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Ari, Ismu Rini Dwi. "Participatory Approach to Community Based Water Supply System." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/151959.
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Nkhoma, Pearson. "Understanding child prostitution in Malawi : a participatory approach." Thesis, Durham University, 2017. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12089/.
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Despite being a topic of concern globally, child prostitution is understood neither comprehensively nor critically. In particular, there have been few attempts to develop any depth of understanding of child prostitution in sub-Saharan Africa. Current understandings are largely based on adult perspectives while children and young people’s own experiences of involvement have been marginalized. The study draws on theoretical approaches of children’s rights, radical and liberal feminism, structure and agency, and the Capability Approach, to examine decisions made by children within particular economic, social and cultural structures. Using a participatory approach, 19 participants used a range of visual methods to create stories of their journeys into prostitution and their day-to-day lives within the institution of prostitution. In this way, they demonstrated their own understandings of their own involvement. The study reveals the connections between: i) structural factors: patriarchal society, economic poverty, and cultural norms that govern marriage and limit access to education, ii) threats to livelihoods including HIV/AIDS, orphanhood, and climatic shocks that all contribute to constrain the life choices particularly of girls’ and young women. While it is clear that all but one of the participants exercised agency in deciding to engage in prostitution as a means of survival, they showed how involvement in prostitution further constrained their freedom to live lives that they valued. Describing experiences they endured as ‘being less than human’, they extended understanding of child prostitution by drawing attention to the complex nature of the phenomenon. The thesis ends by recommending a multi-dimensional policy approach to address child prostitution, making suggestions for further research including a deeper understanding of the demand side of prostitution, and recommends the use of the Capability Approach to illuminate questions of human development, human rights and social justice among other marginalized populations in developing countries.
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de, Vries Stephen. "Enhancing participatory democracy: in municipal affairs through the ward committee system: A participatory monitoring and evaluation approach." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6522.
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Magister Administrationis - MAdminLocal government is a key point of service delivery and is the sphere where most people interface with government. A good relationship with communities at local government level is therefore critical. Ward committees were designed to improve the relationship between citizens and municipalities and to give effect to the constitutional obligations of municipalities, to provide democratic government and to involve citizens in the affairs of local government. The establishment of ward committees has been met with great enthusiasm by local communities, as a platform to engage with municipalities. National government and provincial governments were key drivers in this project , with support to municipalities in the establishment of ward committee. This endeavour was intended to facilitate better relationships and cooperation between council and its communities. This objective of this research study was to explore whether participatory democracy can be enhanced through a participatory monitoring and evaluation approach within the current ward committee system. The main research question was whether ward committees could be utilised as effective instruments for participatory monitoring and evaluation of municipal service? The sub-questions were: what is the theoretical and legal framework for ward committees; what was the status of ward committee in Knysna Municipality; what were the challenges of the ward committee system; is there a role for ward committees in participatory monitoring and evaluation; and were there recommendations for the involvement of ward committees in participatory, monitoring and evaluation and improvement of the efficacy of ward committees? The study arose out of continuous service delivery protests by communities because of the dissatisfaction with the state of municipal services. Secondly, various research studies have found that, despite national, provincial and local government support programmes for ward committees, the majority remain ineffective and inefficient, and the social distance between communities and municipalities is growing. The lack of communication and the non-responsiveness of municipalities were found to be some of the main causes for the ineffectiveness of ward committees. Key theorists suggest that some of these protests would not occur if effective monitoring and evaluation are institutionalised and communities are involved in monitoring and evaluation. A participatory approach for monitoring and evaluation was therefore examined within the local government legislative framework of South Africa. A qualitative research method was chosen, using a case study design. The case study design was chosen because such studies do not attempt to make any generalisations in term of the results or that it will be similar in another case study. This study was focussed on exploring and understanding the issue. Primary data was collected through interviews and focus groups with ward committee members, ward councillors and municipal officials. Key findings gave emphasis to challenges of lack of communication, non-responsiveness of municipalities and contestation from other community-based organisations that had a negative impact on the credibility and authority of ward committees. The effectiveness of the municipal performance management system as a monitoring and evaluation tool was also questioned in the findings. The significance or value of the study lies in the finding that willingness for participatory monitoring and evaluation exists as does the insight into the status of municipal performance management systems. Recommendations are made for delegating monitoring and evaluation functions to ward committees. Further investigations into modalities for participatory or result-based monitoring and evaluation, as well as the impact of financial and audit driven performance management system are recommended.
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De, Vries Stephen. "Enhancing participatory democracy in municipal affairs through the ward committee system: a participatory monitoring and evaluation approach." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6719.
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Doctor EducationisLocal government is a key point of service delivery and is the sphere where most people interface with government. A good relationship with communities at local government level is therefore critical. Ward committees were designed to improve the relationship between citizens and municipalities and to give effect to the constitutional obligations of municipalities, to provide democratic government and to involve citizens in the affairs of local government. The establishment of ward committees has been met with great enthusiasm by local communities, as a platform to engage with municipalities. National government and provincial governments were key drivers in this project, with support to municipalities in the establishment of ward committee. This endeavour was intended to facilitate better relationships and cooperation between council and its communities. This objective of this research study was to explore whether participatory democracy can be enhanced through a participatory monitoring and evaluation approach within the current ward committee system. The main research question was whether ward committees could be utilised as effective instruments for participatory monitoring and evaluation of municipal service? The sub-questions were: what is the theoretical and legal framework for ward committees; what was the status of ward committee in Knysna Municipality; what were the challenges of the ward committee system; is there a role for ward committees in participatory monitoring and evaluation; and were there recommendations for the involvement of ward committees in participatory, monitoring and evaluation and improvement of the efficacy of ward committees? The study arose out of continuous service delivery protests by communities because of the dissatisfaction with the state of municipal services. Secondly, various research studies have found that, despite national, provincial and local government support programmes for ward committees, the majority remain ineffective and inefficient, and the social distance between communities and municipalities is growing. The lack of communication and the non-responsiveness of municipalities were found to be some of the main causes for the ineffectiveness of ward committees. Key theorists suggest that some of these protests would not occur if effective monitoring and evaluation are institutionalised and communities are involved in monitoring and evaluation. A participatory approach for iv monitoring and evaluation was therefore examined within the local government legislative framework of South Africa. A qualitative research method was chosen, using a case study design. The case study design was chosen because such studies do not attempt to make any generalisations in term of the results or that it will be similar in another case study. This study was focussed on exploring and understanding the issue. Primary data was collected through interviews and focus groups with ward committee members, ward councillors and municipal officials. Key findings gave emphasis to challenges of lack of communication, non-responsiveness of municipalities and contestation from other community-based organisations that had a negative impact on the credibility and authority of ward committees. The effectiveness of the municipal performance management system as a monitoring and evaluation tool was also questioned in the findings. The significance or value of the study lies in the finding that willingness for participatory monitoring and evaluation exists as does the insight into the status of municipal performance management systems. Recommendations are made for delegating monitoring and evaluation functions to ward committees. Further investigations into modalities for participatory or result-based monitoring and evaluation, as well as the impact of financial and audit driven performance management system are recommended.
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Otine, Charles. "Participatory approach to data warehousing in health care : UGANDA’S Perspective." Licentiate thesis, Karlskrona : Blekinge Institute of Technology, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-00491.
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This licentiate thesis presents the use of participatory approach to developing a data warehouse for data mining in health care. Uganda is one of the countries that faced the largest brunt of the HIV/AIDS epidemic at its inception in the early 1980s with reports of close to a million deaths. Government and nongovernmental interventions over the years saw massive reductions in HIV prevalence rates over the years. This reduction in HIV prevalence rates led to great praises by the international community and a call for other countries to model Uganda’s approach to battling the epidemic. In the last decade the reduction in HIV prevalence rates have stagnated and in some cases increased. This has lead to a call for reexamination of the HIV/AIDS fight with an emphasis on collective efforts of all approaches. One of these collective efforts is the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for those already infected with the virus. Antiretroviral therapy has numerous challenges in Uganda not least of which is the cost of the therapy especially on a developing country with limited resources. It is estimated that of the close to 1 million infected in Uganda only 300,000 are on antiretroviral therapy (UNAIDS, 2009). Additional challenges of the therapy includes following through a treatment regimen that is prescribed. Given the costs of the therapy and the limited number of people able to access the therapy it is imperative that this effort be as effective as possible. This research hinges on using data mining techniques with monitoring HIV patient’s therapy, most specifically their adherence to ART medication. This is crucial given that failure to adhere to therapy means treatment failure, virus mutation and huge losses in terms of costs incurred in administering the therapy to the patients. A system was developed to monitor patient adherence to therapy, by using a participatory approach of gathering system specification and testing to ensure acceptance of the system by the stakeholders. Due to the cost implications of over the shelf software the development of the system was implemented using open source software with limited license costs. These can be implemented in resource constrained settings in Uganda and elsewhere to assist in monitoring patients in HIV therapy. A algorithm that is used to analyze the patient data warehouses for information on and quickly assists therapists in identifying potential risks such as non-adherence and treatment failure. Open source dimensional modeling tools power architect and DB designer were used to model the data warehouse using open source MYSQL database. The thesis is organized in three parts with the first part presenting the background information, the problem, justification, objectives of the research and a justification for the use of participatory methodology. The second part presents the papers, on which this research is based and the final part contains the summary discussions, conclusions and areas for future research. The research is sponsored by SIDA under the collaboration between Makerere University and Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Sweden.
