Wes Shera
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 193415 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Wes Shera |
| NOMBRES | Wes |
| APELLIDO | Shera |
| FIRMA | SHERA W |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Toronto |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1990 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
I thought that I had to be alive to repay my parents
Filial piety involves the Confucian view that children always have a duty to be obedient and to provide care for their parents. Filial piety has been described as both a risk and a protective factor in depression and suicide. This qualitative study aimed to explore the role of filial piety in the suicidal behavior of Chinese women. Qualitative interviews were conducted with Chinese women with a history of suicidal behavior living in the Beijing a…
Lessons from a Canada-China cross-national qualitative suicide research collaboration
A cross-national qualitative suicide study was conducted by Tsinghua University and the University of Toronto with two samples of Chinese women in Beijing and Toronto. The aim of this article is to reflect on lessons learned from this collaborative study. A literature review guided the analysis. A focus group was conducted with members of both research teams. A semi-structured interview guide was developed to explore the researchers' experiences …
“I think I am worth it. I can give up committing suicide”
This qualitative study explored the experiences and patterns of recovery of Chinese-born women living in Canada with a history of suicidal behaviour. It explores a number of dimensions of recovery including clinical, existential, functional, physical, and social. The women described engaging in “survival” recovery in the short term and “thriving” recovery in the long term, with survival strategies extending into the thriving phase of recovery dur…
City Leaders
In 2008, United Way Toronto (UWT) launched the Creative Institute for Toronto’s Young (CITY) Leaders, a leadership development program for diverse young people working and volunteering in the community and social service sector across Toronto, Canada. The investment in leadership capacity building provided a unique opportunity to explore the short- to medium-term outcomes of the 104 youth who participated in five different program cohorts over 4 …
I just couldn’t step out of the circle. I was trapped”
Take This Job and Love It
Several job‐related and organizational features make the work of community‐based paid managers of volunteers distinctly different from conventional management practice. Based on self‐verification (Swann & Brown, 1990) and exchange (Blau, 1964) theories, we tested a multidimensional measurement model of support specific to these managers. The dimensions include support gained from their coworkers, volunteers, and supervisors, and from the prosocia…
Promoting Evidence-Informed Practice in Child Welfare in Ontario
Practice and Research Together (PART) is an Ontario-based research utilization initiative, the core function of which is to distil and disseminate practice-relevant research findings to child welfare practitioners. This article addresses (a) the mission and goals of the PART program; (b) the key components of the program design; (c) the conceptual foundations of evidence-informed practice (EIP) as it relates to the program; (d) the successes and …
Designing for success
This intent of this article is to describe a unique, Canadian-based research utilisation programme called PART (Practice and Research Together: www.partontario.org/ ). This innovative programme seeks to create linkages between research and practice in child welfare by promoting organisational and systemic change that increases research utilisation as a vital component in the everyday work of child welfare practitioners. The article provides an ov…
Changing Organizational Culture to Achieve Excellence in Research
This article describes the research capacity building efforts of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto over the past 12 years. It identifies the role of strategic planning, the process of change, and the key practices, in terms of personnel, resources, research center development, and strategic community partnerships, which were used to enhance research capacity and productivity. Major lessons learned include th…
Social work education and practice
In planning for the future, schools of social work need good-quality information about current and future anticipated changes which affect the nature of social work practice. A wide variety of methods are available to conduct “futures studies” to assist schools with this planning. This article reviews the international literature on futures studies in social work and concludes that a high-quality study requires substantial funding, the meaningful…
Responding to diversity in organizational life
Increasing diversity of populations in many countries places demands on institutional structures to be responsive to the needs of minority communities. Universities, and especially schools of social work, are expected to be open to these new challenges of diversity. It is argued that inclusiveness should be integrated into the overall strategic responses of institutions. This paper describes the attempts by a Faculty of Social Work to become more…
Market Mechanisms and Consumer Involvement in the Delivery of Mental Health Services
Both the United Kingdom and the United States Are in the midst of health care reform. By focusing on services for the severely mentally ill this paper compares recent developments in managed care in the U.S. and care management in the U.K. It particularly focuses on the use of market mechanisms and consumer involvement in these reforms
Changing MSW students' attitudes towards the severely mentally Ill
The Improvement of Teaching and Curriculum Relevance Through Institutional Self-Renewal
