Social Development and Social Work

Butterfield, Alice K.; Tasse, Abye

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“…In developing their model, they have drawn on Butterfield [18], Morville [19], Webb [20], and Smith [21]. The building blocks are (1) identity: the extent to which users reveal themselves, (2) conversations: the extent to which users communicate with each other, (3) sharing: the extent to which users exchange, distribute, and receive content, (4) presence: the extent to which users know if others are available, (5) relationships: the extent to which users relate to each other, (6) reputation: the extent to which users know the social standing of others and content, and (7) groups: the extent to which users are ordered or form communities.…”

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A New Dimension of Health Care: Systematic Review of the Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of Social Media for Health Communication

Moorhead¹,

Hazlett²,

Harrison³

et al. 2013

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundThere is currently a lack of information about the uses, benefits, and limitations of social media for health communication among the general public, patients, and health professionals from primary research.ObjectiveTo review the current published literature to identify the uses, benefits, and limitations of social media for health communication among the general public, patients, and health professionals, and identify current gaps in the literature to provide recommendations for future health communication research.MethodsThis paper is a review using a systematic approach. A systematic search of the literature was conducted using nine electronic databases and manual searches to locate peer-reviewed studies published between January 2002 and February 2012.ResultsThe search identified 98 original research studies that included the uses, benefits, and/or limitations of social media for health communication among the general public, patients, and health professionals. The methodological quality of the studies assessed using the Downs and Black instrument was low; this was mainly due to the fact that the vast majority of the studies in this review included limited methodologies and was mainly exploratory and descriptive in nature. Seven main uses of social media for health communication were identified, including focusing on increasing interactions with others, and facilitating, sharing, and obtaining health messages. The six key overarching benefits were identified as (1) increased interactions with others, (2) more available, shared, and tailored information, (3) increased accessibility and widening access to health information, (4) peer/social/emotional support, (5) public health surveillance, and (6) potential to influence health policy. Twelve limitations were identified, primarily consisting of quality concerns and lack of reliability, confidentiality, and privacy.ConclusionsSocial media brings a new dimension to health care as it offers a medium to be used by the public, patients, and health professionals to communicate about health issues with the possibility of potentially improving health outcomes. Social media is a powerful tool, which offers collaboration between users and is a social interaction mechanism for a range of individuals. Although there are several benefits to the use of social media for health communication, the information exchanged needs to be monitored for quality and reliability, and the users’ confidentiality and privacy need to be maintained. Eight gaps in the literature and key recommendations for future health communication research were provided. Examples of these recommendations include the need to determine the relative effectiveness of different types of social media for health communication using randomized control trials and to explore potential mechanisms for monitoring and enhancing the quality and reliability of health communication using social media. Further robust and comprehensive evaluation and review, using a range of methodologies, are required to establish w...

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confidence: 99%

A New Dimension of Health Care: Systematic Review of the Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of Social Media for Health Communication

Moorhead¹,

Hazlett²,

Harrison³

et al. 2013

J Med Internet Res

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“…The question of the relevance and appropriateness of Western theories and methods of social work remains a bone of contention in decolonial and indigenous social work scholarship. Consequently, social work in Africa has witnessed the rise of indigenous and Afrocentric approaches for social work education and practice in Africa from empirical research initiatives (Butterfield & Abye, 2013;Coates, Gray & Hetherington, 2006;Kreitzer, 2012;Twikirize & Spitzer, 2019). African world views have stood the test of time long enough to justify an argument that Africans possess a distinct philosophy and ethos (Ani, 1994;Mbiti, 1969;Mungai, 2015;Osei-Hwedie & Rankopo, 2008;Ross, 2008;Schiele, 2000;Thabede, 2008).…”

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Dispelling the utopian notion of ‘family’ in South Africa, illuminating the lived reality of the African clan system raising children with Down syndrome

Mathebane¹

2022

Critical Social Work Studies in South Africa: Prospects and Challenges

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The notion of 'family' as a Western construct describing the basic social system does not resonate with the African conceptualisation of the foundational social system found among African communities. The indiscriminate use of the word 'family' within the African context breeds conceptual confusion. This chapter utilises the lived experiences of African clans raising children with Down syndrome to illuminate the silenced but traceable contours of an indigenous social institution referred to as an African clan. A qualitative research approach was adopted and complemented by a phenomenological research design. Data were sourced through semi-structured clan interviews and focus group discussions with clan members raising children with Down syndrome and analysed using a thematic approach. The findings uncovered a clan system characterised by a clan name, totem, rendition of clan praises and an inherent clan-based approach to raising a child with Down syndrome. The main thrust of the arguments advanced by this chapter is that the African clan as a foundational social institution should form the cornerstone and vital unit of intervention for Afrocentric or decolonial social work. Thus, theories and techniques may be constructed in South Africa based on empirical research findings such as the one on which this chapter is based.

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Inclusive Governance: The Role of Knowledge in Fulfilling the Obligations of Citizens

Karar

Jacobs-Mata

2016

Aquatic Procedia

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Social Development and Social Work

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A New Dimension of Health Care: Systematic Review of the Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of Social Media for Health Communication

A New Dimension of Health Care: Systematic Review of the Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of Social Media for Health Communication

Dispelling the utopian notion of ‘family’ in South Africa, illuminating the lived reality of the African clan system raising children with Down syndrome

Inclusive Governance: The Role of Knowledge in Fulfilling the Obligations of Citizens

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