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Journal articles on the topic "Volunteer workers in museums"
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Wylie, Caitlin Donahue. "Glass-boxing Science: Laboratory Work on Display in Museums." Science, Technology, & Human Values 45, no. 4 (August 22, 2019): 618–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0162243919871101.
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Museum displays tend to black-box science, by displaying scientific facts without explanations of how those facts were made. A recent trend in exhibit design upends this omission by putting scientists, technicians, and volunteers to work in glass-walled laboratories, just a window away from visitors. How is science conceived, portrayed, and performed in glass-walled laboratories? Interviews and participant observation in several “fishbowl” paleontology laboratories reveal that glass walls alter lab workers’ typical tasks and behavior. However, despite glass-walled labs’ incomplete and edited enactment of scientific work, displaying an active workplace valuably challenges visitors’ assumptions that science is passive and that museums are home only to facts and dead things. Thus, glass-walled labs do not destroy the black box that obscures scientific practice for nonscientists. Instead, they exemplify a glass box, a kind of black box that contains a performance of scientific work. Glass-boxing describes a common way in which museums present scientific practice—that is, by making it observable but incompletely so—by inviting the public to construct a rich understanding of science as human work.
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Liu, Tengfei. "SCIENTIFIC BASE OF CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE PALEONTOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF LIAONING IN CHINA." Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Kul'turologiya i iskusstvovedenie, no. 40 (2020): 236–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.17223/22220836/40/21.
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The article covers the formation of the scientific base for working with visitors at the Paleontological Museum of Liaoning in China. The original reason for the creation of the museum is stated, it was connected with 1990s, when numerous fossils were discovered in Liaoning province. The first of them were Sinosauropteryx and the Liaoning ancient fruit (Archaefructus liaoningensis). Later large number of fossils were discovered, they represent the flora and fauna of China existed more than 3 billion years ago. It is important to say that the Liaoning Provincial Department of Land Resources and Shenyang University saw scientific value of the paleontological findings. They decided to build a paleontological museum on a parity basis. Construction of the museum building at Shenyang University began in 2006, and the Paleontological Museum of Liaoning was opened in 2011. The world-famous paleontologists contributed immensely to the formation of the Paleontological Museum of Liaoning. They are Sun Ge (Chinese researcher), M.A. Akhmetyev (Russian scientist), F. Mosbrugger (director of the Museum of Natural History of Germany), K. Johnson (director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA) and professor P. Godfroy (Royal Institute of Natural History of Belgium). The staff of the Liaoning Museum, part-time researchers, as well as student volunteers of the Shenyang University participated in the development of the museum resources. Thanks to joint hard work, the museum has collected more than 30 thousand paleontological fossils. At present, the collection of the Liaoning Museum includes all kinds of animals and plants of ancient China, they are subdivided into seven classification groups. The reliance on the rich resources of the museum ensured the creation of the exposition, which occupies eight exhibition halls. They exhibit genuine monuments of paleontology, as well as replicas and models. They acquaint visitors with the ancient world of China, communicate the geological history of the Liaoning province, and reveal the kingdom of dinosaurs. The author of article emphasizes that in 2011, when the museum was opened, a department for the popularization of science was formed along with other departments. The main task of the workers of this department was to carry out cultural and educational activities with specialists and ordinary visitors. The department organizes exhibitions in China and abroad, conducts seminars for workers of Chinese nature museums. The scientific and educational section within the department for popularization of science also work with schoolchildren. During the first nine years of the museum's creation, three million single visitors and twenty thousand social groups have visited Paleontological Museum of Liaoning. So the article reveals the importance of cultural and educational activities that ensures the cooperation of the Liaoning Museum with other schools and museums in China, brings the museum to the international level.
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FOX, M. "Volunteer help for museums?" Geology Today 5, no. 6 (November 1989): 200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2451.1989.tb00670.x.
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Горлова, Н. И., and А. Г. Демидов. "A Study of Volunteer Management on the Basis of Russian Museum-Reserves." Nasledie Vekov, no. 2(30) (June 30, 2022): 101–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.36343/sb.2022.30.2.008.
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Статья посвящена анализу специфики организации музеями-заповедниками процесса управления деятельностью волонтеров на различных этапах (привлечение, отбор, обучение, сопровождение во время волонтерских смен, поддержка и мотивация) в оценках сотрудников культурных институций. Анализ производился с опорой на данные социологического исследования, проведенного Всероссийским обществом охраны памятников истории и культуры в 2020 г. Использовались методы анкетного опроса и экспертного интервью. В опросе приняли участие 35 музеев-заповедников из более чем 20 регионов России. Уделено внимание портрету современного волонтера музея-заповедника, описаны демографические характеристики волонтерского сообщества, мотивация и установки добровольных помощников. Выявлено, что доля музеев, в которых созданы волонтерские объединения, невелика; работу с волонтерами в настоящее время невозможно охарактеризовать как сложившееся и устойчивое направление деятельности российских музейных учреждений. The article analyzes the specifics of organizing the management of the activities of volunteers at various stages (attraction, selection, training, assistance during volunteer shifts, support, and motivation) by museum-reserves in the assessments of employees of cultural institutions. The analysis was based on the data of a sociological survey conducted by the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Monuments of History and Culture in 2020. The respondents were employees of 35 museum-reserves from more than 20 regions of Russia. The methodological basis of the study was the methods of questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews. The questionnaire was aimed at assessing the work of the museum institution with volunteers when implementing various projects. The authors give the results of the survey in a number of areas of work of Russian museums-reserves with volunteers; raise questions about the regularity of museums for volunteer help, their readiness to work with volunteers, and the presence of permanent volunteer associations at museums. The authors identify the key socio-demographic characteristics of the representatives of the volunteer community; trace and specify all the main stages of volunteer management when managing volunteer resources; characterize the channels for attracting volunteers to museums, the prevalence of various methods of their selection (questionnaires, interviews), preparation for work in the museum, and the range of skills and abilities (including professional ones) that a volunteer involved in activities in the museum should have; list the mechanisms for stimulating volunteers’ interest in cooperation with the museum; determine the forms of museums’ work aimed at motivating volunteers; analyze the main reasons for volunteers’ leaving the organization; learn the terms of volunteers’ cooperation with museums and determine the characteristics of the rotation of the volunteer contingent. The authors state that the share of Russian museums in which volunteer associations have been created is small and that working with volunteers cannot currently be characterized as an established and sustainable activity for Russian museums. The authors conclude that the largest proportion of museum-reserve assistants are women aged 16 to 25. They also note the conservatism and isolationism of some of the survey participants, who avoid attracting voluntary assistants.
