Suchergebnisse

Hvordan tænkes, erfares og praktiseres politik i forhold til fagforeningen? Hvordan definerer og afgrænser gruppen af yngre ufaglærte kvinder 'det politiske'? Og hvordan er yngre ufaglærte kvinders situation i relation til medborgerskab, inklusion og eksklusion?

Community empowerment approaches have been proven to be powerful tools for solving local health problems. However, the methods for measuring empowerment in the community remain unclear and open to dispute. This study aims to describe how a context-specific community empowerment measurement tool was developed and changes made to three health promotion programs in Rapla, Estonia. An empowerment expansion model was compiled and applied to three existing programs: Safe Community, Drug/HIV Prevention and Elderly Quality of Life. The consensus workshop method was used to create the measurement tool and collect data on the Organizational Domains of Community Empowerment (ODCE). The study demonstrated considerable increases in the ODCE among the community workgroup, which was initiated by community members and the municipality's decision-makers. The increase was within the workgroup, which had strong political and financial support on a national level but was not the community's priority. The program was initiated and implemented by the local community members, and continuous development still occurred, though at a reduced pace. The use of the empowerment expansion model has proven to be an applicable, relevant, simple and inexpensive tool for the evaluation of community empowerment.

The article sheds light on how negotiations concerning gender take place in modern day work places where the discourse about equality of gender having been achieved is widely accepted. The article also unveils how the concept of equality of gender is redefined, e.g. in connection with the formation and utilisation of criteria concerning individual reward and salary negotiations. The article focuses on the impacts of gender neutrality by observing how employees and executives in 4 companies (Andersen & Bloksgaard 2004) talk about and use terms like 'man', 'woman' and 'the good employee'. On this basis, organization, gender, work and work practices are analyzed.

AbstractThis paper analyses how, and the extent to which, village plans and municipal rural and health policies have been coordinated in three Danish rural case locations. We applied a qualitative design through a document analysis of plans and policies as well as interviews in villages ‐ with municipal administrations. Theoretically, the article builds on the coordination and bridging that have been undertaken between community‐led planning and statutory planning. First, the study shows that although communities are expected to influence the successful implementation of health interventions, there is still a way to go before health and rural development planning are integrated in Danish municipalities despite innovative actions towards integration at the village level. Second, issues such as what we term 'tame planning', fear of municipal domination, difficulties in approaching village diversity, and silo‐based strategy‐making are identified as critical barriers to address.

Artiklen undersøger, hvordan lokalsamfund skaber grobund for fællesskabog aktiv deltagelse, hvorigennem sundhed og trivsel bliver et centralt omdrejningspunkt.Diskussionerne i artiklen beskæftiger sig med forskellige formerfor deltagelsesforståelser og perspektiver på governance, og med hvilkepositioneringer omkring lokalsamfund, empowerment, medborgerskab ogsundhed, der kommer til udtryk og præger måden at deltage, udøve sundhedspraksisi hverdagslivet og gøre lokalsamfund på i tre landsbyer. Artiklentager sit afsæt i mangel på studier, der viser, om lokalsamfundsdeltagelse kanog i givet fald hvordan det kan påvirke udførelse af sundheds – og velfærdsservices– og det endda når initiativet udgår fra lokalsamfundet. Artiklen giverny viden om lokalsamfundet som arena for kapacitet, trivsel og inklusion.

Stafet-debat: "Navneleg: Identitetsstrategier på vej ind i det nye årtusinde", Pernille Tanggaard Andersen: "Vi bor i vores navn", Birgit Petersson: "Fokus på kvinder!", Nina Lykke: "Lad os droppe pænheden og springe ud som feministiske forskere!"

We live in a modern society where working life both is a source to identity and wealth and at the same time occupy our time and energy. But how is it to be unemployed and excluded from this working community? And why is it so hard to reintegrate people at the labour market? Based on theory of social exclusion these questions are explored by analysing socially vulnerable citizens' everyday lives and the complex social problems that have been accumulated through out their lives. We demonstrate how these accumulated risk profiles create barriers to be included in working life and often involves a high degree of marginalisation.

