This paper deals with the sign up issue in social networks populated with Web services. These social networks can be used for example, to ease the discovery of Web services. Based on Web services’ functionalities three social networks are built: competition, substitution, and collaboration. In competition and substitution social networks, Web services offer homogeneous functionalities. In the c...

The use of community-based social services additionally to regular home help services to support older persons at risk of institutionalization was studied. Structured interviews were held with 292 persons, who specifically pointed out that they prefer to remain independently at home. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were developed to study the association between social ser...

OBJECTIVE To investigate outpatients' use of, and satisfaction with social care services in an HIV unit. DESIGN Survey of patients with HIV infection using self administered questionnaire. SETTING Outpatient HIV clinics at the Royal Free Hospital, London, March-April 1991. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Patients' social circumstances, use or intended use of social care services and satisfaction wi...

This paper and our presentation at the ISI meeting in Helsinki have three major themes: Presentation of the Nordic model for organising and monitoring social welfare and health care services and the Nordic co-operation (Chapters 1-3), Demonstration of the Nordic model of information steering and easy availability of high quality data (Chapter 4), and Discussion about the future trends in dissem...

This article presents a reflection on the meaning of the terms citizenship and health, addressing the Theory of Social Representations as a strategy for implementing and evaluating health care models in Brazil. First, a brief history about the concept of citizenship is presented; then the article addresses the principles of freedom and equality according to Kant; the third section of the articl...

The recent focus on diversity in themanagement literature takes on special urgency in the context of human services organizations. Human services organizations have traditionally served a wide array of communities with a high representation of diverse, disadvantaged, and oppressed groups. This diversity has not typically been mirrored in the workforce of those organizations. A recent study of a...