfance " test, observation and clinical research interviews. The results highlighted the act of fantasy in the 12 mothers in different forms. Right from the experience of pregnancy, to childbirth, to nursing the child, etc. and the effects of abuse that hinder the development of these children.

Introduction: The aging population is a rapidly growing demographic in the United States. Isolation, limited autonomy, and declining physical and mental health render many older adults vulnerable to elder mistreatment (EM). The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and correlates of EM among a sample of older adults using legal assistance services in Atlanta, Georgia. Methods: Researchers administered surveys to consenting older adults (aged 60þ) in 5 metro Atlanta community centers that hosted legal assistance information sessions as part of the Elderly Legal Assistance Program. The surveys screened for risk factors and prevalence of EM risk using valid and reliable measures and included additional questions regarding demographics characteristics and healthcare use behaviors. Results: Surveys were completed by 112 participants. Findings reveal that 32 (28.6%) respondents met the criteria for elder abuse / neglect risk; 17 (15.2%) respondents met criteria for depression; and 105 (93.7%) had visited a healthcare provider during the past 6 months. Conclusion: The rates of EM risk in this sample were higher than those previously reported in research. Findings support continued examination of unique risks that may be present among older adults who may be possibly facing legal issues. Additionally, the reported frequency of healthcare visits among participants reveals a promising opportunity to examine development of a more widespread EM screening approach to be conducted in non-emergency settings. Interdisciplinary collaboration is required to inform screening approaches that account for complexities that EM cases present. [West J Emerg Med. 2013;14(4):309–315.]

We examined the relationship between adolescents’ delinquent behavior and mistreatment from parents and teachers. We used data from the “Three Cities Study” to examine if there was an association between delinquent behavior and mistreatment from adults. We examined four forms of delinquent behavior: petty theft, alcohol misuse, interpersonal violence, and destruction of property, using two waves of longitudinal data from a sample of Swedish adolescents (n = 2767; Mage = 13.66, SD = .65; 52.4% boys). Our results showed that fathers' angry outbursts was uniquely associated with increases in petty theft among adolescents and teacher mistreatment was uniquely associated with increases in alcohol misuse. / Vi undersökte relationen mellan ungdomsbrottslighet och dåligt bemötande från föräldrar och lärare. Vi använde oss av data från “Three Cities Study” för att undersöka huruvida det existerade en korrelation mellan ungdomsbrottslighet och dåligt bemötande från vuxna. Vi undersökte fyra former av ungdomsbrottslighet: snatteri, problematisk alkohol användande, våldsamhet och förstörelse av egendom som variabler. Vi använde oss av data insamlad vid två olika mättillfällen där svenska ungdomar skattade sig själva på tidigare nämnda variabler via olika enkäter (n = 2767; Målder = 13.66, SD = .65; 52.4% killar). Våra resultat visade att det fanns ett unikt samband mellan fäders arga utbrott och en ökning av snatteri bland ungdomar. Våra resultat visade även att det fanns ett unikt samband mellan dåligt bemötande från lärare och en ökning av alkoholintag bland ungdomar.

Although ample research has been conducted to explore employee emotional labor and customer incivility at the workplace, there is limited literature examining the role of surface acting in the stressor-strain relationships associated with customer incivility. The current study focuses on the mediating effect of surface acting between customer mistreatment-emotional exhaustion and customer mistreatment-service sabotage relationships. Based on several theoretical models regarding mental and emotional resources, including the Conservation of Resources Theory and Ego Depletion Theory, it is hypothesized that a significant mediating effect of surface acting can be identified in the customer mistreatment-emotional exhaustion and customer mistreatment-service sabotage relationships. A total of 173 UCF-affiliated participants with at least a month of service working experience were recruited from the UCF SONA system and surveyed their emotional stress and interaction with customers at work to test the hypotheses. The concept of service sabotage was studied at both the individual and environmental levels to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the relationships. Deep acting as a different type of emotional labor was also inspected in the current study. Results revealed the significant relationships between surface acting and customer mistreatment, emotional exhaustion, as well as individual-level service sabotage. Results also supported the hypotheses regarding the mediating effect of surface acting on customer mistreatment predicting emotional exhaustion and individual-level service sabotage, but not environmental-level service sabotage. Theoretical and practical implications, limitations, future research directions are discussed.