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Resilience In Families Of Children Who Have Disabilities
(Social Work, 2014-12)
Families are foundational units that facilitate societal function. They are responsible for many of the integral processes that allow communities to continue to function. Not the least of these processes are providing for ...
Predictors of Different Types of Victim-Trafficker Relationships: An Intersectionality-Informed Analysis
Domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) is the commercial sexual exploitation of a minor citizen or legal resident within United States borders. The literature about the experiences of DMST victims is an amalgamation of ...
CROSSOVER YOUTH PREVENTION: PREDICTORS OF YOUTH CROSSOVER FROM CHILD WELFARE TO JUVENILE JUSTICE
By some estimates, as many as 60% of youth in the juvenile justice system have previous experience in the child welfare system, with delinquency rates among youth in foster care about 50% higher than among youth not involved ...
“WALK THE WALK”: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATORS’ PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
(2023-08-11)
The profession of social work has a long-standing history of social movement contribution, including in recent times. The May 2020 murder of George Floyd was an international flashpoint for global protests demanding racial ...
EXPLORING THE PREDICTORS OF WELL-BEING AND ADVANCE DIRECTIVES AMONG ELDER ORPHANS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
(2018-08-20)
Elder orphan is a term popularized by the media to describe the more than 22% of community-dwelling US adults aging alone with limited social support, social isolation, multiple chronic health issues, and childlessness. ...
UNCERTAIN TIMES IN AN ALREADY UNCERTAIN CONTEXT: FOSTER PARENTING STRESS & RESILIENCE DURING COVID-19
(2022-05-17)
This three-article, mixed-methods dissertation looked at the nature of U.S. foster parent stress and resilience both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first article employed a Qualitative Interpretive Meta-Synthesis ...
HOW THEY SEE ME: REENTRY EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH
(2023-05-22)
The reintegration of justice-involved people into the community has emerged as a key concern of the criminal justice system as prison populations have increased globally. High recidivism rates indicate that prisons have ...