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Hayes, Melanie Johnson. "Experiences in parenting 2e children| A participatory action research approach." Thesis, Saint Mary's College of California, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10101058.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate and report the lived experiences of parents of twice exceptional (2e) children, utilizing participatory action research (PAR) methods. The primary question this study sought to answer was how parents of 2e children feel about parenting their children. A total of 20 parents participated in a PAR group and conducted research through telling their own stories, participating in a one-on-one interview, conducting a parenting survey, and developing artifacts for educating others about the characteristics and needs of 2e persons. The duration of this study was 12 months, during which time, the PAR members met monthly for three to four hours per meeting.
Key findings of this study indicate: 2e persons see themselves as a distinct special needs group; there are common characteristics and behaviors among 2e persons; 2e persons are a marginalized community; there is a lack of knowledge about 2e persons among academic, medical, and therapeutic professionals, consequently, parents of 2e children do not feel they can rely on them for support; parents of 2e children feel their children are often rejected and ostracized by others; they struggle to find ways to help their children be accepted by their extended family, community, and society at large; parents of 2e children experience high levels of stress as they work to mitigate societal barriers to their children's success; forming a community of like-minded parents offered the best form of support; while the PAR group realities were different from the idealized model, it offered an appropriate method for gathering data on parenting 2e children, as members felt comfortable researching with their community, rather than being objects of research; PAR group members saw themselves as activists and developed strategies for advocating for 2e persons.
These findings have implications for parents, educators, and medical/therapeutic practitioners, as they serve to illuminate characteristics, issues, and possible solutions for advocating and serving the needs of 2e persons. This study may also serve as a model for further PAR research, as it discusses the reality of the members' PAR experiences, compared with the suggested ideal PAR methods found in the literature.
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Ivanov, Nikola. "Participatory Design Approach to Teaching and Learning of School Mathematics." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22365.
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The thesis explores the possibilites of involving users – students and teachers – into the design process for an interactive textbook for assisting the teaching and learning of mathematics at a secondary school level. Involvement of students and teachers is executed with participatory design methodology for the purpose of infrastructuring between different actors – developers, designers, students and teachers, in order to suggest and emphasize novel, in terms of the market, ways for ideating, creating and evaluating concepts in the field of digital learning. The design process is executed with the aim of producing a re-design proposal for an existing interactive textbook – namely Exponent 1b by Gleerups Utbildning AB - a renowned Swedish publisher of learning materials. The proposal is part of the ideation phase of Gleerups’ project and the design process is adressed accordingly.The initial sections introduce a theoretical framework for looking at interactive learning environments and present examples of such environments and their functionalities. Significant focus is dedicated to the preliminary analysis of the current state of Exponent 1b and the follow-up participatory analysis and re-design process. The author’s proposals for improvements in the core functionalities and the interactions are based on the initial research of the theoretical framework, presented examples of integrated learning environments examples and services, and predominantly on the outcomes from the participatory analysis and design process. At the end of the thesis the author summarizes the outcomes concerning involvement of students, teachers, designers and developers, and inclusion of digital tools to facilitate learning and variety in teaching.
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Wimpenny, Katherine. "Participatory change : an integrative approach toward occupational therapy practice development." Thesis, Coventry University, 2009. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/c1fd7f27-ab06-16cc-fed8-a864a1e7a109/1.
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The implications of implementing evidence-based change in practice settings are complex and far reaching. Research examining ways to implement professional theory-driven approaches and support occupational therapists to advance their practice is limited. This participatory action research (PAR) study set out to investigate the implementation of an evidence-based occupational therapy conceptual model of practice, the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) (Kielhofner 2002) across a mental health occupational therapy service. Methods used involved preparatory workshops and twelve months of team-based, monthly group reflective supervision sessions. In addition individual meetings with the occupational therapists took place every six months for the initial twelve months and a further year thereafter. The findings present a fusion of theoretical positions which are integrated within a ‘Participatory Change Cycle’. Emphasis is placed upon the development of a communicative space within which critical consciousness-raising occurred. This in turn enabled the therapists to take steps to advance their practice in light of theory. Fundamentally the therapists engaged in a process of re-negotiation of their professional selves in front of colleagues and myself as an external group facilitator and in the context of professional and political structures. The findings examine how learning occurs amongst people, within the contexts in which it holds meaning; I explore how disciplinary learning has occurred via praxis, which served to transform identities and ways of knowing and participating. The study concludes with recognition of the need for an inclusive approach to practice development which embraces each individual therapist’s personal stance and professional craft knowledge alongside the contribution of intellectual constructs. It is argued that those involved in practice development initiatives work to develop a sustainable group collective, a community of practitioners who remain committed to their professional development whilst remaining mindful of contextual issues including subtle individualistic efforts to effect change, which are not always visible at face value. Furthermore, practice development initiatives require collaboration between occupational therapists from education and practice to maintain perspective regarding the contribution of both propositional and practical know-how.
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Jones, Kourtney Denise. "Empowering Early Childhood Teachers: A Community Based Participatory Research Approach." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/426.
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Despite a significant increase in the demands for teachers’ professional development, the work environments of teachers have not developed at a comparable rate. Due to research on inequity in teacher work environment, the purpose of this case study was to explore the role of empowerment in the early childhood education (ECE) workforce, using Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) as a framework. This project was done with 5 educators in a for‑profit ECE center. Over the course of five weekly sessions, the educators completed questionnaires, interviews, and engaged in weekly focus groups geared towards providing the teachers with an opportunity to share their experiences and collaborate on solutions for change in their work environment. Overall, descriptive statistics of the quantitative data did not demonstrate an increase in empowerment over the course of the project. However, the six emerging themes (i.e., Frustration with Center Operations and Corporate, Empowerment, Communication, Emotional and Physical Well‑Being, Teacher Unity, and Teacher Training and Education) provided important insights into the nature of teacher empowerment in the ECE setting, which informed lessons learned and future directions for research.
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Sajeva, Maurizio. "Governance for sustainable systems : the development of a participatory framework." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/13125.
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Despite an increasing recognition of the need for an integrative approach to sustainable development, there remains a tendency for this to be anthropocentric. Attempts to govern sustainability are invariably focused on the pre-eminence of the human perspective and social systems in the pursuit of human goals. This often means either excluding or attempting to control the external environment rather than understanding and responding to it. This thesis explores more holistic approaches to governance that are based upon the need for an improved understanding about the interconnections between social, economic and ecological systems. It examines current literature on governance for sustainable development and systems thinking as applied to it, with specific reference to Socio-Technical Systems (STS), social learning about systems’ interrelations and the nature of public goods. On the basis of this analysis, a systemic conception of governance for sustainability is developed and translated into a provisional framework that can aid participatory social learning relating to sustainable development. Three initial Socio-Technical Systems (STS) case studies are drawn upon to populate the empty framework (the European Critical Electricity Infrastructure (ECEI), the Finnish security system and the transition of energy systems towards a post carbon society); these are then analysed thematically to derive common governance for sustainability criteria. The final modified framework is then applied to an in depth, and on-going, case study of food systems’ security and sustainability and a final discussion considers how this governance framework (GAME) might contribute to future holistic decision making for more sustainable Socio-Technical Systems. The multi-method GAME supports the generation of future scenarios and core sustainability criteria by multiple stakeholders; reflecting needs, capabilities and limits that can maintain systems’ equilibrium. It also implies a more normative governance for sustainability and a commitment to improved evidence-based decision-making that reflects systems’ complexity and contributes to bridging the gaps between science, policy and society. The GAME is currently being extended to incorporate the user-friendly geospatial representations of impacts.
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Vega, D'Aurelio Davide. "Incentives for sharing heterogeneous resources in distributed systems : a participatory approach." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/336680.
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Contributory and volunteer computing ecosystems built around a community of participants need, like any other common-pool resources, an adaptive governance mechanism to guarantee the sustainability of the ecosystem. Reciprocity incentive mechanisms based on economic principles have been proved efficient solutions to regulate the resource sharing and allocation in large computing architectures, guaranteeing a direct retribution for each individual contribution even in presence of misbehaving users. However, while these mechanisms preserve the macro-equilibrium of the computational shared resources (e.g., CPU or memory), participants with fewer resources face problems competing for the attention of other members with more resources to cooperate with; making it difficult to apply such principles in practice. Additionally, active members of the community contributingin other aspects (e.g., doing administrative tasks or developing software) are not contemplated in traditional schemes although their time and effort are also part of the common-pool resource and hence, should be retributed somehow.
