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Facilitating Community Engagement in Academic Pharmacy Careers
Authors: Palombi Laura C
Published: January 2018

Despite the recognized value of community engagement in academic pharmacy, the implementation of sustainable and fruitful community partnerships can be challenging. This manuscript will highlight a junior faculty member’s journey with community engagement, sharing the ways that community engagement can guide an academic career and the benefits of community engagement in teaching, research and service. Also highlighted is the role – and argued responsibility - of the academic institution in community engagement, as well as an identification of the barriers that might be interfering with pharmacy faculty community engagement. Considerations for the development of faculty members striving to more fully incorporate engagement into their teaching, research, and service are provided.

Conflict of Interest

I declare no conflicts of interest or financial interests that the authors or members of their immediate families have in any product or service discussed in the manuscript, including grants (pending or received), employment, gifts, stock holdings or options, honoraria, consultancies, expert testimony, patents and royalties.

 

Type: Commentary
More Imaginary Worlds: A Systematic Review of the Status of Modeled Cost-Effectiveness Claims Published in the Journal of Medical Economics from January 2016 to December 2016
Authors: Langley Paul C , Rhee Taeho Greg
Published: January 2018

In 2016 a review of modeled cost-effectiveness studies published in the Journal of Medical Economics between January 2015 and December 2015 was presented in INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy. The purpose of this review, together with similar reviews for studies published in calendar 2015 in Value in Health and Pharmacoeconomics, was to consider whether these modeled claims for cost-effectiveness met the standards of normal science: were the claims made credible, evaluable and replicable? A total of 32 studies were identified. None of the studies presented their claims or projections in an evaluable form and none suggested how they might be evaluated. None met the standards of normal science. The claims made for cost-effectiveness were either impossible to verify, or if potentially verifiable, were not presented in an evaluable form. The studies lacked credibility. There was no basis for assessing whether the claims were right or even if they were wrong. The purpose of the present review which covers cost-effectiveness studies published in the Journal of Medical Economics between January 2016 and December 2016 is to revisit this question of the credibility of the claims made against the standards of normal science. A total of 40 cost-effectiveness studies were identified. Although 14 had a timeframe of 5 years or less and hand the potential to provide short-term evaluable claims, none addressed the issue of claims evaluation and the possible protocols that would support empirical assessment. Of the balance, 19 presented results as unevaluable lifetime modeled claims. The conclusions from the 2016 review remain unchanged.

 

Type: Commentary
A Modern Method to Monitor Office Blood Pressure
Authors: Khazan Emiliya , Hough Augustus
Published: January 2018

The diagnosis and management of hypertension relies on accurate and precise blood pressure (BP) measurements and monitoring techniques. Variability in traditional office based BP readings can contribute to misclassification and potential misdiagnosis of hypertension, leading to inappropriate treatment and possibly avoidable adverse drug events. Both home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) can improve characterization of BP status over traditional office values and can predict cardiovascular morbidity and mortality risk; however, they are limited by availability and/or practical use in many situations. Available in-office blood pressure measuring methods include manual auscultation, automated oscillometric, and automated office blood pressure (AOBP) devices. A strong correlation exists between AOBP and awake ABPM measurements and has been linked to better prediction of end-organ damage and white coat response compared to standard office BP methods. While AOBP does not provide nocturnal BP readings, it can be utilized in several outpatient settings, and has the capability to decrease utilization of ABPM, white coat effect, and improve optimization of cardiovascular assessment, evaluation, and therapeutic assessment in clinical practice.

Hypertension affects over 80 million adults in the United States (US) and is a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality [1]. The condition’s ubiquitous nature and broad impact potentially makes understanding the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension key elements of managing cardiovascular risk. Though much attention is paid to the treatment of hypertension, from 2009 to 2012, 45.9% of US patients with hypertension were uncontrolled [1]. Appreciating the aspects of proper assessment of blood pressure is crucial and creates the foundation for approaching hypertension management. Until recently, hypertension was defined as an appropriately measured office systolic blood pressure (SBP) of greater than or equal to 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) greater than or equal to 90 mmHg, with the patient seated and resting for 5 minutes in a proper position, and preferentially, measured as an average of two readings taken 1 or 2 minutes apart [1-5]. While serving as the primary method, standard office blood pressure assessment with either manual or traditional automated BP cuffs is limited in accuracy and application in everyday practice, and faces many challenges. As such, an understanding of the potential limitations of current BP strategies, and the roles and rationale for novel assessment techniques are of value to clinicians [6].

Conflict of Interest: We declare no conflicts of interest or financial interests that the authors or members of their immediate families have in any product or service discussed in the manuscript, including grants (pending or received), employment, gifts, stock holdings or options, honoraria, consultancies, expert testimony, patents and royalties.

