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Identifying depression, diabetes distress, and suicidality among adolescents with diabetes Soc. Work Health Care (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Bethany A Glick, K. Ming Chan Hong, Robert P. Hoffman
This study explored the frequency of adolescents with diabetes who endorse suicidality on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) with varying degrees of depression scores. Additionally, compared ...
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Youth Receiving Child Welfare Services and their Preferred Relationships With Their Service Providers Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Anam Khan, Michael Ungar
Purpose: This study explores the experiences of youth receiving Child Welfare Services (CWS) in Nova Scotia, Canada and their preferred relationships with different service providers and how these relationships may promote or hinder their resilience at different levels of risk exposure. Method: Qualitative interviews with 23 youth (aged 14–19) were analyzed using grounded theory. Results: The analysis
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Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic) International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-14
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News from our societies: ICSW – Towards the summit of the future International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-14 Sergei Zelenev
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The relevance of exposure to and engagement in human rights in Latin American health students International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Felipe Agudelo-Hernández, Jhonatan Urrego-García
Despite its importance, there are no mechanisms available to investigate the presence of human rights as a part of mental health education in Latin America. Instruments such as Human Rights Exposure in Social Work and Human Rights Engagement in Social Work can be used to make this approach feasible in recovery processes.
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Insights for Clinical Providers and Community Leaders: Unaccompanied Immigrant Children’s Mental Health Includes Caregiver Support Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-06 Johanna Creswell Báez, Padma Swamy, Adriana Gutierrez, Ana Ortiz-Mejias, Jacquelyn Othon, Nohemi Garcia Roberts, Sanghamitra Misra
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Social work with frustrations: What can we do? How do we stay hopeful? International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-06 Patrick O’Leary, Ming-sum TSUI
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Evaluating community projects through participatory rural appraisal: case study of a CSR initiative in India Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Kiran Thampi, Saju Madavanakadu Devassy, Rajeev Selvaraj Prasanna, Jolly John Odathakkal
The success of any project depends on the stakeholder participation. There are many methods by which stakeholder participation is ensured in a project. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is an app...
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Examining the Protective Impact of Peer Relationships on Negative Self-Esteem among High-Risk Adolescents: The Interplay of Gender and Ethnicity Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Tola Seng, Eunju Lee, Mi Jin Choi
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The Role of Resilience as a Mediating Factor between Adverse Childhood Experience and Mental Health in Adolescents Receiving Child Welfare Services in Nova Scotia Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Mehrdad Shahidi, Michael Ungar, Miryam Wedyaswari, Mahnaz Shojaee
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Crime-First Labels and Public Attitudes Toward Adolescent Girls in the Juvenile Legal System Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-23 Douglas C. Smith, Ebonie M. Epinger, Shahana Begum, Rachel C. Garthe, Allison Carrington, Lisa Jacobs
Purpose: This study delves into the effects of labels, specifically crime-first language, on public attitudes toward adolescent girls within the juvenile legal system. Examining fictional vignettes depicting family conflict, the research explores whether the use of language influences the endorsement of punitive responses and if this effect varies across racial and ethnic lines. Method: A large online
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Juxtaposing indigenous evidence-based models in India with concept of Ubuntu: Implications for psychiatric social work practice International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-23 Aarti Jagannathan, Chhaya Kurhade
The philosophy and principles in ancient Indian scriptures and practices are similar to the Social Work concept of ‘Ubuntu’ that is, ‘Oneness’, ‘interconnectedness of all life’. Indian philosophy presents the interconnection between the mind and the body and states that a curative factor is creating a holistic balance within the individual. Several western models of social work have emerged for treating
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Toward development and validation of a child maltreatment pictorial card tool International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Rachel Lev-Wiesel, Nava Weiner, Bussakorn Binson
The study introduces the Child Maltreatment Pictorial Cards (CMPC) comprising 26 cards: 15 depict child maltreatment (CM) forms, and 11 cards illustrate positive situations. A total of 102 participants (age range 6–17 years) – 63 abused children and 39 non-abused controls – were recruited following ethical approval. Convergent and discriminant validities were established by using the Medical Somatic
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Perceived effects of digitalization on social work in Finland: A network analysis approach International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Petra Saukkonen, Marko Elovainio, Samuel Salovaara, Lotta Virtanen, Anu-Marja Kaihlanen, Emma Kainiemi, Tuulikki Vehko, Tarja Heponiemi
Drawing on a socio-technical approach, we examined Finnish social welfare professionals’ (n = 990) perceptions of the effects of digitalization on their work and how these are associated with factors related to work and client information system usage using mixed graphical modelling. Overall, perceptions were predominantly positive. Digitally replaced services were most common in the non-public sector
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Building social work capacity in Ukraine in times of war: The role of global social work engagement International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Nataliia Gusak, Viktor Burlaka, Aytakin Huseynli, Cindy Sousa, Myrna McNitt, James Martin
This article uses the reflections from three international initiatives aimed at assisting professionals who provide psychosocial services to those affected by Russia’s war in Ukraine. It concludes by highlighting how the international social work community could offer its support to promote the well-being of colleagues experiencing war and political violence globally.
