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The Effects of Combat Zones on Mental Health Among Civilian Contractors
(2016-05-11)
As the number of suicides among the military and veteran population continue to increase each year, concern has generated program and research development. The Department of Defense (2012) discovered 40% of suicides in ...
Are Colleges and Universities Failing to Meet the Needs of the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community By Failing To Meet The Needs of Social Work Students?
(2016-11-30)
With the notable trend for recognition of the transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) Community, as well as their having issues that are separate and distinct from the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) community, the ...
Heroin Addiction And Recovery: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2016-12-09)
This study is an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the human experience of heroin addiction and recovery. Literature on heroin addiction suggests that those who struggle with addiction are likely to also struggle ...
SUSTAINABLE GENDER EQUALITY FRAMEWORK: A JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE
(2016-12-21)
The current study emphasizes gender equality discourse within the frame of overarching sustainable development goals and proposes a shift in attention to the sustainability of components of a larger holistic social system ...
Diabetes, Depression and Syndemic Suffering among African American Patients: The Intersectionality of Race, Gender and Class
(2016-12-20)
This research study illustrates the overarching syndemic theory, which was used to explain the interconnections of type 2 diabetes, clinical depression, and human suffering among low-income African American outpatients ...
AFRICAN AND AFRO-CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANT AND DIASPORA PERSPECTIVES OF POLICE VIOLENCE “IT’S ABOUT CULTURE, NOT RACE”
(2016-12-08)
Police violence with minority communities in the U.S. is a growing problem and has gained a lot of national attention in recent years. While the issue seems to be prevalent in the country, the current means to track the ...
The Nature of Kinship Care Relationships and Permanency Outcomes for Foster Children: Implications for Social Work Practice, Policy, and Research
(2016-05-04)
In recent history, kinship care has become the preferred alternative for placement of children in foster care as evidenced by its codification in federal and state policies. Though kinship caregivers tend to fare more ...
Payday Lending: A Value-Critical Analysis of Three State Solutions
(2016-05-05)
Payday lending has been a topic of great debate in the US and other developed countries. While some argue that lenders prey on low income and minority populations and trap them in a cycle of debt, others maintain that ...
Measuring Relationship Quality in an International Study: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Validity
(Sage, 2016)
Objective: This study reports on the operationalization and testing of the newly developed Relationship Quality (RQ) scale, designed to assess an individual’s perception of his or her RQ in their current partnership. ...
Racial Disparities in Drug Court Outcomes: Lessons Learned from the Lived Experiences of White and African American Participants in One Midwestern Drug Court
(National Association of Drug Court Professionals, 2016)