The aim of this thesis is to revisit some of the architectural aspects of current systems and propose a framework to govern contributory and volunteer computing ecosystems in a fairer way based on principles of participatory economics. Our main contributions in this thesis are threefold. First, we examine the mechanisms ruling the resource sharing and propose a new reciprocal incentive mechanism that measures participants¿ effort on sharing resources instead of their direct contribution, so it increases the collaboration opportunities of users with fewer resources in heterogeneous scenarios. Second, we propose a regulation mechanism for allocating new computational devices and distribute new resources within them, with the objective of increasing their impact in the common-pool resources when the demand of resources is supplied by the community. Third, we propose new methods to detect and analyze the social positions and roles of the community members, enabling the governance mechanism to be adapted taking into account members' effort on several tasks not considered otherwise.
The main contributions of this thesis conform a single framework that has been tested experimentally, using simulations, in a resource-sharing environment with non-strategic participants. Potentially, the mechanisms developed in this thesis will open new opportunities to apply political-economic and social ideas to the new generation of volunteer, contributory or grid computing systems; as well as other commonpool resources scenarios.Els sistemes de computació voluntària o contributiva construïts al voltant de comunitats de participants necessiten, com qualsevol altre common-pool resource, mecanismes de govern adaptatius que garanteixin la sostenibilitat de l'ecosistema. Els incentius recíprocs basats en principis econòmics han demostrat ser solucions eficients per regular la compartició i assignació de recursos en arquitectures de gran escala, garantint una retribució directa per cada contribució, inclús en presència d’usuaris maliciosos. No obstant això, mentre aquests mecanismes preserven el macro equilibri dels recursos compartits (p. ex., CPU o memòria), els participants amb menys recursos tenen problemes per competir per l'atenció dels altres membres amb més recursos quan volen cooperar amb ells; fent difícil en la pràctica aplicar aquests principis. A més a més, els membres actius de la comunitat contribuint en altres aspectes (p. ex., realitzant tasques administratives, o desenvolupant software) no es torben contemplats en els esquemes tradicions tot i que el seu temps i esforç també son part del common-pool resource i, per tant, haurien de ser compensats. L'objectiu d'aquesta tesi és revisar alguns dels aspectes d’arquitectura que fan que aquestes estratègies no funcionin i proposar un framework per governar ecosistemes de computació voluntària o contributiva duna manera més justa utilitzant principis de participació econòmica. Primer, examinem els mecanismes que controlen la compartició de recursos i proposem un nou mecanisme d’incentiu recíproc que mesura l'esforç dels participants mentre comparteixen recursos en comptes de la seva contribució directa, de manera que les oportunitats per cooperar incrementen pels usuaris amb menys recursos. En segon lloc, proposem un mecanisme per regular l'assignació de noves màquines de computació i recursos, amb l'objectiu de millorar el seu impacte en escenaris amb common-pool resource quan la demanda de recursos ha de ser subministrada col·lectivament. Tercer, proposem nous mètodes per detectar i analitzar els rols i posicions socials dels membres de la comunitat, permetent que els mecanismes de govern es puguin adaptar tenint en compte l'esforç dels participants en altres tipus de tasques prèviament no contemplades. Les principals contribucions d'aquesta tesi formen un únic framework que ha estat provat experimentalment, utilitzant simulacions, en un escenari cooperatiu amb participants no estratègics. Potencialment, els mecanismes desenvolupats en aquesta tesi obriran noves oportunitats per aplicar idees politico-econòmiques i socials a la nova generació de sistemes de computació voluntària, cooperativa o grid, així com escenaris common-pool resource.
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Brown, Jenean. "Evaluating a participatory approach to diversity training with multicultural counseling trainees." FIU Digital Commons, 2005. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1874.
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The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge about the impact and effectiveness of instructional practices used in teaching of multicultural diversity sensitivity courses at the graduate level. A participatory approach termed Transformative Diversity Training (TDT) was evaluated by examining how graduate students (N = 41 evaluated their own change in (a) awareness, knowledge, and skills for working with diverse clients, and (b) efforts to transform themselves, work settings, and/or communities toward more equitable practices. TDT impact was analyzed by examining participants' written responses to questions provided at pretest (start of semester), posttest (end of semester), and follow-up (one year later), using the qualitative data analytic method of Relational Data Analyses. Results indicated that most students (95%) gained awareness, knowledge and skills related to multicultural competence, and these gains facilitated personal and professional transformation through empowerment. Students reported continued transformative activities and social action one year after the course had ended
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Carcani, Klaudia. "Designing New Social Media Services For Seniors’ : A Participatory Design Approach." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-45596.
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The society is getting older. A process called aging at the bottom will come with demographic and consequently socio economic changes. Due to this tide wave of elderly I have focused my research on seniors and the need for designing new social media services for them. This thesis is focused an understanding senior’s daily life, their activities, their relationship with their family, friends and groups of interest, how are they currently using the technology and finally to find out with them possibilities for alternative social media services that can sustain or enhance their social engagement and participation. A participatory design approach has been used for the research. Different techniques like cartographic mapping future workshops, walkthrough and diary are the methods that I have chosen for the collection of data. Data gathers is analyzed through the usage of thematic analysis and the main thematic has been presented by the original expressions of seniors during the workshops. Social media is still in its begging when it comes to services for seniors and the opportunities available are huge. This research can be considered a good start also for further services in the future.
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Lewis, Sarah. "Understanding and unraveling the therapeutic correctional relationship, using a participatory approach." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2014. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/understanding-and-unraveling-the-therapeutic-correctional-relationship-using-a-participatory-approach(c50098c1-d09c-4f17-b07a-bd82079df328).html.
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This thesis examines how relationships that promote behavioural change are conceptualised and de-constructed within Probation practice in England and Wales, investigating the relational narrative and temporary tears in the relationship (ruptures). The project embraces a participatory approach, involving probationers1 and practitioners within the design, implementation and analysis of the research to acknowledge the benefits of listening to the “offender voice” within relational research. Seventeen Probation practitioners participated in focus groups and eighteen probationer interviews were undertaken, with the use of visual aids to enhance engagement. In light of the findings, the Dynamic Model of Therapeutic Correctional Relationships (TCRs) is presented to conceptualise TCRs, through an examination of its mechanisms. The relational narrative is de-constructed and five stages emerged from the data, these being; relational pre-conceptions, activating the TCR, developing the TCR, sustaining/maintaining the TCR and preparing to end the TCR. During each stage, it was found that certain aspects of practice could promote the development of TCRs over time. Finally, the findings suggest that relational ruptures exist within Probation practice and the management of ruptures are addressed through a set of principles. These principles promote the reparation of ruptures through acknowledgement, action, reflection and review. This thesis concludes with the proposal that practitioners need to “play‖ a new relational ―game” within Probation practice, to encourage the development of TCRs and support the processes of change.
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Cassar, Louis F. "A landscape approach to conservation : integrating ecological science and participatory methods." Thesis, University of Reading, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494787.
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Mediterranean ecosystems are intricately linked to human affairs. The shores around the Basin support remarkably interesting ecosystems that are important both biologically and socioeconomically. The region's landscapes, as well as its habitats and biota, all contribute towards the Mediterranean's richness and diversity. Over the millennia, however, the region has been the focus of landscape change and topographic modification as a consequence to continual colonization by different peoples and cultures. Particularly during the last decades of exceptionally rapid development, civilization has profoundly influenced the region's natural setting and degraded its environment. As Mediterranean landscapes are altered, the biodiversity of the region is adversely affected. in this context it is critical for conservationists and environmental managers to be able to draw on methodologies that adequately address the multitude of issues that influence the Mediterranean's landscapes.
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Babar, Ayesha, and Carine Kanani. "Monitoring of Vital Signs Parameters with ICTs : A Participatory Design Approach." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-97030.
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The development of internet-based technologies, the design and adoption of wireless wearable and smart devices have been a growing study spot in all domains. The healthcare sector as many others is making technological progress to improve healthcare services and patients wellbeing and avoid or minimize the use of manual and traditional practices such as the use of paper notes to record the vital signs parameters data. The vital signs parameters are the most monitored physiology features, they produce a big amount of data and request a close follow up to define the health condition of a patient. Continuous vital signs monitoring involves the usage of different devices and systems, which if appropriate positively impact the activities involved, by enabling the continuous generation of data and information about the overall health status of patients and contribute to the wellbeing of individuals, in terms of preventing and reducing fatal risks. To investigate this situation, this research’s focus was in three parts; first, investigate recent research about patient’s health predictions based on vital signs parameters and the impacts of continuous monitoring on the care given. Second, explore the availability in terms of i.e. sensors used in devices that can continuously track vital signs parameters. Last, to provide a possible design recommendation to improve and/or replace the existing devices for vital signs parameters measuring and monitoring in emergency and post-operative care. A qualitative approach and participatory design approach were used to collect data. The qualitative part was achieved through interviews and the participatory design part was accomplished by the future workshop and two prototyping techniques, paper and digital prototypes. The findings of this research were analysed using conceptual analysis, and also discussed using those concepts. Together with the participants, this research resulted in three design suggestions which if implemented shall improve the vital signs continuous monitoring activities, by facilitating the healthcare professionals in their clinical responsibilities and improving the patients wellbeing while admitted in Emergency and Post-operative wards.
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Arnold, Amy. "A participatory approach in practice lessons from a Peace Corps experience /." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1594489751&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Jones, Nicholas David. "A participatory modelling approach to developing a numerical sediment dynamics model." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2017. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/30006/.