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Sherratt, Fred, Martin Crapper, Lydia Foster-Smith, and Sinead Walsh. "Safety and volunteer construction workers." Construction Management and Economics 33, no. 5-6 (April 8, 2015): 361–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2015.1024269.
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Farich, Achmad, Dewi Kusumaningsih, and Sosya Mona Seprianti. "KNOWLEDGE, MOTIVATION, TRAINING AMONG VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS." Malahayati International Journal of Nursing and Health Science 1, no. 1 (March 3, 2019): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.33024/minh.v1i1.1027.
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Background: Integrated Service Post (Posyandu) is one form of community based health efforts which is managed and implemented by volunteer community health workers. That performance is very important to monitor the toddlers. The coverage of toddlers weighed at Ngaras at public health Service has decreased by 2014 reached of 87.0% in 2015 reached of 100.4% in 2016 reached of 64.0% but in 2017 it only reached of 68,2%.Purpose: To know the correlation of knowledge, motivation, training among volunteer community health workers at public health services West Pesisir Province of Lampung 2018.Methods: Quantitative research type with cross sectional design and population recruited all of volunteer community health workers. Data collected by using questionnaire sheets. Analysis of data used univariate and bivariate (Chi Square).Results: The results showed that the volunteer community health workers have best performance with number of 45 volunteers (69,2%) comparing with who has a poor performance with number of 20 volunteer (30,8%). Based on bivariate analysis following in several parts of the volunteer such as knowledge with p-value of 0,001 OR 4,889 (1,5 to 15,3 95% CI), motivation with p-value 0,034 OR 3,778 (1,2 to 11,4 95% CI), and the training with p-value 0,009 OR 5,429 (1,6 to 17,8 95% CI).Conclusion: There is a relation of knowledge, motivation and training for the performance of volunteer community health workers. It is suggested to management of public health centre on Ngaras to conduct more intensive training related to volunteer training which includes knowledge sharing which will improve on volunteer community health workers performance on task, and motivation to intensify duty of passion of volunteer community health workers
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Froom, Paul, Samuel Melamed, Estela Kristal-Boneh, Jochanan Benbassat, and Joseph Ribak. "Healthy Volunteer Effect in Industrial Workers." Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 52, no. 8 (August 1999): 731–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0895-4356(99)00070-0.
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Meudal, Julie, Stéphanie Vandentorren, Laurent Simeoni, and Céline Denis. "French Red Cross Volunteer Rescue Workers." Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 208, no. 5 (May 2020): 413–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000001143.
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Chorazyk, Pawel, Mateusz Godzik, Kamil Pietak, Wojciech Turek, Marek Kisiel-Dorohinicki, and Aleksander Byrski. "Lightweight Volunteer Computing Platform using Web Workers." Procedia Computer Science 108 (2017): 948–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2017.05.091.
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Aitken, Michael J. "How an Optometric Collector Became an Optometric Archivist." Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History 50, no. 3 (November 6, 2018): 79–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v50i3.27566.
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This personal article looks at the long journey of an optometrist moving from the pursuit of collecting to the occupation of a volunteer optometry museum archivist. It is suggested that both collectors and archivists have a role to play in the development of museums.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Volunteer workers in museums"
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Edwards, Deborah. "Understanding the organization of volunteers at visitor attractions." View thesis, 2005. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20050927.114921/index.html.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2005.A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney in partial fulfilment of requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the College of Law and Business. Includes bibliography.
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Sirota, Barbara Haley. "A study of three volunteer programs /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1995. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11792255.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1995.Includes tables. Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Herv[symbol] Varenne. Dissertation Committee: Paul Byers. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-205).
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Edwards, Deborah. "Understanding the organization of volunteers at visitor attractions." Thesis, View thesis, 2005. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/30804.
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This thesis investigates how volunteers are organized at visitor attractions. It focuses on museums and art museums; non-profit institutions that manage large volunteer programs. The study addresses five important issues : 1/ in what context do museums and art museums operate; 2/ why people are motivated to volunteer for these institutions; 3/ what is the extent to which the institution interacts with its external environment and how this affects organizing routines of volunteers; 4/ what is the relationship between volunteer motivation, interest dissatisfaction and value commitments; and 5/ how this understanding can result in the better management of volunteers. Two attractions in New South Wales and one in the Australian Capital Territory were investigated. The author collected data on field activities of volunteer managers and coordinators, and administered a questionnaire to the total population of volunteers in these three attractions. The thesis contributes to a more holistic understanding of volunteers that offers a critical theoretical extension to tourism, institutional and neo-institutional literature.
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Wolens, Sylvia E. (Sylvia Elaine). "The Effects of a Short-Term Videotape Training Program for Guides Conducting Older Adults on Tours in Public Spaces." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331875/.
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The problem of this study was a test of a specific videotape designed to influence the actions of tour guides for older adult groups. The purposes of the study were to observe guide performances and older adult responses before and after training in techniques for sharing information with older adults in public spaces. The hypotheses were tested. 1) Guides after training would exhibit significant differences in behaviors of pointing, repeating, pausing, questioning, conversing, facing art when talking, talking inaudibly, pacing rapidly. 2) Older adult drop-outs would decrease on tours with especially trained guides.
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Yates, Bridget Elizabeth. "Volunteer-run museums in English market towns and villages." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2010. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/2496/.
