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Heiney, Sue P., Linda J. Hazlett, Sally P. Weinrich, Linda M. Wells, Swann Arp Adams, Sandra Millon Underwood, and Rudolph S. Parrish. "Antecedents and Mediators of Community Connection in African American Women With Breast Cancer." Research and Theory for Nursing Practice 25, no. 4 (2011): 252–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1541-6577.25.4.252.
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Objective: To describe the theory of community connection defined as close relationships with women and men who are members of a neighborhood, a church, a work group, or an organization. Antecedent and mediator variables related to community connection are identified. Design/methods: A cross-sectional design was used to assess for relationships among theorized antecedents and mediators of community connection in a sample of 144 African American women aged 21 years and older (mean = 54.9) who had been diagnosed with invasive/infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Measurement and Analyses: Community connection was measured with the relational health indices-community subscale. Mediator analysis was conducted to assess significance of the indirect effects of the mediator variables, which were fear, breast cancer knowledge, and isolation. Results: Community connection was found to be associated with three of the four antecedents, cancer stigma, stress, and spirituality, but not associated with fatalism. Effects were mediated primarily through fear and isolation with isolation as was more dominant of the two mediators. Surprisingly, breast cancer knowledge showed no significant mediator role. Conclusions: The importance of isolation and fear as mediators of community connection is highlighted by this research. The study could serve as a model for other researchers seeking to understand connection in ethnic groups and communities.
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Pokorn, Nike K., and Tamara Mikolič Južnič. "Community interpreters versus intercultural mediators." Ethics of Non-Professional Translation and Interpreting 15, no. 1 (May 11, 2020): 80–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/tis.20027.koc.
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Abstract This article compares the professional profile of community interpreters to that of a particular group of intercultural mediators who work as non-professional, untrained interpreters, mainly in healthcare settings. Through a textual comparison of 13 deontological documents for community interpreters and intercultural mediators, this article investigates differences in the ethical positioning of these two profiles. The results show that while the codes of ethics of community interpreters tend to emphasize impartiality, the documents defining the emerging profile of intercultural mediators position advocacy more prominently. Beyond the differences in ethical positioning, the article also considers other reasons for the formation of this new profile and outlines several challenges related to the partial overlap between the two profiles, which include distorted definitions of the interpreter’s competences and performance, conceptual confusion in the research literature, and mismatched expectations of language services consumers.
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Mahrus, Ahmad Falih. "Kekuatan Hukum Penyelesaian Sengketa Waris Melalui Mediator Tokoh Masyarakat di Desa Wonosalam Kecamatan Wonosalam Kabupaten Demak." AL-HUKAMA' 9, no. 1 (June 3, 2019): 47–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.15642/alhukama.2019.9.1.47-75.
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This article is a field research to answer the role of community leaders as mediators in the settlement of inheritance disputes in Wonosalam, Demak and how the legal power of resolving inheritance disputes through mediator community leaders in Wonosalam, Demak. Research data are collected through interviews and observations, then are analyzed with descriptive analytical techniques with inductive thought pattern. Wonosalam community leaders have an important role in the settlement of inheritance disputes, namely as a mediator, including: opening and leading the mediation process, explaining and determining the heirs' parts, providing the best advice and solutions, deciding and determining what has been agreed by the parties to the dispute, preventing the emergence of even bigger disputes, and still maintaining harmony and harmony in social life. The results of the settlement of inheritance disputes through mediators of community leaders in Wonosalam do not have an enforceable legal force, because they are not confirmed by making a peace certificate or a peace agreement letter, which is contained in: article 27 of the Supreme Court Regulation No. 1 of 2016 concerning Mediation Procedures and article 1851 Civil Code. Nevertheless, the determination of community leaders as mediators in the settlement of inheritance disputes is obeyed and implemented by the people of Wonosalam.
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Guo, Weiting. "Living with Disputes: Zhang Gang Diary (1888–1942) and the Life of a Community Mediator in Late Qing and Republican China." Journal of the Canadian Historical Association 24, no. 2 (May 15, 2014): 218–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1025079ar.
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Using a newly available personal journal, Zhang Gang Diary (1888–1942), this study explores an understudied area of Chinese legal history: the everyday practice of community mediators in the late Qing and Republican eras. The records of the Zhang Gang Diary reveal how social, political, and judicial transformations impacted the practice of local mediation during a period of significant political and cultural change. The community mediator of this generation had increasingly limited room for mediation. However, as the diary reveals, community mediators also swiftly adapted to the new changes. Through a close reading of the life history of one village mediator, this paper examines a relatively low-status gentleman’s strategy for survival and how he responded to the grand societal and political transformations of late Qing and Republican China.
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Szejda, Keri, and Amy S. Ebesu Hubbard. "Neutrality and satisfaction in the mediation session: party and mediator perspectives." International Journal of Conflict Management 30, no. 3 (June 10, 2019): 329–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijcma-04-2018-0054.
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Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between perceptions of mediators acting symmetrically (treating parties equally) and transparently (providing an explanation of past or future behavior) with parties’ assessments of the neutrality of their mediator and satisfaction with the mediation process. Design/methodology/approach This mixed-method study surveyed parties and mediators from 35 naturally occurring mediation sessions at community mediation centers about their perceptions of neutrality, symmetry, transparency and satisfaction. Findings The results showed that parties overwhelmingly assessed their mediators as acting neutrally. Compared to parties’ assessments of mediator neutrality, mediators rated their own neutrality even higher. Symmetry and transparency were both positively correlated with parties’ assessment of mediator neutrality and also emerged as qualitative themes. Speaking order and talk time did not significantly correlate with perception of symmetry. Overall, symmetry appeared to be a more salient factor in parties’ assessment of mediator neutrality than transparency. Both neutrality and symmetry were positively correlated with party satisfaction with the mediation process, but transparency was not. Research limitations/implications The present study provides a foundation for future research in understanding neutrality from both parties and mediators’ perspectives. The primary limitation was a small sample size and possible selection bias in achieving the sample. Practical implications The study found that symmetry and transparency are useful strategies for managing party perceptions of mediator neutrality and party satisfaction with the mediation process. Originality/value This study is one of only a few empirical research studies that investigated the parties’ perspective of mediator neutrality. The study provides a foundation for future research in understanding neutrality from both parties and mediators’ perspectives.
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Ahmad, Sa'odah, Rojanah Kahar, and Muslihah Hasbullah. "Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Community Mediators in Malaysia." Kajian Malaysia 40, no. 2 (October 31, 2022): 45–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/km2022.40.2.3.
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Family and neighbourhood issues are distinctly sensitive and emotional. They might also not be suitable to be settled using the existing courtroom device in the form of adjudication. It has been acknowledged that procedures in court have failed to address the emotional state of the disputants. The alternative way to resolve the dispute is by using mediation. A study was conducted among 217 community mediators selected to determine their knowledge, attitude and practice of community mediation. A self-administered questionnaire was used to gather the research data. The results revealed that the majority of the respondents (97.7%, n = 212) know that mediation is used to resolve community disputes. All respondents agreed that mediation helps in alleviating disputes in the community. The majority of the respondents (92.2%, n = 200) agreed that mediation is an important source of information and help for the community. The majority of the respondents (99.5%, n = 216) agreed that cooperation between mediators and members of the community is very important in reducing domestic disputes and gaps in the community. The study also found that a little over half of the respondents have a low attitude (51.2%, n = 111) on community mediation. Furthermore, listening to both disputants was the most (87.1%, n = 189) practiced technique used by the respondents in dispute resolution. The study concluded that the respondents have good knowledge of community mediation, a low regard for community mediation, and practise various techniques in resolving the disputes. Most of the respondents have fewer than 10 years of experience as a community mediator. Thus, it is understandable why they do not yet have a high attitude towards community mediation.