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Despite the recognition of fluvial geomorphology as an important scientific input to the management of river catchments, limited knowledge exchange has occurred between scientific researchers and river management stakeholders. An example of this issue can be found within the limited uptake of numerical models of sediment dynamics by river management stakeholders. The uptake of these models is important as they have the potential to demonstrate how, at the catchment-scale, the impacts of management strategies of land-use change affect sediment dynamics and resulting channel quality. This thesis describes and evaluates a new transdisciplinary approach which involves river management stakeholders in an iterative and reflexive participatory modelling process. This approach aimed to create an environment for knowledge exchange and social learning between the stakeholders and the research team in the process of co-constructing a catchment-scale sediment dynamics model. This process involved four groups of UK river catchment stakeholders, who were involved in several stages of the participatory modelling process including: requirements analysis, model design, model development, model assessment, and an evaluation of the process. Stakeholders input into a number of aspects of the modelling process, such as: data requirements, user interface, modelled processes, model assumptions, model applications, and model outputs. The findings from the participatory modelling process provided valuable insights into the requirements of river management practitioners, and identified a number of gaps in knowledge for future research. The process evaluation critically assessed the participatory modelling process, and the solutions implemented to address the participatory issues identified in the literature. The findings revealed a number of methodological contributions including methods for ensuring participation is meaningful, and knowledge exchange and social learning occur. The usefulness and future of the developed model are also established through the model assessment. The conclusion reflects on these findings, identifies the implications for fluvial geomorphology and participatory modelling, and presents topics for future research.
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Lau, Charlotte. "Supporting User Engagement in Participatory Design: A Multiple-fidelity Prototyping Approach." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160978.
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Over the history of interaction design, concepts and methods of prototyping have been significantly developed to address new challenges faced by the field and the ever-going advancement of new technologies. Some of the important developments are related to the notions of mixed-fidelity prototyping, experience prototyping, and prototypes as filters. Building upon these developments, this study explores a multiple-fidelity prototyping approach, that is, using progressively higher fidelity prototypes in iteration. The study focused particularly on the design of user engagement. It documented, and contributed to, an actual design process of Xplore, an augmented reality game-based learning application. Three participatory design-style workshops employing low-, mixed-, and high-fidelity prototypes were conducted respectively. Thematic analyses of participants’ interactions revealed sets of themes in the workshops, which reflected the changing focus and scope of the design space. The implications of the results obtained in the study highlighted the role of prototypes of each fidelity level in engaging users in a design process, as well as the potential benefits of combining multiple fidelity prototypes when designing for user engagement.
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Bäckström, Kristina, and Hanna Hermansson. "A Participatory Approach Study in Ghana : "There is no one size fit all approach for participation"." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-3979.
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This is a Participatory Approach (PA) study done in Ghana, West Africa. We focus on two Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) in Ghana which uses a PA in their development work. Historically the development work in most African countries has been influenced by western countries, where development often was imposed from the top down, but nowadays, with PA, development seek to engage the local population in a community during the development process. Ghana has been struggling with poverty for several years, and the NGOs are of importance for the development in the country. The purpose of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of development workers’ perception of Participatory Approach and to increase the knowledge about how development workers’ at NGOs in Ghana are working with Participatory Approach. This is a qualitative research and we have used three methods in this Bachelor’s thesis. We have done six semi - structured interviews, one focus group and one field research. We had the interviews and the focus group with development workers at two NGOs. At the field research we had the opportunity to observe the development workers in action. The research questions in this Bachelor’s thesis are: - At two NGOs in Ghana, in what ways can the development workers’ perception of Participatory Approach be understood? - At two NGOs in Ghana, in what ways can the practise of Participatory Approach be understood? The development workers perception of PA, is that PA is important to get sustainable projects and to ensure ownership for all stakeholders in the development process. PA is an empowering process with focus on capacity building. The acceptance of oneself being in need is as important as the participation. Their perception about PA also include some challenges. PA is time- and money consuming , the flexibility that PA need is limited by deadlines and budgets. There are challenges related to social- and cultural values, your own as a development worker and the community’s. The contextual knowledge must be highlighted and the limitations of the organizations must be considered. Another concern is when peoples opinions are influenced by their expectaitions from what the NGOs can provide. The practise of PA is understood as a process where all stakeholders are involved from the beginning, a process to engage the community and make them active participants in every step in a development project. The development workers main role is to build capacity of the people on the field. They uses different tools to ensure participation; Stakeholder analyses, Community conversations and Key informants interviews. The practise can be understood in terms of different levels of participation and different intensity within different cycles in a development project. Depending of the role of the actor and the stage the process are going through, some actors are more active than others.
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Ilagan, Patricia. "Buddy Program, a participatory approach to cross-cultural adjustment of international students." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/mq23351.pdf.
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Webster, Ray. "A reflective and participatory approach to the design of personalised learning environments." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.431416.
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Henley, Joanna Jane. "Visual arts representations of marine science : in search of a participatory approach." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/1089.
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Bester, Alte. "A participatory action research approach to programme evaluation in a rural society." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52686.
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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Recently, Participatory action research (PAR) has become a common approach to social programmes in South Africa. This tendency has created a need to evaluate this kind of programmes to determine if it really achieves what it sets out to do. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an entrepreneurial skills training programme in a rural community where a participatory action research approach was followed. A literature review was undertaken to present an in-depth look into the body of literature that surrounds the study. Programme evaluation was discussed as a research design, including types and stages of evaluation. The concept of empowerment was investigated. The review also included a study of literature on PAR, especially the definitions, context and process of PAR. The role of entrepreneurship in rural development was also investigated as well as the evaluation of entrepreneurial skills training programmes. An entrepreneurial skills training programme was implemented in the rural town of Darling on the West Coast of South Africa. The PAR approach was followed in the implementation of the study that was conducted over a period of 15 months. Participants joined the programme that included different projects, voluntarily. The participants were divided into three groups according to their period of participation in the programme. The researcher facilitated actions as well as reflection meetings with the group of participants before and after the entrepreneurial skills training course. The researcher made field notes during the implementation of the programme. The participants' empowerment status was measured with a standardized questionnaire using a pre-test-post-test design. The participants' application of the entrepreneurial skills that were taught in the course was measured during semi-structured interviews at the end of the research perico. four case studies document the extremes of the respective outcomes of the programme, namely empowerment and entrepreneurship. Statistical analysis showed statistically significant improvements in the micro, macro and total empowerment scores of the total group. Looking at the three groups separately, group one showed statistically significant improvements on the micro and interface levels and group two on the micro level. Even though group three showed small improvements on all three levels, none of them were statistically significant. Data from the field notes wer:e analyzed according to the PAR concepts of participation, action and reflection. Participation mostly had a collaborative nature; action was aimed at economical change and reflection aimed at practical problem solving. The interviews revealed that 20 of the 24 participants had micro baking businesses at the end of the research period and they succeeded in the short-term goal of applying the skills that were taught in the course. The case studies showed no correlation between the participants' application of entrepreneurial skills and the changes in their empowerment status. The findings of the study suggest that the longer participants participate in a PAR programme, the bigger the improvement in their empowerment status will be. Monitoring of the implementation revealed that the study fell short of the "ideal type" of PAR, since participation was not yet collegiate. Actions were only effective in economic change and not in social transformation. Reflection resulted in limited critical self-awareness among the participants. The PAR approach has proven to be successful in the attainment of the short-term goals of an entrepreneurial skills training programme. The long-term sustainability of the entrepreneurs' businesses will have to be followed-up by further research.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die afgelope tyd is deelnemende aksie navorsing (DAN)'n algemene benadering tot sosiale intervensie programme in Suid-Afrika. Hierdie tendens het 'n behoefte laat ontstaan om hierdie tipe programme te evalueer om te bepaal of dit werklik die program doelwitte bereik. Die doel van hierdie studie was om 'n entrepreneursvaardighede opleidingsprogram in 'n landelike gemeenskap waar die DAN-benadering gevolg is, te evalueer. 'n Literatuuroorsig is onderneem om die konseptueie raamwerk wat vir die studie saamgestel is, te kan beredeneer. Programevaluering, insluitende tipes and stadia van evaluering, is bespreek as 'n navorsingsontwerp. Die konsep van bemagtiging is ook bestudeer. Die oorsig het 'n ook studie van literatuur oor DAN ingesluit, veral definisies, die konteks en die proses van DAN. Die rol van entrepreneurskap in landelike ontwikkeling is 00~ ondersoek sowel as die evaluering van opleidingsprogramme gemik op die ontwikkeling van entrepreneursvaardighede. 'n Entrepreneursvaardighede opleidingsprogram is in 'n landelike dorpie, Darling, aan die Weskus van Suid-Afrika geïmplementeer. Oor 'n periode van 15 maande is die DAN-benadering in die implementering van die program gevolg. Deelnemers het vrywillig by die program wat uit verskillende projekte bestaan het, aangesluit. Die deelnemers is na aanleiding van hul tydperk van deelname in die program in drie groepe verdeel. Die navorser het aksies sowel as refleksie byeenkomste met die groep deelnemers voor en na die entrepreneursvaardighede opleidingskursus gefasiliteer. Die navorser het veldnotas tydens die implementering van die program gemaak. Die deelnemers se bemagtigingstatus is gemeet met 'n gestandaardiseerde vraelys terwyl 'n voor-en-na-toets ontwerp gevolg is. Die deelnemers se toepassing van die entrepreneursvaardighede wat in die kursus geleer is, is tydens semigestruktureerde onderhoude aan die einde van die navorsingsperiode gemeet. Vier gevallestudies dokumenteer die uiterstes van die onderskeidelike uitkomste van die program, naamlik bemagtiging en entrepreneurskap. Statistiese analise het statisties betekenisvolle verbeteringe in die mikro, makro en totale bemagtigingsvlakke van die totale groep getoon. Afsonderlik gesien, het groep een statisties betekenisvolle verbeteringe op die mikro en tussenvlak getoon en groep twee net op die mikrovlak. Alhoewel groep drie klein verbeteringe op al drie vlakke getoon het, was geen van die verbeteringe statisties betekenisvol nie. Data van die veldnotas is volgens DAN konsepte, naamlik deelname, aksie en refleksie geanaliseer. Die deelnemers en die fasiliteerder se deelname het meestal In samewerkende aard gehad, aksie was gemik op ekonomiese verandering en refleksie was gemik op praktiese probleemoplossinq. Die onderhoude het aangetoon dat 20 van die 24 deelnemers aan die einde van die navorsingsperiode In mikro bakbesigheid gehad het en dat hulle daarin geslaag het om die korttermyn doelwit, naamlik die toepassing van die vaardighede wat in die kursus geleer is, te bereik. Die gevallestudies het geen korrelasie getoon tussen die deelnemers se toepassing van entrepreneursvaardighede en die veranderinge in hulle bemagtigingstatus nie. Die studie se bevindinge dui daarop dat hoe langer deelnemers aan In DAN-program deelneem, hoe groter sal die verbetering in hulle bemagtigingstatus wees. Die monitering van die implementering van die program het laat biyk dat die studie tekort skiet in vergelyking met die "ideaaltipe" van DAN, want die deelname was nog nie korporatief nie. Aksies was net suksesvol in ekonomiese verandering en nie in sosiale transformasie nie. Refleksie het tot beperkte kritiese "selfbewustheid" by die deelnemers gelei. Dit blyk dat die DAN-benadering suksesvol was om die korttermyn doelwitte van In entrepreneursvaardighede opleidingsprogram te bereik. Die langtermyn volhoubaarheid van die entrepreneurs se bakbesighede sal met verdere navorsing opgevolg moet word.