This study explored the Smoking Prevention and Cessation Partnership (SPCP) which builds upon a collaboration between two Danish municipalities targeted at the prevention of tobacco smoking. The aim of the study was to describe the processes of SPCP, to examine the difficulties this collaboration faced, and to assess how these experiences could be used to improve future partnership collaboration. We employed qualitative methodology comprising 12 semi-structured one-to-one interviews with SPCP's stakeholders and an analysis of the partnership documents and reports. The findings suggested that the main potentials of the partnership were the personal relations between the members and stakeholders with the possibilities of the creation of new connections with other actors. Barriers to successful partnership building were the implementation of the new Local Government Reform as a competing task, and that the two municipalities were heterogenic in respect to organizational issues and working methods. Other impediments included the lack of continuity in leadership, the lack of clarity regarding the form of collaboration and roles, as well as different expectations of the stakeholders. We conclude that four factors remain critical for partnerships. The first is the clarity of the collaborative effort. Second, partnerships need to take into account the structural circumstances and culture/value systems of all stakeholders. Third is the impact of contextual factors on the development of the partnership; and the fourth factor is the bearing of personal/individual factors on the partnership e.g., personal engagement in the project. Early attention to these four factors could contribute to more effective partnership working.

I dette nummer anmeldes følgende: "På trods... 100 års kvindehistorie" (Hanne Dam), "Den excellente præstation. Elitesport, kvinder og karriere" (Inge Kryger Pedersen), "Sygeplejesagens pioner, Henny Tscherning" (Esther Petersen), "Mellan ansvar & magt" (Gunilla Carlstedt og Annika Forssén), "TV-værter, kommercialisering og køn i Norden" (Vibeke Pedersen m.fl.), "Den demokratiske udfordring" (Goul Andersen m.fl.)

Knowledge on compliance with governmental recommendations in combating the spread of COVID-19 in different groups is important to target efforts. This study investigated the adherence to the governmental implemented COVID-19 measures and its predictors in Danish university students, a not-at-risk group for COVID-19 mortality and normally characterized by many social contacts. As part of the COVID-19 International Student Wellbeing Study, a survey on socio-demographic situation, study information, living arrangements, lifestyle behaviors, stress, questions about COVID-19 infection and knowledge and concern about COVID-19 infection was sent via email to relevant university students in Denmark in May, 2020 (n = 2.945). Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis was employed. Our results showed that around 60% of the students were not concerned about COVID-19, while 68% reported that they followed governmental measures. The main facilitators for following the recommendations were older age, concern about COVID-19 and depression, while barriers were living in a student hall, being physical active or reporting mental stress. Only 9% of the variation in adhering to governmental recommendations could be explained by the analyzed predictors. Results may inform health communication. Emotionally appealing information rather than knowledge-based information may be more effective in motivating students to follow COVID-19 measures. ; Knowledge on compliance with governmental recommendations in combating the spread of COVID-19 in different groups is important to target efforts. This study investigated the adherence to the governmental implemented COVID-19 measures and its predictors in Danish university students, a not-at-risk group for COVID-19 mortality and normally characterized by many social contacts. As part of the COVID-19 International Student Wellbeing Study, a survey on socio-demographic situation, study information, living arrangements, lifestyle behaviors, stress, questions about COVID-19 infection and knowledge and concern about COVID-19 infection was sent via email to relevant university students in Denmark in May, 2020 (n = 2.945). Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis was employed. Our results showed that around 60% of the students were not concerned about COVID-19, while 68% reported that they followed governmental measures. The main facilitators for following the recommendations were older age, concern about COVID-19 and depression, while barriers were living in a student hall, being physical active or reporting mental stress. Only 9% of the variation in adhering to governmental recommendations could be explained by the analyzed predictors. Results may inform health communication. Emotionally appealing information rather than knowledge-based information may be more effective in motivating students to follow COVID-19 measures.