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Busroh, Firman Freaddy. "PERANAN TOKOH ADAT SEBAGAI MEDIATOR SOSIAL DALAM MENYELESAIKAN KONFLIK AGRARIA YANG MELIBATKAN MASYARAKAT ADAT MULTIKULTURAL DI INDONESIA (PERSPEKTIF KAJIAN SOCIO LEGAL RESEARCH)." Jurnal Hukum Mimbar Justitia 3, no. 1 (October 4, 2017): 97. http://dx.doi.org/10.35194/jhmj.v3i1.12.
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ABSTRACTIndonesia is a nation with many islands that consists of traditional society inside. Thattraditional community has a traditional leader who is respected and obeyed to solve theproblem. Customary figures can act as social mediators in solving the problems.Problem solving through social mediation could be more effective and efficient,especially in multicultural societies like Indonesia. Empowering customary law, it canhelp the government in resolving agrarian conflicts.Keywords: Multicultural; Adat leaders; Social Mediator; Community CustomaryLaw; Alternative Dispute Resolution.
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Fritz, Jan Marie. "Increasing the Number of Women Mediators in Peacemaking Initiatives." International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 9, no. 1 (February 25, 2020): 68–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v9i1.1466.
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Mediation refers to one or more individuals facilitating a negotiation among disputants to help them try to resolve, to their satisfaction, an issue or issues of concern. There is increasing interest in using mediation in a wide variety of circumstances (e.g., divorce, child custody, family disagreements, small claims issues, business matters, community problems, environmental issues and intrastate violent conflicts). Although professional women mediators in many countries are often involved in certain kinds of mediations as mediators or as members of mediation teams, this is not always the case. Examined here is the fact that few women mediators are involved as lead mediators or members of mediation teams in conflict zones - areas that are often large, involve complex issues and have been, or continue to be, violent. This article first discusses the concepts of inclusive peacebuilding and inclusive peacemaking. This is followed by a short discussion about mediation, and then further information is provided about women mediators. Finally, suggestions are made to increase the number of women mediators in complex, large-scale conflicts.
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Immmanuel, Limrogate, Taufik Siregar, and M. Citra Ramadhan. "Peran Mediator Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kota Medan dalam Memberikan Perlindungan Hukum Akibat Pemutusan Hubungan Kerja." Journal of Education, Humaniora and Social Sciences (JEHSS) 4, no. 1 (June 24, 2021): 470–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.34007/jehss.v4i1.677.
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The purpose of this research is to study and analyze the legal arrangements of Industrial Relations Mediators in solving layoffs, the role of the Medan City Disnaker Mediator in providing legal protection for workers' rights due to layoffs and the obstacles faced by the Medan City Manpower Office in providing legal protection for their rights. workers due to layoffs. Research on the role of the Medan City Manpower Office Mediator in providing legal protection due to layoffs is a normative juridical research. Normative legal research aims to examine library legal materials. The results show that the existence of legal arrangements regarding industrial relations mediators which are regulated in the Minister of Manpower Regulation Number 17 of 2014 concerning the Appointment and Dismissal of Industrial Relations Mediators as well as Mediation Work Procedures and Regulation of the Minister for Empowerment of State Apparatus Number 06 of 2009. In the role and process of enforcement the law enforced by the Medan City Manpower and Transmigration Mediators for workers / laborers who have been laid off is influenced by aspects that affect law enforcement, consisting of: legal substance aspects (laws), law enforcement aspects, facilities and infrastructure aspects, community aspects, aspects culture. The obstacles faced by the Mediator of the Medan City Manpower Office for workers or laborers who were laid off can be seen from the aspects that affect law enforcement.
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Romanadze, Luiza. "MEDIATION IN POST-WAR RESTORATION IN UKRAINE." Access to Justice in Eastern Europe 5, no. 4-2 (December 13, 2022): 202–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.33327/ajee-18-5.4-n000432.
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Background: This article addresses the challenges of developing mediation in Ukraine, the lack of effective coordination between courts and mediators, and issues of low awareness in Ukrainian society about mediation. It is argued that Ukrainian courts and mediation in Ukraine are going concurrent ways so that mediation is not integrated into or reinforcing the court-based litigation system. Meanwhile, the national mediation community must mature through the organization of high-quality interaction with the judicial system. Moreover, the war and post-war period will cause a new workload of civil and commercial disputes that are generally suitable for mediation, especially when the disputants residing in different regions after fleeing from war. This article is aimed at finding sustainable and fast solutions for raising awareness of mediation in Ukrainian society and effective coordination between courts and mediators based on the progress already achieved. Methodology: This article used doctrinal legal research to evaluate the options of cooperation between courts and mediation, empirical analysis to examine judicial system performance and the mediation community status quo, analyse options for closer cooperation of courts and mediators, and find sustainable solutions for promoting mediation. Results and Conclusions: Courts and the mediation community must work together to break the general reliance on traditional litigation; courts should actively promote mediation through sustainable means, and the mediation community should improve the quality control of mediation services, develop a complaint-handling procedure, and further progress with online platforms for choosing a mediator.
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Indravudh, Pitchaya P., Fern Terris-Prestholt, Melissa Neuman, Moses K. Kumwenda, Richard Chilongosi, Cheryl C. Johnson, Karin Hatzold, Elizabeth L. Corbett, and Katherine Fielding. "Understanding mechanisms of impact from community-led delivery of HIV self-testing: Mediation analysis of a cluster-randomised trial in Malawi." PLOS Global Public Health 2, no. 10 (October 27, 2022): e0001129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001129.
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Community HIV strategies are important for early diagnosis and treatment, with new self-care technologies expanding the types of services that can be led by communities. We evaluated mechanisms underlying the impact of community-led delivery of HIV self-testing (HIVST) using mediation analysis. We conducted a cluster-randomised trial allocating 30 group village heads and their catchment areas to the community-led HIVST intervention in addition to the standard of care (SOC) or the SOC alone. The intervention used participatory approaches to engage established community health groups to lead the design and implementation of HIVST campaigns. Potential mediators (individual perceptions of social cohesion, shared HIV concern, critical consciousness, community HIV stigma) and the outcome (HIV testing in the last 3 months) were measured through a post-intervention survey. Analysis used regression-based models to test (i) intervention-mediator effects, (ii) mediator-outcome effects, and (iii) direct and indirect effects. The survey included 972 and 924 participants in the community-led HIVST and SOC clusters, respectively. The community-led HIVST intervention increased uptake of recent HIV testing, with no evidence of indirect effects from changes in hypothesised mediators. However, standardised scores for community cohesion (adjusted mean difference [MD] 0.15, 95% CI -0.03 to 0.32, p = 0.10) and shared concern for HIV (adjusted MD 0.13, 95% CI -0.02 to 0.29, p = 0.09) were slightly higher in the community-led HIVST arm than the SOC arm. Social cohesion, community concern, and critical consciousness also apparently had a quadratic association with recent testing in the community-led HIVST arm, with a positive relationship indicated at lower ranges of each score. We found no evidence of intervention effects on community HIV stigma and its association with recent testing. We conclude that the intervention effect mostly operated directly through community-driven service delivery of a novel HIV technology rather than through intermediate effects on perceived community mobilisation and HIV stigma.
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Pop, Florina, and Bianca Balea. "School Mediators in the Romanian Education System. A Discussion on Their Role in Addressing Educational Inequalities." Social Change Review 14, no. 2 (December 1, 2016): 149–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/scr-2016-0026.
