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Review Of Empowering Vulnerable Populations: Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions. Mary Keegan Eamon. Reviewed Maria Y. Hernandez., Maria Y. Hernandez

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Mary Keegan Eamon, Empowering Vulnerable Populations: Cognitive Behavioral Interventions. Chicago, IL: Lyceum Press, 2008. $59.95 papercover.

Review Of Unequal Under Law: Race In The War On Drugs. Doris Marie Provine. Reviewed By Christine Lou., Christine Lou

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Doris Marie Provine, Unequal under Law: Race in the War on Drugs. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2007. $45.00 hardcover, $18.50 papercover.

Ralph Segalman: 1916-2008, Robert D. Leighninger Jr.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

No abstract provided.

Getting To The Grassroots: Feminist Standpoints Within The Welfare Rights Movement, Cynthia Edmonds-Cady

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article presents historical evidence of how standpoints were used in women's participation in the welfare rights movement from 1964-1972. Results of a qualitative study using archival sources and oral history interviews are presented. An intersectional analysis of race, class, and gender, informed by feminist standpoint theory, provides lessons for current social movement work. Findings reveal that class-based standpoints were strong motivators for the recipients of welfare in their movement participation. Genderbased standpoints were important in non-recipients' participation in the movement; however, race formed a strong standpoint for the African American non-recipients in this study. Participants in social movements may …

Chat-Room Voices Of Divorced Non-Residential Fathers, Pauline Irit Erera, Nehami Baum

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study uses postings by divorced fathers to an unmoderated Internet chat room to sound and analyze their voices. The findings show that the posters expressed an acute sense of powerlessness with respect to their status as non-residential fathers, the imposition of child support, the mothers of their children, the family courts, and lawyers and helping professionals. Although most of their grievances have already been reported in the literature on non-custodial post-divorce parenting, the anonymous postings allow us to hear an intensity of feeling that comes through much more faintly in studies based on interviews or focus groups. Since the …

Building Their Readiness For Economic "Freedom": The New Poor Law And Emancipation, Anne O'Connell

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Contemporary studies that track the new racialization of poverty in Canada require an historical account. The history we invoke in North America is often borrowed from the British poor laws, a literature that is severed from its counterpart: the histories of racial slavery, racial thinking, White bourgeois power and the making of White settler societies. The effects of severing the history of poor relief from racial classifications and racism(s) are far reaching. Systems of oppression come to be seen as separate structures in which the New Poor Law appears as a domestic policy in Britain unrelated to racial thinking and …

Ethnicity Matters: The Socioeconomic Gradient In Health Among Asian Americans, Emily S. Ihara

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study examines the relationship between socioeconomic indicators and health status among Asian Americans using data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), a population-based random-digit-dial survey with race-ethnic supplemental samples. Multivariate logistic regression analyses show that the inverse relationship between socioeconomic position and health status is similar for Asian Americans when measured as an aggregate group compared to Whites. However, when specific Asian American ethnic groups are examined, the relationship varies greatly. For example, among Chinese Americans and Vietnamese Americans, education is a significant predictor of poor health status, but household income is more significant among Korean Americans. …

Women's Experiences Of Victimization And Survival, Margaret Severson, Judy L. Postmus, Marianne Berry

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In an effort to more fully understand the experiences and aftermath of girlhood and adult woman physical, sexual and psychological victimization, research was undertaken that explored the prevalence and the consequences of such victimization, and the survival strategies women activate at various points in their lifespan in the aftermath of that violence. Women participants were recruited from five different communities; three urban, one rural and the only correctional facility for women in a Midwestern state. These venues were selected as ideal sites in which to secure a racially, ethnically and geographically diverse sample of women age 18 and older. Findings …

Expectations Of The Consequences Of New International Adoption Policy In The U.S., Jo Daugherty Bailey

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In 2006, the State Department published its Final Rules for implementation of the Hague Convention and the Intercountry Adoption Act. This new rule, which took effect in 2008, signifies a departure from previous practice by specifying national, uniform conditions and terms for international adoption practice by U.S. agencies and professionals. Interviews with adoption professionals reveal their predictions regarding the potential consequences of the new rule. Participants indicate the new rule will protect children and families from unscrupulous adoption practices, thereby fulfilling its stated purposes. Paradoxically, they also predict that the new rule will have latent consequences that will negatively impact …

Review Of Low Income, Social Growth And Good Health: A History Of Twelve Countries. James C. Riley. Reviewed By Kristen Gustavson., Kristen Gustavson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of James C. Riley, Low Income, Social Growth and Good Health: A History of Twelve Countries. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2007. $24.95 papercover.

Gsu View, 2009-06-08, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Gsu Social Work Honorees Inducted, Office Of Public Affairs

Press Releases

The Department of Social Work at Governors State University recently inducted new members in to the Omicron Beta Chapter of Phi Alpha Honor Society on Friday, April 24, 2009.

Counseling Internship - One, Jose (Javier) Sierra

Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, June 7, 2009, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2009

No abstract provided.

