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Ferrer, Ana, and Lynda Gagné. "Family-friendly benefits?" Journal of Management & Organization 19, no. 6 (November 2013): 721–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2014.13.

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AbstractData from the Canadian Workplace and Employee Survey (1999–2002) is used to assess the take-up of family-friendly benefits provided by employers. We distinguish benefit availability from the actual use of benefits and are able to account for worker selection into firms. We find that selection is important to understand the take-up of family-friendly benefits and that there is little difference between genders regarding benefit use. Overall, it seems that some family-friendly benefits (like flexible time) are relatively little help in the management of work-family conflict, while others (like childcare or eldercare) are unavailable to those who would benefit from them the most.

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Bach, Bianca. "Deutlicher Impf-Benefit." CME 19, no. 5 (May 2022): 54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11298-022-2407-x.

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O'Brien, Shannon Alyce. "Gender Bias in Family Benefit Provision." Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health 11, no. 2 (September 1, 1992): 163–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-1992-0020.

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Although the role of women in society has changed greatly in recent years, family benefit provisions may still be reflective of traditional notions of women's role as mother and homemaker. I examine this possibility through a case study of 120 collective agreements in a major Canadian union. In addition, the role of bargaining unit size, percentage of females in the bargaining unit, percentage of females on the negotiating committee and sector in the provision of family benefits are examined. It was found that the content and provision of family benefits were reflective of traditional notions of women. Through a step-wise multiple regression, it was also found that the percentage of females in a bargaining unit had the strongest predictive power of the four independent variables. Practical implications of the findings are discussed in light of current legislation governing the provision of family benefits and past research.

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Kwaśniewska, Katarzyna. "UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SELECTED PROVISIONS OF THE FAMILY BENEFITS ACT CONCERNING NURSING BENEFIT." Roczniki Administracji i Prawa 1, no. XXII (March 31, 2022): 41–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0015.9083.

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The paper discusses selected provisions of the nursing benefit in terms of their constitutionality. The article primarily identifies the effects for the decision of the Constitutional Tribunal in the judgment K 38/1. The ruling undermined the constitutionality of Art. 17(1b) of the Act on family benefits, in terms of differentiating the right to a nursing benefit for people caring for a disabled person who has reached the age specified in a given provision in relation to the moment of the appearance of the disability. As a result of the ruling, common problems related to the practice of applying the law arose. The purpose of this article is to examine the constitutionality of selected provisions on the nursing benefit. The author will notice all the problems directed at illegal regulations focusing on the nursing benefit, and will signal feasible ways to solve them

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Charas, Solange, and Izzy Kushner. "Family-Friendly Benefit Legislation: What’s Next?" Compensation & Benefits Review 34, no. 3 (May 1, 2002): 79–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08868702034003012.

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Holm, Emma. "Coordination of classic and specific family benefits – challenges and proposed solutions." European Journal of Social Security 22, no. 2 (May 26, 2020): 196–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1388262720927494.

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Family benefits in Regulation 883/2004 comprise a broad palette of benefits intended to meet family expenses. The coordination rules on family benefits are based on the idea that it is irrelevant who the recipient of the benefit is, assuming that the benefit is not related to individual rights. Rather, the family/child is the focus. The children of migrant Union citizens are to receive the highest possible benefits from the Member States involved. This is achieved through the principle of exportability from the competent Member State to family members residing in another Member State, as well as through a complex system of overlapping rules for determining primary and secondary responsibility. The CJEU has interpreted the notion of a family benefit in a broad way, which includes income-based benefits paid during child-rearing periods. Over the years, it has been acknowledged that this creates coordination problems. To this end, specific coordination rules have been proposed regarding family benefits that are intended to replace income during periods of child-raising. These rules clarify that such benefits, although they are family benefits, are individual rights and are to be coordinated in a specific way. This article describes and analyses the challenges related to coordinating family benefits, with a particular focus on benefits related to child-rearing, in the light of the proposed amendments.

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Jones, Lauren E., Kevin Milligan, and Mark Stabile. "Child cash benefits and family expenditures: Evidence from the National Child Benefit." Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique 52, no. 4 (November 2019): 1433–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/caje.12409.

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Charles, Nickie, and Marion Kerr. "Eating Properly, the Family and State Benefit." Sociology 20, no. 3 (August 1986): 412–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038586020003008.

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SACHS, CAROLYN. "Family-Focused Therapy May Benefit Bipolar Adolescents." Clinical Psychiatry News 36, no. 8 (August 2008): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0270-6644(08)70555-1.

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Masheter, Carol, and Stuart Sugarman. "Family therapy workshop interviews: For whose benefit?" American Journal of Family Therapy 14, no. 4 (December 1986): 336–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01926188608250656.

