The study was carried out at the Mogale Child and Youth Care Centre (MCYCC) a privately run institution by Bosasa Operations in partnership with the Gauteng Provincial Departments of Social Development and Health and Social Welfare Department. The facility caters for boys in conflict with law aged 14–18 years, who have been legally placed in the facility as a place of safety by court order. It is expected that the findings and recommendations from this study will be useful in improving the food service standards for such institutions. At the time of this study there were 200 adolescents, 137 were awaiting trial, 55 on the diversion programmes and 8 were serving court sentence at the centre. The cross sectional study evaluated the food service offered at the MCYCC to establish the nutritional adequacy of the food served. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used to collect and analyse data. Out of the 200, 144 answered the customer satisfaction questionnaire and 167 took the BMI test. Observations were done in the kitchen to determine the compliance level to the food and safety regulations. The analytical results of the responses from the self-administered questionnaire on the customer service satisfaction generated by the SAS software revealed reliable results. The probability, (p-value) from the Chi-square (χ2) test showed that there was a significant difference in response the parameters tested including the overall satisfaction. Body Mass Index (BMI) calculations established different anthropometric patterns of which 1.3% adolescents were found to be obese, 28.2% were overweight, 57% had normal weight while 13.5% were found to be underweight. The Foodfinder 3 software used to evaluate the nutrient composition in a 2-week cycle menu revealed that in most cases both the macronutrients and micronutrients in the menus exceeded the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for the adolescent boys. Food safety and hygiene standards results showed that the unit is compliant with the required standards as it scored 86%; it was colour coded Silver and rated as very good. All the parameters evaluated scored above average percentage rating the customer satisfaction level for the services offered at the MCYCC are as good. Both underweight and overweight adolescents exist among the adolescents at the centre. The weights from the sample food plates exceeded the RDA of the adolescent boys. The centre’s compliance to health and safety regulations was rated as very good. The authorities in the Gauteng Provincial Departments of Social Development and Health and Social Welfare and Bosasa operation management should make use of this evident information to further improve the food service standards for other such institutions. / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / gm2015 / School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) / MSc / Unrestricted

This study aims to investigate how cross-sector collaborations facilitate social development stemming from weapon destruction programmes that address peacebuilding and the enhancing of human security (socio-economic and political security) in regions afflicted with armed violence. The authors aim to contribute to the literature by demonstrating the viability of previous theoretical methods on designing and implementing a cross-sector collaboration. The research entails a case-study of the HM initiative, a combined effort between three NGO’s from Sweden and El Salvador that involves melting down seized illegal weapons and repurposing them into valuable products for consumers, to ultimately bring about social development in the conflict-prone communities in El Salvador. Through interviews with the involved actors of the NGO’s and documentation of the initiative, this study focuses on the formation of a cross-sector collaboration, the building of internal and external legitimacy by NGO-business partnerships, and the practices that aim to assess public value creation. This study provides insights on antecedent and linking conditions for the formation of a cross-sector collaboration, collaborative processes and structures that foster trusting relationships with both partners and stakeholders, and an implemented accountability framework for the measurement of public value creation. The researchers close with a discussion of further suggestions for relevant research.

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Våldsbrott i det svenska samhället är ett socialt problem som har ökat markant. Denna uppsats undersöker vad som gör att unga män är mer benägna till att begå våldsbrott än unga kvinnor. Studien grundar sig i åtta olika individers erfarenhet och upplevelser inom områden som innefattar polis, socialtjänst, skola, skyddsjour och tidigare kriminella. I uppsatsen tillämpas hermeneutiken för att förstå deltagarnas levda livsvärld. Uppsatsen utgår från en kvalitativ ansats där semistrukturerade kvalitativa intervjuer agerar underlag. I analysen används teorierna om maskulinitet av Raewyn Connell, sociala band av Thomas Scheff, Thomas Scheff & Suzanne Retzingers teori om emotioner och våld, samt Travis Hirschis sociala bandteori i social kontrollteori. Motivation och drivkrafter till våld som kommer fram i resultatet är bland annat manskonstruktioner, socialiseringsprocesser, diverse känslor och eftersträvan av materiell rikedom. Uppsatsen har stor betydelse för att främja social hållbarhet i samhället. Detta genom att upprätthålla social ordning, trygghet och trivsel. Genom att analysera och förstå de sociala, kulturella och strukturella faktorer som bidrar till unga mäns våldsbrott bidrar uppsatsen till ökad kunskap inom området. / Violent crime in Swedish society is a social problem that has increased significantly. This essay examines what makes young men more likely to commit violent crimes than young women. The study is based on the experience and experiences of eight different individuals in areas that include the police, social services, schools, shelters and former criminals. In the essay, hermeneutics is applied to understand the lived life world of the participants. The essay is based on a qualitative approach where semi-structured qualitative interviews act as a basis. The analysis uses the theories of masculinity by Raewyn Connell, social bonds by Thomas Scheff, Thomas Scheff & Suzanne Retzinger's theory of emotions and violence, and Travis Hirschi's social bond theory in social control theory. Motivation and driving forces for violence that emerge in the result are, among other things, male constructions, socialization processes, various emotions and the pursuit of material wealth. The essay is of great importance for promoting social sustainability in society. This is by maintaining social order, safety and well-being. By analyzing and understanding the social, cultural and structural factors that contribute to young men's violent crime, the essay contributes to increased knowledge in the field.

