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Nemeth, Courtney L. "Changing Welfare Services: Case Studies of Local Welfare Reform Programs." Psychiatric Services 56, no. 8 (August 2005): 1028—a—1029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.8.1028-a.

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Goldberg, Gertrude Schaffner. "Book Review: Changing Welfare Services: Case Studies of Local Welfare Reform Programs." Affilia 20, no. 3 (August 2005): 376–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886109905277671.

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Reese, Laura A., and Xiaomeng Li. "Change in Service Provision Networks: The Case of Animal Welfare Services." State and Local Government Review 53, no. 1 (March 2021): 14–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0160323x211009285.

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This research focuses on change within informal service provision networks, specifically examining the impact that changes within a key organization can have on the larger network. Employing a before and after survey design with a treatment at the midpoint and participant observation, it asks: What is the impact of a major change within one organization on the larger external network? What is the nature of the organizational ties? and, How do political factors exogenous to the network impact the network evolution process? The findings suggest that internal change within a focal actor can have ripple effects throughout the network increasing density. Public service provision at the local level can be enhanced through an increase in partnerships between the public and nonprofit sectors. However, network evolution can be limited by the larger political environment and lack of a coordinating role on the part of local government.

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JENSEN, PER H., and HENRIK LOLLE. "The Fragmented Welfare State: Explaining Local Variations in Services for Older People." Journal of Social Policy 42, no. 2 (January 21, 2013): 349–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279412001006.

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AbstractMuch research focusing on the welfare state is based on the assumption that welfare regimes are homogenous entities. This idea is supported by studies analysing cash benefits. In the area of welfare services, however, local governments in most countries have some autonomy regarding policy formation as well as the design and implementation of policies. In practice, substantial local differences exist with regard to the provision of welfare services, which in turn challenge our conception of nation-wide homogenous welfare state regimes. This paper examines the factors causing marked differences in local government spending in the provision of care for older people in Denmark. The conclusion is that the wealth of the municipality, local demographics and privatisation can explain about 48 per cent of the differences in local government spending. Political factors such as the ‘colour’ of local government have no explanatory power, while a high percentage of women in municipal councils appears to have a slightly negative effect on spending.

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Rodríguez-García, María Jesús, Clemente J. Navarro-Yáñez, and Ángel R. Zapata-Moya. "Local Welfare Systems and Health Inequalities: The Effects of Institutional Overlapping and Local Variations." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 23 (November 22, 2022): 15447. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315447.

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A growing research agenda shows the importance of local welfare systems in understanding socio-spatial inequalities in health. Welfare services provided by local governments overlap with those provided by other levels of government. Thus, differences in the provision of welfare services between municipalities could explain differences in residents’ health, moderating the magnitude of health inequalities if local governments deploy actions capable of positively influencing the social determinants of health. This article attempts to analyse this idea in the Spanish case, exploring the influence of local policies according to the orientation of municipal spending on three indicators of the population’s health status: self-perceived health, healthy practices and activity limitations due to health problems. A multilevel cross-sectional study was designed using information from two waves of the 2006–2007 and 2011–2012 National Health Survey for the population aged 15 years and older (N = 31,378) residing in Spanish municipalities of 20,000 inhabitants or over (N = 373). The results show that the magnitude of inequalities in self-perceived health, in the adoption of healthy practices and in daily activity limitations by social class are smaller as municipalities” spending was oriented towards policy areas considered as redistributive. Therefore, the proposed institutional overlap thesis could help understand the role of subnational governments on the magnitude of health inequalities, as well as in comparative analysis between countries with institutional systems in which local governments have a greater or lesser capacity to provide welfare services.

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Ng-Tay, Cindy Hui Mei, Joyce Teo, and Yi Ying Ng. "Trauma-informed child welfare practice model in Methodist Welfare Services Covenant Family Service Centre (Singapore)." Children Australia 44, no. 02 (April 29, 2019): 81–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2019.10.

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AbstractIn view of the rise in child abuse in Singapore, our Family Service Centre developed a child welfare practice model to guide and anchor our practitioners in trauma-informed approaches. This practice model was developed over two years through literature reviews and qualitative interviews with practitioners. Three aspects of the practice model were found to be key in ensuring practitioners were trauma-informed in their practices, these being: the principles and values related to trauma-informed practice; reflection by practitioners on their attachment history and self; and the assessment of caregivers’ characteristics. Despite this practice model being largely beneficial for practitioners in our agency, implementation in the local context gives rise to certain challenges due to differences in beliefs about disciplining children.

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Forns i Fernández, Maria Victòria. "The Management of Local Social Services in Spain." A&C - Revista de Direito Administrativo & Constitucional 22, no. 87 (March 10, 2022): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.21056/aec.v22i87.1585.

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This paper reviews the organizational, competency and delivery system of social services at local level, with emphasis on Catalonia, understanding that local authorities become the essential unit from which to deploy basic social services, thus responding to universality, proximity and decentralization and contributing to ensuring the welfare state.