Schools of Social Work have a responsibility to improve teaching and curriculum relevance through what has been called institutional self-renewal. Their survival and growth often depends on these actions. This study identifies how one school of social work surveyed its major social service environment to obtain perceptions regarding: its interactions with the social service community; the relevance of the knowledge and skills acquired by students…
Community Preservation and Empowerment on an Hawaiian Island
This article discuss as critical themes and issues in the practice of community organisation. Using the case of the island of Lana 'i in the State of Hawaii the author illustrates how community assessment can be done to maximise relevance, enhance utility and empower communities. The development project in this case involves the creation of a resort industry with two major hotels on an island which until now has had an agricultural economic base …
Cross Cultural Perspectives in Mental Health
This paper discusses some of the similarities and differences between Pacific-Asian and Western cultures and their influence on the construct of mental health. Culturally sensitive social work practice may need to expand from the traditional treatment perspectives of the West to ones that include mental health consumers, their families, social networks and communities; approaches currently being used in non-Western cultures
Evaluating the impact of resort development on an Hawaiian island
A Framework for Evaluating the Planning and Development of a New Community
The planning and development of new communities is a challenging and expensive venture. This article describes the framework and methods employed to evaluate the use of socially sensitive planning in the development of Tumbler Ridge, a new coal-mining community in northeastern British Columbia. The authors describe how a set of social principles and design elements were used to develop an overall framework and detailed strategy for the evaluation…
Changing MSW students' attitudes towards the severely mentally Ill
Promoting Evidence-Informed Practice in Child Welfare in Ontario
Practice and Research Together (PART) is an Ontario-based research utilization initiative, the core function of which is to distil and disseminate practice-relevant research findings to child welfare practitioners. This article addresses (a) the mission and goals of the PART program; (b) the key components of the program design; (c) the conceptual foundations of evidence-informed practice (EIP) as it relates to the program; (d) the successes and …
Social work education and practice
In planning for the future, schools of social work need good-quality information about current and future anticipated changes which affect the nature of social work practice. A wide variety of methods are available to conduct “futures studies” to assist schools with this planning. This article reviews the international literature on futures studies in social work and concludes that a high-quality study requires substantial funding, the meaningful…
I just couldn’t step out of the circle. I was trapped”
I thought that I had to be alive to repay my parents
Filial piety involves the Confucian view that children always have a duty to be obedient and to provide care for their parents. Filial piety has been described as both a risk and a protective factor in depression and suicide. This qualitative study aimed to explore the role of filial piety in the suicidal behavior of Chinese women. Qualitative interviews were conducted with Chinese women with a history of suicidal behavior living in the Beijing a…
Cross Cultural Perspectives in Mental Health
This paper discusses some of the similarities and differences between Pacific-Asian and Western cultures and their influence on the construct of mental health. Culturally sensitive social work practice may need to expand from the traditional treatment perspectives of the West to ones that include mental health consumers, their families, social networks and communities; approaches currently being used in non-Western cultures
Evaluating the impact of resort development on an Hawaiian island
A Framework for Evaluating the Planning and Development of a New Community
The planning and development of new communities is a challenging and expensive venture. This article describes the framework and methods employed to evaluate the use of socially sensitive planning in the development of Tumbler Ridge, a new coal-mining community in northeastern British Columbia. The authors describe how a set of social principles and design elements were used to develop an overall framework and detailed strategy for the evaluation…
Community Preservation and Empowerment on an Hawaiian Island
This article discuss as critical themes and issues in the practice of community organisation. Using the case of the island of Lana 'i in the State of Hawaii the author illustrates how community assessment can be done to maximise relevance, enhance utility and empower communities. The development project in this case involves the creation of a resort industry with two major hotels on an island which until now has had an agricultural economic base …
Cross Cultural Perspectives in Mental Health
This paper discusses some of the similarities and differences between Pacific-Asian and Western cultures and their influence on the construct of mental health. Culturally sensitive social work practice may need to expand from the traditional treatment perspectives of the West to ones that include mental health consumers, their families, social networks and communities; approaches currently being used in non-Western cultures
Evaluating the impact of resort development on an Hawaiian island
The Improvement of Teaching and Curriculum Relevance Through Institutional Self-Renewal
Schools of Social Work have a responsibility to improve teaching and curriculum relevance through what has been called institutional self-renewal. Their survival and growth often depends on these actions. This study identifies how one school of social work surveyed its major social service environment to obtain perceptions regarding: its interactions with the social service community; the relevance of the knowledge and skills acquired by students…
