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Holt, Jim, Lynetta Stiltner, and Rick Wallace. "Do Patients at High Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease Benefit from Early Treatment?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6485.
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Holt, Jim, Lynetta Stiltner, and Rick L. Wallace. "Do Patients at High Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease Benefit from Early Treatment?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6485.
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Huist, Melissa Ellen. "The Potential Benefit of Child Life Servicies for U.S. Army Soldiers and Their Families." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1282268571.
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Pratt, Alan. "The Labour Party and family income support policy, 1940-1979 : an examination of the party's interpretation of the relationship between family income support and the labour market." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5023.
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The first two chapters examine the party's policy towards the wage-stop and the poverty trap. Until 1963 the party ignored the wage-stop but from then until 1975 a section of the party campaigned against the regulation expressing moral revulsion and concern about its administration but only rarely opposition to the principle. A Labour government removed the stop when its operation affected only a tiny minority of families. The party was quickly involved in the development of the poverty trap debate being particularly drawn to its disincentive characteristics, but Labour governments, like their Conservative counterparts, soon came to regard the idea as a mere statistical abstraction. After confirming the party's historical ambivalence about Family Allowances the thesis demonstrated that whenever it advocated allowances it did so because it believed the programme would alleviate family poverty rather than augment work incentives. However Labour governments consistently upheld the principle of substitutability, thus conferring de facto support on that less-eligibility dimension of Family Allowances which Macnicol has established informed the coalition government's decision to legislate for the programme in 1945. Despite the party's opposition to Family Income Supplement it became an important element in the Labour government's anti-poverty strategy after the Child Benefits debate in 1976. F.I.S. was criticised because of its contribution to the poverty trap and its potential for assisting in the pauperisation of the low paid, while Child Benefit was supported because it appeared to be a more equitable technique of delivering support to families with dependent children although some in the party were sensitive to the scheme's potential link with improved work incentives. In general, the Labour Party is seen to have failed to develop any coherent and sustained alternative to the ideas and programmes of its political opponents in this critical area of social policy.
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Rýdlová, Barbora. "KOMPARACE RODINNÉ POLITIKY NORSKA A ČESKÉ REPUBLIKY V LETECH 1993 AŽ 2014." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-206048.
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This thesis aims to analyze the development, its deteminants, instruments and objectives of family policy in the Czech Republic and Norway, focusing on maternity and parental leave. With respect to the different attitude of the two policies, support for families with children is compared on several theoretical levels and also demonstrates the use of supporting families in practice. It was found out, that Norway provides greater support to the ratio of expenditure to GDP, as well has a more appropriate measures for families in the context of harmonization of work and family life. In addition to the comparison between these two systems of family policy the thesis also provides suggestions for improvement using the Norwegian model.
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FACCHIN, FEDERICA. "EXPRESSIVE WRITING AND ADOLESCENCE: SHORT AND LONG TERM EFFECTS AND LINGUISTIC PATTERNS OF FUNCTIONING." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/702.
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Il presente programma di ricerca si è proposto di valutare l’utilizzo di un intervento di scrittura su una popolazione di soggetti adolescenti iscritti al primo anno di scuola superiore. Ciò nei termini di risultati (effetti a breve e lungo termine), mediatori e moderatori. Tali questioni sono state esplorate nell’ambito di due diversi progetti. Il primo progetto si è esplicato in uno studio sperimentale sull’efficacia di un intervento di Expressive Writing [EW] standard rispetto ad un compito di scrittura focalizzato sugli aspetti positivi di un evento (Benefit Finding [BF]) e ad un gruppo di controllo che scriveva su temi superficiali (Trivial [TR]). Le analisi quantitative sono state effettuate all’interno di due studi finalizzati a testare gli effetti della modificazione delle consegne di scrittura e gli effetti di mediazione del linguaggio sui risultati dell’intervento (Studio 1), nonché gli effetti di moderazione di ottimismo, supporto familiare e relazioni interpersonali (Studio 2). Questi studi hanno fornito supporto alla letteratura di ricerca che ha messo in luce gli effetti positivi della scrittura tra gli adolescenti, rivelando risultati migliori per il gruppo BF. Il secondo progetto ha implicato uno studio naturalistico condotto in una scuola superiore del Nord Italia due settimane dopo la morte di uno studente, avvenuta durante le lezioni. In particolare è stato esaminato il processo della scrittura, considerando i cambiamenti linguistici in funzione di variabili legate al trattamento (le tre sessioni di scrittura) e ai partecipanti (l’ottimismo e le traiettorie individuali di adattamento).The current research program aimed to evaluate the use of a writing intervention on an adolescent population transitioning from middle school to high school in terms of outcomes (short and long term effects), mediating mechanisms, and moderators. These issues have been investigated within two different projects. The first project implied a longitudinal, randomized, controlled trial on the efficacy of a standard Expressive Writing [EW] intervention relative to a writing assignment focused on positive aspects of an event (Benefit Finding [BF]) and a control group writing on neutral topics (Trivial [TR]). Quantitative analyses were performed within two studies aimed to test the effects of altering writing assignments and the mediating effects of language on writing outcomes (Study 1), and the moderating effects of optimism, family support, and interpersonal relationships (Study 2). These studies provided support to research literature showing positive effects of writing among adolescents, revealing greater outcomes for the BF group. The second project implied a small, naturalistic study conducted in a high school of Northern Italy two weeks after a student died during classes (Study 3). The process of writing was examined, considering linguistic changes in writing as a function of treatment variables (the three writing sessions) and participant variables (optimism and individuals’ adjustment trajectories).
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Petrusová, Alena. "RODINNÁ POLITIKA A JEJÍ ÚČINNOST V PROSTŘEDÍ ČESKÉ REPUBLIKY A ŠVÉDSKA." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-96389.
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The thesis deals with comparison of family policy systems in the Czech Republic and Sweden in order to assess the overall profamily environment in these countries. Thesis analyzes the specific tools to support families and evaluates their effectiveness in terms of whether they are able to secure the young generation with some financial resources and create conditions for reconciliation of family and work. Swedish family policy is in this regard considered successful, as evidenced here a relatively high birth rate due to adverse demographic trends in other countries, such as the Czech Republic. Work in fact seeks the causes of the family policy success in Sweden and its shortcomings in the Czech Republic, points out the differences in systems of family policies due to different historical development, which reflects the volume of financial funds for families with children, and indicates as a key variable in the success of family policy area of reconciling work and family lives, where the Czech Republic currently lags far behind.
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Park, Youngkyun. "Essays on retirement plans and fund commonalities within mutual fund families." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2008. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/19082.
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This dissertation studies underfunding in defined benefit (DB) pension plans and firms' contribution behavior, 401(k) plan participant investments in lifecycle funds under plan sponsors' initiative, and fund commonalities within mutual fund families. Responding to the recent decline in DB pension funding, firms have increased pension contributions to their underfunded plans. In the first essay I empirically examine firms' contribution behavior to underfunded DB plans and funding choice for pension contributions. I find that firms reveal different sensitivities of pension contributions to underfunding across aggregate funding levels. Furthermore, at a lower funding level firms have the greater sensitivity of pension contributions to underfunding and significantly utilize the tax deductibility of pension contributions. As for a funding choice to fund pension deficits, firms use debt financing at a low funding level, but utilize internal funding by decreasing capital expenditures at a lower funding level. Firms that use the debt financing are likely to have investment-grade credit ratings or high debt leverage, while firms that use the internal funding are likely to be high-levered ones. Recently lifecycle funds have rapidly grown in self-directed retirement plans. Despite the increasing popularity among plan sponsors and participants, there are few empirical studies on lifecycle funds. In the second essay, I examine the recent lifecycle fund adoption behavior of 401(k) plan participants from 2004 to 2006. I find that the likelihood of participants changing an investment strategy to adopt lifecycle funds is not significantly affected by participant demographic characteristics, but by participant account and plan design features. This study extends our understanding of 401(k) plan participants' investment behavior by finding (1) that the substitution of lifecycle funds for balanced funds, as well as the designation of lifecycle funds as a plan default, strongly affect participants' investments in lifecycle funds and (2) that balanced fund holdings of participants are negatively associated with their lifecycle fund investments. Mutual funds account for a significant portion of household financial assets and retirement assets. An understanding of characteristics of mutual funds is crucial to fund investors--especially those whose retirement nest eggs are in mutual funds. In the final essay, I examine the impacts of fund commonalities within mutual fund families on fund characteristics in terms of return residual correlations and fund operating expenses. As fund commonalities within a fund family, I focus on common stock holdings and common management of funds. I find that common stock holdings and an existence of a common manager of funds are positively related to return residual correlations, but negatively related to fund operating expenses. This finding suggests that when investors select low-cost equity funds within a family, they should be aware that there exists an investment risk that the fund commonalities that lower fund operating expenses may additionally increase return correlations of the funds.
