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Staff reports of psychosocial climate at school and adolescents' health, truancy and health education in Finland.

2009

Background: Psychosocial climate at school reported by school personnel may be related to pupils’ reports of being heard at school, depression, physical and psychological symptoms, truancy and received health education. Methods: Cross-sectional study combining data from two independent surveys conducted between 2004 and 2005 in 136 public schools in Finland. The pupil sample comprised 11 583 boys and 12 706 girls from the eighth and ninth grades of lower secondary school and first and second grades of upper secondary school. A personnel survey ( n  = 1946) was used to measure psychosocial climate indexed by trust and opportunity for participation, support for innovation, orientation towards…

NinthMalemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentHealth StatuseducationPsychology AdolescentSocial EnvironmentTrustOddsAbsenteeismmedicineHumansHealth EducationDepression (differential diagnoses)FinlandSchoolsDepressionPublic healthPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthCommunity ParticipationOdds ratioCross-Sectional StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsFamily medicineHealth educationFemaleTruancyPsychologyPsychosocialEuropean journal of public health
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To be or not to be: Collaborative Governance and The Case of Continuous Master Planning in Lahti

2020

The benefits of collaborative actions between different stakeholders has been recognized broadly and has been admitted as one of the key factors in regional development. However, the research has so far focused on examining cases retrospectively, leaving a gap in looking into something on-going and uncertain, as well as it has been common to consider regional development through abstracts concepts. Therefore, there exists less information on the practical implementation of the theories and policies within regions. Additionally, it is important to take into consideration the ever-growing trend of cross-sectoral collaboration - however not only in public-private interface, but also involving …

Nordic Master Programme in Innovative Governance and Public Management (NORDIG)KansalaisosallistaminenStrateginen johtaminenMaster PlanningYhteishallintamalliCitizen ParticipationRegional DevelopmentVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240::Offentlig og privat administrasjon: 242InnovationCollaborative GovernanceCollaborationStrategic ManagementME523
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Cultural institutions as agents of urban and community regeneration in the (post-)pandemic city. The case of the «Laboratorio Zen Insieme» in Palermo

2022

Although all cities in the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, its impacts on the territories, yet to be understood, are unevenly distributed, revealing extremely varied imbalances depending on the places. However, it is clear that the virus and its variants have aggravated pre-existing socio-spatial inequalities, creating new ones and bringing attention back to those implications between space, planning, public health and citizenship that are at the origins of contemporary urbanism. In a reference framework in which the crisis is globalized but unequal and in the absence of a welfare system capable of responding to the urgencies of the most marginalized social contexts and g…

Olsen 2018Settore ICAR/21 - UrbanisticaSettore M-GGR/01 - GeografiaSacco and Blessi 2009). In the current (post-) pandemic context and through the lens of a southern European perspective the purpose of this article is to critically reflect about the role of culture as possible vehicle of urban and community regeneration. In particular we will focus on the activities of the no profit organization «Laboratorio Zen Insieme» in ZEN2 one of the last large popular and peripheral neighborhoods built in Palermo at the end of 80s in order to explore and understand how cultural practices work as agent of urban and social transformation capable of addressing emerging issues especially in the pandemic scenario we are experiencing. Thecasestudy has been conducted through analysis of documents participative observations (Honer and Hitzler 2015) and qualitative in-depth interviews with key actors involved in the conception organization and management of the activities carried out by Laboratorio Zen Insieme with representatives of local institutions and non-formal conversations with participants of the workshops heldin the neighborhood. The experience we narrate finds that cultural practices have re-conceptualized their design and functions as strategies of urban and community regeneration and at the same time have contributed to answer to emergent issues in developing proximity and local based strategies facing up to problems inherent civil rights educationalpoverty socio-spatial justice and have changed the image and identity of urban places they inhabit.In this sense the research provides a framework for development of strategies and legitimization for cultural practices and a point of discussionabouttheirrolein urban development.Although all cities in the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic its impacts on the territories yet to be understood are unevenly distributed revealing extremely varied imbalances depending on the places. However it is clear that the virus and its variants have aggravated pre-existing socio-spatial inequalities creating new ones and bringing attention back to those implications between space planning public health and citizenship that are at the origins of contemporary urbanism. In a reference framework in which the crisis is globalized but unequal and in the absence of a welfare system capable of responding to the urgencies of the most marginalized social contexts and groups a response to the new social and individual needs has been offered by cultural institutions that play a role of territorial agency often independently or in the absence of political institutions. Far from the idea of entertainment and divertissement it is in fact increasingly clear how the practices of cultural innovation experimenting with various forms of action and participation can in some cases play a fundamental role in the processes of social cohesion and community building representing an antidote to the worsening of the phenomena of marginalization and socio-spatial inequalities within cities and territories (Colantonio and Dixon 2011
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Participation in cervical cancer screening in Germany.

