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Drinking motives and alcohol use among undergraduate college students in Hawaiʻi: A cross‐sectional analysis on the moderating effects of ego‐resiliency and social support Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Seunghye Hong, Soo Mi Jang, Jihyeong Jeong, Constance Emory‐Khenmy
This study estimated the (1) levels of alcohol use, drinking motives, ego‐resiliency, and social support; (2) effect of drinking motives on alcohol use; and (3) moderating effects of ego‐resiliency and social support. An online survey was conducted among undergraduate college students from a university in Hawaiʻi (n = 172). This study estimated moderating effects of ego‐resiliency and social support
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The work effectiveness and its influencing factors of child directors in China Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Qiujie Guan, Shu Zhang, Fang Zhao
Implementing the child director policy is an innovation in China's child protection practice, and the work of child directors aims to provide care and protection services for vulnerable children in communities and villages. According to the person–environment fit theory (i.e., needs–supplies fit), this study evaluated the work effectiveness of child directors and its influencing factors from environmental
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The association of social capital and mental well-being among older residents living in public housing in Macau Special Administrative Region (S.A.R.) – A qualitative case study of Seac Pai Van Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Michelle Sok I He, Agnes Iok Fong Lam, Paul Wai Ching Wong
Macau is a rapidly aging city, with 13.8% of the population aged over 65. Social capital has been identified as a crucial protective factor for negative mental health outcomes, yet its relationship with mental health among older adults in Macau remains unclear. This study thematically analyzed the narratives of 19 in-depth face-to-face interviews of Cantonese-speaking elderly aged 60 or above residing
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Interruptions, interventions, and innovations in social services during COVID-19 in Bangladesh Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Krittebas Paul, Tulshi Kumar Das
The COVID-19 pandemic affected almost all sectors including the social services in Bangladesh. The authorities struggled to provide services to the pandemic-affected people who suddenly lost their jobs, falling into a state of poverty. This study aims to investigate interruptions, interventions, and innovations in government social services because of social policy responses during COVID-19 considering
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Process of constructing alternative social work discourses in Asia: A case study of Buddhist social work as social representations Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Masateru Higashida
This preliminary study examined the process of constructing alternative discourses on social work. It focused on the exploration of Buddhist social work by researchers and practitioners in Asian countries, including monks and nuns. The present investigation was grounded in the analytical perspective of the social representation theory posited in the domain of social psychology. Books, reports, and
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Achieving active aging of older people with gratitude, independence, and government support—A biographical narrative approach Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Yong-Lim You, Jeong-Eun Han, Soo-Young Kim
This article aims to explore the perspectives and experiences of elderly individuals in Korea regarding active aging in their daily lives. The research utilizes Schütze's biographical narrative approach and involves six participants, comprising two males and four females aged between 73 and 82. The data collected undergoes analysis using Schütze's six-step biographical narrative analysis method, resulting
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Social work practices in community governance: A systematic literature review Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Guo Wenmei, Mohd Haizzan Yahaya, Isahaque Ali
As a significant social subject force, social work plays a unique role in the new pattern of community governance. Through continuous practice and exploration, it has accumulated particular practical experience and theoretical foundation with considerable application value, which provides good references and references for the study. This study is based on a review of published articles that reflect
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What happened to field practicum in social work education during COVID-19? Evidence from Bangladesh Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Tulshi Kumar Das, Krittebas Paul, Priyanka Bhattacharjee
Field practicum is an integral part of social work education, and students of bachelor's and master's levels need to gain the requisite experience of field practicum to achieve the degrees. Like many practice-based disciplines, social work has been facing enormous challenges in arranging field practicum during COVID-19. This qualitative study aims to understand the experiences of social work faculties
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A longitudinal regional study on the role of fundraising organizations affecting local giving levels in South Korea Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Beop-rae Roh, Yun Min Kim
This study aims to examine the regional characteristics that affect the region's level of collective donation behavior. Most studies examining factors affecting donation behavior were conducted at the individual level. However, regional-level comparative studies enable an understanding of environmental factors influencing donation behavior. Especially in this study, the number of nonprofit fundraising
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“Say something in your language”: Lived experiences of Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Sharvari Karandikar, Additti Munshi, Hyunyi Cho
