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Coffee, Cookies and Cards: The Use of Visuals and Materiality to Reproduce and Transform Masculinity in Dutch Social Work Interventions

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van Huis I., van der Haar M.

Gender, rovné příležitosti, výzkum (Gender, Equal Opportunities, Research)

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2015

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vol. 16

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issue 1

57-66

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In what way do gender-specific interventions aimed at marginalised men reproduce and transform masculinities, and what kind of masculinity do social professionals, who carry out these projects, work with? This paper analyses how visual materials, spaces and artefacts enable professionals to deal with masculinity and gender-equality issues when working with men whom they assume hold traditional views on masculinity and gender roles. A three-year study of semi-public interventions that worked on individual empowerment, participation and gender equality with marginalised men in the Netherlands revealed that the professionals found it difficult to raise gender-equality issues. In contrast to the other project goals of individual empowerment and participation, gender-equality issues created a discomfort. The authors also discovered that gender equality in most cases was dealt with in more subtle ways than the issues of individual empowerment and participation. In this context, professionals worked with an ideal version of what the ‘new’ masculinity of the participants would look like, which we labelled ‘pacified masculinity’. The paper empirically shows how social professionals benefit from the use of space, images and artefacts to break down rigid gender roles and potentially enable men to construct other versions of masculine identity. Moreover, we argue that visuals and materiality create room for a reflection on the role of men in women’s emancipation.

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HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS; interventions and strategies to increase physical activity: Review and recommendations.

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Borras P. A.

Journal of Physical Education & Health - Social Perspective

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2013

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vol. 2

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issue 3

45-51

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Prevalence of childhood obesity and health problems resulting from a lack of physical activity are in a position to increase in most developed countries. Scientific evidence of the relationship between physical activity levels and health problems resulting from inactivity not fully studied. Levels of physical activity for young people and teenagers are insufficient. There is little evidence of positive results in relation to interventions with children. In general, interventions achieved significant changes in physical activity levels of approximately 13% in moderate and vigorous physical activity. Most interventions are not significant in children although teenagers. In the case of children is effectively a direct influence over the type of physical activities that are proposed, with a high recreational component and multicomponent interventions course include families and supporting institutional campaigns. For adolescent interventions must also be multicomponent and focus on environmental intervention center to have some assurance of effectiveness.

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An overview on childhood obesity

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Koukourikos K., Lavdaniti M., Avramika M.

Progress in Health Sciences

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2013

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vol. 3

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issue 1

128-133

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Introduction: Childhood obesity is a modern epidemic situation and is the most frequent eating disorder. The importance of childhood obesity has driven many researchers to investigate and study its etiology, consequences, and interventions for managing it. Purpose: To review the factors which contribute to the development of childhood obesity, its consequences, and the interventions for managing the problem. Results: It follows from the review that childhood obesity is associated with the presence of genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors, while its consequences are connected with cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and respiratory diseases. Certain psychosocial and endocrine disorders are also observed. Management of the problem can be achieved with targeted interventions in the context of the family, school and community environment. Conclusions: Childhood obesity is directly connected with the adoption of a sedentary lifestyle, a change in healthy eating habits, and reduced physical activity. Apart from the serious risks it causes to children, this problem considerably affects the cost of healthcare and social security systems.

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Materialistyczna krytyka literacka – niedokończony projekt [rec. Joseph North: Literary Criticism. A Concise Political History. Cambridge– Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2017, ss. 272.]

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Trzeciak K.

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2018

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vol. 12

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issue 2

167-180

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The article is an extensive review of Joseph North’s book Literary Criticism: A Concise Political History. The author divides the 20th and 21st century literary studies into two orientations: critics and researchers, showing that the domination of the research perspective from the 80s led to a paradoxical depoliticization of criticism and deprivation of its intervention potential. To restore the critical potential, North postulates a return to materialistic aesthetics under the sign of I.A. Richards, which allows him to cross the research horizon in a gesture of intervention into a common reality, justified by a specific aesthetic experience.

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Development and impact of public administration intervention during the pandemic period on the quality of life of low-income groups

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Horovenko V., Lachytová L.

Scientific Bulletin of Chełm - Section of Pedagogy

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2022

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issue 1

177-192

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COVID-19 is having an unprecedented impact on all communities around the world. Millions of people lost their jobs as a result of the government measures introduced. Social inequalities deepened and vulnerable groups were exposed to a new threat. In this contribution, we focus on the development of the pandemic on a global scale and in Slovakia, with an emphasis on individual public administration interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the contribution is to analyze the impact of the introduced measures on one of the most vulnerable segments of the population, which are the low-income groups. The contribution emphasizes marginalized groups with low income, limited opportunities and dependence on the help of others. This article is a partial output of the project VEGA 1/0595/21 – Public administration interventions at the time of COVID-19 and their impact on the quality of life of citizens of selected communities.