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MONTANARI, MARIA GIULIA. "INTRA-EU MOBILITY AND NATIONAL WELFARE STATES." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/744325.
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This research enlightens several critical issues emerging from the tension between intra-European mobility and national welfare states. Initially, a broad literature review presents the current academic contributions dealing with the topic from a variety of points of view. Four main disciplines (sociology, economics, political sciences and law) and three levels of analysis (the national, the supra-national and the individual one) are discussed. Subsequently, three empirical chapters provide examples of studies on ‘micro’ data against this ‘macro’ background. In particular, two chapters are dedicated to the debated issue of mobile European citizens’ access to welfare in host member states. The focus is on unemployment, family and housing benefits which present higher rates of receipt among EU citizens and are the most ‘visible’ dimension of welfare. The first study provides also a detailed descriptive overview on the populations of EU citizens across countries, while the second tests the concept of ‘migration neutrality’ over time both intra and inter generations. The use of benefits by EU citizens does not seem to be always connected with their socio-economic profiles, and the first five years of residence come out to be the only relevant threshold to access benefits across all welfare regimes. The last empirical chapter faces a new emerging issue by adopting the point of view of sending countries, that is whether intra-EU mobility is beneficial for intergenerational social mobility. In the case of Romanians, who are the most mobile population in Europe nowadays, the choice to migrate emerges to be detrimental for social mobility, independently from the area of destination. These insights contribute to add evidence to the complex and evolving picture of intra-European mobility, hopefully informing both academics and policy makers.
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Lopes, Christiani Cassoli Bortoloto. "O programa de transferência de renda Bolsa Família/Benefício Variável Jovem no município de Cascavel: condicionalidade e descumprimento." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, 2013. http://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/3618.
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This paper presents an analysis of the Family Grant Program - FGP / Variable Benefit Young - VBY linked to education policy in order to identify and analyze if the FGP / VBY contributes or not to stay of teenagers in high school, from the reality of two state schools of Cascavel, which have teenagers who are beneficiaries of FGP / VBY in high school stage of education. The issues related to this study are a result of the need to learn how to configure the policy of income transfer PBF / VBY linked to education policy as a response of the prevent of poverty from the reorganization of the capital, mainly in the 1970s when breaks the oil crisis with adverse consequences for peripheral countries. The PBF won national scale since 2003 with the unification of isolated programs and serves approximately 13.3 million households nationwide. This is a program that contemplates families that proving per capita income of up to R$ 140.00 reais independent of family arrangements that compose them, in order to combat the reproductive cycle of poverty and extreme poverty. Thus, the 1990s is marked by the deepening economic crisis with significant consequences in the field of social policies, such as increasing poverty and high income concentration, this situation forced the Brazilian state to initiate a set of measures linked to neoliberal logic settled on productive restructuring, flexible accumulation and globalization of the economy with reformulations in the field of social policies characterized of focused and emergency, such as FGP. These determinations also had an influence in Brazilian education, especially in high school, in which enshrines the old form of duality that historically took place at this stage of education. The primary and secondary data in this search served as a basis for composing the summary of this study, which allowed that the analysis of the FGP / VBY is a policy that helps to prevent the high school dropout from the reality of two schools that were constituted as empirical field research.
Esse trabalho traz uma análise do Programa Bolsa Família - PBF/ Benefício Variável Jovem - BVJ vinculado à política de educação na perspectiva de identificar e analisar se o PBF/BVJ contribui ou não para a permanência de adolescentes no ensino médio, a partir da realidade de duas escolas estaduais do município de Cascavel e possuem adolescentes beneficiários do PBF/BVJ nessa etapa de ensino. As questões relacionadas a esse estudo surgiram com a necessidade de apreender como se configura a política de transferência de renda PBF/BVJ vinculada à política de educação como resposta ao combate da pobreza a partir do reordenamento do capital, principalmente na década de 1970 quando eclode a crise do petróleo com reflexos nefastos para os países periféricos. O PBF ganhou amplitude nacional a partir de 2003 com a unificação de programas isolados e atende a aproximadamente 13,3 milhões de famílias em todo território nacional. Trata-se de um programa que contempla famílias que comprovem renda per capta de até R$140,00 reais independente dos arranjos familiares que as constituem, com vistas a combater o ciclo reprodutivo da pobreza e extrema pobreza. Dessa forma, a década de 1990 é marcada pelo aprofundamento da crise econômica com consequências expressivas no campo das políticas sociais, como o aumento da pobreza e elevada concentração de renda, essa conjuntura obrigou o estado brasileiro a desencadear um conjunto de medidas vinculadas a lógica neoliberal assentadas na reestruturação produtiva, acumulação flexível e mundialização da economia com reformulações no campo das políticas sociais de caráter focalizado e emergencial, como o PBF. Essas medidas tiveram influência também na educação brasileira, principalmente no ensino médio, no qual se consagra a velha forma da dualidade historicamente configurada nessa etapa de ensino. Os dados primários e secundários desta pesquisa serviram de base para compor a síntese do presente estudo, e possibilitou a análise de que o PBF/BVJ trata-se de uma política contribuinte para o combate da evasão escolar a partir da realidade das duas escolas que se constituiram como campo empírico da pesquisa.
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Hertzman, Lovisa, and Linnea Nilsson. "Värdet av ett veto : En samhällsekonomisk lönsamhetskalkyl för ett borttagande av närståendevetot vid organdonation." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Nationalekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-176938.