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Mandeville, Ashley, Jonathon Halbesleben, and Marilyn Whitman. "Misalignment and Misperception in Preferences to Utilize Family-Friendly Benefits: Implications for Benefit Utilization and Work-Family Conflict." Personnel Psychology 69, no. 4 (January 13, 2016): 895–929. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/peps.12124.

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Thompson, Cynthia A., Laura L. Beauvais, and Karen S. Lyness. "When Work–Family Benefits Are Not Enough: The Influence of Work–Family Culture on Benefit Utilization, Organizational Attachment, and Work–Family Conflict." Journal of Vocational Behavior 54, no. 3 (June 1999): 392–415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jvbe.1998.1681.

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Salanauskaitė, Lina, and Gerlinde Verbist. "Family Benefit Reform in Lithuania: Microsimulation of Its Distributional Impacts." Lietuvos statistikos darbai 52, no. 1 (December 20, 2013): 58–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/ljs.2013.13925.

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The paper explores to what extent the Lithuanian family benefit system is able to reduce inequality and poverty among families with children, with poverty reduction being one of the major aims. Family benefits underwent a major reform in2004, which entailed a shift from means-tested benefits to a more universal system. Due to budget constraints, the implementation of the full reform design has been postponed until 2008. No distributional impact analysis of this reform, either of its initial or of its final designs, has been implemented yet. Furthermore, we analyse whether the gains from the newly designed system of family benefits are not outweighed by respective losses in social assistance benefits. To conduct such an analysis, we develop a partial static microsimulation model based on the EU-SILC (household income and living conditions) survey. The model is programmed in STATA statistical software. Our findings show that, despite small income improvements brought by the reform, its overall child poverty reduction effectiveness is limited. Moreover, the interaction of a family benefit with the social assistance system implies that some household types are relatively “bigger” winners compared to others. For example, our research reveals that single-parent households would obtain income gains comparable to those of large families only when the full reform scenario is implemented. If considering indirect effects (i.e. the loss of social assistance benefits), their relative gains become even smaller.

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Wilk, Sławomir. "The Role of Family Policy in Solving Demographic Problems: Study of the Polish Program Family 500+." European Journal of Sustainable Development 9, no. 4 (October 1, 2020): 84. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2020.v9n4p84.

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This article offers a critical reflection on the Programme “Family 500+” introduced by the Polish government and aimed at improving the financial situation of Polish families in order to increase the fertility rate. Families have been supported with the benefit of 500 PLN given for each child under 18. The article presents the results of the research carried out in 2019 on the representatives of the households (N= 3347). The interviewees most frequently pointed to the increase of the quality of living conditions and the increase in the consumption of goods and services. Approximately 80% of the interviewees have noticed the fact that the benefit boosted potential development of children by enabling them to participate in the extracurricular activities and visit leisure centers. 64,7% of the interviewees believe that the Programme let them have savings and 17,8% of respondents claim that the benefit will not contribute to their savings but will be consumed on a day-to-day basis. Despite the initial assumptions of the Programme , the policy of pronatalism was not achieved as the fertility rate did not reach the assumed level. It must be stated that even though the legislative activities constitute a milestone in the Polish pro-family policy these solutions have many disadvantages. The Programme should not be the main tool of the Polish demographic policy but just supplementary. Keywords: Family 500+ Programme; family policy; demographic policy; State Aid for Child Support Act; household finance; family benefits

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Claxton-Oldfield, Stephen. "Hospice palliative care volunteers: The benefits for patients, family caregivers, and the volunteers." Palliative and Supportive Care 13, no. 3 (June 5, 2014): 809–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1478951514000674.

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AbstractObjective:Terminally ill patients and family caregivers can benefit greatly from the support and care provided by trained hospice palliative care volunteers. The benefits of doing this kind of volunteer work also extend to the volunteers themselves, who often say they receive more than they give from the patients/families they are “privileged” to be with. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how hospice palliative care volunteerism benefits both the patients and families who utilize this service as well as the volunteers.Method:A review of studies demonstrating how terminally ill patients, and especially family caregivers, can benefit from the use of hospice palliative care volunteers and how the volunteers themselves benefit from their experiences.Results:Terminally ill patients and families receive many benefits from using the services of hospice palliative care volunteers, including emotional support, companionship, and practical assistance (e.g., respite or breaks from caregiving). Volunteering in hospice palliative care also provides many benefits for the volunteers, including being able to make a difference in the lives of others, personal growth, and greater appreciation of what is really important in life.Significance of results:More needs to be done to promote the value of hospice palliative care volunteers to those who can really benefit from their support and care (i.e., patients and their families) as well as to help people recognize the potential rewards of being a hospice palliative care volunteer. It is a win–win situation.

