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The Family as a Model of Social Protection and Health Care

La famille comme modèle de protection sociale et de soins de santé

Insights and Experiences from the Countries of the South

Perspectives et expériences des pays du Sud

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Published on Thursday, November 21, 2024

Abstract

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This inter-disciplinary congress aims to approach, analyze and discuss the major roles of the family in the production of social protection and health care in the countries of the south in light of the forms of resistance and resilience that the family institution has produced in the light of the effects of néolibéralisme, which pushes a set of values, roles and family ties towards disintegration, disappearance and redefinition. Taking into account the socio-demographic, economic, value and pathological transitions... etc. that have given rise to new family forms and structures, critical scientific thinking within the view of the social sciences becomes a fundamental epistemic requirement, especially when it emerges from the heart of the daily life of families, and questions their problems and aspirations.

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Background

In the countries of the south, the family plays major roles in health care services and social protection for its members, at the health level, as well as, the socio-psychological level. These two levels rise a set of challenges and increasing needs, and require many resources and home care services (health care, food, financial support, social and psychological support...etc.). According to the World Health Organization, the family is one of the fundamental social factors of health; this is clearly observed through the resources and competencies that the family plays by providing some prior protection acts, or by being involved in managing the health problems of its members.

In the countries of the south, the family has a care model for social groups with multiple social, health and psychological problems and needs, in both health institutions and in the homes of beneficiaries. These groups include children, people with disabilities, adults, elderly people, people in need of regular assistance, and people with mental and psychological illnesses...Etc. Physical assistants provide care services for these groups for free. Despite all the forms of care provided by the family to its members in the countries of the south, at the financial, humanitarian, social, health and emotional levels, this multidimensional model that has voluntary sponsorship services is insufficient, even though families contribute more than 50% of the health expenses of their members, including distant relatives.

Health services, provided by the families in the countries of the south, are considered regular tasks according to society and people in charge. This makes the health systems of these countries reject any recognition of such services from legal and financial point of view. Furthermore, the health services of the families are not included in the health insurance and social protection systems, despite their psychological, social and health costs. The family-oriented social policies of the state have just started including the insurance of workers in their programs. However, recent reforms of the social protection system in Morocco, for example, only give little importance to the multiple health-care tasks performed by families. In this context, the financial support allocated to poor and vulnerable families ranges from 50 to 100 dollars. Thus, charitable family solidarity becomes a main pillar of the social protection system in Morocco. Likewise, this system of charitable work coexists with the social protection system established by the state. Therefore, it would of great importance to understand: how this system ensures its continuity over time; the mechanisms that contribute to its resistance; the possibility to institutionalize this system; the support that the families provide to ensure its stability; and the way of making this system effective.  

The ongoing social transformations characterized by the growing values of individuality and independence, accompanied by the increasing transition of society from the extended family to the nuclear family, lead us to question the possibility of the family, in the societies of the south, to continue its main role  in preserving social solidarity across generations; more particularly, health solidarity, social and psychological bearing of the burdens and costs of medical care for family members, especially helpless social groups. Moreover, we should realize that women in the countries of the south have always been the basis of home health care in the past. This role has changed as women have become key elements in the labor market; this poses real problems for family social policies and social protection issues in establishing the necessary societal balance and ensuring health care for all.

The early pioneers of health sociology did not consider health care services provided by the family real services. Despite Talcott Parsons' functional tendency, he neglected the roles and functions performed by the family at the level of health care for its members, considering that the role assigned to it cannot exceed emotional functions. Such perspective is based, to a large extent, on the need to respect medical prescriptions. Talcott further claims that the family as an institution may hinder the process of diagnosing a disease or the process of treating a patient. On the other hand, the pioneers of symbolic interactivity pointed to the main role of the family in the process of collective work produced by various actors in dealing with serious or chronic diseases; they devoted only a few works to the tasks of the family institution in providing health care services to its members.

Contrary to these trends, anthropologist Jennifer Cresson "Cresson Genevièr" has given a special place to the family in the production of home health care to its members, focusing her research on the roles played by parents in this area. From this point of view, we see the importance of analyzing those roles in the countries of the south where the family still performs major tasks and functions in the production of home health and care services in many different ways.

To celebrate the first decade of the international congress of social sciences and health, the participants, during its tenth session, will address the roles of the family in the production of social protection and health care in the countries of the south in light of the forms of resistance and resilience that the family institution has produced in the  light of the effects of neoliberalism, which pushes a set of values, roles and family ties towards disintegration, disappearance and redefinition. Taking into account the socio-demographic, economic, value and pathological transitions...etc. that have given rise to new family forms and structures, critical scientific thinking within the view of the social sciences becomes a fundamental epistemic requirement, especially when it emerges from the heart of the daily life of families, and questions their problems and aspirations.

