Willingness to participate in formal and/or non-formal education, 2016

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Willingness To Participate

Fostering Civic Awareness and Participation Among Older Adults in Hong Kong: An Empowerment-Based Participatory Photo-Voice Training Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 1008-1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Hiu-Kwan Chui ◽  
On Fung Chan ◽  
Jennifer Y. M. Tang ◽  
Terry Yat Sang Lum
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Training Model ◽  
World Health ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Voice Training ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Photo Voice

Social and civic participation are important tenets for both the age-friendly city and active aging frameworks promoted by the World Health Organization. Yet older adults are often under-represented in civic affairs. This study examines the effects of using photo-voice as a method in facilitating older adults’ civic participation. Specifically, an empowerment-based participatory photo-voice training model was implemented among older adults with limited formal education in Hong Kong. We conducted three focus groups comprising 12 older adults and one in-depth interview with a social worker. Findings revealed that photo-voice is an effective tool in capturing older adults’ views that would have otherwise been difficult to articulate in words or in writing, and in enhancing older adults’ ability and willingness to participate in community and civic affairs. These findings underscore the importance of using novel techniques to build a more inclusive society that incorporates the views of older adults.

scholarly journals COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among the adult population in Ghana: evidence from a pre-vaccination rollout survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kaba Alhassan ◽  
Matilda Aberese-Ako ◽  
Phidelia Theresa Doegah ◽  
Mustapha Immurana ◽  
Maxwel Ayindenaba Dalaba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Vaccine Trial ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Probit Regression ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Safety Concerns

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has already claimed over four million lives globally and over 800 deaths in Ghana. The COVID-19 vaccine is a key intervention towards containing the pandemic. Over three billion doses of the vaccine have already been administered globally and over 800,000 doses administered in Ghana, representing less than 5% vaccination coverage. Fear, uncertainty, conspiracy theories and safety concerns remain important threats to, a successful rollout of the vaccine if not managed well. Objective Ascertain the predictors of citizens’ probability of participating in a COVID-19 vaccine trial and subsequently accept the vaccine when given the opportunity. Methodology The study was an online nation-wide survey among community members (n = 1556) from 18th September to 23rd October, 2020 in the 16 regions in Ghana. Binary probit regression analysis with marginal effect estimations was employed to ascertain the predictors of community members’ willingness to participate in a COVID-19 vaccine trial and uptake the vaccine. Results Approximately 60% of respondents said they will not participate in a COVID-19 vaccine trial; 65% will take the vaccine, while 69% will recommend it to others. Willingness to voluntarily participate in COVID-19 vaccine trial, uptake the vaccine and advise others to do same was higher among adults aged 18–48 years, the unmarried and males (p < 0.05). Significant predictors of unwillingness to participate in the COVID-19 vaccine trial and uptake of the vaccine are: married persons, females, Muslims, older persons, residents of less urbanised regions and persons with lower or no formal education (p < 0.05). Predominant reasons cited for unwillingness to participate in a COVID-19 vaccine trial and take the vaccine included fear, safety concerns, lack of trust in state institutions, uncertainty, political connotations, spiritual and religious beliefs. Conclusion The probability of accepting COVID-19 vaccine among the adult population in Ghana is high but the country should not get complacent because fear, safety and mistrust are important concerns that have the potential to entrench vaccine hesitancy. COVID-19 vaccine rollout campaigns should be targeted and cognisant of the key predictors of citizens’ perceptions of the vaccine. These lessons when considered will promote Ghana’s efforts towards vaccinating at least 20 million people to attain herd immunity.

scholarly journals Analisis Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Persepsi Masyarakat dalam Pembangunan Hutan Tanaman Rakyat pada KPH Gedong Wani

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Dian Nova Yanti ◽  
Irwan Sukri Banuwa ◽  
Rahmat Safe’i ◽  
Christine Wulandari ◽  
Indra Gumay Febryano
Keyword(s):  
Informal Education ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Plantation Forest ◽  
The Public ◽  
Main Basis

One effort to reduce environmental damage is the launching of the Social Forestry Program by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. One such program is Community Plantation Forest (HTR). Farmers' perception of a program is the main basis for the willingness to participate in a program. The purpose of this study are: 1) Knowing the perception of the community, and 2) Knowing the factors that affect the public perception of the HTR development program in KPH Gedong Wani. The research was conducted in Sinar Ogan Village, Srikaton, Jati Indah, Jati Baru, and Budi Lestari, which is the recipient village of IUPHHK-HTR. Sampling technique using stratified random sampling and obtained as many as 95 respondents by interview method. To know the factors that influence perception using multiple regression. The results of this study show the public perception on the development of HTR in the medium category. Factors that have significant effect on public perception are formal education, informal education, HTR land area, monthly income, availability of information, and intensity of counseling.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Smallholders Farmers on Oil Palm Plantation Cooperative in Kongbeng, East Kutai

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-146
Author(s):  
Christian Pratama Putra ◽  
Dwi Sadono ◽  
Djoko Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Primary Basis ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
Extension Support