 

Type: Review
Another Imaginary World: The ICER Claims for the Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness and Pricing of Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 (VMAT2) Inhibitors in Tardive Dyskinesia
Authors: Langley Paul C.
Published: January 2018

The recently released value assessment of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitors in tardive dyskinesia by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) relies upon a long-term modeling exercise to support recommendations for what the ICER sees as the appropriate pricing for these products if prices are to be judged ‘cost-effective’. In this case, the recommendations are for a substantive price reduction of some 90% over WAC. Needless to say, this recommendation is unlikely to be welcomed with open arms by the respective manufacturers of valbenazine and deutetrabenazine. Unfortunately, as has been argued in a number of commentaries published over the past 18 months in INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, the ICER endorsed health technology assessment methodology that underpins this exercise in building a modeled imaginary world to justify product pricing recommendations is fatally flawed: it does not meet the standards of normal science. Rather than addressing the issue of claims validation for VMAT2 products, the question of generating modeled evaluable claims, among others, for clinical, quality of life and resource utilization outcomes, the analysis focuses on claims that are neither credible nor evaluable and, of course, non-replicable. A more positive and useful approach would be for ICER to focus on a framework where claims could be assessed in the short term to provide feedback to health system decision makers, physicians and patients. Instead, we are asked to believe that we can model 20 or 30 years into the future to establish non-evaluable claims for pricing and, ultimately, access.

Conflict of Interest: None

 

Type: Commentary
Promoting Peer Debate in Pursuit of Moral Reasoning Competencies Development: Spotlight on Educational Intervention Design
Authors: Roche Cicely , Radomski Marek , Grimes Tamasine , Thoma Steve J.
Published: January 2018

Research indicates that appropriately designed educational interventions may impact positively on moral reasoning competencies development (MRCD) as measured by a psychometric measure known as the Defining Issues Test (DIT). However, findings include that educational interventions intended to impact on MRCD do not consistently promote measurable pre-post development. This paper reviews the theoretical background to the use of educational interventions to impact on MRCD, and spotlights how underpinning Neo-Kohlbergian theory might inform the design of an intervention in order to optimise impact on MRCD.

Findings indicate that peer debate - regarding ethical concepts in profession-specific dilemma scenarios, what action(s) might be taken and how ‘less than ideal’ action options might be justified - is essential. Five examples of an adapted format of ‘Neo-Kohlbergian’ profession-specific ‘intermediate concept measures’ (ICMs) are included and were integrated into a 16 week blended learning educational intervention in a manner that promoted repeated exposure to peer debate regarding dilemmas, and the educational intervention design was trialled in a study with 27 volunteer community pharmacists in Ireland. An overview of the design, development and delivery of the intervention is provided. The paper concludes with recommendations for further development of the ‘idea’.

Conflict of Interest: None

 

Type: Idea Paper
Sustainable Pharmacy: Piloting a Session on Pharmaceuticals, Climate Change, and Sustainability within a U.S. Pharmacy Curriculum
Authors: Gruenberg Katherine , Apollonio Dorie , MacDougall Conan , Brock Tina
Published: January 2018

Objective: To design and assess an innovative session for pharmacy students that addresses the role of pharmaceuticals with climate change and sustainability.

Innovation: One hundred and sixteen third-year students at the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy participated during their required Health Policy course. This 3-hour session included guided pre-course activities, an interactive lecture, a panel of healthcare professionals discussing complex decision-making and small group case-based learning. Curricular assessment was conducted through pre-/post-test measures of knowledge acquisition, student evaluations, and course projects.

Critical Analysis: One hundred and two students (response rate 88%) completed the pre-test and 115 students (response rate 99%) completed the post-test assessment. We identified a significant increase in the proportion of correct answers on post-test questions addressing drug disposal legislation (75% pre-test vs 91% post-test, p=0.002) and the predicted effects of climate change on health (55% pre-test vs 90% post-test, p < 0.001). The session was also well received; average student evaluation scores were above 4 in all areas of course evaluation (where 5=ideal). In addition, 17% of student groups (relative to 0% in 2015) proposed a sustainability-related policy as their final coursework project.

Next Steps: The development and implementation of this brief session resulted in knowledge gain and favorable student response. This project is feasible for other Schools of Pharmacy to adapt and implement.

Conflict of Interest: None

 

Type: Note
Human Possibilities: The Interaction of Biology and Culture
Authors: Eisler Riane
Published: January 2018

This article briefly describes the two main strands of a new unified theory about human nature and human possibilities: cultural transformation theory and bio-culturalism. Bio-culturalism combines findings from neuroscience about how our brains develop in interaction with our environments with findings from the study of relational dynamics, a new method of social analysis focusing on what kinds of relations—from intimate to international—a particular culture or subculture supports. Bio-culturalism recognizes that our species has a vast spectrum of genetic capacities, ranging from consciousness, caring, empathy, cooperation, and creativity to insensitivity, cruelty, exploitation, and destructiveness, and proposes that which of these capacities are expressed or inhibited largely hinges on the nature of our cultural environments. Cultural transformation theory looks at the whole span of human cultural evolution from the perspective of the tension between the contrasting configurations of the partnership system and the domination system as two underlying possibilities for structuring beliefs, institutions, and relationships. The article describes the core components of partnership- and domination-oriented societies, provides examples of each, and proposes that our future hinges on accelerating the cultural transformation from domination to partnership in our time of nuclear and biological weapons and the ever more efficient despoliation of nature, when high technology guided by an ethos of domination and conquest could take us to an evolutionary dead end.
Partnership Studies in Transformative Education
Authors: Carter Susan G
Published: January 2018