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Kim, Youngmee, Charles S. Carver, Richard Schulz, Aurelie Lucette, and Rachel S. Cannady. "Finding Benefit in Bereavement among Family Cancer Caregivers." Journal of Palliative Medicine 16, no. 9 (September 2013): 1040–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2013.0049.

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Smith, Alyssa Laney, Daniel Z. Atwater, and Ragan M. Callaway. "Early Sibling Conflict May Ultimately Benefit the Family." American Naturalist 194, no. 4 (October 2019): 482–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/704773.

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Sukumaran, T. U. "Family benefit scheme of Indian Academy of Pediatrics." Indian Pediatrics 48, no. 4 (April 2011): 269–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13312-011-0056-3.

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East, Patricia L. "Children’s Provision of Family Caregiving: Benefit or Burden?" Child Development Perspectives 4, no. 1 (April 2010): 55–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00118.x.

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Ambrose, Brent W., and Charles A. Capone. "Cost-benefit analysis of single-family foreclosure alternatives." Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 13, no. 2 (September 1996): 105–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00154051.

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Buchbinder, Mara, and Stefan Timmermans. "Newborn screening and maternal diagnosis: Rethinking family benefit." Social Science & Medicine 73, no. 7 (October 2011): 1014–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.062.

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Ruderman, Marian N., Laura M. Graves, and Patricia J. Ohlott. "Family ties: Managers can benefit from personal lives." Leadership in Action 26, no. 6 (February 22, 2007): 8–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lia.1185.

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Milligan, Kevin, and Mark Stabile. "Do Child Tax Benefits Affect the Well-being of Children? Evidence from Canadian Child Benefit Expansions." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 3, no. 3 (August 1, 2011): 175–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/pol.3.3.175.

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We exploit changes in child benefits in Canada to study the impact of family income on child and family well-being. Using variation in child benefits across province, time, and family type, we study outcomes spanning test scores, mental health, physical health, and deprivation measures. The findings suggest that child benefit programs had significant positive effects on test scores, maternal health, and mental health, among other measures. We find strong and interesting differences in the effects of benefits by child sex: benefits have stronger effects on educational outcomes and physical health for boys, and on mental health outcomes for girls. (JEL I12, I31, I38, J13)

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Stănescu, Simona Maria, and Mirela Ileana Nemţanu. "Family Benefits In Member States Of The European Union: A Comparative Perspective." European Review Of Applied Sociology 8, no. 10 (June 1, 2015): 29–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/eras-2015-0004.

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AbstractThe article intends to be a screening of family benefits in the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU) and to contribute to the research of shared trends with respect to family approach in these countries. Four types of family benefits including eight distinctive categories are analysed: child-benefit, child care allowances, child-raising allowances, and other benefits (birth and adoption grants, allowance for single parents, special allowances for children with disabilities, advance payments for maintenance and other allowances). The paper is based on primary and secondary analysis of 28 sets of national data provided through the European Union's Mutual Information System on Social Protection (MISSOC). Three categories of member states are considered: founder member states of the EU, other “old” member states, and the new Central and Eastern ones. Chronological development of national regulations with impact on family benefits is analysed in connection with the moment of becoming a member state. Various forms of family benefits legislation and their main subjects of interest are further researched. The last part of the article looks at the coverage of family benefits. Seven member states operate in this respect based on regulations adopted before EU accession. Belgium, Finland, and Lithuania have the “most preserved” family regulations per category of member states. The first three topics of family regulations are: child, family, and allowance / benefit. The most frequently provided family benefits are: birth and adoption grants, and special allowance for children with disabilities. All eight family benefits are provided in France, Finland, Hungary, and Slovenia. Only two types of family benefits are available in Ireland, Spain, and Cyprus.

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Haryanto, Agus, Dwi Cahyani, Sugeng Triyono, Fauzan Murdapa, and Dwi Haryono. "Economic Benefit and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Potential of A Family-Scale Cowdung Anaerobic Biogas Digester." International Journal of Renewable Energy Development 6, no. 1 (March 22, 2017): 29–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ijred.6.1.29-36.

