Social work - Seattle: Recent submissions
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“Maybe I Really Am Too Fat to Have an Eating Disorder”: A Mixed Methods Study of Weight Stigma and Healthcare Experiences in a Diverse Sample of Patients with Atypical Anorexia
Within mental disorders, anorexia nervosa (AN) has the second highest mortality rate, second only to opiate addiction; additionally, AN patients experience impairments in multiple spheres including psychological, social, ... -
Relative Stability? Examining the Role of Placement with Relatives and Race/Ethnicity in Predicting Foster Care Placement Stability
Scholarship on child welfare has found placement instability to be a major risk for foster youths’ later development and well-being. However, there have been mixed findings regarding the effect of placement type (relative ... -
“This is the Path You Go On:” A Qualitative Study of Mormon Religiosity and Female Member Educational Attainment
Utah consistently ranks poorly in measures of gender equity in the United States. For example, 30% of women in Utah County, Utah begin a college education, but do not finish their degree. Of interest, Utah County also has ... -
Evaluation of an intervention for incarcerated veterans: Alternatives to Violence Project
This study examines the effects on incarcerated veterans who participate in an Alternatives to Violence Project workshop, a group-based intervention that imparts communication, teamwork, and conflict resolution skills. The ... -
Cultural Groundings in the Reshaped Experiences of Latino Familial Caregivers: A Normative Familismo Approach
The current study builds understanding of the impact that normative familismo (Zinn, 1982) has on the emotional wellbeing of Latino caregivers who provide care to dependent adult loved ones. Utilizing a qualitative methodology ... -
Globally identified gaps and recommendations for assessing risk and severity of intrusive thoughts amongst postpartum women in outpatient settings: A systematic review
Background: Postpartum mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) are generally underdiagnosed, often due to the lack of specific maternal mental health training among non-specialty providers. There is little consensus regarding ... -
What a “Stay Home, Stay Safe” Order Means When Home Isn’t Safe: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and IPV Service Providers
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an immediate and deep impact on our communities, the effects of which will be felt for years to come. For vulnerable individuals in our communities, such as survivors of domestic violence (DV) ... -
Sexual assault and secondary trauma experiences within the Evangelical church: A qualitative study
The beliefs and actions of the Evangelical church are particularly relevant in the midst of our current social and political landscape. This is especially true regarding beliefs around sexuality, gender, and teachings or ... -
Integrating Holistic Services for Birthing People into a Hospital Setting
Perinatal mood disorders, experienced by over one in ten pregnant people in high-income nations, are considered the number one concern impacting the health and well being of the pregnant person and their child during birth ... -
Understanding Distancing Behaviors in Social Justice Activism and Organizations: An Interpretive Descriptive Study
The United States has seen many social justice movements over time, seeking to improve conditions for various populations. While many of these movements have made significant changes and improvements over time, they have ... -
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 ... -
Exploring Perspectives on Injured Trauma Survivor Peer Interventions at a Level I Trauma Center using Rapid Assessment Procedures
Injured trauma survivors’ perspectives on a peer-integrated intervention following traumatic injury have not been well studied. This investigation built upon and extended Rapid Assessment Procedure Informed Clinical ... -
Indigenous Connectedness as a Framework for Relational Healing within Alaska Native Child Welfare
This study was embedded within the Alaska Native child welfare context to fill a gap in the literature that further theorized and made evident the key concepts and mechanisms of Indigenous child wellbeing. Twenty-five ... -
“Wherever I Go, I Have It Inside of Me”: Indigenous Cultural Dance as a Transformative Place of Health and Prevention for Members of an Urban Danza Mexica Community
(2019)Background and Purpose: In 2012 the U.S. Census Bureau used “Mexican American Indian” (MAI) as a new category to describe people with ancestry from Indigenous groups of Mexico. This census category comprises the fourth ... -
The Relationship between Racism-Related Stress and Binge Eating among Black Female Students in Graduate and Professional Programs of Study: Examining the Role of Depression as a Mediator
Anti-Black racism is a social toxin that not only violently affects people’s individual and collective access to resources, but significantly impacts the quality of life of those who are targeted, including the onset and ... -
"Doctor-Prescribed and Mother-Encouraged": Interpersonal Interactions and Body Image Concerns in Higher-Weight Clients with Eating Disorders
Restrictive Eating Disorders (EDs) have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness. Among restrictive EDs, individuals can present across the weight spectrum, however those with low body weight have traditionally ... -
Emergent Strategies for Urgent Times: A Critical Autoethnographic Inquiry into Embodiment, Decolonization and Transformative Social Change
Staged against the backdrop of our ecological crises, this autoethnographic inquiry is, at its core, a journey of awakening. Challenging the normative divisions between knowledge-production and wisdom-generating processes ... -
Photovoice: Illuminating the Impact of Inclusive Education Practices in United States Public Schools
This study explores the impacts of inclusive education practices in United States public schools from the perspective of students who receive these services. Majority of the literature on inclusive education practices is ... -
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, ... -
Micro, Mezzo & Macro Levels of Implementation: An Examination of Minnesota’s Cultural and Ethnic Minority Infrastructure Grant Program
Using Minnesota’s Cultural and Ethnic Minority Infrastructure Grant (CEMIG) program as a case study, this dissertation, using a multi-paper format, analyzes how race, ethnicity, and culture interact with large-scale, ...