The Social Services Chain is the network of social services through which clients flow. At an abstract level, this is very much like a job shop in that each client moving through the chain requires a unique set and sequence of services, but that these services often have to be repeated as required by the individual needs of a client. When we consider realistic problems for social services, howe...

As human pressures on ecosystems continue to increase, research involving the effective incorporation of social values information into the context of comprehensive ecosystem services assessments is becoming more important. Including quantified, spatially explicit social value metrics in such assessments will improve the analysis of relative tradeoffs among ecosystem services. This paper descri...

Introduction. In recent years, the introduction of social question and answer services and other Internet tools have expanded the ways in which people have their questions answered. There has been speculation and debate over whether such services and other Internet tools are replacing library virtual reference services. Method. Most previous research on the comparison between social question an...

this article reviews world’s experiences in providing financial services for women. countries under study include some of the developing countries islamic and non- islamic), as well as development, in which governmental or non-governmental organizations have been established to provide financial help, credits, saving and other services. their objectives, methods, activities, and programs are re...

annually, 4.7% of people aged 15-64 (184 million people) consume illegal drugs globally which is associated with numerous social and individual harms. according to expanded physical, psychological and social complications of addiction, treatment methods must include a combination of medical, psychological and social care. in terms of oral health, addiction aggravates direct or indirect oral pro...

background: despite the success of developed countries in preventing the spread of hiv/aids, the disease is expanding in developing countries where an unfavorable attitude exists among people, health professionals and employees. this study aimed to assess the stigmatized attitude among health care providers toward people living with hiv (plwha). methods: the study is a cross-sectional survey. t...

In this study, a detailed exploration is carried out of the production of research and theory in social psychology in the Spanish context. The main research areas are: Work and organizational psychology, social health psychology, community and social services psychology, environmental research, judicial and political psychology, psychosocial theory and meta-theory, social psychology of language...

Since the publication in 1989 of the white paper, Caring for People, the benefits of collaboration between primary health and social services have been emphasised—albeit with little guidance on how to achieve this. 2 The success of emergency initiatives to reduce pressure on hospital beds and, in future, health action zones, will also depend on good relationships between agencies. The recent NH...