2010

OncologyCervical cancerAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyEpidemiologybusiness.industryPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthUterine Cervical NeoplasmsMiddle AgedCervical cancer screeningmedicine.diseaseYoung AdultInternal medicineGermanymedicineHumansMass ScreeningFemalePatient ParticipationbusinessAgedPreventive medicine
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Network Overlap and Network Blurring in Online Social Networks

2016

Online communities and the online social networks embedded become a prominent medium for social interactions. The success of social media depends on users’ willingness to continue investing their time and efforts in the absence of economic rewards, making psychological attachment critical to online communities. While prior studies identify that members do develop psychological commitment to online communities, why and how the commitment arises remain underexplored. This study focuses on the relationship between network overlap, a common feature of online social networks, and affective commitment to an online community. Drawing on the commitment theory and social network boundary theory, w…

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Communities, Communication, and Online Identities

2012

Social media and online communities offer increased possibilities for connection, interaction and participation but also new media with tools for self-presentation and identity management. Interacting anonymously or eponymously, having one, none or many identities online expresses richness in online communication. Contentious identities for communication are part of everyday online and offline interaction. The authors examine critically five types of online identity and analyse the differences, similarities, advantages, pitfalls, and disadvantages of using them. Examples illustrate the usage of these identity types, clarify possible misconceptions, and provide the reader with an improved un…

Online participationMedia studiesIdentity (social science)SociologyAnonymity
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View of Open Government: in Italy and in the Sicilian Region

2017

The web, if used in connection with Open Government practices, it becomes anextraordinary controlling method not only to attack inefficiencies, corruption and badadministration, but also to promote transparency and develop participation practices.Complete transparency and open data represents lawfulness and efficiency outpostswhich are absolutely necessary to public administrations, because they are the newfrontier of citizenship rights and participatory democracy.This paper argues in favour of the anti-corruption provisions applications and thesubsequent applicator decree (Laws no. 190/2012 and 124/2015 and legislative decrees 33/2013 and now 97/2016) for the purposes of complete administr…

Open Government transparency participation open datapublic administration Sicilian Region
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Open Government – A Long Way Ahead for Romania

2014

Abstract Although the topic of OPEN Government isn’t quite as new, the citizens of the world seem not to have acknowledged the responsibility they share with the authorities in really implementing it. Thus some progress has been made, there is still a long way ahead with regard of the active participation of the citizens, on one hand and the mitigation of the still existing extensive state secrecy, on the other. Romania has committed to achieve the goals stated in the Open Government Partnership, but there are still many things to be considered. The main aspects analyzed in this paper are: fiscal transparency, access to information, Disclosures Related to Elected or Senior Public Officials …

Open governmentOpen Governmentbusiness.industryTransparency (market)General Engineeringcitizens engagementEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTINGPublic relationsPublic administrationTransparencyActive participationAccess to informationGeneral partnershipSecrecyEconomicsbusinessProcedia Economics and Finance
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Make Fitness Fun: Could Novelty Be the Key Determinant for Physical Activity Adherence?

2020

The benefits of physical activity (PA) are well known and are extensively delineated in the scientific literature. Regular participation in PA, or exercise as its subset (structured, preplanned form of PA), is positively associated with numerous physical and psychological health benefits across all population subgroups (i.e., different age groups, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status) (Paterson and Warburton, 2010; Warburton and Bredin, 2017). The current PA guidelines for adults, proposed by the American College for Sports Medicine and American Heart Association (ACSM/AHA), recommend the accumulation of at least 150 min of moderate intensity aerobic PA per week (Nelson et al., 2007)…

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Budżet obywatelski – analiza porównawcza Gorzowa Wielkopolskiego i Opola

2020

Pojęcie budżetu obywatelskiego jako szczególnej formy konsultacji społecznych zostało wprowadzone do ustawy o samorządzie gminnym dopiero w 2018 r. Mieszkańcy danego miasta są corocznie decydentami w zakresie części wydatków budżetu gminy. Przykładem dobrych praktyk są omawiane w niniejszym artykule Opole, gdzie rozwiązanie to wprowadzono w 2014 r. (I edycja budżetu na 2015 r.) oraz Gorzów Wielkopolski, który wprowadził budżet obywatelski już w 2012 r. (I edycja budżetu na 2013 r.). W artykule wskazano na podobieństwa i różnice proceduralne wynikające z regulaminów budżetów obywatelskich obu miast, a następnie przedstawiono podział środków finansowych w ramach budżetów oraz kategorie zadań …

OpoleCivic budgetGorzów Wielkopolskicitizen participationBudżet obywatelskipartycypacja mieszkańcówKwartalnik Prawo-Społeczeństwo-Ekonomia
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