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Under tidig vår 2021 presenterade den svenska regeringen en proposition som skulle innebära ändringar i transplantationslagen. Eftersom det råder organbrist i Sverige är syftet med propositionen att fler donationer ska möjliggöras. Ett av förslagen är ett borttagande av närståendevetot vilket innebär att anhöriga inte längre har rätt att neka donation från en avliden närstående när donationsviljan är okänd, även kallat ett hard opt out-system. Sverige skulle då bli det tredje landet i världen att införa ett sådant donationssystem. Det finns få studier som undersöker effekten av ett borttagande av närståendevetot, framförallt ur ett samhällsekonomiskt perspektiv. Syftet med vår uppsats är att analysera en sådan systemförändring i Sverige genom en CBA. Som komplement till vår CBA genomför vi en enkätstudie för att analysera vissa icke-monetära effekter. Vi vill också undersöka om inställningen till organdonation har förändrats sedan den senaste undersökningen gjordes år 2015. Resultatet visar en mer positiv inställning till organdonation i vår studie jämfört med tidigare. I huvudkalkylen ger de monetärt värderade effekterna av ett borttagande av närståendevetot en nettobesparing på 427 miljoner kronor. Förutsatt att de icke-monetära effekterna inte uppgår till en kostnad på mer än 427 miljoner kronor är ett borttagande av närståendevetot en samhällsekonomiskt lönsam åtgärd. I känslighetsanalysen presenteras flera alternativa kalkyler där de monetära effekterna ger en positiv nettobesparing i samtliga vilket tyder på ett robust resultat i vår huvudkalkyl. Trots att våra beräkningar tyder på att ett borttagande av närståendevetot leder till en nettobesparing kan uppsatsen inte fastställa om det är den mest kostnadseffektiva åtgärden. Tidigare studier menar att det inte finns bevis för att borttagandet i sig leder till fler donerade organ och att strukturella förändringar kan vara minst lika betydelsefulla, om inte mer. Vi rekommenderar att fler jämförande studier görs med länder som har en hög andel donatorer för att kunna utvärdera vilka åtgärder som skulle vara mest kostnadseffektiva i Sverige.In early spring 2021, the Swedish government presented a bill that would entail amendments to the Transplantation Act. Since there is an organ shortage in Sweden, the purpose of the bill is to enable more donations. One of the proposals is the removal of the family consent which means that relatives will no longer have the right to refuse donation from a deceased relative when the willingness to donate is unknown, also known as a hard opt out system. This would make Sweden the third country in the world to implement such a donation system. There are few previous studies which examine the economic aspect of removing the family consent. The purpose of our thesis is to analyze such a systemic change in Sweden through a CBA. In addition to our CBA, we conduct a survey to analyze certain non-monetary effects. We also seek to analyze whether the attitude towards organ donation has changed since the most recent survey was conducted in 2015. The results show a more positive attitude towards organ donation in our study compared to earlier research. In the main calculation, the monetarily valued effects of a removal of the family consent presents net savings of SEK 427 million. Given that the non-monetary effects do not add up to a cost of more than SEK 427 million, a removal of the family consent is a profitable measure from a CBA perspective. The sensitivity analysis presents several alternative calculations where the monetary effects provide a net saving in all of them, which indicates a robust result in our main calculation. Even though our calculations indicate that a removal of the family consent leads to a net saving, we cannot determine if it is the most cost-effective measure. Previous studies suggest that there is no evidence that the removal itself leads to more donated organs and that structural changes can be at least as significant, if not more so. We recommend that additional comparative studies with countries that have a high proportion of donors should be conducted. This would help with the evaluation of which measures would be the most cost-effective in Sweden.
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Maitlen, Alison Anna. "Family supportive benefits and their effect on experienced work-family conflict." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2152.
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The goal of this study was to provide a link between the family-supportive benefits offered by an employer, and the work-family conflict experienced by that organization's employees. In order for employee outcomes such as job satisfaction to remain high, the work-family conflict experienced by the employee needs to remain low. One way to possibly lower the amount of work-family conflict experienced is to offer family-supportive benefits.
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Steffen, Amy E. "Employee satisfaction and family-supportive workplace benefits." Online version, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008steffena.pdf.
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Rossi, Cássia Mazeti. "Famílias incorporadas à Política Nacional de Assistência Social: estudo das repercussões do benefício de prestação continuada - BPC em suas vidas." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2013. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/17628.
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This present job has the aim of analyzing the repercussions and expressive significations in the life of three families that are introduced in the Straight Transference of Income Program: The Continued Installment Benefit: CIB. The main subject of analysis was to observe the feelings lived by the beneficiaries families after been included and receiving financial resource. With the realization of a qualitative study about the three chosen families for the research, it was able to recognize the aspects understood by them as important in the benefit concession. Their ways of understanding the use of such value, as well as the use of priorities and positives repercussions in the everyday life were also analyzed. According to the interwiers‟ expectations and perceptions, the subjectivity in this dissertation was extensively worked and analyzed. The subjects of this research were extended families that also realize the function of caring the family member which has the profile of the CIB beneficiary; so that it was elaborated in order to prioritize the speech of the interviewers. Concerning to the obtained results,it was relevant the achieved information regarding to the occurred modifications pos-receiving and which providences these families adopted, like, the priority in use and in the first instance, the satisfaction of the basic necessities, avoiding the lack of food in the everyday life. Two, among the three interviewed, noticed significant improvements in their lives in the material point of view, as well as in the subjectivity of family relations. Only, one of the interviewers, mentioned not having noticed significant modifications. Finally, this task showed its importance for having to research the life of three beneficiaries families from the CIB Program, which is introduced in the Social Assistance like Public Politics, proving being important to compose the Social Protection in the country. Even though the access isn‟t all over the world, the program brought in the studied cases, assurance of improvement in the life of these families
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar as repercussões e significados expressivos na vida de três famílias que estão inseridas no Programa de Transferência Direta de Renda: Benefício de Prestação Continuada: BPC. O principal mote de análise foi observar as sensações vivenciadas pelas famílias dos beneficiários após inclusão e recebimento do recurso em espécie. Com a realização de um estudo qualitativo, em torno das três famílias escolhidas para a pesquisa, foi possível identificar os aspectos por elas entendidos como importantes na concessão do benefício, também foram analisados seus modos de entender e utilizar tal valor, prioridades no uso e as repercussões positivas por elas observadas no cotidiano. A subjetividade foi amplamente trabalhada e analisada nessa dissertação, segundo as expectativas e percepções dos entrevistados. Os sujeitos da pesquisa foram familiares que também exercem a função de cuidador do membro da família que tem o perfil de beneficiário do BPC, sendo que a escuta se constitui de forma a privilegiar a fala dos entrevistados. No tocante aos resultados obtidos, foram relevantes os dados colhidos no que tange às mudanças ocorridas após o recebimento e quais providências essas famílias adotaram como prioridade no uso, estando em primeira instância a satisfação das necessidades básicas, de forma especial a segurança alimentar, no sentido de não faltar a comida no cotidiano. Duas, entre os três entrevistados, perceberam melhoras significativas em suas vidas, tanto do ponto de vista material, quanto no da subjetividade das relações familiares. Apenas, um dos entrevistados, referiu não ter percebido mudanças significativas. Enfim, o presente trabalho teve sua importância por pesquisar a vida de três famílias beneficiárias do Programa BPC, que estão inseridas na Assistência Social como Política Pública, se demonstrando importante para compor a Proteção Social no País. Ainda que o acesso não seja totalmente universalizado, o programa trouxe nos casos estudados, garantia da melhora da vida desses usuários
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O'Donnell, Joseph B. Wright David W. "The effect of unions on work/family benefits." Diss., A link to full text of this thesis in SOAR, 2006. http://soar.wichita.edu/dspace/handle/10057/670.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Wichita State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Sociology.."December 2006." Title from PDF title page (viewed on Nov. 4, 2007). Thesis adviser: David W. Wright. Includes bibliographic references (leaves 22-24).
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Pagung, Larissa Bessert. "Otimismo, coping e ganho percebido em cuidadores de crianças com câncer." Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, 2016. http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/6817.