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A systematic review of cultural competence educational techniques in social work education International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Jaclyn M Williams, Eunyoung Lee
Cultural competence is a critical skill for social work professionals navigating the complexities of a diverse world. Despite its importance, practitioners express low self-efficacy when applying cultural competence skills. Conducting a systematic review, this study aims to identify the common approaches to teaching cultural competence in social work bachelor’s and master’s programs. Results categorize
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The association between trajectories of marital status and successful aging varies by sex: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Mabel Ho, Eleanor Pullenayegum, David Burnes, Esme Fuller-Thomson
This study examines the sex-specific impact of marital trajectories among older adults on successful aging to help social workers identify those most at risk for sub-optimal outcomes who may benefit from targeted interventions. Binary logistic regression analyses were used to investigate 7641 older Canadians who were classified as ‘aging successfully’ in the baseline wave of the Canadian Longitudinal
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Methodological bias in social work education: the silence of quantitative approaches in students’ research in Zimbabwe Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Taruvinga Muzingili, John Chiwanza Magocha, Raymond Taruvinga
This study examines the factors contributing to the low utilization of quantitative research approaches among social work research students. A census sampling technique was employed to conduct a su...
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Campus climate assessment and action: disaggregating the social work experience in Canada Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Ann Curry-Stevens, Alissa Petovello, Esther Hayford
Climate surveys hold the potential to advance equity in organizations, serving to generate quantitative data on the depth and breadth of climate-related issues, with its forte being those related t...
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Framing the human rights curriculum in American social work education Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Chie Noyori-Corbett, David P. Moxley
In this paper, the authors take the position that human rights are not a principal discipline of American social work. Rather, within the United States, social work is a profession that makes the f...
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Financial technology (Fintech): A social work response International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-15 Sally A Hageman, Mathieu Despard
Financial social work extends inclusion by providing clients access to financial products, services, and technology. We summarize evidence about how financial technology impacts economic inequality and discuss implications for social work practice, education, and policy.
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Social work response to the earthquake disaster in the Middle East: Syria and Turkey as a case study International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Fakir Al Gharaibeh
This article discusses the provision of mental health support to the victims of the 2023 earthquake in Syria and Turkey by social workers. The recommendations are applicable to countries in which professional social work lacks recognition and have global implications for both policy and practice.
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Thinking beyond the stomach: Fixing social work’s food aid provision in displaced environments International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Zaldy C Collado
This brief note underscores the negative consequences of food aid monotony to mealtime dynamics among war-affected internally displaced families. The article argues that this is rooted in an unethical food aid practice in which social work agencies naively dole out the same food items over a period of time. Caused by monotonic diets, the meal table witnesses poor family commensal activities. Social
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Cultural adaptation of a trauma-informed mind-body intervention for survivors of human trafficking International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-12 Laura Cordisco Tsai, Sophie Namy, Carmina Charmaine G Domingo, Catherine Carlson
In this Voices from Practice article, we present the process for adapting a 12-week mind-body group mental health intervention from development and implementation in Uganda for implementation with human trafficking survivors in the Philippines. We summarize key steps in the intervention adaptation process, outlining recommendations for other social work practitioners interested in culturally adapting
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Social work and management: Interdisciplinary education from an international perspective in South America International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-12 Magdalena Calderón-Orellana, María Alejandra Inostroza, Paula Miranda Sánchez, Jorge Farah Ojeda
Addressing social work challenges requires interdisciplinary approaches. While traditionally linked with health, law, and education, its connection with administration is underexplored. This research examines the management–social work relationship in South American training programs. Using qualitative methods, it highlights the scope and challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Bridging the gaps in service delivery: Using social audit as tool of social work practice – Insights from short-term training course International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-12 Sudhir Maske, Sanjoy Roy, Sharlin Sara Thomas
This article explores the learning experience from a comprehensive training program to enhance the understanding and competencies of social work professionals in social audit. The aim is to share the research team and participants’ experience with social work professionals working in the areas of community empowerment, governance, and advocacy globally.
