Overview of the FY 2006 Behavior Health Initiatives and Activities

This article argues that the expansion of shelter and welfare provisions for the homeless can lead to increased criminalization of homeless people in public spaces. First, I document how repression of people experiencing homelessness by the police in San Francisco neighborhoods increased immediately after the opening of new shelters. Second, I reveal how shelter beds are used as a privileged tool of the police to arrest, cite, and confiscate property of the unhoused, albeit in the guise of sanitary and public health initiatives. I conclude by considering how shelters increasingly function as complaint-oriented “services,” aimed at addressing the interests of residents, businesses, and politicians, rather than the needs of those unhoused.

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The power-trust cycle in global health: Trust as belonging in relations of dependency

Review of International Studies ◽

10.1017/s0260210521000346 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-21

Author(s):

Emma-Louise Anderson ◽

Laura Considine ◽

Amy S. Patterson

Keyword(s):

Global Health ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Positive Health ◽

Global Health Initiatives ◽

Health Initiatives ◽

Power Trust ◽

Trust And Power ◽

Positive Health Outcomes ◽

Exercise Of Discretion ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Trust between actors is vital to delivering positive health outcomes, while relationships of power determine health agendas, whose voices are heard and who benefits from global health initiatives. However, the relationship between trust and power has been neglected in the literatures on both international politics and global health. We examine this relationship through a study of relations between faith based organisations (FBO) and donors in Malawi and Zambia, drawing on 66 key informant interviews with actors central to delivering health care. From these two cases we develop an understanding of ‘trust as belonging’, which we define as the exercise of discretion accompanied by the expression of shared identities. Trust as belonging interacts with power in what we term the ‘power-trust cycle’, in which various forms of power undergird trust, and trust augments these forms of power. The power-trust cycle has a critical bearing on global health outcomes, affecting the space within which both local and international actors jockey to influence the ideologies that underpin global health, and the distribution of crucial resources. We illustrate how the power-trust cycle can work in both positive and negative ways to affect possible cooperation, with significant implications for collective responses to global health challenges.

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Investigating the Relationship between Public Satisfaction and Public Environmental Participation during Government Treatment of Urban Malodorous Black River in China

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13063584 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 3584

Author(s):

Shiwang Yu ◽

Jianxia Bao ◽

Wen Ding ◽

Xue Chen ◽

Xiaonan Tang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Participation ◽

Public Perception ◽

Action Plan ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Chinese Government ◽

Whole Process ◽

Residential Communities ◽

Behavior Health ◽

The Relationship ◽

Environmental Participation

During China’s rapid economic development and urbanization, numerous cases of urban malodorous black river (MBR) have occurred. MBR refers to a polluted urban river that smells bad, is almost black in color, has no aquatic plants or animals, and that consequently causes many social and environmental problems. The Chinese government has sought public participation during the whole process of MBR treatment as part of a comprehensive action plan to improve residents’ satisfaction with their environment. To investigate the influencing factors of public participation and satisfaction, a questionnaire survey was conducted among residential communities close to an MBR. SPSS 22.0 was employed to conduct an analysis of the collected data, using factor analysis, correlation analysis, and linear regression analysis. The results indicate that there is a direct relationship between public satisfaction and the factors of government treatment, public perception and public participation behaviors, such as engagement behavior, supervision behavior, health influence, and compensation measures.

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How Does Being Solo in Nature Affect Well-Being? Evidence from Norway, Germany and New Zealand

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18157897 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (15) ◽

pp. 7897

Author(s):

Evi Petersen ◽

Annette Bischoff ◽

Gunnar Liedtke ◽

Andrew J. Martin

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Outdoor Education ◽

Positive Emotions ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Well Being ◽

National Sample ◽

Gender And Age ◽

Health Initiatives ◽

Perception Of Time ◽

Prior Experiences

Background: Solo—being intentionally solitary in nature—is receiving growing attention as a valuable outdoor education program component. Its practice and history have been researched in the context of experiential learning, but few studies have explicitly examined how solo experiences can affect dimensions of well-being. This study investigated a broad range of well-being pathways provided by being solo, based on data from Norway, Germany, and New Zealand. Methods: Using qualitative content analysis (QCA), the solo debrief responses of 40 participants (26 females, age: 19–64 years) were analysed, applying the PERMA-V framework (emotions, engagement, relationship, meaning, achievement, and vitality). Variations in the reports were explored as a function of the national sample, gender, age, prior solo experiences and expectations. Results: The study suggests that hedonic and eudemonic well-being pathways, represented by the six PERMA-V pillars, interrelate strongly. The experience of a range of positive emotions and connecting process during solo highlights two of the most frequent findings related to well-being pathways. The secondary findings suggest minor variations in the well-being pathways for the different national samples, gender and age. Expectations and prior experiences with solo were identified as context factors with minor impact. Further, the data-driven analysis identified specific physical activities, landscape features, sense-activation, perception of time and ‘good’ weather as relevant to the specific experience. Conclusions: Solo experiences provide for well-being-related pathways in a multitude of ways, which highlights the well-being potential of solo implementation across practical fields beyond outdoor education, such as wilderness therapy, and environmental and planetary health initiatives. Future studies should continue to explore solo’s well-being potential in different settings, especially in the context of non-Western samples.

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