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Examining the Relationship between Incarceration and Child Support Arrears among Low-income Fathers
(Elsevier, 2018-09)The child support program promotes parental responsibility, so that children receive support from both parents even when they live in separate households. While this program aims to reduce poverty, the program has financially ... -
Honoring the Role of Community in Community Health Work with Cambodian Americans
(Wiley, 2018-11)Despite surviving extreme forms of violence, torture, and other traumas during the Khmer Rouge genocide and forced migration, Cambodian Americans experience devastating health inequities and barriers to health access in ... -
The Longitudinal Patterns of Stimulant and Amyl Nitrite Use and Sexual Behavior Pre- and Post-HIV Seroconversion among MSM
(Springer Verlag, 2018-04-22)Background and Aims. This study compared the temporal patterns of stimulant/nitrite use and risky sexual behavior for 3 groups of MSM: those who seroconverted during the study; those who remained HIV-seronegative; and HIV ... -
Importance Weighting in Client Satisfaction Measures: Lessons from the Life Satisfaction Literature
(Springer Verlag, 2017-05-30)This article examines the role of perceived importance of service elements, or importance weighting, in client satisfaction measures. Drawing on the debate over importance weighting in the life satisfaction literature, ... -
A Client Satisfaction Measure of Homecare Services for Older Adults
(Routledge Journals, 2017)Client satisfaction can be used as an indicator for service quality. Without concrete feedback from clients, however, the usefulness of client satisfaction data for service improvement can be limited. This study described ... -
Words matter: Interrogating master narratives
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Collective Leadership and Circles: Not Invented Here
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Issues like police-community relations, violencefrom neighborhood to global levels, economic inequality, and climate change have been only minimally addressed within behavior analysis, despite the oft repeated mantra that ... -
A Study of the Longitudinal Patterns of Stimulant and Amyl Nitrite Use and Sexual Behavior Pre- and Post-HIV Seroconversion Among MSM.
(Springer Verlag, 2018-04-22)The use of stimulant drugs alone or in combination with amyl nitrites (stimulant/nitrites) has been associated with higher rates of risky sexual behavior and predictive of HIV infection among men who have sex with men. ... -
Social work in Africa: Decolonizing methodologies and approaches
(SAGE Publications, 2018-01-02)Decolonizing social work requires becoming genuine, returning to one’s cultural roots for direction. Decolonization entails resistance to social work’s ‘West to the Rest’ movement, which seeks to ‘internationalize’ and ... -
After the “Great Recession”: Excluding “Able-Bodied” Adults from Food Entitlements in the United States
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-07-28)A little-known provision to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), excluding those who are “able-bodied adults without dependents” (ABAWDs) from accessing long-term benefits without conforming to work ... -
An ecological systems approach to understanding social support in foster family resilience
(Wiley, 2016-09)Families who care for children in the foster care system often experience challenges related to the system, accessing services and supports, and managing relationships. However, many families thrive as foster care providers ... -
Empathy as an Essential Foundation to Successful Foster Parenting
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Cultivating Resilience in Families Who Foster: Understanding How Families Cope and Adapt Over Time
(Wiley, 2016-08)Families who foster offer essential care for children and youth when their own parents are unable to provide for their safety and well-being. Foster caregivers face many challenges including increased workload, emotional ... -
Exploring Child Prostitution in a Major City in the West African Region
(Elsevier, 2016-07)The study explored the characteristics of child prostitution in a major city in the West African region. A convenience sample of children in prostitution, specifically girls below age 18 (n = 243), were recruited on 83 ... -
Navigating a Complicated System of Care: Foster Parent Satisfaction with Behavioral and Medical Health Services
(Springer Verlag, 2015-12)Children and youth in foster care often have increased medical and behavioral needs, as a result of maltreatment experiences. As primary caregivers, foster parents serve a critical role in ensuring their medical and ... -
The Relative Odds of Lifetime Health Conditions and Infectious Diseases among Men Who Have Sex with Men Compared with a Matched General Population Sample
(Elsevier Inc., 2015-02)To address the understudy of health conditions and infectious diseases that are not strictly related to sexual transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM), this study examined the relative odds of ten health ... -
THE OFTEN OVERLOOKED ISSUE OF STATISTICAL POWER: THIS AND OTHER ISSUES REGARDING ASSESSING IMPORTANCE WEIGHTING IN QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES
(Elsevier Inc., 2015)In the area of quality of life research, researchers may ask respondents to rate importance as well Importance Weighting 2 as satisfaction of various life domains (such as job and health) and use importance ... -
Age of First Cigarette, Alcohol, and Marijuana Use Among U.S. Biracial/Ethnic Youth: A Population-Based Study
(Elsevier Inc., 2013-09)This study examines age of first cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use among self-identified biracial youth, using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). We found an intermediate ... -
AIDS at 30: Implications for Social Work Education
(Taylor and Francis, 2013-03)This article reviews themes and changes in the teaching of HIV/AIDS content in social work programs over the last 30 years. Social work education in the first decade of the epidemic was largely focused on helping clients ... -
The Influence of Secular and Theological Education On Pastors’ Depression Intervention Decisions
(Springer Verlag, 2013-07)Will a pastor refer to a mental health center? If they feel qualified to intervene themselves, they may not. Because pastors often provide grief counseling, it is important to understand the decisions they make when ...
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