Showing papers on "Vulnerability published in 1969"
31 Dec 1969
TL;DR: In this article, an ethnography-inspired approach was used in conjunction with other methods, such as photographs and subsequent conversations with the children, to demonstrate that children develop alternative family dynamics, different from those considered as standard.
Abstract: This study considered as participants six children from public children’s homes in a town in the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo, who still maintain contact with their family of origin, investigating their views of their families of origin. An ethnography inspired approach was used in conjunction with other methods, such as photographs and subsequent conversations with the children. The research demonstrates that children develop alternative family dynamics, different from those considered as standard. Current social policies in this area have failed, especially when families are considered guilty for the vulnerability situation in which they are.
5 citations
31 Dec 1969
TL;DR: Msimang and Ekambaram as mentioned in this paper argue that women's vulnerability to HIV and high rates of infection amongst women and girls is an entrenched part of the epidemiology of AIDS in Africa.
Abstract: High vulnerability to HIV and high rates of infection amongst women and girls is an entrenched part of the epidemiology of AIDS in Africa. In this article Sisonke Msimang and Sharon Ekambaram question why despite our knowledge of ‘women’s vulnerability’ little seems to be done to overcome the social and political determinants of HIV infection in women. They link their explanation to the inability of the women’s movement to contest gender inequality in the private spaces of life and argue that HIV shows the need for a movement of poor unemployed and peasant women to challenge power relations. (excerpt)
4 citations
31 Dec 1969
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that a population that suffers privation, that is without its basic requirements for its physical, mental and social welfare provided, is an excluded population, fulfilling consequently the bioethics definition of vulnerability.
Abstract: This article of bibliographical revision argues the vulnerability concept that, initially, was used from the epidemic of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and today is widely used by diverse areas of sciences of the health and public health, underlining that all vulnerability involves an unstable condition and a possibility. The vulnerability concept is presented under these various views, resuming their common acceptations: everyone is vulnerable to something and the gauging of the vulnerability of somebody is only possible of being effected by comparison with another one, in similar conditions. The vulnerability definition is introduced under the bioethics perspective, related to the philosophic conception as well as those that emerge from the social science analysis. Exemplifies by demonstrating that a population that suffers privation; that is without its basic requirements for its physical, mental and social welfare provided, is an excluded population, fulfilling consequently the bioethics definition of vulnerability. The authors discuss about other groups of individuals also considered as vulnerable, among them are those that had never had capacity to decide, the ones that has not yet age for deciding, and those that had lost the capacity of deciding in consequence of an illness. This study argues the vulnerability definition related to ethical aspects of the research involving human beings, based on the concept of autonomy, the real risk of the exploration of individuals and unprotected populations, the relevancy or not of its participation, the identification of conditioning factors of the vulnerability related to the election of these participants, the regulations and guide lines in order to protect the citizen of the inquiry. As a conclusion, the importance of the vulnerability concept is reinforced, mainly to the application by the State as well as by the researchers in benefit of the research subjects.
4 citations
1 Jan 1969
3 citations
1 Jun 1969
2 citations
1 Jun 1969
TL;DR: In this article, the vulnerability of the Albuquerque water supply system to damage from a hypothetical nuclear weapon attack is assessed, and the post-attack capabilities are evaluated based on the damage and casualty predictions, and these capabilities are discussed in relation to post attack requirements.
Abstract: : This report assesses the vulnerability of the Albuquerque water supply system to damage from a hypothetical nuclear weapon attack. Probable damage to facilities and casualties to personnel are considered, as well as the possible loss of support from interrelated systems. Based on the damage and casualty predictions, the postattack capabilities are evaluated, and these capabilities are discussed in relation to post attack requirements. Although the study did not include recovery analysis, some lapse of time and the accomplishment of remedial measures had to be considered to allow a meaningful discussion of capability.
1 citations