Natural Helpers as Street Health Workers Among the Black Urban Elderly

Milligan, Sharon; Maryland, Patricia; Ziegler, Henry; Ward, Alan

doi:10.1093/geront/27.6.712

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“…Our educational approach was tailored to the learning needs of the lay health advisors and witness role models and differs to some extent from prior published studies in that rigorous objective evaluation of learning has been infrequently used. Others have used quantitative methods but have relied more on subjective knowledge assessment and measured effectiveness by the number of community members reached [18,24-26]. As community health based education continues to proliferate, it is imperative that more attention be directed to the training process and objective evaluation of this process.…”

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An evaluation of the integration of non-traditional learning tools into a community based breast and cervical cancer education program: The witness project of Buffalo

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Background: Breast and cervical cancer continue to represent major health challenges for African American women. among Caucasian women. The underlying reasons for this disparity are multifactorial and include lack of education and awareness of screening and early detection. Traditional educational methods have enjoyed varied success in the African American community and spawned development of novel educational approaches. Community based education programs employing a variety of educational models have been introduced. Successful programs must train and provide lay community members with the tools necessary to deliver strong educational programs.

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An evaluation of the integration of non-traditional learning tools into a community based breast and cervical cancer education program: The witness project of Buffalo

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“…Volunteers do not always feel bound by the norms and values of an organization. For example, they may pay less attention to the requirement to report and follow bureaucratic instructions (Cooley, Singer, & Irvin, 1989;Milligan, Maryland, Ziegler, & Ward, 1987). Compared with employees, volunteers may feel more independent in applying their own values and norms, because they are not being paid to do the job (Fagan, 1986).…”

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Performance and Commitment

Cnaan

Cascio

1999

Journal of Social Service Research

164

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Volunteers are difficult to monitor because they are not liable to serious sanctions. We propose that we cannot learn about volunteer work from existing knowledge of paid employees. We then review the literature regarding volunteer commitment and performance. Based on a sample of 510 consistent volunteers in human service organizations, we assess three sets of variables (demographic, personality, and situational) to detcrmine their significance in explaining variability in volunteer commitment and performance. The findings suggest that careful screening and use of symbolic rewards are significant in explaining variation in volunteer satisfaction, hours volunteered per month (commitment), and length of service (tenure). [Article copies available for a fee fioin The Haworilz Docnrneiit Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-inail address: geiit&@lzawortli pressitic. corn]

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Volunteers in feminist Organizations

Metzendorf

Cnaan

1992

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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The use of women volunteers, a hotly debated issue among feminists in the 1970s, currently receives little attention, even in the literature. What few studies are available are often contradictory. These studies approach the issue of women volunteering from three main perspectives: (1) as a substitute for work, especially for married women, (2) as a stepping stone for reentry into the work force, or (3) as a form of exploitation. Two main groups of women volunteers are identified in the literature: middle‐ to upper‐class civic leaders and lower‐ to middle‐class service providers. In this article, we examine whether the use and management of women volunteers in feminist organizations is consistent with feminist ideology that opposes unpaid work by women. Our findings, based on a comprehensive study of fifteen feminist organizations, indicate that the use of volunteers is often contrary to feminist ideology. We conclude with a discussion of ways in which volunteer management in feminist organizations can be made more compatible with feminist ideology.

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Natural Helpers as Street Health Workers Among the Black Urban Elderly

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An evaluation of the integration of non-traditional learning tools into a community based breast and cervical cancer education program: The witness project of Buffalo

An evaluation of the integration of non-traditional learning tools into a community based breast and cervical cancer education program: The witness project of Buffalo

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