This article provides a brief overview of Eisler's Cultural Transformation Theory and domination/partnership models. Its main objective is to share ways in which these important ideas and constructs can be included in educational curricula, with a focus on university teaching, to encourage and support personal development and positive social change. It offers examples of effective learning activities developed over nearly a decade of teaching partnership, as well as ways in which students have included partnership in their life, work, and studies.
Bringing Partnership Home: A Model of Family Transformation
Authors: De Azevedo Hanks Julie
Published: January 2018

Eisler’s cultural transformation theory suggests that the global crises we face can be addressed only through movement to a partnership model of social organization. Drawing on cultural transformation theory and systems theory, a partnership model of family organization (PMFO) is outlined as a practical framework to guide families toward partnership relations. Eight components of PMFO are presented and expanded on as a path toward furthering familial and societal transformation. The eight tenets of a PMFO are: 1) cooperative adult leadership, 2) connecting orientation, 3) caretaking emphasis, 4) collaborative roles and rules, 5) celebration of unique contributions, 6) compassionate communication, 7) conscious language use, and 8) collection and creation of partnership stories. Finally, specific strategies of application of the PMFO will be discussed.
Designing to Partner/Partnering to Design: Exploring Synergies between Cultural Transformation and Design toward a Partnership Society
Authors: Singh Virajita
Published: January 2018

What is Cultural Transformation Theory? What is design, and design thinking? How do these topics connect with concepts of culture and material culture? How are domination and partnership as paradigms of cultural transformation expressed in design? How can design and partnership work together to achieve a partnership society, and what actions does this suggest for the future? This article addresses these questions, identifies key elements of Cultural Transformation Theory, and introduces the concepts of design and design thinking and the aspects of design as product and process. Definitions of culture and material culture that reveal a disconnect with design are discussed. This article makes the case that design and culture are reciprocally connected, and uses specific cross-cultural examples of domination and partnership as manifested in design disciplines of architecture. Current ways in which the emerging field of design thinking incorporates a partnership approach are also discussed. Finally, the article suggests ways in which cultural transformation and design can work synergistically, evolving cultures toward a partnership future while creating design expressions of such a culture.

Erratum

Issued March 15, 2016. On page 20, the first Eisler reference should read:

Eisler, R. (2013). Human Possibilities: An Integrated Systems Approach. World Futures, The Journal of Global Education, 69:4-6 (pp. 269-289) Pacific Grove, CA: Center for Partnership Studies. Retrieved from: http://www.partnershipway.org/learn-more/articles-by-riane-eisler
A Conversation with Peter Senge: Transforming Organizational Cultures
Authors: Eisler Riane
Published: January 2018

Riane Eisler talks with Peter Senge, internationally renowned expert on management and organizational leadership, about transforming organizational cultures from domination to partnership.
The Inner Work of Partnership: Tools for Making the Personal Shift from Domination to Partnership
Authors: Carter Susan , Saltee Sara
Published: January 2018

This article highlights the importance of partnership with oneself in partnership work. Recognizing that partnership is both a process and a practice, the authors bring attention to the role of one’s relationship with self in the partnership model. Ways in which domination thinking becomes internalized and how it functions in our own inner lives is demonstrated. Through a close examination of seven key ways to cultivate a relationship of respect, peace, care, and compassion with self, the authors offer a simple tool to support the practice of partnership values from the inside out.
Artist's Statement: Autumn Nest
Authors: Saltee Sara
Published: January 2018

Artist's Statement for the cover art of IJPS volume 2, issue 2: Autumn Nest, 2015. Paper collage and found objects.
Nurses' Roles in Healthcare Legal Partnerships
Authors: Weber Eileen P , Polkey Bryan
Published: January 2018

In health care settings that serve low-income populations, healthcare legal partnerships (HLPs) are becoming a necessity in order to maximize clients’ opportunities for health. Medical-Legal Partnerships (MLPs), also known as Healthcare Legal Partnerships (HLPs), add the power of law to reduce individual legal barriers and negative social determinants of health. The terms HLP and MLP are used interchangeably, though HLPs can and do include specialties and disciplines, such as dentistry, nursing, and social work, beyond those usually considered medicine. HLPs offer academic centers opportunities to enhance collaborative practice by jointly educating law and healthcare students for partnership. In the U.S., nurses are the most trusted profession in society and the largest healthcare profession. Nursing can use its diffuse presence and power to actualize the growing research suggesting HLPs can help society achieve the concurrent goals of improved care, better health, and lower per capita healthcare costs.

