Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration (2)
- Economics (1)
- Family, Life Course, and Society (1)
- Growth and Development (1)
- International and Area Studies (1)
-
- Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling (1)
- Medicine and Health Sciences (1)
- Mental and Social Health (1)
- Organization Development (1)
- Other International and Area Studies (1)
- Peace and Conflict Studies (1)
- Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation (1)
- Political Economy (1)
- Psychology (1)
- Public Policy (1)
- Sociology (1)
Articles 1 - 4 of 4
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Family-Farm Therapy: An Urban Therapy Clinic To Address The Multifaceted Needs Of Multi-Stressed Families And Their Surrounding Communities, Felisa M. Huene
Family-Farm Therapy: An Urban Therapy Clinic To Address The Multifaceted Needs Of Multi-Stressed Families And Their Surrounding Communities, Felisa M. Huene
Graduate Research Symposium (GCUA) (2010 - 2017)
Family-Farm Therapy incorporates a therapeutic clinic within an urban farming community site, and focuses on multi-stressed family systems and the larger community system. The goal is for systemic change within the family and the community by creating positive relationships and personal acceptance. Farming has traditionally been a family endeavor which makes it a unique environment to be utilized as metaphors for family systems, their interactions, behaviors, and structure. Multi-stressed families have socioeconomic hurdles that complicate their ability to adjust to change and crisis in their family. Farming addresses such hurdles by offering economic sustenance, increased physical health, and community acceptance. …
Global Care Of Orphaned And Vulnerable Children, Rachel M. Kuiken, Lauren Gamberdella, Meredith Wood
Global Care Of Orphaned And Vulnerable Children, Rachel M. Kuiken, Lauren Gamberdella, Meredith Wood
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
Care for orphaned and vulnerable children living in poverty is a widespread concern affecting millions worldwide. This presentation will focus on the current literature surrounding physical, emotional and environmental care in the following countries: Mozambique, the USA and the Philippines. There is a correlation among these three countries involving the lack of food, health care and education. There will be an emphasis on the national policies implemented within each country that seek to ensure sustainability and quality in care. This presentation will also focus on the positive change that is being fulfilled by both government and non-government organizations passionate about …
Residual Spiritual Shifts Regarding The Homeless Resulting From A College Poverty Immersion Experience, Elizabeth Garland, Heidi J. Johnson, Michael W. Firmin, Ruth Lowrie Markham, Kurt J. Stultz
Residual Spiritual Shifts Regarding The Homeless Resulting From A College Poverty Immersion Experience, Elizabeth Garland, Heidi J. Johnson, Michael W. Firmin, Ruth Lowrie Markham, Kurt J. Stultz
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
We report the results of a qualitative study, having interviewed 20 students who had 1.5 years previously been involved in a collegiate, weekend poverty immersion experience. We coded the transcripts, analyzed the data from a phenomenological framework, provided checks for internal validity, and report the common themes from the participants’ interviews.Three overall results were evident. First, participants reported believing that, generally, the church is ignorant regarding the needs of the poor and impoverished people around them. Second, students generally did not believe that the church was doing enough in order to combat poverty and/or homelessness, mentioning that the church’s outreach …
Meeting The Challenge Of Reconstruction And Development In Fragile States: Lessons From Aceh, Haiti, And South Sudan, Josef Leitmann
Meeting The Challenge Of Reconstruction And Development In Fragile States: Lessons From Aceh, Haiti, And South Sudan, Josef Leitmann
International Institute for Infrastructure Resilience and Reconstruction (I3R2) Conference
Reconstruction and development in poor, fragile countries present a double challenge: tackling the issues of poverty and underdevelopment as well as the constraints posed by instability, poor governance, and weak capacity. This context generates a range of problems that include: insecurity, insufficient planning, inadequate implementation capacity, poor financial management, misprocurement, corruption, a volatile fiscal environment, ineffective donor coordination, and negative environmental and social impacts. The paper draws lessons from positive and negative experiences in meeting these challenges in three conflict- and/or disaster-affected cases: Aceh Province, Indonesia (postdisaster reconstruction and postconflict development following the tsunami and earthquakes of 2004), Haiti (postdisaster …