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Suehn, Megan Rachel. "The experience of settlement work with LGBTQ newcomers." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54708.
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Haveric, Dzavid. "History of the Bosnian Muslim Community in Australia: Settlement Experience in Victoria." Thesis, full-text, 2009. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/2006/.
Full textHaveric, Dzavid. "History of the Bosnian Muslim Community in Australia: Settlement Experience in Victoria." full-text, 2009. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/2006/1/Dzavid_Haveric.pdf.
Full textMcEvoy, Michael Desmond. "Madeirans in Cape Town: Immigration documentation, marriage and settlement, 1900s to the 1970s." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6644.
Full textThis thesis traces the immigration of Madeirans to Cape Town and their settlement from the 1900s to the 1970s. It focuses on how exclusionary legislation from 1902 affected Madeiran entry, how they managed to circumvent it and the documents required for immigration over this long period. Particular attention is drawn to the role of women in the migration process, the nature of the households and the impact of women in shaping a settled Madeiran population. The thesis examines the role Portuguese organisations played and continue to play in maintaining cultural and religious values and the extent to which these values have been retained in the second and later generations. This thesis seeks to ask to what extent the Madeiran migration experience bears commonalities with other groups, particularly Indians, or whether unique features are discernible. Indians and Madeirans were both regarded as ‘undesirable’ and subject to literacy tests, domicile certificates, permits and certificates of identity. Illegal entry was common to both groups. Chain migration featured in their decision to leave the poverty of their homeland. The split-household was the dominant household form. Once settled, Indian and Madeiran wives played a key role in the business and in passing on their cultural and religious values. Both groups established cultural organisations. Despite these commonalities, Madeiran migration displayed certain unique features compared to Indians.
Nghiulikwa, Romie Vonkie. "Re-situating and shifting cultural identity in contemporary Namibia: The experience of rural-urban migrants in Katutura (Windhoek)." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2008. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9977_1275426103.
Full textThis thesis explores the shifting cultural identities of young Owambo migrants living in Babilon, an informal settlement on the outskirts of Windhoek, Namibia. Through an investigation of their social, cultural and economic lives, I show how these young people invoke their Owambo-ness, but how they also transcend their ethnic identifications through engaging in an emerging Namibian youth culture, which cuts across rural-urban, ethnic, and socio-economic divides. I argue that young migrants from Ovamboland, who intend to escape their poverty stricken rural homes and arrive on packed busses, bringing with them few possessions and great expectations, constantly shift and resituate their cultural identities while trying to make a living in the city. These young people are eager to engage fully in a better life and hope to find employment in the urban economy. For many, however, this remains just that &ndash
hope. In their daily lives, the young migrants replicate, reproduce and represent rural Owambo within the urban space. Using the examples of &lsquo
traditional&rsquo
food and small-scale urban agriculture, I explore how their ideas of Owambo-ness are imagined, enforced and lived in Babilon. I argue that although migrants identify themselves in many ways with their rural homes, and retain rural values and practices to a large extent, this does not mean that they would remain &ldquo
tribesmen&rdquo
, as earlier, how classic studies in Southern African urban anthropology argued (Mayer 1961
Wilson and Mafeje 1963). They also appropriate &ldquo
ideologies&rdquo
and practices of the emerging Namibian youth culture, especially popular local music and cell phones. My study thus shows that the migrants develop multiple, fluid identities (with reference to Bank 2002)
they identify concurrently with the urban and the rural and develop a synthesis of both. The thesis is based on ethnographic research, which was conducted between February and May 2008. During the fieldwork, I engaged daily in informal discussions with many residents of Babilon, and carried out life history interviews, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews with key research participants.
Yan, Ru. "Settlement Stress and Health Needs of Migrant Women From the People's Republic of China in Brisbane." Thesis, Griffith University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367194.
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Ostergren, Robert C. "A community transplanted : the trans-Atlantic experience of a Swedish immigrant settlement in the upper Middle West, 1835 - 1915." Madison, Wis. : Univ. of Wisconsin Pr, 1988. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0709/88000211.html.
Full textMerrick, Melissa Jane, and Melissa Jane Merrick. "Proximate Cues and Ultimate Consequences for Natal Dispersal and Settlement in an Altered Forest Landscape: Influence of Experience, Behavior, and Habitat." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621744.
Full textYan, Ru, and n/a. "Settlemnet Stress and Health Needs of Migrant Women From the People's Republic of China in Brisbane." Griffith University. School of Public Health, 2005. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20050824.110000.
Full textSolomon, F. J. "Examining the feasiblity of informal settlement flood early warning systems : focus on the urban flood-risk experience of Kosovo and Masiphumelele residents, Cape Town South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10717.