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Volunteer-run museums in English market towns and villages have been largely over-looked by scholars examining the history and development of museums in England, and work on contemporary museum volunteering or the relations of museums to their communities have not distinguished between volunteer-run and volunteer-involving museums. This thesis attempts to redress the balance by examining a number of volunteer-run museums in Dorset and the characteristics and motivations of the volunteers involved in their development. This element of the project included a survey of museum volunteers in the county and studies of a selected group of museums through interviews and through archival research in museum records. The thesis also presents a historical analysis, through a number of case histories, of the development of volunteer-run museums in English market towns and villages from 1884, demonstrating clearly how the development of these small museums reflects larger changes in the rural community from the paternalism of the late nineteenth century, through growing independence and democracy after 1918, to the counterurbanisation of the second half of the twentieth century. Changing perceptions of rural identity are also apparent in the history of these museums. The second element of the project was largely undertaken in the archives of selected institutions founded at different periods, an unexplored source of extraordinary richness. Contextual discussions include an account of three unsuccessful attempts to set up an English folk museum, the importance of the growing interest in local history at a popular level, and the impact of the Festival of Britain in focussing attention on the history of towns as enshrining civic pride and liberties. Taken together, these two elements have enabled a clearer picture to emerge of the importance of volunteer-run museums to their communities, to the participants themselves and to the wider museums community.
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Holmes, Kirsten Janet. "Volunteer and visitor interaction in the UK heritage sector : motives and benefits." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2002. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2607/.
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This thesis examines the motivation of volunteers through a study of front-of-house volunteers in museums and heritage visitor attractions in the UK. The heritage sector proved an appropriate population for the study sample due to the wide involvement of volunteers. A review of the literature found that research on volunteering had developed along two paradigms: the economic model, which views volunteers as unpaid workers; and the leisure model, which considers volunteering as a leisure activity. Within the heritage sector, the economic model was found to dominate. The study adopted a case study methodology in order to investigate the contexts within which volunteers are motivated. However, a major consideration of the research was to maximise the external validity of the study and 222 volunteers were interviewed across ten case studies. The findings of this thesis show that volunteers consider their activity to be a leisure activity, although this does not conflict with the introduction of professional volunteer management procedures. Volunteer motivation was found to change with length of service. Initially volunteers were motivated by intrinsic motives, in particular subject interest, while extrinsic motives, particularly social opportunities motivated them to continue to volunteer. An Interaction Model of Volunteer Motivation was proposed as a means of understanding and identifying the role of social opportunities in motivating volunteers. In addition, volunteers within the heritage sector are typically older, retired individuals and the act of retirement was found to have a significant impact on their decision to volunteer. The significance volunteers attributed to their encounters with visitors reinforced the importance of social interaction in motivating front-of-house volunteers. Three models of encounters were proposed: the service encounter, the host-guest encounter and peer tutoring. The volunteer-visitor encounter was found to be a hybrid of the three models,with volunteers gammg enjoyable social interaction and visitors learning from the encounter.
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Keele, Billy Mac. "A leadership development model for volunteer church workers." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Christie, Les John. "Retaining and dismissing volunteer adult youth ministers." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Liao-Troth, Matthew Allen. "The psychological contract of volunteer workers and its consequences." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/288936.
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The psychological contract of workers has been a subject of recent interest, in both academic and practitioner organizational literature. While this attention has developed across fields, and several typologies of contracts have been developed, there are many parts of this construct that are not well understood. Among these are the predictors of the psychological contract, the outcomes of the psychological contract, the violation or fulfillment of the psychological contract, and the generalizability of the psychological contract to volunteer organizational members. In this dissertation, I look specifically at the motives of volunteer workers, the consequences of organizational justice and organization commitment, violation of the contract by the organization and by the worker, and the generalizability of the psychological contract to volunteer workers in an organization. Two studies, one field and one lab, are used to assess these relationships. Results indicate that volunteers and paid employees, regardless of motives, do not differ in their psychological contracts when they are in the same organization performing significantly similar work. In terms of consequences, relationships were found between the psychological contract and its fulfillment or violation with organizational commitment and organizational justice. Specifically, relations were found between: transactional psychological contracts and both distributive justice and continuance commitment; benefits psychological contracts and continuance commitment; good faith and fair dealings psychological contracts and distributive, interactional, and procedural justice as well as affective commitment; and intrinsic job characteristics psychological contracts and distributive, interactional, and procedural justice. Not all findings are consistent across both studies. The results have two implications. The first, that volunteers and paid employees do not differ in their psychological contracts, points to the importance of the work environment in determining psychological contracts. The second issue, the relationships between specific aspects of the psychological contract, organizational justice, and organization commitment, establishes the separateness and relatedness of these constructs. Future research will address other predictors of psychological contracts, the fulfillment or violation of specific contracts, and their effect upon job attitudes that impact worker productivity.
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Jonasson, Frida. "The will of doing good : a Study of Volunteer Workers in Cape Town." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-1412.
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South Africais a country with many well documented inequalities. To reduce some of them there are many volunteers working in the country. What is it like to observe and work with people affected by all these inequalities? The aim of this study is to develop an understanding of how volunteers experience their work with children inCape Town. The questions I intend to answer in the study are: How do the volunteers experience their work when meeting kids in vulnerable situations and seeing the situation in the country they work in? Does the volunteer work create more cross- culture understanding and do the volunteers' views change during the course of their volunteer work? What goals and/or reasons do the volunteers have for volunteering? The study was performed inCape Town,South Africa, and consists of nine semi-structured interviews with volunteers that, in different ways, work with children. Previous research about volunteers suggests that volunteer work can increase cross-culture understanding but there is also a risk that it might strengthen the stigmatisation. It is also suggested that volunteer tourism is a more sustainable way of travelling than other forms of tourism. The volunteers are driven by different reasons for volunteering they can have altruistic reasons or they can be driven by more self-developing reasons. The participants in this study had different reasons for volunteering like making a change, getting new experiences etcetera. Many of the volunteers described their first encounter with the South African culture as a bit of a shock due to the extreme poverty evident in the country. They also stated that meeting the children was simultaneously a positive and negative experience, as the poverty and social deprivation affecting the children was hard to observe, yet these are still kids and they play and are happy like any other kids in the world. Many of the participants also felt that they could contribute trough their work and that they had the chance to make a difference. The results have been analyzed through two articles on the subject of cross-culture understanding and reasons on volunteering. A majority of the volunteers described an increased cross-culture understanding, but seemed unaware of the risk of stigmatisation. The volunteers have both more self-fulfilling reasons for volunteering and some more altruistic reasons.