Erratum

Issued June 10, 2016. The following citations should be included in the reference list:

Beck, A. F., Klein, M. D., Schaffzin, J. K., Tallent, V., Gillam, M., & Kahn, R. S. (2012). Identifying and treating a substandard housing cluster using a medical-legal partnership. Pediatrics, 130(5), 831-838.

Klein, M. D., Beck, A. F., Henize, A. W., Parrish, D. S., Fink, E. E., & Kahn, R. S. (2013). Doctors and Lawyers Collaborating to HeLP Children: Outcomes from a Successful Partnership between Professions. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 24(3), 1063-1073.

Nightingale, F. (1859). Notes on Nursing. London: Duckworth

Pettignano, R., Bliss, L. R., Caley, S. B., & McLaren, S. (2013). Can access to a medical-legal partnership benefit patients with asthma who live in an urban community? Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 24(2), 706-717.
Reflection: Working Toward Peaceful, Healthy Communities
Authors: Gault Donald L
Published: January 2018

Family violence is a pervasive problem locally, nationally, and worldwide. Since 1990, staff from Saint Paul-Ramsey County (Minnesota) Public Health have worked with hundreds of community members and organizations in a unique partnership approach to preventing violence. The process of developing and sustaining this unique partnership is described, as well impacts and outcomes from work developed and implemented over 25 years of sustained efforts. Implications for practice in community organizing and partnership, violence prevention, public health, and adherence to evidence- and research-based best practice models are discussed.
Developing Partnerships to Expand Interprofessional Practice-Focused Educational Experiences in High-Risk Obstetric Care
Authors: Pott Stephanie L , Drake Diana M
Published: January 2018

Healthcare practice is continuing to shift toward interprofessional team-based care to improve the patient experience and the health of populations as well as to reduce the per capita cost of healthcare (National Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education, 2013). In particular, high-risk pregnancy is a uniquely complex healthcare challenge, which makes team- and partnership-based care in this specialty essential (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Task Force on Collaborative Practice, 2016). Despite healthcare leaders in the United States recognizing the need for collaborative care models and team-based care, the training of healthcare professions students in the skills needed to collaborate effectively as part of an interprofessional team have lagged dramatically behind the changes in current healthcare practices (Interprofessional Education Collaborative [IPEC] Expert Panel, 2011; National Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education, 2015b). A Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) Student and a Women’s Health DNP Program faculty identified that there was an opportunity to implement interprofessional practice-focused immersion experiences for advanced practice registered nursing (APRN) students at an academic Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center. The faculty and student partnership allowed for the project interventions to be integrated directly into an existing APRN practicum course.

This project’s implementation provided an opportunity for the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center to integrate APRN students into their clinical team, and demonstrated that interprofessional practice-focused immersion experiences are beneficial for students’ learning of how to collaborate effectively as part of an interprofessional team, which is congruent with the research. The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center embodied many of the components of the domains of interprofessional practice and qualities of a partnership-based system, making it an optimal site for interprofessional learning. This project’s positive results support a sustainable and unique partnership between the School of Nursing and the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center to expand student opportunities as members of an interprofessional team in a high-risk obstetric care setting. Continued exposure of healthcare professions students to partnership-based healthcare settings like this center may help to shift systems toward the partnership paradigm.
From the Guest Editor: Caring Democracy
Authors: Eisler Riane
Published: January 2018

The Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies was launched in the fall of 2014, and as Editor in Chief, I am happy to report that since our launch we have had more than 10,000 downloads of articles by readers all over the world. I also want to take this opportunity to welcome our new Managing Editor, Heidi Bruce, and to thank her for being part of the wonderful team producing this journal, which, among others, includes Liz Fine Weinfurter, Marty Lewis-Hunstiger, Teddie Potter, Peg Lonnquist, and Virajita Singh of the University of Minnesota.

I am honored to be the Guest Editor for our first themed issue on Caring Democracy, a subject that is especially timely at this historic juncture, and to have so many distinguished contributors to it. Here is a brief outline of its contents.
The Original Partnership Societies: Evolved Propensities for Equality, Prosociality, and Peace
Authors: Fry Douglas P , Souillac Geneviève
Published: January 2018

This article focuses on what nomadic forager research suggests about human nature and examines how this ancestral form of human social organization is fundamentally partnership-oriented. Taking mobile forager social organization into consideration is important to partnership studies because all humanity lived as mobile foragers until very recently. The material considered in this article stems from 1) individual forager ethnographies, 2) qualitative comparative forager studies, and 3) research based on systematically sampled forager traits. The findings show the pervasiveness of egalitarianism (including gender equality), socialization and social control mechanism geared toward promoting prosocial behaviors such as sharing and the caring for others, conflict avoidance and resolution mechanisms, and no inclination toward warfare in values or practice. Such patterns that cut across nomadic forager societies from around the world call into question a familiar narrative about the supposedly self-centered, warlike, and hording nature of humanity. Mobile forager studies support an alternative narrative that challenges assumptions about the ‘'primitive versus civilized,’ normative progress and modernity, and biased projections of innate depravity onto all humanity. The article concludes by proposing that our nomadic forager forbearers solved the challenges of survival over evolutionary time not by making war, developing slavery, or ranking people into domination hierarchies of ‘haves’” and ‘have nots’—social institutions with which we are all too familiar today—but rather, our mobile forager ancestors promoted egalitarianism, cooperation, caring and sharing as they developed ways to resolve disputes with a minimum of bloodshed and sidestepped the development of war.
Call for Papers: Partnership and Environment (IJPS Fall 2017 issue)
Authors: Kulman Brigham Jonee
Published: January 2018

The Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies will publish a themed issue in Fall 2017: Partnership and Environment. The guest editor of this issue invites researchers, scholars and authors to submit original writing for publication in its October 2017 issue (Vol. 4 No. 3). The submission deadline is August 1st, 2017. Early submissions are welcome and will receive preference in the publication process.
A Conversation with Monica Worline and Jane Dutton: Compassion in the Work Place
Authors: Eisler Riane
Published: January 2018

Riane Eisler talks with Monica C. Worline, PhD, Executive Director of CompassionLab and Research Scientist at the Center for Compassion and Altruism at Stanford University, and Jane E. Dutton, PhD, Professor of Business Administration and Psychology and co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, about the role of compassion in transforming organizational cultures from domination to partnership.
The Cascading Effect of Civility on Outcomes of Clarity, Job Satisfaction and Caring for Patients
Authors: Nelson John , Nichols Tara , Wahl Josephine
Published: January 2018

Implementation of a model of care requires partnering among members of the health care team and patients and their families. Each participant must have clarity about each person’s role and how the system is used to implement and/or utilize a model of care delivery. A community hospital in the Midwest implemented Relationship-Based Care (RBC), a model based on concepts of partnering with self and others to build inclusive systems of care. Implementation included education about the culture of caring and discussions centered on the concept of civility as a prerequisite to role clarity within the concept of partnering in caring for self and others. The discussions demonstrated to hospital leaders that incivility, involving negative cultural norms, fundamentalism, oppression, hierarchical leadership, and conformity to old ways, was a barrier to creating a caring environment. This study examined the impact of civility on professional clarity, social and technical dimensions of work, and caring for patients and families.

Civility was measured by a 24-item instrument using Bartholomew’s theory of civility (2006). The instrument includes two dimensions of civility: education in civility during academic and clinical training, and the experience of civility in the work setting. Results revealed that staff who had received and observed civil behaviors from academic faculty and clinical preceptors were more likely to report working within a civil environment. This in turn predicted greater levels of clarity, which then predicted greater satisfaction with both the technical and social dimensions of the job. The final outcome, caring for patients, was predicted by job satisfaction.
Improving Primary Care with Human-Centered Design and Partnership-Based Leadership
Authors: Andresen May-Lynn , Potter Teddie M
Published: January 2018

Objective: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to empower and activate first-line staff (FLS) to improve the six-month depression remission rate in a primary care clinic.

Background: Lack of workforce engagement has been identified as an emerging national problem in health care and health care leaders have urged practice redesign to foster the Triple Aim of improved population health, improved care experience, and reduced cost of care (Berwick et al., 2008). Depression is difficult to manage and often exacerbates chronic illnesses and shortens lifespans, yet despite known effective treatments, six-month remission rates are low and care practices are often inadequate. Engaging in empowering leadership behaviors has demonstrated improvement in motivation, work outcomes, and empowerment in various industry settings across the world. Core approaches include: enhancing staff self-determination, encouraging participation in decision-making, and ensuring that staff have the knowledge and tools to achieve their performance goals, in addition to leadership communications that increase confidence in staff’s potential to perform at high levels, and their recognition that their efforts have an impact on improving organizational effectiveness.

Methods: In this outpatient setting, care was siloed, staff were disengaged and a hierarchical paradigm was evident. Human-centered design principles were employed to intensively explore stakeholders’ experiences and to deeply engage end users in improving depression remission rates by creating, participating, and partnering in solutions. Leadership was educated in and deployed empowering leadership behaviors, which were synergistic with design thinking, and fostered empowerment.

Results: Pre- and post-surveys demonstrated statistically significant improvement in empowerment. The six-month depression remission rate increased 167%, from 7.3% (N=261) to 19.4% (N=247).

Conclusion: The convergence of empowering leadership behaviors and human-centered design, offers great promise for improved patient outcomes, staff empowerment, and promotion of partnership.
Media Review: Rising to the Challenge: The Transition Movement and People of Faith, By Ruah Swennerfelt
Authors: Amberg Ann
Published: January 2018

Ann Amberg reviews Rising to the Challenge: The Transition Movement and People of Faith, by Ruah Swennerfelt.
PENGARUH JUMLAH UANG BEREDAR DAN KURS TERHADAP TINGKAT INFLASI DI INDONESIA SEBELUM DAN SETELAH KRISIS GLOBAL 2009
Authors: Aji Hartomo Hario
Published: January 2018