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O câncer infantil é considerado um estressor potencial não apenas para a criança, mas também para seus familiares. Para lidar com a doença do filho, pais e/ou cuidadores precisam empregar estratégias de coping que protejam o ajustamento familiar. Nesse contexto, atributos pessoais positivos, como o otimismo, podem contribuir para um coping mais adaptativo, de modo que seja possível perceber ganho na adversidade. Com o objetivo de analisar as relações entre otimismo, coping e ganho percebido em cuidadores de crianças com câncer, participaram 60 cuidadores principais que estavam acompanhando seus filhos em tratamento, em um hospital de referência da Grande Vitória, ES. Após o consentimento para participação na pesquisa, os participantes responderam os instrumentos sobre: otimismo (Teste de Orientação da Vida - TOV-R); coping (Escala de Coping); e ganho percebido (Inventário de Desenvolvimento Pós-Traumático). Variáveis sociodemográficas e clínicas, medidas por meio do Questionário sociodemográfico e do Protocolo de registro das características clínicas da criança, também foram obtidas. Os dados referentes aos instrumentos padronizados obedeceram aos critérios normativos estabelecidos e foram submetidos à análise estatística descritiva e à análise estatística inferencial para verificar a relação entre variáveis. Em relação ao otimismo, verificou-se que a maior parte dos cuidadores referiu uma percepção otimista da vida. A análise do coping mostrou que categorias de coping de alta ordem adaptativas obtiveram a maior média quando comparadas com categorias mal adaptativas, com destaque para resolução de problemas. Verificou-se que na adversidade de ter um filho com câncer, os cuidadores referiram ganho percebido, especialmente, no domínio do desenvolvimento espiritual. Foram encontradas relações entre: otimismo e coping (cuidadores mais otimistas 11 referiram menos submissão e menos estratégias das categorias de coping de alta ordem mal adaptativas); otimismo e ganho percebido (cuidadores com uma orientação otimista de vida perceberam mais recursos e competências pessoais); coping e ganho percebido (cuidadores que referiram mais busca de suporte e menos autoconfiança, desamparo e estratégias não adaptativas, perceberam maior fortalecimento das relações interpessoais; e cuidadores que se perceberam mais competentes, referiram menos autoconfiança, mas maior desenvolvimento espiritual). Variáveis clínicas da criança e estado civil dos cuidadores também se relacionaram com otimismo, coping e ganho percebido: cuidadores casados perceberam maior ganho, especialmente, no fortalecimento das relações interpessoais; cuidadores de crianças com tumores sólidos referiram mais resolução de problemas e negociação; cuidadores de crianças com diagnóstico de linfoma referiram mais delegação e oposição; cuidadores de crianças fora de quimioterapia referiram mais competência, delegação, e maior ganho percebido; e cuidadores cujos filhos tinham mais tempo de tratamento, se mostraram mais otimistas e referiram menos tristeza, mais competência para lidar com o estressor, mais vontade de estar longe do mesmo e maior ganho percebido. Intervenções com cuidadores de crianças com câncer devem ser pensadas de forma a favorecer um coping adaptativo, valorizando características individuais que possam auxiliar este processo, de modo a permitir uma ressignificação da experiência de ter um filho com câncer e o crescimento em meio à adversidade.
Child cancer is considered a potential stressor not only for children, but also for their family members. To cope with the disease of the child, parents and / or caregivers need to use coping strategies that will protect family adjustment. In this context, positive personal attributes, like optimism, can contribute to a more adaptive coping, so that it is possible to notice some benefits in adversity. In order to analyze the relationship between optimism, coping and benefit finding in caregivers of children with cancer, 60 main caregivers who were accompanying their children in treatment, at a referral hospital in Grande Vitória, ES attended. After the permission to participate in the study, participants answered the instruments on: optimism (Life Orientation Test - LOT-R); coping (Coping Scale); and benefit finding (Posttraumatic Growth Inventory). Socio-demographic and clinical variables, as determined by the Socio-demographic Questionnaire and Registration Protocol of the clinical characteristics of the child, were also obtained. The data relating to standardized instruments met the established normative criteria and were submitted to the analysis of the descriptive and inferential statistics to verify the relationship between variables. Regarding optimism, it was found that most caregivers reported an optimistic view of life. The coping analysis showed that coping categories of higher adaptive order obtained the highest average when compared to maladaptive categories, with emphasis on problem solving. It was found that the adversity of having a child with cancer, caregivers reported perceived benefits, especially in the field of spiritual development. There were relationships between: optimism and coping (more optimistic caregivers reported less submission and less strategies of coping categories of high maladaptive order); optimism and benefit finding (caregivers with an 13 optimistic life orientation realized more resources and personal skills); coping and benefit finding (caregivers who reported more search for support and less self-reliance, helplessness and maladaptive strategies, noticed greater strengthening of interpersonal relationships); and caregivers who found themselves more competent, reported less self-reliance, but higher spiritual development. The child’s clinical variables and marital status of caregivers also related with optimism, coping and benefit finding: married caregivers noticed greater gain, especially in the strengthening of interpersonal relationships; caregivers of children with solid tumors reported more problem solving and negotiation; caregivers of children diagnosed with lymphoma reported more delegation and opposition; caregivers of children out of chemotherapy reported more competence, delegation, and greater benefit finding; and caregivers whose children had a longer time treatment, were more optimistic and reported less anxiety, more power to deal with the stressor, more willing to be away from it and greater benefit finding. Interventions with caregivers of children with cancer should be thought to favor an adaptive coping, valuing individual characteristics that can assist this process, in order to allow for a reinterpretation of the experience of having a child with cancer and growth through adversity.
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Engström, Sven. "Quality, costs and the role of primary health care /." Linköping : Univ, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5198.
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Click, Ivy A., Jeri Ann Basden, Nicholas A. Hagemeier, Fred Tudiver, Robert Pack, and Heather Anderson. "Upping the Ante: The Benefits of Transitioning to an Interdisciplinary PBRN." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6393.
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BACKGROUND: The Appalachian Research Network (AppNET) was established in the Department of Family Medicine at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) as a network of community primary care preceptors focused on Quality Improvement (QI) in rural Appalachia. As the network has moved forward, following our established aims and priorities to improve the quality of healthcare in rural Appalachia, the importance of transitioning to an interdisciplinary network has emerged. METHOD: AppNET QI projects related to medication reconciliation and prescription drug monitoring led to the development of an AAFP Foundation grant focused on prescription drug abuse/misuse (PDA/M). AppNET approached two ETSU pharmacy faculty experienced in PDA/M research to join the team. Soon after, we were invited to collaborate on an NIH NIDA R-24 submission with the ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (GCOP) and the ETSU College of Public Health: Diversity-promoting Institutional Drug Abuse Research Program (DIDARP). This colllaboration has contributed to a variety of AppNET interdisciplinary partnerships resulting in an expanding scope. RESULTS: AppNET’s interdisciplinary partnerships have resulted in several funded projects. In June 2013, we received funding from the AAFP Foundation to assess family physician knowledge, attitudes, and methods for effective and responsible prescribing of pain medication. The ETSU DIDARP grant was awarded in September 2013 with AppNET’s Network Director serving as CoInvestigator on one of three funded projects as well as an AppNET PEA joining the DIDARP team. AppNET is serving as the laboratory for the project, which requires input from providers and pharmacists, leading to the recruitment of pharmacists to the PBRN. In April 2014, through an interdisciplinary partnership of AppNET and GCOP, ETSU was awarded a contract from the Tennessee Department of Health to help combat the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) epidemic in the State. AppNET’s Research Director and a Pharmacy faculty member are leading a project to study the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of prescribers and dispensers specific to substance use in pregnancy and NAS and evaluate the impact of a NAS primary prevention academic detailing intervention. CONCLUSION: Research in the major health issues facing rural Appalachia, such as PDA/M and NAS, has required an expansion of the research team to include other key professions such as pharmacy and public health. AppNET evolving into an interdisciplinary network has expanded our research scope, our success with obtaining funding, and increased the potential for future funding.
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Ruggiere, Paul. "Work-family responsiveness in organizations: The influence of resource dependence and institutionalization on program adaptation." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2450/.
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Changes in workforce demographics, employee sentiments, and working conditions have increased attention on employees' needs to balance the demands of work life and family life. Despite apparent growing interest among companies to be responsive to these needs, the number of companies demonstrating high levels of work-family responsiveness is relatively small. The frameworks of resource dependence theory and institutional theory were used to develop a model to explain differences in work-family responsiveness among for-profit companies. The theoretical models were tested on survey data collected through a stratified random sample of 692 for-profit companies. The data were further enhanced with secondary data sources.
While the institutional model explained more variance in work-family responsiveness than the resource dependence model, a model combining both theories best explains work-family responsiveness among for-profit companies. High industry-region diffusion of family-friendly benefits was one of several strong predictors of work-family responsiveness. Also, the greater the proportion of professionals in a company's industry, the greater was the level of work-family responsiveness. Companies that measured effectiveness outcomes were more likely to offer family-friendly benefits. The same was true for companies with more positive assessments regarding the impact of their family-friendly benefits. Organizations that were large, publicly traded, or had human resource departments also demonstrated greater levels of work-family responsiveness.
