打造青年品牌 活跃医院文化

目前新形势下医院青年面临外地居多、职业压力大、满意度低等问题。医院团委从给予青年支持,拓展平台着手,开拓思路,引进"社团"组织,使职工通过共同的兴趣爱好开展活动,活跃医院文化氛围;同时点线集合,除做好志愿者常规项目外,还努力塑造志愿典型,打造志愿特色,从而营造志愿服务的"大氛围"。     

The experiences of neighbour,volunteer and professional support‐givers in supporting community dwelling older people

Public policy increasingly emphasises the importance of informal support networks to meet the needs of the ageing population. Evidence for the types of support neighbours provide to older people and how neighbours collaborate with formal support‐givers is currently insufficient. Our study therefore explored (i) types of informal neighbour support and (ii) experiences of neighbours, volunteers and professionals providing support. Interviews with nine Dutch neighbour support‐givers, five volunteers and 12 professionals were conducted and subjected to latent content analysis. Findings indicate that commitment occurred naturally among neighbours; along with providing instrumental and emotional support, neighbour support seems to be a matter of carefully ‘watching over each other’. Neighbour support‐givers, however, are often frail themselves and become overburdened; they furthermore lack support from professionals. Neighbour, volunteer and professional support‐givers seem to operate in distinct, non‐collaborative spheres. Findings suggest that policy‐makers should consider the opportunities and limitations of neighbour and volunteer support. Professionals have an indispensable role in providing back‐up and accountable, specialised support. They may be trained to adopt a visible and proactive attitude in neighbourhoods to facilitate, cooperate with and mediate between neighbour and volunteer support‐givers.     

Self‐perceptions of competence and social support in Korean children

This study assesses the effects of social support from parents, teachers, and peers on various dimensions of children's self‐perception. The Korean versions of the Self‐Perception Profile and Social Support Scale were administered to 189 Korean elementary school children in grades three through six. Children's perceived scholastic competence can best be explained by teachers’ unique contribution and joint effects of parents with peers and teachers. Teacher support is a strong contributing factor to children's perceived physical appearance and athletic competence, while peer support is important for children's perception of social acceptance and behavioral conduct.     

Understanding the meaning and role of gifts given to Ugandan mothers in maternity care settings: ‘The help they give when they've seen how different you are’

The provision of gifts to new mothers in Uganda is laden with significance that varies by the social location of the giver and receiver and the context and conditions under which the gift is made available. Here, we examine the act of gift giving and receiving within a Ugandan maternity care setting, describing the connections between these material objects and social relations. A study investigating the social organisation of maternity care in post‐conflict northern Uganda found that gift‐giving to new mothers functioned to create a material and discursive context wherein women's desire to access these goods was leveraged to create an incentive to attend formal maternity care during pregnancy and for delivery. In this article we describe the material and discursive processes surrounding gift‐giving to new mothers in this global South health care setting. This article contributes critical analyses of the function of gifts in healthcare settings as constructing shared identities, social differences and normative values about health citizenship, and an incentive politic that affects equitable access to maternity care. Drawing on intersectional theory and analysis of how specific practices function ideologically to reward or incentivise pregnant women, we integrate material culture studies into the sociology of women's reproductive health.     

New mothers and postpartum depression: a narrative review of peer support intervention studies

Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious maternal mental health issue that negatively impacts new mothers and their infants. Various interventions have been studied and one that has shown promise is social support delivered by peers. Understanding what previous studies on peer support interventions have found will contribute to the development and implementation of future peer support interventions for women with PPD. To this end, a systematic search and narrative review of studies that investigated peer support interventions for PPD was conducted. Relevant studies were identified using CINAHL, Medline, PsychINFO and the Cochrane Library published between 2000 and 2010. Six studies matching inclusion criteria were reviewed. Each of the studies had specific selection criteria and some used screening tools for recruitment. There were differences regarding the criteria for volunteers. All volunteers participated in some form of training and had support from a co‐ordinator. Interventions varied in terms of length and nature of support offered, frequency and mode of delivery. Volunteers reported positively on their experience, although there were some challenges in providing support. Overall findings suggest that interventions should be targeted and take into consideration the age of the mother, any cultural and linguistic differences, the mother's circumstances and her needs. All volunteers should receive training before providing support and be screened for their ability to commit their time. Although the results were mixed, they provide insights into how peer support volunteers can be an innovative part of a team approach to PPD intervention.     