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Abstract Based on findings from the project ‘Socio-graphic mapping of the Roma Communities in Romania for a community-level monitoring of changes with regard to Roma integration’, the article analyses the role of school mediators in influencing school practices for the reduction of the inequalities Roma students face within the education system. This study investigates the school mediators’ perception of causes and solutions for the difficulties Roma students face within the education system, while keeping in mind the current legislation and the public discourse on Roma. In order to gain a comprehensive understanding, we also investigate school mediators’ perception towards their work, as well as the manner they evaluate collaboration with colleagues, Roma families and other local stakeholders. Our findings illustrate that the school mediator carries out a multitude of tasks sometimes only partly related to the field of school mediation. At the same time, school mediators engage in a type of public discourse with regard to Roma which highlights individual responsibility and merits as solutions in order to overcome disadvantage. With regard to work satisfaction, although school mediators are poorly trained and they deal with a difficult and high amount of work, they report being highly satisfied with some aspects of their work.
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PETROVSKA, K., and A. TURGENIEVA. "FEATURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEDIATION COMPETENCE OF THE FUTURE SPECIALIST IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL WORK." Scientific papers of Berdiansk State Pedagogical University Series Pedagogical sciences 1, no. 3 (December 7, 2022): 104–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.31494/2412-9208-2022-1-3-104-111.
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The article defines the relevance of the problem of professional training of social work specialists capable of demonstrating mediation competence. The educational and professional program «Social Mediation» of the specialty 231 Social Work, created taking into account international standards and domestic experience of educational and training centers, providers of educational services in the field of adult education, which provide training in the field of mediation, organizations, unions and other associations of mediators, the State Standard of Social Services of Mediation, the Law of Ukraine «On Mediation», the Mediator's Code of Ethics and other regulatory documents. The purpose and main focus of the educational and professional program «Social Mediation» is revealed. In accordance with the training plan of the future specialist in social work with a focus on the formation of conflict-related competence, the study of a number of educational components from the professional training cycle is provided (social work in the community, theory of social mediation, supervision in social work, etc.). The list of professional competences and learning outcomes, which was formed taking into account the «Basic principles of teaching the basic skills of a mediator», is presented. The principles were developed within the framework of the project «Ensuring the quality of mediation services by standardizing the requirements for training basic mediator skills», implemented by the NGO «National Association of Mediators of Ukraine» with the support of the American people, provided through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It is noted that the educational and professional program is intended for higher education graduates who are ready to provide assistance in conflict/dispute settlement as a mediator, to help the parties conduct negotiations with an attitude of partnership, joint problem solving, and to promote the healthy well-being of the population. Key words: social work, mediation, mediator competencies, social work specialist, educational program, development.
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Egher, Claudia. "Online Expert Mediators." Science & Technology Studies 33, no. 2 (May 14, 2020): 10–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.23987/sts.60782.
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Using Collins and Evans’ concept of interactional expertise, this article examines the online activities of three bloggers diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It argues that by combining medical knowledge with their situated experiences, and by utilizing the affordances of blogs, these bloggers have become a new type of stakeholder, the online expert mediator. Collins and Evans’ concept is extended by taking into consideration the role of the medium through which interactional expertise is displayed and by showing that its bi-directional character is more substantial than they had envisaged. The rise of this new stakeholder category denotes a possible turn from community activism to exceptional entrepreneurial selves. Despite views that the internet would have broad democratizing effects, the findings show that the high standing of online expert mediators is not the result of a subversive use of this medium, but of a dynamic alliance with ‘traditional’ experts and of a strong media presence.
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Yang, Ruomei, Charles Harvey, Frank Mueller, and Mairi Maclean. "The Role of Mediators in Diffusing the Community Foundation Model of Philanthropy." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 50, no. 5 (February 10, 2021): 959–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764021991677.
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We examine the role of mediators in locally embedding the community foundation model of philanthropy to enable its global diffusion. We hold that mediators, as trusted agents within elite networks, promote and legitimate institutional innovation by tailoring the model to satisfy local requirements. They thereby limit resistance while creating future potentialities. Our novel addition to the community foundation literature stems from research on the transatlantic diffusion of the community foundation template from the United States to the United Kingdom focused on an in-depth case study of one of Europe’s largest community foundation, that serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland in North East England. Our findings suggest that success in embedding the community foundation model depends on rendering it fit-for-context and fit-for-purpose. Mediators operating at both the macro and micro level matter because they have the cultural, social, and symbolic capital needed to win acceptance for initially alien philanthropic principles, practices, and structures.
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Fry, P. S. "Mediators of Perceptions of Stress among Community-Based Elders." Psychological Reports 65, no. 1 (August 1989): 307–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1989.65.1.307.
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Research focusing on the relationship between the frequency of stressful life events and perceptions of stress among the aged has increased considerably over the past few decades. The present research focused on expanding the simple life-events/stress-perceptions paradigm by including several other variables that have previously been assumed to be associated with an increase in perceptions of stress among elderly persons. More specifically, the present investigation concerned evaluation of mediating effects of levels of social support, problem-solving, and frequency of daily hassles on the perceptions of stress by elderly individuals. A prospective design evaluated over a 24-mo. period was used to assess the mediating effects. A conceptual model of mediating effects was tested using path analysis statistical techniques on data from a sample of 80 community-based elderly volunteers. The postulated model accounted for 53% of the variance associated with the prediction of perceptions of stress among the elderly subjects. Implications for current theory and research in the study of mediating variables in the stress symptomatology of older adults are discussed.
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Becofsky, Katie, Meghan Baruth, and Sara Wilcox. "Psychosocial Mediators of Two Community-Based Physical Activity Programs." Annals of Behavioral Medicine 48, no. 1 (December 18, 2013): 125–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12160-013-9578-3.
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Tegar Febrianto, Galih, Faza Ghulam Ahmad, and Imamul Arifin. "Peran Komunitas Dalam Meningkatkan Literasi Dan Inklusi Keuangan Syariah." Al-Mutharahah: Jurnal Penelitian dan Kajian Sosial Keagamaan 17, no. 1 (May 14, 2020): 130–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.46781/al-mutharahah.v17i1.77.
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Financial literacy and inclusion is a degree that shows how the public has understood and used financial products optimally. The reality shows that the level of literacy and financial inclusion in Indonesia is still at 38%. That means only 38 people out of 100 people can know and understand financial products well. On the other hand, the community has been known as a forum that unites communal Indonesians. Here the community is become a mediator and accelerates the increase in financial literacy and inclusion. Potential owned by the community at least include (1) helping to sustain the National Strategy on Financial Literacy in Indonesia; (2) mediators for the development of Islamic financial literacy and inclusion through social capital; and (3) open cooperation with participatory culture
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Keane, Lewis, Emma Sherry, Nico Schulenkorf, Joel Negin, Ding Ding, Adrian Bauman, Edward Jegasothy, and Justin Richards. "Personal, Social, and Environmental Mediators Associated With Increased Recreational Physical Activity in Women and Girls in the Kingdom of Tonga." Journal of Physical Activity and Health 17, no. 11 (November 1, 2020): 1100–1108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2019-0630.
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Background: The purpose of this paper was to identify personal, social, and environmental mediators of recreational physical activity (PA) in a 6-month netball-based intervention for women and girls in Tonga. Methods: Tonga Netball’s “low-engagement village program” was implemented in 10 villages and aimed to increase the recreational PA levels in women and girls through a comprehensive, structured community-level netball program addressing key barriers to participation. In a mixed-methods approach, these mediating barriers were identified through qualitative interviews based on the socioecological model. Quantitative measures for mediators and recreational PA were then developed, and data from 301 women and girls were collected. Standard mediation analyses methods were then applied. Results: Program participation appeared to significantly increase PA levels. Statistically significant personal mediators were body issues, preferring competitions, and clothing. Social mediators were support from sports council, community leaders, friends, and church. Environmental mediators were travel time and access to balls, bibs, and umpires. Conclusion: A comprehensive community-level program addressing key participation barriers can increase recreational PA among women and girls in Tonga. Triangulating these results with mediation analyses of variables on the causal pathway can strengthen our understanding of causation and inform funding prioritization for critical program components in similar contexts.