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The objective of this research was to evaluate economic benefit and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction potential of a family-scale anaerobic cowdung biogas digester. Research was conducted at two villages in Lampung Province, namely Marga Lestari, District of South Lampung and Pesawaran Indah, District of Pesawaran. Economic benefit and GHG emission reduction potential were evaluated from LPG saving due to biogas utilisation for cooking and fertilizer substitution by slurry digestate. Results showed that a family-scale anaerobic cowdung biogas digester demonstrated a good potential to reduce GHG emission, but not in economic. A digester with 4 heads of cow produced biogas at a rate of 1582 L/day. With average methane content of 53.6%, energy value of the biogas was equivalent to 167 kg LPG and able to substitute 52 bottles LPG annually. A family-scale biogas contributed 108.1 USD/year and potentially reduced GHG emission by 5292.5 kg CO2e/year resulted from biomethane potential, LPG, and fertilizer savings.Article History: Received November 15th 2016; Received in revised form January 16th 2017; Accepted February 2nd 2017; Available onlineHow to Cite This Article: Haryanto, A., Cahyani, D., Triyono, S., Murdapa, F., and Haryono, D. (2017) Economic Benefit and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Potential of A Family-Scale Cowdung Anaerobic Biogas Digester. International Journal of Renewable Energy Development 6(1), 29-36.http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ijred.6.1.29-36

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Klepper, Howard, and Robert D. Truog. "Treating the Patient to Benefit Others." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 6, no. 3 (1997): 306–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963180100008008.

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‘Treatment’ from which the patient cannot benefit is sometimes administered to a patient so that the comfort of the patient's family or caregivers may be increased. Is this permissible? To answer that question we will explore the interests of the permanently unconscious patient and the potential for such a patient's interests to conflict with those of her family and healthcare providers. We will conclude that in the likely absence of a specific advance directive from the patient providing for such circumstances, treatment for the benefit of the family may be given so long as it is not abusive. However, treatment solely for the comfort of caregivers may not be given without consent of the patient's surrogate decisionmakers.

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Wypych-Żywicka, Alina. "A FEW WORDS ABOUT FAMILY PENSION, FAMILY EMOLUMENT AND PROPORTIONALITY OF THE BENEFIT." Roczniki Administracji i Prawa specjalny, no. XXI (December 30, 2021): 699–706. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0015.6218.

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Family pension entitlement applies to children up to the age of 25. If the subject has reached this age in the last year of studies in a higher school, family pension entitlement extends until the end of studies. The problem is the interpretation of the phrase ‘in the last year of studies in a higher school’. It is unknown whether its meaning is limited only to the higher education (up to master’s degree) or whether it covers all forms of studies conducted by a higher school. Extending the meaning of this phrase shall cause the category of children entitled to the family pension to enlarge significantly, because entitled shall be those children who are students as well as those who take up postgraduate or doctoral studies. Such an interpretation seems to go too far. The conditions for acquiring the right to a family emolument after the deceased performing the profession of the judge also need to be specified.

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Feinberg, Lynn Friss. "Paid Family Leave: An Emerging Benefit for Employed Family Caregivers of Older Adults." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 67, no. 7 (March 18, 2019): 1336–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15869.

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Lewandowicz-Machnikowska, Monika. "Zbieg prawa do świadczeń opiekuńczych i świadczeń z ubezpieczenia społecznego — uwagi de lege ferenda." Przegląd Prawa i Administracji 117 (December 20, 2019): 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/0137-1134.117.4.

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CONCURRENCE OF THE RIGHTS TO CARE BENEFITSAND SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS —DE LEGE FERENDA COMMENTSThe text deals with the issue of the concurrence of care benefits and social security benefits regulated in the Act on Family Benefits. Such a situation occurs when a person who already has the right to a social insurance benefit, e.g. a retirement pension, acquires the right to one of the care benefits, e.g. an attendance benefit. The regulations included in the Act on Family Benefits are discussed against the background of the general principles according to which a particular type of risk can be protected with only one benefit and social insurance benefits take precedence over care benefits. According to the author’s opinion, the solutions adopted by the legislator are unadjusted to the current situation and are increasingly provoking controversy in practice and, consequently, in the author’s opinion, require changes. The lack of action on the part of the legislator causes courts to play its role, which should not occur in a properly functioning legal system based on the rule of the tripartite division of power.

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Gao, Weiwei, Wanli Li, and Zhen Huang. "Do family CEOs benefit investment efficiency when they face uncertainty?" Chinese Management Studies 11, no. 2 (June 5, 2017): 248–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cms-03-2016-0052.

