国家服务计划是否提高了社区的主观福祉?
Kristopher Velasco1, Pamela Paxton1, Robert W Ressler1
1The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA.
概括
像AmeriCorps和志愿者为美国服务 (VISTA) 这样的国家服务计划通过减少威胁来提高社区福祉. 参与的社区也吸引了更多的国家服务计划,加强了美国整体社区健康.
科学领域:
- 社区健康 社区健康
- 社会科学研究 社会科学研究
- 国家服务影响影响.
背景情况:
- 国家服务计划,包括服务美国的志愿者 (VISTA) 和AmeriCorps,旨在改善美国社区的健康.
- 这些国家服务倡议在社区层面的实际影响仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 研究国家服务计划与社区主观福祉之间的关系.
- 为了确定国家服务参与是否影响社区健康结果.
主要方法:
- 从2005年到2013年使用了纵向交叉差距面板和变化得分模型.
- 采用了来自社交媒体 (Twitter) 数据的新型主观幸福指标,覆盖了美国1347个县.
- 分析了情绪,参与和关系的表达,作为幸福的指标.
主要成果:
- 发现国家服务计划可以增强社区的主观福祉.
- 这些计划主要通过减轻对社区福祉的现有威胁来发挥作用.
- 更高的社区参与度与吸引国家服务计划的能力增加有关.
结论:
- 国家服役对社区福祉产生了积极的影响,尽管很小.
- 这些发现提供了强有力的证据,证明国家服务如何加强美国社区.
- 社区参与是国家服务倡议成功和可持续性的关键因素.
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