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Yim,Seok-Hoi. "Regional Disparity of Social Welfare Services in Local Administrative Areas: Focused on Welfare Facilities." Journal of the Association of Korean Photo-Geographers 19, no. 4 (December 2009): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.35149/jakpg.2009.19.4.001.

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Koo, Chan Dong, Heung Ju Kim, and Pan Suk Kim. "Analysis on the Unequal Welfare Service Distribution among Local Governments in Korea." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 12, no. 2 (April 16, 2014): 225–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/12.2.225-248(2014).

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This study analyzes the inequality of service distribution of Korea's local welfare services including basic living security, childcare, and senior care services in terms of territorial justice. Using Korea's welfare finance database, the units and resources of local governments, annual tendencies and factors of inequality are investigated by employing the welfare expenditure per service consumer as a measurement index. The results show that inequality is high in the expenditures of Si (city), Gun (county), and Gu (district) governments per service consumer, with grants from upper governments excluded. It is lessened when the budget includes the aid of the central government, which implies that the assistance of the central government plays a role in resolving the unequal expenditure distribution per service consumer. High inequality in the self-funded expenditure of Si, Gun, and Gu governments hints to wide regional gaps caused by differences in financial independence of local governments which will affect social welfare services provided by local governments. Therefore, welfare programs need to be fully financed by the central government in light of territorial justice.

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Griffin, James M., and Thomas H. Mayor. "The Welfare Gain from Efficient Pricing of Local Telephone Services." Journal of Law and Economics 30, no. 2 (October 1987): 465–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/467145.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Local welfare services"

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Cameron, Helen Elizabeth. "The social action of the local church : five congregations in an English city." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.266847.

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Jones, David N. "An insider study of Joint Reviews of local authority social services." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2009. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/3742/.

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Smith, Mary. "What is family support work? : a case study within the context of one local authority in Scotland." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3933.

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The thesis investigates the development of family support within one local authority in Scotland and shows that it has emerged from a complex interplay of governmental, philosophical, policy and practice change.

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BOSCH, EVA MARTINA. "'Self-Organization' of welfare-services in deprived and wealthier urban neighborhoods in the Dutch Participation Society." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/110692.

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This dissertation investigates the Dutch policy turn towards more volunteering in neighborhood-based welfare services, and its effects on poorer and wealthier urban neighbourhoods. Over the last two decades, various Western European governments have become more attentive and supportive to citizens’ voluntary organisations in the fields of social cohesion, care and emancipation in the neighbourhood. In the UK, the so-called ‘Big Society’ policy frame has become very influential. Inspired by this example, the Dutch national government has expressed that the Dutch welfare state is to transform into a ‘participation society’. The dissertation project empirically tests one of the critiques on the Dutch participation society. This critique holds that deprived urban areas have less potential to self-organize welfare services and that, consequently, the level and quality of welfare services will be lower in these neighborhoods than in richer neighborhoods. Therefore it is feared that more support for welfare self-organisation will eventually exacerbate existing social inequality in the city. The research has consisted of interviews and observations of almost all year-round welfare service providing volunteer groups in four Rotterdam neighbourhoods. This showed that the groups are actually more numerous in the poorer than in the wealthier research neighbourhoods: the deprived areas have twice as many groups. Analysis of all 2014 funding applications to the Rotterdam Resident Initiative fund, also shows that deprived boroughs have more groups than wealthier boroughs. To understand deprived neighbourhoods’ higher number of groups per inhabitant, it proves necessary to look also at self-organization leaders’ motivations for volunteering. My interview data indicate that for many higher educated leaders, volunteering is related to paid work. In the second place, higher educated leaders working in low-income neighbourhoods are quite often ethnic minority volunteers who work to help their own ethnic group. Thirdly, I found that many volunteers are non-working citizens (retired or unemployed) who are motivated by the opportunities for social contact and useful or pleasurable occupation of their leisure time. The motivation perspective helps to explain why more groups were found in the deprived research neighbourhoods: in these areas also more un(der)employed people and ethnic minority communities are present. Furthermore, the research investigates how the socio-economic profile of the neighbourhood influences volunteer groups’ opportunities to acquire material resources they need. It finds that the municipality strongly supports that residents make application to its funding program, especially in the deprived neighbourhoods, but that due to budget cuts this funding is often less generous than before. Together, the empirical data show that the relatively large number of self-organizations in the lower income research neighborhoods is mostly due to higher activation. It also indicates that the services that are self-organised in Rotterdam’s participation society are often well adapted to local welfare needs. At the same time, this self-organised welfare landscape is quite fragmented along ethnic lines and sometimes also class lines. Furthermore, the supply of welfare services is difficult to supervise or steer for local government. Lastly, even though deprived neighborhoods have relatively more welfare service groups, this is still a very small number in absolute terms, and the losses that come with Rotterdam’s participation society policies are most tangible in these areas. They used to have much more state-funded welfare services than the wealthier areas of the city. The fact that these have been largely scaled down in budget cut operations, impacts residents’ daily life more strongly in the deprived than in the wealthier neighbourhoods.

