Poverty, Sense of Belonging and Experiences of Social Isolation

Stewart, Miriam; Makwarimba, Edward; Reutter, Linda; Veenstra, Gerry; Raphael, Dennis; Love, Rhonda

doi:10.1080/10875540902841762

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“…Limited mobility appeared to increase the importance of a safe and clean neighbourhood, where people support each other. Another point raised was that most families longed for a sense of belonging (Cooper & Campbell Quick, 2017; Stewart et al, 2009). The participants felt that other citizens were prejudiced against low-SES households, regarding them as inferior, which made them more reticent about engaging in social activities.…”

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Shining light inside the tunnel: using photovoice as a strategy to define the needs for health promotion among families of low socioeconomic status

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: This study aimed to identify opportunities to improve the current health and social situation of low socioeconomic status (SES) families and to gain a better understanding of the main needs regarding health promotion. Low-SES families were approached to participate in a photovoice study. Method: The study took place in the municipality of Vaals, which is located in the southernmost part of the Netherlands. A diverse group of ten people from eight different families took about 150 photographs within their community on topics they considered important for their health and quality of life. This was followed by individual interviews and a focus group interview. Results: Four main needs were identified: meeting each other, helping each other, feeling safe and being mobile. The photographs showed that health-related themes had low priority for these families. Conclusion: The low-SES families focused on upstream factors relating to independence, self-resilience and a sense of belonging, to help them cope with their current situation. This study represents a first step towards the development of a community approach to health promotion in low-SES families.

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Shining light inside the tunnel: using photovoice as a strategy to define the needs for health promotion among families of low socioeconomic status

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Stessen

Kremers

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…Mensen met financiële problemen lopen een groter risico om sociaal geïsoleerd te raken (Böhnke, 2008;Stewart et al, 2009;Visser, Gesthuizen & Scheepers, 2013). Financiële problemen veroorzaken stress en onzekerheid (Koster & Gesthuizen, 2016).…”

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Schuldhulpverlening: Knelpunten en dilemma’s van coördinatoren die vrijwilligers aansturen

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Geuns

2017

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to rely less on the facilities of the welfare state, and to look for solutions within their own social network first. Municipal authorities, organizations that provide debt counselling programmes and local organizations that recruit volunteers to support people with debt problems are having to deal with a growing number of people with debt problems and more complex problems.Volunteers can be regarded either as a substitute for professionals, as providing support for professionals or as complementing the work of professionals. In times of economic hardship, volunteers are taking on more and more of the tasks of professionals. Volunteers are now playing a more prominent role as intermediaries between those receiving debt counselling and professional debt counsellors. The difference between volunteers and professionals has become increasingly indistinct. Within local organizations that recruit volunteers to provide support for debt problems, coordinators are responsible for the primary process, for providing high quality support for clients with debt problems, and for supervising and coaching volunteers. For them, the developments described have resulted in a greater need for compromise between municipal policies, the wishes and needs of volunteers, and those who finance debt counselling (generally the municipal authority) and other organizations that provide debt counselling programmes."Financial self-management projects" (Dutch: thuisadministratie) involve support provided by volunteers for those experiencing administrative and/or financial problems, with the aim of achieving financial independence and/or preventing the escalation of their financial problems.Volunteers in financial self-management projects are coached by coordinators from a welfare or volunteer organization, a social services institute, or a foundation. The available literature discusses the problems and dilemmas experienced by volunteers and professionals, including how to work together successfully. However, the problems and dilemmas experienced by coordinators had not been addressed, until now. This is a significant shortcoming, because these coordinators function as a go-between between formal and informal support, and between the recruitment of professionals and volunteers.This article provides an insight into the problems and dilemmas experienced by the coordinators of financial self-management projects, and how these relate to current municipal policy in the field of debt counselling. The goals of this study were (a) to provide an insight into the problems that coordinators experience when providing support for volunteers, (b) to show the extent to which these problems relate to municipal policy, and (c) to provide recommendations for improving services and the better coordination of the work that volunteers and professionals do, as well as how they work together.To achieve this, we used the answers given by 128 coordinators to three open questions in order to

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“…They observe that unemployment makes people vulnerable to poverty, and poverty in turn makes it more difficult for people to return to work thereby increasing the risk of social isolation. Income generated from a productive activity determines one's level of poverty and is a significant measure of the degree of isolation, stigmatization and sense of belonging to a community (Stewart et al, 2009). While social exclusion is being associated with unemployment and level of income Gallie et al (2003, p. 1) however notes that these are dependent on socio-cultural factors such as household structure and patterns of local sociability in different contexts.…”

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Analysing Poverty in Nigeria through Theoretical Lenses

Danaan¹

2018

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Various indicators suggest that poverty is a major obstacle to Nigeria's socio-economic development. Poverty has persisted and several interventions have failed to yield significant improvement in Nigeria's Human Development Index even in periods of economic growth. Plagued with the challenges of unemployment crises, climate change, conflict, fragility and violence, Nigeria (the most populous country in Africa) stands at a grave risk if poverty is not tackled. This paper explores seven theories of poverty in literature: The Culture of Poverty, Individual Deficiency Theory, Progressive Social Theory, Geographical Disparities Theory, Cyclical Interdependence Theory, Poverty Individualisation and the Theory of Social Exclusion /Cumulative Disadvantage. It reviews these theories by employing a qualitative and descriptive research approach in order to broaden the understanding of the complexities of the phenomenon of poverty from a global worldview and examine how these relate to the nature of poverty in Nigeria. It corroborates the fact that poverty in Nigeria is complex and multidimensional in its conceptualization and measurement, encompassing economic, social, cultural and psychological indicators. The paper therefore attempts to explore the phenomenon of poverty within the Nigerian context by examining these theoretical paradigms. It suggests an understanding of underlying causal factors of poverty in designing pro-poor programmes and a hydra-headed approach to tackle its menace effectively and progressively. It argues that poverty reduction is realizable by empowering people to develop resilience to cope and overcome it within the scope of their resources and capabilities.

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Poverty, Sense of Belonging and Experiences of Social Isolation

Cited by 118 publications

References 19 publications

Shining light inside the tunnel: using photovoice as a strategy to define the needs for health promotion among families of low socioeconomic status

Shining light inside the tunnel: using photovoice as a strategy to define the needs for health promotion among families of low socioeconomic status

Schuldhulpverlening: Knelpunten en dilemma’s van coördinatoren die vrijwilligers aansturen

Analysing Poverty in Nigeria through Theoretical Lenses

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