The objective of this research are to analyzed the effect of Money Supply and Exchange Rate to Inflation Rate in Indonesia before and after Global Crisis at 2008. Type of this research is a correlation study, a research to explain correlation between variables. Dependent Variable used is Inflation Rate (percentages), Independent Variables are Money Supply and Exchange Rate (Indonesian Rupiah to US Dollar). The models will be calculated with OLS (Ordinary Least Square) and Classical Assumption which is excelent in technical, easy to calculate and interpretation. In this case a correlation between dependent variables and independent variables. To determine the inflation rate effect before and after Global Crisis, the other test methods also needed, in example: Normality Test, Autocorrelation Test, Multicolinearity Test, Heteroscedastisity Test and Chow Test. The result from this research determine that Inflation Rate as a dependent variable will significantly influence to Money Supply and Exchange Rate inIndonesia.Keywords : global crisis, inflation rate, money supply
ANALISIS PERKEMBANGAN EFISIENSI TEKNIS BANKSYARIAHDI INDONESIA DENGAN METODE DATAENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA) TAHUN 2005-2009
Authors: Biwa Nugraha Muhammad
Published: January 2018

Economic development of a country, requires a well planned and directedprogram and also requires a sufficient capital or development found. Therefore,Banking will be required as the financial institution and as the center ofdevelopment. The government has implemented several improvement towards theperformance of Banking by establising several policies. One of those policies is,Banks is free to determine their own interest rate. Which that policy sah motivatesthe development of establishment of Syariah Banks which its basis is on the profitsharing and not on the interest rate.The rapid development of the Syariah Bankingwhether perceiency improvement of the Syariah Bank it self. In this research, the writer was attemted to observe the efficiency rate of theeconomic activities unit (UKE) of Syariah Bank. Data was used here is the Inputsecondary data and Output on the period of 2005-2009. Input could be classifiedinto the general expense and administration, personnel expense, operations expense.Mean while, the output is operational income, and income from lending. The result of this research showed that, the efficiency rate of 4 UKEs (BankSyariahMandiri, Bank Mega Syariah, Bank MuamalatSyariah, dan Bank BukopinSyariah) that was examined, During 2005-2009, there is only one Islamic bank canmaintain a constant level of maximum efficiency of 100% is Bank SyariahMandiri.Keyword: Efficiency, DEA
ANALISIS EFISIENSI INDUSTRI GULA DI INDONESIA DENGAN METODE DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA) TAHUN 2001 – 2010
Authors: Marta Silvi
Published: January 2018

This study aims to determine the efficiency of the sugar industry factories inIndonesia. These plants are PG Jatitujuh, PG Karangsuwung, PG Sindanglaut, PG Subang,PG Tersanabaru, PG Gondangbaru, PG Jatibarang, PG mojo, PG Pangka, PG Rendeng. Dataused in this study is secondary data, the source data comes from the Indonesian SugarCouncil with the years of the study was taken from 2001 to 2010. Variables used in this studyconsisted of three input variables and two output variables. Variable input consists of thecane milled, the total area, kapasits rollers, while the output variables consist of sugarproduction and production drops. The results of processing by using the Data EnvelopmentAnalysis (DEA) in the period 2001-2010 shows that there are only three plants in a row isconsistent with maintaining the efficiency of 100%. Three factories are PG Jatitujuh, PGJatibarang and PG Sindanglaut. While the other two factories, namely PG Rendeng and PGGondangbaru showed a decreased efficiency level of performance each year with numbersbelow 100%.Keywords: Efficiency, DEA, Sugar Company, Total Cane ground, Area, Milling Capacity,Production of Sugar and Molasses Production.
ANALISIS PENGARUH VARIABEL MAKROEKONOMI TERHADAP INFLASI DI INDONESIA SEBELUM DAN SESUDAH DITERAPKANNYA KEBIJAKAN INFLATION TARGETING FRAMEWORK PERIODE 2002:1 –2010:12
Authors: Sari Dewi Murti
Published: January 2018

This thesis want to see effect of macroeconomics variables of inflation in Indonesia before and after Inflation Targeting Framework Policy period 2002:1 – 2010:12. The data used in this study is a secondary data obtained from Bank Indonesia. Variables are in use, among others: the level of inflation (CPI), the money supply, government expenditure, exchange rates against the U.S. dollar, and the dummy variable. Analysis tool used is a dynamic model. This model explains the influence of the relationship between the dependent variable with independent variables in the short and long term. The results of this study concluded that the variables in the money supply, government expenditure , and exchange rates have a significant effect on inflation in the long run, while in the short term had no significant effect on inflation, so that this study produces a long-term equation. Based on the results of previous studies both concluded that the variables in the money supply, government expenditure , and exchange rates have a significant effect on inflation in the long run, while in the short term had no significant effect on inflation.
PENGUJIAN KAUSALITAS ANTARA VARIABEL MAKROEKONOMI DENGAN RETURN PASAR DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA : SEBUAH PENDEKATAN VECTOR AUTO
Authors: Hapsari Nurullita Anggi
Published: January 2018