Books on the topic "Volunteer workers in museums"
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Heaton, David. Museums among friends: The wider museum community. London: HMSO, 1992.
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American Association for Museum Volunteers. Directory of Museum Volunteer Programs. Washington, D.C: American Association for Museum Volunteers, 1988.
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Great Britain. Office of Arts and Libraries., ed. Volunteers in museums and heritage organisations: Policy, planning, and management. London: HMSO, 1991.
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1957-, Ausenda Fabio, and McCloskey Erin, eds. Archaeo-volunteers: The world guide to archaeological and heritage volunteering. Milano, Italy: Green Volunteers, 2003.
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Hagman, Jean Cassels. Museum volunteers: The fourth dimension. [S.l.]: Museum Information Services, 1985.
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Royal Ontario Museum. Dept. of Museum Volunteers. Value of volunteer activities: Analysis for 2004-2005. [Toronto]: Royal Ontario Museum, Dept. of Museum Volunteers, 2006.
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Iley, Sarah J. E. Befriending museums: A handbook. [Toronto]: Council for Business and the Arts in Canada, 1992.
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1969-, McIvor Stephanie, ed. Museum volunteers: Good practice in the management of volunteers. London: Routledge, 1998.
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Society, Ontario Historical. Let's get organized!: Everything you ever wanted to know about operating an historical museum, but were afraid to ask. [s.l: Ontario Historical Society, 1985.
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Hirzy, Ellen Cochran. Transforming museum volunteering: A practical guide for engaging 21st Century volunteers. Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2007.
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"Volunteer-staff relations." In Museums: A Place to Work, 156–64. Routledge, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203714171-20.
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Bienkowski, Piotr, and Hilary McGowan. "Staff/Volunteer Development and Change." In Managing Change in Museums and Galleries, 114–16. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003015390-38.
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Atiemo, Sam. "CHAPTER 13: Be more conscious than professional: suspending judgement and learning from sex workers in Malawi." In Volunteer Voices, 53–56. Practical Action Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780449425.014.
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"CHAPTER 2 ‘‘Volunteer While You May’’: Mobilization for the War." In Warriors into Workers, 58–100. Fordham University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780823293513-005.
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PANTRY, SHEILA. "Access to Health and Safety Information for Museum Workers." In Safety in Museums and Galleries, 149–54. Elsevier, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-408-02362-7.50026-4.
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Nadel, Meryl. "Roles for Social Workers." In Not Just Play, 119–33. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190496548.003.0010.
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“Roles for Social Workers” explores varied opportunities available for social workers in the camp setting. Although the title, “social worker” is rarely used in camps, social workers are found in a myriad of positions. The roles of direct service intervention, system linkage, system maintenance, and system development are discussed. Direct service intervention roles include the general counselor, specialty counselor, and clinician. The system linkage role describes the agency worker as referral source. The camp agency administrator, camp director, assistant director, supervisor, trainer/educator, and consultant are system maintenance roles often played by social workers. System development roles for social workers include researcher, board member, volunteer, camp creator, and camp owner. Experiential narratives by social workers in the positions of clinician, consultant, and board member are provided as vignettes.
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"LIFE IN THE CAMPS: FROM FOREIGN WORKERS TO DISPLACED PERSONS." In Hard Labour: The Forgotten Voices of Latvian Migrant 'Volunteer' Workers, 81–83. Routledge, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315066615-10.
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Bush, Rebecca. "“Like a Family” or “A Committee of Half-Starved Human Beings”." In Where Are the Workers?, 80–97. University of Illinois Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252044397.003.0005.
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This chapter offers an overview of interpretive techniques employed in museums to discuss southern labor activism. With Columbus, Georgia, as a case study, the benefits of utilizing multiple perspectives are examined in museum exhibitions that addressed textile strikes, child labor, rural migration to mill towns, and race relations. It argues for using photographs such as Lewis Wickes Hine's work and other labor-focused historical or contemporary artwork to present labor history through interdisciplinary interpretation. Finally, the chapter suggests ways to navigate the introduction of potentially controversial topics when institutional donors may be reluctant to do so because of family ties, political beliefs, or a desire to maintain the status quo.
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"Table 7.1: EVWs’ jobs, family status and childcare arrangements, late 1940s to 1960." In Hard Labour: The Forgotten Voices of Latvian Migrant 'Volunteer' Workers, 157–75. Routledge, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315066615-23.
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"Plate 5.1 Hired girls leaving for a new life, 1947." In Hard Labour: The Forgotten Voices of Latvian Migrant 'Volunteer' Workers, 113–20. Routledge, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315066615-16.
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Heien, Eric M., Noriyuki Fujimoto, and Kenichi Hagihara. "Computing low latency batches with unreliable workers in volunteer computing environments." In Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS). IEEE, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ipdps.2008.4536442.
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Ásványi, Katalin, Zsuzsanna Fehér, and Melinda Jászberényi. "THE CRITERIA FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT." In Tourism in Southern and Eastern Europe 2021: ToSEE – Smart, Experience, Excellence & ToFEEL – Feelings, Excitement, Education, Leisure. University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/tosee.06.3.
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Purpose –The purpose of this study is to identify the criteria for sustainable museums found in reference literature and specified in our research, and to suggest guidelines for museums to follow. Methodology –In our primary research, the criteria for a sustainable museum were interpreted along four pillars, for which in-depth expert interviews were conducted with Hungarian museum professionals. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore the viewpoints, expectations, and perceptions of museum staff. Findings – In terms of environmental sustainability, Hungarian contemporary museums place less emphasis on making the museum building itself more sustainable. However, it is worthwhile for institutions that have long-term plans to become more and more eco-friendly. The issue of economic sustainability is the most problematic for Hungarian museums, which can be greatly improved with an active support community that helps museums either through volunteer work or financially. From a social point of view, one of the most important tasks of museums is to ensure equal opportunities, to reach the widest possible range of people, which is facilitated if the museum can function as a community space that adequately involves museum visitors and if it continuously strengthens its role in education. In terms of cultural sustainability, the responsibilities of museums are collection management, maintaining quality, and artistic vitality. Contribution – We conceptualize and provide a framework for sustainable museums. Through our research, we have contributed to broadening the theoretical background of sustainable museums from the perspective of contemporary art museums.
