The Conceptualising of Insecurity from the Perspective of Young People

Vornanen, Riitta; Törrönen, Maritta; Niemelä, Pia; Miettinen, Janissa

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“…In the opinion of the UNDP CSH, it requires a new consensus that acknowledges the linkages and the interdependencies between development, human rights, and national security. Along the same line, Vornanen, Törrönen, Niemelä and Miettinen (2012) have also pointed out that security and insecurity are broad concepts that include a variety of contexts (from close relationships to global issues). Studies have also shown that insecurity may be either contextdependent or universal (Taimalu et al, 2006, 72), localeveryday or global (Pain et al, 2010), or a somehow polarized phenomenon where some perceive either close issues or global and distant issues positively while others view them negatively UNDP CHS x-rayed areas of human-affecting security concerns to include: economic security (persistent poverty, unemployment), food security (hunger, famine), health security (deadly infectious diseases, unsafe food, malnutrition, lack of access to basic health care), environmental security (environmental degradation, resource depletion, natural disasters, pollution), personal security, (physical violence, crime, terrorism, domestic violence, child labor), community security (inter-ethnic, religious and other identity based tensions), and political security, (political repression, human rights abuses).…”

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Communal tracking approach to insecurity in Nigeria: A prognostic contemplation on Amotekun, the Nigerian Southwest Security Outfit

Agbaje

Adeyeye

Omodunbi

2022

Acta Politica Polonica

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Crime proliferation and insecurity represent a multidirectional broadband in social analysis. Crimes generally are outcome of carefully planned and diligently executed mischief of a belligerent group against a target. Crimes are rarely capable of sudden self-propagation. Indexes of insecurity and interest-based assaults of one group against another in the form of terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and communal/ethnic attacks scarcely manifest as entirely externallyinflicted social ills without insiders' collaboration. Terrorism, banditry and kidnapping as crimes, are at the same time living social organisms that are birthed, nurtured and resourced for attainment of some strategic social objectives. The advanced phase of armed attack manifests only at their maturity. Based on available primary and secondary data on security challenges, aside from arguing that increasing incidence of insecurity in Nigeria results more from economic and ideological roots: political, economic, cultural, religion and ethnic, this paper insists that crimes have both latent and manifest gestational traits. Therefore, it is here conjectured that before crimes attain maturity, Communal Tracking

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Communal tracking approach to insecurity in Nigeria: A prognostic contemplation on Amotekun, the Nigerian Southwest Security Outfit

Agbaje

Adeyeye

Omodunbi

2022

Acta Politica Polonica

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“…Studies involving any semblance of social insecurity have been situated within the context and conceptual framework of social determinants of health (SDOH). 4,7,10,11 Social insecurity can be construed as the multitude of social factors that increase threats and risks to people's lives and the likely negative impacts on their health outcomes. 10 Social insecurity can be described as an overarching factor among the plethora of factors that underpins healthcare disparities in the U.S.…”

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“…4,7,10,11 Social insecurity can be construed as the multitude of social factors that increase threats and risks to people's lives and the likely negative impacts on their health outcomes. 10 Social insecurity can be described as an overarching factor among the plethora of factors that underpins healthcare disparities in the U.S. It undergirds many of the variables associated with lack of access to affordable and quality healthcare.…”

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“…However, studies that have coherently examined multiple factors in defining and characterizing social insecurity among rural populations have been scanty. 4,5,[7][8][9][10][11][12] Our study took a more coherent and comprehensive approach to explore, characterize, and quantify social insecurity in a unique and previously unstudied population. We explored the factors contributing to social insecurity in a rural community teaching hospital with a large Native American population.…”

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Characterizing Social Insecurity in a Rural North Carolina Emergency Department