Indicators of macroeconomic have major impact on capital markets in general and stocks in particular. Influence of these indicators can be positive or negative. Vector Auto Regression (VAR) is a method of analysis used to predict the time series variable and analyze the dynamic impact factor interference in a system variable. VAR analysis is very useful to assess the linkages between economic variables. This research aims to see the influence of iIndicators of macroeconomic such as the exchange rate (EXCHANGE), interest rate Bank Central of Indonesia Certificates (SBI) and rate of inflation (INFLATION) to market return (REIHSG) in Indonesian Stock Exchange in the period 2004:1-2011:10. Data obtained from the Monthly Stock Price Index Statistics JSX. This research appllying several stages of testing as follows: unit root test, the optimal lag test, Granger causality test and Vector Auto Regression model (VAR). The results of unit root test in this study suggests that the data used for processing in the first degree and VAR Granger test because only the stationary stock index return variable in zero degree (level). On the test results suggested the optimal lag is the lag 3. On the Granger causality test is known that the Granger test variable rate (EXCHANGE) has a one-way impact or the exchange rate (EXCHANGE) affect market return (REIHSG) interest rate of Bank Central of Indonesia Certificates (SBI) and the rate of inflation (INFLATION) has a two direction or impact mutual Causality. These results indicate that there is a weak Granger causality between interest rates Bank Central of Indonesia Certificates (SBI) and rate of inflation (INFLATION) to market return (REIHSG).Keywords: Vector Auto Regressive (VAR), Macroeconomic, Granger Causality, IHSG stock return
ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KUALITAS LAPORAN KEUANGAN DANA PENSIUN
Authors: Hasanah Nur
Published: January 2018

This research aims to investigate the factors that influence to the quality of pension fund financial reports, a proxy with earnings management. These factors related to corporate governance. This research using 22 Pension Fund in Indonesia, which was established and approved by the Minister of Finance until 2005 and still actively running the business as the Pension Fund by the end of 2009. The research period is taken is 4 years, starting in 2006 until 2009. This research used multiple linear regression model. The independent variable in this research include variable performance of the Pension Fund, the rights of stakeholders, disclosure, and type of Pension Fund that is predicted significant influence on the quality of pension fund financial reports. The result of this research showed that only the audit quality has positive and significant influence on the quality of Pension Fund financial reports, whereas for the variable performance of the Pension Fund, the rights of stakeholders, disclosure, and type of Pension Fund showed no significant effect on the quality of the financial reports of the Pension Fund. Variable types of the Pension Fund (sharia and non-sharia), no significant influence on the quality of Pension Fund financial reports, this can be expected because up to this time there are no special regulations for sharia Pension Funds. Sharia arrangements in relation to aspects of Sharia Pension Funds activities, such as guidelines for preparing the financial reports of Sharia Pension Fund is still using regulations that apply to nonSharia Pension Fund. SimakKeywords: Good corporate governance, good pension fund governance, Pension Fund financial reports, sharia pension fund, earnings management.
PENETRASI BANK ASING DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP KOMPETISI PERBANKAN YANG DIUKUR DENGAN PENDEKATAN CONJECTURAL VARIATION DI INDONESIA
Authors: Usman Bahtiar
Published: January 2018

This study examines the effect of foreign bank penetration on banking competition in Indonesia. Penetration of foreign banks is measured by using the ratio between total assets, total loans and total deposits of foreign banks to total assets, total loans and total deposits of the banking industry in Indonesia, such as those used by Levy and Micco (2007). Bank concentration is measured by using Concentration Ratio (CR3 and CR5) and the Herfindahl index. Bank competition is measured by using the Conjectural Variation approach as used by Cetorelli Angelini (2003). By using panel regression method with SUR (Seemingly Unrelated Regression) during 1998 to 2009, we found that the increase of foreign bank penetration will increase competition of banking in Indonesia through spillover effects on the domestic banking system. These results support the research of Jeon et al (2011).Keywords: Foreign Bank Penetration, Conjectural Variation and Bank Competition
LA COMUNITÀ DI GESÙ E L’ECUMENISMO / THE COMMUNITY OF JESUS AND ECUMENISM
Authors: Calisi Antonio
Published: January 2018

RiassuntoL’autore presenta la storia, la natura e gli scopi della Comunità di Gesù, diffusa in diversi paesi del mondo, tra cui l’Argentina; la Comunità di Gesù si caratterizza per una lettura carismatica della missione della Chiesa nell’annuncio dell’evangelo secondo la tradizione della Chiesa Cattolica e proprio da questa lettura nasce l’impegno per la costruzione del dialogo ecumenico, in particolare con il mondo pentecostale evangelico.Parole-chiavi: Chiesa.Ecumenismo. Pentecostali. Papa Francesco.AbstractThe author presents the history, the nature and the aims of the Comunità di Gesù, widespread in various countries of the world, including Argentina: the Comunità di Gesù is characterized by a charismatic reading of the Church's mission in the proclamation of the Gospel according to the tradition of the Catholic Church and from this reading comes the commitment to the construction of ecumenical dialogue, in particular with the Evangelical Pentecostal world.Keywords: Church. Ecumenism. Pentecostal. Pope Francis.
AS CERIMÔNIAS DE COROAÇÃO DE NOSSA SENHORA: MEMÓRIAS E ANÁLISE DE UMA PRÁTICA DEVOCIONAL MARIANA
Authors: Cabral Newton Darwin de Andrade
Published: January 2018