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Sukaenah, Sukaenah, Rusli Rusli, and M. Taufan B. "The Effectiveness of Indonesia Supreme Court Regulation Number 1 Year 2016 Concerning Mediation of Marriage Disputes." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC LAW AND SOCIETY 2, no. 1 (August 1, 2020): 63–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.24239/ijcils.vol2.iss1.15.
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This paper discusses the effectiveness of Indonesia Supreme Court Regulation No. 1 year 2016 concerning mediation marital disputes in the Religious Court. This study used qualitative research method. Data was gathered through observation, in-depth interviews, and documenta studies. Data were analyzed through data reduction, presentation, verification, and conclusion drawing. The results of the study shows that effectiveness of PERMA No. 1 of 2016 has been successfully implemented, but the regulation is not effective to reduce divorce rates. This is because the cases that have been reconciled are still few compared to failed mediation. The efforts carried out by the mediator to make mediation effective are merely to act as facilitators by explaining the purpose of mediation to litigants, providing facilities to carry out mediation and increasing the ability of mediators. Supporting factors: Implementation of Mediation based on PERMA Number 1 Year 2016 which is effective, Qualification of Mediators, Facilities, Community Compliance and cultural factors. Inhibiting factors includes technical factors such as mediator limitations, longer mediation time, non-technical factors includes lack of understanding for the parties about the importance of mediation.
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Kühlbrandt, Charlotte. "Participation as Inclusion and Exclusion: Policing the Boundaries of “Citizenship” in Roma Health Mediation." Sociological Research Online 24, no. 3 (April 10, 2019): 430–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1360780419837233.
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Participatory health interventions have long been advocated as an approach to help marginalised community members exercise their rights as citizens, including access to health care. More than two decades ago, the Roma health mediation programme was established in Romania as a participatory community health intervention. Mediators are employed specifically to act as intermediaries between ‘Roma patients’ and local authorities or health professionals, with the overall aim to increase trust and improve access to health care. Based on data gathered during a year of ethnographic fieldwork with Roma health mediators in Romania, including participant observation and interviews, this article analyses the social processes by which participatory approaches produce both social inclusion and exclusion. It illustrates how mediators exceeded their remit of health and attempted to discipline communities into forms of neoliberal citizenship. Mediators reframed access to health care not as a right that community members already have, but as a benefit that must be individually ‘earned’ through the fulfilment of neoliberal citizenship. The article argues that far from being an ‘empowering tool’, community participation can extend the power of governing institutions and thereby may in fact contribute to the maintenance of a political status quo that perpetuates the precarisation of marginalised communities.
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Kelley, James B., and Dana L. Alden. "Online brand community: through the eyes of Self-Determination Theory." Internet Research 26, no. 4 (August 1, 2016): 790–808. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/intr-01-2015-0017.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper to use Self-Determination Theory (SDT) to explain the online brand community (OBC) identity internalization process through brand website interactivity. Secondary purpose of the research is to explore the role of several individual difference factors and brand-specific constructs in predicting brand website interactivity. Design/methodology/approach – This study proposes the OBC motivation development continuum of brand website interactivity. Thus, a national panel was collected by a reputable online survey firm and a structural equation model was used to test the proposed model. Findings – The authors examined four brand-related antecedents and mediators (brand engagement in self-concept, susceptibility of normative influence, opinion leadership, and consumer innovativeness) and found evidence of the differing roles that brand engagement in self-concept and purposive motives play as mediators to brand website interactivity. Practical implications – Marketing managers can use the proposed model as a useful tool for understanding ways to target and motivate segment specific consumers in ways that will increase the effectiveness of managers’ OBC building strategies. Originality/value – This study utilized SDT to explain the internalization process of brand website interactivity. Further, several individual difference factors were explored as antecedents and mediators of brand website interactivity.
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Dzul, Haswani Dzul, Zaharah Hussin, and Abdul Muhsien Sulaiman. "THE EFFECT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY MEDIATORS ON TRUST AND SELF-EFFICACY OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION TEACHERS IN MALAYSIA." Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction 20, no. 1 (January 10, 2023): 1–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.32890/mjli2023.20.1.1.
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Purpose – The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between trust, professional learning community, and self-efficacy. Methodology - This study used a quantitative approach via a survey that consists of 47 items to collect relevant data. This survey included 112 primary schools with 642 Malaysian Islamic Education teachers. A multilevel analysis was carried out to find out the effect of the group level variables (trust and professional learning community) towards the individual level variable (self-efficacy). Whereas, the mediator test uses the Monte Carlo bootstrapping method. Findings - Findings of the study suggests that the professional learning community mediates the relationship between trust and self-efficacy. Significance - The results of this study showed that the professional learning community is the most important element in determining teacher self-efficacy. The outcomes of this study should also assist administrators in maintaining the professional learning community in schools so that it can work more efficiently and effectively. Keywords: Trust, Professional Learning Community, Self-Efficacy
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Subri, Subri. "Ziarah Makam Antara Tradisi dan Praktek Kemusyikan." Edugama: Jurnal Kependidikan dan Sosial Keagamaan 3, no. 1 (July 31, 2017): 67–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.32923/edugama.v3i1.684.
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Graves or tombs in the paradigm of belief are the final terminal of life after world life, even though the grave or tomb is considered as an inanimate object but it is one of the representations of socio-cultural phenomena in the Muslim community from the past until now, including people in Bangka Belitung. The tomb or tomb is a representation of the past and present patterns of thinking of the community in obtainingsolutions to various kinds of life problems both economic, social, political and cultural problems.Even more than that, he also as a representation of the attitude of religiosity of the community in interpreting the relationship between humans as beings with God as creator. The graves or tombs of the Kyai, Alim Ulama, the Habaibs and even the trustees have been interpreted as mediators between humans and God by means of a superstition. Tawassul is a way to utilize the mediator.Theoretically, Islam does emphasize the existence of mediators / wasilah between humans and God, but the cult of their tombs indicates that there has been a difference between theory and practice.
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Kuburan atau makam dalam paradigm keyakinan merupakan terminal akhir dari kehidupan setelah kehidupan dunia, meskipun kuburan atau makam itu dianggap sebagai benda mati namun ia salah satu representasi dari fenomena sosial budaya pada kalangan masyarakat muslim dari dulu hingga sekarang, termasuk masyarakat di Bangka Belitung. Kuburan atau makam tersebut merupakan representasi dari pola berpikir masyarakat yang lalu dan sekarang dalam memperoleh solusi dari macam ragam masalah kehidupan baik masalah perekonomian, sosial, politik dan budaya. Bahkan lebih dari itu, ia juga sebagai representasi sikap religiusitas masyarakat dalam memaknai hubungan antara manusia sebagai makhluk dengan Tuhan sebagai pencipta. Kuburan atau makam para Kyai, Alim Ulama, para Habaib bahkan para wali telah dimaknai sebagai mediator antara manusia dengan Tuhan dengan cara bertawassul. Tawassul adalah cara untuk memanfaatkan mediator itu. Secara teoritis, Islam memang menegaskan adanya mediator / wasilah antara manusia dengan Tuhan, tapi pengkultusan terhadap makam-makam mereka tersebut mengindikasikan bahwa telah terjadi perbedaan antara teori dan prakteknya.
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Joyce, Fiona, Hunna J. Watson, Sarah J. Egan, and Robert T. Kane. "Mediators between perfectionism and eating disorder psychopathology in a community sample." Eating Behaviors 13, no. 4 (December 2012): 361–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2012.07.002.