Future research should include variables introduced in this study and should expand the range of variables as to include other theoretical perspectives. Policy makers for companies, advocacy groups and government leaders will find the results of this study beneficial. Companies operating in environments characterized by strong diffusion of family-friendly benefits among similar companies will be well served by developing policies and programs that conform to these norms. Advocates and government leaders should understand that recent interest in work-family responsiveness is unlikely equally benefit all sectors of employment.
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Caro, Blanka. "Podpora při dočasné pracovní neschopnosti z důvodu těhotenství a mateřství ve vybraných státech EU." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-201896.
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The goal of this thesis is to compare family policy approach of selected EU member states which are the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden and the Czech Republic. In the first part I put family policy in historical context and define tools by which can be family policy provided. Than I analyse subelements of social systems, tax benefit tools and providing child-care institutions. I compare who is eligible for support, how long can draw support and how high is the support relative to average wage in that state. As long as parent is taking care of child, state is loosing money from income tax and social security contributions. At the end I summarise family policy of all selected states and make some reccomendation for the Czech Republic.
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Nixon, Valerie. "Valuation and distribution of pension benefits under the Family Law Act, 1986." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/7538.
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Holt, Jim. "Clinical Commentary: Benefits from Treatment Do Not Outweigh Risks Unless Maternal BP Moderately High." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2004. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6490.
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Excerpt: I have always felt uneasy with treatment of mild to moderate hypertension in pregnancy, as chronic hypertension must be differentiated from preeclampsia; and the treatments seem counterintuitive.
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Nogueira, Neuma. "Benefícios previdenciários e assistenciais: o idoso e a família." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2007. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12511.
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Previous issue date: 2007-05-08This dissertation was originated by a bursting question: how does the appropriation of the welfare benefits of the elderly institutionalized in Grupo Vida Residência occur? The investigation revealed that these benefits are not used by the elderly, but by their family or friends. The research aimed to investigate the process of concession and usufruct of the benefits. The answers obtained through the interviews made it possible to classify the different ways of appropriation, according to the intentions and motivations of the relatives or the responsible for the elderly. The interviews reveal the relationships that exist behind the scene of the utilization of this resource and the importance it has to the families and to society. In the investigation, it was outstanding how easy it is to circumvent the system. The dissertation was organized in a way to approach progressively to the theme of investigation. Its contribution to gerontology, a typically multi-subject science, is to bring themes such as the social welfare legislation, the evolution of conquered rights, the role of the elderly in this process, the historical path of philanthropy in Brazil and its relations with social assistance and with the State. From a personal point of view, although I have worked with the elderly for a long time, the investigation revealed aspects of the lives of the institutionalized elderly and their families that remained in what I call the silent conspiracy
Esta dissertação partiu de uma questão detonadora: como se dá a apropriação dos benefícios previdenciários recebidos por idosos institucionalizados do Grupo Vida Residência? A investigação feita revelou que os benefícios recebidos não são usufruídos pelos idosos, mas pela família e, até mesmo, por amigos do beneficiário. A pesquisa voltou-se, assim, à investigação do processo de concessão e usufruto dos benefícios. As respostas obtidas, por meio de entrevistas, permitiram classificar as diferentes formas de apropriação, de acordo com as intenções e as motivações dos familiares ou responsáveis pelos idosos. As entrevistas revelam as relações existentes nos bastidores da utilização dos recursos relacionados aos benefícios por terceiros e a importância dos mesmos para as famílias e para a sociedade. Na investigação do processo de concessão dos benefícios o que mais chamou a atenção foi a facilidade existente de se burlar o sistema. A dissertação foi elaborada de modo a promover a progressiva aproximação ao tema de investigação. Sua contribuição para a gerontologia, ciência tipicamente multidisciplinar, é recuperar temas como a legislação previdenciária, a evolução dos direitos conquistados e o papel do idoso neste processo, assim como o percurso histórico traçado pela filantropia no Brasil e suas relações com a assistência social e com o Estado. De um ponto de vista pessoal, apesar de trabalhar com idosos ha muito tempo, a investigação revelou facetas da vida dos idosos institucionalizados e de suas famílias que permaneciam no que posso denominar de conspiração silenciosa
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Edgmon, Kreg J. "Therapeutic Benefits of a Wilderness Therapy Program and a Therapeutic Community Program for Troubled Adolescents." DigitalCommons@USU, 2001. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2605.
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Wilderness therapy is increasingly seen as a viable treatment alternative for troubled youth, yet there is a noticeable dearth of research comparing the effectiveness of wilderness therapy with more traditional treatment programs. To help address this research need, this study conducted an exploratory analysis of the therapeutic benefits of a wilderness therapy program, Wilderness Quest (WQ), compared to a therapeutic community program, Life-Line (LL). The WQ and LL programs both are based on a 12- step recovery philosophy and emphasize the integral role of the family in adolescent treatment.
The study employed a qualitative methodology, beginning with an extended period of observation (approximately eight weeks) in each program. The primary data for the study came from follow-up surveys with youth and their parents which were conducted about 13-15 months after the time of enrollment. Twenty-one families were represented in the study (10 from the WQ program and 11 from the LL program).
The WQ program was perceived to be a "pivotal experience" for many youth and the most common reported benefit was increased self-confidence. The most common reported benefit for youth in the LL program was a "pivotal change" in lifestyle, with groups and one-on-one talks with staff and peers being the most beneficial. The study discussed the subtle distinction found with the short-term wilderness program being a " pivotal experience" and the long-term therapeutic community program leading to "pivotal change." The most common reported benefit for families in both programs was an increase in communication and closeness.
In the follow-up behavior assessments there were no perceived differences between WQ and LL youth in areas of family relations, school/education, and job/work. There was a slight difference in peer relations with LL youth behaviors slightly more positive than WQ youth, and there was a notable difference in substance abuse with LL youth behaviors being more positive. The data also indicated that certain post-treatment factors were related to youth progress after leaving the programs, with aftercare and association with positive peers being the most in1portant for WQ youth and program graduation and association with positive peers being the most important for LL youth. Interpretive models were developed to illustrate the developmental growth patterns of youth in the two programs.
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Seiser, Heather. "EXAMINING EMPLOYEE USE OF FAMILY-FRIENDLY BENEFITS WITH THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2006. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3105.
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the factors that may be related to employees' decisions to use the family-friendly benefits (e.g., maternity/paternity leave, flexible work schedule) that are offered to them by their employers. Research has shown that both employees and organizations benefit when employees use family-friendly benefits. However, research has also shown that many employees do not take advantage of such benefits. Studies examining this issue are limited, and much of the research that has been conducted is anecdotal and atheoretical. The present study overcame this problem by empirically examining the use of family-friendly benefits within the theoretical context of Ajzen's (1991) theory of planned behavior. The results of this study support the theory of planned behavior. Specifically, the results indicated that whether an individual perceived he/she had control over the use of family-friendly benefits was the most predictive of whether he/she intended to use them. Whether the individual perceived that others would approve of these behaviors was also predictive of intention to perform the behaviors. In addition, an individual's intention to take leave or use a flexible work schedule was the most predictive of whether he or she actually engaged in the behaviors. Implications for practice as well as future research directions are also discussed.Ph.D.
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Whitfield, Benjamin, Leigh D. M. D. Johnson, and Jodi Ph D. Polaha. "Costs and Benefits of Patient Home Visits in a Family Medicine Residency Program." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2019/schedule/136.