Partindo de uma descrição originada das memórias do autor, às quais são acrescentadas análises a partir da bibliografia a que tivemos acesso (destaque para obras de Francisco van der Poel, Afonso Murad e Ivany Coutinho), o artigo enfatiza os elementos cênicos e musicais componentes da cerimônia que, não obstante continuar sendo realizada na cidade locus da rememoração, já sofre mutações, uma vez que o hino tradicionalmente cantado – que marcava todo o ritmo da coroação – foi substituído por outros considerados mais modernos. Diferenças entre liturgia e devoção, aplicadas ao culto a Maria, são também abordadas. No artigo, ainda chamamos a atenção para algumas orientações rituais, disponibilizadas na rede mundial de computação, algumas delas visando a corrigir distorções que percebíamos presentes na cidade do interior potiguar cuja forma de organizar a cerimônia baseia a discussão apresentada neste trabalho. Concluímos afirmando a validade daquelas cerimônias que, embora sejam alvo de críticas por parte de alguns agentes do sagrado, em outras instâncias reveladoras de posturas mais condizentes com o respeito às tradições religiosas populares, são orientadas no sentido de delas serem eliminadas imprecisões ou exageros.Palavras-chave: Igreja Católica. Religiosidade popular. Devoção mariana. Mariologia. AbstractParting from a description originated from the author’s memory, to which are added analyses parting from the bibliography we had access to (principally works by Francisco van der Poel, Afonso Murad and Ivany Coutinho), the article emphasizes the scenic and musical elements which compose the ceremony and which, though it keeps being celebrated in the city which is the place of the remembrance, has already suffered changes, since the hymn traditionally sung – which marked the complete rhythm of the coronation – was substituted for others considered more modern. Differences between the liturgy and the devotion applied to the cult of Mary are also being approached. In the article, we further call the attention to some ritual orientations made available in the worldwide internet, some of them aiming to correct distortions we noticed in the city of the interior potiguar, whose way of organizing the ceremony is the basis of the discussion presented in this work. We conclude affirming the value of those ceremonies which, though they are the aim of criticism from some of the agents of the sacred, in other instances, that show more respect for the religious traditions of the people, are advised to eliminate imprecisions and exaggerations from them.Key-words: Catholic Church. Popular religiosity. Devotion to Mary. Mariology.
DOM HELDER CÂMARA: O SANTO REBELDE. ENTREVISTA COM A CINEASTA ÉRICA BAUER
Authors: Silva Flávio José Rocha da
Published: January 2018

A cineasta Érica Bauer estava lançando o documentário Dom Helder: O Santo Rebelde na cidade de João Pessoa, em novembro de 2004, e eu vi nesta oportunidade uma chance de entrevistar mais uma pessoa que se interessa pela história de Dom Helder. Terminada a apresentação do documentário, eu fui até Érica e propus entrevistá-la no dia seguinte, o que ela aceitou prontamente e de forma amável. No dia seguinte, nos encontramos para nossa conversa em um restaurante à beira mar da orla da capital paraibana. Érica foi solícita comigo durante todo o tempo em que eu a entrevistei e não se furtou a responder nenhuma pergunta sobre o processo de produção do seu documentário ou o porquê da escolha do personagem para aquele seu trabalho cinematográfico.
A RELIGIOSIDADE CRISTÃ E A COMUNICAÇÃO COM DEUS: A PROMESSA EM SERGIPE – NORDESTE DO BRASIL - SÉCULOS XVIII E XIX
Authors: Gonçalves Hortência de Abreu , Wanderley Lílian de Lins , Nascimento Kathia Cilene Santos
Published: January 2018

A crença no sobrenatural sempre esteve evidente nas manifestações de religiosidade cristã que povoaram o imaginário coletivo. Em Sergipe, Nordeste do Brasil, não foi diferente, homens e mulheres no cotidiano religioso e espiritual, fizeram uso de expedientes de comunicação com Deus, referendados no exercício da promessa, para a resolução dos problemas enfrentados na vida material. Objetivou-se compreender a promessa em Sergipe, Nordeste do Brasil, entre os séculos XVIII e XIX, como mecanismo religioso de comunicação com Deus e seus intercessores celestiais. Pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, com base nos testamentos “post mortem” de Sergipe dos Séculos XVIII e XIX, originários do Arquivo Judiciário do Estado de Sergipe (AJES). Para tanto, buscou-se apoio teórico e metodológico na História das Mentalidades associada ao método de análise de conteúdo. Cabia à promessa o papel de mediadora entre o promitente e Deus, visando ao alcance do que foi pedido e/ou a solução de pendências terrenas.