This paper explores anecdotes about and experiences of implicit and explicit acts of racism experienced by 16 Asian Americans living in the United States, who narrate stories about incidents of race-based verbal, physical, or emotional violence. In addition, the participants detail hardships and experiences before COVID-19, at the onset of COVID-19, and most importantly, during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Dynamics of domestic violence in Kashmir: An interplay of multiple factors Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Aadil Bashir, Misbah Rafiq
Domestic violence is a widely prevalent phenomenon in the world. However, some of its features are culture-specific. This study, therefore, attempts to study domestic violence in the context of Kashmir's culture. It draws on data collected through interviews with victims of domestic violence who were identified during a survey in Kashmir. The interview transcripts were analyzed and themes were drawn
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The homeless of urban India under COVID-19 lockdown: Rethinking their rights and the role of public policy Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-05-14 Sujayita Bhattacharjee
Homelessness comes with a slew of challenges and a never-ending struggle for survival. This study examines the impact of the pandemic and lockdown on the homeless population of urban India. The study reflects on the experiences of the homeless in the major cities of India during the first wave of the pandemic as well as explores the aspect of their rights and the role of government policy in this regard
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COVID-19 pandemic and the determinants of depressive symptoms among senior citizens of India: An empirical investigation Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Koustubh Kanti Ray
The COVID-19 pandemic inflicted multiple threats to individuals' physical, mental, and financial health conditions. The pandemic-related restrictive behaviors pose serious consequences for public health and increase the risk of mental illness among individuals, particularly among older citizens. The combination of their pre-existing illnesses, social isolation, COVID fear, and financial adversity frequently
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Effect of child benefit payments on child outcome expenditures in South Korea Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Jinwoo Lee, Michael S. Pollard, Rafiq Dossani
Extensive research has shown the positive impact of conditional child benefits on child outcomes. However, there is limited work on the impact of universal child benefit payments on how families spend on child outcomes. Our study explores this issue. This study examined the relationship between child benefit payments on child outcome expenditures using longitudinal data from the Korean National Survey
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Kazakhstan's implementation of international conventions on the protection of children's rights (juvenile responsibility) Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Elmira Duissenkyzy, Daulet Baideldinov, Aizhan Zhatkanbayeva, Ualikhan Akhatov, Marat Zhumagulov
The purpose of this article is to analyze international experience and legislation on the protection of children's rights, to assess the state of this issue in the national space of Kazakhstan, to conduct a comparative analysis and the level of implementation of the provisions of international conventions. To achieve the set goals and tasks, to ensure the reliability of the results and conclusions
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Social work for vulnerable and marginalized people during COVID-19 in Japan Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Yoh Murayama, Masami Hasebe, Sachiko Yamazaki, Jun Yamaguchi, Erika Kobayashi
During the Coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19), working conditions became increasingly difficult for social workers, as they had to deal with new challenges and added workloads. This study describes the difficulties faced by social workers of the Self-Reliance Support System in Japan and clarifies the solution for each difficulty while conducting their duties to support vulnerable people during
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Present and prospective health status of older adults in the Philippines: The role of education Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Paolo Miguel Manalang Vicerra
Utilizing current information to project prospective ill health prevalence can help prepare the country to ensure the well-being of older people. The prevalence of ill health in terms of physical, psychological, and cognitive health dimensions was estimated by age, sex, and education attainment level using the 2018 Longitudinal Study on Aging and Health in the Philippines. Subsequently, the said rates
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Social harmony and community wellbeing Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-01-23 M. Rezaul Islam
This special issue explores social harmony and community wellbeing with some examples of Asian countries. These are essential tools to fight against many social problems and meet elucidation. While these concepts are not documented well in social work literature, the articles on this special issue will provide thoughtful and valuable guidelines to the readers, academics, policy makers and researchers
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Employment status, material hardship, and mental health among low-income working-age adults in South Korea Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-01-04 RaeHyuck Lee, Jaeseung Kim, Joyce Shim
The current study examines the associations between employment status and mental health and the mediating role of material hardship among low-income households in South Korea. This study uses regression models with a rich set of control variables and lagged dependent variable models with a nationally representative sample of 1113 low-income working-age household heads from the Korean Welfare Panel
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Economic and social inclusion of person with disability and transgender through skills development program of BRAC: A qualitative study Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Tanvir Shatil, Md Kamruzzaman, M. Rezaul Islam
This article is based on the Skills Training for Advancing Resources (STAR) project for the youth initiative of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) in Bangladesh. The objective was to explore the consequences of social and economic inclusion of this project for the persons with disability (PWDs) and transgender (TG) youth people. The research focused on how inclusive programmatic interventions
