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Women in Denmark - why do they die so young? Risk factors for premature death
- Authors:
- HELWEG-LARSON K., KNUDSEN L.B., PETERSSON B.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 7(4), October 1998, pp.266-275.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Looks at how life expectancy for women in Denmark has been declining since 1980. Analyses the different mortality trends in Norway and Sweden and identifies national differentials in external determinants of morbidity and premature mortality. Discusses the external factors and argues that the daily life of women has deteriorated because the welfare system has not facilitated the combination of child-bearing and paid work.
Decentralization of decision making: the case of payment policies for children's daycare
- Author:
- FORSSEN K.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 7(4), October 1998, pp.277-287.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
This article examines how the decentralisation of decision making in Finland has affected the realisation of basic welfare state principles. Looks specifically at user fee policies for children's daycare.
Getting a head start: early provision of day care among municipalities in Norway
- Author:
- REITAN T.C.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(4), October 1997, pp.268-278.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Focusing on the relationship between environmental inputs and policy outcomes, this article attempts to identify characteristics influencing the propensity towards early child care provision in Norway. The persisting importance of gender-specific variables is discussed, suggesting different interpretations of the results in relation to the feminisation of politics.
"Never right, never wrong": child welfare and social work in England and Sweden
- Authors:
- WEIGHTMAN K., WEIGHTMAN A.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 4(2), April 1995, pp.75-84.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Reports comparative research which studied the basis of intervention in child care cases in England and Sweden. Social work practices in the two countries suggest different bases to intervention, and in explaining these differences it is necessary to address much broader variations of social and political culture in the two societies, and variations in social work practice located in different cultural values and systems of legitimation. Instabilities and pathologies of professional practices can also be identified within both England and Sweden.
Support and relief: the Swedish contact person and contact family program
- Author:
- ANDERSSON G.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 2(2), April 1993, pp.54-62.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
The Social Services Act in Sweden allows people with children to be offered a contact person or a contact family to provide help and support in personal matters or in matters concerning the children. This legally regulated intervention is very much liked and the demand has increased year by year. Nothing in other countries quite corresponds to it. Virtually no research has been carried out on this, however, and systematic knowledge of how the intervention is used has been lacking. This article focuses on the application of the intervention to families with young children (0-3) and how social welfare inspectors and contact families evaluate it.
Child welfare services in the United States and Sweden: different assumptions, laws and outcomes
- Author:
- BARTH R.P.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 1(1), July 1992, pp.36-42.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
The child welfare systems in Sweden and the United States were dramatically reformed beginning in the early 1980s. After ten years, the different results of these reforms are quite striking. These child welfare systems have different methods of preserving families in crisis; different assumptions about the role of birth parents, foster parents, and adoptive parents; and different goals for children who will not go home. Each of these areas is explored and recommendations made for re-examining child welfare services in both countries.