Det brottsförebyggande arbetet har stött på stora utmaningar i att förebygga att barn och unga rekryteras till kriminella gäng. Genom att arbeta förebyggande i tidiga åldrar och stärka barns prosociala utveckling minskar risken att unga individer utvecklar antisocialt beteende. I en mindre kommun i Sverige arbetar personal på mötesplatser, tidigare benämnt ungdomsgård, med att stärka barn och ungas prosociala utveckling. Detta arbete utformas utifrån den sociala utvecklingsmodellen [SDM]. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur personal på mötesplatser upplever sitt arbete med att stärka barn och ungas prosociala utveckling, och hur detta kan minska nyrekrytering till kriminella gäng. Analysen baseras på fyra intervjuer. Resultaten visar att det går att arbeta med modellen för att stärka barn och ungas prosociala utveckling. Respondenterna lyfter att barn och unga behöver känna att de hör hemma någonstans och ser att mötesplatserna kan utgöra ett positivt sammanhang för dem att utvecklas i. SDM strukturerar arbetet och ger möjligheter till att minska unga individers sårbarhet för gängrekrytering, men det förebyggande arbetet måste börjas tidigt. / It is challenging to prevent youths' from getting recruited to criminal gangs. Strengthening youths' prosocial development will in parallel reduce the risk of developing antisocial behavior. In a small municipality in Sweden, youth centers are working to strengthen youths' prosocial development. Their work is based on The Social Development Model [SDM]. The purpose of the present study was to investigate how staff at these youth centers work to strengthen prosocial development in youth, and how this can reduce recruitment to criminal gangs. Four interviews with staff from the youth centers were carried out. Results showed that by employing the SDM enhances youths’ prosocial development. Youths explicitly have a need to feel that they belong somewhere. Respondents also expressed that their work with SDM at the youth centers creates a positive context where youth can develop. SDM provides structure and reduces vulnerability in youth which in turn hinders gang recruitment. Nonetheless, in order for the prevention to be successful, it has to start early.

There are thousands of religions around the world. Religious communities are often involved in developmental spheres and for many places are the main actors, especially in developing countries, this is why their work is important. However, it is not only important in developing countries, but also in developed countries as development is vital for all people. Christianity is one of these religions. It has been the predominant religion in Sweden during the last hundreds of years. This is also the case in Växjö, where most religious communities are Christian. Using a qualitative case study mostly done through interviews, five organizations have been analysed with a focus on their work with social development. I have done a qualitative case study on the Christian communities using a “development as substantive freedom,” theory developed by Amartya Sen. The five organisations that were interviewed (Ulriksbergikyrkan, Equmeniakyrkan, Mariakyrkan, Domkyrkan and St. Michaels Catholic Church) showed how they work with the freedoms that the theory speaks about. Even though all the participants expressed actions that can be viewed as social development, none of them view it as such. In this essay I argue that this viewpoint both show an implicit social development work and internalization of a secular discourse where religion is something distinct from the public. I also argue that religion is a crucial aspect in these freedoms as it has an important role in creating a social and individual identity, which is a building block for spiritual and social development.