Gignac¹,

Dogbey²,

Pevtsov³

et al. 2023

WestJEM

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Introduction: Social insecurity, a form of deprivation of social amenities, if present among patients presenting in a rural emergency department (ED) can be a source of medical burden and poor health outcomes. Although knowledge and understanding of the insecurity profile of such patients is necessary for targeted care that improves their health outcomes, the concept has not been comprehensively quantified.In this study we explored, characterized, and quantified the social insecurity profile of ED patients at a rural teaching hospital in southeastern North Carolina with a large Native American population.Methods: A paper survey questionnaire was administered by trained research assistants between May-June 2018 to patients who presented to the ED and consented to participate in this cross-sectional, singlecenter study. The survey was anonymous with no identifying information collected on the respondents. A general demographic section and questions derived from the literature capturing sub-constructs of social insecurity-communication access, access to transportation, housing insecurity and home environment, food insecurity, and exposure to violence-were captured in the survey. We assessed the factors included in the index of social insecurity based on a rank ordering using the magnitude of their coefficient of variation and the Cronbach's alpha reliability index of the constituent items.Results: Overall, we collected 312 surveys from the approximately 445 administered and included them in the analysis, representing a response rate of about 70%. The average age of the 312 respondents was 45.1 (±17.7) years with a range of 18.0-96.0. More females (54.2%) than males participated in the survey. Native Americans (34.3%), Blacks (33.7%), and Whites (27.6%) comprised the three major racial/ethnicity groups of the sample, which are representative of the study area's population distribution. Social insecurity was observed among this population regarding all the subdomains and an overall measure (P <.001). We identified three key determinants of social insecurity-food insecurity, transportation insecurity, and exposure to violence. Social insecurity significantly differed overall and among the three of its key constituent domains by patients' race/ethnicity and gender (P <.05). Conclusion:Emergency department visits in a rural North Carolina teaching hospital are characterized by a diverse patient population, including patients with some degree of social insecurity. Historically marginalized and minoritized groups including Native Americans and Blacks demonstrated overall higher rates of social insecurity and higher indexes on exposure to violence than their White counterparts. Such patients struggle with basic needs such as food, transportation, and safety. As social factors play a critical role in health outcomes, supporting the social well-being of a historically marginalized and minoritized rural community would likely help build the foundation for safe livelihood with improved and sustainable health outcomes. The need ...

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“…Insecurity is seen as the lack of basic security and balance on a social (parents, relatives, friends), external (international relationships and global circumstances), and/or societal level (security resources, social support, secure environment) [ 25 ]. There have been studies examining the feelings of insecurity among young people [ 12 , 26 ].…”

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Adolescents’ difficulties, strengths and feelings of insecurity: a cross-sectional descriptive survey in Finland

Kokkonen,

Athanasopoulou,

Leino-Kilpi

et al. 2023

Discov Ment Health

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The present study aimed to describe adolescents’ self-reported emotional and behavioural strengths and difficulties, as well as their insecurity feeling. In addition, the aim was to examine the association with background characteristics, and explore the association between strengths and difficulties and insecurity factors. The study was conducted among 114 secondary school pupils in Finland, using an online questionnaire. Adolescents’ emotional and behavioural difficulties and strengths, were mostly classified as normal. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire total score as well as internal and external score, were inversely associated with insecurity factors. Girls had significantly higher prosocial behavior compared to boys (P = 0.0007). The age of adolescents was found to be related to their internal difficulties (P = 0.02) and prosocial behavior (P = 0.01). Adolescent’s perception of their family relations as poor was associated with external difficulties (P = 0.04). The current results, can be helpful for mental health professionals who work with adolescents in order to implement appropriate and needs specific mental health promotion interventions at individual but also community level. Finally, more research is needed to validate measures for insecurity. This will support mental health professionals in their clinical practice by providing them with all the important factors needed to support adolescents.

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The Conceptualising of Insecurity from the Perspective of Young People

Cited by 5 publications

References 26 publications

Communal tracking approach to insecurity in Nigeria: A prognostic contemplation on Amotekun, the Nigerian Southwest Security Outfit

Communal tracking approach to insecurity in Nigeria: A prognostic contemplation on Amotekun, the Nigerian Southwest Security Outfit

Characterizing Social Insecurity in a Rural North Carolina Emergency Department

Adolescents’ difficulties, strengths and feelings of insecurity: a cross-sectional descriptive survey in Finland

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