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Bringing Indonesia into the global welfare regime debate: A literature review and future research agenda Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Tauchid Komara Yuda, Stefan Kühner
Studies on welfare state regimes have been dominated by consideration of rich OECD/European and increasingly East Asian countries/territories, leaving South Asian cases such as Indonesia underexplored. The few existing studies that have explicitly tried to conceptualize the Indonesian welfare regime have resulted in little consensus. To address the resulting lack of clarity, this article reviews scholarly
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Child well-being in the context of family harmony: Parental marital relationship as mediator and parent–child attachment style as moderator Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Norzarina Mohd-Zaharim, Intan H. M. Hashim
Extant research in Western countries have indicated that children's well-being may be influenced by children's own resilience, parent–child attachment, and parental marital relationship. Yet, there is very little research in Malaysia on how these factors may influence well-being among children in middle childhood. The aim of this study, therefore, was to explore the relationships among children's self-efficacy—a
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International students' experiences of living temporarily abroad: Sense of belonging toward community well-being Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-11-20 Nur Hafeeza Ahmad Pazil, Intan Hashimah Mohd Hashim, Julia Abyana Aziya, Nur Farah Wani Mohd Nasir
This article unveils the voices of the international students of the Universiti Sains Malaysia by exploring their belongingness and community well-being in Malaysia. This study was conducted with 14 international students (seven males and seven females) studying at the Universiti Sains Malaysia for at least a year. A qualitative approach was employed using in-depth case interviews to examine the socio-cultural
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An analysis on basic income: Evidence using data from experimental projects throughout the world Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Sang Kyun Kim, SeoYeon Ahn
Basic income was a hot issue in the recent Korean presidential election. Its pros and cons were used to scramble for the electorate's votes. However, their arguments largely relied on political rhetoric and lacked scientific facts. The problem is that politics without the backing of science is not only prone to a misguided conviction but also going to deal a blow to the future development of basic
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Longitudinal causal relationship between depression and self-esteem in Korean older adults Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-10-30 Juanjuan Wang, Maanse Hoe
This study aimed to examine the longitudinal causal relationship between depression and self-esteem (SE) in older Koreans and analyze gender differences in this correlation. Participants were 4742 older adults aged ≥65 years in baseline 2018 from the Korea Welfare Panel Study. Depression and SE were measured every year from 2018 to 2021. This study estimated causal relationships using the autoregressive
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Social behavior practices for child protection and well-being among low-income urban households in Bangladesh Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-10-06 M. Rezaul Islam, Fakir Al Gharaibeh, Azlinda Azman, Intan H. M. Hashim, Md. Robiul Islam, Abdur Rahman
The main objective of this study was to explore the status of social behavior practices for child protection and well-being among low-income urban households in Bangladesh. This study used a survey method, and data were collected through a face-to-face structured interview from 378 low-income household heads from 12 wards (Konabari and Kashimpur) of Zone 5 of the Gazipur City Corporation. Results found
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A longitudinal study on the stability and causal relationships between disability acceptance, self-efficacy, and interpersonal ability among Koreans with disability Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Eun Hye Kim, Li Na Cui, Choong Rai Nho
The purpose of this study was to explore the longitudinal, reciprocal effects between disability acceptance, self-efficacy, and interpersonal ability and to discuss implications for persons with disability. For this purpose, we used the third (2018–2020) raw data of the second Panel Survey of Employment for the Disabled (PSED), implemented by the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disability
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Unpaid care work among women in South Asia: A systematic review Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Saumya Tripathi, Sameena Azhar, Fuhua Zhai
The specific aims of this systematic review are to (1) understand the prevalence and context for women's unpaid care work in South Asia, (2) explore factors that affect the prevalence of unpaid care work, and (3) identify gaps in the extant research on unpaid care work that influence women's lives. Using the Cochrane Handbook and PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews, we searched 18 databases and
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Examining the relationship between religiosity and happiness in Medan, Indonesia: The mediating role of self-control, self-regulation, and life satisfaction Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-09-26 Abdul Aziz Rusman, Intan H. M. Hashim, Norzarina Mohd Zaharim
Social harmony and community wellbeing can be addressed by promoting life satisfaction and happiness within society. As part of the attempts to understand and promote life satisfaction and happiness within society, this study examined how religiosity can contribute to these two outcome variables. More specifically, this study examined the mediating effect of self-control, self-regulation, and life
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The challenges and coping strategies of single mothers caring for children with special needs: Experiences from Kashmir, India Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-09-14 Aadil Bashir, Afnan Tariq, Aimon Khan, Isahaque Ali, Azlinda Azman