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Felicio, Diogo Carvalho, Daniele Sirineu Pereira, Alexandra Miranda Assumpção, Fabianna Resende de Jesus-Moraleida, Barbara Zille de Queiroz, Juscelio Pereira da Silva, Naysa Maciel de Brito Rosa, João Marcos Domingues Dias, and Leani Souza Máximo Pereira. "Inflammatory mediators, muscle and functional performance of community-dwelling elderly women." Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 59, no. 3 (November 2014): 549–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2014.08.004.
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Asanov, Seitek Aalievich. "PRACTICAL ISSUES OF INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY OF MEDIATORS." Theoretical & Applied Science 60, no. 04 (April 30, 2018): 122–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.15863/tas.2018.04.60.22.
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Ghazali, Ezlika M., Dilip S. Mutum, and Mei Yuen Woon. "Multiple sequential mediation in an extended uses and gratifications model of augmented reality game Pokémon Go." Internet Research 29, no. 3 (June 3, 2019): 504–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/intr-12-2017-0505.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the mechanism by which uses and gratification (U&G) constructs predict continuance intention to play (ContInt) the augmented reality game Pokémon Go (PG), through multiple serial mediation technique, with enjoyment and flow as mediators. The model also integrates other motivational factors specific to PG, namely, network externality and nostalgia and investigates the process by which they influence ContInt through players’ inherent need-to-collect animated monsters and online community involvement, respectively.Design/methodology/approachThe model was tested using 362 validated responses from an online survey of PG players in Malaysia. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used to analyse the data. The predictive relevance of the model was tested via partial least squares-Predict.FindingsContInt is influenced through various mechanisms. Enjoyment is the most important mediator, mediating three U&G predictor constructs (achievement, escapism, challenge and social interaction) and the outcome ContInt. Flow did not have any influence on ContInt unless coupled with enjoyment as a serial mediator. Network externality and nostalgia were found to only influence ContInt through mediators, online community involvement and need-to-collect Pokémon Monsters, respectively. Overall, the results show evidence of four indirect-only mediation paths and one complementary partial mediation path.Originality/valueProvides support for an integrated model incorporating psychological, social and gaming motivational factors. While most other studies focus on direct relationships, we focus on indirect relationships through multiple sequential mediation analysis, following the recent modern mediation analysis guidelines. Contrary to previous findings, flow was not an important factor in predicting ContInt for gaming and nostalgia does not link directly to ContInt.
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Lo, Hung Kei Kenneth. "Who are macro-community members: an answer from the viewpoint of Confucianism." Safer Communities 19, no. 3 (July 20, 2020): 131–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sc-01-2020-0001.
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Purpose This paper aims to present and discuss the findings from a qualitative study of victim-offender mediation meetings in two non-government organisations in Hong Kong between January 2015 and February 2016. It argues that mediators in Hong Kong have a unique interpretation of the criteria for someone to be considered a “macro-community member”. Confucian relational ethics emphasises that everyone lives in a personal nexus and wrongdoings will disturb this nexus. In this specific context, therefore, mediators feel that reconciliation and reparation should be dealt with by the people in the offender’s network while the involvement of unknown macro-community members is discouraged. Design/methodology/approach The semi-structured interview was adopted for use in this study, and an interview schedule with 12 open-ended questions was prepared as a guideline for conducting the interviews. Findings Mediators in Hong Kong have a unique interpretation of the criteria for someone to be considered a “macro-community member” Confucian relational ethics emphasises that everyone lives in a personal nexus and wrongdoings will disturb this nexus. Reconciliation and reparation should be dealt with by the people in the network, and the involvement of macro-community members will certainly disturb this network. Originality/value This study was conducted by the author between January 2015 and February 2016 for the purpose of obtaining a doctorate. The paper has neither been published previously nor is it under review for publication in any other journal at this time.
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Lin, Derek M., and Henry C. Lin. "A theoretical model of temperate phages as mediators of gut microbiome dysbiosis." F1000Research 8 (July 1, 2019): 997. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18480.1.
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Bacteriophages are the most prominent members of the gut microbiome, outnumbering their bacterial hosts by a factor of 10. Phages are bacteria-specific viruses that are gaining attention as highly influential regulators of the gut bacterial community. Dysregulation of the gut bacterial community contributes to dysbiosis, a microbiome disorder characterized by compositional and functional changes that contribute to disease. A role for phages in gut microbiome dysbiosis is emerging with evidence that the gut phage community is altered in dysbiosis-associated disorders such as colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. Several recent studies have linked successful fecal microbiota transplantation to uptake of the donor’s gut phage community, offering some insight into why some recipients respond to treatment whereas others do not. Here, we review the literature supporting a role for phages in mediating the gut bacterial community, giving special attention to Western diet dysbiosis as a case study to demonstrate a theoretical phage-based mechanism for the establishment and maintenance of dysbiosis.
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Li, Wanlian, Fei Sun, and Steven Anderson. "Differences in depressive symptoms between rural and urban Chinese labor force: The mediating effects of community factors." International Journal of Social Psychiatry 64, no. 4 (February 6, 2018): 317–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764018754596.
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Purpose: This study aimed to examine differences in depressive symptoms between urban and rural workers in mainland China and to identify community factors that could contribute to such residential differences. Methods: This study used nationally representative data from the 2014 China’s Labor Force Dynamic Survey. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews on a sample of 22,073 participants from 29 provinces of China, including 15,098 rural workers (Mage = 44.92, standard deviation ( SD) = 14.85) and 6,975 urban workers (Mage = 43.28, SD = 13.62). Mediators included community cohesion, foreseeable community threat, supportive network size and medical benefit coverage. Mediation analyses were conducted using Hayes’ SPSS Macro Process for multiple mediators. Results: Urban participants reported fewer depressive symptoms than their rural counterparts. Lower levels of community cohesion, higher community foreseeable threat and poorer medical coverage were related to fewer depressive symptoms. Rural–urban differences were mediated by community cohesion ( B = −0.12, p < .01), foreseeable community threat ( B = −0.08, p < .01) and medical benefit coverage ( B = 0.25, p < .01). Conclusion: This study sheds light on distinctive roles of community factors in explaining rural–urban differences in depressive symptoms. Policies or programs should be designed to promote strengths and address weaknesses in rural communities.
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Mikolič Južnič, Tamara, and Nike K. Pokorn. "In Search of the Essential Competences for Overcoming Language Barriers in Public Services." ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries 18, no. 1 (June 21, 2021): 15–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/elope.18.1.15-35.
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It is argued in the article that despite the relatively strong presence of English in Slovenia, the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) alone does not guarantee access to quality public services. To supplement the use of ELF interpreting support is needed, in particular in high-risk situations. A step in this direction was the certification of a national vocational qualification for community interpreters for Albanian in 2020. Since at the same time a new vocational profile for intercultural mediators was created, which also aims to assist the inclusion of migrants in the Slovene society, we investigated the differences between these two profiles by comparing the competences defined in both. The results show that despite some overlaps Slovene vocational standards for both professions differ significantly: while transfer and linguistic competences are central to community interpreter’s profile, conflict resolution and mediation competence figure more prominently in the intercultural mediator’s profile.
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Kalinichenko, Leonid. "Subject mediation approach for scientific problem solving in Virtual Observatories." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2, no. 14 (August 2006): 602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921307012008.
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There exist two principally different approaches to the organization of problem solving in VO: (i) information resources driven approach (choice and integrated definition of resources are made independently of the problem specification); and (ii) scientific problem driven approach (a specification of a problem domain is created, the relevant to the problem resources are identified and semantically mapped into the domain). Intrinsic difficulties of the first approach: semantic gap between resources and the problem, instability of global schema w.r.t. a set of resources, inability of automatic identification of resources for the problem. To implement the second approach a mediation technology is required. On the consolidation phase of the mediator the efforts of the scientific community are focused on the problem definition by specifying the mediator. During the operational phase relevant information resources are identified and expressed in terms of the mediator. Advantages of the mediator approach include truly semantic integration of heterogeneous resources due to their semantic mapping into the mediator; multiple subjects can be semantically integrated applying recursive structure of the mediators.
