Manoj Pardasani
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4100431 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Manoj Pardasani |
| NOMBRES | Manoj |
| APELLIDO | Pardasani |
| FIRMA | PARDASANI M |
| AFILIACIONES | Hunter College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4343-9673 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2005 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Keeping Community During a Pandemic
The purpose of this qualitative exploratory study was to better understand how LGBTQ+ senior centers created virtual communities and implemented organizational adaptation in the earliest stages of the pandemic. Three focus groups (n=22) were conducted with program facilitators and senior center employees to better understand how these key stakeholders contributed to the transition from in person senior center to virtual senior center programming …
The impact of Age-Tastic! On health literacy about depression among older adults
Age-Tastic! is a health and wellness intervention designed for older adults. Incorporating game theory and behavioral activation concepts, this intervention is a board game that engages older adults in an interactive and immersive experience over 8 weeks. This paper reports on a pilot study that evaluated the impact of this intervention on health literacy about depression among community-dwelling older adults from New York City. The sample compri…
The Better Future International’s family care model in Tanzania
This article describes the impact on social services of an innovative model of family care in Moshi, Tanzania, aimed at orphaned children and youth who are affected by HIV/AIDS and their caregivers. We explore three questions: Is social capital created during the provision of social work services? If so, what aspects of the model are responsible for it? How does this social capital influence the participants’ educational/occupational aspirations …
Aging and Human Rights
Social Workers as Senior Executives
The range and patterns of leadership styles in human service organizations are important for social work educators and their students to understand if social work administrators are to compete successfully in the marketplace for executive director and other top management roles. Using a sample of executive directors of human service organizations located in a state in the Northeast section of the U.S., the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (ML…
Professional Discretion in Welfare Services
Tsunami reconstruction and redevelopment in the Maldives
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the significance of trans‐disciplinary and inter‐disciplinary collaboration, and local community participation in redevelopment efforts
HIV prevention and sex workers
This article examines the impact and influence of advocacy on HIV prevention efforts among sex workers in India. A novel project initiated in Songachi, a red-light district in Calcutta, was instrumental in reducing the rate of new infections among sex workers and increasing the use of condoms to significant levels. The Songachi Project utilised methods and techniques that empowered this stigmatised, exploited and disenfranchised segment of the po…
A Context-Specific Community Practice Model of Women's Empowerment
This article will demonstrate the need for a context-specific model of community practice that aims to empower impoverished rural women and simultaneously improve their living conditions. The two main empowerment-based models of community practice currently prevalent in rural India and their ideological differences are highlighted. A unique case of community planning and mobilization that resulted in incremental yet significant changes in the soc…
Aging and Human Rights
HIV prevention and sex workers
This article examines the impact and influence of advocacy on HIV prevention efforts among sex workers in India. A novel project initiated in Songachi, a red-light district in Calcutta, was instrumental in reducing the rate of new infections among sex workers and increasing the use of condoms to significant levels. The Songachi Project utilised methods and techniques that empowered this stigmatised, exploited and disenfranchised segment of the po…
A Context-Specific Community Practice Model of Women's Empowerment
This article will demonstrate the need for a context-specific model of community practice that aims to empower impoverished rural women and simultaneously improve their living conditions. The two main empowerment-based models of community practice currently prevalent in rural India and their ideological differences are highlighted. A unique case of community planning and mobilization that resulted in incremental yet significant changes in the soc…
Social Workers as Senior Executives
The range and patterns of leadership styles in human service organizations are important for social work educators and their students to understand if social work administrators are to compete successfully in the marketplace for executive director and other top management roles. Using a sample of executive directors of human service organizations located in a state in the Northeast section of the U.S., the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (ML…
HIV prevention and sex workers
This article examines the impact and influence of advocacy on HIV prevention efforts among sex workers in India. A novel project initiated in Songachi, a red-light district in Calcutta, was instrumental in reducing the rate of new infections among sex workers and increasing the use of condoms to significant levels. The Songachi Project utilised methods and techniques that empowered this stigmatised, exploited and disenfranchised segment of the po…
A Context-Specific Community Practice Model of Women's Empowerment
This article will demonstrate the need for a context-specific model of community practice that aims to empower impoverished rural women and simultaneously improve their living conditions. The two main empowerment-based models of community practice currently prevalent in rural India and their ideological differences are highlighted. A unique case of community planning and mobilization that resulted in incremental yet significant changes in the soc…
Tsunami reconstruction and redevelopment in the Maldives
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the significance of trans‐disciplinary and inter‐disciplinary collaboration, and local community participation in redevelopment efforts
Professional Discretion in Welfare Services
Social Workers as Senior Executives
The range and patterns of leadership styles in human service organizations are important for social work educators and their students to understand if social work administrators are to compete successfully in the marketplace for executive director and other top management roles. Using a sample of executive directors of human service organizations located in a state in the Northeast section of the U.S., the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (ML…
Aging and Human Rights
The impact of Age-Tastic! On health literacy about depression among older adults
Age-Tastic! is a health and wellness intervention designed for older adults. Incorporating game theory and behavioral activation concepts, this intervention is a board game that engages older adults in an interactive and immersive experience over 8 weeks. This paper reports on a pilot study that evaluated the impact of this intervention on health literacy about depression among community-dwelling older adults from New York City. The sample compri…
The Better Future International’s family care model in Tanzania
This article describes the impact on social services of an innovative model of family care in Moshi, Tanzania, aimed at orphaned children and youth who are affected by HIV/AIDS and their caregivers. We explore three questions: Is social capital created during the provision of social work services? If so, what aspects of the model are responsible for it? How does this social capital influence the participants’ educational/occupational aspirations …
Keeping Community During a Pandemic
The purpose of this qualitative exploratory study was to better understand how LGBTQ+ senior centers created virtual communities and implemented organizational adaptation in the earliest stages of the pandemic. Three focus groups (n=22) were conducted with program facilitators and senior center employees to better understand how these key stakeholders contributed to the transition from in person senior center to virtual senior center programming …
Political science (8 obras) · Medicine (5 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · Public relations (4 obras) · Social Work (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Economic growth (3 obras) · Empowerment (3 obras) · Law (3 obras)