The Case for Universal Basic Services
This paper shifts the focus from transfers to public services. It mounts a case for Universal Basic Services (UBS): a proposal to safeguard and develop existing public services and to extend this model of provision into new areas.
Ian Gough
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Teaching Qualitative Research in Psychology: A Look at the Portuguese Reality
Qualitative research has been increasingly used in the field of psychology. Consequently, concerns about the development of students’ skills in qualitative research have arisen.
Ana Pereira Antunes, Silvana Martins
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Effectiveness of an Empathic Chatbot in Combating Adverse Effects of Social Exclusion on Mood
From past research it is well known that social exclusion has detrimental consequences for mental health. To deal with these adverse effects, socially excluded individuals frequently turn to other humans for emotional support.
Mauro de Gennaro +2 more
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Reconceiving Social Exclusion [PDF]
Several ambiguities in the social exclusion literature - in both the fields of social policy and development studies - fuel the common criticism that the concept is redundant with respect to already existing poverty approaches, particularly more multidimensional and processual approaches, such as relative or capability poverty.
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Use of pregnancy counselling services in Australia 2007–2012
Objective: To assess the uptake of Medicare Benefit payments for non‐directive pregnancy support counselling which commenced in November 2006. Methods: Counts of services for pregnancy counselling from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2012, where a Medicare rebate
Julia M. Shelley +3 more
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Understanding Rural Development in Naga Villages: A Case Study of Magulong and Nzauna
This study has identified significant gaps between the intention of a series of rural development schemes and the experiences of the supposed beneficiaries – as in the case of the two Zeme Naga tribal villages located at the border of two administrative ...
Newme Haineube
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Debt matters? Mental wellbeing of older adults with household debt in England
Background: A record number of older individuals have household debt, but little is known about possible links between debts and their mental wellbeing.
Aapo Hiilamo
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Social exclusion reliably engages the default network: A meta-analysis of Cyberball
Social exclusion refers to the experience of being disregarded or rejected by others and has wide-ranging negative consequences for well-being and cognition.
Laetitia Mwilambwe-Tshilobo +1 more
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Impact Evaluation: A community based cross sectional study about beneficiary level factors influencing Janani Suraksha Yojana (Scheme for Institutional Delivery) Utilization in three South Indian states [PDF]
Background: Maternal health is a subject of serious debate today. Maternal and infant mortality has become a major issue in many rural parts of the country.
Devajana Chinnappa Nanjunda
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Social Exclusion of Syrian Refugees and Tactics of Resistance: The Case of Ankara
The anti-government protests that began in Syria in 2011 as part of the Arab Spring resulted in a civil war which led to over 3.6 million Syrian refugees residing in Turkey.
Nur Pınar Diker, Olgu Karan
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