Farmers' perception toward a program is the primary basis for their willingness to participate in the program. The objectives of the research are: (1) to know the perception level of farmers in the palm oil plantation cooperatives, (2) to analyse the correlation between internal and external factors with farmers perception. The study was conducted on May 2018 in Kongbeng Sub District of East Kutai District. The sample size is 66 farmers who are a member of a cooperative and cultivate palm oil on his land. The analysis used is descriptive statistics and Rank Spearman correlation. The results showed that the perception of farmers about the existence of cooperatives in community palm oil plantations in the form of cooperative benefits and the implementation of cooperatives are in a good category. Internal factors are significantly related to the perception of farmers only at the level of formal education in the benefits of cooperatives. Other internal factors have no relationship with the perception of farmers. Most of the external factors are highly correlated with farmers' perceptions of partnership support, farmer group support, extension support, and local government support.

scholarly journals Development of a Non-Formal Education Process to Promote the Awareness in Living Together with Care in Urban Communities: A Case Study of Bann Krua Nua Community

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 1751-1756
Author(s):  
Kittikantaphong Sribuawnam, Weerachat Soopunyo, Kultida Chancharoen
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
The People ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Living Together ◽  
And Function ◽  
Education Process

The aims of this research were to 1) development of a non-formal education process to promote the awareness in living together with care in urban communities, and 2) propose guidelines for raising awareness in living together with care in urban communities with the non-formal education process. Participatory action research (PAR) was conducted in Ban Krua Nua, Thanon Phetchaburi, Ratchathewi, Bangkok. Research participants comprised community leaders, community committees and community residents of Ban Krua Nuea. Data were collected by observation, interview and group discussion. Research instrument’s included interview form, data recording form and the researcher. Research data were analyzed by ways of content analysis. The findings were as follows; 1) A non-formal education process to promote the awareness in living together with care in urban community of Ban Krua Nua community consisted of 5 process namely, 1) perceive the problems 2) planning 3) implementation, 4) conclusions and 5) reflection and 2) The propose guidelines for raising awareness in living together with care in urban communities with the non-formal education process derived from the area and jointly developed with the Ban Krua Nua community and the group discussion which consisted of 8 components as follows; 1) "Participation" included participation in sharing, thinking together, doing and creating together. 2) " Happiness" included willingness to participate in activities and happy to participate in the activity. 3) "Learning" included learning by itself learn others learn community as well as learning to live together in society. 4) "Conservation" included love and good will, love and care for the people in the community, maintain the traditions and culture of the community to continue. 5) " Creative" included the initiative to create activities, know how to solve problems in order to develop the community to be progressive and sustainable. 6) "Coordination" included coordination and having unity. 7) "Acceptation" included accepting and learning each other accepting and listening to others' opinions and 8) " Knowledge" included knowing the role and function of yourself, knowing the traditions, laws and knowing the changes of the world.

Classification of Infant Vocalizations by Untrained Listeners

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 3265-3275
Author(s):  
Heather L. Ramsdell-Hudock ◽  
Anne S. Warlaumont ◽  
Lindsey E. Foss ◽  
Candice Perry
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Additional Insight ◽  
Listener Responses ◽  
Infant Vocalization ◽  
Early Infant ◽  
Infant Vocalizations ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
Speech And Language Development ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose To better enable communication among researchers, clinicians, and caregivers, we aimed to assess how untrained listeners classify early infant vocalization types in comparison to terms currently used by researchers and clinicians. Method Listeners were caregivers with no prior formal education in speech and language development. A 1st group of listeners reported on clinician/researcher-classified vowel, squeal, growl, raspberry, whisper, laugh, and cry vocalizations obtained from archived video/audio recordings of 10 infants from 4 through 12 months of age. A list of commonly used terms was generated based on listener responses and the standard research terminology. A 2nd group of listeners was presented with the same vocalizations and asked to select terms from the list that they thought best described the sounds. Results Classifications of the vocalizations by listeners largely overlapped with published categorical descriptors and yielded additional insight into alternate terms commonly used. The biggest discrepancies were found for the vowel category. Conclusion Prior research has shown that caregivers are accurate in identifying canonical babbling, a major prelinguistic vocalization milestone occurring at about 6–7 months of age. This indicates that caregivers are also well attuned to even earlier emerging vocalization types. This supports the value of continuing basic and clinical research on the vocal types infants produce in the 1st months of life and on their potential diagnostic utility, and may also help improve communication between speech-language pathologists and families.

Validity and Reliability of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE)

GeroPsych ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-151
Author(s):  
Mahshid Foroughan ◽  
Zahra Jafari ◽  
Ida Ghaemmagham Farahani ◽  
Vahid Rashedi
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cognitive State ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Dsm Iv ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Farsi Version

Abstract. This study examines the psychometric properties of the IQCODE and its applicability in the Iranian elderly population. A group of 95 elderly patients with at least 4 years of formal education who fulfilled the criteria of DSM-IV-TR for dementia were examined by the MMSE and the AMTs. The Farsi version of the IQCODE was subsequently administered to their primary caregivers. Results showed a significant correlation ( p = .01) between the score of the questionnaire and the results of the MMSE ( r = −0.647) and AMTs ( r = −0.641). A high internal reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (α = 0.927) and test-retest reliability by correlation coefficient ( r = 0.81). This study found that the IQCODE has acceptable psychometric properties and can be used for evaluating the cognitive state in the elderly population of Iran.

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