Communication and information sources can play an important role when addressing drug use. The aim of this study is to assess the association of different levels of trust in information sources ...regarding drug use within different population groups.
Data was gathered using a mixed methods approach, with an online survey and interviews. A structured questionnaire was designed for data collection using the methodology of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, with additional items measuring trust in the information sources.
In total 9,161 inhabitants of Slovenia aged 15-64 years and living in the private households completed the survey as part of this non-experimental quantitative study (response rate: 57%). A total of 20.7% of the participants reported having used cannabis or hashish at least once in their lives, 2.5% cocaine/crack cocaine and 0.4% heroin. Mean age of the first cannabis/hashish use was 19.59 years, cocaine/crack cocaine 22.73 years and heroin 20.63 years. The participants most value and trust the information sources regarding tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs if it comes from healthcare workers or immediate family and other relatives, and put the least trust in the internet and television.
The data show that drug users have less trust in the given information sources compared to the whole sample. The present research serves as evidence for development and implementation of targeted interventions, including communication activities and tools.
Prispevek izhaja iz nekaterih teoretskih razmislekov o starosti in staranju, ki se pojavljajo v razpravah o izobraževanju starejših. Temu sledi predstavitev mednarodnih dokumentov, v katerih je ...izobraževanje povezano z aktivnim življenjem starejših, ter nekaterih ugotovitev raziskav, ki poudarjajo velik pomen izobraževanja starejših za blaginjo na individualni in družbeni ravni. V nadaljevanju so analizirani podatki raziskave PIAAC o vplivu izobrazbe in spretnosti na področju aktivnega državljanstva, socialne kohezije in osebnega razvoja. Posebej so v ospredju podatki, ki se nanašajo na vzorec starostne skupine 55–65 let v izbranih državah. Ugotovitve analize potrjujejo povezavo med stopnjo izobrazbe in spretnosti starejših odraslih ter individualno in družbeno blaginjo v večini izbranih držav, čeprav je povezanost v nekaterih državah močnejša.
This article analyses the case of Slovenia, a post-socialist state with a notable history of state social interventions and institutionalised care. Nowadays, however, flexibilisation rules the labour ...market, and activation is the primary social policy measure, according to which benefits become conditioned upon inclusion into paid labour, and the state only intervenes in cases of severe poverty. In recent years, alongside changes in social policy, the state has introduced measures against illicit work, including work in private households. The demand for care work is growing, while it is increasingly being relegated to the private domain. Drawing on interviews with informal care workers, we delineate methodological concerns related to conducting qualitative research, arguing that the individualisation of care work has brought increased state control and, in consequence, fear among and marginalisation of care workers. Introducing the concept of chains of trust, the article concludes that the structural effect of the individualisation of care is seclusion behind the four walls of private households, where trust becomes the only currency.
Trust in an individual physician and its contradictions Introduction: This article analyses the essential contradictions in the phenomenon of trust and the dilemmas this creates for empirical ...Research on health and the health care system. The trust a patient places in their physician (and--though more rarely--in the health system itself) is generally regarded as an important factor in the patient's health; hence, a crucial research problem is the question of which factors influence a patient's trust. Methods: In this article, we analyse the attitudes regarding the role of the state in health care - the analysis is based on Slovenian public opinion surveys (1995-2007). In the second part of the analysis we focus on an analysis of the influence of experience with medical institutions and medical personnel, the respondents' subjective evaluation of their own health and a group of sociodemographic factors relating to social inequality (Slovene public opinion, SPO 2001/3). Results: Similar to the results of numerous other empirical studies, our research shows that these factors only partially explain trust in an individual physician. At the same time, we find a relatively large difference between trust in an individual physician and trust in the health service. Conclusion: We explain the results by means of the contradictions and multidimensionality of the phenomenon of trust itself and the quandaries in the conceptualizations of trust. PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
Some philosophers hold that trust grows fragile when people become too rational. They advocate a retreat from reason and a return to local, traditional values. Others hold that truly rational people ...are both trusting and trustworthy. Everything hinges on what we mean by 'reason' and 'rational'. If these are understood in an egocentric, instrumental fashion, then they are indeed incompatible with trust. With the help of game theory, Martin Hollis argues against that narrow definition and in favour of a richer, deeper notion of reason founded on reciprocity and the pursuit of the common good. Within that framework he reconstructs the Enlightenment idea of citizens of the world, rationally encountering, and at the same time finding their identity in, their multiple commitments to communities both local and universal.
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