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Qureshi, A., F. Collazos, H. W. Revollo, M. Ramos, C. Delgadillo, J. El Harrak, F. Rubio, et al. "The Catalan Healthcare Intercultural Mediation Training Project of “la Caixa” Social and Cultural Outreach Projects." European Psychiatry 24, S1 (January 2009): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(09)71195-2.
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Known by many different names-culture broker, community interpreter, medical interpreter, and communication facilitator-the intercultural mediator has as a primary task the facilitation of communication and the therapeutic relationship in the presence of linguistic and/or cultural difference. The Immigration Plan of “la Caixa” Social and Cultural Outreach Projects has undertaken an ambitious project to train all of the cultural mediators in Spain, including both those currently working and those newly entering the field, to meet existing needs. In the first phase of the project, the training was developed in Catalunya, in collaboration with the the Catalan Department of Health, executed by the Psychiatry Department of the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (Autonomous University of Barcelona) and certified by the Health Studies Institute of the Department of Health. Drawing from the four years experience of the NGO SURT and the Department of Psychiatry of the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, the program provides 200 hours of theoretical and 1200 hours of practical training. 50 currently employed intercultural mediators and 30 novices are being trained. In subsequent phases the training will be adapted to needs of other autonomous regions of Spain. Modules include medical anthropology, Western biomedicine, community health, linguistic interpretation, cultural competence, professional identity, and ethics. Small group supervision provides a supportive environment to facilitate the application of theory to practice. Finally, high quality training materials were developed specifically for the course. Preliminary evaluations of the project are positive despite some unanticipated complications.
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Pscheid, Kelsey, Eric Pierson, Maria Hernandez Finch, and Holmes Finch. "A-106 Mediating Community Factors in TBI Outcomes of Young Adults." Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 36, no. 6 (August 30, 2021): 1155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acab062.124.
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Abstract Objective The goal of this study is to determine where racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic differences exist regarding longitudinal outcomes in young adults following a TBI. The Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) provides data coded for community, racial and ethnic groups and outcomes. This study maps Poverty Solutions Initiative data from the University of Michigan onto TBIMS outcomes data. We hypothesize SES, racial and ethnic differences predict functional and psychosocial outcomes and broader community factors improve prediction. Minorities in economically disadvantaged areas will have poorer functional and psychosocial outcomes. Method Data was obtained from the TBIMS database. Participants included (N = 3251) young adults ages 19–24 at the time of their TBI and outcomes for 1, 2 and 5 years after injury. A table of demographic information is provided in the attached image. The poverty Solutions Index was mapped onto TBIMS data by matching county codes. Results A mediation analysis was used to synthesize the data. Predictors include race and preinjury income, outcomes include functional and psychosocial, mediators include community SES, and confounders include injury severity. Conclusions When controlling for injury severity, relative preinjury income levels seemingly predict functional outcomes. This poster will discuss if and to what extent community factors are a mediator in TBI recovery.
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Moore, Justin Xavier, Tomi Akinyemiju, Alfred Bartolucci, Henry E. Wang, John Waterbor, and Russell Griffin. "A Prospective Study of Community Mediators on the Risk of Sepsis After Cancer." Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 35, no. 12 (November 4, 2019): 1546–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0885066619881122.
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Background: Few studies have examined whether community factors mediate the relationship between patients surviving cancer and future development of sepsis. We determined the influence of community characteristics upon risk of sepsis after cancer, and whether there are differences by race. Methods: We performed a prospective analysis using data from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke cohort years 2003 to 2012 complemented with county-level community characteristics from the American Community Survey and County Health Rankings. We categorized those with a self-reported prior cancer diagnosis as “cancer survivors” and those without a history of cancer as “no cancer history.” We defined sepsis as hospitalization for a serious infection with ≥2 systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria. We examined the mediation effect of community characteristics on the association between cancer survivorship and sepsis incidence using Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for age, sex, race, and total number of comorbidities. We repeated analysis stratified by race. Results: There were 28 840 eligible participants, of which 2860 (9.92%) were cancer survivors, and 25 289 (90.08%) were no cancer history participants. The only observed community-level mediation effects were from income (% mediated 0.07%; natural indirect effect [NIE] on hazard scale] = 1.001, 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 1.000-1.005) and prevalence of adult smoking (% mediated = 0.21%; NIE = 1.002, 95% CI: 1.000-1.004). We observed similar effects when stratified by race. Conclusion: Cancer survivors are at increased risk of sepsis; however, this association is weakly mediated by community poverty and smoking prevalence.
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Grummitt, Lucinda, Erin Kelly, Emma Barrett, Katherine Keyes, and Nicola Newton. "Targets for intervention to prevent substance use in young people exposed to childhood adversity: A systematic review." PLOS ONE 16, no. 6 (June 7, 2021): e0252815. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252815.
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Background and aims Childhood adversity is a strong, and concerningly prevalent, risk factor for the later development of substance misuse. Yet despite substantial accumulating evidence for causal mechanisms, there has been little attempt to synthesize the strength of the evidence. Importantly, these mechanisms may be amenable to intervention, providing targets for substance use prevention among those exposed to childhood adversity. The present review aimed to systematically identify mediating and moderating mechanisms operating between childhood adversity and substance use. Methods A systematic review was conducted. Electronic databases (PubMed, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Web of Science and CINAHL) were searched from 1998 to 2020 for modifiable mediators and moderators of the relationship between childhood adversity and substance use in people aged 10–24. Data was qualitatively synthesised, using a socio-ecological perspective to group mediators/moderators into individual, interpersonal, community, and public policy/cultural levels of behaviour. Results After screening against eligibility criteria, 50 studies were included in the current review. The mediators at the individual level of behaviour showing the largest and most consistent effect sizes included externalising behaviour, anger, coping motives for substance use, and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Among individual-level moderators, religiosity, future orientation and depressive symptoms all attenuated the relationship between childhood adversity and substance use. At the interpersonal level, peer relationships and mother-child relationships mediated the effect of adversity on substance use. Moderators included family cohesion and relationship quality. Community factors were less commonly studied, though school mobility and educational achievement mediated 14% and 28% of the total effect of childhood adversity on substance use respectively. No mediators or moderators were identified for public policy/culture. Conclusions A substantial proportion of the relationship between childhood adversity and substance use in youth is mediated through individual, interpersonal and community factors. Coupled with the knowledge that existing, evidence-based programs effectively address many of the identified mediators and moderators, this review advances knowledge on optimal targets to prevent substance misuse among those exposed to childhood adversity.
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Schneeweis, Adina. "Empowered Leaders and Alone in Community: Stories of Romanian Roma Health Mediators." Women's Studies in Communication 36, no. 2 (June 2013): 167–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07491409.2013.794755.
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Lyu, Lu, Shuli He, Huabing Zhang, Wei Li, Jingbo Zeng, Fan Ping, and Yu-Xiu Li. "TNFα Mediates the Interaction of Telomeres and Mitochondria Induced by Hyperglycemia: A Rural Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study." Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity 2020 (May 5, 2020): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8235873.