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether family CEOs benefit investment efficiency under uncertainty with Chinese family firms and to test the moderating effect of ownership structure, including family ownership, the separation of family control from family ownership and the multiple large shareholder structure. Design/methodology/approach Fixed-effects models are designed for a sample of 5,734 firm-year observations for Chinese family firms from 2009 to 2014. Findings The results show that investment efficiency is low under uncertainty, and having family CEOs can reduce this negative relationship. Further analysis reveals that for firms with family CEOs, the negative effect of uncertainty on investment efficiency is weaker when the family has higher ownership, when family control is less separated from family ownership, or when family firms have multiple large shareholder structures. Research limitations/implications The authors do not distinguish founder-CEOs and descendant-CEOs. Most of Chinese family firms are still managed by founders, so the authors cannot explore the generation effect although different generations manage firms differently. Because family succession is becoming a more and more important problem in China, further research may be able to explore the generation effect. Practical/implications This paper suggests that in emerging economies with weak investor protection, outside minority shareholders can avoid expropriation from family owners by investing in firms with large family ownership, little separation of family control from ownership or multiple large shareholder structure. In addition, policymakers can encourage institutional investors to participate in family business to improve corporate governance. Originality/value Drawing on both Type I and Type II agency theory perspectives, the authors argue that although family CEOs can generally benefit firms’ investment efficiency, the benefits vary with firms’ ownership structure. In other words, family CEOs are not absolute agents or stewards but some extent of combination of both.

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Payne, Kirsty, Elizabeth Walton, and Christopher Burton. "Steps to benefit from social prescription: a qualitative interview study." British Journal of General Practice 70, no. 690 (November 18, 2019): e36-e44. http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19x706865.

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BackgroundThe popularity of social prescribing has grown in recent years following a series of high-profile recommendations in scientific reviews, political reports, and media coverage. Social prescribing has the potential to address multiple health and social problems, but few studies have examined how it works.AimTo explore the ways by which social prescribing may be beneficial to individuals undertaking socially prescribed activity (SPA).Design and settingA qualitative interview study involving people attending a range of SPA.MethodParticipants were purposively recruited from a multi-activity social prescribing provider. Data were collected using semi-structured face-to-face interviews. Analysis used a thematic approach, in which emerging themes were contextualised with interview transcripts and findings from existing literature.ResultsThe study identified five themes, which together formed a journey of engagement and participation. While not always present for any one individual, the themes occurred in a consistent order: receiving professional support for social problems; engaging with others through participation in SPA; learning different ways to relate to other people and developing new skills; changing perceptions by realising personal assets and becoming open to the possibility of new futures; and developing a positive outlook on the present while moving forwards in pursuit of future goals and better health.ConclusionSPA appears to benefit individuals by a process that begins with personalised professional help to address social problems and moves through engagement with activities and others, to the recognition of personal and social assets and opportunities.

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Das, Abhay K., Tina McDougall, Jacqueline A. J. Smithson, and Robert M. West. "Benefits of family mealtimes for nursing home residents: Protecting mealtimes may similarly benefit elderly inpatients." BMJ 332, no. 7553 (June 1, 2006): 1334.5–1335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7553.1334-d.

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Matsaganis, Manos, Cathal O'Donoghue, Horacio Levy, Manuela Coromaldi, Magda Mercader-Prats, Carlos Farinha Rodrigues, Stefano Toso, and Panos Tsakloglou. "Reforming Family Transfers in Southern Europe: Is there a Role for Universal Child Benefits?" Social Policy and Society 5, no. 2 (April 2006): 189–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746405002873.

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The drive to reduce child poverty is of particular interest in southern Europe, where public assistance to low-income families with children is often meagre or not available at all. The paper examines the effect of income transfers to families in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal using a benefit-tax model. The distributional impact of actual programmes is shown to be weak, hence the scope for reform great. As an illustration, the European benefit-tax model EUROMOD is used to simulate universal child benefits equivalent to those in Britain, Denmark and Sweden. The anti-poverty effect of such benefits is found to be in proportion to their fiscal cost.

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Ramírez-Alesón, Marisa, and Marta Fernández-Olmos. "Intermediate imports and innovation performance: do family firms benefit more?" European Journal of Innovation Management 23, no. 5 (November 14, 2019): 835–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejim-05-2019-0116.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of imported intermediate inputs on innovation performance, differentiating among types of innovation output (product and process innovation) and considering both family and non-family firms in the Spanish context. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses an unbalanced panel of 1963 firms in the Spanish manufacturing sector (13,155 observations; 2006–2016) that can be identified as family or non-family firms. The authors apply a recently developed methodology (conditional mixed process model) that takes into account the possible relationships among the dependent variables to a panel bivariate probit model with robust standard errors. Findings Importing intermediate inputs is an important source of process innovation for all firms, but not of product innovations. Significant differences were found between family and non-family firms in favor of the family type. Research limitations/implications This paper breaks down the family state into two categories (belonging to a family group or not) because the database does not contain information regarding the percentage of family ownership or the number of family members in the management structure. Moreover, the research is context specific. Practical implications These results will be useful for firms that are considering the value of importing intermediate inputs as a strategy to improve their process innovations, particularly for family firms. Social implications Family firms are more successful in the utilization of imported intermediate inputs to achieve greater innovation performance. If family firms are more competent in leveraging their intermediate input imports in innovation performance, it should contribute to increasing business performance. Originality/value The research on imports takes into account the different impacts of intermediate imports depending on innovation performance (product innovation vs process innovation) and the nature of the firm (family firms vs non-family firms).