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HAIDUCU, MARIA. "MODERN METHODS TO PREVENT OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES FOR WORKERS AND REDUCING BIOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS IN MUSEUMS." In SGEM 2014 Scientific SubConference on PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, SOCIOLOGY AND HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION. Stef92 Technology, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014/b12/s2.066.
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"Managing Volunteer Retention Through Socialisation – A Study of Volunteers in an Australian Emergency Service Agency [Abstract]." In InSITE 2018: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences: La Verne California. Informing Science Institute, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4020.
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Aim/Purpose: In many OECD countries, emergency response relies on volunteers, and while emergency incidents are increasing, volunteer numbers are declining. Volunteer turnover occurs at various stages of the volunteering life cycle (i.e., recruitment, training, socialisation, performance, and retirement), the socialisation stage has the greatest impact on organisations, as it occurs after the allocation of resources and training, but before the investment is returned through volunteer performance. There is sparse literature exploring this stage. Background: Addressing the gap, this paper presents a model of volunteer retention, predicting acceptance, social-expulsion, or self-exclusion, based on social fit. Methodology: The model is based on an inductive examination of the processes of volunteer turnover during socialisation of emergency service volunteers. Using a grounded theory approach, focus groups and interviews were conducted with 157 volunteers across seven locations. Contribution: This model contributes to theory by categorising volunteer turnover according to the stages of the volunteering life cycle, and to practice by drawing attention to the need to consider social fit prior to investing in new volunteer training and understanding the role of leadership intervention pre- and post-training. Findings: The study identifies the processes of volunteer turnover and predicts that volunteers either stay or leave based on the level of their social fit. Recommendations for Practitioners: Strategies are developed to guide leaders on the best approaches to maintain and retain volunteer workers in Emergency Service agencies Recommendation for Researchers: The model contributes to theory by providing an empirically based description of the processes involved in volunteer retention and turnover and offers guidelines for increasing volunteer retention in emergency services and other volunteer organisations across Australia and around the world. Impact on Society: Increased retention benefits the emergency service organisation in terms of return on the investment of volunteer training, regarding sustainability of human resources, and in regard to increasing diversity among its volunteers. In turn, this retention also benefits volunteers, and the entire community, as it gains access to a greater number of emergency services providers. Future Research: Future research should focus on recreating this study in other countries and in different emergency service contexts.
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Guoling, Pan. "A Study on the Effectiveness of College Students’ Volunteer Service — Taking the Communist Youth League Care for the Children of Migrant Workers’ Volunteer Service Action Colorful Cabin as a Case." In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Economics, Management, Law and Education (EMLE 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/emle-18.2018.52.
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Bartseva, A. A., A. G. Shakhparunyants, A. Sh Chernyak, R. I. Stolyarevskaya, and E. I. Rozovskiy. "DEVELOPMENT OF NEW STANDARDS FOR MUSEUM LIGHTING." In CIE 2021 Conference. International Commission on Illumination, CIE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25039/x48.2021.po48.
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The new standards for museum lighting development was based on data collection by means of questionnaires, processing and analysis of subjective assessments of art historians, museum workers, research results of restorers and expert visitors, along with objective, physical measurements of photometric parameters of lighting installations in selected exhibition halls of the most famous museums in Russia. Based on the studies performed, national standards of both permanent and preliminary nature were prepared and introduced in 2020 by institute VNISI named after S.I. Vavilov.
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Kim, Ji Hae. "The Effects of Adolescent Volunteer Activities on the Perception of Local Society and Community Spirit mediated by Self-conception." In Does Nonprofit Board of Directors Affect the Management of Social Welfare Organization?-Focusing on Social Workers’ Perception of Organizational Ethics. Science & Engineering Research Support soCiety, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.14257/astl.2016.131.04.
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Mokdad, Mohamed, Bouhafs Mebarki, Mourad Semmani, and Shaikha Aljunaidi. "Volunteering at the Foggara work in Touat region: A study in Social ergonomics." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002664.
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Background:It is necessary to point out that ergonomics was late in paying attention to the issue of social factors and their effects on work. Carayon, (2021), urged ergonomists to take into account the influence of the social environment on work. Social environment is very important for the human being in which he practices his humanity and helps others to exercise their humanity.According to Amabile, et al. (1996) social environment includes two types of components: the positive components (autonomy/ freedom, encouragement of creativity, resources, and challenging work), and the negative components (lack of training, and management/ workers inconsistency). In this research, the researchers considered the positive components of social environment. Social ergonomics enhances the positive components of the social environment and at the same time it works to reduce the harmful effects of the negative components of the social environment. Social ergonomics achieves these goals through various methods including volunteerism. In this research, the focus will be on volunteer work. Researchers believe that volunteering strengthens social bonds, and makes individuals more connected to the community (Hsiao, et al. 2020). In addition, volunteering supports the positive elements of the social environment. “Twiza” is a form of volunteerism that is widespread in the Touat region (western area in Algeria). It means the assistance provided by members of a community, to members of another community, who are in dire need of this assistance. Objectives: This research aims to answer the following question: Can freedom /autonomy, encouragement of creativity, resources and challenging work enhance the positive components of the social environment in the Ksar?Methodology: Researchers applied the descriptive method, using a snowball technique sample which consisted of (29) volunteers from whom data were collected through a questionnaire and an Interview.Results and discussion: Individuals’ answers show that volunteer work does not affect individuals’ freedom, nor their sense of independence while working. The vast majority of respondents indicated that those who participate in voluntary work exercise their freedom naturally.Also, the volunteers show that supervisors during the volunteer work encourage them to be creative and innovative. This made them feel safe and secure.Furthermore, respondents agree that the resources required for volunteer work are available to everyone. None of the volunteers complained about the lack of resources or their unavailability. The respondents indicated that the availability of resources is a factor in the success of volunteer work.The respondents also praised the positive challenges that exist in volunteer work, especially in the maintenance of the Foggara. It is the work that made them feel they are achieving a noble patriotic duty. Conclusion: This research studied the topic of voluntary work, especially in the maintenance of Foggara in the Touat region and has found that volunteering enhances the social environment, and from the perspective of social ergonomics, that the environment is fitted to the individuals.References:Amabile, T. M., Conti, R., Coon, H., Lazenby, J., & Herron, M. (1996). Assessing the work environment for creativity. Academy of management journal, 39(5), 1154-1184.Carayon, P. (2021). Social and Organizational Foundation of Ergonomics: Multi‐Level Systems Approaches. Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 227-235.Hsiao, H. Y., Hsu, C. T., Chen, L., Wu, J., Chang, P. S., Lin, C. L., Lin M.N & Lin, T. K. (2020). Environmental volunteerism for social good: A longitudinal study of older adults’ health. Research on Social Work Practice, 30(2), 233-245.