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Home visits are a required training component of many Family Medicine residency programs in the United States. However, they are becoming less popular due to such factors as increasing resident responsibilities, decreasing reimbursement, and a decline in resident intention to incorporate home visits into future practice. This study’s aims are: (1) to evaluate the current practices of one Family Medicine residency training program’s time and resource expenditure to conduct home visits, and (2) to evaluate resident and faculty experiences of home visits. Residents and faculty in a Family Medicine training program were provided with a 12- question survey immediately after completing a home visit. A total of 19 surveys from residents and faculty were collected and analyzed. Average reported time spent per home visit was 90 minutes (range = 50-180 minutes), and the home visit teams included an average of 4 members (range = 2-6 members). The providers felt that they knew their patients and the patients’ circumstances better after the home visit with a score of 4.1 (on a 1-5 scale with 5 being a positively framed statement). Resident opinions were neutral (average score 3.1 on a 1-5 scale) regarding whether they found home visits to be educational to their residency training in Family Medicine. Residents also had mixed feelings (average score 2.9) regarding whether they would perform more home visits during their residency training if given the opportunity. Most faculty members (5/7) indicated they had done home visits during their residency training and all faculty (7/7) felt that home visits added value to their training in Family Medicine. Finally, qualitative recommendations were collected from respondents which may allow this training program to improve home visits in the future. Overall, significant time is currently being spent conducting home visits, with a difference in perceived efficacy between residents and faculty. Future research may include a cost analysis to quantify financial value, as well as expanding data collection to other Family Medicine residency training programs to improve generalizability.
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Zhakevich, Mark Brian. "The compensatory benefits of discipleship in the Gospel of John." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25936.
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This thesis offers a focused study on the benefits of discipleship in the Gospel of John (GJohn). While previous research has considered the meaning of the terms disciple and discipleship, characterization of the Johannine disciples, and various characteristics of discipleship, in the current study I investigate certain themes that can be understood as compensatory benefits of discipleship in GJohn. I argue that these benefits can be grouped under three primary benefits that John deploys to promote discipleship. These three primary benefits are: membership in the divine family, the Father and the Son abiding in the believer through the Spirit, and royal friendship with Jesus. I have identified these three primary benefits based on either the benefit’s strategic placement in the text, or prominence in the Gospel, or peculiar meaning in GJohn. In addition to the three primary benefits, I argue that John features corollary benefits that appear in the surrounding narrative of the three key benefits. The corollary benefits of membership in the divine family are life, love, knowledge of God and of the truth, freedom from sin, walking in the light, salvation, avoidance of judgment/destruction, resurrection, protection, performance of great works, affirmation of genuine discipleship, honor, glory, and unity/oneness of the Father and the Son with the other disciples. The corollary benefits to abiding—which are contingent upon the disciples’ abiding in Jesus—are the presence of the Paraclete, love, peace, joy, avoidance of judgment, answered requests, the ability to perform great works, fruit, and affirmation of genuine discipleship. The corollary benefits to royal friendship with Jesus are love, knowledge of the Father, fruit, joy, and answered requests. The corollary benefits that are constituent of more than one primary benefit—love, affirmation of genuine discipleship, avoidance of judgment, joy, knowledge, answered requests, fruit, and performance of great works—are examined in the context of the primary benefit that develops the accompanying benefit most thoroughly. My study is rooted in a close reading of the text, with an exegetical and a narratival analysis of John’s presentation of discipleship. In chapter 1, I frame my argument in light of the existing literature on discipleship. In chapters 2 through 4, I investigate the three primary benefits and the affiliated corollary benefits. In chapter 2, I argue that followers of Jesus are integrated into the family of God by divine initiation. The disciple is then granted eternal life that enables him to relate to God, Jesus, and other members within the divine family, which results in the aforementioned additional benefits. In chapter 3, I argue that the theme of abiding with God and Jesus has a present and a future dimension in GJohn. In chapter 4, I argue that John depicts Jesus as a royal figure who invites his disciples into a friendship in which they experience the privilege of being members of his royal circle. In chapter 5, I suggest that John presents the benefits of commitment to Jesus against the general backdrop of the hostility of “the Jews” and the world toward Jesus and his followers. This opposition might have been a factor in the then-current experience of Johannine believers, or it might be reflective of the experience of a prior time which continued to form part of the outlook of the Johannine believers. In light of the potential cost of following Jesus, we can understand certain Johannine themes as compensatory benefits that are deployed in GJohn to promote continuous discipleship. In chapter 6, I synthesize my findings.
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McCraw, Steven Elliot. "Availability, utilization, and perceived benefits of treatment services for secondary victims of sexual assault." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2064.
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The purpose of this study was to examine and identify the current availability, utilization, and perceived benefits of treatment services for secondary victims (i.e. family members/significant others of sexual assault victims).
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Engström, Sven. "Quality, costs and the role of primary health care." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för medicin och hälsa, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5198.
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The general aim of this thesis is to describe and analyse the role of primary care in health care systems in terms of health, health care utilisation and costs, and to study the feasibility of retrieval of data from computerised medical records to monitor medical quality. The thesis includes five studies, a systematic literature review, a register study of utilisation of hospital and primary care, a study based on data from computerised medical records of individual patients cost for primary care, and two studies of management of respiratory infections in primary care based on data from computerised medical records of twelve health centres. The general findings of the literature review were that an expansion of the primary care component of the health care system would most likely result in better health, lower hospital care consumption and lower expenses for care. The personal physician and continuity of care were core elements to achieve this, and the significance of the way primary care is organised and funded was evident. In the register study fifty health centres were compared. Age and rates of outpatient hospital visits were the most important factors explaining the variation of rates of hospitalisations between the health centres’ areas. Hospital district also influenced hospitalisation rates in the different health centres’ areas, indicating that the health care structure in the district per se was an important factor. The rates of visits to general practitioners correlated negatively with rates of hospitalisations. The study of costs in primary care showed that the variation in the costs of the individual patients was substantial, also within age groups and within the diagnosis-related Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG). Age and gender explained a smaller part of the variation in costs per patient in primary care. Adding the ACG weight had a major influence on improving the ability to explain the variation in costs at patient level. The ACG system might be of value in the calculation of weighted capitation in Swedish primary care, but appears to be sensitive to the thoroughness with which physicians register diagnoses. The retrieval of data from computerised medical records comprised a total number of 19 965 encounters for respiratory tract infections i.e. 199 per 1000 inhabitants during the year 2001. Most frequent diagnoses were common cold, acute tonsillitis, and acute bronchitis. The number of antibioticprescriptions was 7 961, accounting for 47% of the episodes. The most commonly prescribed antibiotics were phenoxymethylpenicillin (61%), tetracyclines (18%) and macrolides (8%). A rapid test was performed in 43% of the encounters: for C-reactive protein (CRP) in 31%; for Group A beta-haemolytic streptococci (StrepA) in 22%; and both tests were performed in 10% of the encounters. The findings in the study indicate that StrepA and CRP tests were used too frequently and often with minor contributions to patient management. The frequencies of tests and of antibiotic prescriptions varied greatly between health centres in a way that hardly could be explained by differences in morbidity. Computerised medical records provided a source of clinical information, which might be a feasible and pragmatic method for studying daily practice, and for follow-up of adherence to guidelines in general practice.
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Tůmová, Veronika. "Sociální politika EU včetně komparace systémů Německa a Švédska." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-18100.
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The thesis describes the historical evolution of the EU social policy, clarifies the concept of the European social model and deals with characteristics of the basic models of the European social policy. The essential part of the thesis is devoted to the comparison of the social systems in Germany and Sweden from the point of view of the amount of taxes and social contributions, the structure of receipts and expenditure on social policy, the systems of old age pension schemes, the family policy and the unemployment benefit. The comparison shows some typical elements of the social state model that these two countries represent. The attention is also devoted to the contemporary challenges which the European social model has to face, especially the demographic development and aspects of globalization. The attitude and responses of the European Union to these challenges are also mentioned here.
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Kurková, Kateřina. "Přímá a nepřímá podpora rodin ve vybraných státech Evropské unie." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-199071.