Full textThis thesis examines the feasibility of applying people-centred approaches to flood early warning systems (EWS) in informal settlements in the City of Cape Town, particularly, through the experiences of poor and disadvantaged communities in Kosovo and Masiphumelele informal settlements. The impact of recurrent floods during the winter rainfall months and their costs are disproportionally borne both by those at risk and the local government that is required to repeatedly respond to them. A social science perspective is adopted, with the application of a risk communication framework. The urban flood-risk context of both study sites and the risk governance approach to managing and communicating flood risk were investigated and factors influencing flood warning processes and behavioural factors influencing response to flood-risk and flood warning, examined.
Ingridsdotter, Jenny. "The Promises of the Free World : Postsocialist Experience in Argentina and the Making of Migrants, Race, and Coloniality." Doctoral thesis, Södertörns högskola, Etnologi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32312.
Full textDen här avhandlingen undersöker hur ett antal individer som migrerade från Ryssland och Ukraina till Argentina efter Sovjetunionens fall berättar om sin erfarenhet. Det övergripande syftet är att studera hur dessa migranter navigerade i den sociala verkligheten i Argentina, särskilt vad det gäller kroppsliga, materiella och socioekonomiska positioner, såväl som hur detta påverkat deras berättade självförståelse och identifikationer. Det empiriska materialet består av etnografiska djupintervjuer och deltagande observationer gjorda i Buenos Aires mellan åren 2011 och 2014. Författaren använder sig av ett teoretiskt ramverk bestående av politisk diskursteori, kritiska ras- och vithetsstudier, autoetnografi och teorier om kolonialitet för att undersöka frågor om migration, mobilitet, rasialisering, klass och kön i en kontext av återetablering av ett liv i ett nytt samhälle. De som intervjuas i denna avhandling påverkades inte bara av Sovjetunionens kollaps, på så sätt att det påverkade deras förståelse av möjlig framtid samt deras retroaktiva förståelser av det förflutna, utan de påbörjade även sina nya liv i Argentina under den ekonomiska krisen som kulminerade år 2001. Centralt i avhandlingen är hur dessa dislokatoriska händelser inverkade på de intervjuades möjligheter och begränsningar för att kunna leva det liv som de hade förväntat sig, och därmed hur diskursiva strukturer påverkar subjektspositioner och identifikationer och därmed skapar specifika villkor för olika vägar för återetablering. Genom fokus på hur dessa individer berättar om sina anledningar för migrationen och om deras väg in i den argentinska arbets- och bostadsmarknaden visar författaren vilken roll argentinsk och östeuropeisk historia, såväl som 1990-talets nyliberala omstrukturering av den postsovjetiska regionen och Argentina, hade för deras självförståelse, subjektspositioner, identitet och mobilitet. Viktigt för hur de intervjuade förhandlade om olika subjektspositioner och identifikationer är intersektionella maktordningar och särskilt skapandet av ras och vithet. Författaren analyserar hur affekt och hopp spelade en roll i dessa processer och hur social deklassering artikulerades och gjordes meningsfull. Här undersöks även hur de intervjuades idéer om möjligheten att leva ett ”gott liv” var sammanflätade med förståelser av det förflutna, rasialisering, social ojämlikhet och en logik som präglades av kolonialitet.
Тема этой диссертации – это личный опыт ряда индивидуумов, переехавших в Аргентину вскоре после распада Советского Союза, на основе их собственных повествований. Основная цель работы заключается в исследовании того, как мигранты-участники вписывались в общественную реальность Аргентины на фоне её превалирующих физических, материальных и социо-экономических позиций, а также по отношению к тому, как согласно их рассказам, эти люди сами себя воспринимали и идентифицировали. Эмпирическая компонента диссертации включает в себя комплекс углубленных этнографических интервью и включенного наблюдения, проводимых в Буэнос Айрес в 2011 -2014 гг. Автор изучает вопросы миграции, класса, социальной мобильности, расы и гендера в процессе переустановки жизни в новых условиях, руководствуясь теоретическими посылами теорий политического дискурса, критических расовых исследований (critical race studies), автоэтнографии и теорий колониальности. В дополнение к тому факту, что на интервьюируемых оказал непосредственное влияние распад Советского Союза, который кардинальным образом изменил как возможные сценарии их будущего, так и ретроактивные интерпретации их прошлого, эти люди начали свою новую жизнь в Аргентине сразу после сумятицы экономического кризиса, достигшего кульминации в 2001 г. Центральным аспектом диссертации является изучение воздействия, которое имели эти дислоцирующие обстоятельства на спектр естественных возможностей и преград на пути реализации жизненного проекта участников исследования, как они себе его представляли, а также какое влияние оказывают соответствующие дискурсивные структуры на позиции и идентификации субъектов, обуславливая определенные условия реализации различных траекторий их жизни в эмиграции. Фокусируя внимание на том, как эти индивидуумы повествуют о том, что побудило их к эмиграции в Аргентину и интеграции в местные рынки труда и жилья, автор подчеркивает ту роль, которую сыграли в этом особенности как аргентинской, так и восточноевропейской истории, наряду с более поздними структурными изменениями 90х гг., происходившими как на постсоветском, так и аргентинском пространствах в эпоху неолиберализма. Это касается в равной степени аспектов самовосприятия, позиций субъектов, а также вопросов их идентификации и мобильности. Важной составляющей того, каким образом интервьюируемые устанавливали рамки своей субъективной идентификации и позиции, являлись различные грани концепции власти; в частности того, как возникают понятия расы и ‘белизны’ (whiteness). Автор обращается к вопросу, какую роль в этих процессах сыграли аффект и надежда, и как субъекты исследования артикулировали и находили смысл в своей нисходящей мобильности. Параллельно автор анализирует то, как представления участников о "хорошей жизни" ставились ими в зависимость от их собственной интерпретации прошлого, наряду с вопросами расы, общественного неравенства и колониальной логики.