Market Mechanisms and Consumer Involvement in the Delivery of Mental Health Services
Both the United Kingdom and the United States Are in the midst of health care reform. By focusing on services for the severely mentally ill this paper compares recent developments in managed care in the U.S. and care management in the U.K. It particularly focuses on the use of market mechanisms and consumer involvement in these reforms
Changing MSW students' attitudes towards the severely mentally Ill
Responding to diversity in organizational life
Increasing diversity of populations in many countries places demands on institutional structures to be responsive to the needs of minority communities. Universities, and especially schools of social work, are expected to be open to these new challenges of diversity. It is argued that inclusiveness should be integrated into the overall strategic responses of institutions. This paper describes the attempts by a Faculty of Social Work to become more…
Social work education and practice
In planning for the future, schools of social work need good-quality information about current and future anticipated changes which affect the nature of social work practice. A wide variety of methods are available to conduct “futures studies” to assist schools with this planning. This article reviews the international literature on futures studies in social work and concludes that a high-quality study requires substantial funding, the meaningful…
Changing Organizational Culture to Achieve Excellence in Research
This article describes the research capacity building efforts of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto over the past 12 years. It identifies the role of strategic planning, the process of change, and the key practices, in terms of personnel, resources, research center development, and strategic community partnerships, which were used to enhance research capacity and productivity. Major lessons learned include th…
Designing for success
This intent of this article is to describe a unique, Canadian-based research utilisation programme called PART (Practice and Research Together: www.partontario.org/ ). This innovative programme seeks to create linkages between research and practice in child welfare by promoting organisational and systemic change that increases research utilisation as a vital component in the everyday work of child welfare practitioners. The article provides an ov…
Promoting Evidence-Informed Practice in Child Welfare in Ontario
Practice and Research Together (PART) is an Ontario-based research utilization initiative, the core function of which is to distil and disseminate practice-relevant research findings to child welfare practitioners. This article addresses (a) the mission and goals of the PART program; (b) the key components of the program design; (c) the conceptual foundations of evidence-informed practice (EIP) as it relates to the program; (d) the successes and …
Take This Job and Love It
Several job‐related and organizational features make the work of community‐based paid managers of volunteers distinctly different from conventional management practice. Based on self‐verification (Swann & Brown, 1990) and exchange (Blau, 1964) theories, we tested a multidimensional measurement model of support specific to these managers. The dimensions include support gained from their coworkers, volunteers, and supervisors, and from the prosocia…
City Leaders
In 2008, United Way Toronto (UWT) launched the Creative Institute for Toronto’s Young (CITY) Leaders, a leadership development program for diverse young people working and volunteering in the community and social service sector across Toronto, Canada. The investment in leadership capacity building provided a unique opportunity to explore the short- to medium-term outcomes of the 104 youth who participated in five different program cohorts over 4 …
I just couldn’t step out of the circle. I was trapped”
“I think I am worth it. I can give up committing suicide”
This qualitative study explored the experiences and patterns of recovery of Chinese-born women living in Canada with a history of suicidal behaviour. It explores a number of dimensions of recovery including clinical, existential, functional, physical, and social. The women described engaging in “survival” recovery in the short term and “thriving” recovery in the long term, with survival strategies extending into the thriving phase of recovery dur…
Lessons from a Canada-China cross-national qualitative suicide research collaboration
A cross-national qualitative suicide study was conducted by Tsinghua University and the University of Toronto with two samples of Chinese women in Beijing and Toronto. The aim of this article is to reflect on lessons learned from this collaborative study. A literature review guided the analysis. A focus group was conducted with members of both research teams. A semi-structured interview guide was developed to explore the researchers' experiences …
I thought that I had to be alive to repay my parents
Filial piety involves the Confucian view that children always have a duty to be obedient and to provide care for their parents. Filial piety has been described as both a risk and a protective factor in depression and suicide. This qualitative study aimed to explore the role of filial piety in the suicidal behavior of Chinese women. Qualitative interviews were conducted with Chinese women with a history of suicidal behavior living in the Beijing a…
Sociology (12 obras) · Political science (11 obras) · Psychology (8 obras) · Public relations (8 obras) · Social Work Education and Practice (8 obras) · Computer Science (6 obras) · Medicine (6 obras) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (6 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras) · Business (5 obras)