عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
شماره کتابشناسی ملی
شماره
TLpq304378117
زبان اثر
زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن
انگلیسی
عنوان و نام پديدآور
عنوان اصلي
Dead or ready? Security preparedness for American private voluntary organizations working overseas
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
A. M. George
نام ساير پديدآوران
D. W. Wood
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
1997
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
139
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Dr.P.H.
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
امتياز متن
1997
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Protectors of public health are targeted for crime worldwide. Declines in infrastructure have lead to loss of respect for authority, culture, and ultimately, life. American private voluntary organizations (PVOs) render humanitarian assistance and provide infrastructure where it is lacking. In so doing, they too are targeted. This topic is of public health relevance because it concerns a particular population's health, uninformed decisions to ameliorate insecurity directly affect this population, and the workplace of this population is subject to violence. Literature reviewed suggests that of the possible actions that can be taken to ameliorate insecurity (and thereby improve health), collocation with military forces, diplomatic intervention, and institution of legal measures are taken by entities other than PVOs, but greatly affect PVO security. Secondly, there is little evidence that PVOs take the remaining options to ameliorate insecurity for their personnel working overseas. Lastly, five of the six major categories of insecurity-ameliorating actions are beyond the means of the individual PVO worker. In order to add to the body of knowledge, a cross-sectional survey of a stratified simple random sample of directors of international operations for American PVOs (N = 210) was conducted. Two different questionnaires (self- and phone-administered) were utilized. Information sought concerned: (a) awareness of insecurity-related incidents, (b) belief concerning worker insecurity, (c) attitude towards, and (d) behavior of taking insecurity-ameliorating actions. All responding PVOs without a "no-speak" policy (97%) indicated that insecurity-related incidents involving their personnel occurred within the last year. The most insecure countries were identified as Bosnia, Cambodia, and Liberia. The most commonly given characteristics of insecurity were ethnic violence, thievery, vehicular incidents, and operating in a war-zone. Insecurity-ameliorating actions taken by PVOs included a few physical security measures and the occasional cessation or reduction of operations. Upon elaboration of the correlation model usd(p < .05),usd awareness disappeared in favor of belief. Belief was found to be correlated with attitude and, unexpectedly, with behavior. What people believe greatly affects attitude and behavior, whereas their factual awareness seems ineffectual. In order to improve the health of this population of international relief workers, public health agents for change should address belief structure over awareness.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Health and environmental sciences
موضوع مستند نشده
humanitarian assistance
موضوع مستند نشده
Occupational safety
موضوع مستند نشده
Public health
موضوع مستند نشده
Public health
موضوع مستند نشده
workplace violence
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
A. M. George
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
D. W. Wood
دسترسی و محل الکترونیکی
نام الکترونيکي
مطالعه متن کتاب وضعیت انتشار
فرمت انتشار
p
اطلاعات رکورد کتابشناسی
نوع ماده
[Thesis]
کد کاربرگه
276903
اطلاعات دسترسی رکورد
سطح دسترسي
a
تكميل شده
Y