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Barbareschi, Giulia. "YouTransfer, YouDesign : a participatory approach to design assistive technology for wheelchair transfers." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10053997/.
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Transferring independently to and from their wheelchair is an essential routine task for many wheelchair users but it can be physically demanding and can lead to falls and upper limb injuries that reduce the person’s independence. New assistive technologies (ATs) that facilitate the performance of wheelchair transfers have the potential to allow wheelchair users to gain further independence. To ensure that users’ needs are addressed by ATs, the active involvement of wheelchair users in the process of design and development is critical. However, participation can be burdensome for many wheelchair users as design processes where users are directly involved often require prolonged engagement. This thesis makes two contributions to facilitate wheelchair users’ engagement in the participatory design process for ATs, while being mindful of the burden of participation. The first contribution is a framework that provides a modular structure guiding the participatory design process from initial problem identification and analysis to facilitating collaborations between wheelchair users and designers. The framework identifies four factors determining the need and adoption process for ATs: (i) People focuses on the target population, (ii) Person includes personal characteristics, (iii) Activity refers to the challenges associated with the task, and (iv) Context encompasses the effect of the environment in which the activity takes place. The second contribution constitutes a rich picture of personal and external elements influencing real world wheelchair transfers that emerged from four studies carried out to investigate the effect of the framework factors on the design process for ATs. A related outcome based on these contributions is a framing document to share knowledge between wheelchair users and designers to provide focus and promote an equal collaboration among participants.
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McGee, Dylicia Joy. "HOPE VI and Participatory Evaluation An Alternative Approach to Evaluating Neighborhood Revitalization." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1277123407.
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Agyemang, Isaac. "Assessment of environmental degradation in Northern Ghana : a GIS based participatory approach." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2007. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/602/.
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The task of understanding how human actions interact in a complex way to bring about environmental degradation requires a holistic research approach. This thesis examines the potential application of a GIS based participatory approach in the assessment of environmental degradation in northern Ghana. It is a development of GIS in participatory research earlier proposed by Abbot et al. (1998) and modified by Williams and Dunn (2003) to assess the impacts of landmines in Cambodia. Using the DPSIR (Driving force-Pressure-State-Impact-Response) framework of the European Environmental Agency as an assessment framework, conventional GIS techniques were integrated with participatory research tools, dubbed "community truthing", to assess the state of the environment, evaluate the driving forces, assess the impact, evaluate community coping strategies and their responses towards a better environment. The developed assessment framework was tested for its robustness in the Bolgatanga and Talensi-Nabdam districts of northern Ghana. While most of the study area was a healthy environment in 1990, by 2004 about 600 km2 of the land area was degraded to the point where it could not be used for any commercial purposes. Spatially, the problem was more pronounced in the mid-north of Bolgatanga and northeast of Talensi-Nabdam as identified from fieldwork and the interpretation of satellite images. It was observed that the problem of environmental degradation is aggravated by socio-economic and cultural processes that motivate individuals to engage in activities that exert many pressures on theenvironment. Impacts were evaluated to include threats of desertification, food shortages, cross-cultural tensions, health risk and reduction in living standards. Driving force reduction, effective environmental management practices, environmental awareness programmes and compensation to affected communities were responses participants perceived would help realise a better future environment. Based on the research findings, the thesis concludes that the developed assessment framework is an effective means of organising complex environmental information for environmental decision making.
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Le, Pira Michela. "Towards participatory decision-making processes in transport planning: an agent-based approach." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3934.
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The aim of the research is to give a contribution and an insight on the complex field of stakeholder involvement in transport planning, by analysing the role of decision-support methods and agent-based modelling in guiding a participation process.
The approach is twofold: from one side it is about to deeply understand the process of making a collective decision, by studying how the interaction among different actors can lead to a convergence of opinions towards a shared collective decision. From the other side, it is based on finding appropriate decision-support methods to help the group decision-making process.
Agent-based modelling and simulations have been used, in order to guide real participation processes and predict the results of an interaction process, and group multi criteria decision-making methods, to help taking consistent decisions based on several judgment criteria. The results of the research should help decision-makers and practitioners in dealing with multiple stakeholders and complex decisions and guiding the participation process.
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Althoff, Mary C. "Of mud and men rebuilding community identity after disaster : a participatory architectural approach /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1269371214.
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Thesis (Master of Architecture)--University of Cincinnati, 2007.Advisor: Aarati Kanekar. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Apr. 26, 2010). Includes abstract. Keywords: architecture; reconstruction; disaster; participation; india; micro credit. Includes bibliographic references.
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Madruga, de Brito Mariana [Verfasser]. "A participatory multi-criteria approach for flood vulnerability assessment / Mariana Madruga de Brito." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1170777937/34.
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Naidoo, Lynette. "The participatory development communication approach of Thusong service centres in Tshwane / L. Naidoo." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4149.
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Much discourse on the issue of development communication has focused on participation and its role in improving the lives of developing communities. This line of thought emanates from the theories of Paulo Freire and Martin Buber. Freirean dialogue, which emphasises dialogue and conscientisation emanated from Martin Buber's l-Thou and l-lt relationships and are relevant in this study because these concepts are pivotal in the endeavour to develop grassroots communities.
For purposes of this study participatory communication is associated with dialogue, self-reliance, empowerment, the communities' socio-cultural context and strategic communication. In an effort to improve service delivery in the public sector, the South African government resolved to provide communities across South Africa with both information and services through the establishment of Thusong Service Centres. The Thusong concept refers to 'a place to get help or assistance' in Sesotho, and has been the focus of government in carrying out its mandate in respect of development communication in South Africa.
This study adopted a qualitative research approach to gather data, to determine how the communication of Thusong Service Centres in Tshwane compare with the normative principles of participatory development communication. This study used purposive sampling and focused on the six Thusong Service Centres in Tshwane. The empirical study comprised document analyses of government policies, semi-structured interviews with senior Government Communication and Information Services (GCIS) personnel and personal observations at the six Thusong Service Centres.
An analysis of the communication of Thusong Service Centres with Tshwane communities show that there is inadequate alignment with the theoretical underpinnings of participatory development communication. Against the backdrop of Chin Saik Yoon's four ways of observing participation in development projects, namely, participation in implementation, evaluation, benefit and decision-making, the study indicates that Tshwane communities do not partake in participation in evaluation and participation in decision-making. Furthermore, using Freirean
dialogue as a benchmark, it was concluded that Thusong Service Centres do not fully meet the required principles of dialogue.
Although the abovementioned results indicate that development communication practised by GCIS at Thusong Service Centres is in the main linear in nature, the study makes practical recommendations on how the normative principles of participatory development communication may be implemented at these centres in order to fast track the development process.Thesis (M.A. (Communication Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.