山东全科医生职业认同与社会支持关系

目的 调查山东省全科医生职业认同与社会支持现状及探讨两者之间的关系。方法 采用全科医生职业认同和社会支持调查问卷对399名全科医生进行问卷调查,采用Pearson相关分析和层次回归分析探讨全科医生职业认同与其社会支持的关系。结果 全科医生职业认同总分(3.56±0.55)分,社会支持总分(3.87±0.51)分;Pearson相关分析显示,职业认同总分及各维度得分与社会支持总分及各维度得分均呈显著正相关(P < 0.01);层次回归分析显示,组织支持、居民支持和团队支持均为全科医生职业认同的预测因素(P < 0.01)。结论 全科医生职业认同和社会支持水平均不理想,社会支持是全科医生职业认同的影响因素,应加大对全科医生队伍的社会支持力度,从而提高全科医生的职业认同水平,保证全科医生队伍的稳定和全科医生的工作积极性。     

军队综合性医院开展志愿者工作的实践

实践证明,军队综合性医院引入专业医务社工,整合社会爱心力量,成立志愿者团队,开展各类志愿服务项目,探索新的和谐医患路径,在帮助患者解决现实困难、传递社会关爱与支持正能量取得很好的效果.本文通过对某军队综合性医院引入志愿者工作的意义阐述,对在医院开展志愿者工作提出具体措施和建议.     

Evaluating an online occupational therapy community of practice and its role in supporting occupational therapy practice

Background/aim: Networking, together with knowledge acquisition and resource sharing, are key components of occupational therapists’ professional development. To enhance the connectedness and clinical support available to occupational therapists, OT AUSTRALIA Queensland developed an online community of practice (CoP). No research regarding the use of online CoPs by occupational therapists has been conducted. This study aimed to explore occupational therapists’ perceptions of the benefits of, barriers to, and reasons for using or not using the online CoP. Methods: Two focus groups were conducted, one with therapists who had used the CoP (n = 5) and the other with therapists who had not used it (n = 9). Participant responses to focus group questions informed the development of a survey asking therapists about their use of the CoP, its benefits and reasons for using/not using it, which was sent via email to all OT AUSTRALIA Queensland members. Results: Motivation to use the CoP, technology, workload management impacts, potential benefits and time considerations emerged as themes from the focus groups. Of the 55 survey respondents, 58.2% were aware of the CoP but only 32.7% had accessed it. Potential benefits of the CoP identified by participants included time efficiency, structural flexibility, networking capabilities and mentoring opportunities. Reasons for not accessing and/or participating in the CoP included access difficulties, usability difficulties, personal communication preferences and perceived irrelevance of available information. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that the CoP is still in the early stages of development; however, it has the potential to be further embraced by therapists if further promotion, training and minor usability modifications are undertaken.     

Supporting African refugees in Canada: insights from a support intervention

Although evidence suggests the importance of social support for refugees, this knowledge has not been invoked to systematically develop culturally congruent support interventions that help refugees adapt to life in receiving countries. The objective of this study was to design and pilot test a culturally congruent intervention that meets the support needs and preferences of two ethno‐culturally distinct refugee groups. Support was delivered to Somali and Sudanese refugees (n = 58), by trained peer and professional facilitators. Face‐to‐face groups comprised of refugees, matched by gender and ethnicity, were created to enhance the depleted social networks of Somali and Sudanese refugees. Each peer support group met bi‐weekly for a face‐to‐face session for 12 weeks. Peer facilitators delivered supplementary one‐to‐one support via the telephone. The ingredients of the support intervention included: (i) peer facilitators and professionals; (ii) provision of information, affirmation and emotional support; and (iii) accessibility (e.g. childcare, transportation). The study employed a qualitative participatory research design. Data collected for the study included (i) in‐depth pre‐intervention interviews with potential support group participants in 2008–2009 to assess intervention preferences; (ii) fieldnotes by peer and professional facilitators during the intervention in 2009–10; (iii) post‐intervention group interviews with support group participants in 2010; and (iv) in‐depth interviews with peer and professional helpers in 2010. A major perceived benefit of the support programme was connecting with people from African refugee participants’ cultural communities. Participants appreciated the gender and culture‐specific groups. Following the social support intervention, refugees reported increased social integration, decreased loneliness and expanded coping repertoire.     

Woman to Woman: A Peer to Peer Support Program for Women With Gynecologic Cancer

Gynecologic cancer has significant emotional and psychosocial implications for patients and their families. This article describes the origin and implementation of a peer to peer support program providing emotional support and information to women in treatment for gynecologic cancer and their families, in collaboration with medical and social work staff in a large, urban medical center. A formative evaluation of the program is included which suggests program participants view the program as a helpful source of support throughout treatment.     

Promoting recovery through peer support: possibilities for social work practice

The Recovery Approach has been adopted by mental health services worldwide and peer support constitutes one of the main elements of recovery-based services. This article discusses the relevancy of recovery and peer support to mental health social work practice through an exploration of social work ethics and values. Furthermore, it provides an exploration of how peer support can be maximized in groupwork to assist the social work clinician to promote recovery and well-being. More specifically, this article discusses how the narrative therapy concepts of "retelling" and "witnessing" can be used in the context of peer support to promote recovery, and also how social constructionist, dialogical, and systemic therapy approaches can assist the social work practitioner to enhance peer support in recovery oriented groupwork.