The system will be down for regular maintenance from 8:00-10:00am PDT on April 3rd, 2024.
Browsing Social work - Seattle by Title
Now showing items 1-20 of 118
-
A Longitudinal Examination of Parental Adversity, Parenting Stress and Parenting Capacities of African-American and Latina Mothers and their Children’s Wellbeing
Adversities in childhood pose significant jeopardy of poor early life outcomes that can have lasting consequences, compromising future wellbeing of young children. Childhood exposures to extremely stressful experiences ... -
A Population-Based Study of Child Maltreatment-Related Hospitalizations and Child Protection Responses
Despite the breadth of the identified impacts and costs of child maltreatment, a primary challenge in our understanding of child maltreatment is that we still do not have solid numbers of children who experience it. Further, ... -
Adolescent and Adult Suicidality as Consequences of Maltreatment Experience and Low Socio-economic Status in Childhood
This doctoral dissertation aims to explore the intricate relationships between childhood maltreatment, low childhood socio-economic status (SES), and suicidal outcomes. The study draws on data from the Lehigh Longitudinal ... -
Afrofuturism as Applied to Self-Perception: an Experimental Vignette Study
There exists an urgency for social workers to find new and compelling approaches in the field of social work. In an effort to address that call for innovation and quest for knowledge, this research was an exploration of ... -
An Examination of Neighborhood Contexts and Substance Use Across the Life Course
Substance use and abuse takes a substantial toll on the health and well-being of youth and adults in America each year. For the past three decades, prevention scientists have sought to identify and understand the range of ... -
An Examination of Novel Harm Reduction Interventions for Indigenous and Other Youth of Color
Alcohol and other drug (AOD) use among youth populations remains a pressing social issue in the United States. Young people who experiment with or regularly use AODs are at heightened risk for experiencing AOD-related ... -
An Exploratory Qualitative Research Study on Resilience and Healing for Asian, Pacific Islander & South Asian Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
This exploratory study explores the the lived experiences of healing and resilience for Asian, Pacific Islander, and South Asian adult survivors of child sexual abuse in hopes of better informing services supporting ... -
Analyzing Psychosocial Services Available to Cancer Patients Within the WWAMI Region
Psychosocial services are of critical importance for cancer patients upon diagnosis, through treatment and after treatment ends. This study was conducted using a quantitative, interview-based survey and secondary quantitative ... -
Applying Bourdieu's Conceptualization of Family Capital to our Understanding of Young Adults life outcomes: Educational Achievement and Economic Well-being
University of Washington Abstract Applying Bourdieu's Conceptualization of Family Capital to our Understanding of Young Adults life outcomes: Educational Achievement and Economic Well-being Eric Ngugi Waithaka Chair of the ... -
Assessing the Impact of Community-Based Universal Prevention on Adolescent Gang Association: An Examination of the Effects of Communities That Care
Despite the severe consequences of adolescent gang involvement, both for youth and their communities, little is known about how to effectively prevent it. Communities That Care (CTC), a community-based universal prevention ... -
Association of Filial Responsibility, Ethnicity, and Acculturation of Family Caregivers of Older Adults
With the growing numbers of Asian and Hispanic elder immigrants and their family caregivers, there is a need to understand their caregiving concerns. Researchers have identified that 1st generation immigrant caregivers ... -
Attitudes and Experiences of Palliative Care Providers Toward Patients with Substance Use Disorder
As the U.S. population ages and older adults use substances at unprecedented rates, more patients with substance use disorder (SUD) will require medical care for serious illnesses. Despite shifting demographics and population ... -
Being, Belonging, and Connecting: Filipino Youths' Narratives of Place(s) and Wellbeing in Hawai'i
Background: Environmental climate change is an urgent concern for Pacific Islanders with significant impact on place along with bio-psycho-social-cultural-spiritual influences likely to affect communities’ wellbeing. Future ... -
Between International Policy and Local Practice: Negotiating Meaning and Strategies to Address Domestic Violence in Nepal
In recent decades, domestic violence (DV) has gained traction as an international concern. The Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) outlined steps that governments should take to live up to commitments expressed in the ... -
Childhood Adversity Among Adolescent Mothers and its Intergenerational Consequences
Childhood adversity affects the majority of children in the United States, with as many as 67% of children reporting some type of psychological trauma associated with adversity by age 16. While not predictive of maladaptive ... -
CHILDHOOD STRESSORS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES: AN EXPANDED ASSESSMENT OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES USING LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS
American Indians experience morbidity and premature mortality at disproportionate and increasing rates compared to other Americans. Type 2 diabetes and behavioral health challenges are major contributors to American Indian ... -
Community coalitions: Resolving the gap between research and practice for the prevention of youth mental, emotional, and behavioral problems
(2012-09-13)Tested and effective approaches are available to prevent mental, emotional, and behavioral problems in youth, but they are underutilized. Communities That Care (CTC) is a coalition-based strategy that creates a local ... -
Community-based Approach to Ending Human Trafficking: The Effectiveness of “My Right My Future” in Addressing Child Labor and Trafficking in Ghana, West Africa
There are 152 million children in the world who victims of child labor; while 73 million are involved in hazardous labor. Almost half of child labor (72.1 million) is found in Africa. 1 in 5 children in Africa (19.6%) is ... -
Conceptualization of Post Traumatic Growth in the Work of Expert Trauma Therapists
(2013-07-25)The concept of Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG), focusing on positive outcomes and transformations occurring in the aftermath of trauma, opens a new line of thinking about trauma's effects. This turn to the potential for growth ... -
Consumer choice in developmental disability services: assessing the impact on quality of life indicators
(2005)Intervention approaches with people with developmental disabilities have moved from a care model which emphasized medical treatment and rehabilitation to a support model that emphasizes consumer self-direction and choice ...