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Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-16T15:23:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2496332 bytes, checksum: 1f0eefc787a43893e095edebb9d717f6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-01-28 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Information is considered an indispensable phenomenon to man‟s life and survival, and the association between this phenomenon and the human being is very relevant and significant because it is an object of research and study in many areas of knowledge. For a better comprehension about this phenomenon and its connection with the human being, a research was developed to analyze the necessities and uses of information of the doctors in the Family Health Units of Distrito Sanitário III, in João Pessoa PB. The mentioned research used the assumptions of the information user studies, under the egis of the Modern Paradigm and the Sense-Making methodological approach. The sample is formed by 28 doctors linked to the Family Health Units. Moreover, the data collection tools were questionnaire and interview. The results revealed that the doctors can satisfy their necessities of information by using the Internet and books. However, they face obstacles in relation to the use of information like the lack of time, which is the most frequent. Furthermore, they cheer up to use the information in the Health Units and, in an incipient way, they give meaning and sense to the obtained information. Therefore, it can be concluded that the trinomial situation-gap-use, which are professed by the Sense-Making, is evident in the quotidian of the Family Health Units doctors, relative to the necessity, inquiry and use of information / Considerando a informação um fenômeno indispensável para vida e sobrevivência do homem e que a associação entre este fenômeno e o ser humano é muito relevante e significativo, sendo objeto de estudo e pesquisa de vários campos do saber. Para ter-se um maior entendimento deste fenômeno e de sua conexão com o homem, desenvolveu-se uma pesquisa com o objetivo de analisar as necessidades e uso de informação dos médicos das Unidades de Saúde da Família, do Distrito Sanitário III, da cidade de João Pessoa, Paraíba, utilizando-se dos pressupostos dos estudos de usuários da informação, sob a égide do Paradigma Moderno e da abordagem metodológica Sense-Making. A amostra é composta de 28 médicos vinculados as Unidades de Saúde da Família e os instrumentos de coleta de dados foram o questionário e a entrevista. Os resultados revelam que os médicos conseguem satisfazer suas necessidades de informação através de buscas na Internet e nos livros, enfrentam barreiras quanto ao uso da informação, sendo a mais frequente a barreira de tempo, empreendem esforços para usar a informação nas unidades de saúde e de forma incipiente atribuem sentidos e significados às informações obtidas. Conclui-se que o trinômio situação-lacuna-uso preconizado pelo Sense-Making é evidente no cotidiano dos médicos das Unidades de Saúde da Família, no que se refere a necessidade, a busca e o uso da informação.

This project investigated the sustainability of homes within three intentional communities. Semi-structured interview and photographic walkthroughs examined the variability of architectural and technological approaches toward sustainability. These include: passive solar design, green roofs, radiant flooring, composting toilets, ground assist heat pumps, solar water heaters, multiamily units and modular construction. It was hypothesized that variation in sustainable construction is related to socioeconomic status and that economics would be a constraint. This project investigated whether communities were transmitting their practices to wider society, if individuals were copying vernacular architecture and if architectural practices followed individual beliefs regarding sustainability. It was found that the Internet is the main method of conveying these practices; that variability was tied less to individual beliefs than to the communities’ institutional documents; and that copying vernacular architecture was for aesthetics not sustainability. Intentional communities are good models for sustainable development, but knowledge transmission is limited.

A qualitative study of the experiences and observations of 4 art therapists and 2 program directors who facilitated Camp Suzanne, a week-long art-based therapeutic program for incarcerated mothers and their children in a federal prison in California. Research on psychotherapy, art therapy, and family therapy in prison environments, with a focus on parent-child dyads, Attachment Theory, and various techniques for creating sustainable therapy with separated family units, including tele-mental health and evidence-based military protocols, informed the interviews. The research participants were interviewed individually and created art regarding the subjects of Attachment Theory with incarcerated-mother-child dyads and longevity considerations for the program. Emergent themes in the data included the impact of art-making on attachment and a variety of observable attachment styles, as well as obstacles to both attachment and longevity of Camp Suzanne. Some of the obstacles addressed include systemic challenges, continuity of care, location concerns, external support (for facilitators and for incarcerated-mother-child dyads), as well as preparatory support (psychoeducation). Various implications of these obstacles are discussed.