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Loveless, Lucy Ann-Marie. "Weighing up the evidence : implementing joint commissioning in children’s services." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3424/.

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Contemporary policy developments have signalled a shift in emphasis for Local Authorities from service delivery to service commissioning. The Every Child Matters policy agenda identified joint commissioning as an important mechanism for delivering integrated services and better outcomes for children. Taking a case study approach and drawing on literature from the fields of policy implementation and evidence-based policy making this thesis explores the implementation of joint commissioning in one local authority. It examines how different policy actors conceptualise and practice commissioning within a particular organisational and political context. In so doing it illustrates that policy is interpreted and reformulated at a local level, existing as the outcome of a complex set of interactions and ‘negotiated settlements’ between actors that are in part contingent upon the local political and organisational context and in part upon actors’ value systems, epistemological positions and goal interests. Different ways in which commissioning is understood or ‘framed’ are orientated around alternative value systems with respect to accountability and its perceived acceptability as a mechanism of governance for public services. This in turn means that policy actors assign different roles to the forms of evidence with which they identify and construct responses to policy problems. Hence evidence for upwards accountability, principally framed as managerial targets and outputs, prefigures in the priority setting and evaluative ‘stages’ of the commissioning ‘cycle’, whilst appeal to a values base and experiential knowledge take centre stage in formulating local responses to identified priorities. Achieving the rhetorical ideal of evidence-based commissioning is thus compromised not only by the political and institutional context in which this takes place but also by the conceptual challenges this presents to differently situated policy actors.

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Prince, Anita H. "PATTERNS OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) ACTIVITIES OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES OR WELFARE IN VIRGINIA." VCU Scholars Compass, 1998. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5249.

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Individuals employed as social workers in local public welfare agencies in Virginia are not required to have a social work degree or mandated to participate in continuing professional development activities as a condition of their employment. The study employed survey research to investigate Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities of Social Workers employed in local Departments of Social Services or Welfare in Virginia. Two social work-related focus groups and an expert panel of adult educators helped identify CPD activities used to construct the survey. The resulting twenty (20) CPD activities, used as the dependent variables for the study, were: formal education, mandatory training, voluntary training, supervision, mentoring, coaching, shadowing, formal peer interaction, informal peer interaction, instructing others, instructional development, computer-based learning, work-related teams, professional meetings, professional memberships, professional licensure/certiﬁcation, testing/ inventories, professional reading, professional writing and critique, and reﬂective practice. The independent variables, employee characteristics of job class, program/practice area, total years of employment in a local agency, highest level of education, major, and agency class, were also surveyed. A proportionate, stratified random sample, N=330, of social work staff in Virginia's local public welfare agencies was surveyed. The overall response rate was 62.7% (N = 207). For each of the twenty CPD activities, survey respondents were asked whether they had participated in the activity "ever", "within the last 3 years", and , if so, their assessment of the "impact" of the activity on their practice, Significant diﬁ‘erences were found for impact on practice between those who had participated within the last three years in an activity and those who had not. There was statistically significant evidence that there is some association of certain CPD activities with time in the job and with area of practice. Two activities which had some of the highest levels of participation and were identiﬁed as contributing to professional development were professional reading and shadowing. Professional writing had the least participation, but a high level of impact for those who do participate. Further study of the relationship of the length of time employed and program/practice area hold some promise for identifying CPD patterns.

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SORCI, Valentina. "Il ruolo della cooperazione sociale e il welfare locale." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Bergamo, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10446/30694.

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The current and social crisis imposes a reflection on the implementation of a new welfare model in order to replace the current structure. This model is not based on public functions only. It needs to take into consideration the family’s value, the profit and non-profit business and, more in general, all the stakeholders. Therefore, a system-based input is required for managing, more efficiently, the ascending demand of new needs. On the other hand, it is crucial to evaluate what would be the cooperation’s role within a context whereby the birth rate, migrating flows and new life expectations will be defining new economic and social balances. It, infact, may represent the key to a renovated and ideal welfare model. Through the comparison of the relationship between cooperation-economic crisis and welfare state model-local welfare policies, this thesis shows up interesting results. Indeed, the cooperative company’s resilience during a high recession period licenses small entrepreneurs to act upon the social and welfare sectors. The cooperatives resilience may be identified with the governance model, that is balancing market logics and social policies.

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Neville, Julia. "Explaining variations in municipal hospital provision in the 1930s : a study of councils in the far south west." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/96227.