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Misiats, Oleksandr. "THE «BENEFIT OF THE FAMILY» CRITERIA IN CONTRACT RELATIONS." European Political and Law Discourse 7, no. 5 (2020): 210–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.46340/eppd.2020.7.5.23.

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Anonymous. "Family support, straight talk benefit children of psychiatric patients." Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services 27, no. 1 (January 1989): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/0279-3695-19890101-04.

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Duffin, Christian. "Teenage parents will benefit from boost for family nurses." Primary Health Care 23, no. 4 (May 2013): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/phc2013.05.23.4.4.s3.

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Bonaguro, John A., and Ellen W. Bonaguro. "Use of benefit segmentation in designing family health programs." Family & Community Health 7, no. 4 (February 1985): 5–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00003727-198502000-00004.

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Crooks, Valorie A., Allison Williams, Kelli I. Stajduhar, S. Robin Cohen, Diane Allan, and Kevin Brazil. "Family caregivers’ ideal expectations of Canada’s Compassionate Care Benefit." Health & Social Care in the Community 20, no. 2 (September 15, 2011): 172–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.01028.x.

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Cai, Di, Jin-hui Luo, and Di-fang Wan. "Family CEOs: Do they benefit firm performance in China?" Asia Pacific Journal of Management 29, no. 4 (August 24, 2012): 923–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10490-012-9318-4.

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Ehrenberg, Ronald G., and Rebecca A. Luzadis. "The social security student benefit program and family decisions." Economics of Education Review 5, no. 2 (January 1986): 119–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0272-7757(86)90003-8.

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Arcos, Estela, Ximena Sanchez, Maria Cecilia Toffoletto, Margarita Baeza, Patricia Gazmuri, Luz Angélica Muñoz, and Antonia Vollrath. "Social protection systems in vulnerable families: their importance for the public health." Revista de Saúde Pública 48, no. 3 (June 2014): 398–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0034-8910.2014048005131.

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OBJECTIVE To analyze the effectiveness of the Chilean System of Childhood Welfare in transferring benefits to socially vulnerable families. METHODS A cross-sectional study with a sample of 132 families from the Metropolitan Region, Chile, stratified according to degree of social vulnerability, between September 2011 and January 2012. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with mothers of the studied families in public health facilities or their households. The variables studied were family structure, psychosocial risk in the family context and integrated benefits from the welfare system in families that fulfill the necessary requirements for transfer of benefits. Descriptive statistics to measure location and dispersion were calculated. A binary logistic regression, which accounts for the sample size of the study, was carried out. RESULTS The groups were homogenous regarding family size, the presence of biological father in the household, the number of relatives living in the same dwelling, income generation capacity and the rate of dependency and psychosocial risk (p ≥ 0.05). The transfer of benefits was low in all three groups of the sample (≤ 23.0%). The benefit with the best coverage in the system was the Single Family Subsidy, whose transfer was associated with the size of the family, the presence of relatives in the dwelling, the absence of the father in the household, a high rate of dependency and a high income generation capacity (p ≤ 0.10). CONCLUSIONS The effectiveness of benefit transfer was poor, especially in families that were extremely socially vulnerable. Further explanatory studies of benefit transfers to the vulnerable population, of differing intensity and duration, are required in order to reduce health disparities and inequalities.

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Baker, Richard, George K. Freeman, Jeannie L. Haggerty, M. John Bankart, and Keith H. Nockels. "Primary medical care continuity and patient mortality: a systematic review." British Journal of General Practice 70, no. 698 (August 10, 2020): e600-e611. http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20x712289.

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BackgroundA 2018 review into continuity of care with doctors in primary and secondary care concluded that mortality rates are lower with higher continuity of care.AimThis association was studied further to elucidate its strength and how causative mechanisms may work, specifically in the field of primary medical care.Design and settingSystematic review of studies published in English or French from database and source inception to July 2019.MethodOriginal empirical quantitative studies of any design were included, from MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, OpenGrey, and the library catalogue of the New York Academy of Medicine for unpublished studies. Selected studies included patients who were seen wholly or mostly in primary care settings, and quantifiable measures of continuity and mortality.ResultsThirteen quantitative studies were identified that included either cross-sectional or retrospective cohorts with variable periods of follow-up. Twelve of these measured the effect on all-cause mortality; a statistically significant protective effect of greater care continuity was found in nine, absent in two, and in one effects ranged from increased to decreased mortality depending on the continuity measure. The remaining study found a protective association for coronary heart disease mortality. Improved clinical responsibility, physician knowledge, and patient trust were suggested as causative mechanisms, although these were not investigated.ConclusionThis review adds reduced mortality to the demonstrated benefits of there being better continuity in primary care for patients. Some patients may benefit more than others. Further studies should seek to elucidate mechanisms and those patients who are likely to benefit most. Despite mounting evidence of its broad benefit to patients, relationship continuity in primary care is in decline — decisive action is required from policymakers and practitioners to counter this.

