The Digital Exclusion of Vulnerable Children: Challenge for Sustainability Issues in Czech Social Work Practice

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17310%2F20%3AA21026UJ" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17310/20:A21026UJ - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/new_regener_induscity" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/new_regener_induscity</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12239961" target="_blank" >10.3390/su12239961</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Digital Exclusion of Vulnerable Children: Challenge for Sustainability Issues in Czech Social Work Practice

Original language description

The aims of this study are (1) to draw attention to the digital exclusion of vulnerable children as a systemic (socio-ecological) problem that is gaining momentum during emergencies; (2) to reflect the subjectively perceived readiness of social workers as one of the actors in the system, whose task is to contribute to the mitigation of risks arising from digital exclusion of the target group and to ensure the sustainability development of society; (3) from the position of the target group, to reflect the situation of their digital literacy and thus exclusion; and (4) to make recommendations to public policy makers and social workers to mitigate these risks and to promote sustainability. We draw on the socio-ecological model of social work which views a person in the context of their environment. The aim of the research was to analyze the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in social work with vulnerable children and their families and to detect system deficits contributing to digital exclusion. Based on a questionnaire survey (N = 105), interviews with representatives of the target group (N = 20), and expert interviews (N = 4), both the main shortcomings in the digital skills of employees and the needs of the target group were identified and systemic measures were proposed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF17_049%2F0008452" target="_blank" >EF17_049/0008452: SMART technologies to improve the quality of life in cities and regions</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

23

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

1

UT code for WoS article

000597475800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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