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Recent work has sought to explain the striking variations in municipal hospital provision in the 1930s by quantitative analysis. Such work has not so far provided a hypothesis which satisfactorily explains the range of variations found. This study, grounded in an analysis based on the Advocacy Coalition Framework and the results of three case studies of events in the county boroughs of Plymouth and Exeter and in Devon County Council, uses a qualitative methodology developed by iteration between a deductive approach drawing on recent work and an inductive approach using a computer-assisted analysis of primary source material and proposes a new hypothesis. The hypothesis developed is that where a local authority inherited a Poor Law workhouse as a result of the Local Government Act (1929) development would be more likely to occur in places where councillors exhibited strong progressive beliefs in accountability to the wider community and in their social responsibility towards that community; where they had successful experience of direct hospital provision in other fields; and when they had available a committed entrepreneur able to marshal support for change within the council. In addition to its empirical findings the study contributes to the development of public policy theory by suggesting improvements to the Advocacy Coalition Framework. Such improvements comprise recognition of the importance of ‘deep core’ as well as ‘policy core’ beliefs to policy change, consideration of path dependency as a significant method of policy learning, and of the roles of entrepreneurs and policy brokers. Finally the study draws attention to the relevance of the study to current practice in the implementation of public policy and proposes specifically that local NHS agencies should give greater prominence to identifying and supporting individuals with the skills of policy entrepreneurs.

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Forns, i. Fernández Maria Victòria. "L'organització i la prestació dels serveis socials de base local a la Catalunya de la postcrisi." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669898.

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La tesis realiza una aproximación al sistema organizativo y competencial de los servios sociales de la Cataluña de la postcrisis, a través del modelo de prestación territorial que desde la perspectiva local pone en el centro de gravedad del sistema a la persona. La primera parte se centra en el análisis del marco jurídico internacional, estatal y nacional que configuran el verdadero derecho a los servicios sociales para las ciudadanas y los ciudadanos de Cataluña, en una situación económica y social de postcrisis. Asimismo, se estudia con exhaustividad la distribución de competencias materiales y funcionales en el ámbito de los servicios sociales entre la administración de la Generalitat y los en locales. La segunda parte analiza la arquitectura pública prestacional catalana, donde los entes locales resultan la unidad imprescindible para desarrollar los servicios sociales, en virtud de los principios de universalidad, proximidad y descentralización, consagrados en la Ley 12/2007 de servicios sociales. Esta ley establece el acceso a los servicios sociales para todas las ciudadanas y todos los ciudadanos, lo que podemos interpretar como el nacimiento de un nuevo derecho social. Asimismo, se hace una aproximación a la legislación sectorial con implicaciones para los servicios sociales locales. En la tercera, y última parte, se hace una crítica fundamentada al sistema político y económico de nuestra sociedad, y de su funcionamiento contradictorio. Un sistema que lejos de resultar inclusivo, expulsa a una parte de la ciudadanía, para abocarla a la marginación o la exclusión social, en vez de desplegar políticas valientes para poder erradicar estas situaciones.
La tesi realitza una aproximació al sistema organitzatiu i competencial dels serbis socials de la Catalunya de la postcrisi, a través del model de prestació territorial que des de la perspectiva local posa en el centre de gravetat del sistema a la persona. La primera part se centra en l'anàlisi del marc jurídic internacional, estatal i nacional que configuren el veritable dret als serveis socials per a les ciutadanes i els ciutadans de Catalunya, en una situació econòmica i social de postcrisi. Així mateix, s'estudia amb exhaustivitat la distribució de competències materials i funcionals en l'àmbit dels serveis socials entre l'administració de la Generalitat i els en locals. La segona part analitza l'arquitectura pública prestacional catalana, on els ens locals resulten la unitat imprescindible per a desenvolupar els serveis socials, en virtut dels principis d'universalitat, proximitat i descentralització, consagrats en la Llei 12/2007 de serveis socials. Aquesta llei estableix l'accés als serveis socials per a totes les ciutadanes i tots els ciutadans, la qual cosa podem interpretar com el naixement d'un nou dret social. Així mateix, es fa una aproximació a la legislació sectorial amb implicacions per als serveis socials locals. En la tercera, i última part, es fa una crítica fonamentada al sistema polític i econòmic de la nostra societat, i del seu funcionament contradictori. Un sistema que lluny de resultar inclusiu, expulsa a una part de la ciutadania, per a abocar-la a la marginació o l'exclusió social, en comptes de desplegar polítiques valentes per a poder erradicar aquestes situacions.
The thesis approaches the organizational and competence system in postcrisis Catalonia's social services, through the territorial service model that, from the local perspective, puts the person in the center of gravity of the system. The first part of the thesis focuses on the analysis of the international, state and national legal framework that shapes the true right to social services for the citizens of Catalonia, in a post-crisis economic and social situation. Likewise, the distribution of material and functional competencies in the area of social services between the administration of the Generalitat and the local authorities is studied in detail. The second part analyses the Catalan public service architecture, in which local entities are the essential unit for developing social services, by virtue of the principles of universality, proximity and decentralisation, as enshrined in Law 12/2007 on social services. This law establishes access to social services for all citizens, which can interpret as the rise of a new social right. It also provides an approximation to the sectoral legislation with implications for local social services. In the third part, a well-founded criticism is made of the political and economic system of our society, and of its contradictory functioning. A system that, far from being inclusive, expels a part of the citizenry, in order to marginalize or socially exclude them, instead of deploying courageous policies to eradicate these situations.

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Kolam, Kerstin. "Lokala organ i Norden 1968-1986 : från idé till verklighet." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 1987. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-67657.