Families play a significant role in the development of their children. Nearly 16% of children in the industrialized world live in single-parent households, which are mostly comprised of single mothers. Although motherhood is the most beautiful feeling a woman cherishes, this experience can be challenging when the woman has to raise their special-needs child on her own, without the support of her spouse
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Intersections of caste, class, and gender in healthcare sanitation work in India: Social work imperatives for restructuring marginalized women's care work Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-08-09 Tanya S. Monteiro
Housekeeping and sanitary workers are crucial for the functional efficiency and hygiene of healthcare facilities. In India, women from oppressed castes and backward classes are predominantly recruited in these occupations. The work, regarded as “polluting,” is stigmatized, devalued, and lies at the historical and sociocultural intersections of caste, class, and gender. In the context of the COVID-19
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Association of childhood maltreatment with subsequent dating violence: An analysis of revictimization among the Korean population Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-07-09 Yoewon Yoon, Ahyoung Song
Childhood maltreatment is a universal issue impacting developmental outcomes, including the likelihood of experiencing violence in later life. Although previous works have focused on the cycle of abuse, the cycle of revictimization and neglect is less well-understood. In the current study, childhood exposure to maltreatment (physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect) are examined as potential risk
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“Neither it had social work components nor experiential”: Students' perspectives of online fieldwork practice during COVID-19 in India Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-06-30 Dandub Palzor Negi, Abdul Azeez E P
This paper explores social work students' perspectives of online fieldwork practice that emerged due to sudden disruption in field placement as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19 in India. We have recruited and interviewed 32 Master's students from five north-Indian universities to participate in the research. The study's findings highlight ill-equipped agencies lacking social work components in
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Social assistance programs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: Does faith-based approach matters? Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-06-25 Abul Fazal Md Salahuddin, Md. Ismail Hossain, Isahaque Ali, Azlinda Azman
This paper aimed to examine the role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in the distribution of social assistance (SA) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. The paper adopts a qualitative case-study approach to explore the best practices in the distribution of SA by five (5) organizations including FBOs, governmental organizations (GOs), Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), political groups
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Pro-work reforms to the settlement support system and the economic adjustment of recipients: Evidence from South Korea Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-06-13 Sam Han
This study examines the effects of the pro-work reforms to South Korea's North Korean Defectors Settlement Support System (NKDSSS) on the economic adjustment of North Korean Defectors (NKDs) in the country. It analyzes data from the 2010 National Survey of Domestic Violence: NKDs, using a regression discontinuity design. The study finds that the reforms did not affect changes in the economic adjustment
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Relationships between objective and subjective socioeconomic status and physical health among adolescents in South Korea Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-05-25 Sue-Lynn Kim, Joan P. Yoo
This study seeks to broaden the understanding of socioeconomic health disparities among Korean adolescents. Specifically, we examine the pathways from objective SES and subjective SES to physical health through a psychosocial perspective. To this end, stress and self-efficacy, which have been identified as critical psychosocial factors associated with SES, and physical activity, one of the most representative
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Association of ICT utilization level and life satisfaction of people with disabilities: Focus on differences in disability type Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Sehyun Baek, Sungkyu Lee, Shin Young Lee
Using a nationally representative sample in Korea, this study examined the association of information and communication technology (ICT) utilization level and the life satisfaction of people with disabilities and the variations by disability type. Data were obtained from the second wave of the 2021 Survey on the Digital Divide, administered by the Korean National Information Society Agency (N = 2200
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In search of better life: Construction migrants struggle for livelihood in urban Udupi District of Karnataka, India Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Praveen Naik Bellampalli, Neelam Yadava
Migration is an essential livelihood strategy in rapidly developing, low-income contexts. However, this article seeks to analyze occupation choices and the struggle for livelihood among laborers. This study carried out both secondary and primary data; the primary survey was conducted in the Udupi district of Karnataka. Detailed information was gathered from both individual and household levels. According
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Bioecological determinants of malnutrition in underprivileged children in India Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-05-02 Bita Afsharinia, Anjula Gurtoo
India has made considerable progress towards tackling child malnutrition since the launch of the ICDS scheme in 1975, with currently 1.3 million centres across the country. The latest NFHS-5 data (2018–20), however, shows limited improvement in the percentage of stunted, wasted, and underweight children, at 36%, 19%, and 32%, respectively. Given the persistent state of malnutrition in India, we probe
