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Health and school profile of minors receiving protection measures and social programs
2012
Se pretende determinar la incidencia de problemas de salud y escolares en menores receptores de Prestaciones Económicas Regladas y de Prestaciones Económicas por Protección. Se valoraron 174 menores de P.E.R. y 123 de P.E.P. Los resultados muestran que una cuarta parte de los menores tienen problemas de salud física y/o mental. Su escolarización plantea problemas de absentismo, aprovechamiento académico, adaptación social y carencias de material escolar. Existen diferencias en el porcentaje de problemas planteados en función del tipo de ayuda recibida, siendo los menores incluidos en los programas P.E.P. los que plantean con mayor frecuencia problemas de salud física, salud mental, adaptaci…
Perfil de salud y escolar en menores con medidas de protección y de programas sociales (Health and school profile of minors receiving protection meas…
2012
This study determined the effect of health and school problems on minors receiving social aid, such as PER (Economic Aid Program) and PEP (Economic Aid and Care Measures Program). A total of 174 minors and 123 minors receiving PEP and PEP, respectively, were analyzed. The results show that 25% of the minors have physical and/or mental health problems. Their schooling involves problems related to absenteeism, academic performance, social adaptation and a lack of school material. There are differences in the number of problems detected depending on what kind of aid measures they are receiving. Minors included in the PEP program tend to have more problems in the areas of physical health, menta…
Which social program supports sustainable grass-root finance? Machine-learning evidence
2019
Resources for development are used efficiently when social programs help to promote at the same time the sustainability of grass-root financial associations at the bottom of the pyramid. This study applies machine-learning to a worldwide database of grass-root associations in order to identify which social programs are good predictors of financial returns in the groups. The results indicate that education, income-generating activities and health programs are the most frequent programs provided by development agencies. Business training is not the most frequent intervention applied to grass-root associations, but it is in fact the most important social program to encourage financial sustaina…
Do Corporative Social Programs Generate Social Capital? A Brazilian Case Study
2013
This study focuses on the promotion of the social capital and the development of a civic community through social commitment networks, and consequently, maintaining local development. The methodological procedure adopted was the case study and, as main technique of data analysis, the content analysis was used. The programs of social responsibility of companies renowned as socially responsible from the region of Serra Gaúcha (south Brazil) were studied, analyzing their contribution to the generation or strengthening of the social capital of the reached communities. As the main result of the study we presented the proposal of a new board of indicators for social projects of private companies …