Recently added articles from Social Policy Journal of New Zealand:
Foreword.(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2008; ... This is the 33rd issue of the Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, and it covers a wide range of policy issues and topics. The main themes are family violence, older people, and care and protection issues. This issue also includes papers on programmes for the long-term unemployed, ...
Domestic violence and pro-arrest policy.(Essay)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract Prior to the 1980s police in New Zealand, as in other Western jurisdictions, tended to adopt a minimalist stance to the treatment of domestic violence, with separation and mediation favoured over arrest. By the late 1960s, however, the "second wave" of the feminist ...
"Sticking the boot in"--the role of goal setting in motivation intervation programmes.(Report)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract Goals play an essential role in the purposeful behaviour of job seekers, but to date scholars have not been able to communicate this knowledge to the practitioners of motivational intervention programmes. This article will present a conceptual framework for thinking ...
Co-production in a Maori context.(Report)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract In June 2006 six iwi and Maori authorities were engaged by Te Puni Kokiri to participate in a trial to develop an understanding of coproduction (joint development of policy and service delivery to realise shared strategic outcomes) in a Maori context. Co-production ...
Living standards and material conditions of young New Zealand families.(Report)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide a descriptive profile of the personal characteristics and socio-economic circumstances of a cohort of young parents (N = 155) who had full-time care of at least one dependent child at 25 years of age. In addition, we investigated ...
Equivocating over the care and protection continuum: an exploration of families not meeting the threshold for statutory intervention.(Report)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract Child, Youth and Family (CYF) undertook a study of nearly a thousand case files to provide an informed perspective on why high numbers of cases that progressed to an investigation were closed after completion of that investigation with no further statutory intervention ....
What happens to research? Responses to a project on the residential movement of children and young people.(Report)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract This paper discusses one example of research uptake. It reports on how findings from a study on the residential movement of children and young people in one New Zealand community were used. The study sought to gain an understanding of the dynamics of the residential ...
What influences retirement decisions?(Report)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract Workforce ageing is likely to lead to labour and skills shortages. Many governments are seeking to increase workforce participation by older workers and to discourage early retirement. Thus factors that influence retirement decisions are important in both personal and ...
Ethnic identity and intimate partner violence in a New Zealand birth cohort.(Report)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an issue of growing concern in New Zealand, with particular concerns being raised about the over-representation of Maori in surveys of IPV. The present study examined the associations between ethnic identity and IPV in a longitudinal ...
Quality of life is ... : the views of older recipients of low-level home support.(Report)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract A qualitative study explored the perceptions of quality of life of older people receiving low-level home support in a selected locale in New Zealand. The results shed light on the role that home support at the "lower" end of health resource allocation plays in elderly ...
Should physical activity be on the healthy ageing agenda?
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract Physical activity makes a notable contribution to one's independence, ability to perform everyday tasks and quality of life in the later years, but engagement in this health-related behaviour decreases with age. It is therefore not surprising that numerous intervention ...
Stroke: a picture of health disparities in New Zealand.(Report)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract The experience of Maori stroke survivors and their caregivers is the focus of this paper. A series of qualitative face-to-face interviews was conducted, firstly with Maori who had experienced stroke, and who were part of the 2002/03 Auckland Regional Community Stroke ...
Radical Welfare State Retrenchment: A Comparative Analysis.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; ... RADICAL WELFARE STATE RETRENCHMENT: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BY PETER STARKE HOUNDSMILL, PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 2008 The 1980s and 1990s saw "political decisions to reduce the level of social protection guaranteed by the state" in many OECD countries. In his book Radical Welfare State ...
Classroom to Prison Cell.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2008; ... CLASSROOM TO PRISON CELL BY ALISON SUTHERLAND Classroom to Prison Cell is a short work addressing one particular topic from the perspective of a number of young criminal offenders. The topic can be broadly stated as their perception of their school years and of the education ...
Sustainable social policies in an era of globalisation: lessons from the Swedish case.
Nov 01, 2007; ... Abstract The welfare state is challenged by the globalisation of the world economy and by the fact that ageing populations demand more redistribution. To promote political and social sustainability in this context, the "destructive" forces of market competition have to be met ...
Long-term care in the USA: lessons for New Zealand?(Report)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Abstract The USA and New Zealand have different health and social care systems, but both share a desire for high-quality, affordable, long-term care for elders. In the USA moves have been made to integrate long-term care services within single capitated providers to provide ...
"Family ethnicity": knitting a jumper using two woolly concepts.(Report)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Abstract While ethnicity, as collected in surveys in New Zealand, is a personal attribute not a group measure, there is some demand from the policy community and researchers for measures of family ethnicity. Yet both ethnicity and family are "woolly" concepts. The paper ...
Cultural identity and the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: ideology, policy and practice.
Nov 01, 2007; ... Abstract This paper considers the directive contained in the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 to maintain a child's cultural identity when they are placed in foster care following substantiated abuse or neglect. The paper examines changes in defining cultural ...
Blending whanau/family development, parent support and early childhood education programmes.(extended family)(Report)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Abstract Internationally, the combination of early childhood education and parent support and whanau/family development initiatives are recognised as having the potential to improve child outcomes and overall whanau/ family wellbeing. This paper considers the experience of a ...
Early childhood education policy.(Report)
Nov 01, 2007 ... INTRODUCTION This article provides a Ministry of Education commentary on the policy framework for early childhood education (ECE). It responds to concerns about the policy framework raised in Munford et al.'s "Blending Whanau/Family Development, Parent Support and Early ...