A investigação, aqui apresentada, buscou conhecer e analisar o cuidado institucional à criança e adolescente em situação de risco social, sob a visão de seus familiares e da equipe de profissionais que atua no abrigo da cidade de Jardinópolis, SP. A metodologia adotada é de abordagem qualitativa e utilizou-se como instrumentos de coleta de dados o mapa censitário, a observação livre e a entrevista semiestruturada, aplicada aos funcionários do abrigo e aos pais das crianças e adolescentes ali institucionalizados. Quanto à análise desses dados, escolhe-se a análise de conteúdo, modalidade temática. Identificou-se, a partir da caracterização do espaço pesquisado e dos atores estudados que as crianças e adolescentes institucionalizados são em sua maioria meninos, negros e pobres e o motivo pelo qual foram institucionalizados se destaca a negligência. Destacou-se ainda, que as famílias dessas crianças e adolescentes institucionalizados, são, em sua maioria, desempregados, possuem situação financeira desfavorável o que se relaciona ao baixo grau de escolaridade o que por sua vez diminuem as chances dessas famílias de se inserir no mercado de trabalho. A partir das falas dos entrevistados, emergiram três temáticas: o cuidado enquanto contexto de análise, a violência enquanto (re)construção dos espaços e a instituição como espaço de trabalho. Em relação à primeira temática, apreendeu-se que o cuidado se apresenta a partir de ações relacionadas com a alimentação, higiene pessoal, ambiental e cuidados relativos à saúde, sem incluir a prevenção de doenças. Além disso, os cuidadores ressaltam que realizam tais cuidados baseados em suas experiências como pais. Afirmam, também, que não utilizam o conhecimento técnico ao oferecer cuidados às crianças e adolescentes abrigados e que se sentem inseguros para tais prática. Dessa forma, evidencia-se a fragilidade da função cuidadora no arcabouço da construção do papel profissional. Em relação à segunda temática, verificou-se a violência simbólica, psicológica e até física praticada por esses cuidadores, aparecendo de uma forma naturalizada, necessária e integrante das relações de poder perpetradas no contexto institucional. Assim, pode-se pensar o cuidado institucional como mecanismo de controle disciplinar que a partir de Foucault abre-nos a possibilidade de maior compreensão dessa dinâmica de forças, sendo elas indefinidas, mutáveis e transitórias, de acordo com o contexto à qual se inserem. E, por fim, na terceira temática, apreendeu-se que a falta de políticas públicas adequadas e a fragilidade no modelo vigente de atenção à criança e adolescente exercem significativa influência no atendimento dentro das instituições de abrigo. De forma geral, percebese que há muita lacuna na sistematização do cuidado, dificultando que ele possa ser objetivado, mediante planejamento, com definição de objetivos, estratégias e avaliação permitindo que ele seja visto como produção de um trabalho profissional, estruturado nas reais necessidades dessa população. Pensar a criança e o adolescente como atores sociais ativos, envolvidos no cuidado da própria saúde, permite compreender que o cuidado dispensado nessas instituições de abrigamento pode e deve ser entendido como um processo dialético de mútua interação e construção. Os resultados obtidos na presente pesquisa levam a refletir, dialogar e intervir nessa realidade tão pouco conhecida. Acredita-se que a elucidação de tais significados na perspectiva dos atores sociais estudados proporcionará melhor entendimento e aproximação entre quem cuida e quem é cuidado, bem como oferecerá ao profissional subsídios que fundamentem suas ações para o atendimento das necessidades de cuidado institucionalizado manifestadas por essas crianças e adolescentes / The investigation, here presented, looked for to know and to analyze the institutional care to the child and adolescent in situation of social risk, under your relatives\' vision and of the professionals\' team that acts in the shelter of the city of Jardinópolis, SP. The adopted methodology is of qualitative approach and it was used as instruments of collection of data the map censitário, the free observation and the interview, applied to the employees of the shelter and the children\'s parents and adolescents there institutionalized. With relationship to the analysis of those data, it is chosen the content analysis, thematic modality. Identified, starting from the characterization of the researched space and of the actors studied that the children and institutionalized adolescents are in your majority boys, blacks and poor and the reason for which were institutionalized if it detaches the negligence. Still stood out, that those children\'s families and institutionalized adolescents, they are, in your majority, unemployed, possess unfavorable financial situation what he/she links to the bass of education degree that you/they reduce the chances of those families of interfering in the job market for your time. Starting from the interviewees\' speeches, three emerged thematic: \" the care while analysis \" context, the violence while (re)construction of the spaces \" and \" the institution as work space. In relation to the first thematic, it was apprehended that the care comes starting from actions related with the feeding, hygiene personal, environmental and relative cares to the health, without including the prevention of diseases. Besides, the caretakers point out that accomplish such cares based on your experiences as parents. They affirm, also, that don\'t use the technical knowledge when offering cares to the children and sheltered adolescents and that feel insecure for such practice. In that way, the fragility of the function caretaker\'s insert is evidenced in the context of the construction of the professional paper. In relation to thematic second, the violence symbolic, psychological was verified and even physics practiced by those caretakers, appearing in a naturalized way, necessary and integral of the relationships of power perpetrated in the institutional context. Like this, it can be thought the institutional care as control mechanism to discipline that starting from Foucault these he/she opens us the possibility of larger understanding of that dynamics of forces, being them indefinite, changeable and transitory, in agreement with the context to which you/they interfere. And, finally, in the thematic third, it was apprehended that the lack of appropriate public politics and the fragility in the effective model of attention to the child and adolescent exercise significant influence inside in the attendance of the shelter institutions. In a general way, it is noticed that there is a lot of gap in the sistematização of the care, hindering that he can be aimed at, by planning, with definition of objectives, strategies and evaluation allowing him to be seen as production of a professional work, structured in the real needs of that population. To think the child and the adolescent as active social actors, involved in the care of the own health, he/she allows to understand that the care released in those shelter institutions it can and it should be understood as a process dialogue of mutual interaction and construction. The results obtained in the present he/she researches they take to contemplate, to dialogue and to intervene in such little known reality. It is believed that the elucidation of such meanings in the studied social actors\' perspective will provide better understanding and approach among who he/she takes care and who is taken care, as well as he/she will offer to the professional subsidies that base your actions for the attendance of the needs of institutionalized care manifested by those children and adolescents