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This thesis investigates the direct and indirect financial support for families in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Poland and Slovak. The first part focuses on the definition of social policy and its main principles, as well as dealing with family politics, history and development of the family and characterizes the welfare state models and types of family policy. The various types of direct and indirect financial support, amounts and conditions of entitlement in selected states are described in the second part. The third part deals with the comparison of selected family benefits and tax credits, especially in terms of the amount and terms of the entitlement. Finally focuses on the analysis and a summary of the findings.
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Leonhard, Dona Lee. "Youth's Coping Strategies Used During a Parent's Military Development and Benefits Gained by Attending Ohio's Operation Purple Camp." The Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392308882.
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Flye, Lindsay Brook. "A structural equation model: Family-friendly organizational policies, norms, supervisory support, work/family conflict and organizational attachment." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2120.
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The purpose of this paper is to present a study that examines the underlying stucture of work/family conflict. Research has shown that reducing work/family conflict is beneficial to both employees and the organization by reducing turnover and increasing satisfction, production and commitment to the organization.
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Kranich, Emily R. "Parents' Perspective on Their Child's Use of Voice Output Communication Aids| Challenges, Benefits and Missing Pieces." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10749976.
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This study investigated parents’ experiences, challenges, benefits, and needs regarding their child’s voice output communication aid (VOCA). Three mothers who had children who use a VOCA device as their primary form of communication were recruited from Goodwill of Orange County’s Technology Exchange Center and Prentke Romich Company (PRC) and were interviewed by phone or email questionnaire. Thematic analysis of the interview data revealed four major themes: (a) benefits of VOCA use, (b) barriers to VOCA use, (c) facilitators of VOCA use, and (d) continuing needs of families. The information obtained from this study can be used to better serve families and children who use VOCAs and other AAC devices to avoid barriers (e.g., insufficient training) and abandonment and to foster more successful outcomes. Further research is necessary to continue to investigate the needs of parents in terms of their child’s device as well as the effectiveness of device training programs.
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Cifci, Eren. "A Study of the Relationship between Family Income and Worker Compensation Measured as Wage and Fringe Benefits." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1469463739.
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Keen, David. "Benefits of famine : a political economy of famine and relief in south-west Sudan, 1983-89." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.308862.
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Petrová, Kateřina. "Nemocenské a rodinné dávky ve Švédsku a Francii." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-193668.
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The aim of the thesis is to evaluate selected social security systems in Sweden and France. It is conducted through comparative analysis of sickness and family benefits. Document is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is devoted to the theoretical introduction of the concept of social security and the definition of terms such as social security or social policy. The second chapter is dedicated to the Swedish social security. It contains a description of the basic characteristics of the Swedish social security and deep study of the sickness and family benefits. Chapter three uses the same structure as the previous chapter but with a focus on France. The fourth chapter compares the historical context of social systems, specifies significant differences in sickness and family benefits, the concept of family policy and gender equality in both countries.
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Řádková, Kristina. "Komparace rodinné politiky v ČR a Velké Británii v letech 1993-2015." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-201939.
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This thesis analyzes the development and current form of family policy in the Czech Republic and Great Britain. With respect to the different attitude of the two policies, support for families is compared on several levels in order to determine which of these two countries provides families a better and more generous support. It was found out, that the ratio of spending relative to gross domestic product and total social spending in the UK is higher than in the Czech Republic, as well as some amount of support. On the other hand, Czech Republic, for example, provides much greater support in the period after childbirth, which may not be in all respects completely positive. This is one of the parts where possible improvements were suggested using the model of the support system in the UK.
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Carlson, Matthew W. "MAXIMIZING BENEFITS AND MINIMIZING IMPACTS: DUAL-EARNER COUPLES’ DIVISION OF HOUSEHOLD LABOR." UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/10.
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Several socio-structural theoretical approaches attempt to explain the gendered division of household labor, but the dyadic process of dividing labor has gone largely unexplored. Therefore, a grounded theory approach was taken with 20 dual-earner married couples to uncover the process of dividing household labor between spouses. The theory that emerged indicated that couples seek to maximize benefits in their distribution of labor, and do so by dividing tasks according to personal preferences and proficiencies. When a household task goes unclaimed by both spouses’ preferences and proficiencies, containment and outsourcing are the strategies employed to minimize the impact of the unclaimed task. The emergent theory can be used by researchers to illuminate the dyadic process of division of household labor in ways that other theories are not able. The theory can also be used by educators to prepare premarital couples for future division of household labor practices as well as by therapists who can identify problematic patterns within clients’ division of household labor process.
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Wong, Sau-lin, and 王秀連. "Sport commitment, perceptions of running benefits and perceptions of social support of runners with and without family commitment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31257306.
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Wong, Sau-lin. "Sport commitment, perceptions of running benefits and perceptions of social support of runners with and without family commitment." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B23435914.
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Cachucho, Marta Sardinha. "Benchmarking de desempenho em igualdade de género nos países nórdicos : aplicação a Portugal." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19829.
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Mestrado em Economia e Políticas PúblicasA Dissertação tem como objetivo realizar uma análise comparativa entre Portugal e os Países Nórdicos (Dinamarca, Finlândia, Noruega e Suécia), no âmbito das políticas familiares e do bem-estar, com o propósito de levar a cabo um exercício de benchmarking. A análise empírica abarca a avaliação da cobertura e generosidade dos subsídios para serviços de cuidado infantil, políticas de licenças de maternidade, paternidade e parental e abonos de famílias e a crianças. Os resultados desta investigação permitiram concluir que as políticas familiares mais eficazes na promoção da igualdade género são aquelas que se focam mais concretamente no envolvimento dos homens na vida familiar, como a licença parental. Outras políticas que facilitem o retorno da mulher ao mercado de trabalho, como o alargamento da cobertura de serviços de cuidado infantil ou abonos de família generosos, são igualmente importantes para a garantia da independência económica das mulheres.
The Dissertation aims to conduct a comparative analysis between Portugal and the Nordic Countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), within the scope of family policies and welfare, with the goal of pursuing a benchmarking exercise. The empirical analysis encompasses an evaluation of the coverage and generosity of childcare subsidies, maternity, paternity, paternal leave policies and family allowances. The results of this investigation revealed that the most effective policies regarding gender equality are those that focus more clearly in the involvement of men in the family life, such as parental leave. Other policies that facilitate women's return to the labour market, like extensive coverage of childcare services or generous family allowances, are equally important to secure women's economic independence.
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Hagel, Heinrich [Verfasser], and Reiner [Akademischer Betreuer] Doluschitz. "Socio-economic benefits and limitations of irrigated family farming in Brazils semi-arid region / Heinrich Hagel ; Betreuer: Reiner Doluschitz." Hohenheim : Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1127110888/34.
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Shaw, Julie. "The Benefits Of Family And Consumer Science Education: One Educators Quest To Find Meaning Through Self Discovery And Holistic Teaching." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2019. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/987.
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(Teachers) are engaged in work that will influence not just students’ immediate level of knowledge but their entire lives, and thereby they have the potential to contribute to the future of humanity itself. –
Dalai Lama (Spiritual Leader)
The world of public education is much different now than when I was a student not so long ago. In only ten years, the world has opened up and changed in a way that no one imagined, thanks to cell phones and social media. Students can now walk through the halls of school with a device in their pocket that allows them to look up information in seconds, communicate with their friends not in person but probably more often, and the answers to last night’s homework thanks to a picture sent from their friend. Students may communicate less in person now, but they now can communicate with people at any time, from anywhere. We have become simultaneously more accessible and more casual in our relationships, as shown in the one sentence, no punctuation emails I am sent from students at midnight.
As the world has changed, there has been a call from some to go back to our roots. To rediscover what it means to live off the grid, disconnected, and fending for ourselves. In a sense, we have to go back to basics to rediscover our human needs and strengths. Family and Consumer Science (FCS) education is about being the best holistic person one can be. FCS education teaches students to make strong and meaningful decisions while taking care of themselves and others now and in the future. It is a foundation of learning that sets a tone for lifelong health, both in mind and body. I teach FCS, and I strongly believe it should be taught in all schools.
