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PubMed1981

Social planning orientations: exercises in compliance or planned social change?

The author presents the idea that the established conceptual bases for the practice of social planning no longer apply to the circumstances that define the current planning environment. The idea is based on the observation that the practice of social planning in the public sector is primarily an exercise in complying with prescribed protocols and regulations in order to legitimize the expenditure of funds for social programs. The observation is derived from experience with four major social planning programs: Area Agencies on Aging; Community Action Programs; State Social Service (Title XX) Agencies; and Health Systems Agencies. Common experiences in these agencies suggest the need for an additional orientation to planning. A negotiated-operational orientation that is more closely aligned to the environmental conditions of the social planning experiences is described. The ability of the social planner to use this orientation as an additional frame of reference is seen as a key factor determining whether compliance or social change will be a dominant characteristic of social planning in the 1980s.

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PubMed1990

[Health care and social planning--priorities or wishes?].

The object of this research project was municipal planning of social services and health care. According to the regulations, the planning process shall result in a plan that gives guidelines for further development in the sector. Through data from a representative selection of Norwegian municipalities, it was found that the formulations of the goals in the plans were vague and unprecise. The plans generally include a long list of proposed new initiatives. There is hardly any evidence of choosing priorities or changing priorities. In their present form, the plans are more like lists of open wishes than tools for decision making. They therefore serve to raise problems rather than work as instruments for deciding priorities.

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PubMed1997

Selected ethical issues in planned social change and primary health care.

This paper discusses two interrelated concepts: (1) the ethics of planned social change and (2) primary health care. It takes the World Health Organization's definition of primary health care as a point of departure to examine four identified potential areas where ethical dilemmas may occur. In addition, questions are raised about nursing education, as well as about the class and status differences between nurses and patients and communities. It takes the position that our first task is to encourage more discussion and examination of ethical issues in the planned social change of primary health care.

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Social planning in Canada for families with HIV infection.

Parents living with HIV and their children face complex medical and social problems. Whether the children are infected or not, they are all affected by the presence of HIV in a parent. The purpose of this article is to describe the problems of families with HIV and to propose social planning measures to respond to their psychosocial needs. It is based on a multicentre study that included in-depth interviews with 110 parents representing 91 Canadian families living with HIV. The study's findings and recommendations were reviewed by parents with HIV, social workers specializing in helping affected families, and a multidisciplinary consensus conference. This process identified six areas needing attention: stigma and disclosure; promoting and supporting family health; planning and transitions for the care of children; economic issues; cultural and immigrant issues; and education, advocacy, policy development, and research. Recommendations for action were made in each area.

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[Community aid to the aged between self care and social planning].

The aid to the aged at the local level is aimed at compensating for deficiencies in the economic and social environment in the face of decreasing capability for self-reliance. An analysis of the present system demonstrates its rather narrowly confined scope. If the planning process concerned with social service provision was more geared towards specific needs of the elderly, this scope could be increased. The methods as well as the procedures applied in analyzing the needs have a crucial impact on the success of such an attempt. In the context of the currently ongoing discussion on self-help, the results of an investigation into the actual needs and wants of the concerned population can provide definite guidelines for the future developement of of programs in favor of aiding the aged at the local level. In the concluding section, a design incorporating the individual or specific needs--the integrated open system of service and care for the aged--is introduced. Chances and possibility for introducing such a system are discussed.

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