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Social work students and teachers responding to internally displaced persons’ need of shelter in Ukraine in spring 2022: Service learning and recognition International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-10 Carin Björngren Cuadra, Michael Wallengren-Lynch, Yuliia Kokoiachuk, Merja Rapeli
In the spring of 2022, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, social work teachers and students in Lviv provided shelter support to internally displaced people. This article explores the challenges faced as well as adapting pedagogy to the crisis. An online transnational collaboration and retrospective analysis approach was employed to gather information from the teachers and students. Through
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The role of social workers in long-term care for older adults: A mixed-methods systematic review in Europe and North America from 2000 to 2022 International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-10 Álvaro Elices Acero, Juan Mª Prieto-Lobato, Carmen Rodríguez-Sumaza
Demographic ageing implies increased care needs, in which social workers play a key role. However, knowledge about their practice is limited and fragmented. This mixed-methods systematic review integrates evidence from 19 studies published between 2000 and 2022 on the roles of long-term care social workers in Europe and North America. The findings reveal that service and case management, direct support
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The role of social work practitioners and human service professionals in long-term disaster recovery after the 2016 Alberta wildfires in Canada International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-10 Julie L Drolet, Bonita Lewin, Kamal Khatiwada, Evalyna Bogdan, Elladee Windsor
The 2016 Alberta wildfires resulted in widespread destruction of property and displacement of residents. Research aimed to identify the roles and responsibilities of social work practitioners and human service professionals in long-term disaster recovery. This article presents the findings from interviews, focus groups, and a survey with a total of 140 participants in Alberta, Canada. Implications
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Rethinking clinical empathy: The relevance of empathy affect in child welfare work in Chile International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-10 Natalia Ruiz-Junco, Javiera Garcia-Meneses
This article proposes re-evaluating traditional views of empathy in child welfare work, advocating for recognizing the role of affect in empathic relationships. Traditionally, clinical empathy has been described as a unidirectional relationship where clinical workers must remain neutral, setting aside their perceptual frameworks to become ‘mirrors’ of their clients. Through a grounded theory analysis
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Doctoral program support impacts student educational experience: examining the virtual holding environment across DSW cohorts Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Catherine L. Marrs Fuchsel
In this exploratory mixed-methods study, we applied Fletcher, Davis Comer, and Dunlap’s conceptual framework of Virtual Holding Environments (VHEs), spaces where supportive relationships can be dev...
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Human rights integration in Ethiopian social work education: a study on curricula and students’ understandings Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Endeshaw Aynetu Bitew, Ingo Stamm
Focusing on the integration of human rights into the Ethiopian Bachelor of Social Work programme, this paper presents a study of students’ understanding of human rights by employing a mixed-methods...
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Addressing loneliness in older adults: predictors, protective factors, and implications for social work practice Soc. Work Health Care (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-04 Encarnacion Satorres, Iraida Delhom, Judit Llopis, Ana-Belén Navarro-Prados, Carmen Bueno, Juan C. Meléndez
Loneliness significantly impacts the mental well-being of older adults, prompting an examination of psychological predictors and buffering factors associated with it in this demographic. A cross-se...
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A closer look at Thailand’s COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the health and education of children with invisible disabilities International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-09 Tavee Cheausuwantavee, Ratirot Chansomdee
Health and education services have been critical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic for children with invisible disabilities in Thailand due to their disabilities, limited access to services, and existing discrimination. The findings highlight the need for comprehensive social work guidelines for similar vulnerable groups and crises in Thailand and others.