Throughout this paper, I hope to prove to my readers why I think FCS should remain in, or be added to, schools. I will reflect on my time as a new mother and how it has changed my perspective on the education I hope my son will receive. I also cover topics such as the influence of STEM education in schools, the climate of today’s schools surrounding gun control and safety, and I end with my educational philosophy and personal stories of my time with students. Throughout, I will add quotes from my current and former students, as they are the ones that can truly attest to what they learned and value from FCS. I hope to convey my passion for the subject that I teach, while telling stories that readers can relate to their own lives. Education breeds the future leaders of America, and if we are not careful, we may not like what we see out of the next generation, and it will be no one’s fault but our own.
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Igra, David. "TYSK KOVÄNDNING : Efter åratal av stiltje i den tyska familjepolitiken harplötsligt reformvindar blåst upp." Thesis, Stockholm University, Stockholm University, Stockholm University, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-28841.
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Since the mid 60’s, Germany has seen dropping fertility rates and yet next to nothinghas been done to combat this trend until the current regime led by Angela Merkel andher minister of family affairs, Ursula von der Leyen initiated a number ofcomprehensive reforms of Germany’s family policies.Family policy in Germany is being reformed in three ways. First of all parents arenow eligible to receive substantial financial support in order to compensate the loss ofincome associated with a pregnancy and or parental leave. Second, the all but nonexistentpublic child care services are being vastly expanded with the goal of beingable to offer child care service for every child age 0-3. Thirdly the tradition of schoolsending classes midday is being reformed with the aim of letting kids stay in schoolmuch longer thus enabling parents to work full-time as opposed to part-time in orderto be able to take care of kids returning from school.The hopes for these ambitious reforms are tremendous. Germany hopes to improve itslow fertility as well as free up labour force potential that has previously been hinderedto participate in the labour market by child rearing efforts. Thus far Germany’s effortsare seemingly successful and promises great change for the future.
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Azincourt, Jean-Didier. "L'enfant et ses familles." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014REN1G004.
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A la fois phénomène social et institution juridique, il n’est d’organisation familiale qui échappe à la règle de droit. La place de chacun de ses membres est fixée en fonction d’un statut identifié. De singulière, la famille peut, dans ses rapports avec l’enfant, être plurielle. L’enfant et ses familles, nucléaires et élargies, n’existe que par ses liens familiaux. Son statut hétéroclite l’amène à coexister avec le groupe familial. Les schémas d’existence et de coexistence de l’enfant, de sa naissance à son décès, ne sont pas neutres juridiquement, tant les enjeux extrapatrimoniaux que patrimoniaux sont marquésAt the same time social phenomenon and legal institution, it is not of family organization which escapes the legal provision. The place of each one of its members is fixed according to an identified statute. Of singular, the family can, in her relationship with the plural child, being. The child and his families, nuclear and widened, exist only by his family ties. Its heteroclite statute leads it to coexist with the family group. The diagrams of existence and coexistence of the child, of his birth to its death, are not neutral legally, as well the extrapatrimonial challenges as patrimonial are marked
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McKenney, Trisha Wright David W. "From the mommy track to the family track a comparative analysis of employer-provided benefits in for-profit and nonprofit organizations /." Diss., A link to full text of this thesis in SOAR, 2007. http://soar.wichita.edu/dspace/handle/10057/1152.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Wichita State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Sociology."May 2007." Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 27, 2007). Thesis adviser: David W. Wright. Includes bibliographic references (leaves 22--25).
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Hall, Sharon Clare. "Exploring implications and benefits of holistic working with young people who have sexually harmed others." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4977.
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Over the past twenty years there has been growing recognition that young people who have sexually harmed should not simply be treated as younger versions of adult sex offenders. Changes in terminology and recommended treatment reflect the fact that these young people are still developing and have a range of strengths and needs including harmful sexual behaviour. In acknowledging the harm caused by sexual abuse to victims it is also important to see that many young perpetrators have also been victims of abuse, domestic violence and sexual exploitation. Practitioners and Government reports have asserted that work with these young people should be holistic, but this word ‘holistic’ is used with a range of meanings and emphases. This study identifies broadly accepted meanings of working holistically with young people who have sexually harmed and presents associated benefits, challenges and implications for practice. The study used a mixed methods approach, utilising an initial breadth survey of practitioners across England and Wales before focusing in on a depth study based in one city Youth Offending Team. Key themes from the breadth survey were tested during the fieldwork placement with observations and interviews with professionals within the team and external therapists, social workers and residential staff. Additional interviews included contributions from volunteer panel members, young people and a parent. Grounded theory analysis led to the identification of four main themes of holistic work: seeing the whole young person; working with wider family and peers; working in a multiagency way and using a range of creative methods. Findings are discussed in relation to ‘what works’ and ‘evidence based practice’. Each of these areas contributes benefits and challenges to the work and leads to implications for practice. The study concludes with recommendations for practitioners and policy-makers to make work more holistic and effective.
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Buchtová, Pavla. "Komparace rodinné politiky České republiky a Belgie v letech 1995 – 2016 - harmonizace rodinného a pracovního života." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-358905.
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Work-life balance is very actual them not only of political debate due to the low fertility and more and more discussed gender equality. The aim of the thesis is a comparison of family policy in the Czech Republic, and family policy in Belgium and resulting evaluation of ability of policy to promote work-life balance environment. While Belgium belongs between countries with high fertility and high employment rate of mothers in the European Union, Czech Republic is an opposite case. Belgium creates a comprehensive system of childcare and flexible working possibilities for parents. Together it gives the opportunity for harmonization of carrier and care of family. Belgium could be an inspiration for the Czech Republic in area of family policy, where the Czech Republic still lags far behind.
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Powers, Catherine N. "A process for evaluating the benefits of near-infrared reflective roof coatings used on asphalt shingle roofs." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54478.
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Reflective roof coatings keep the roof cooler by minimizing solar absorption and maximizing thermal emission. Keeping the surface of the roof cooler allows less heat to be conducted into the interior of the building which reduces the cooling load in air-conditioned buildings and improve comfort conditions in non-air conditioned buildings. A number of cool white materials, compatible with most roofing products, are available on the market. To appeal to homeowners, special cool “color” products have been developed to match the dark colors of conventional residential roofs but are highly reflective in the invisible near-infrared (NIR) spectrum. Although many studies highlight the benefits of cool white coatings on roof membranes of low-slope roofs, knowledge of NIR reflective coatings on asphalt shingles of steep slope roofs remains limited.
The intent of this exploratory study is to present a process that can be used to evaluate the perceived and actual benefits of NIR coatings field-applied to asphalt shingles on single-family houses. The proposed process can be applied to a large sample of homes and occupants in a future study. A questionnaire was designed to attempt to evaluate occupants’ perceived benefits in regards to their indoor environment and occupant satisfaction following applications of NIR coatings. Along with subjective data collection, a field-experiment was developed to objectively compare the thermal performance of an NIR reflective field-coated asphalt shingle roof system with that of a conventional asphalt shingle roof system.
Questionnaire results indicated that occupants did not perceive any significant changes to their indoor environment but were satisfied overall with the application and appearance of the roof coating. Additionally, 50% of occupants stated that their monthly energy costs somewhat decreased after the application. Interestingly, 63% of respondents experienced some form of roof leak following the coating application. Among those who experienced roof leaks, 100% of the roofs were 10 years or older. Field results showed that the coated roof surface was 2 to 5℉ cooler than the uncoated roof surface at midafternoon. Statistical testing for correlation between coated roof surface temperature and external conditions revealed that relative humidity was negatively correlated with coated roof temperature, while solar altitude angle was positively correlated with coated roof temperature. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to develop a model for predicting the surface temperature of the coated asphalt shingle roofs from the ambient temperature, sky conditions, dew point temperature, relative humidity, solar altitude and azimuth angle.