Esta tesis investiga las experiencias narradas por una serie de individuos que emigraron a Argentina desde Rusia y Ucrania a raíz de la caída de la Unión Soviética. Su objetivo general es estudiar el modo en que estos inmigrantes transitaron la realidad social argentina en lo que se refiere a las posiciones físicas, materiales y socioeconómicas disponibles, así como también a su auto-comprensión y a las identidades construidas desde sus narraciones. La autora examina cuestiones de migración, movilidad, raza, clase y género en los procesos de restablecimiento de la vida de estos sujetos a través del marco de la teoría política del discurso, los estudios críticos de la raza, la auto-etnografía y teorías sobre la colonialidad. Los datos empíricos consisten en entrevistas etnográficas en profundidad y observación participante realizadas en Buenos Aires entre los años 2011 y 2014. Los entrevistados no sólo se vieron directamente afectados por el colapso de la URSS en el sentido de que éste cambió drásticamente su terreno de futuros posibles y la comprensión retroactiva de su pasado, sino que también comenzaron sus vidas en Argentina durante las turbulencias de la crisis económica que estalló en el año 2001. En esta tesis, es central la indagación sobre cómo estos eventos dislocatorios impactaron en las posibilidades y limitaciones de los entrevistados para vivir la vida que esperaban y cómo las estructuras discursivas afectan las posiciones y las identificaciones de los sujetos, creando condiciones específicas para diferentes trayectorias de reubicación. Al enfocarse en cómo estos individuos narran sus razones para la migración y su integración en los mercados laborales y de la vivienda en Argentina, la autora demuestra el papel que tienen en las auto-comprensiones, posiciones de sujeto, identidades y movilidad, tanto la historia argentina y de Europa del Este, así como también la reestructuración neoliberal de la región postsocialista y de la Argentina en los años 90. Diversas intersecciones de poder, y particularmente la raza y la blancura son importantes para la manera en que los entrevistados negociaron posiciones subjetivas e identificaciones. La autora aborda cómo el afecto y la esperanza desempeñaron un papel en estos procesos y cómo la movilidad descendente se articuló y se hizo significativa. También examina cómo las ideas de los participantes acerca de una "buena vida" se relacionan con la comprensión del pasado, las cuestiones de raza, desigualdad social y una lógica colonial.
Coulon, Eric. "Consequences du tassement sur l'organisation de l'espace poral des sols sableux : contribution a la connaissance des mecanismes de compactage." Orléans, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988ORLE2022.
Full textMartis, Elias Paul. "Settlement Experiences of Post-1995 Male Migrants from India in New Zealand." Thesis, Curtin University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51723.
Full textAlzamil, Waleed. "Evaluate the Experiences of Governments in Dealing with Squatter Settlements in Middle East ”Comparative Analysis of Cases of Squatter Settlements in Egypt”." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1291052155.
Full textHataya, Noriko. "The illusion of community participation : experience in the irregular settlements of Bogotá." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2008. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1446410/.
Full textAmaral, Joana. "Negotiations with peace settlement referendums : comparing the Annan Plan and Good Friday Agreement experiences." Thesis, University of Kent, 2016. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/63870/.
Full textBeckmann, Caroline, and Christina Wersäll. "BREAST CANCER PREVENTION AMONG WOMEN RESIDING IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25611.
Full textBackground: In Kenya breast cancer is the most common cancer in females. In comparison to countries in the western world, Kenyan women generally present when the breast cancer has advanced and chances of survival are low. This late breast cancer diagnosis becomes a considerably larger burden to a country with already limited resources to treat it and results in higher mortality rate.Aim: The aim of the study was to illuminate Kenyan nurses working experience with breast cancer prevention among women residing in informal settlements of Nairobi.Method: A qualitative study with eight semi-structured and open-ended interviews were held with nurses in four health care clinics. The data was analysed by a qualitative content analysis.Results: The result of this study showed that the nurses working in clinics situated in the informal settlements had knowledge of breast cancer. They were capable in their preventative work and gave appropriate information to their patients. The main concern was being able to reach all the women in the community and create more awareness. Another concern was also to make the women prioritise their own health in spite of their financial situation.Conclusion: The nurses in the informal settlements have knowledge of how to take care of their patients. However, there is a great need for awareness in the community so that women seek treatment early. In order to provide sufficient and a more meaningful care for patients, there is need of regular updates for the medical staff, especially nurses, as well as need of better equipment in the clinics.
