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AbstractHealthy participation in society. The value of social work in health promotion
 An important condition for health and well-being is an active role in society. Most people feel much better and actually have a better health when they participate in (voluntary) work, sports, clubs, et cetera. This is the case for healthy people but probably even more so for less able people. Therefore the focus in health promotion is moving from the individual to the (social) environment. Especially social support systems get a lot of attention. Surprisingly, social work professionals are not a natural partner in health promotion. While their focus and competences lie with building, supporting and maintaining social support systems. In this article we show how social work can play it’s part in modern health promotion.
Kwetsbare burgers centraal : professionals werken samen aan ontschotting
SamenvattingIn deze pilot gingen professionals uit zorg en welzijn op wijkniveau samenwerken met als doel om kwetsbare burgers te ondersteunen in hun maatschappelijke participatie. De samenwerking was gericht op het zoveel mogelijk aansluiten bij het perspectief van de burgers zelf. De pilot werd gevolgd met wetenschappelijk onderzoek waarin belemmeringen in de samenwerking in kaart werden gebracht. In dit artikel worden deze belemmeringen besproken.AbstractClient-centered collaboration between health care and welfare professionals In this pilot professionals from health care and welfare worked together on a local level to support vulnerable people (such as elderly, people with intellectual or psychiatric disabilities) in their participation in society. The collaboration aimed to approach the client perspective as much as possible. Scientific research was conducted to identify barriers in collaboration. These barriers were related to competences and skills of the individual professionals, such as having trouble relating to a more diverse group of clients and having trouble working from the clients perspective. Also, the system of the organization in which the professionals were working appeared to obstruct the collaboration of the professionals.
The Liverpool Cholera Epidemic of 1832 and Anatomical Dissection--Medical Mistrust and Civil Unrest
Asiatic cholera reached Britain for the first time in late 1831, with the main epidemic occurring during 1832. The disease caused profuse diarrhea, severe dehydration, collapse, and often death. There was widespread public fear, and the political and medical response to this new disease was variable and inadequate. In the summer of 1832, a series of "cholera riots" occurred in various towns and cities throughout Britain, frequently directed against the authorities, doctors, or both. The city of Liverpool, in the northwest of England, experienced more riots than elsewhere. Between 29 May and 10 June 1832, eight major street riots occurred, with several other minor disturbances. The object of the crowd's anger was the local medical fraternity. The public perception was that cholera victims were being removed to the hospital to be killed by doctors in order to use them for anatomical dissection. "Bring out the Burkers" was one cry of the Liverpool mobs, referring to the Burke and Hare scandal four years earlier, when two men had murdered people in Edinburgh in order to sell their bodies for dissection to the local anatomy school. This issue was of special concern to the Liverpool citizenry because in 1826, thirty-three bodies had been discovered on the Liverpool docks, about to be shipped to Scotland for dissection. Two years later a local surgeon, William Gill, was tried and found guilty of running an extensive local grave-robbing system to supply corpses for his dissection rooms. The widespread cholera rioting in Liverpool was thus as much related to local anatomical issues as it was to the national epidemic. The riots ended relatively abruptly, largely in response to an appeal by the Roman Catholic clergy read from church pulpits, and also published in the local press. In addition, a respected local doctor, James Collins, published a passionate appeal for calm. The Liverpool Cholera Riots of 1832 demonstrate the complex social responses to epidemic disease, as well as the fragile interface between the public and the medical profession.