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Neighbourhood councils are sub-municipal committees which operate within a geographically delimited area of a municipality or a municipal department. Their activities cover a single established policy area such as social services (single functioned committee) or several areas such as education, leisure, and social issues (multi-functioned committee). The thesis includes a comparative analysis of the origin, occurance, and performance of multi-functioned neighbourhood councils in Finland, Norway, and Sweden during the period 1968-1986. In the case of Denmark, the debate is analyzed and the question posed as to why neighbourhood councils were not introduced during this period.It is the interplay between a number of factors which determines how and why neighbourhood councils occur and in some cases endure and are developed further. The countries' traditions and characteristics - such as the size of the public sector and local government's share of it, size of municipalities, and political culture - are important in this context. Increased democracy and greater effectivity were the main aims of the reform and these have been achieved to some extent. The occurance of neighbourhood councils also means that participation, recruitment, articulation of demands, and communication between elector and elected are changed and somewhat improved. Where neighbourhood councils exist, greater consideration is given to geographical (rather than departmental) principles in the distribution and redistribution of services and welfare. Neighbourhood councils are clearly a source of further variation between and within the Nordic countries. It is, however, too early to judge whether the variation within countries will develop into inappropriate deviations from the principal of equal services for all or if they, on the contrary, are indications of greater future responsiveness.
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Books on the topic "Local welfare services"

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J, Austin Michael, ed. Changing welfare services: Case studies of local welfare reform programs. New York: Haworth Social Work Practice Press, 2004.

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Previtali, Pietro, and Eugenio Salvati. Local Welfare and the Organization of Social Services. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66128-1.

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China's changing welfare mix: Local perspectives. London: Routledge, 2011.

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Rao, Nirmala. Towards welfare pluralism: Public services in a time of change. Aldershot: Dartmouth, 1996.

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California. Children's Services Operations Bureau. Children's Services Operations Bureau's comprehensive plan for oversight of county child welfare services. [Sacramento]: California Dept. of Social Services, Children and Family Services Division, 1997.

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Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. Evaluating child protection services: Findings and issues: Inspections of six local authority child protection services 1993: Overview report. [London]: Social Services Inspectorate, Department of Health, 1993.

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Bayley, Michael. Local health and welfare: Is partnership possible? : a study of the Dinnington Project. Aldershot: Gower, 1989.

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Cross, Malcolm. Black welfare and local government: Section 11 and social services departments. Coventry: Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick, 1988.

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Cohen, Ruth. Quality of life and the impact of local services. London: Family Service Units, 1991.

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1943-, Seyd Rosalind, and Tennant Alan 1947-, eds. Local health and welfare: Is partnership possible? a study of the Dinnington Project. Aldershot: Gower, 1989.

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Book chapters on the topic "Local welfare services"

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Alcock, Pete. "Local Control of Welfare Services." In Social Policy in Britain, 192–216. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24741-7_10.

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Zimmermann, Katharina, Patrizia Aurich, Paolo R. Graziano, and Vanesa Fuertes. "Local Worlds of Marketization - Employment Policies in Germany, Italy and the UK Compared." In Contracting-out Welfare Services, 11–32. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119016458.ch1.

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Fimister, Geoff. "A Welfare Rights Resource: The Main Options and the Local Authority Role." In Welfare Rights Work in Social Services, 41–67. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18369-2_3.

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Previtali, Pietro, and Eugenio Salvati. "The Difficult Path Towards Change." In Local Welfare and the Organization of Social Services, 91–109. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66128-1_5.

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Previtali, Pietro, and Eugenio Salvati. "Redesigning Territorialisation to Improve Planning and Management Capabilities in Social Policy. Change or Business as Usual?" In Local Welfare and the Organization of Social Services, 61–89. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66128-1_4.

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Previtali, Pietro, and Eugenio Salvati. "The Structuration of the Italian Welfare System: From Fragmentation to Innovation." In Local Welfare and the Organization of Social Services, 5–31. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66128-1_2.

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Previtali, Pietro, and Eugenio Salvati. "Introduction." In Local Welfare and the Organization of Social Services, 1–4. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66128-1_1.

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Previtali, Pietro, and Eugenio Salvati. "A (Possible) Answer to Fragmentation in Social Assistance Policy. The Local Area Plan." In Local Welfare and the Organization of Social Services, 33–59. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66128-1_3.

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Previtali, Pietro, and Eugenio Salvati. "The Road towards the New Planning Phase (2021–2023) – Challenges and Opportunities." In Local Welfare and the Organization of Social Services, 111–18. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66128-1_6.

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Coulton, Claudia J., and Robert L. Fischer. "Using Early Childhood Wellbeing Indicators to Influence Local Policy and Services." In From Child Welfare to Child Well-Being, 101–16. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3377-2_7.

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Conference papers on the topic "Local welfare services"

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Özkan, Gürsel. "The Importance of Competition Law in Economic Development." In International Conference on Eurasian Economies. Eurasian Economists Association, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.36880/c10.02103.

