Orientador: Gustavo José de Toledo Pedroso / Banca: José Fernando Siqueira da Silva / Banca: Lígia da Nóbrega Fernandes / Resumo: O presente estudo tem como proposição apreender a constituição do pensamento pós-moderno na produção teórica de Foucault, sendo este o objeto de estudo que nos permite identificar sua aproximação e tensionamento no âmbito do Serviço Social. Tal proposta de trabalho adota como referência uma perspectiva histórica e de totalidade alicerçada na ontologia do ser social. O intuito é a análise e a problematização do surgimento e a sedimentação do campo pós-moderno nos dias atuais, tendo em vista o seu alastramento nas ciências sociais. Com isso, pretendemos analisar os elementos pós-modernos presentes na obra foucaultiana, utilizando como recorte temporal a análise da fase genealógica do autor, tendo como categorias norteadoras: a constituição da ciência e o sujeito histórico na análise foucaultiana. A partir disso é possível analisar a relação dos preceitos pós-modernos, ou seja, o projeto teórico e político da pós-modernidade e sua oposição à teoria social marxiana da ontologia do ser social, sendo este o pilar teórico hegemônico que orienta o Serviço Social. O estudo foi realizado por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica, utilizando como objeto de análise as produções do Serviço Social nos anais do ENPESS de 2010 á 2016. / Abstract: The present study has the purpose of apprehending the constitution of postmodern thought in the theoretical production of Foucault, being this the object of study that allows us to identify its approximation and intention in the scope of Social Work. This proposal of work adopts as reference a historical perspective and of totality based on the ontology of the social being. The aim is the analysis and problematization of the emergence and the sedimentation of the postmodern field in the present day, in view of its spread in the social sciences. With this, we intend to analyze the postmodern elements present in the Foucaultian work, using as a temporal clipping the analysis of the genealogical phase of the author, having as guiding categories: the constitution of science and the historical subject in the Foucaultian analysis. From this it is possible to analyze the relation of the postmodern precepts, that is, the theoretical and political project of postmodernity and its opposition to the Marxian social theory of the social being's ontology, being this hegemonic theoretical pillar that guides the Social Service . The study was carried out by means of a bibliographical research, using as an object of analysis the productions of Social Service in the annals of ENPESS from 2010 to 2016. / Mestre

Increasingly the Internet has been used by men who have sex with men (MSM) to facilitate social and sexual relationships. Finding from studies investigating the relationship between sexual risk and MSM who meet sex partners on the Internet in either venue-based (offline) and Internet-based (online) settings have been mixed. In an effort to contribute to the knowledge base on this topic, this study analyzed data from two samples of MSM recruited in New York City: Web-based HIV Behavioral Surveillance (WHBS) and National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS). The relationship between sexual risk behaviors including unprotected anal intercourse (UAI), drug use, number of sexual partners, use of performance enhancing drugs (also known as erectile dysfunction drugs or PDE5 inhibitors), and group sex participation and mode of sex partner recruitment are examined. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis were used to examine the research questions and hypothesis.

Employment rates of Mexican women increased 26 percentage points in the last 23 years. The underlying factors driving this trend are the main motivation for this study. My two explanatory hypotheses are the following: there is a lower 'motherhood penalty,' and a higher preschool enrollment encouraged women's employment. In addition, I estimate the gender gap in weekly wages and wages plus employer-provided benefits. To test these two hypotheses, I decompose changes, over the last two decades, in payoffs and endowments of 'motherhood.' Second, I measure the effect of changes in preschool enrollment on mothers' employment. In addition, I also estimate the gender gaps in wages and wages plus employer-provided benefits, incorporating a more precise measure of job experience than previously used, and measures of cognitive ability and non-cognitive traits (formerly unaccounted for in Mexican studies). My goal is to provide an explanation of the mechanisms that encouraged women's employment in Mexico, and to estimate the possible gender differences in earnings that might prevent a potentially larger progress of women in the Mexican labor market.