Syftet med vår studie var att undersöka anknytningens betydelse för barn och ungas utveckling och lärande i förskola och i skolan. Dessutom ville vi analysera vilka konsekvenser en bristfällig anknytning kan ha för barn och unga. Vårt fokus har legat på den sociala utvecklingen samt relationens betydelse för den psykiska hälsan. Vi använde kvalitativa intervjuer som metod för att samla in data. Vi intervjuade både förskollärare och lärare i skolan för att få reda på deras åsikter och erfarenheter av anknytning. Förskollärarna beskrev i intervjuerna att anknytning handlar om att bygga relationer och skapa trygghet för barnen. Lärarna beskrev anknytning som tillit och tilltro till andra människor. De hade lite kunskap om de olika anknytningsmönstren men ändå lång erfarenhet av att arbeta med dessa barn och unga. Det uppstod ibland hinder kring barn med otrygg anknytning men då utgick de från deras enskilda behov och förutsättningar. Här var de tvungna att gå varsamt fram och sen sätta in insatser så att de skulle känna trygghet och anknytning till någon pedagog. De lyfte betydelsen av pedagogernas bemötande där de skulle vara omtänksamma, lyhörda och utgå från barnets perspektiv. För att skapa en trygg verksamhet krävdes bra personaltäthet med hög kompetens som har ett förhållningssätt med gränser och struktur. För att lärarna ska kunna skapa möjligheter för god anknytning måste de bygga upp goda relationer, ge barnen mycket bekräftelse och ta hänsyn till deras olika behov. De barn som då behöver extra stöd av olika anledningar kan lärarna göra anpassningar och skapa lärmiljöer som motiverar och stärker deras självkänsla. / The aim of our study was to do research about the importance of attachment, in relation to children and young people´s development and lerning in preschool and in school. We also analyzed what the consequences of an inadequate attachment are to children and young people. Our focus has been on social development and the relationship's importance to mental health. We used qualitative interviews as a method to collect data. We interviewed both preschool educators and teachers in the school to find out their views and experiences of attachment. Preschool educators described in the interviews that the attachment is about building relationships and creating security for the children. The teachers described the attachment as trust and having confidence in other people. All the educators had little knowledge about the different attachmentpatterns but still a long experience of working with these children and young people. Sometimes there were obstacles around children with insecure attachment so the teacher had to consider their individual needs and circumstances. To make them feel secure and attached to the teacher, they had to treat them carefully and with respect. They highlighted the importance of teachers' attitude where they would be caring, responsive and see from the children’s perspective. To create a secure schoolenvironment you need to have good staffing with expertise who have an attitude of boundaries and structure. For teachers to create opportunities for good attachment, they must build good relations, provide children with much confirmation and consider their different needs. The children that need extra support to various reasons, teachers can make adjustments for them and creating an adequate learning environment that motivates and strengthens their self-esteem.

Babies and toddlers are known to help others in the second year of life, by doing simple things like picking up dropped toys. However, researchers now believe helping develops earlier, in the first year of life. After reviewing what is known about early helping, my thesis examined how babies begin to help others by first helping their mothers (Study 1), and, for the first time, babies' requests for help from others, and how their requests are related to their other helping experiences (Study 2). The two studies presented here look at how babies interact with their caregivers, naturalistically and in structured game-like activities, from the time that they are five months old until they are ten months old. Study 1 used video-chat with 40 babies and their mothers to see the connection between how mothers and their babies completed activities together naturalistically, and how babies performed in simple helping games, as well as how babies' helping in these activities changed over time. This study found that mothers used gestures and phrases with their babies that were like the ones used by researchers in experiments, that younger babies were more likely to help their moms in cooperation type activities than in problem solving type activities, and that babies were more likely to help in problem solving type activities when they were older. Study 2 looked at 34 different pairs of babies and mothers to identify how babies and their caregivers ask for help from each other. This study found that babies ask for help from their mothers and use similar types of communication as their mothers. This research gave information to help us understand babies' helping and how it develops through both mother-child interactions and babies' own actions. This research is new and gives exciting new information to other researchers that are interested in learning about how babies help others and how they ask for help from a very young age.