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Cappelletti, Chantal, Daniel Robson, Mark Jabbal, and Katy Voisey. "Establishing thriving university-level space education." In Symposium on Space Educational Activities (SSAE). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.053.
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Recent analyses of the UK National Space Strategy [1], Space Sector Skills Survey [2] and The 2020 Space Census [3], have investigated and highlighted many of the established strengths and weaknesses of the current UK Space Sector and the role of training and educational programs supporting it. Furthermore, there is additional research into what self-reported roadblocks early career students and workers (and employers) consider important in this journey [4]. Academia, employers, schools, colleges, and museums all have considerable roles to play in shaping the future science capital of our populace and establishing people on the tech workforce pipeline. Rising to meet this challenge, The University of Nottingham wants to develop the UK's space workforce and is proud to have begun its first dedicated aerospace undergraduate course in 2016. In addition to the core lecture modules, added project experience is available in the form of group and individual supervised projects. These practical activities are a rare opportunity to learn unique space skills and work hands-on with spacecraft technology, something in short supply in the UK at the undergraduate level [2]. The practical, hands-on components are an important part of the space education programme and involve different platforms and projects going from simple electronics workshops to CanSats, FlatSats and experimental Rockets. These activities culminate in the CubeSat Program: a student-led group of projects to develop, build and fly CubeSat missions with a variety of payloads. The students have the possibility to present their own mission idea or join existing ones of interest to the research community. To support these high-fidelity opportunities for students and early career workers, a permanent on-site COTS Ground Station will serve as a control center for all these student-built satellite missions. To help with the establishment of this facility, The University of Nottingham has been cooperating with the local amateur radio community to train and license the student team. This paper deals with the description of the different projects and presents the University’s point of view about the strengths and weaknesses of our Space educational programme
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Gusarova, M. V., I. S. Malakhova, and O. V. Burmistrova. "FEATURES OF THE HUMANS’ THERMAL STATE WHEN USING A PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AGAINST POWER-FREQUENCY ELECTRIC FIELDS." In The 16th «OCCUPATION and HEALTH» Russian National Congress with International Participation (OHRNC-2021). FSBSI “IRIOH”, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31089/978-5-6042929-2-1-2021-1-163-168.
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Abstract. Introduction. When using personal protective equipment (PPE) against power-frequency electric fields (PFEF), there is a problem associated with the deterioration of the humans thermal state during a workshift when working in a hot environment. The shielding and shunting elements of the PPE increase the weight of the PPE and has an additional thermal load on a person working in a hot environment and so have a negative impact on his thermal state. The change in the indicators of the persons’ thermal state can be considered as a criteria for the impact of a complex of factors that determine the body heat exchange with the environment. Also, in addition to the impact of the PFEF and the hot environment, workers are exposed to physical exertion associated with moving around the area and lifting weights, which additionally burdens their functional state. Purpose. To study the thermal state of a person using PPE from the PFEF, when performing physical work at different thermal load levels of the environment. Materials and methods. Four practically healthy men were involved as volunteers. Before and after the experiment, the initial skin temperature indicators were recorded in 11 areas of the body surface as well as the tympanic membrane temperature and the heart rate (HR). During physical activity and rest, subjective heat and humidity sensations were also recorded every 5 minutes on the 11 areas of the body surface and the temperature of the inner surface of the clothing was determined. Before and after the experiment, the body weight of the naked volunteer and the weight of all the items included in the PPE kit were recorded. Results and discussion. During physical work at WBGT 28.0°C, ΔQts reached the permissible level (2.6 kJ/kg) after 10 minutes from the start of the work, and when working in WBGT 23.3°C – after 20 minutes, which indicated the highest rate of overheating of the human body at a higher level of the thermal load. The moisture sensitivity score at WBGT of 28.0°C by the end of the working period was 3.3. Stabilization of the HR was observed at a lower level of the thermal load, but at WBGT 28.0°C there was a HR continuous increase, which indicates a greater tension of the thermoregulation mechanisms. Conclusion. The obtained data allowed us to establish the fact of the negative impact of the use of EP-4(0) kits on the humans’ thermal state. When using the EP-4(0), it is necessary to regulate the time of continuous work in the open air: no more than 2 hours with a subsequent rest for at least 30 minutes in order to compensate heat loss as a result of using such PPE, which hinders heat and moisture exchange.
Reports on the topic "Volunteer workers in museums"
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Hearn, Greg, Marion McCutcheon, Mark Ryan, and Stuart Cunningham. Australian Cultural and Creative Activity: A Population and Hotspot Analysis: Geraldton. Queensland University of Technology, August 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.203692.