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Cautions About Research Linking Abortion Restrictions to Child Maltreatment Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Monica Faulkner, Katie Massey Combs, Amy Dworsky, Svetlana Shpiegel, Kristen Ethier
The United States Supreme Court’s decision in Dobb’s v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has heightened interest in the link between restrictions on abortion access and child maltreatment. Connecting decreased access to abortion to increases in child maltreatment and subsequent foster care entries presents substantive challenges related to the magnitude of any effect of abortion restrictions, methodological
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Addressing disaster fatigue: A SAFE framework for enhancing disaster resilience in social work International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Heather Boetto
An increase in exposure to successive disaster events is causing widespread adverse impacts on social workers worldwide, resulting in escalated levels of stress and exhaustion. This article examines the concept of disaster fatigue and its impact on social workers engaging in disaster practice. A SAFE framework for addressing disaster fatigue is outlined involving: (S) sustaining self-care; (A) adopting
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Psychological distress, work–family conflict and family life satisfaction: A quantitative study of social workers in the UK International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Selwyn Stanley, Ciaran Murphy, Rachel Brougham, Carly Richardson
Frontline social workers work in difficult circumstances with clients who face significant trauma and distress. The increasing turnover of social workers is a matter of concern. This quantitative research explores psychological distress, work–family conflict and family life satisfaction in a sample of 104 social workers in North-West England. The findings revealed significant correlations among the
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Noticing ‘them things that may have gone amiss otherwise’: exploring social work placements in schools in England Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Prospera Tedam, Irine Mano
Schools play a crucial in the lives of children, families and communities and are increasingly used by social work programmes in England for practice learning. This qualitative study involved in-de...
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Children’s rights in action: involving care-experienced individuals in academic lessons Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Marzia Saglietti
Focusing on children’s right to participate, as outlined in Article 12 of the 1989 Children’s Rights Convention, there is a growing body of research on involving children and young people in partic...
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Digital competences of social work degree students: an exploratory study based on a survey utilizing a triangulated voluntary sample Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Lukas Kytka
In various countries, the digital competences of social work students are inadequately addressed within existing curricular frameworks. Addressing this gap necessitates a more nuanced understanding...
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Impact of equity-centered training: supporting racialized communities with enhanced education for social workers Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Deepy Sur, Heba Baig, Simon Lam, Faisal Islam
Social workers benefit from increasing their skills and knowledge working with a diverse range of communities and populations, particularly among racialized and marginalized communities. This study...
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Digital social work International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Antonio López-Peláez, Soňa Kalenda Vávrová, Alice Gojová, Amaya Erro-Garcés, Rafael Acebes Valentín
Social interaction through technology, professional intervention through digital tools, and reorganization of public and private organizations to digitalize their procedures and work with reliable and robust data are three processes that coexist and feed off each other, giving rise to the development of what has been called digital social work. In this article, we briefly analyze some of the characteristics
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Juggling Competing Responsibilities: Experiences with Parenting, Child Welfare, and Substance Use Treatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-08-03 Yibin Yang, Ruth Paris, Harper Hansen, Ashley Short Mejia
The COVID-19 pandemic posed substantial challenges to all parents and families with children. However, women with substance use disorder (SUD) raising young children were particularly burdened, primarily stemming from their responsibilities and challenges concerning family and parenting, child welfare involvement, and substance use recovery. This qualitative study sought to elucidate the complex intersection
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Dr Ambedkar’s idea of human rights and its scope of teaching in social work education: from text to context Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Ajeet Kumar Pankaj, Mohammad Niyaz Ahmad, Iftekhar Alam
Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Ambedkar henceforth) is not merely known as the chief architect of the Indian constitution, social activist, philosopher, and social reformer but also as a great human ri...
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Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic) International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-30
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‘Special Sections’ call for papers International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Patrick O’Leary, Ming-Sum Tsui
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The way we were and the vision ahead: A 5-year review and renewal of International Social Work International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Patrick O’Leary, Ming-sum Tsui
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Evaluating two academic programs of social work: a comparison between the United Arab Emirates University and the Al-Quds University in Palestine Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-29 Abdulaziz Albrithen, Qusai Ibrahim, Ziad Faraj, Lynelle Osburn
The accreditation of social work education is a vital issue, given its strong connection to the outcomes of social work education and effectiveness of social work practice as a whole. Thus, this st...
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A baseline survey of levels of motivation, well-being, and employment preferences of newly qualified social workers in the UK Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-29 A. Roulston, J. Ross, P. McFadden, S. Boyle, D. Mackle, D. MacDermott, L. Montgomery, D. Hayes
The aim of this study is to examine levels of motivation, wellbeing, and employment preferences of newly qualified social workers who graduated in 2022. A mixed-method study design was employed usi...
