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Trends in Deep Poverty from 1968 to 2011: The Influence of Family Structure, Employment Patterns, and the Safety Net

open access: yesRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2015
This paper examines the changing face of deep poverty in the United States over the past fifty years and the role of family structure, employment patterns, and governmental taxes and transfers in explaining these trends.
Liana Fox   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transnationalism and Social Work Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Transnational movements, networks, and relationships are everywhere in this “world on the move” (Williams & Graham, 2014, p. i1). Transnational peoples maintain relationships of interdependence and support with families and communities in their places of
Betts A.   +10 more
core   +1 more source

A Revisit to COVID-19 Challenges and Responses: A Case Study of Kerala

open access: yesSpace and Culture, India, 2020
Kerala, a state with high development indices distinguished with its Kerala Model of Development (UN, 1975), is also affected by recent Pandemic COVID'19 as other states and nations worldwide.
Norvy Paul   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing Permanency in Children and Families (EPIC): a child welfare intervention for parental substance abuse

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background Across Ohio, parental substance abuse has contributed to a marked increase in the number of children in foster care. Children exposed to parental substance use have a higher likelihood of physical abuse and neglect, and consequently a variety ...
Bridget Freisthler   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intermediary/purveyor organizations for evidence-based interventions in the US child mental health: characteristics and implementation strategies

open access: yesImplementation Science, 2019
Background Many psychosocial interventions are disseminated and supported by organizations, termed “Intermediary/Purveyor Organizations” (IPOs). Because IPOs remain largely unstudied, we lack understanding of their scale and the strategies they utilize ...
Enola Proctor   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alternate delivery platforms and implementation models for bringing evidence-based behavioral interventions to scale for youth facing adversity: a case study in West Africa

open access: yesImplementation Science Communications, 2022
Background Youth Functioning and Organizational Success for West African Regional Development (Youth FORWARD) was launched as an implementation science collaboration focused on scaling out evidence-based mental health interventions for youth exposed to ...
Laura Bond   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategies for promoting and optimizing social work research in Iran [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهشنامه مددکاری اجتماعی, 2020
Studies in Iran show that despite the country's appropriate ranking in knowledge production, this capacity is not used in the national interest. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of explaining and scrutinizing the current situation ...
Mohammad Zahedi asl   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

In defence of a university social work education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Purpose: The paper identifies the particular characteristics and strengths of mainstream undergraduate and postgraduate University education for social workers.
European Association of Schools of Social Work   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Social Work, Power and Performativity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In recent years, there have been a number of epistemological developments in social work. Further, there have been a number of theoretical approaches that have attempted to ground the concept of ‘power’ to understand organizational practice such as ...
Powell, Jason
core   +1 more source

Pazopanib Combined With Vincristine and Irinotecan in Relapsed Wilms Tumor: Encouraging Outcomes in a Heavily Pretreated Pediatric Cohort

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background While Wilms tumor (WT) typically has a favorable prognosis, relapsed cases—especially those with high‐risk histology—remain therapeutically challenging after intensive frontline therapy. The combination of vincristine and irinotecan has demonstrated activity in pediatric solid tumors, and pazopanib, a multi‐targeted tyrosine kinase ...
Maria Debora De Pasquale   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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