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This study is aimed at evaluating the relationship between leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn) in a noninterventional rural community of China with different glucose tolerance statuses. In addition, we investigate whether the indicators of oxidative stress and inflammation were involved and identify mediators among them. A total of 450 subjects in rural China were included and divided into two groups according to a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT): the abnormal glucose metabolism (AGM, n=257, 57.1%) group and the normal glucose tolerance (NGT, n=193, 42.9%) group. Indicators of oxidative stress (superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione reductase (GR)) and inflammatory indices (tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) and interleukin-6 (IL-6)) were all determined by ELISA. LTL and mtDNAcn were measured using a real-time PCR assay. Linear regressions were used to adjust for covariates that might affect the relationship between LTL and mtDNAcn. Mediation analyses were utilized to evaluate the mediators. In the AGM, LTL was correlated with mtDNAcn (r=0.214, p=0.001), but no correlation was found in the NGT. The association between LTL and mtDNAcn was weakened after adjusting for inflammatory factors in the AGM (p=0.087). LTL and mtDNAcn were both inversely related to HbA1c, IL-6, TNFα, and SOD activity. Mediation analysis demonstrated that TNFα was a significant mediator in the telomere-mitochondrial interactome in the AGM. This result suggests that inflammation and oxidative stress may play a vital role in telomere shortening as well as mitochondrial dysfunction. In the subjects with hyperglycemia, a significant positive correlation is observed between LTL and mtDNAcn, which is probably mediated by TNFα. TNFα may be considered a potential therapeutic target against aging-related disease in hyperglycemia.
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Loch, Mathias Roberto, Regina Kazue Tanno de Souza, Arthur Eumann Mesas, Alberto Durán González, and Fernando Rodriguez-Artalejo. "Association between social capital and self-perception of health in Brazilian adults." Revista de Saúde Pública 49 (2015): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0034-8910.2015049005116.
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between social capital and social capital and self-perception of health based on examining the influence of health-related behaviors as possible mediators of this relationship. METHODS A cross-sectional study was used with 1,081 subjects, which is representative of the population of individuals aged 40 years or more in a medium-sized city in Southern Brazil. The subjects who perceived their health as fine, bad or very bad were considered to have a negative self-perception of their health. The social capital indicators were: number of friends, people from whom they could borrow money from when needed; the extent of trust in community members; whether or not members of the community helped each other; community safety; and extent of participation in community activities. The behaviors were: physical activity during leisure time, fruits and vegetable consumption, tobacco use and alcohol abuse. The odds ratios (OR) and confidence intervals (CI) 95% were calculated by binary logistic regression. The significance of mediation was verified using the Sobel test. RESULTS Following adjustment for demographic and clinical variables, subjects with fewer friends (OR = 1.39, 95%CI 1.08;1.80), those who perceived less frequently help from people in the neighborhood (OR = 1.30, 95%CI 1.01;1.68), who saw the violent neighborhood (OR = 1.33, 95%CI 1.01;1.74) and who had not participated in any community activity (OR = 1.39, 95%CI 1.07;1.80) had more negative self-perception of their health. Physical activity during leisure time was a significant mediator in the relationship between all social capital indicators (except for the borrowed money variable) and self-perceived health. Fruit and vegetable consumption was a significant mediator of the relationship between the extent of participation in community activities and self-perceived health. Tobacco use and alcohol abuse did not seem to have a mediating role in any relationship. CONCLUSIONS Lifestyle seems to only partially explain the relationship between social capital and self-perceived health. Among the investigated behaviors, physical activity during leisure time is what seems to have the most important role as a mediator of this relationship.
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Evirianti, Linda. "IMPLEMENTASI RESOLUSI MICRO CONFLICT BERBASIS ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (Studi Peran Mediasi di Pusat Pelayanan Terpadu Perempuan dan Anak Korban Kekerasan ‘Rekso Dyah Utami’ Yogyakarta)." Jurnal Sosiologi Agama 11, no. 1 (January 21, 2018): 57. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/jsa.2017.1101-04.
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Humans are social beings formed by mutual interests within the scope of the community. In relation to such reciprocity, social phenomena often arise in the form of violence or conflict arising from the existence of different interests, so that with the emergence of conflicts or disputes, the law plays an important role in resolving these conflicts, especially acts of violence against women and children. Through the Rekso Dyah Utami agency, there is an effort to minimize an act of violence. The way it is done is through the assistance of mediators in resolving cases that occurred at Integrated Service Center for Women and Children of Violence Victims (P2TPAKK) Rekso Dyah Utami through mediation practice.Keywords: communication transaction (transactional analysis), mediation, mediator.
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Evirianti, Linda. "IMPLEMENTASI RESOLUSI MICRO CONFLICT BERBASIS ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (Studi Peran Mediasi di Pusat Pelayanan Terpadu Perempuan dan Anak Korban Kekerasan ‘Rekso Dyah Utami’ Yogyakarta)." Jurnal Sosiologi Agama 11, no. 1 (January 21, 2018): 57. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/jsa.2017.111-04.
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Humans are social beings formed by mutual interests within the scope of the community. In relation to such reciprocity, social phenomena often arise in the form of violence or conflict arising from the existence of different interests, so that with the emergence of conflicts or disputes, the law plays an important role in resolving these conflicts, especially acts of violence against women and children. Through the Rekso Dyah Utami agency, there is an effort to minimize an act of violence. The way it is done is through the assistance of mediators in resolving cases that occurred at Integrated Service Center for Women and Children of Violence Victims (P2TPAKK) Rekso Dyah Utami through mediation practice.Keywords: communication transaction (transactional analysis), mediation, mediator.
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Bakas, Fiona Eva, Nancy Duxbury, and Tiago Vinagre de Castro. "Creative tourism: catalysing artisan entrepreneur networks in rural Portugal." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 25, no. 4 (June 4, 2019): 731–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-03-2018-0177.
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Purpose Given limited research about how artisans become integrated into tourism, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the emergence of artisan entrepreneur–mediators who link artisans to tourism in rural areas and small cities in Portugal. Using social embeddedness as a conceptual framework, this paper views artisan entrepreneur–mediators as existing within an entrepreneurial ecosystem. The paper investigates their role within this ecosystem and how social networks influence the artisan entrepreneur–mediators’ roles in connecting artisans to creative tourism. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on new (2017 and 2018) empirical evidence developed through two rounds of semi-structured interviews of five artisan entrepreneur–mediators. Findings This paper finds that artisan entrepreneur–mediators in rural areas or small cities take on multiple roles as networking agents who organize and offer creative tourism experiences, providing the missing link between artisans and tourists. An analysis of the nuances of the operations of these artisan entrepreneur–mediators suggests that high levels of social embeddedness within local rural communities are important in order for these neo-rural entrepreneurs to attain their goals. Originality/value Originality lies in the identification of a gap in artisan entrepreneurship literature in a rural context. It is the first time that a critical analysis of artisan entrepreneur–mediators who facilitate the link between artisans and tourism is carried out in terms of social embeddedness, their roles and connections to creative tourism, and types of community engagement.
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Beach, Steven R. H., Gene H. Brody, Allen W. Barton, and Robert A. Philibert. "Exploring genetic moderators and epigenetic mediators of contextual and family effects: From Gene × Environment to epigenetics." Development and Psychopathology 28, no. 4pt2 (October 3, 2016): 1333–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579416000882.
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AbstractIn the current manuscript, we provide an overview of a research program at the University of Georgia's Center for Family Research designed to expand upon rapid and ongoing developments in the fields of genetics and epigenetics. By placing those developments in the context of translational research on family and community determinants of health and well-being among rural African Americans, we hope to identify novel, modifiable environments and biological processes. In the first section of the article, we review our earlier work on genotypic variation effects on the association between family context and mental and physical health outcomes as well as differential responses to family-based intervention. We then transition to discuss our more recent research on the association of family and community environments with epigenetic processes. In this second section of the article, we begin by briefly reviewing terminology and basic considerations before describing evidence that early environments may influence epigenetic motifs that potentially serve as mediators of long-term effects of early family and community environments on longer term health outcomes. We also provide evidence that genotype may sometimes influence epigenetic outcomes. Finally, we describe our recent efforts to use genome-wide characterization of epigenetic patterns to better understand the biological impact of protective parenting on long-term shifts in inflammatory processes and its potential implications for young adult health. As will be clear, research on epigenetics as a mediator of the connections between family/community processes and a range of health outcomes is still in its infancy, but the potential to develop important insights regarding mechanisms linking modifiable environments to biological processes and long-term health outcomes already is coming into view.