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An economic system within competition is secured has fatal role for countries. Because, government has many important duties two of which are providing economic and social welfare. Protection of competition paves the way for using resources efficiently, producing cheap and quality commodities and services, providing of innovation in technology. Competition which is the basis of market economy provides suppliers and demanders come together freely in market conditions. In this way, competition means that distributing limited sources of society effectively and using these sources efficiently, providing quality and affordable commodities and services to consumers. Especially, providing global, local or national market economies processing compatible with competition law is possible by determining, accepting and implementing the universal rules which are related to competition law. It is certain that the agreements, verdicts and applications which are blocking or impairing competition in market of commodity and service should be prohibited. Also, the institutions which abuse their sovereignty of market should be prevented from doing this. Judicial control path is available for providing the implementation of rules related to competition law in other word providing sanction of preventions.

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Zobena, Aija, and Daira Lace. "Demand for social farming services in Latvia: dementia care in Rūjiena municipality." In Research for Rural Development 2021 : annual 27th International scientific conference proceedings. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/rrd.27.2021.026.

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The aim of the study is to explore potential demand for social care services offered by social farming in Latvia by studying the experience of families caring for family members with dementia. Social farming is both a new and a traditional concept. It originates from the traditional rural self-help networks that were well established in rural areas before the modernisation of agriculture and the rise of the public welfare system. Social agriculture covers at least three dynamic areas of society – rural development, social entrepreneurship and the growing demand for social care services, and it is closely linked to the concept of multifunctional agriculture. As a form of social entrepreneurship, social farming could create the opportunity to reconnect farmers with their local communities through the opening of their farms as part of the social support system of the community. Caring for people with dementia is a particular challenge. Currently in Latvia, families where one of the family members has dementia have only two options - to place their relatives in a care institution or to take care of them in the family. Foreign experience shows that social care farms can provide care services to people with early dementia. This paper, exploring demand for these services in Latvia, is based on the case study of families caring for persons with dementia in Rūjiena municipality in April 2020.

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Kuwahara a, Noriaki, Tsuji Airi a, Taro Asada b, Yasunari Yoshitomi b, Jin Narumoto c, and Kazunari Morimoto a. "The Development of a Mental Support System for the Elderly Living in Depopulated Areas of Japan." In Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference. AHFE International, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe100576.

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We have studied a method to improve the QOL for the elderly receiving facility care, or home care in depopulated areas of Japan by taking advantage of information and communication technology (ICT). As part of these efforts, old photos of the elderly were digitized and uploaded to cloud services. We created an environment to make these images accessible to staff caregivers so that they could utilize the data in various long-term care settings. Multimedia, such as interactive digital photo albums and slide show videos were produced by using uploaded photos. The elderly, along with their families and caregivers enjoyed watching personal images which resulted in stronger relationships with family and the care staff. We also created an environment to introduce and promote video chat software in order to increase the opportunity of communication between the elderly and their significant others. Video chat software makes it possible for the person you are talking with to share reminiscent media, as described above, and to be able to listen from a remote location. Finally, we have organized human resources and collaborated with a local welfare service and a local hospital in order to provide support to the elderly living alone. A method was proposed to build a rapport between the elderly and their support systems..

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Bataveljić, Dragan. "PRUŽANjE USLUGA OD STRANE ORGANIZACIJA ZA BORBU PROTIV SEKSUALNOG NASILjA I TRGOVINE LjUDIMA." In XVIII Majsko savetovanje. University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Law, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.46793/xviiimajsko.1019b.

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The author of this paper points to the increasing problem of sexual violence and human trafficking at the global level, as well as in Serbia and the republics ex- Yugoslavia. Unfortunately, this problem has not drawn much attention and the allocated funds, before all those from government budgets, have not been enough for training staff at specialized and other facilities to offer support and protective services to the victims of these criminal acts. Particular emphasis is placed on the state bodies, as well as local authorities and their institutions of social welfare, health insurance fund, national employment service and their branches in local communities. In this paper, the author also points to the need to further train staff who work in the field of education and coaching at all levels, starting from the pre-school institutions, up to the centers for long-life learning. The similar situation exists at the Ministry of Internal Affairs since it is expected from the representatives of this important government department and the police departments throughout Serbia, to offer the services of physical protection and hiding the identity of potential victims, their personal data and addresses. Currently there are no adequate technical and communication means, appropriate facilities and professionally trained staff to execute all these activities. Finally, it should be noted that the situation in the judicial sector is much better based on the survey they was conducted among the organizations which govern the activities aimed at the prevention of sexual violence and human trafficking.

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Bataveljić, Dragan. "USLUGE HUMANITARNIH ORGANIZACIJA." In XVII majsko savetovanje. Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Kragujvcu, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46793/uvp21.431b.