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Ma, Dalong, E. Shaunn Mattingly, Trayan N. Kushev, Manju K. Ahuja, and Andrew S. Manikas. "Persistence Decisions: It’s Not Just About the Money." Journal of Entrepreneurship 28, no. 1 (December 19, 2018): 121–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971355718810575.

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Drawing on threshold theory, we examine the effects of attributes of alternative opportunities on persistence decisions of family business entrepreneurs. The results of our conjoint experiment show that: (a) family business entrepreneurs are generally more persistent than other entrepreneurs and (b) family business entrepreneurs focus more on non-financial benefits than other entrepreneurs. Our study contributes to persistence literature within the family business context and provides a good basis for how family business literature can benefit from multi-level theoretical and empirical modelling.

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Azhar, Luthfi Faishal, Lilis Siti Badriah, and Bambang Bambang. "Family Hope Program Evaluation in Poverty Alleviation: Benefit Incidence Analysis." Economics Development Analysis Journal 9, no. 1 (February 1, 2020): 97–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/edaj.v9i1.38471.

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This research was conducted in the Cigalontang Sub-district, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Province. This study aims to analyze: (1) the accuracy of the Family Hope Program in achieving its goals, (2) the characteristics of the Family Hope Program policies in poverty alleviation (pro-poor, progressive, or regressive), (3) the effectiveness of the Family Hope Program implementation. The number of respondents consisted of 195 Beneficiary Families of the Family Hope Program . This study uses primary data, which were collected using interview and questionnaire methods. This study uses analysis methods in the form of Proportion Analysis, Benefit Incidence Analysis, and Appraisal Effectiveness Program. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that : (1) The pattern of the Family Hope Program acceptance in the Cigalontang Sub-district is right on target. Because the proportion of the population with income below the poverty line per capita receives the most benefits from the Family Hope Program according to the target, namely, very-poor households. (2) The Family Hope Program in the Cigalontang Sub-district is Pro-Poor, (3) The Family Hope Program in the Cigalontang Sub-district is classified as an effective program.

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Arza, Camila. "Cash transfers for families and children in Argentina, Brazil and Chile: segmented expansion or universal benefits?" Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy 34, no. 1 (February 2018): 58–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21699763.2017.1415218.

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AbstractOver the past two decades, most Latin American countries have developed cash transfer programmes for poor and low income families not covered by the social security system. These programmes now benefit about 127 million people throughout Latin America and in some countries they include more children than the family allowances of the social insurance system. How have these innovations changed the structure of child benefits in Latin America? This article discusses this issue by looking at the experiences of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. In these three countries, a wide-ranging programme of non-contributory cash transfers for low income families now operates alongside a pre-existing scheme of family allowances for formal sector workers. This has contributed to expand coverage of cash benefits for families and children, while at the same time keeping a segmented benefit structure. In contrast, a universal child benefit could overcome this segmentation and guarantee equal rights to all children.

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Smith, Timothy, Tahera Patel, Asangaedem Akpan, Andrew Clegg, Dame Caroline Watkins, Catherine Elizabeth Lightbody, and Umesh Chauhan. "A scoping review of community holistic interventions for older people with multimorbidity." British Journal of General Practice 70, suppl 1 (June 2020): bjgp20X711509. http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20x711509.

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BackgroundIn many areas, new regional community-based services have been established to provide holistic care to patients with high physical, mental and social needs. Older people represent a group with multimorbidity and high healthcare needs that may benefit from holistic care, although uncertainty remains whether such an approach is effective.AimTo review evidence for community holistic interventions in older people with multimorbidity.MethodThe authors screened studies referenced by an earlier Cochrane Review and Academy of Medical Sciences report, both of which looked at interventions and populations more broadly, and their own searches of Medline, EMBASE, trial registration databases and hand-searching of journals since 2015. The authors included controlled community-based studies of holistic interventions with data for people aged at least 60 years.ResultsStudies found (five published, two ongoing) were heterogeneous. The only significant improvement relating to physical or mental outcomes occurred in self-rated health scores, seen in two studies. One consisting entirely of diabetics showed developing a self-management plan improved self-rated health (P = 0.023), and Mental Component Summary (P = 0.03). The other used a multidisciplinary-team-guided personal care plan and found self-rated overall health improved (P = 0.02). Three studies looked at service usage, only one seeing a benefit, and only in the second year.ConclusionCommunity-based holistic interventions for people with multimorbidity tended to focus on disease management or medication modification, and resulted in few significant benefits, almost entirely in self-rated health measures. Research into interventions focused on those with the highest needs, for example, multimorbidity with frailty; high number of comorbidities may be more likely to demonstrate meaningful benefits.

