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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 generations will bear the burden. Indigenous scholars have begun to address climate-based place changes; ...
Understanding strengths: Developmental Changes and Effects of Protective Factors in a Community Prevention Trial
Using empirical evidence to inform social work practice is consistent with the profession's commitment to beneficence and avoiding harm. Thirty years of prevention research has produced a wealth of tested-and effective programs that target known risk and protective factors for social, emotional, and behavioral health. Ineffective ...
Weaving Strengths and Vulnerabilities: Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Core Safety Net Settings
Despite a prolific amount of available evidence-based practices (EBPs), health and mental health interventions have not been implemented as anticipated. Patients relegated to the core safety net, a subset of the safety net with a mission or legal mandate to care for vulnerable populations, face even greater obstacles to ...
"I'm afraid I won't make it to 19": Longitudinal Development and Impact of Future Orientation on Health Risk Behaviors among African American and Latino Young Men
How young people conceptualize and cognitively represent their futures- as full of positive potential or constraints and negative possibilities--bears influence on their developmental trajectories. Future orientation is demonstrated to be associated with a range of health risk behaviors and outcomes. Further, positive future ...
Patterns of Adolescent and Young Adult Sexual Behavior: Predictors & Consequences
While risky sexual behavior can lead to negative consequences such as sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy, sexual behavior also is a healthy part of human development. By understanding the social and cognitive processes that influence sexual behavior choices during adolescence and young adulthood, we will ...