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The author of this work point to the fact that humanitarian organizations are the part of non-profit sector which are established and work in order to achieve general welfare of the individuals, particular social groups or society in whole. What is important to emphasize is that they belong to so called, voluntary sector whose work is transparent and is based on the laws of the country in which they operate. Each humanitarian organization has its own strategic plan, which as a written document, is aimed at achieving basic program goals. The monitoring of the implementation of adopted projects and the control of the management process are the mandatory (final) phases of their work. Humanitarian organizations as the part of non-state sector today play increasing role in offering services in various fields of social life to a wide range of beneficiaries. 0 It is interesting to note that these organizations are more present in developing countries and the countries in transition, particularly in the field of social services. The grounds for this situation can be found in the decentralization process and new, modified apprehension of the role of the state in the work of the growing number humanitarian organizations and movements. Namely, decentralization allows the delegation of powers and tasks from the central to local government levels and this is the main reason for rapid expansion of non-government sector on the global level and increasing participation of non-government sector in service providing.

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Darmajanti, Linda, Daniel Mambo Tampi, and Irene Sondang Fitrinita. "Sustainable Urban Development: Building Healthy Cities in Indonesia." In 55th ISOCARP World Planning Congress, Beyond Metropolis, Jakarta-Bogor, Indonesia. ISOCARP, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.47472/mbxo5435.

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The urban process or commonly called urbanization is a phenomenon that is occurring in several regions in Indonesia. In 2045, the projection results show 61.7% of Indonesia's population will live in urban areas. In the process, cities in Indonesia are facing several challenges related to Urban Infrastructure, decent and affordable housing, clean environment, local economic, slum, and urban poor (Social welfare). These indicators can have a positive impact on increasing the city index with healthy city categories, but also can have a negative impact with the increasing gap between the poor and the rich. The purposes of this study are to find out which cities in Indonesia fall into the category of healthy cities and to find out what factors and actors play a role in building healthy cities in Indonesia. The analytical method in this study is log frame analysis. The result is building healthy cities is closely related to the availability of aspects of life in urban areas: health services, environmental, and socioeconomic aspects. There are 3 cities in Indonesia: Palembang, Solo and Denpasar City. Building a healthy city is also an effort in improving health status, health facilities, cleanliness, garbage services, food availability, clean water, security, safety, park facilities, public transportation, art and culture facilities, housing, urban economics, religious facilities, and urban planning quality. Healthy cities in Indonesia will be achieved if efforts to improve not only physical health but also mental, social, economic and spiritual health are achieved. Finally, building a healthy city in Indonesia is an effort to contribute to sustainable urban development.

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Briot, Philippe, Ludivine Ponson, and Thierry Leterre. "Globalizing curriculum beyond the classroom: Service Learning Programs benefit Students, impact local issues and answer local needs to build bridges between cultures." In Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head19.2019.9417.

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Abstract Based on a case study, this article analyzes the effects of introducing Service Learning in the curriculum of a study abroad US Center. Explaining institutional motivations as well as resistances, this research shows that this introduction was essentially academic in nature, and represented an innovative way to some perceived deficiencies in the acquisition of learning objectives by students. This research also indicates the specific conditions in which this type of Service Learning can thrive, such as a strong welfare state context, which is both a support and a potential issue, and the necessity to have students supervised in their service by local managers. More general lessons are drawn for a successful practice of Service Learning abroad: clearly defined academic goals, strict distinction between Service Learning and other forms of volunteering or experiential learning, ethical rules to prevent patronizing attitudes among volunteers.

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Reports on the topic "Local welfare services"

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Bassi, Andrea. From “Social Impact” to “Social Value”. Liège: CIRIEC, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.25518/ciriec.wp202206.

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After the financial-economic crisis of 2008 there has been an increasing diffusion of discourses by international institutions stressing the necessity towards the adoption of impact evaluation methods both by for profit and SSE organizations. This craze for impact measurement is generally led by the need of the stock exchange to find new financial markets (demand) for an increasing offer of socially or environmentally oriented financial products (such as the Social Impact Bond). This pressure had the effect to spread terms and concept typically of the financial world to other domains, such as the welfare policy (Social Investment State) and the traditional philanthropic sector (Social Return on Investment). Even the SSE has not been immune from this “epidemic” of measurement, standardization, quantification of its activities’ effects (Salathé-Beaulieu, G. in collaboration with M. J. Bouchard and M. Mendell, 2019). The paper’s main aim is to argue in favour of the adoption of a broader conceptualization of the SSE contribution to the local community (and to the society as a whole) that the one implied by the term “impact”. It proposes a conceptual framework based on the “social value” notion, which requires to consider the worth (Bouchard, M. J. ed., 2009) linked to the presence of the organization itself and not only of its activities/ programs/services. The paper will illustrate and comment the main results from an empirical research on the Social Added Value Evaluation of an umbrella recreation association in the Emilia-Romagna Region. The inquire adopts an experimental design based on qualitative methods such as: focus groups, face to face interviews and on site observations, in order to build a consensual system of social value/impact evaluation to be adopted by the local branches of the regional association.

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Bacani, Eleanor, and Shinjini Mehta. Analyzing the Welfare-Improving Potential of Land Pooling in Thimphu City, Bhutan: Lessons Learned from ADB’s Experience. Asian Development Bank, November 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/wps200315-2.

