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Factors Influencing Nursing Home Use Of Older African Americans, Hispanic Americans And Caucasians
(Social Work, 2009-09-16)As the population of older Americans increases, the utilization of nursing homes is an area of concern. The purpose of this study is to identify factors which influence the nursing home utilization of older African ... -
Factors That Contribute To The Knowledge, Health Beliefs, Attitudes, And Behaviors Regarding Sickle Cell Disease Among College Students
SCD and Thalassemia are considered the two major Hemoglobin Disorders, and have recently been declared a global health problem by the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite SCD being a global health issue, the United ... -
Family Resilience As A Predictor Of Better Adjustment Among International Adoptees
(Social Work, 2008-09-17)The purpose of this study was to explore the role of family resilience theory in relation to the healthy adjustment of transnationally adopted children. The research was guided by two research questions: 1). What is the ... -
Father Involvement: Conceptualizing, Synthesizing, and Testing the Effects on Children’s Behavioral, Socioemotional, and Educational Outcomes at Middle Childhood
(2018-12-03)A systematic search was conducted across eight databases using the keywords: “measure*, scale*, father* or paternal*, and involve*. A final sample of 17 studies were identified for a systematic review. A total of eleven ... -
Fear And Hopelessness In Two Types Of Sexually Exploited Women
(Social Work, 2012-07-25)Thirty-four women self-identified as engaging in prostitution and were sampled from two prostitution intervention agencies over a 6 month period. Participants ranged in age from 22 to 55 years old (M = 37.40, SD = 8.43), ... -
FEAR OF BLACKNESS AND GENTRIFICATION OF BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO
(2020-08-25)The gentrification of Black and Brown neighborhoods in Chicago is an ongoing process that deserves attention and analysis. The purpose of this scoping review was to determine the factors contributing to the gentrification ... -
Female Labor Force Participation and Intimate Partner Violence among Married Women in Nepal
(2022-08-16)Nepal has the highest rate of female labor force participation (FLFP) in South Asia (Ghosh, Singh, & Chigateri, 2017), alongside high levels of violence against women (Yoshikawa et al., 2014). The explanation for the ... -
First Responders: Coping With Community Traumatic Events
(Social Work, 2009-09-16)The researcher conducted an online survey through social networking sites to identify coping processes utilized by first responders responding to a Community Traumatic Event (CTE) and to identify beneficial supportive ... -
Flourishing Among Japanese Immigrants And Sojourners In Texas: Social Capital And Acculturation
(Social Work, 2010-07-19)Are immigrants in the United States flourishing? What constitute flourishing life among them? This cross-sectional, survey study focused on the role of social capital and acculturation to American society on flourishing ... -
From empowering to repowering: A study on missing and murdered indigenous relative’s advocacy groups as a way of retaking power to meet the needs of the MMIR crisis
(University Of Texas At Arlington, 2023-09-19)In 2010 a Canadian artist named Jamie Black created an art installation called the REDress Project. The installation featured hundreds of hanging red dresses—to bring attention to the vast number of Indigenous women who ... -
FROM TRAINING TO REHABILITATION: ANIMAL-ASSISTED INTERVENTION FOR INMATES
(2019-05-01)The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that 14.5% of federal prisoners and 26.4% of jail inmates report serious psychological distress (SPD), which are rates that are significantly higher than the 5% rate found in the ... -
Geography Of Disability. An Analysis Based On The Socioeconomic Levels Of Two Metropolitan Areas: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon And Dallas, Texas
(Social Work, 2014-03-12)This doctoral project investigated the performance of disability within two different political, cultural, and socioeconomic environments. Data were analyzed from decennial census data from Mexico (2010) and the U.S. (2000) ... -
Hardiness And Homelessness: A Strengths-based Perspective Of Service Use By Veterans Who Are Homeless
(Social Work, 2009-09-16)The purpose of this study was to expand the current knowledge base regarding the use of services by veterans who are homeless. Informed by existing gaps in the scientific literature, it recruited a systematic sample from ... -
HEALING THE TRAUMA OF SEX TRAFFICKED WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES: A SCOPING REVIEW
(2021-08-03)Women who are sex trafficked usually develop complex trauma and experience an array of trauma symptoms. The purpose of this scoping review is to examine the therapies or treatments that reduce trauma symptoms for sex ... -
Healthy Aging and Older Adults with Autism: A Scoping Review
(2021-11-04)Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a lifelong diagnosis. While numerous studies have examined the effects of this disorder throughout childhood, not many have considered older adulthood and the differences between the neurotypical ... -
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 ... -
Hispanic Adults With Childhood Experiences Of Out-of-home-care: An Analysis Of Outcomes Across Race Groups
(Social Work, 2007-08-23)This secondary data study focuses on the outcome differences of Hispanic, African American, and Caucasian adults with out-of-home care experiences as children. Centering on Hispanics as the reference group, the investigation ... -
HOMELESSNESS AMONG WOMEN VETERANS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE RISK FACTORS
(2017-12-20)Background: As more women joined the armed forces the population of women veterans inevitably increased and with it so did the rates of women veteran homelessness. Women veterans are a unique group of women who also possess ... -
Homosexuality And The U.S. Military: A Study Of Homosexual Identity And Choice Of Military Service
(Social Work, 2008-08-08)The Department of Defense policy regarding homosexuals allows gays and lesbians to join without requiring them to divulge their sexual orientation. However, just as in previous versions of the military's homosexual policies, ... -
How Adult Acquired Hearing Loss Affects Marital Satisfaction
(Social Work, 2010-07-19)Hearing loss can adversely affect a marital relationship when a person becomes deafened after the marriage or commitment to cohabitate. This population is growing more quickly than hearing loss professionals had anticipated. ...