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Althoff, Mary. "Of Mud and Men: Rebuilding Community Identity After Disaster A Participatory Architectural Approach." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1269371214.
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Zwane, Elliot Mahlengule. "Participatory development of an extension approach and policy for Limpopo Province, South Africa." Thesis, Pretori : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10172009-093242/.
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Serrato, Vidal Jesus Alfredo. "MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT PERSPECTIVE OF HISPANIC POPULATION: A COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH APPROACH." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/737.
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This study’s purpose is to shed some light on providers perspective of Hispanics with mental health issues experience, explore providers experience, Hispanics reason for terminating treatment and review providers recommendation to maintain Hispanic individuals and families in treatment. Other studies have established that Hispanics disproportionately underutilize mental health services in comparison to other population. Assuming Hispanics continue to grow and maintain the majority minority in the region of focus in Southern California where the study was conducted, then the finding in this study may serve to improve both Hispanics access to services and agencies and providers improving services to this population. Furthermore, the study can be utilized by other interns, social worker and professionals alike as a form of an in-service on Hispanics perspective of mental health and how to overcome some of the barriers when servicing this population. This qualitative study used individual interviews as a resource to shed some light on themes from the perspective of a variety of mental health providers. Individual interviews were audio recorded via a digital recorder then transcribed to a Word file. A variety of themes on the subject matter emerged from participants responses.
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Tobiasson, Helena. "Game over or play it again and again. : participatory design approach within Special Housing." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-53759.
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Activities that are fun, social, engaging and put something at stake are positive for your health no matter age or condition. What can you do if you suffer from dementia and are living at a Special Housing? According to research you should dance, visit the garden, get tactile massage discuss artworks etc. Still, despite all these proposals there are many voices from this domain, telling stories about living without live. Suffering from dementia may affect your ability to speak for your self and initiate activities. How can we know what they want and not what we think they need but they don’t seem to get or might not even want? Why don’t we ask them?We propose more focus on participation and design methods to guide the way.In this report, the author discusses the experience in conducting a Participatory Design research project intended to develop a technological and a related organizational intervention. The aim was to support people with dementia living in a Special Housing with fun and engaging activities. A short description of Participatory Design as an approach within research projects and a description of how it was used in this research study are given. We then discuss the experience in conducting the research, some of the users’ comments and responses, challenges, success stories and drawbacks when trying to design and test an activity in a readymade setting with fixed schema for several weeks ahead. The overall reflection being that Participatory Design has great potential for interventional projects and research focusing on leisure activities in everyday life for people with dementia.We proposes this being due to the two concepts – participation and design
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Kumar, Prashar Sunil. "Prioritizing Community Actions for Climate Related Disaster Resilience: A Participatory Approach in Delhi, India." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/161042.
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Ijasan, Kola. "Contextualising the participatory role of BMEs in community regeneration : a requirements and challenge approach." Thesis, University of Salford, 2011. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26724/.
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The importance of engaging members of minority communities in the process of community regeneration has been the focus of many governments in the UK. The benefit of doing this has also been well stressed and documented among politicians and members of the academia. In spite of this, Black and Minority Ethnic BME group members who make about 12% of the total population of UK usually settled in deprived inner city locations. They are also still not optimally engaged in regeneration activities in the communities where they reside in spite of all efforts. This poses such problems as services not being sensitive to their needs, loss of sense of belonging and also social exclusion. These problems form the underlying principles upon which this research is based. In the light of the current challenge of lack of participation of the BMEs, this research embarks on a mission to address the situation by proposing a framework which can serve as achievable guideline for organisations saddled with the responsibility of community regeneration. In order to achieve this, this research project reviewed extant literature on what community and regeneration means, and what participation means for BMEs. It also reviewed what being a BME means, what the community regeneration needs of BMEs are and what the barriers preventing BMEs from participation are. Upon completion of the literature review, key findings were highlighted. These findings informed the choice of the use of both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies in gathering data. As a result of the literature review and data gathering and analysis, this research has Developed an understanding of the process of community regeneration, the importance of community engagement, the relevance of partnerships and the current place of BMEs as participants in this process Categorised the various reasons and barriers mitigating against BMEs in the process of participation in community regeneration Highlighted the housing and community needs of the BMEs Suggested solutions to this challenge of lack of BME participation and engagement in the process of community regeneration as it emerged from interviews and questionnaires Proposed a framework for the enhancement of BME participation based on the barriers facing BMEs as well as their housing and community needs It is expected that the developed framework will assist government agencies and community groups embarking on community regeneration schemes within a community with sizeable BME representation to optimally engage with the local BME residents by adequately analysing the people, understanding their local needs, timing the consultation and gaining trust, using the list of good practices and recommendation highlighted. Some of the main findings of the research are that being a BME in itself is not a function of skin colour but a combination of some probable social exclusion and deprivation that might be suffered as a result of this. The research also realised that although there is no clear cut definition for what constitutes 'participation' in regeneration. The challenge with BMEs is not lack of participation as widely believed, on the contrary, BMEs want to participate but they have a preference for community groups when it comes to participation. The research concluded among other things that BMEs have some characteristic needs in regeneration and that the factors preventing BMEs from participating in regeneration can be categorised into three i.e. personal barrier, joint barriers and institutional barriers.
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Salas, Daniela. "Does a participatory sharing and learning approach make an effective HIV provider training program?" restricted, 2007. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07172007-161836/.
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Thesis (M.P.H.)--Georgia State University, 2007.Title from file title page. Michael Eriksen, committee chair; Betty Apt, Marshall Kreuter, committee members. Electronic text (121 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps)) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Oct. 25, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-115).
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Archambault, Angela K. "Drug treatment centers in Afghanistan: creating a participatory approach to tackling the drug trade." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27784.
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This thesis assesses drug-treatment quality in the three Afghan provinces of Kabul, Kandahar, and Badakhshan by evaluating the extent to which UNODC and WHO standards of care are met. The assessment is structured to show how recovery capital, institutional development, and community action sway an addicts ability to quit drugs successfully. In contextualizing the case studies, a social-economic and political framework is also developed, finding a linkage between addiction, poverty, and drug trafficking. The most successful drug treatment programs follow the nine UNODC/WHO components, enrich community networks, invest in developing human capital, and adapt treatment protocols quickly to Afghanistans unique circumstances. Provinces with vibrant markets are even more effective at providing quality drug treatment because they are more socially invested in their community. In conclusion, this thesis recommends that we consider the social implicationssuch as poverty, economics, mental health, and educationwhen tackling corruption and countering narcotics. Social programs cannot exist in a weak governance system that propels violence. Counseling addicts and improving poverty rates will improve trust between partnerships, instill a sense of empowerment within the poor, create an outlet for social change, and incentivize the community to move away from the illicit drug market.
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Vargas, Ana Cristina S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Tracing public space : a participatory approach to transform public spaces in low-income communities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91418.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Vita.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135).
Rapid urban growth has challenged our traditional planning methods. It has been a driver for the increase of overcrowded informal settlements in major cities of the developing world, which shelter one third of the world population. Lack of infrastructure, open spaces, and unsafe structures challenge the livelihoods of their citizens. Consequently, over the last fifty years, governments have addressed this issue in different ways, from eradicating informal settlements and building new housing, to retrofitting the existing conditions with infrastructure and public spaces through slum rehabilitation. Accepting the idea of working with existing developments to improve the status quo, architects, planners, artists and activists in general have relied on participatory planning and community engagement to improve urban conditions by addressing underlying local needs through small-scale interventions. This thesis introduces a new methodology to study, create awareness and inspire future leaders, children, to take action to transform public spaces in high-density informal settlements. It proposes a multi scalar bottom-up analysis, with innovative tools of representation and design to address the challenges of community public spaces. The 'Tracing Public Space' method has been developed through fieldwork in India, Venezuela and the USA. The method is based in observation, representation and design using a 'toolkit' that enables a two-way learning process between the designer as an 'outsider' and children as 'insiders'. The thesis is focused on fieldwork done in the Malvani Transit Camp in Mumbai where over forty years of informal and permanent growth the existence of open shared courtyards is threatened. These small-scale open spaces are crucial for communities, and particularly for the women and children who are their main users. Tracing Public Space becomes a vehicle to sensitize the community to protect courtyards from encroachments and promote an inclusive and adaptive use of shared space.
by Ana Cristina Vargas.
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Lama, Tshering. "A participatory action research approach to telemedicine supported health care delivery in rural Nepal." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2011. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/11374/.