En stor problematik för att kunna bygga fungerande bostäder och kontor i Stockholms Stad idag är bullers påverkan från stora trafikplatser i staden. För att bostäder och kontor som staden har behov av ska kunna uppnå de krav Boverkets byggregler ställer för buller idag, behöver ytor vid bullerutsatta platser redan vid planeringsskedet för fastigheter i innerstaden beaktas. Ett hinder för att minska bostads och kontorsbristen i Stockholm är de bullerkrav som Boverkets byggregler ställer på ytorna i innerstaden, i samband med trafikökningen som medför en ökad buller. För att kunna lösa problemet från de utmaningar som finns för bostadsbristen i Stockholm kan hotell byggas på ytor i staden som är belägen nära trafik. En önskad effekt av att bygga hotell i sådana ställen är att kunna skärma av överflödig ljud in mot bostadsområden då Boverket inte ställer krav för bullers påverkan för hotell på fasad, även om rekommendationer finns för att uppnå en bra akustisk komfort inomhus. Att hotell byggs på fastigheter nära trafikområden i Stockholms tätort kommer också gynna den sociala utvecklingen i staden då man öppnar möjligheter för flera olika folkgrupper att mötas och träffas i en och samma punkt. Stockholm är idag en stad som utvecklas inom turismen och allt fler besökare kommer till staden vilket ställer stora utmaningar för hotellverksamheten och den utbud Stockholm har för turisterna att kunna bo på. Att nyttja ytor i innerstaden och tätorten i Stockholm som utsätts för buller som tex. fastigheter nära trafikplatser är en förutsättning för hotellbyggnation, då akustisk komfort för tillfälligt boende inte är ett krav från den svenska förvaltningsmyndigheten för boende dvs. Boverket. Detta examensarbete redovisar en studie på gestaltning av ett hotell som ska projekteras på en ljudutsatt plats i Stockholms Stad. Den valda fastigheten är belägen på Årstafältet som ligger söder om Stockholm och utsätts idag för höga bullernivåer pga. Huddingevägen som är en högtrafikerad bilväg. Problematiken med platsen för att kunna bygga bostäder, skolor eller kontor är att den valda fastigheten utsätts för hög buller som inte klarar Boverkets krav för bullernivåer på fasad. Då Boverket inte har ljudkrav på fasad för hotell, skapar detta en möjlighet att kunna bygga ett hotell på Årstafältet. / One major problem today in Stockholm City is to be able to build functional housing and offices becuase of the impact from the noise large interchanges distribute in the City. In order to build housing and offices it is important to achieve the requirements that Boverkets Byggregler, which is the Swedish rules for constructions. The county in Stockholm has to plan and observe the noise exposed properties in the inner City. One obstacle to build more housing and offices which the city needs, is the rules and demands on the areas but also the growth of the traffic in Stockholm city. This problem results for increased noiselevels which also affects the acoustic comfort for housig and offices. To be able to solve the problem for the challenges that is caused by the lack of housing in Stockholm, hotels can be built on these areas that are located close to traffic in the city. In order to solve this problem a hotel that screen the exessive noise towards residental areas can be a solution, because Boverket does not require any guidelines and regulations for noise on hotel constructions. The fact that hotels can be built on properties that is close to the traffic can benefit the social development of the city. A hotel can open opportunities for different people and groups to meet in the same point which can be used to increase the city´s social development. The tourism in Stockholm City is developing a lot today and more visitors visits the city day by day. The increase of visitors creates challenges for the range of hotels in the city. Utilizing areas in the inner city of Stockholm and urban areas that are exposed to noise from traffic is an advantage to build a hotel since Boverket does not require any benchmarks for noise. To make use of these kinds of properties, can also increase the range of hotels for the visitors in the city. This project will present a hotel that is located in Årstafältet in the southern part of Stockholm City. Årstafältet is a place that is exposed to high noise because of the highway on Huddingevägen that passes through the place. The problem with the location is the traffic noise which has a negative effect on housing constructions in the area. The noise problem in the area gives the chosen property good conditions for building a hotel and allows the residents close to the hotel property, to be less affected by the noise level coming from the traffic jam.

Considering a wide range of student's delinquencies and problems, preventive intervention in school is strongly required for healthy student development. American School counselor Association (ASCA) has focused on three areas, academic development, career development, and personal/social development to provide various skills and learning opportunities for the successful life of students. During the past 50 years, psychologists have concentrated on the disease treatment model. However, unlike this psychological trend, positive psychology has paid attention to prevent school violence and delinquency. Further, Positive psychologists have discovered not only to prevent problems but also to facilitate human strengths and virtues to live successful and happy life. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between components of positive psychology and student development. More specifically this research examined the influence of hope, optimism, and self-regulation on student's academic achievement, career development, and social development. This quantitative study included 507 6th grade elementary school students and their parents living in Seoul, South Korea. Four conceptual models were developed to investigate the best fit model to examine the causal relationship between hope, optimism, and self-regulation and student's academic achievement, career development, and social development. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze the data. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to explore measurement model and Path Analysis was engaged in to discover structure model. The results of SEM analysis provided major findings. There was a causal relationship between hope and student's academic achievement, career development, and social iv development. However, it was not confirmed the causal relationship between optimism and student's academic achievement, career development, and social development and between selfregulation and student's academic achievement, career development, and social development. Further, a structural model on the causal relationship between hope, optimism, self-regulation and student's academic achievement, career development, and social development was not statistically significant. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.