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Stakeholders’ views on volunteering in mental health: an international focus group study
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
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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
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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
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Motivational aspects of digital volunteering in today’s youth [PDF]
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
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Volunteering in Health Care Context: A Concept Analysis Using Rodger’s Evolutionary Approach
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
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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
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Understanding the impact of volunteering on pro-environmental behavioural change [PDF]
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.
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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
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Spontaneous Volunteering in Social Crises: Self-Organization and Coordination
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
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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
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