Lymperopoulou, Kyriaki. "Dimensions of new immigration in England : immigrant settlement patterns, labour market outcomes and neighbourhood experiences." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/dimensions-of-new-immigration-in-england-immigrant-settlement-patterns-labour-market-outcomes-and-neighbourhood-experiences(182cff91-f36f-410d-9739-e625a8e20177).html.
Full textAltan, Deniz Idil. "Use of Remote Participatory Video Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic : Experiences from Uganda’s Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-423330.
Full textOwens, Christopher Allen. "The Tangled Paths to Safety: A Comparison of the Migration and Settlement Experiences of Refugees and Voluntary Migrants." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366550897.
Full textBailey, Lucy A. "The village shop and rural life in nineteenth-century England : cultural representations and lived experience." Thesis, University of Northampton, 2015. http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/8824/.
Full textWarren, Graeme. "Towards a social archaeology of the mesolithic in Eastern Scotland : landscapes, contexts and experience." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8905.
Full textSahabodien, Raudhiyah. "The real cost of low income settlements: experiences in varied spatial contexts within the same municipal boundary." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22871.
Full textBright, Nancee Oku. "Mothers of steel : the women of Um Gargur, an Eritrean refugee settlement in Sudan." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1992. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:92d26c17-84ee-4bb3-b8a6-0bdd03e8c817.
Full textFeitsma, Anita. "Experiences and support needs of poverty-stricken people living with HIV in the Potchefstroom district in the North West Province / Anita Feitsma." Thesis, North-West University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/861.
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Molosi, Keneilwe. "The world of development as experienced and perceived by the San through the RADP : the case of Khwee and Sehunong settlements." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6563/.
Full textSmith, Sarah Elizabeth. ""My friends probably see the friendship of the group as a community" : exploring young people's experiences of friendship and community in a newly constructed settlement." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37179.
Full textScoggin, Christine. "Strong houses, strong voices: Sharing the lived experiences of post-natural builders in South Africa." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206089/1/Christine_Scoggin_Thesis.pdf.
Full textClark, Christina R. "Beyond borders : political marginalisation and lived experiences of Congolese young people in Uganda." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:82b25c81-b6ee-4cf4-ad6c-d0dc889eb49e.
Full textMoncrieffe, Marlon Lee. "Examining experiences and perceptions of mass migration and settlement in Britain over the ages : how can this assist teaching and learning in Key Stage 2 history?" Thesis, University of Reading, 2017. http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/72121/.
Full textWestéus, Morgan. "Essays on temporary work agencies and the economic analysis of law." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Nationalekonomi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-95474.
Full textBarreto, Neto Francisco Nabuco de A. "Bioenergia e exclus?o regional: a n?o pol?tica nacional agroenerg?tica e os girass?is do RN." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2009. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/13729.
Full textThis doctoral thesis presents an analysis of the production of bicarbonates and related regional development in Brazil. It is widely believed that one of Brazil s vocations lies in the agro-energy sector. However, current national agro-energy policies, together with the experience of Petrobras (the national oil company) in rural settlements in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, show that Brazil has fallen short of effectively including the North and Northeast regions of the country, let alone small-scale rural producers (residing in rural settlements or not), in the development process and related benefits from the country s participation in the current world energy grid. The methodology entails secondary research related to the theme, such as books, official documents, websites and statistical databases from diverse sources, in addition to an analysis of statements from interviews of Petrobras representatives and other important scientific, institutional and labor union authorities, in relation to agro-energy issues and the socio-economic participation of family-based agriculture in this process. Principal findings show a correlation between agro-energy and regional development, creating the potential for numerous opportunities and challenges. Findings demonstrate the possibility of reversing/reducing historically rooted indices of hunger and poverty that continue to devastate the North and Northeast regions. At the same time, the thesis points to a potentially catastrophic increase in regional disparities, should the present historic moment not be seized upon so as to include these regions. Classic examples of non-policy at the federal level are presented as evidence of the absence of a regionally focused agroenergy policy in the current government, reinforced by the experiences of Petrobras in the Rio Grande do Norte rural settlements. Finally, the thesis concludes that there is an urgent need to create a government-sponsored enterprise (with a structure similar to Petrobras) with the purpose of implementing a truly broad and inclusive development process for the bicarbonates production sector, while remaining attentive to Brazil s opportune and critical role in the world s current agro-energy scenario.