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This paper examines empirically and spatially how welfare gains are realized in a land pooling scheme in four ADB-financed Local Area Plans (LAPs) in Thimphu city, Bhutan. Increased government efforts are required to take advantage of the full range of benefits of land pooling for Thimpu residents. The paper recommends a mix of fiscal and urban policy levers to address inefficiencies associated with the existing build-out pattern and infrastructure service quality. It offers insights on how unplanned development occurring outside serviced LAP areas, including along steep slopes and peri-urban areas in Thimphu thromdes, can be addressed most effectively. This paper is the second in a series of three working papers on the topic of land pooling produced by the Asian Development Bank’s South Asia Urban Development and Water Division. The series takes a deeper look at aspects including land pooling’s effectiveness, welfare-improving potential, relationship with safeguard policies, and its prospects as a land management tool in developing country cities.

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Arora, Sanjana, and Olena Koval. Norway Country Report. University of Stavanger, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31265/usps.232.

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This report is part of a larger cross-country comparative project and constitutes an account and analysis of the measures comprising the Norwegian national response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the year of 2020. This time period is interesting in that mitigation efforts were predominantly of a non-medical nature. Mass vaccinations were in Norway conducted in early 2021. With one of the lowest mortality rates in Europe and relatively lower economic repercussions compared to its Nordic neighbours, the Norwegian case stands unique (OECD, 2021: Eurostat 2021; Statista, 2022). This report presents a summary of Norwegian response to the COVID-19 pandemic by taking into account its governance, political administration and societal context. In doing so, it highlights the key features of the Nordic governance model and the mitigation measures that attributed to its success, as well as some facets of Norway’s under-preparedness. Norway’s relative isolation in Northern Europe coupled with low population density gave it a geographical advantage in ensuring a slower spread of the virus. However, the spread of infection was also uneven, which meant that infection rates were concentrated more in some areas than in others. On the fiscal front, the affluence of Norway is linked to its petroleum industry and the related Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund. Both were affected by the pandemic, reflected through a reduction in the country’s annual GDP (SSB, 2022). The Nordic model of extensive welfare services, economic measures, a strong healthcare system with goals of equity and a high trust society, indeed ensured a strong shield against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, the consequences of the pandemic were uneven with unemployment especially high among those with low education and/or in low-income professions, as well as among immigrants (NOU, 2022:5). The social and psychological effects were also uneven, with children and elderly being left particularly vulnerable (Christensen, 2021). Further, the pandemic also at times led to unprecedented pressure on some intensive care units (OECD, 2021). Central to handling the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway were the three national executive authorities: the Ministry of Health and Care services, the National directorate of health and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. With regard to political-administrative functions, the principle of subsidiarity (decentralisation) and responsibility meant that local governments had a high degree of autonomy in implementing infection control measures. Risk communication was thus also relatively decentralised, depending on the local outbreak situations. While decentralisation likely gave flexibility, ability to improvise in a crisis and utilise the municipalities’ knowledge of local contexts, it also brought forward challenges of coordination between the national and municipal level. Lack of training, infection control and protection equipment thereby prevailed in several municipalities. Although in effect for limited periods of time, the Corona Act, which allowed for fairly severe restrictions, received mixed responses in the public sphere. Critical perceptions towards the Corona Act were not seen as a surprise, considering that Norwegian society has traditionally relied on its ‘dugnadskultur’ – a culture of voluntary contributions in the spirit of solidarity. Government representatives at the frontline of communication were also open about the degree of uncertainty coupled with considerable potential for great societal damage. Overall, the mitigation policy in Norway was successful in keeping the overall infection rates and mortality low, albeit with a few societal and political-administrative challenges. The case of Norway is thus indeed exemplary with regard to its effective mitigation measures and strong government support to mitigate the impact of those measures. However, it also goes to show how a country with good crisis preparedness systems, governance and a comprehensive welfare system was also left somewhat underprepared by the devastating consequences of the pandemic.

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Community involvement in reproductive health: Findings from research in Karnataka, India. Population Council, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh17.1007.

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In 1996, the government of India decided to provide a package of reproductive and child health services through the existing family welfare program, adopting a community needs assessment approach (CNAA). To implement this approach, the government abolished its practice of setting contraceptive targets centrally and introduced a decentralized planning strategy whereby health workers assessed the reproductive health needs of women in their respective areas and prepared local plans to meet those needs. They also involved community leaders to promote community participation in the reproductive and child health program. Since 1998, several evaluation studies have assessed the impact of CNAA on the program’s performance and community participation. These studies showed that the performance of the maternal health-care program improved, whereas the functioning of the family planning program initially declined but later recovered. The approach achieved little in boosting community involvement. This project tested a new model of health committee to help stimulate community participation in reproductive and child health activities at the village level. The experiment, described in this report, was conducted in the Hunsur block of the Mysore District in Karnataka for two years. Researchers evaluated the impact in terms of community involvement and utilization of reproductive and child health services.

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