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Exposure to Violence Within Dating, Peer, and Community Contexts Among African American and Hispanic/Latine Adolescents in High-Burden, Urban Communities Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-27 Rachel C. Garthe, Deborah Gorman-Smith, Shongha Kim, Marion Malcome, Jun Sung Hong, Qihao Zhan
Purpose: Exposure to violence within peer and community contexts, including peer victimization, peers’ dating violence and aggression, exposure to community violence, and having friends in gangs, are independently associated with an increased risk of adolescent dating violence. However, research examining these experiences together in relation to dating violence is limited, particularly among racial
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Promoting and Protecting the Developing Self-identity of the Young, Transracially Adopted Child in South Africa Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-27 Maynette Heyns, Melanie Moen, Michelle Finestone, Sifiso Shabangu
Purpose Transracial adoption (TRA), where parents from one race adopt a child from another race, usually occurs with Black children being adopted by White parents in South Africa. Method Using multiple case studies (seven children) and a qualitative research design, the self-identity (personal and social) of six- to ten-year-old TRA children was explored. Data were collected from the adoptive parents
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Mothers’ choice of health management services for under-five children with common illnesses: evaluating social workers’ impact in Nigerian health sector Soc. Work Health Care (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Jacinta Ene, Samuel Ebimgbo, Chinyere Onalu, Paulinus Okah, Prince Chiagozie Ekoh, Agha A. Agha
Every child deserves the right to life. In Nigeria like other African countries, a high burden of child mortality prevails. Attaining a low-mortality rate of children entails that mothers who are t...
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Moving Forward: Reply to Feldman Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Lynn Videka
The paper replies to three issues that Fedlman raises in his assessment research since the 1991 National Institute of Mental Health Social Work Task Force Report. Three topics are addressed, the need to expand and better prepare the social work research workforce, the profession's current research infrastructure, and improving research- to-practice research translation. Ideas for workforce growth include
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A narrative review of the international literature on social work within the military International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Jonathan J. Marsh, Mary Ann Forgey, Karen Green, Shenae Osborn, Lashawn Smith, Erica M. Ponteen, Yafei Cai, Kundong He, Don Rooks
There is a dearth of understanding about the international literature on military social work with active service members. This narrative review spans the literature between 1944 and 2019 in an effort to grow the international military social work knowledge base. Of the 92 countries searched, 24 produced at least one publication about military social work with active military service members. Major
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The movement toward environmental action in social work fields Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Michael Clinch, Susannah Brown
The authors’ purpose is to support the theoretical foundation for active engagement in environmental issues in the field of social work. The concept of this article is that environmental understand...
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Enhancing research engagement in MSW students by investigating social work majors’ adverse life events and mental health outcomes Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Kim M. Anderson, Alison C. Cares, Amie R. Newins
Research literacy for graduate social work students may be enhanced by approaching the process of teaching research methods from an experiential learning perspective. This article provides an overv...
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Social workers’ educational level and attitudes toward child participation in cases regarding children’s contact with birth parents – the case of Norway Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Iselin Huseby-Lie, Therese Saltkjel
Previous international research indicates that social workers may lack the competence to comfortably involve children in child protection processes. Implementation of stricter competence requiremen...
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An Evaluation of a Community-Based Mental Health Literacy Intervention for Black Adults Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Dashawna J. Fussell-Ware, Alexandria G. Bauer, Heather A. Jones, Julius A. Boatwright
Purpose: This single-system design evaluation study assessed whether 18 Beams to Bridges (BTB) program participants would experience increased mental health literacy (MHL). It was hypothesized that MHL scores would increase significantly between the pre-intervention and intermediate assessments, but there would be no significant difference in scores between the intermediate and post-intervention assessments
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Unlocking the Potential of the Regression Discontinuity Design for Social Work Research Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Brian G. Moss
Purpose: This article introduces the regression discontinuity design (RDD) as a valuable quasi-experimental approach for evaluating social work interventions. Methods: The RDD is outlined, providing guidance on identifying and framing research questions within its structure. Detailed explanations of analytical procedures for estimating intervention effects under both sharp (treatment assignment strictly