Umsl Magazine - Spring 2009, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

UMSL Magazine and other UMSL Magazines

UM St. Louis magazine preceded UMSL Magazine. The University of Missouri–St. Louis publishes the magazine for alumni and friends. The magazine highlights excellence at the university. Circulation is 74,000, and the magazine is released twice a year.

Commencement Program: Spring 2009, Governors State University

Commencement Documents and Videos

No abstract provided.

Bringing Legal Education To The Canadian Arctic: The Development Of The Akitsiraq Law School And The Challenges For Providing Library Services To A Nontraditional Law School, Serena Ableson

International Journal of Legal Information

Libraries have a unique role to play in the delivery of information and educational opportunities for people in the Canadian north or in other isolated communities. Libraries must build partnerships and cooperative agreements to help remove barriers to information. As the librarian for the Akitsiraq Law School program, I wore many different hats in terms of responsibilities and work duties, and I was constantly challenged to think outside the box and to come up with innovative solutions to common library service issues.

On The Green Vol. 38 No. 9 June 5, 2009, Gallaudet University

2001-2010

On the Green is an internal publication of Gallaudet College, which later became Gallaudet University. It notified employees of updates around the campus and in the broader community, including new construction and the establishment of new academic programs. Running until 2010, it was supplanted by various forms of online mass communications across multiple audiences.

The Use Of Descriptive Words And Metaphor In Patient And Carer Experience Of Palliative Day Care: Secondary Analysis Of A Qualitative Study, J Richardson, J Grose

School of Nursing and Midwifery

BACKGROUND: An independent evaluation of changes to the delivery of Palliative Day Services was carried out during 2006-2007 using interviews with service users. The analysis found that the words and metaphors employed by users of services emphasized their emotional response to the changes, and helped to explain their depth of feeling about their experiences, warranting further investigation. AIM: To conduct a secondary analysis on interview data collected for the Day Services Evaluation Study in order to understand how patients and their carers use descriptive words and metaphor when talking about their experiences of palliative day services. METHODS: Interview transcripts from …

The Use Of Descriptive Words And Metaphor In Patient And Carer Experience Of Palliative Day Care: Secondary Analysis Of A Qualitative Study., J Richardson, J Grose

School of Nursing and Midwifery

BACKGROUND: An independent evaluation of changes to the delivery of Palliative Day Services was carried out during 2006-2007 using interviews with service users. The analysis found that the words and metaphors employed by users of services emphasized their emotional response to the changes, and helped to explain their depth of feeling about their experiences, warranting further investigation. AIM: To conduct a secondary analysis on interview data collected for the Day Services Evaluation Study in order to understand how patients and their carers use descriptive words and metaphor when talking about their experiences of palliative day services. METHODS: Interview transcripts from …

Western News, June 4, 2009, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU receives gold ‘green’ designation; Foster student efforts garner $500,000 Kellogg Foundation grant; Service anniversaries for June; On Campus with Faith Wicklund.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session June 4, 2009, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees June 4, 2009 meeting include:

• Personnel Report

Disaster Social Work Service-Learning In Sichuan : Project Transcend, O. K., Pandora Ng, H. Y., Angie Sun, H. Y., Andy Ho, L. W., Cecilia Chan

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

No abstract provided.

Fju Social Work Students Serving In Shin An Neighborhood, Shiow Hwa, Rosa Luo, Yao Yi Shen

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

No abstract provided.

Changing Perspectives Through Multicultural Experience, Mercy Pushpalatha, J. Chithra, Helen Mary Jacqueline, Alice Eliza Sherina

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

No abstract provided.

Enhancing Mental Health Literacy For The Young, Kam Chung Wong

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

No abstract provided.

Predicting Perceptions Of Rape: Relationship Status And Perpetrator Motivation, Lisa M. Romano

Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to examine whether perpetrator motivation or relationship status of the victim and perpetrator influence participant perceptions of a sexual assault. Participants were 143 students exposed to a stimulus in which the perpetrator's motivation was varied as having feelings of entitlement, rejection, or sexually motivated. The relationship status of the victim and perpetrator were also varied as either dating for six months or on a first date (acquaintance). Male participants were found to attribute more blame to the victim and less blame to the perpetrator when compared to female participants. Women who read the …

Testimony To The Corporation For National And Community Service, Ernest Gonzales

Center for Social Development Research

Testimony to the Corporation for National and Community Service

Promoting Service-Learning In China : Historical, Cross-Cultural, And Interdisciplinary Issues And Perspectives, Sheying Chen

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

The motto “serve the people” tended to yield lip service under the politicization and de-politicization of the Chinese economic state (Chen, 2004). Recent change in China’s general public policy (GPP) has shown a growing commitment to service as a government function and social aspiration. Higher education as a social institution has also experienced dramatic changes, from “serve proletarian politics” to “serve modernization construction”. “Serve the people” is now paid new attention in Chinese higher education policy. Although Chinese institutions of higher education have long engaged students in “practical learning”, promoting service as a learning activity and pedagogy requires a more …

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, June 2, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The June 2, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.