Analisa a rela??o entre a produ??o de biocarburantes e a quest?o regional. Acredita-se que a produ??o agroenerg?tica ? uma voca??o brasileira, contudo, a atual pol?tica nacional agoenerg?tica e a experi?ncia dos assentamentos rurais apoiados pela Petrobras, no Rio Grande do Norte, n?o incluem efetivamente as regi?es Norte e Nordeste do Brasil, tampouco os pequenos produtores rurais (assentados ou n?o) nos benef?cios decorrentes da atual mudan?a na matriz energ?tica mundial. A metodologia utilizada inclui a pesquisa secund?ria concernente ao tema, tais como livros, documentos oficiais, sites, bases estat?sticas entre as demais fontes, e ainda a an?lise de discurso tomando por base entrevistas realizadas junto ? Petrobras e com importantes autoridades cient?ficas, institucionais e sindicais relacionadas ? quest?o agroenerg?tica e a inclus?o s?cio-econ?mica da agricultura familiar neste processo. Os principais resultados indicam que a correla??o entre agroenergia e a quest?o regional apresenta in?meras potencialidades e desafios. Aponta para a possibilidade de revers?o/redu??o dos hist?ricos indicadores de fome e pobreza que assolam o Norte e o Nordeste. Contudo, tamb?m indica que a n?o pol?tica agroenerg?tica no atual governo federal, assim como experi?ncias da Petrobras nos assentamentos do Rio Grande do Norte s?o exemplos claros de n?o pol?tica que podem agravar o quadro de disparidades regionais de forma abissal, caso n?o haja aproveitamento deste momento hist?rico. Por fim conclui que urge a cria??o de uma empresa de economia mista (nos moldes da Petrobras) e integradora especializada na produ??o de biocarburantes, que trate desta quest?o com a urg?ncia e import?ncia que o Brasil ocupa no cen?rio agroenerg?tico mundial, numa perspectiva verdadeiramente includente e abrangente.
Smith, Sandra Eileen. "Domicide: concept, experience, planning." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6569.
Full textNhlapo, Mamatshiliso Paulinah. "The experience of moving from an informal settlement to a secure stable home." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10445.
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Wu, Yen-Ching, and 吳彥慶. "The experience of hypertension intervention in Tibetan monasteries, Lugsun Samdupling settlement, Southern India." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06132140782433386805.
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公共衛生研究所
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In March of 1959, China occupied Tibet. Dalai Lama, the spiritual and political leader of Tibet, led 80,000 Tibetans to India and Nepal where they remain as refugees. Up to now, there are 46 Tibet settlements located in India, Nepal, and Bhutan. According to the Tibetan Voluntary Health Association Annual Report for the Year 2003-2004, hypertension is one of five major leading causes of death in Tibetan Settlements in India. The target population in this thesis are monks living in Lugsun Samdupling Settlement, Bylakuppe, Southern India. This thesis records the problems in identifying and intervening a public health issue, i.e., hypertension. From the door-to-door household survey during October and November, 2004, the prevalence of hypertension (over 140/90mmHg) was 56%. And 51% monks were overweight (BMI > 27). A small scale household survey was conducted among monasteries by random sampling. A total of 209 monks over age 30 participated. We found that age and BMI were significant factors of hypertension. Intervention projects designed by applying the PRECEDE-PROCEED model included a focus on public health approaches through policy involvement for salt reduction; health promotion for health awareness such as pasting warning posters and notes at major restaurants, health education to community health workers, case management for high-risk patients, and screening programs which set up sphygmomanometer stations in public areas to increase the accessibility of blood pressure self-measurement. By using the personal interviews and questionnaires we evaluated process and then modified intervention projects. Through intervention projects, we increased the awareness of hypertension among this community, especially community health workers in monasteries. Furthermore, we were able to reduce the salt use in restaurants inside and around the monasteries. A longer-term evaluation is necessary to examine the effect of our intervention program.
"Educators' experience in teaching guidance in life orientation in primary schools in an informal settlement." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3238.
Full textThe importance of teaching guidance in the life orientation learning area, particularly in four primary schools in an informal settlement of Daveyton in the Ekurhuleni District cannot be over-emphasised. The researcher believes that learner achievements and success depend on the balance between educator’s experience, knowledge and consistent training, including the use of appropriate and relevant skills to impart knowledge to the learners. In order to achieve the intended objectives, schools require well-trained and qualified life orientation educators to execute this monumental task with great insight, skill and passion. This study focuses on the lived experiences of educators who are teaching guidance in life orientation in Grade Eight in four primary and informal settlement schools in Daveyton, in schools with predominantly black African learners. Different situations and problems are encountered by learners in Grade Eight in primary and informal settlement schools. Learners are quite often unable to manage these issues in their day-to-day living. Under such circumstances the principal, the school management team and class educators are often obliged to intervene almost on a daily basis. As a consequence the smooth delivery of the entire curriculum is often disrupted. Research has shown that the high rate of school leavers in South Africa nationally, from Grade Eight to Grade Twelve reveals that learners are not taught enough knowledge and skills in teaching guidance life orientation learning area. As a result they do not complete senior primary and secondary school, and they drop out of school with life skills which are inadequate to face the demands of life. This qualitative study was conducted in an attempt to answer the research question: What are the lived experiences of educators who teach guidance in life orientation in four primary schools in informal settlements schools in Daveyton at the Ekurhuleni District Schools? The data was collected through in-depth interviews. They were audiotaped and transcribed.