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Accidents rate of the Polish State Fire Service officers during service in the years 2015–2022

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Dudziński Ł., Czyżewski Ł., Kubiak T., Milczarczyk T.

Medycyna Pracy

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2023

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vol. 74

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issue 6

469-477

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Background The profession of a firefighter is fraught with a significant risk of injuries. Firefighters operate in hazardous zones to mitigate threats and combat fires. Aim of work is to evaluate the accident rate of the officers of the Polish State Fire Service in connection with their service, considering direct participation in rescue operations, and other official duties between the years 2015–2022. Material and Methods An 8-year analysis was conducted from reports covered the number of accidents, the number of injured firefighters, the age of the officers, the circumstances of the event, and the type and location of the injury. This includes fire and rescue operations, exercises, training, official trips, sports activities, and technical work related to equipment. Results Between 2015 and 2022, there were 12 588 individual and group accidents in various circumstances. Most firefighter accidents occurred during rescue and firefighting operations, as well as during sports activities which dominate as the cause of injuries among firefighters in the observed period (37.8%), and injuries related to rescue and fire-fighting activities constitute 28.5%. Other work activities of firefighters cause 33.7% of injuries. In 2020 was a clear reduction in the number of accidents per 1000 employed firefighters in each observed parameter (total, interventions, sport) while maintaining the average level of firefighter employment (M±SD 30 099±224). Conclusions The most frequent circumstances of injury are slippery and challenging spaces, surfaces, and carelessness. The most common type of body injury is a dislocation and sprain concerning the ankle joint, foot. The most frequent causes of work-related injuries for firefighters, as the results indicate, are participation in team sports and fire-fighting and rescue operations. The most commonly occurring medical consequences resulting from a firefighter’s injury are fractures, sprains, and contusions of various body areas. Firefighters are most burdened with injuries in the age group 26–35 years old.

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Istotność współpracy specjalistów zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi oraz bezpieczeństwa i higieny pracy w realizacji skutecznych interwencji antystresowych

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Molek-Winiarska D.

Zarządzanie Zasobami Ludzkimi

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2019

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issue 2(127) „ZZL w kontekście wyzwań współczesnego rynku pracy, nowych modeli biznesowych i zarządzania publicznego”

149-163

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Interwencje antystresowe przeprowadzane są w ramach współpracy specjalistów zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi i BHP ze względu na konieczność interdyscyplinarnego podejścia do wdrożenia. Celem artykułu jest zatem wykazanie, że współpraca specjalistów z obu wymienionych obszarów jest istotnym czynnikiem wpływającym na skuteczność interwencji w redukowaniu stresu pracowników. W części teoretycznej opisano, czym jest stres w pracy oraz czym są interwencje antystresowe. W części badawczej przedstawiono konkretne wdrożenie programu redukcji stresu w organizacji sektora wydobywczego. W poszczególnych etapach procedury implementacji opisano rolę i działania podejmowane przez specjalistów ZZL i BHP. Zastosowano trening uważności oraz trening specyficznych umiejętności „miękkich”. Wyniki analizy wariancji MANOVA wskazały, że interwencja antystresowa była skuteczna, gdyż wpłynęła na redukcję stresu pracowników. Przeprowadzona interwencja ukazuje, że w celu osiągnięcia skuteczności wdrożenia istotna jest ścisła współpraca w ramach obszarów BHP i ZZL.

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Stress management interventions (SMIs) are initiatives taken by occupational health and safety as well as human resource management divisions. This is due to the need for an interdisciplinary approach to implementation. Thus, the objective of the article is to demonstrate that collaboration among specialists from both these fields is an important factor impacting on the effectiveness of stress management intervention in the case of employees. The theoretical section describes just what stress in the workplace is and what stress management intervention is. The research section presents concrete examples of the implementation of stress management programs in organizations from the mining sector. The role and actions taken by human resource management and occupational health and safety specialists is described for the individual phases of procedure implementation. Mindfulness and soft–skill training was applied. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) results demonstrated that the stress management intervention was effective. It reduced worker stress levels. As performed, the intervention shows that in order to achieve effective implementation, what is important is close cooperation in the area of occupational health and safety and human resource management.

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Kompleksowe podejście do zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa i ochrony zdrowia pracowników – studium przypadku

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Chomątowska B., Molek-Winiarska D.

Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie

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2017

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issue 4(964)

175-190

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Współczesne przedsiębiorstwa coraz częściej stosują systemowe, proaktywne podejście do zarządzania bhp. Wymaga ono kompleksowego i wszechstronnego traktowania zagadnień zdrowia i bezpieczeństwa pracowników. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie różnorodnych sposobów zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa i ochrony zdrowia pracowników w ramach współczesnego podejścia do zarządzania bhp. Szczególną uwagę zwrócono na kwestie zdrowia organizacyjnego oraz interwencji wpływających na redukcję stresu związanego z pracą. Artykuł składa się z dwóch części. Pierwsza ma charakter teoretyczny. Druga stanowi studium przypadku organizacji, która w sposób systemowy zarządza bezpieczeństwem i ochroną zdrowia pracowników. Podjęła ona w tym celu wiele różnorodnych działań o charakterze technicznym, systemowym i behawioralnym. Działania te realizowane są kompleksowo przez służby bhp, działy zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi i jakości oraz osoby odpowiedzialne za medycynę pracy i psychologów zakładowych.

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Nowadays, more and more organizations are using a system-based, proactive approach to the management of occupational safety and health (OSH). This requires that treatment of worker health and safety now be more complex and comprehensive than it has been. The aim of this paper is to present the diversity of OSH dimensions within the framework of the contemporary approach to OSH management. The paper looks particularly at issues of organizational health and interventions addressing work-related stress. The second part of the article describes a case study of the implementation of a system-based OSH programme in one company, which undertook numerous technical, systemic and behavioral activities requiring the cooperation of many departments and individuals: OSH, HR, quality management and occupational medicine and Occupational Health Psychologists

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Therapeutic Interventions for Addicts in Prisons

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Piasecka M., Podolak E.

Studia Paedagogica Ignatiana

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2023

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vol. 26

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issue 2

103-122

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The phenomenon of drug addiction is prevalent among prisoners. The lack of therapeutic or adequate interventions for addicts can be a risk factor for recidivism. Therefore, it is important follow methods that have been documented as effective. The purpose of this article is to present the results of an analysis of foundational data on therapeutic programs conducted in prison wards and targeting drug addicts, including those addicted to new psychoactive substances. The results of the research focus on identifying individual elements of the programs resulting from their structure and the level of inclusion of interventions documented as effective in addiction therapy. The conclusions and recommendations from the desk research lead to recommendations for improving penitentiary practice.

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Zjawisko uzależnienia od substancji psychoaktywnych, w tym tzw. dopalaczy, występuje wśród osób pozbawionych wolności. Brak oddziaływań terapeutycznych lub nieadekwatne oddziaływania skierowane do osób z uzależnieniem mogą stanowić czynniki ryzyka recydywy penitencjarnej. Dlatego ważne jest, aby działania prowadzone w tym zakresie opierały się na metodach udokumentowanych jako skuteczne. Celem artykułu jest prezentacja wyników badań prowadzonych na podstawie analizy danych zastanych dotyczących programów terapeutycznych wdrażanych na oddziałach w jednostkach penitencjarnych i skierowanych do osób z uzależnieniem od substancji psychoaktywnych innych niż alkohol, w tym od nowych substancji psychoaktywnych. Wyniki badań koncentrują się na identyfikacji poszczególnych elementów programów wynikających z przyjętej ich struktury oraz poziomu uwzględnienia oddziaływań udokumentowanych jako skutecznie w terapii uzależnień. Wnioski i zalecenia wypływające z przeprowadzonych badań źródeł wtórnych pozwalają na wyprowadzenie rekomendacji dla doskonalenia praktyki penitencjarnej.

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Coffee, Cookies and Cards: The Use of Visuals and Materiality to Reproduce and Transform Masculinity in Dutch Social Work Interventions

HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS; interventions and strategies to increase physical activity: Review and recommendations.

An overview on childhood obesity

Materialistyczna krytyka literacka – niedokończony projekt [rec. Joseph North: Literary Criticism. A Concise Political History. Cambridge– Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2017, ss. 272.]

Development and impact of public administration intervention during the pandemic period on the quality of life of low-income groups

Accidents rate of the Polish State Fire Service officers during service in the years 2015–2022

Istotność współpracy specjalistów zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi oraz bezpieczeństwa i higieny pracy w realizacji skutecznych interwencji antystresowych

Kompleksowe podejście do zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa i ochrony zdrowia pracowników – studium przypadku

Therapeutic Interventions for Addicts in Prisons