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Hofer, Rebecca, Hwajung Choi, Rebecca Mase, Angela Fagerlin, Michael Spencer, and Michele Heisler. "Mediators and Moderators of Improvements in Medication Adherence." Health Education & Behavior 44, no. 2 (July 18, 2016): 285–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198116656331.
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Objective. In a randomized controlled trial we compared two models of community health worker–led diabetes medication decision support for low-income Latino and African American adults with diabetes. Most outcomes were improved when community health workers used either an interactive e-Health tool or print materials. This article investigates mediators and moderators of improved medication adherence in these two models. Method. Because both programs significantly improved satisfaction with medication information, medication knowledge, and decisional conflict, we examined whether improvements in each of these outcomes in turn were associated with improvements in self-reported medication adherence, and if so, whether these improvements were mediated by improvements in diabetes self-efficacy or diabetes distress. Potential moderators of improvement included gender, race/ethnicity, age, education, insulin use, health literacy, and baseline self-efficacy, diabetes distress, and A1c. Results. A total of 176 participants (94%) completed all assessments. After adjusting for potential confounders, only increased satisfaction with medication information was correlated with improved medication adherence ( p = .024). Improved self-efficacy, but not diabetes distress, was associated with improvements in both satisfaction with medication information and medication adherence. However, the Sobel–Goodman Mediation test did not support improvements in self-efficacy as a mechanism by which improved satisfaction led to better adherence. None of the examined variables achieved statistical significance as moderators. Conclusions. Improvements in satisfaction with medication information but not in medication knowledge or decision conflict were associated with improvements in medication adherence. Interventions that target low-income ethnic and racial minorities may need to focus on increasing participants’ satisfaction with information provided on diabetes medications and not just improving their knowledge about medications. Future research should explore in more depth other possible mediators and moderators of improvements in medication adherence in low-income minority populations.
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Bradshaw, Catherine P., Caryn R. R. Rodgers, Lilian A. Ghandour, and James Garbarino. "Social–cognitive mediators of the association between community violence exposure and aggressive behavior." School Psychology Quarterly 24, no. 3 (September 2009): 199–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0017362.
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Yuan, Hongying, Yuanling Li, Xiaoya Zhang, Xue Wang, and Hongybin Wang. "Alteration of denitrifying microbial communities by redox mediators available at low temperature." Water Science and Technology 79, no. 7 (April 1, 2019): 1253–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2019.116.
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Abstract Four sequential batch reactors (SBRs) containing synthetic sewage for denitrification were investigated in this study. Three of them had added one of the three redox mediators, which were anthraquinone-1,5-disulfonate (AQDS), 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate (NQS), and 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (LAW), operated at 20 °C and 10 °C, and an additional one to serve as the control. Results showed that 10 °C inhibited denitrification to a considerable extent, but the addition of mediators increased the denitrification rate and efficiency. The total nitrogen removal efficiency increased in the presence of three different redox mediators (100 μmol/L), among which LAW express the best accelerating effectiveness at normal temperature and NQS at low temperature. This may be due to the growth of microorganisms, whose community compositions changed considerably when the different redox mediators were added. Therefore, Illumina MiSeq sequencing was used to identify the different microbial communities. Thauera was dominant at 10 °C (25.60%). Furthermore, the addition of mediators greatly promoted Thauera growth (31.11%–42.41%), especially LAW (42.41%). At 20 °C, Candidatus Competibacter (8.31%–9.59%) and Denitratisoma (6.33%–7.39%) were dominant. Thauera and Denitratisoma are denitrifiers. These results could improve understanding of the sewage biological process at low temperature.
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Kim, Jinkwan, Rakesh Bhattacharjee, Leila Kheirandish-Gozal, Abdelnaby Khalyfa, Oscar Sans Capdevila, Riva Tauman, and David Gozal. "Insulin Sensitivity, Serum Lipids, and Systemic Inflammatory Markers in School-Aged Obese and Nonobese Children." International Journal of Pediatrics 2010 (2010): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/846098.
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The impact of obesity as a systemic low-grade inflammatory process has only partially been explored. To this effect, 704 community-based school-aged children (354 obese children and 350 age-, gender-, and ethnicity-matched controls) were recruited and underwent assessment of plasma levels of fasting insulin and glucose, lipids, and a variety of proinflammatory mediators that are associated with cardiometabolic dysfunction. Obese children were at higher risk for abnormal HOMA and cholesterol levels. Furthermore, BMIzscore, HOMA, and LDL/HDL ratio strongly correlated with levels of certain inflammatory mediators. Taken together, obesity in children is not only associated with insulin resistance and hyperlipidemia, but is accompanied by increased, yet variable, expression of markers of systemic inflammation. Future community-based intervention and phenotype correlational studies on childhood obesity will require inclusion of expanded panels of inflammatory biomarkers to provide a comprehensive assessment of risk on specific obesity-related morbidities.
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Zanbar, Lea. "Sense of Belonging and Commitment as Mediators of the Effect of Community Features on Active Involvement in the Community." City & Community 19, no. 3 (September 2020): 617–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cico.12420.
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Citizens’ active involvement in the community is aimed at improving their welfare and addressing social needs and other urban issues. The current study investigated factors that contribute to such involvement, and empirically examined the theoretical assumption that community belonging and commitment mediate their effect on community involvement. The sample consisted of 1,014 Israeli respondents who completed a self–report questionnaire tapping community features (size, social support, three dimensions of citizens’ perceptions of local services, and leaders), mediating variables representing the individual's attitudes toward the community (belonging, commitment), and the outcome of active involvement in the community. Path analysis supported by indirect effect examination indicated that the effect of some variables was fully mediated by community belonging and commitment. Elsewhere, the mediation reversed the direction of the effect, changing it from negative to positive. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed, including operative suggestions for professionals in the field of community interventions.
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Ivanova, Elena N., and Nadezhda V. Petrova. "Theoretical basics of mediative-negotiation technologies of conflict resolution." Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies 38, no. 4 (2022): 581–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2022.412.
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The actual issues of theoretical conceptualization of mediation and negotiation implementation experience in our country and abroad are discussed in the article. The authors note the controversial character both of the issue of necessary developing theoretical basis for these alternative methods of conflict and significance of theory for resolution of the problems related to their essence and specialists’ efforts integration in this sphere. They analyze the sources of disagreements on many issues in the sphere of different school mediators’ activities. They reveal the principal similarities and key differences between negotiation and mediation technologies, and their peculiarities. They also propose to use the complex notion of “mediativenegotiation technologies”. The authors reveal the essence of this notion and its understanding based on objectivity, valuelessness and mutual profitability of these technologies for conflicting parties. The article studies technological constituents uniting accomplishments of original components. These are such instruments as single informational field creation, differentiation of emotional and cognitive aspects, dividing people and problems, transition from positional bargaining to interest-based collaboration and others. The authors show advantages of integrative technologies compared with separate using of their components - negotiation between parties and negotiating with neutral mediator’s assistance. The article discovers the role of mediative-negotiation technologies and the sphere of their implementation including possibility of mediation practice wider spreading. The authors develop the concept of “builtin mediator” based on integrative technologies. They emphasize conflictology’s interdisciplinary character from which the necessity to use theoretical resources from different scopes of knowledge follows. The authors propose the number of criteria for theories’ classification based on these technologies and reveal the roles of different types of theories in mediators’ community problems resolving. The authors note the benefits of integrative mediation model as the essence of professional standard to be used in the process of specialists’ preparation in different spheres of conflict management. They provide examples of positive experience of this theoretical approach implementation and reveal its potential for mediative-negotiation technologies development and spreading.