Axes of the congress

The first axis: social transformations and their effects on the structure and roles of the family

  1. Family transformations and their impact on the forms of families and their roles in social and health protection
  2.  Family transformations and their impact on social and emotional ties
  3. Family transformations and their impact on the values of intergenerational social solidarity
  4. The impact of neoliberal policies on the family
  5. Transformations of the status and roles of women and men in contemporary families

The second axis: the concept and the place of the family in social and health policies

  1.  Reform of social protection and health coverage: challenges and issues
  2. The family and the issue of social and community justice
  3. Family and community health and family-oriented care (family medicine, physical assistants and home care...Etc.)
  4. The family as a social determinant of health
  5. Household living conditions and unequal access to health care

The third axis: Family health care: challenges and public health issues

  1. Primary and family health care
  2. Family care, maternity, childhood, youth and old age
  3. Family, psychological and mental health
  4. Family and disability
  5. Family, reproductive and sexual health

Partners

  • Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah University, Fez.
  • Institute of Political Studies of Bordeaux.
  • The National Institute of Social Action (INAS) of Tangier.
  • UMR 5115 of the CNRS "Africans in the world", Bordeaux.
  • Department of Sociology, FLDM Faculty, Dhahr El Mehraz, Fez.
  • Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Economic Sociology, National Center for Scientific. Research, (THE / CNRS and the cnam) France.
  • Paul Pacson Center for Sociological research in Benguérir.

Application guidelines

1. Candidates are kindly requested to read the call for Papers, which contains the background of the Congress, its themes and deadlines.

2. Candidates are required to provide a link to the technical conditions and specifications document for writing researchpapers: https://drive.google.com/file/d/146m4xXXsh2D5dfVTFulKCcI4zf0qQ4Bf/view?usp=sharing

3. Candidates must fill out the application form in one of the three languages (Arabic, English, and French). https://forms.gle/95GFrxvSYfL9yVYz8 

15/12/2024: Last deadline for the receipt of communication abstracts (700 to 900  words)

05/01/2025: Response from the Scientific Committee.

09/03/2025: full text (6,000 to 8,000 words).

Supervisory committee

Responsible for the congress

  • Mohammed ABABOU, Sociologist, Director, Sociology and Psychology Laboratory (LSP), FLDM, USMBA of Fez. mohammed.ababou@usmba.ac.ma

Congress coordinators

  • Jean-Noel FERRY, Political Scientist, University of Bordeaux. jean-noel.ferrie@uir.ac.ma
  • Salah Eddine LAARINY, Sociologist, Sociology and Psychology Laboratory (LSP), FLDM, USMBA of Fez. salaheddine.laariny@usmba.ac.ma
  • Saadia RADI, Anthropologist. saadia.radi@gmail.com

Scientific committee

  • Mohammed MOUBTASSIME, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Mohammed ABABOU, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Saadia RADI, Anthropologist
  • Jean Noël FIRRIE, University of Bordeaux.
  • Abderrahman ELMALIKI, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Salah-Eddine LAARINY, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Marc-Eric Gruénais, University of Bordeaux.
  • Khadija ZAHI, FLSH, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech.
  • Yolande benarrosh, University of Aix-Marseille.
  • Asmae Benadada, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Ricciardi Ferruccio, CNRS, Paris.
  • Wassila Benkirane, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Abdelmalek Bouzkraoui, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Benaissa Zarbouch, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Mohammad Choukri Sallam, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Mohamed FOUABAR, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Lahssan KAHALIL, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Zouhair ELALOUI, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Abdelaziz Allioui, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Karima Mrizik, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Younnes ELKHADIRI, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech.
  • Wadiai BOUDRIBILA, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech.
  • Fadwa NIDABDALLAH, INAS, Tangier.
  • Sanae SAADANI, INAS, Tangier.
  • Touria HOUSSAM, INAS, Tangier.
  • Imane ENNABILI, INAS, Tangier.
  • Hicham JABRAOUI, INAS, Tangier.
  • Abdelazize OURHOU, INAS, Tangier.
  • Najib TIROU, INAS, Tangier.
  • Aisha ACHAHBAR, INAS, Tangier.

Organizing committee

  • Mohammed ABABOU, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Salah-Eddine LAARINY, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Abdelmalek BOUZAKRAOUI, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Abdelkarim ELKANBAI, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Fadwa, ABDALLAH, INAS, Tangier.
  • Sanae SAADANI, INAS, Tangier.
  • Mohammed ECHTIOUI, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.
  • Hassan ELHACHIMI, LSP, FLDM, USMBA of Fez.

Places

  • Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah - Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences Dhar Elmehraz fes
    Fes, Kingdom of Morocco (30050)

Event attendance modalities

Full on-site event


Date(s)

  • Sunday, December 15, 2024

Keywords

  • family, social protection,health care,experiences

Contact(s)

  • Salah Eddine Laariny
    courriel : salaheddine [dot] laariny [at] usmba [dot] ac [dot] ma

Information source

  • Salah Eddine Laariny
    courriel : salaheddine [dot] laariny [at] usmba [dot] ac [dot] ma

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To cite this announcement

« The Family as a Model of Social Protection and Health Care », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Thursday, November 21, 2024, https://doi.org/10.58079/12q9v

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