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Stakeholders’ views on volunteering in mental health: an international focus group study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objectives Explore the views of two main stakeholders: mental health professionals and volunteers from three European countries, on the provision of volunteering in mental healthcare.Design A multicountry, multilingual and multicultural qualitative focus
Mariana Pinto da Costa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Exploratory Feasibility Study of Incorporating Volunteering Into Treatment for Adolescent Depression and Anxiety

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Community volunteering is an under-utilized, at least under-researched, strategy to supplement existing treatment for affective disorders. We present findings from a feasibility study incorporating community volunteering into clinical treatment for ...
Parissa J. Ballard   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Longitudinal impact of volunteering on the cognitive functioning of older adults: A secondary analysis from the US Health and Retirement Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2023
Objectives: To examine the relationship of volunteering with cognitive activity, social activity, and physical activity among older adults and, ultimately, with later cognitive functioning across different time periods.
Ester Villalonga-Olives   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Motivational aspects of digital volunteering in today’s youth [PDF]

open access: yesНациональный психологический журнал, 2020
Background. Studying motivation, value orientations and personal qualities of volunteers in the digital world is very relevant today. It is designed to promote the broader involvement of youth in social volunteer projects.
Sergey V. Molchanov   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Volunteering in Health Care Context: A Concept Analysis Using Rodger’s Evolutionary Approach

open access: yesNurse Media: Journal of Nursing, 2020
Background: Volunteering is a common concept used in various disciplines including in the health care context. Nursing plays a role in volunteering concept development. However, the use of volunteering concept is still interchangeable.
Muhamad Zulfatul A'la   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Rapid Review of Barriers to Volunteering for Potentially Disadvantaged Groups and Implications for Health Inequalities

open access: yesVOLUNTAS - International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2019
Despite volunteering being a feature of community life in the UK, differences as to who volunteers are evident. Reporting on a rapid review of the evidence on volunteering and inequalities, the aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the breadth ...
K. Southby, J. South, A. Bagnall
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding the impact of volunteering on pro-environmental behavioural change [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This article examines whether there is an association between engaging in environmental volunteering activities and pro-environmental behavioural change.
Antonaci, R., King, M., Seymour, V.
core   +2 more sources

Volunteering among pre-clinical medical students: Study of its association with academic performance using institutional data [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesMedEdPublish, 2022
Background: Participating in volunteering activities during students’ higher education experience is becoming more commonplace. Studies have noted that volunteering has a positive impact on the academic performance of undergraduate medical students ...
Leigh Powell   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spontaneous Volunteering in Social Crises: Self-Organization and Coordination

open access: yesNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2018
This article investigates spontaneous volunteering during the social crisis referred to as the “European 2015 refugee crisis.” The situation was politically controversial and the vacuum in humanitarian aid was filled by civil society, including large ...
R. Simsa   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

More harm than good? The questionable ethics of medical volunteering and international student placements

open access: yesTropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 2017
It has been argued that much of international medical volunteering is done for the wrong reasons, in that local people serve as a means to meet volunteers’ needs, or for the right reasons but ignorance and ill-preparedness harm the intended beneficiaries,
Irmgard L. Bauer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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