Available online 29 December 2014

The contribution the social security programs ma.ke to the N&on has required increasing expenditures over the years. Even if nothing more were done than to carry forward present services, future expenditures would have to rise to meet the needs of an increasing population, particularly among children and older people. To meet new challenges will cost more. The need for these expendit.ures must ...

current study basically aims at exploring the motives behind watching persian satellite channels among female audience in city of qaemshahr. participants are 263 female audiences from qaemshahr which were selected based on purposive sampling. the research method employed here is survey, and a researcher-developed questionnaire was used to collect data, one-sample t-test, anova, and friedman tes...

The Social Security Administration, in its annual report to the Congress.1 reviews the contribution that the social security programs made to the national economy during the fiscal year 1949 through its provision of basic economic security for the Nation’s gainfully employed persons and their families. It also summarizes the servicesprovided to people who lack security because of personal, fami...

In the United States, interest in early childhood development has grown dramatically over the past two decades and continues to expand.Increasing public support for programs and services that address the needs of young children and their families provides numerous opportunities for social work intervention.This article describes three major early childhood systems-early intervention, Early Head...

social entrepreneurs are impassioned individuals who combine leadership, creativity, and an entrepreneurial spirit to solve social problems related to matters affecting human welfare at systemic levels. the purpose of this study which is based on qualitative approach is to form a developing social entrepreneurship model in iran. accordingly, social entrepreneurs want to develop innovative progr...

In most countries, educational programs and condom use is recommended as the most important approaches in controlling HIV infection. We examine the role of different approaches in controlling AIDS epidemics in our region. We find a high failure rate and probably undesirable effects for condom recommendation in epidemiological scale especially considering the low prevalence of HIV infection ...

This paper discusses the design and evaluation of an online social network used within twenty-two established after school programs across three major urban areas in the Northeastern United States. The overall goal of this initiative is to empower students in grades K-8 to prevent obesity through healthy eating and exercise. The online social network was designed to support communication betwee...

a r t i c l e i n f o Given the resources expended in promoting social work education and specialized training in child welfare as a means to increase the knowledge and competency of public child welfare (PCW) workers, research in this area is important to evaluate the outcomes of such efforts. The current study adds to the literature in this area by examining the performance of newly-hired PCW...

Introduction: The demography of Bulgaria is characterized by a steady trend for a negative natural growth and increase of the relative share of elderly people. This is a challenge to the health and the social systems. Social reports point out: a) unsatisfactory pensions, and b) impoverishment of the group of elderly persons above retirement age. In this context a greater number of people with d...