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Bradshaw, Jonathan, and Michihiko Tokoro. "Child benefit Packages in the United Kingdom and Japan." Social Policy and Society 13, no. 1 (July 25, 2013): 119–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746413000353.

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Japan recently introduced a universal child benefit, but its life has been short lived mainly because of the Tsunami and financial problems as well as political conflict over the principles. Meanwhile the Coalition government in the UK, as part of its deficit reduction strategy, has frozen child benefit for three years and taken it back from higher rate tax payers. All other working age family benefits are being cut in real terms. In both countries, state support for families with children is in disarray. This article explores the evolution of the child benefit packages in both countries since 1992. It is based on model family analysis which enables comparison of policies to be made on a consistent basis. It reviews the consequences of these and other changes in the policy package for lone parent and couple families.

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Bakhit, Mina, Natalia Krzyzaniak, Joanne Hilder, Justin Clark, Anna Mae Scott, and Chris Del Mar. "Use of methenamine hippurate to prevent urinary tract infections in community adult women: a systematic review and meta-analysis." British Journal of General Practice 71, no. 708 (January 17, 2021): e528-e537. http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2020.0833.

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BackgroundUrinary tract infections (UTIs) are often treated with antibiotics and are a source of antibiotic overuse.AimTo systematically review randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of adult women in the community with a history of recurrent UTIs and who use methenamine hippurate prophylactically.Design and settingSystematic review of women in the UK, Australia, Norway, and US (aged ≥18 years) with recurrent UTIs receiving methenamine hippurate against placebo or no treatment, and antibiotics.MethodThe authors searched three databases, clinical trial registries, and performed forward–backward citation analysis on references of included studies.ResultsSix studies involving 557 participants were included (447 were analysed). Of the six studies, five were published and one was an unpublished trial record with results, three compared methenamine hippurate against placebo or control, and three compared methenamine hippurate with antibiotics. For the number of patients who remained asymptomatic, methenamine hippurate showed a non-statistically significant trend of benefit versus antibiotics over 12 months (risk ratio [RR] 0.65, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.40 to 1.07, I2 49%), versus control over 6 or 12 months (RR 0.56, 95% CI = 0.13 to 2.35, I2 93%), and a non-statistically significant trend versus any antibiotic for abacteruria (RR 0.80, 95% CI = 0.62 to 1.03, I2 23%). A similar non-statistically significant trend of benefits for methenamine hippurate for the number of UTI or bacteriuric episodes was found, and a non-statistically significant difference in the number of patients experiencing adverse events between methenamine hippurate and any comparator, with a trend towards benefit for the methenamine hippurate, was identified. Antibiotic use and resistance were not consistently reported.ConclusionThere is insufficient evidence to be certain of the benefits of methenamine hippurate to prevent UTI. Further research is needed to test the drug’s effectiveness in preventing UTIs and as an alternative for antibiotic treatment for UTI.

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Al-Fakri, Munira Abdullah. "awareness of family counseling services." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences [JASS] 10, no. 1 (April 30, 2019): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jass.vol10iss1pp21-33.

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The study aimed to reveal the level of awareness of Omani families about family counseling by knowing their attitudes and needs about the governmental services and counseling programs in the Sultanate of Oman. It is a descriptive field study that sample survey approach adopted and the questionnaire as a tool to collect data from a random sample simple in random numbers tables method. The sample is including (200) families, 136 of them from the North Batina governorate and 64 from Muscat Governorate, 49.5% are husbands and 50.5% are wives, mostly young people aged between 25-40 years, are working in the government sector.The study found that the percentage of family’s awareness about family counseling services is 69%. 30% of these families benefit from the services, while 70% do not benefit from it because of cultural and environmental considerations imposed by the customs and traditions in the villages about the family problems. Consequently, most family prefers to use traditional methods to solve their problems, which indicates a lack of awareness of the importance of services. The percentage of awareness of family’s awareness programs is 46%, but only 33% participate of them are attending the lectures, and 67% of them do not participate because of their lack of awareness and modesties. This reflects the low level of social awareness of parents in the community study on counseling services with limited benefit.

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