International Clinical Sociology
International Clinical Sociology

Author: Jan Marie Fritz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-11-03

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0387738274

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Clinical sociology is a multidisciplinary field that seeks to improve life situations for individuals and groups. This book showcases the art and science of clinical sociology from around the world. It is the first book to present basic clinical sociology diagrams and models in addition to detailed histories of clinical sociology in the United States, Quebec, France, and Japan. A range of interventions are discussed in light of a region’s economic, social, political, and disciplinary history. The book presents illustrative case studies from leaders in the field, and it serves the need of graduate-level courses from around the world.

Concilier performance organisationnelle et santé psychologique au travail
Concilier performance organisationnelle et santé psychologique au travail

Author: Roland Foucher

Publisher: [Montréal] : Éditions Nouvelles

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9782921696876

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Qu'est-ce que la santé psychologique au travail ? Pourquoi s'intéresser à cette dernière ? Comment la favoriser et la concilier. avec la performance organisationnelle ? C'est en relation avec ces questions que cet ouvrage, intitulé Concilier performance organisationnelle et santé psychologique au travail, propose des pistes de réflexion et d'action. Fondé sur une conception de la santé au travail qui est explicitée dans sa première partie, ce collectif en comporte deux autres qui visent à aider à mieux comprendre en vue d'agir plus efficacement. La perspective de prévention qui a guidé sa rédaction se reflète dans les thèmes traités : le sens du travail, l'engagement organisationnel, la reconnaissance, la conciliation travail-famille, la satisfaction dans et hors travail, les inducteurs de non-santé, telle la violence, en contexte organisationnel, etc. Rédigé par des chercheurs et par des praticiens, cet ouvrage présente des recensions d'écrits, des résultats de recherche, des études de cas et des essais. L'ensemble a pour objectif d'aider à l'avancement de la réflexion, de la recherche et de la pratique.

Handbook on Participatory Action Research and Community Development
Handbook on Participatory Action Research and Community Development

Author: Stoecker , Randy

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2022-04-08

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1839100974

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This Handbook is a critical resource for carefully considering the possibilities and challenges of strategically integrating participatory action research (PAR) and community development (CD). Utilizing practical examples from diverse contexts across five continents, it looks at how communities are empowering themselves and bringing about systemic change.

Stress in the Workplace
Stress in the Workplace

Author: Jack Dunham

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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This book consists of nine chapters written by internationally known and respected research workers. Lennart Levi presents a psychosocial framework for understanding sickness and health in the workplace. James Campbell Quick, Debra Nelson and Jonathan Quick give an account of their research with executives in industry and the US Air Force. Tores Theorell focusses his research on the increasing demands on workers and the reducing control they have over their working lives. Johannes Siegrist is also concerned with imbalance – in this case between effort and reward at work. Susan Cartwright and Sheila Penchal report on the effects of the increase of mergers and acquisitions in the 1990’s. Howard Khan’s focus is the stress of working for clearing banks, merchant banks and foreign owned banks in London and New York. Sandra Fielden and Lyn Davidson present evidence of the sources of stress of women in managerial positions. Cheryl Traver’s analysis of the rising costs of teacher stress is very relevant for policy makers and mangers. Michiel Kompier and Tage Kristensen make recommendations for planning and implementing stress management strategies in the workplace.

Forests, Trees and Human Health
Forests, Trees and Human Health

Author: Kjell Nilsson

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-10-10

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9048198062

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The link between modern lifestyles and increasing levels of chronic heart disease, obesity, stress and poor mental health is a concern across the world. The cost of dealing with these conditions places a large burden on national public health budgets so that policymakers are increasingly looking at prevention as a cost-effective alternative to medical treatment. Attention is turning towards interactions between the environment and lifestyles. Exploring the relationships between health, natural environments in general, and forests in particular, this groundbreaking book is the outcome of the European Union’s COST Action E39 ‘Forests, Trees and Human Health and Wellbeing’, and draws together work carried out over four years by scientists from 25 countries working in the fields of forestry, health, environment and social sciences. While the focus is primarily on health priorities defined within Europe, this volume explicitly draws also on research from North America.