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Rural and geographically isolated, the majority of Nepalese communities have very low incomes, poor transportation, and scarce health care resources; these people provide the context for this study. The consequences of these deprivations include high maternal and infant mortality rates, high prevalence of infectious disease and poverty. There are therefore exceptional challenges and disparities in meeting health care needs. However the recent advent of modern information communication technology (ICT) or Telemedicine has unleashed a new wave of opportunities for supporting the delivery of health care services. Despite suggestions that telemedicine will offer hope in developing countries there is only limited published evidence to support this claim. Telemedicine is and must remain a process of the delivery of care rather than a technology. The system must connect patients and healthcare professionals in a chain of care, rather than follow the wide array of existing or new and advanced technology. The successful introduction of telemedicine with tangible outputs requires an in-depth understanding of the existing health care system of the country and its challenges; strongly expressed ‘genuine need’ for the service by all the stakeholders as interested partners (patients, practitioners, health care service providers and the public); the actual status of ICT infrastructure in the country and costs. This study used a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach to explore the feasibility, acceptability and impact of a telemedicine system in partnership with Dhulikhel Hospital: Kathmandu University Hospital and with three of its 12 rural, remote outreach centres, and the populations they serve. Participatory, repeated data collection methods included surveys, interviewing, listening and being with staff and communities over a two year period. The researcher and researched engaged in a complex inter-locking journey from which the Unlocking, Unblocking and Validation concepts emerged. The findings of this study emphasise the pivotal role that the rural health care workers play. Telemedicine not only has a place in improving access to healthcare through enhanced communication but it also empowers health care workers. These people need continued support to develop their competencies and boost their confidence within the changing health care environment. In conclusion telemedicine is primarily about people rather than technology. Effective and holistic telemedicine development is built upon a combined, interactive model involving access, communication and empowerment.
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Yu, Yang. "A mixed reality approach to 3D interactive prototyping for participatory design of ambient intelligence." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/17986/.
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Ambient Intelligence (AmI in short) is a multi-disciplinary approach aimed at enriching physical environments with a network of distributed devices in order to support humans in achieving their everyday goals. However, in current research and development, AmI is still largely considered within the engineering domain bearing undeveloped relationship with architecture. The fact that architecture design substantially aims to address the requirements of supporting people in carrying out their everyday life activities, tasks and practices with spatial strategies. These are common to the AmI’s objectives and purposes, and we aim at considering the possibilities or even necessities of investigating the potential design approach accessible to an architectural context. For end users, AmI is a new type of service. Designing and evaluating the AmI experience before resources are spent on designing the processes and technology needed to eventually run the service can save large amounts of time and money. Therefore, it is essential to create an environment in which designers can involve real people in trying out the service design proposals as early as possible in the design process. Existing cases related to stakeholder engaged design of AmI have primarily focused on engineering implementation and generally only present final outcome to stakeholders for user evaluation. Researchers have been able to build AmI prototypes for design communication. However, most of these prototypes are typically built without the involvement of stakeholders and architects in their conceptual design stage. Using concepts solely designed by engineers may not be user centric and even contain safety risks. The key research question of this thesis is: “How can Ambient Intelligence be designed through a participatory process that involves stakeholders and prospective users?" The thesis consists of the following five components: 1) Identification of a novel participatory design process for modelling AmI scenarios; 2) Identification of the requirements to support prototyping of AmI design, resulting in a conceptual framework that both "lowers the floor" (i.e. making it easier for designers to build the AmI prototypes) and "raises the ceiling" (i.e. increasing the ability of stakeholders and end users to participate in the design process deeply); i 3) Prototyping an experimental Mixed Reality Modelling (MRM in short) platform to facilitate the participatory design of AmI that supports the requirements, design process, and scenarios prototyping; 4) Case study of applying MRM platform to participatory design of a Smart Laser Cutting Workshop(LCW in short) which used to evaluate the proposed MRM based AmI design approach. The result of the research shows that the MRM based participatory design approach is able to support the design of AmI effectively.
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Herod, Kate. "Exploring the experiences of vulnerable families : a critical reflection on the participatory research approach." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2014. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/4567/.
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This thesis documents research undertaken to understand the experience of families who have lived with domestic violence, substance misuse and subsequent child protection intervention. Initially a participatory methodology was adopted, which presented significant challenges. This thesis presents a critical reflection of using the participatory methodology with vulnerable and stigmatized families and the divergence that this research experienced from participatory ideals when operationalized in a real-world setting. A range of methods have been employed to capture these experiences through a series of ‘polyvocal’ stories that not only provide authentic research findings, but also gave participants the chance to speak collectively about issues that concern them. This is an opportunity rarely afforded to families involved in child protection. Specific issues raised include the difficulty of inhabiting dual status as victim or perpetrator of domestic violence and a parent, the complexity of assessing structural injustice as opposed to agency responsibility when researching traumatic events and how services responses of ‘kinship care’ arrangements have substantial flaws. The study also generated new insight into the experiences of men as fathers and how ‘risk’ is assumed to be cross-contextual. No easy solutions are proposed, but the participatory principles employed demonstrate the need to embrace a high level of reflexivity to address the challenges of power sharing with vulnerable people. The identity barriers to transformational relationships of families involved in child protection services also need to be reviewed. Only then will safe and ethical research and social work practice become possible.
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Sims, Tara. "A participatory design approach to developing upper limb prostheses for children and young people." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2014. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/367055/.
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Upper limb difference can have both a physical and psychological effect on a child, impacting on functional abilities and activity participation. Fortunately upper limb loss amongst children is a rare condition. This, however, has resulted in a ‘postcode lottery’ in the provision of services and a lack of clinical guidance. Research that has been conducted into children’s satisfaction with devices is scarce and has relied on parent proxy reports and quantitative measures. The views of children and young people have, therefore, not been satisfactorily explained. The views of parents and professionals are also vital to the improvement of services and devices, but are not well represented in previous research. In order to ‘give voice’ to the users of paediatric upper limb prostheses and involve them in the development of new devices, a participatory design approach (the BRIDGE methodology), using focus groups and interviews, was taken. The data was subjected to a number of thematic analyses, revealing the following: • Children have an ambivalent relationship with prostheses and are dissatisfied with the devices available to them; • Adjusting to having a child with limb loss is a difficult and complex process for parents and prostheses have a part to play in this process; • Decisions regarding the prescription of prostheses are influenced by factors related to the client (child and parents), the devices available, and the institution/profession within which the prescriber works. The findings supported previous assertions that prostheses for children need to be lighter, more comfortable, more useful and more attractive. Additionally, they should be safe, quick and easy to use, and natural (in both appearance and movement). The findings have implications for clinical practice, device development and research with children. Approaches to assessment and treatment should move away from a medicalised view of using a prosthesis to ‘treat’ a ‘deficiency’ and should focus on the needs of the family unit. Device development needs to focus on task-specificity, modularity, comfort and weight. Finally, this study has demonstrated that children and young people can and should be involved as equal partners in the development of daily living equipment.
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Shambaugh, Roy Neal. "Development of a Co-participatory and Reflexive Approach to Teaching and Learning Instructional Design." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26130.
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While there are numerous models to practice instructional design, few instructional models to teach instructional design have been documented. This dissertation documents the development of a reflexive teaching model for the teaching of instructional design (ID) in a graduate education program. The model supports co-participatory learning of instructional design and mutual examination of one's learning and participation by both instructor and students. A design and development framework is used to describe the design decisions, model implementation, and evaluation of the model across six deliveries, or case studies, of a masterâ s level instructional design course from 1994-1998. Design decisions included course sequence, learning tasks, instructional materials, and assessment rubric. Model implementation described student responses to instruction and instructor efforts to assist learners. The model was evaluated in terms of student performance on instructional design projects, student perceptions of their learning, and instructor responsivity to learner needs. The model's development was summarized in terms of changes in design decisions, model implementation, and model evaluation over the six cases. A discussion of the reflexive model is presented using Joyce and Weilâ s (1996) conceptual approach, describing the modelâ s social system, syntax, participantsâ reaction, support system, plus the model's instructional and nurturant effects. Four categories of conclusions address improvements to the instructional approach, conditions that promote successful use of the model, impact of the model on student and teacher learning, and conditions conducive to efficient model development. Limitations of the study, future research options, and the implications of the model for ID instruction, the ID process, and teacher inquiry are discussed.Ph. D.
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Siruma, Amanda Tatenda. "Adolescent pregnancy: a community engaged participatory approach to design and implement an educational intervention." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/54656.
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Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 focuses on improving maternal health, due to global acknowledgment that no woman should have to die as a result of complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Adolescents have an increased risk of maternal death compared with older women. Adolescent pregnancy also poses a threat to the empowerment of young girls by mitigating their physical, educational, social, and economic development. In this context, maternal health promotion strategies which inclusively target adolescents are crucial, not only in improving maternal health outcomes, but also in optimising the overall transition of adolescent girls to adulthood. This study was a first time collaborative partnership of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Community Engagement Office of Rhodes University with the Angus Gillis Foundation (a non-profit community development organisation), and community participants of Glenmore and Ndwayana, two rural communities in the Eastern Cape. The aim of this study was to identify the maternal health issue of most concern to community participants and to design and implement an appropriate educational intervention for a suitable target group. During the baseline phase of this study, ten focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with 76 community stakeholders. Semi-structured interviews (SSIs) were conducted with two Sisters-in-Charge from each Primary Health Care (PHC) facility in the study setting. Data on the stock status of World Health Organization (WHO) identified lifesaving priority medicines for women’s health was also collected at both PHCs. Thereafter, pre- and posteducational interventions SSIs with female adolescent participants were conducted. The educational intervention was followed up with the development of a booklet on reproductive health. FGD participants identified adolescent pregnancy as the maternal health issue of most concern. They also highlighted challenges in service delivery of ambulance services for expectant mothers in urgent need of transportation to a referral hospital. A majority of preintervention SSI participants indicated coercion from both younger and older men as a factor influencing early sexual debut amongst adolescent girls in their communities. Despite availability in the PHCs, challenges in accessing contraceptives were highlighted by the participants. Additionally, a number of sexually active adolescent girls defaulted on their next allocated visit to the PHC due to myths regarding use of oral and injectable contraceptives. During the educational intervention sessions, participants recognised knowledge gaps regarding reproductive health issues and the influence of peer pressure as constraining factors in preventing adolescent pregnancy. During the post-intervention phase, participants highlighted that the educational intervention of this study had provided a forum to discuss ways of preventing adolescent pregnancy. The educational booklet developed is intended to serve as a resource tool of the educational programme on prevention of adolescent pregnancy, which is expected to be incorporated into the Angus Gillis Foundation’s existing ‘Positive Health’ Programme. The results of this study show that community-based participatory research facilitated the identification of the maternal health issue of most concern to these communities. Working synergistically with key stakeholders in designing and implementing an educational intervention for preventing adolescent pregnancy provides a good foundation for future up scaling and sustainability of this educational programme.