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Grassroots arts connected to economy through start-up culture Geraldton is a regional centre in Western Australia, with 39,000 people and a stable, diverse economy that includes a working port, mining services, agriculture, and the rock-lobster fishing industry (see Appendix). Tourism, though small, is growing rapidly. The arts and culture ecosystem of Geraldton is notable for three characteristics: - a strong publicly-funded arts and cultural strategy, with clear rationales that integrate social, cultural, and economic objectives - a longstanding, extensive ecosystem of pro-am and volunteer arts and cultural workers - strong local understanding of arts entrepreneurship, innovative business models for artists, and integrated connection with other small businesses and incubators
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Babu M.G., Sarath, Debjani Ghosh, Jaideep Gupte, Md Asif Raza, Eric Kasper, and Priyanka Mehra. Kerala’s Grass-roots-led Pandemic Response: Deciphering the Strength of Decentralisation. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2021.049.
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This paper presents an analysis of the role of decentralised institutions to understand the learning and challenges of the grass-roots-led pandemic response of Kerala. The study is based on interviews with experts and frontline workers to ensure the representation of all stakeholders dealing with the outbreak, from the state level to the household level, and a review of published government orders, health guidelines, and news articles. The outcome of the study shows that along with the decentralised system of governance, the strong grass-roots-level network of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers, volunteer groups, and Kudumbashree members played a pivotal role in pandemic management in the state. The efficient functioning of local bodies in the state, experience gained from successive disasters, and the Nipah outbreak naturally aided grass-roots-level actions. The lessons others can draw from Kerala are the importance of public expenditure on health, investment for building social capital, and developing the local self-delivery system.
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David, Fely, and Fely Chin. Factors that contribute to the varying performance of BSPOs and BHWs in the delivery of family planning services in Iloilo City. Population Council, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh1994.1000.
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In 1992, the Population Council established the Family Planning Operations Research and Training (FPORT) Program in the Philippines. It brought together program managers and regional researchers to identify problem areas that might benefit from operations research. From Western Visayas (Region VI), the City Population Office (CPO) of Iloilo City in collaboration with the Social Science Research Institute of the Central Philippine University, identified a problem concerning the poor performance of volunteer family planning (FP) workers and undertook to study it. The study focused on the Barangay Service Point Officers (BSPOs) who assist in the delivery of FP services under the supervision of the CPO, and Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) who concentrate on maternal and child care but have minimal involvement in FP and are supervised by the City Health Office. As this report states, the objective was to compare the FP activities and performance of the BSPOs and BHWs in Iloilo City and determine the factors that influence their performance.
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McKenna, Patrick, and Mark Evans. Emergency Relief and complex service delivery: Towards better outcomes. Queensland University of Technology, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.211133.
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Emergency Relief (ER) is a Department of Social Services (DSS) funded program, delivered by 197 community organisations (ER Providers) across Australia, to assist people facing a financial crisis with financial/material aid and referrals to other support programs. ER has been playing this important role in Australian communities since 1979. Without ER, more people living in Australia who experience a financial crisis might face further harm such as crippling debt or homelessness. The Emergency Relief National Coordination Group (NCG) was established in April 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to advise the Minister for Families and Social Services on the implementation of ER. To inform its advice to the Minister, the NCG partnered with the Institute for Governance at the University of Canberra to conduct research to understand the issues and challenges faced by ER Providers and Service Users in local contexts across Australia. The research involved a desktop review of the existing literature on ER service provision, a large survey which all Commonwealth ER Providers were invited to participate in (and 122 responses were received), interviews with a purposive sample of 18 ER Providers, and the development of a program logic and theory of change for the Commonwealth ER program to assess progress. The surveys and interviews focussed on ER Provider perceptions of the strengths, weaknesses, future challenges, and areas of improvement for current ER provision. The trend of increasing case complexity, the effectiveness of ER service delivery models in achieving outcomes for Service Users, and the significance of volunteering in the sector were investigated. Separately, an evaluation of the performance of the NCG was conducted and a summary of the evaluation is provided as an appendix to this report. Several themes emerged from the review of the existing literature such as service delivery shortcomings in dealing with case complexity, the effectiveness of case management, and repeat requests for service. Interviews with ER workers and Service Users found that an uplift in workforce capability was required to deal with increasing case complexity, leading to recommendations for more training and service standards. Several service evaluations found that ER delivered with case management led to high Service User satisfaction, played an integral role in transforming the lives of people with complex needs, and lowered repeat requests for service. A large longitudinal quantitative study revealed that more time spent with participants substantially decreased the number of repeat requests for service; and, given that repeat requests for service can be an indicator of entrenched poverty, not accessing further services is likely to suggest improvement. The interviews identified the main strengths of ER to be the rapid response and flexible use of funds to stabilise crisis situations and connect people to other supports through strong local networks. Service Users trusted the system because of these strengths, and ER was often an access point to holistic support. There were three main weaknesses identified. First, funding contracts were too short and did not cover the full costs of the program—in particular, case management for complex cases. Second, many Service Users were dependent on ER which was inconsistent with the definition and intent of the program. Third, there was inconsistency in the level of service received by Service Users in different geographic locations. These weaknesses can be improved upon with a joined-up approach featuring co-design and collaborative governance, leading to the successful commissioning of social services. The survey confirmed that volunteers were significant for ER, making up 92% of all workers and 51% of all hours worked in respondent ER programs. Of the 122 respondents, volunteers amounted to 554 full-time equivalents, a contribution valued at $39.4 million. In total there were 8,316 volunteers working in the 122 respondent ER programs. The sector can support and upskill these volunteers (and employees in addition) by developing scalable training solutions such as online training modules, updating ER service standards, and engaging in collaborative learning arrangements where large and small ER Providers share resources. More engagement with peak bodies such as Volunteering Australia might also assist the sector to improve the focus on volunteer engagement. Integrated services achieve better outcomes for complex ER cases—97% of survey respondents either agreed or strongly agreed this was the case. The research identified the dimensions of service integration most relevant to ER Providers to be case management, referrals, the breadth of services offered internally, co-location with interrelated service providers, an established network of support, workforce capability, and Service User engagement. Providers can individually focus on increasing the level of service integration for their ER program to improve their ability to deal with complex cases, which are clearly on the rise. At the system level, a more joined-up approach can also improve service integration across Australia. The key dimensions of this finding are discussed next in more detail. Case management is key for achieving Service User outcomes for complex cases—89% of survey respondents either agreed or strongly agreed this was the case. Interviewees most frequently said they would provide more case management if they could change their service model. Case management allows for more time spent with the Service User, follow up with referral partners, and a higher level of expertise in service delivery to support complex cases. Of course, it is a costly model and not currently funded for all Service Users through ER. Where case management is not available as part of ER, it might be available through a related service that is part of a network of support. Where possible, ER Providers should facilitate access to case management for Service Users who would benefit. At a system level, ER models with a greater component of case management could be implemented as test cases. Referral systems are also key for achieving Service User outcomes, which is reflected in the ER Program Logic presented on page 31. The survey and interview data show that referrals within an integrated service (internal) or in a service hub (co-located) are most effective. Where this is not possible, warm referrals within a trusted network of support are more effective than cold referrals leading to higher take-up and beneficial Service User outcomes. However, cold referrals are most common, pointing to a weakness in ER referral systems. This is because ER Providers do not operate or co-locate with interrelated services in many cases, nor do they have the case management capacity to provide warm referrals in many other cases. For mental illness support, which interviewees identified as one of the most difficult issues to deal with, ER Providers offer an integrated service only 23% of the time, warm referrals 34% of the time, and cold referrals 43% of the time. A focus on referral systems at the individual ER Provider level, and system level through a joined-up approach, might lead to better outcomes for Service Users. The program logic and theory of change for ER have been documented with input from the research findings and included in Section 4.3 on page 31. These show that ER helps people facing a financial crisis to meet their immediate needs, avoid further harm, and access a path to recovery. The research demonstrates that ER is fundamental to supporting vulnerable people in Australia and should therefore continue to be funded by government.