Wang, Hui. "Dancing With Maple Leaves: Labour Market Experience of Immigrant Women Professionals." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/16611.
Full textLu, Yen-Chun, and 呂彥君. "A Research on the Value of Recreation Experience in Shueinandong Settlement-From the Perspective of the Means-End Chain Model." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/fk9my8.
Full text國立臺東大學
進修部暑期文化資源與休閒產業碩士專班
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A Research on the Value of Recreation Experience in Shueinandong Settlement-From the Perspective of the Means-End Chain Model Lu, Yen-Chun Abstract In recent years, domestic tourism has prospered. " Recreation " has become a leisure and entertainment of Taiwanese people. The exploration of "secret circumstances" has become even more popular. The "Shueinandong settlement" has historical mining heritage and distinctive scenery. Although it is located close to Jiufen and Jinguashi, the settlement has being less attention by the public. The subjects of this study are the tourists from the Shueinandong settlement in Ruifang District of New Taipei City. The major purposes of this dissertation is to investigate the relationship between ‘attributes’, ‘consequences’ and ‘values’ of tourism within the Shueinandong tourists, and further examine the variety of different individual backgrounds and tourism characteristics of Shueinandong tourists by using Means-End Chain model. In the first phase of study, a qualitative research is conducted by using soft laddering technique to interview visitors. In the second phase of study, the result of qualitative research is used as the foundation of generating quantitative questionnaire which targeting on settlement tourists with convenient sampling method. Overall, a total of 292 valid questionnaires were distributed, the effective response rate was 97.33%. The research results in showing that by the plan of ‘tourism attributes’ and ‘tourism consequences’ can better achieve ‘personal values’. Therefore, the research has proved that ‘attributes’, ‘consequences’ and ‘values’ in Means-End Chain Theory are linked relationship in the tourism experience of Shueinandong settlement. In terms of academic contribution, this research constructs a value pattern of tourism experience with empirical result. In terms of practical contribution, by means of understanding the tourism attributes as well as values provides essential suggestions to Shueinandong settlement development of tourism. It is expected to manage its tourism industry with sustainability.
Van, der Veen Roger Neal. "Settlement experience of Asian immigrant and humanitarian entrant people living in the Australian regional centre of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales /." 2004. http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/1279/1/01front.pdf.
Full textVan, der Veen Roger Neal. "The settlement experience of Asian immigrant and humanitarian entrant people living in the Australian regional centre of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales." Thesis, 2004. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/1279/1/01front.pdf.
Full textGovender, Carminee. "Experiences of teenage mothers in the informal settlements : an analysis of young females' reproductive health challenges, a case study of Siyanda informal settlement." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/6467.
Full textThesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2012.
Manga, Nalini. "Teachers' experiences of teaching children from informal settlements." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7190.