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An exploration of building up the quality of parent‐child relationship in residential childcare in Macao Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-04-07 On Na Ribeiro Leong,Shu‐Wen Liu
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Poverty, noncommunicable diseases, and perceived health risks among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in urban Thailand Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Wiraporn Pothisiri, Paolo Miguel Manalang Vicerra, Thananon Buathong
The COVID-19 pandemic has had negative impacts on vulnerable populations worldwide. This study aimed to examine the association between the health worries of urban older people in Thailand and covariates related to income and non-income poverty, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and metabolic risk factors (MRFs). The study utilized the 2021 Survey on Housing and Support Services for Poor Older Adults
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Interventions and development strategies towards intensive social support among the participants of activity center for older adults in Malaysia Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-03-25 Faizah Hanim Zainuddin, Mashitah Hamidi, Haris Abd Wahab
Social support is essential for improving the lives of older adults. However, some respondents of other literature reported receiving less adequate financial support from family, a lack of comprehensive policies to protect older adults, and a smaller social network as they age. In order to address this issue, more intense social support is required as older adults are at risk of obtaining insufficient
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“We'll starve to death”: The consequences of COVID-19 over the lives of poor people with disabilities in rural Nepal Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Debashis Sarker, Sanjana Shrestha, Santosh Kumar Baidhya Tamang
There is no doubt that the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 negatively impacted billions of people worldwide, and among them, people with disabilities became most susceptible. However, little is known about the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of people with disabilities in Nepal. Using empirical data from semi-structured in-depth interviews with people with disabilities, disability specialist, and community
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Social capital and structural disadvantages: A case of Community-Driven Development program in Afghanistan Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-01-26 Hadi Noori
This paper analyzes and uses the National Solidarity Program (NSP) Afghanistan as a case study to question the idea of social capital building for poverty reduction. Specifically, it explores how development policy has been decoupled from its intended objectives as it hit the existing friction in the ground. The data draws from poor household experience in three different provinces of Afghanistan to
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Disadvantage, discrimination, and despair: Parental experiences of caring for children with disability in Bangladesh Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-01-21 Muhammed Muazzam Hussain, Mohammad Mojammel Hussain Raihan
This paper explored parental experiences of caring for children with disability (CWD) living in the Sylhet city corporation area of Bangladesh. This study applied a qualitative research approach. The purposive snowball sampling method was employed to recruit study participants. Twenty-one in-depth interviews and two focus group discussions with parents of children with physical, hearing, vision, and
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Do complexity and ambiguity affect people's intent to apply for public assistance? Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-01-10 Hyejin Moon, Yong-Chang Heo
This article aims to raise and empirically test whether complexity and ambiguity would affect the intent to apply for public assistance in the case of South Korea. Results of regression analysis reveal that the complexity of the application process has led to a greater decline in the intent of the poor to apply, possibly because the present bias is relatively greater. These outcomes indicate that the
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Acculturation trajectories of South Korean multicultural adolescents and their immigrant mothers and its association with adolescent adjustments Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-01-09 Jisu Park
This study identified the acculturation trajectories of multicultural adolescents in South Korea along with those of their migrant mothers using a latent class growth analysis and examined the relationship between latent trajectories of adolescents and their mothers and the adjustment of adolescents. Data from a nationally representative sample of Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study (N = 1458, Girls = 50
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Obstacles to regulating the private sector: The case of Korean long-term care Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-12-26 Chang Lyul Jung, Alan Walker
This paper examines the attempts to improve public accountability in the private-led Korean Long-Term Care (LTC) insurance system, illustrating their characteristics and limitations. Korea introduced universal LTC insurance in 2008, but with the purposeful exclusion of public provision, for-profit providers were able to take part without regulation, which caused problems such as low-quality services
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Unpacking the complexities of child well-being in Southeast Asia: Insights for social policy Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-11-29 Hamzah Nor Bin Aedy Rahman, Tauchid Komara Yuda
The body of knowledge related to child well-being in Southeast Asia is sketchy and preliminary. Using standardized Z-scores, we computed the child well-being index (CWI) to observe how well 11 Southeast Asian countries take care of children. The overall result shows most countries in this region have “less” to “moderate” performance in terms of CWI realization. An exception is given to Singapore, which