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Managing your stress: tips for Deepwater Horizon response and volunteer workers. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, August 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.26616/nioshpub2010155.
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A diagnostic study of the implementation of Department of Health volunteer workers program. Population Council, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh1994.1003.
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This report presents findings from a 1993 survey of 200 Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) from two Davao provinces and two Lanao Provinces in the Philippines. Premised on the belief that the BHWs are important in improving the delivery of health and family planning (FP) services in the countryside, the study examined the factors that affect the performance of these health workers. The study is basically descriptive in nature, with the view to diagnosing problems in the implementation and functioning of the program and suggesting appropriate solutions. The survey method was utilized as a main data collection tool. Beside the survey of volunteer workers, 300 clients were also interviewed to solicit their responses to questions regarding the performance of their BHWs. Focus group discussions were conducted to delve into issues identified in the quantitative analysis that needed further probing. Data in this report show that BHWs provide indispensable services to their communities.
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Understanding community health volunteer incentive preferences in Kenya. Population Council, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/sbsr2021.1050.
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In Kenya, community health services are implemented through community health units. Community health volunteers (CHVs) who serve these units are chosen by the community and trained by community health extension workers. This brief summarizes qualitative and quantitative findings from the Frontline Health project’s discrete choice experiment study in Kenya, which aimed to understand incentive preferences of CHVs with the aim of improving motivation, performance, and retention of CHVs.
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Expanding workplace HIV/AIDS prevention activities for a highly mobile population: Construction workers in Ho Chi Minh City. Population Council, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/hiv2003.1013.
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In Ho Chi Minh City, the locus of the HIV epidemic in Vietnam, efforts have been under way for several years to implement prevention efforts for migrant worker populations. The main activity has been volunteer health communicators (HCs) visiting workplaces and conducting HIV education activities. These efforts have reached only a small number of the intended audience, and the impact is unclear. Local authorities want to scale up their efforts but need information on the most effective and least costly activities, and their potential for scale up. The Horizons Program, the Population Council/Vietnam, and partners compared two programs for highly mobile construction workers: the existing HC workplace program, where social work students deliver HIV-prevention education, and a new peer-education program. Concerns exist about the turnover of health communicators in the HC program and whether social work students, about half of whom are female, are the most effective HIV-prevention educators for a largely male construction worker population. The new program uses construction worker peer educators to promote HIV risk reduction. Findings noted in this report indicate that the peer-educator program reached a higher proportion of workers than the health-communicator program.
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Expanding workplace HIV prevention programs for a highly mobile population in Ho Chi Minh City. Population Council, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/hiv2003.1014.
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As HIV prevalence in Vietnam increases, promoting prevention behavior among vulnerable populations, such as migrant workers, becomes more critical. In Ho Chi Minh City, efforts by the local government have been in place for several years to focus prevention activities on migrant workers. The principal activity uses volunteer health communicators to conduct HIV education activities at workplaces. Yet these prevention efforts have reached only a minority of migrant workers, and the effectiveness of the approach remains unclear. Local authorities want to expand their efforts but need more information about which activities are the most effective and least costly, as well as their potential for scale-up. The Horizons Program, the Population Council/Vietnam, and partners compared the existing workplace HIV-prevention program for highly mobile construction workers with a new peer-education (PE) program. As stated in this brief, while both the PE and HC programs had a positive impact on workers, the PE program has a number of advantages over the HC program for this type of work environment.
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Integration of STI and HIV/AIDS with MCH-FP services: A case study of the Busoga Diocese Family Life Education Program, Uganda. Population Council, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh1997.1005.
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The Family Life Education Project (FLEP) was started in 1986 by the Busoga Diocese of the Anglican Church of Uganda with assistance from Pathfinder International. The project provides integrated MCH, FP, STD, and HIV/AIDS services to more than 500,000 individuals through 48 clinics and 162 trained village health workers (VHWs). Each clinic serves an estimated 11,000 people living in a sub-Parish. Each sub-Parish has a health subcommittee selected by the community that is responsible for hiring clinic staff, identifying VHWs, and mobilizing resources for clinic staff salaries. Data suggest that the program is reaching a large number of clients through the clinic and community-based approaches. The methodology used for the case study involved review of available data and reports, in-depth interviews with management team, modified situation analysis, and guided group discussions. As noted in this report, using simple rural-based health facilities and volunteer community-based workers to provide family planning and STD/HIV services using the integrated approach is possible, however considerable work must be done before the project can provide high-quality MCH/FP and STD/HIV services to every client using this approach.