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Full-Text Articles in Social Work
Grant Application: Photovoice, Lilia Bottino, Collyn Baeder
Grant Application: Photovoice, Lilia Bottino, Collyn Baeder
Photovoice: A Visual Narrative Into The Lives Of Maine Refugee Women
IPEC Mini-grant application for funding of UNE student project Photovoice: A Visual Narrative into the Lives of Maine Refugee Women. Photovoice was proposed as a participatory action strategy which would provide Maine refugee women the opportunity to teach their community and policy makers about health and social issues they face. A UNE MSW student and MPH student sought to understand the barriers to health that Maine refugee women face. They proposed a project where participants would be given a camera to take photos of perceived health and social problems refugees face living in Maine. The photos would seek to …
Focal Point, Volume 27, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute
Focal Point, Volume 27, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute
Research and Training Center - Focal Point
This special issue of Focal Point focuses on best practices for helping youth and young adults with mental health challenges reach their educational and employment goals, by highlighting preliminary results from some of our research at Pathways to Positive Futures as well as some of the work being done at the Transitions RTC at the University of Massachusetts.
S
Oral Histories
Age when Interviewed: 21
Date of Interview: Summer 2013
Race: White
Gender: Female
Keywords: Housing insecurity, Frequent moves
ACE Factors: ---
Born in northern Minnesota, S is a White woman who participated in the Voices of Homelessness project as a junior at St. Catherine University. She first experienced homelessness in her late teens and in her interview discusses frequent moves, couch-surfing, staying with family, and the depression and anxiety she experienced trying to find safe and secure housing.
Sirena
Oral Histories
Age when Interviewed: 35
Date of Interview: Summer 2013
Race: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Keywords: Housing insecurity, Immigrant, Intergenerational poverty, Food insecurity
ACE Factors: Criminal household member, Household substance abuse
Born in the Twin Cities, Sirena is an Hispanic woman who participated in the Voices of Homeless project after graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree from St. Catherine University in the summer of 2013. Since infancy she experienced housing insecurity, with her immigrant family moving frequently in the United States and Mexico. In her interview she discusses intergenerational poverty and food insecurity.
[Social Work] Newsletter, Spring 2013, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Social Work.
[Social Work] Newsletter, Spring 2013, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Social Work.
Social Work Newsletter
Inside This Issue:
-- Remembering Ruth Anderson, Founder of Social Work Department ...... 2
-- Student Highlights ...... 4
-- Note on the Social Work Student Association ...... 5
-- Message form the Department Head ...... 6
-- Faculty Highlights ...... 7
-- Faculty Achievements ...... 9
-- Alumni News ...... 10
-- Program Mission ...... 11
Lahens
Oral Histories
Age when Interviewed: 29
Date of Interview: Spring 2013
Race: Haitian
Gender: Male
Keywords: Housing insecurity, Immigrant, Intergenerational poverty, Food insecurity
ACE Factors: Physical abuse, Sexual abuse, Lack of education
Born in Haiti, Lahens is a Black St. Catherine University staff member who participated in the Voices of Homelessness project.. From birth he experienced housing insecurity and spent part of his childhood in an orphanage, begging at times, and living on the streets. At age 12 he was adopted by Sister Andrea Lee (IHM), former President of St. Catherine University, who helped him immigrate to Michigan and then to Minnesota. …