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Life after Leaving Institutional Care: Independent Living Experience of Orphan Care Leavers of Mumbai, India Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-08-18 Ankit Kumar Keshri
Transitioning from institutional care to independent living is a complex process for orphan care leavers. Most of them struggle to adapt to independent living for longer periods after leaving institutional care. This study describes those challenges in the Indian context. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 13 orphan care leavers to explore their experiences and perceptions of independent living
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Response to COVID-19 in social welfare facilities and the psychological state of social workers in South Korea: The mediating role of satisfaction with government Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-09-02 Sangjoon Shin, Jimin Gim
This paper investigated associations between COVID-19 responses in social welfare facilities and the psychological state of social workers together with the potential mediating role of satisfaction with the government. During the COVID-19 pandemic, following government guidelines, social workers have continued to provide social services to the vulnerable groups. However, no research has been conducted
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Women, work and pandemic: An impact study of COVID-19 lockdown on working women in India Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-09-02 Amithy Jasrotia, Jigyasa Meena
The first wave of the pandemic caused due to COVID-19 was marked by a complete lockdown in India in March 2020. This unprecedented time and global health crisis pushed everyone indoors and compelled all employees to work from home (WFH). This study is an attempt to explore the challenges and possibilities of the WFH scenario in the context of working women in India. Around 203 women professionals participated
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Is it possible to improve social workers’ program planning capability through organizational learning strategy? Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-09-24 Sunae Kwon
This study investigates the applicability of organizational learning in non-profit human service organizations for the management of outcome-based programs. The focus of this study was the organizational learning level of J Agency and the enhancement of outcome-based program planning capacity through organizational learning. The organizational learning conducted at J Agency consisted of training and
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Resilience and stress in frontline social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-07-26 Boon Kheng Seng, Mythily Subramaniam, You Jin Chung, Syed Ahmad Mahdi Syed Ahmad, Siow Ann Chong
As social work under normal circumstances is already a stress-laden helping profession, this study intended to examine the level of psychological distress among the frontline social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether resilience and organizational support played a part in mitigating their psychological distress. Frontline social workers from various social service sectors across Singapore
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Vulnerabilities of the Rural Poor in India during pandemic COVID-19: Social Work perspective for designing sustainable emergency response Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-07-10 Subhasis Bhadra
Poor are vulnerable, frail, battered, marginalized, voiceless, and victim of multiple social circumstances. The complex vulnerable existence always made them suffer and become double victims of any disaster, be it natural, human-made, or biological like pandemic COVID-19. Poverty in India is an outfall of a number of complex social realities, historical past, and present doldrums. Restrictions due
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Exploring the formation of social entrepreneurship from an ecological perspective: Evidence from South Korea Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Sangmi Cho, JongSerl Chun, Soyoung An
This study explores the formation of social entrepreneurship from an ecological perspective as developing personal attributes taking into account the dynamic context of external factors. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 22 social entrepreneur trainees are conducted based on the grounded theory. The main finding is that the paradigm of the social entrepreneurship formation is described through
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Exploring subjective experiences of international social workers in Asia: Content analysis of Japanese field reports Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Masateru Higashida
The aim of this study is to explore the subjective and practical experiences of international social workers, focusing on the content, outcomes, impact, and related factors of their activities in Asia. Individual reports of social workers dispatched from Japan to 11 Asian countries during the period of 2003–2018 were collected (n = 59). A mixed quantitative and qualitative content analysis was used
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Psychosocial stress and trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Bangladesh Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-04-12 Md. Ismail Hossain, Nafiul Mehedi, Iftakhar Ahmad, Isahaque Ali, Azlinda Azman
The COVID-19 outbreak has become a global health crisis affecting both the physical and mental health of people across the world. Likewise, the people of Bangladesh are going through a menacing mental health catastrophe with the outbreak of coronavirus that resulting in stress and trauma. Hence, this situation is altering people's lifestyles and generating complexities in psychological well-being.
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Social innovation participatory action research for empowerment of marginalized people Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-05-03 Ali Asghar Sadabadi, Zohreh Rahimi Rad
Marginalization of poor and uneducated residents has led to fundamental social damage in Iran's large cities, which is manifest in a persistent culture of poverty and lack of access to opportunities and services. Empowering these people is not possible with government resources, and it requires the use of empowerment methods, such as social innovation-based solutions. The purpose of the present study