More than one in four children under age 6 in the United State are children of immigrants, and the majority of these children are Asian and Hispanic. Despite this, there have been few studies on the early development of young children of immigrants. In particular, although healthy development in the early years of life is important in helping children get ready for school, little is known about school readiness among children in immigrant families. Therefore, this study examines school readiness among children of Asian and Hispanic immigrant mothers, with particular attention to two important characteristics of immigrant families: maternal language use and use of preschool. This study is composed of five chapters, starting with Chapter 1 that introduces the background and purpose of this study. Chapter 2 reviews the theoretical backgrounds for the association between maternal language use and the development of young children in immigrant families, and then for the role of preschool in children's school readiness. Using a nationally representative sample of children of Asian and Hispanic immigrant mothers from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), Chapters 3 and 4 examine whether maternal language use is associated with school readiness and whether preschool plays a protective role in promoting school readiness, respectively. Finally, Chapter 5 concludes by summarizing the findings and providing implications for theory and methodology, future research, and social work and policy. In Chapter 3, this study finds generally advantages of maternal use of English and bilingualism for children's cognitive development at kindergarten entry in both Asian and Hispanic groups. It also finds, compared to children of home language Asian mothers, higher levels of pro-social behavior among those of English dominant and bilingual Asian mothers, but also higher levels of behavior problems among those of English dominant Asian mothers. Furthermore, in additional analyses, this study finds that longer residency in the U.S. is associated with higher levels of approaches to learning for children of bilingual Asian mothers and lower levels of behavior problems for children of bilingual Hispanic mothers. In Chapter 4, this study finds that attending preschool (mostly prekindergarten or other center-based care) is associated with better academic school readiness at kindergarten entry among children of Asian immigrant mothers, but not children of Hispanic immigrant mothers. This study also finds higher levels of behavior problems and lower levels of approaches to learning among children in Head Start compared to those in parental care in both Asian and Hispanic groups. In addition, this study finds beneficial associations between preschool and academic school readiness at the year of participation among children of both Asian and Hispanic immigrant mothers, but these beneficial associations do not hold up at kindergarten entry among children of Hispanic mothers, while such associations are still found at kindergarten entry among children of Asian mothers. This study also finds more pronounced beneficial influences of preschool on academic school readiness at the year of participation among children of mothers who speak their home language in both Asian and Hispanic groups, but such more pronounced benefits are gone at kindergarten entry in both groups.

This dissertation analyzes the effects of community violence on health care service utilization and access in Mexico. Given the widespread effects of violence, there is good reason to believe that health service delivery might be affected, but it is largely unknown. This study looks at potential channels through which violence may impact the supply and demand of health care services in Mexico, through qualitative and quantitative methods. It posits that violence can have heterogeneous effects on service utilization and provides a deeper exploration of factors that may have negative and positive effects on service utilization. Supply-side effects point towards deterring effects of violence in service utilization out of fear of travel and fear among medical staff to go to their workplaces or shortening the hours of operation out of fear of exposure. Mixed effects logistic regression models reveal demand-side effects through a significant increase in health care service utilization as violence increases possibly related to worsening health (e.g. through stress or other mechanisms), which may drive individuals to seek more services. In sensitivity analysis, increased primary care service utilization as a result of an increase in the homicide rate remains significant when predictors of service use such as having a chronic condition, insurance status and urban areas are included in the models. Qualitative findings also reveal an increased demand for mental health services at the primary care level as a result of increased community violence. Findings underscore the importance of access to outpatient services and mental health services at the primary care level in contexts of high violence. The significant increase in the use of outpatient service utilization point towards potentially protective behaviors driving the increase of use of services as violence increases. This analysis highlights the responsibility and need for providing safe access to medical services in contexts of violence that may translate to natural disasters or other man-made conflicts.

This study examines the role of collective identity in nonprofit coalition-building, using critical discourse analysis of a case study of an Asian American nonprofit organizational coalition focused on advocating for community health access and equity. The study finds that the pan-ethnic collective identity is a resource for the organizational coalition studied. The study extends existing literature on inter-organizational studies and nonprofit organizational coalition-building through the introduction of a conceptualization or model of identity work as involving both the activation and strategic deconstruction of the pan-ethnic Asian American collective identity. This study finds that identity work, as conceptualized, can be critical not only to sustaining a pan-ethnic coalition, but also to ensuring that a pan-ethnic coalition of nonprofit organizations embodies social work value of social justice and ethical responsibility of cultural competence and social diversity.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH / Vita. / Bibliography: leaves 261-267. / by Levi Amos Sorrell. / Ph.D.