Many people in Mithi, Tharparkar do not have proper housing, face an unhygienic water supply, and have no sanitation facilities. These factors contribute to disease, suffering and the inability to rise above their destitute existence. The idea for building portable houses for the people of Mithi is presented to provide them with better living conditions and where they can feel a sense of security, ownership and sanitation. Research on existing building systems and materials showed that the most feasible structure for the desert environment is modular panels attached to a core unit that contains all the basic plumbing and electrical fixtures. The unit can be expanded based on family needs. Discussion with government officials showed that these could be used for the immediate needs of the people who have been suffering more acutely the last several years due to a drought. They could also be a permanent solution to the housing crisis if the "Chelson Shelter" communities worked well for ten years. The infrastructure in the Tharparker Desert is inadequate to support typical housing. These shelters have low environmental impact, use little water and electricity and would be a good solution to make a community of people that can support each other and provide security.

Shifting away from the traditional focus of enumeration and prevention of, or early exit from, homelessness, the present study was directed towards understanding the homeless experience and how the health and life quality of homeless people could be improved during their homelessness. To answer key questions, a mixed method inquiry explored the lived experience of homelessness in Darwin between June, 2004, and June, 2005. The study was undertaken through St. Vincent de Paul’s Ozanam House meal and shelter service. Their clients’ life worlds and experiences were documented through participant observation, informal interviews and individual narratives. This study has found that there were very few treatment options available to homeless people who suffered from trauma related illnesses. Self management of wellbeing and health reinforced the negative perception of homeless people held by mainstream society, in turn reinforcing the stigmatising processes individuals spent much of their daily life managing. By addressing the key dimensions of the homeless experience which have had the greatest influence on health, the relevant agencies can begin to create living environments which reflect the experiences and the hopes of the homeless people and which are supportive of good health and a better quality of life. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

This research is about disaster relief semi-temporary housing in China which based on disasters database, area selection and climate data in Yunnan Province, attempting to develop an effective and comfortable earthquake relief temporary shelter which can be processing both physical relief and psychological relief. The major components of this research are post-disaster analysis, project design, and computer simulation. By designing a new shelter model, we will try to identify different functions and reorganize them for the shelter in order to satisfy all special requests after disasters. After computer simulation, it will allow more energy efficient considerations and taking social responsibility to both the designing part and disaster relief process.

The purpose of this thesis is to illustrate the way in which feminist-based organizations - specifically women's centres - have sought to fulfill the unmet social needs of women and children living throughout British Columbia. This thesis achieves this end through a number of different means. A literature review provides background on feminist planning and an overview of the history of the women's movement in Canada. An examination of B.C. women's centres, which includes a close look at the similar and unique services offered, demonstrates the positive contributions made by centres. A case study, which thoroughly reviews the history of one specific centre (the North Shore Women's Centre), shows how women's centres evolve over time in order to meet the changing needs of the women in their communities. An analysis explores the opportunities and constraints that the members of women's centres have faced in trying to carry out their various activities. This thesis has been based on, and has utilized, the goals and methodologies created by feminist planners. In doing so, it takes women's needs, interests, and experiences into account, and aims to make a contribution to knowledge that women can use to improve their lives

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Anthropology, 1999? / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-90).

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-249). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 290-303). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.