Hostels are a product of the migrant labour system that originated in the copper mining industry in Namaqualand in the 1850s. The migrant labour compounds were used to accommodate migrant labour workers in the urban areas. However, these compounds also meant that migrant labour workers were denied the right of access to permanent accommodation and residential space in the urban areas. After the repeal of the influx control and segregative laws in South Africa in 1986, some of the hostel dwellers brought their relatives and friends to live in the hostels and this resulted in problems such as overcrowding which were exacerbated by poor management and control of the hostels. The living conditions of the hostel dwellers deteriorated during the 1990s. After the announcement of the unbanning of all liberation movements and political parties in South Africa in the 1990s, hostel violence broke out. This hostel violence left many hostel blocks vandalised and without basic municipal services such as electricity, water and waste removal. The hostel violence was primarily between the Inkata Freedom Party (IFP) aligned hostel dwellers and the African National Congress (ANC) aligned township and informal settlement residents. The hostel violence has catalysed the public housing challenges faced by the democratic government since its inception in 1994. Nevertheless, since 1994 the democratic government has introduced various housing programmes in an effort to provide adequate houses for all South African citizens. One such housing programme is the hostel redevelopment programme. The hostel redevelopment programme was adopted by the democratic government after 1994 with the aim of, among other things, upgrading public hostels, redeveloping and converting the rooms in public hostels into family rental units in order to improve the living conditions of the hostel dwellers and introducing hostel dwellers to family life. The Mogale City Local Municipality (MCLM) is one of the municipalities in Gauteng province that is participating in the hostel redevelopment programme. The findings of this study have revealed that the upgrading of the Kagiso hostel involved the following two processes: During the first process, the MCLM upgraded the Kagiso hostel by fixing broken windows and doors, repairing toilets and providing basic municipal services such as electricity, water, and waste removal in order to improve the living conditions of the hostel dwellers. The second process involved demolishing the hostel blocks and converting them into family units in order to address the public housing challenges relevant to the Kagiso hostel. In this study, the hostel redevelopment programme is called process 1 and the community residential units (CRU) programme is called process 2. / Public Administration & Management / M. Tech. (Public Management)

Hostels are a product of the migrant labour system that originated in the copper mining industry in Namaqualand in the 1850s. The migrant labour compounds were used to accommodate migrant labour workers in the urban areas. However, these compounds also meant that migrant labour workers were denied the right of access to permanent accommodation and residential space in the urban areas. After the repeal of the influx control and segregative laws in South Africa in 1986, some of the hostel dwellers brought their relatives and friends to live in the hostels and this resulted in problems such as overcrowding which were exacerbated by poor management and control of the hostels. The living conditions of the hostel dwellers deteriorated during the 1990s. After the announcement of the unbanning of all liberation movements and political parties in South Africa in the 1990s, hostel violence broke out. This hostel violence left many hostel blocks vandalised and without basic municipal services such as electricity, water and waste removal. The hostel violence was primarily between the Inkata Freedom Party (IFP) aligned hostel dwellers and the African National Congress (ANC) aligned township and informal settlement residents. The hostel violence has catalysed the public housing challenges faced by the democratic government since its inception in 1994. Nevertheless, since 1994 the democratic government has introduced various housing programmes in an effort to provide adequate houses for all South African citizens. One such housing programme is the hostel redevelopment programme. The hostel redevelopment programme was adopted by the democratic government after 1994 with the aim of, among other things, upgrading public hostels, redeveloping and converting the rooms in public hostels into family rental units in order to improve the living conditions of the hostel dwellers and introducing hostel dwellers to family life. The Mogale City Local Municipality (MCLM) is one of the municipalities in Gauteng province that is participating in the hostel redevelopment programme. The findings of this study have revealed that the upgrading of the Kagiso hostel involved the following two processes: During the first process, the MCLM upgraded the Kagiso hostel by fixing broken windows and doors, repairing toilets and providing basic municipal services such as electricity, water, and waste removal in order to improve the living conditions of the hostel dwellers. The second process involved demolishing the hostel blocks and converting them into family units in order to address the public housing challenges relevant to the Kagiso hostel. In this study, the hostel redevelopment programme is called process 1 and the community residential units (CRU) programme is called process 2. / Public Administration and Management / M. Tech. (Public Management)