Full textWith the dawning of the new democratic South Africa the 'dream' of a a unified education system was realised. Children who previously attended racially segregated schools are now all being educated in desegregated schools. This meteoric change has been eagerly embraced by most of the people of South Africa. Change at macro level often means change at micro level as well. For teachers within the education system this meant the challenge of providing equitable education for all. Schools in Lenasia, previously administered by the House of Delegates (concerned specifically with the education of Indian), began admitting black children from Soweto and the informal settlements around Lenasia since 1989. Soon after their admission teachers from some of the schools requested assistance from the school psychologist attached to the now defunct House of Delegates. They reported that they were experiencing difficulty teaching the children from the informal settlements. This request by the teachers provided the impetus for the research. The overriding aim was to determine what the concerns were and to develop strategies for addressing the concerns. A review of the research literature revealed that the concerns would be most appropriately identified within the naturalistic paradigm. The teachers were chosen as the unit of analysis. This was based on the finding that there was a dearth of research studies which focused on "teachers' voices". Listening to the teachers themselves is important. The aims of the research were a) to gather information on the teachers' experiences of teaching children from the informal settlements b) to describe the conditions which prevail, beliefs and attitudes which are held, processes which are going on and trends which are developing and c) to present strategies that may assist the teachers in their task. The research was conducted at primary schools in Lenasia. The participants were teachers teaching primary school children at these schools. A pilot study was conducted to eliminate potential unforeseen difficulties in the planned research. Data was gathered by means of a combination of methods, namely, four focussed group interviews, four phenomenological interviews, analysis of pupils' workbooks, analysis of pupils' school reports, analysis of the proceedings at a conference on Multilinguality and field notes. Interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim. The proceedings at the conference were video-taped and also transcribed verbatim. The data was content and phenomenologically analysed by using Kerlinger's Method of Content Analysis (1986) and Giorgi's Method of Data Analysis (1985). Quality was built into the research by the application of strategies such as triangulation, persistent observation, referential adequacy materials, peer debriefing, member checks, purposive sampling, reflexive journals, dependability audits, confirmability audits and literature control. Several categories and themes emerged from the analysis of the data. The experiences of the teachers were categorised into the following divisions: pupil related experiences; parent related experiences; community related experiences; administration related experiences; didactic experience; personal experiences; strategies and suggestions. Teachers' attributed the difficulties that the children from the informal settlements were experiencing primarily to their lack of knowledge of English. The schools being English medium schools they expected the children to know English. They perceived the difficulties as arising from a number of factors such as a) pupils' emotional vulnerability, lack of motivation, classroom misbehaviour, ethnic groupings and cultural differences b) mother tongue instruction at their previous schools c) parents socio-economic status and illiteracy and d) social problems and lack of support from the community. It was generally felt that teachers did not have the necessary training and experience needed to teach children who spoke languages other than English. In addition, the children were of a different cultural group and they did not have the expertise to deal with this issue. Teachers perceived the administrators and subject advisors as not been sufficiently supportive and unable to guide them in their efforts to teach the children from the informal settlements. Further, practical problems such as the large number of children per class, wide range of ability groups in their classes, inappropriate placement of children, syllabus demands, and the policy of condoned passes was complicating their teaching. This often led to frustration, resentment, and 'burn-out'. In spite of these difficulties most teachers had attempted to address the difficulties in innovative ways. Understanding and empathising with the children's difficulties and being flexible in their teaching was one of the strategies used by the teachers. Other strategies included the provision of extra tuition in English. The analysis also revealed that some teachers had reflected deeply about their teaching instruction. From their reflections they concluded that they themselves had to change to meet the new demands in teaching. The literature review and control revealed many similarities between studies undertaken in South Africa and some differences and uniqueness. Drawing the threads of the various studies resulted in the development of the strategies suggested. In essence it involves a) the need for teachers to get in touch with their own beliefs, attitudes, strengths and weaknesses and address the needs b) teachers need to empower the children from the informal settlements to meet the demands of the school. This can be accomplished by a) improving their knowledge, skills, and expertise in addressing the concerns expressed b) enlisting the assistance of the parents and the community c) demanding that administrators and subject advisors provide the necessary guidance support and resources need to accomplish their task. Administrators and education advisors need to support, guide and enhance the teachers' expertise. Ways in which this can be accomplished is by providing appropriate, relevant, practical and challenging in-service training, presenting workshops and seminars, initiating staff development programmes and "just being there" for the teachers by valuing them and encouraging them.
Porter, Wallace J. "Staying Put? The Settlement Experiences of Iranian Immigrants in Halifax." 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/13093.
Full textYeo, Christina Ken Yin. "Contemporary migration between Malaysia and Australia: transnational and settlement experiences." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/100750.
Full textThesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Social Sciences, 2016.
Tasantab, Jerry Chati. "Beyond coping in informal settlements: the factors influencing flood risk adaptation intentions." Thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1432279.