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MacAskill, Stefen A. "Enhancing affordable housing policy through green building principles: An integrated participatory system modelling approach." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/401349.
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This thesis establishes new insights into the provision of affordable, operationally efficient rental housing in Australia, within the context of government-supported affordable rental housing schemes. A revision to the Australian ‘Affordable Housing Bond Aggregator’ (AHBA) model is proposed, which includes the integration of a green building mandate on affordable rental housing stock and the utilisation of sustainable financing pathways – notably green bonds.
Linkages between the operational utility efficiency of rental housing, sustainable financing avenues, and outcomes for low- and middle-income households are investigated; furthermore, how ongoing operational utility efficiencies, achieved through green building principles, may be captured to improve the efficacy of government social support schemes as a system is examined. This research has implications for the Australian affordable housing sector.
This thesis applies a mixed-methods approach to address and synthesise the following three concepts:
1) Green building principles as a demand-side subsidy to improve tenant outcomes within affordable housing policy. A case study is presented.
2) The application of green versus conventional housing bonds as a financing mechanism for affordable housing policy. A systematic literature review is undertaken to reveal plausible financing cost savings and ‘green premium’ determinants.
3) Lastly, an operational system dynamics model is developed to examine the outcomes of the AHBA in South East Queensland, and also to forecast the implications for integrating green building principles, including green bonds, against environmental, social, and economic outcomes.
First, this research engages with a case study to investigate the financial value of green building principles within South East Queensland. Rising energy, water, and gas costs exert increasing financial pressure on low- and middle-income rental households, which are often subject to issues of split-incentives. The split-incentive problem concerns the lack of appropriate incentives for landlords to implement green building principles and associated utility efficiency measures. Little incentive exists for landlords to invest in operational utility efficiency upgrades to rental housing within existing Australian affordable housing policy. In addition, the financial implications of doing so are not well understood. This study therefore seeks to identify the financial value of green building principles over a 10-year rental tenancy. A multi-residential affordable housing development in Yeronga, Brisbane is analysed from the design stage; two scenarios are studied to determine the estimated household utility savings between a ‘Business as usual’ and ‘Green-certified’ case. Operational utility efficiencies, achieved through green building principles, are modelled to reduce total housing costs by 1.7–3.8% (an average approximate saving of AUD $5–18 per week) for one- and four-person low-income households, respectively. These savings are regarded as a demand-side subsidy that directly benefit tenants. The costs for implementing green certification are assessed, which are found to be marginal when compared with the longer-term operational cost savings of the improvements. The findings provide evidence to suggest that a case exists within public affordable housing policy to expand on the conceptual notion of ‘housing assistance’ from a direct discount to market rent approach (or cash subsidy) to one that includes a broader set of factors – such as operational utility efficiency. The study proposes that incentives provided under government-supported affordable housing policy offer an avenue for mediating split-incentive problems through an incentive structure that utilises a mix of demand- and supply-side subsidies to reduce housing stress for low- and middle-income households, and to promote the supply of affordable housing options. The implications of the study relate to innovative perceptions of affordable rental housing subsidies through green building practices.
The second study employs a systematic literature review to investigate plausible debt financing benefits for affordable housing policy by engaging with the green bond market. The green bond market is emerging as an impactful financing mechanism towards climate change mitigation efforts. Studies have revealed the notion of a ‘green premium’ or ‘greenium’ within green bond pricing, including insights into influential characteristics and the drivers that govern it. However, methodological heterogeneity among these studies has resulted in general ambiguity regarding a consensus over the existence of the green premium. This research addresses this gap through a systematic literature review that aims to establish a consensus on the existence – or nonexistence – of a green premium in the green bond market. The review examines studies published between 2007 and 2020. A ranking of the green bond characteristics most likely to exhibit a green premium is organised, including a framework of driving factors. The findings confirm a consensus on the existence of a green premium within 56% of primary and 70% of secondary market studies, particularly for those green bonds that are government-issued, investment grade, and that follow defined green bond governance and reporting procedures. The green premium varies for the primary market; however, an average green premium of −1 to −9 basis points on the secondary market is observed. The study has implications for bond pricing theory by suggesting that future bond pricing should consider noneconomic motives of investors, such as environmental preferences. Furthermore, they suggest plausible financing benefits should future Australian affordable housing policy integrate a mandate for green building certification. This is particularly the case for the AHBA with regards to linkages between a large pool of green-certified housing assets and government-issued housing bonds.
Lastly, the thesis organises the concepts of green building and sustainable financing into an operational system dynamics model. System dynamics is a method for analysing the dynamic complexity of social systems with a strong emphasis on computer simulation. Building on the aforementioned foundation studies, the model is framed around the recently introduced AHBA policy framework. Its purpose is to assess two policy scenarios: a business as usual and a green-building policy scenario. The latter establishes a mandate on green building standards within affordable rental housing together with the use of green versus conventional bonds. The impact on social, environmental, and economic outcomes of the framework over a 20-year horizon is assessed. The boundary of the model is within the South East Queensland metropolitan area of Australia. Overall, it is found that the green building framework will deliver 2.37% less housing due to higher initial capital costs. However, green affordable housing delivers substantial long-term energy and water efficiency benefits, improved affordability for tenants due to reduced utility costs, deferred water and energy infrastructure benefits, and considerable contributions towards Australia’s carbon emission reduction targets. Tenants are expected to benefit from a 45–59% reduction in energy and a 27% decrease in water bills. Moreover, a shift to affordable green building policy could contribute to 2.9% of Australia’s Conference of Parties 2030 carbon emissions reduction target if applied nationally. The thesis concludes with a sensitivity analysis, revealing policy refinement recommendations that would yield the benefits of green affordable housing without sacrificing the small reduction in housing stock delivered by the proposed program. It is determined that a green building grant provided to developers would mitigate the reduction in affordable housing supply, and at a net financial cost that is lower than the aggregated benefit. Overall, this research has implications for the future of Australian affordable housing policy through providing evidence to suggest that a focus on green building principles at a policy level may offer a broad base of economic, environmental, and social benefits, which are detailed in this thesis.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Eng & Built Env
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Spies, Van Zyl. "Emancipation Through Participation: A Case Study." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21294.
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Over the past few decades there has been a concerted effort in southern Africa forcommunity based natural resource management (CBNRM) programs. The generalpremise behind CBNRM allows local communities to be empowered to utilize theirsurrounding natural resources to facilitate socio-economic growth. This is seen as aneffective rural development tool which often takes on the form of eco-tourism inSouth Africa. It creates a link between nature conservation and socio-economicdevelopment needs and is normally built on existing conservation areas such asnational parks (Ezeuduji et al. 2017: 225).“Protected area outreach” is a form ofCBNRM (Chevallier 2016: 6), and this degree project examines how stakeholderparticipation was incorporated into the formulation of Kruger National Park’s (KNP)ten-year management plan. Using KNP’s stakeholder engagement process as anaturalistic case study, the aim is to discover the extent of participation and whethertrue empowerment is facilitated. This was done via document analysis of the 2018KNP Stakeholder Participation Report using the emancipatory approach. Thisapproach is influenced by critical, post-colonial and intersectional theory andemphasizes the attainment of social justice through the unveiling and dismantling ofinvisible oppressive power structures (Wesp et al. 2018: 319). The analysis showsthat KNP uses a systems approach to their stakeholder engagement as opposed toan empowerment one; that participation is limited to consultation and is thereforemerely a form of tokenism; that weaker marginalized stakeholder groups suffer fromsystemic exclusion and underrepresentation; and that there is little to no attentiongiven to empowerment nor structural reform to drive social change.
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Maas, Helge Alexander [Verfasser]. "Towards CO2eq-neutral Cities : A participatory approach using Backcasting and Transition Management / Helge Alexander Maas." Flensburg : Zentrale Hochschulbibliothek Flensburg, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1063042917/34.
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Rose, Helena Dominique. "Using a participatory approach to explore how young people understand the concept of 'social inclusion'." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547965.
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