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Em seguida, foi feito um estudo de campo por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas realizadas com as assistentes sociais da Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), lotadas na pró-reitoria de assuntos estudantis e no departamento de Serviço Social. A partir dos estudos e entrevistas realizados, foi possível constatar que as mais recentes políticas de educação superior, com foco principal o Programa de Apoio à Planos de Reestruturação e Expansão das Universidades Federais (REUNI), muito contribuíram para expansão da universidade pública federal. Entretanto, fica nítido que o programa de reestruturação foi utilizado também para cumprir alguns interesses de ordem neoliberal, por isso alguns aspectos são enfrentados cotidianamente pelos entrevistados. Dentre eles, falta de recursos humanos e recursos materiais, falta de infraestrutura adequada aos novos cursos, insuficiência para manutenção e efetivação da permanência estudantil, entre outros aspectos que colocam em risco a formação profissional crítica, propositiva e generalista, como preveem as diretrizes curriculares da Associação Brasileira de Ensino e Pesquisa em Serviço Social (ABEPSS). Assim sendo, esses aspectos desafiam os profissionais que lutam cotidianamente por melhores condições de trabalho e por uma educação laica, pública de qualidade. / Considering joining the program of expansion and restructuring of Federal Universities Brazil, approved in 2009, which was of great relevance to the country context with regard to the increase in vacancies at the university, this paper aims to know the impact of the program I gathered the training of social service, as well as the student's stay in these universities. Therefore, there will be a bibliographic study on the current higher education policies, supported by authors such as Minto, Cunha, Tonet and Mészáros. Similarly, it was also carried out a bibliographic study on the training of social service, which was to support the authors Martinelli, Castro and Paulo Netto. Then he was made a field study through semi-structured interviews with social service Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), crowded in the pro-rector for student affairs and Social Services Department. From the studies and interviews, it was possible to see that the latest higher education policies, with the main focus Programa de Apoio a Planos de Reestruturação e Expansão das Universidades Federais (REUNI), greatly contributed to the expansion of federal public university. However, it is clear that the restructuring program was also used to fulfill some interests of neoliberal order, so some aspects are faced daily by respondents. Among them, the lack of human and material resources, lack of adequate infrastructure to new courses, insufficient maintenance and effectiveness of the student residence, among other things that put at risk the critical professional training, proactive and generalist, as predict the curriculum guidelines Associação Brasileira de Ensino e Pesquisa em Serviço Social (ABEPSS). Therefore, these aspects challenge the professionals who fight daily for better working conditions and a secular education, public quality.

This research contributes to the relatively small collection of primary research exploring environmental social work. The research is qualitative in design and is underpinned by critical theory. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 14 Welsh based, social work participants who all possessed a self-identified interest in environmental issues. The interviews elicited biographical narratives which were subject to thematic analysis. This gave insight into the development of such interests through childhood experiences, contact with nature and rural living. The underlying beliefs systems of participants were highlighted as political, spiritual and ecological awareness. The participants offered accounts of how social work and the natural environment were connected for them. The rural social work field shaped perspectives which were holistic and anti-discriminatory, containing evidence of structural understandings. Practice involving nature as a tool for individual change, food based initiatives and green work based behaviours emerged. The participants’ narratives are presented through a Bourdieusian lens. Barriers to integration were explored with notions of restrictiveness and disillusionment emerging from a neoliberal setting. The participants contributed to the development of the action stage. The action stage first, investigated the inclusion of the natural environment in the social work curricula in 5 Welsh Universities. The survey revealed a focus on individualised approaches being given priority with limited attention given to the wider environment. Phase two, involved the delivery of lectures on the subject of green social work in two universities. A post lecture evaluation form highlighted an interest in the subject amongst students as well as a perception of it being both relevant and of value to contemporary social work practice. Recommendations are made in relation to social work education, giving attention to food based initiatives and a reconsideration of community based social work with a focus on sustainability.

Thesis (M. A. (Social Work)) -- University of the North, 1983 / Refer to the document