PSYC 3600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Intimate Partner Violence, Welfare, Panic Disorder
27 Jan 2017
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Chapter 7: social and human services in the community. Poverty = a sense of hopelessness and injustice as well as lacking $ (without education unlikely to get a good paying job) Social + public welfare can create social stigmas some ind hold negative views of those who require such aid. The grameen bank: muhammad yunus took out a loan in bangladesh and distributed to $ to poor woman (poorest of the poor). Small loans used by woman to start small businesses (raising small farm animals, producing + selling crafts). Started his own bank (brameen bank) to continue microcredit loan program. Seeks poorest borrowers, system based on trust, required to join bank in groups of 5 (social support). 1) 97% of loans are repaid 2) bank has positive effect on women + their children 3) extreme poverty declines by more than 70% within 5 years of the borrowers joining the bank.