Full textFlooding is a nightmare in many parts of the world, with the poor and vulnerable usually the worst affected. Extensive flood risks are a significant concern in many countries, including Ghana, where localised annual flooding is common in urban areas. There is concern that climate change will increase the intensity of precipitation, with resultant flooding affecting vulnerable populations, especially those in informal settlements in developing countries. Households in the informal settlements have habitually adopted coping measures to deal with the existing flood risks. Coping measures are reactive, short-term measures, and are unable to ensure resilience. Although coping measures are a critical part of building flood resilience, adaptation measures ensure proactive and long-term adjustments to existing and future flooding risk that increases resilience. Nevertheless, adaptation measures that can build the resilience of households are not adopted currently in Ghana, and this is placing lives at risk. Only a few empirical studies have focused on the flood risk adaptation intentions of informal settlements in the Ghanaian context. This research, therefore, investigates the informal settlements’ flood risk adaptation intentions, with a view to understanding how flood experience, fear, coping experience and cognitive appraisals affect those intentions. The conceptual position of this research is underpinned by the protection motivation theory (PMT). The application of PMT to the study of the flood risk adaptation intentions of households in informal settlements is novel. Therefore, a new conceptual model was developed, based on PMT, to examine how flood experience, fear, coping experience and cognitive appraisals influence flood risk adaptation intention. The study employed a convergent mixed methods design, comprising a concurrent quantitative and qualitative data collection approach. The research focused on Glefe, an informal settlement in Accra, Ghana, as a case study. The quantitative data was collected using a household survey, resulting in 392 responses. The qualitative data was collected from interviews with nineteen key informants, comprising seventeen community members and two National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) officials. The quantitative data was then analysed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) analysis with the support of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and WarpPLS, while the qualitative data was analysed with thematic analysis with the aid of NVivo. The quantitative results showed that there exist statistically significant relationships between the aforementioned independent variables and flood risk adaptation intentions. With few exceptions, the hypothesised relationships in the conceptual model were generally supported by the results. The adaptation appraisal had a substantial positive influence on adaptation intention, explaining 68% of the variance. The qualitative findings also showed that the residents were fearful and anxious about current and future flooding risks. The households in the informal settlement also perceived that adaptation actions could be effective in reducing flooding risks and impacts. The qualitative results concurred with the quantitative results, underlining that household experiences and appraisals are vital in households’ flood risk adaptation intentions. The results revealed that there was a general willingness and intention to undertake adaptation measures against flooding. Crucially, the results indicated that flood experience and coping experience positively influenced the flood risk adaptation intentions of households in the informal settlement. The research results also found that informal settlement households place a greater emphasis on the response efficacy of adaptation measures than the cost or their self-efficacy. The findings of the research have, therefore, underscored the relevance of household experiences and appraisals to flood risk adaptation intentions in informal settlements, which may be crucial to aid transition, beyond coping, to adaptation to the impacts of climate change.
Hou, Chia Ling, and 侯佳伶. "A Study on High School Students’ Experiences of Domestic Violence and Types of Date Conflict Settlement." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41448030701087363145.
Full text國立中正大學
犯罪防治研究所
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This research uses questionnaire method, takes all public and private senior/vocational high schools in Chia-Yi city as sample size, and randomly chooses freshmen to senior year students in eleven schools. There are 1,330 effective questionnaires for analysis, scales design variables are “domestic violence experience”, “deviation behavior”, and “date conflict settlement” to allow students fill-in self-report. Effective questionnaires data analysis methods are quantification analysis from statistics including frequency distribution, independent sample t-verification, single-factor variable analysis, Pearson product moment correlation test, Chi-square tests, and regression analysis to analyze scale data and to find the correlation between domestic violence experiences and date conflict types for senior/vocational high school students. Findings of this research as follow: A. For domestic violence experience: 1. Male students’ feelings about domestic violence are remarkable lower than female students. 2. Freshmen experience more domestic violence than seniors. 3. Continuation school teenagers students has higher rate of domestic violence experiences than high school students. 4. Teenagers in foster home, step parenthood, and single parenthood family has higher rate of domestic violence experiences than regular families. 5. Teenagers in blue collar family have remarkable higher rate of domestic violence experiences than white collar family. B. For deviation behavior: 1. Differences in gender has no influence in deviation behavior. However, in “extroversion misbehavior” and “learning problem” male students have significant higher rate than female students. 2. Sophomore’s deviation behavior rate higher than freshmen and senior. Freshmen have highest「introversion deviation behavior」 rate in all three grades. 3. Continuation school students have notable higher deviation behavior rate than other types of schools. 4. Students from foster home, step parenthood, and single parenthood family has higher rate of deviation behavior than regular families. 5. Family social and economic situation does not affect student deviation behavior. C. For rational date conflict settlement: 1. No remarkable differences for gender in rational date conflict settlement. 2. Freshmen have highest rate in rational date conflict settlement. 3. No significant differences for school types in rational date conflict settlement. D. For irrational date conflict settlement: 1. Female have higher irrational date conflict settlement rate then male. 2. Continuation school students have higher rate in “physical conflict" than other types of schools. E. Domestic violence experience is significantly related to rational date conflict settlement. Domestic violence experience and deviation behavior are direct proportion. F. Domestic violence experience has no remarkable related to rational date conflict settlement. Domestic violence experience is significantly related to irrational date conflict settlement. Which means higher rate in domestic violence experience have higher rate in irrational date conflict settlement. G. Deviation behavior is significantly related to rational date conflict settlement and irrational date conflict settlement. Domestic violence experience and deviation behavior are direct proportion. Higher rate in deviation behavior have higher rate in irrational date conflict settlement.
Kekana, Ephenia Mosadi. "An assessment of post settlement support programme for restitution beneficiaries: experiences from Capricorn District, South Africa." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/98.
Full textAtem, Atem. "In the Search for the Good Life: Settlement Experiences of South Sudanese Families in Western Sydney." Phd thesis, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/267266.
Full textKemble, Veronica. "The experiences of NGO-employed HIV caregivers in peri-urban informal settlements, South Africa." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10139.
Full textTurda, Ileana-Maria. "Strength-based approach in social work: professionals' experiences in working with refugee youth in Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16754.
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