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Evaluating The Process Of View And Tanf Case Managers In Prince William County's Department Of Social Services, Morgan Lawson

Undergraduate Research Symposium

This project goes through the process of conducting an evaluation on the VIEW and TANF caseworkers for Prince William County's Department of Social Services. This process goes from developing an evaluation question to designing an evaluation protocol, and then using that protocol to do the evaluation. The evaluation was centered around the question, “How effectively are PWC's TANF caseworkers being prepared to handle their cases in a way that helps the Department of Social Services fulfill their mission of enabling their clients to live self-reliant lives?”. Based on the nature of this question, the evaluation conducted was a process evaluation, …

School Of Applied Sciences Debuts Visiting Research Scholar Forum, Sarah Sapp

University of Mississippi News

Several respected research scholars to mentor faculty and doctoral students

Lending A Hand Back Home, Lauren Reid

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton senior Alondra Roman had difficulty reaching her family in Puerto Rico after the disaster of Hurricane Maria in September. She heard they survived the storm, but was unable to communicate with them until they could reach a phone. In the weeks that followed, Roman and other students from Puerto Rico organized a campus effort for students, faculty and staff to donate supplies to Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief.

February 2, 2018, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Lindenwood Digest, February 2, 2018, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been an employee newsletter since 2009.

Affinity Groups, Megan Lambertz-Berndt

Diversity and Inclusion Resource Modules

No abstract provided.

Chanticleer | February 1, 2018, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

A Lumberjack Sunflower, Blooming From Undergraduate Research, Robert J. Hurt, James Morris

Student Publications

It was one year ago in spring 2017 when I did not understand how to write research, let alone be confident in it. In the fall 2016 semester, I was part of a class project that worked to provide donations to families affected by flooding in Louisiana. In the following spring 2017 semester, I worked to present my own findings and practice from that project towards a research paper. From that paper I earned the opportunity to be part of an Undergraduate Research Conference. In the timespan of one year from that conference to spring 2018, I worked harder in …

Keynoter, February/March 2018, Boise State University Association Of Office Professionals

Boise State University Association of Office Professionals - Keynoter

President’s Message

AOP Purpose

Holiday Auction Funds

Introducing Trello

Professional Development Day

Holiday Auction Recap

Chicken Curry Recipe

NAEOP Information

Focus on Members: Beth Allen

IAEOP 2018 Conference

Membership

PSP Standards

Calendar of Events

An Historical Moment: Saint Louis University: 200th Anniversary Of Saint Louis University, Amelia Blanton Hibner

Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education

No abstract provided.

The Legacy, February 2018, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

Connections, 02/2018, College Of Health And Human Services

College of Health and Human Services Newsletter

• Unified Clinics offer specialty care to thousands each year
• Social work faculty receives Global Engagement Award
• 2018 IPE Expo explores Dementia in Aging
• Save the date for discussions about families of incarcerated persons
• Health Careers Connection Program update
• Center for Disability Services awarded accreditation

Scholarworks 2017 Year End Report, Maira Bundza

ScholarWorks Repository Information

Year end report for Western Michigan University's institutional repository ScholarWorks includes statistics on the number of items in ScholarWorks, significant additions in the past year, downloads and communities & series in the repository.

Disability At Work: Libraries, Built To Exclude, Jessica Schomberg

Library Services Publications

My goal in writing this chapter is to use critical disability theory grounded in my lived experience to offer some possibilities for improving the working conditions of library employees with disabilities. I begin by providing an overview of some mainstream and critical perspectives on disability. Next, I offer my own insights into being a disabled librarian by taking an intersectional approach to the construction of power. I conclude the chapter by suggesting some ways to bring theory and practice together to make the workplace more inclusive of people. Throughout the chapter, I share some of my experiences as a person …

February 2018, Global News, Haenicke Institute

Global News

• Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies professors awarded grant to implement Michigan STARTALK Chinese teacher and student academies
• Author, film critic and New Yorker staff member David Denby to visit campus
• $500 cash prize for winner of tobacco free PSA video contest
• Research briefings in global studies to begin this February
• Event highlights teaching, research, diversity and engagement
• Student contest part of MLK academy's 50th-anniversary celebration
• WMU's Heritage Hall renovation earns prestigious global engineering award
• Western Herald editor wins prestigious national journalism fellowship
• WMU to host a free Chinese New Year Gala
• Life cycle and social impact assessment expert to speak …

Women Agricultural Landowners—Past Time To Put Them “On The Radar”, Peggy Petrzelka, Ann Sorensen, Jennifer Filipiak

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

While women own 25% of the acres rented out for farming, little has been done in terms of federal policy that focuses on these women. In this policy analysis, we detail how (1) lack of data on these women landowners and (2) the invisibility of these women to federal natural resource and agricultural agency staff contribute to women nonoperating landowners (WNOLs) not being on the federal policy radar. We discuss how the persistence of these factors continues to marginalize WNOLs in federal agricultural policy, despite the mandate of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies to be serving underserved populations such …

Enriching Classroom Learning Through A Microblogging-Supported Activity, K. Li, Kent Darr, Fei Gao

Visual Communications and Technology Education Faculty Publications

Researchers have recognized the role that microblogging tools play in enhancing the effectiveness of communication and interaction in the classroom. However, few studies have specifically examined how to use microblogging tools to bring educational resources into the classroom to enrich the student learning experience. The exploratory case study examined an instructional activity designed to expand and deepen student learning experience by having undergraduate students subscribe to, read and share tweets from high-quality Twitter accounts in the field. The findings suggested that students believed that the activity broadened their knowledge on the topics to be learned, helped them see the connections …

Alliances For 2018 Colombia’S Presidential Elections Can You Trust The Candidates?, Juan Luis Suárez, Yadira Lizama Mué

CulturePlex Lab DataPoints

Semana’s most recent poll puts Gustavo Petro clearly in the lead for voting intentions (23.4%), followed closely by Fajardo (21.6%) and with Vargas Lleras (14.8%) a distant third. De la Calle (10.6%) is fourth, and Marta Lucía Ramírez (7.8%), fifth. Many commentators try to figure out how these results will facilitate alliances after the March vote to Congress, and in the second round of the Presidential election. To test possible scenarios, we have analyzed Twitter conversations from January through the lens of relationships between candidates. That is, we are interested in who talks to whom, not only because elections are …

Changes Made To The 2014 Constitution Of The Faculty Board Incorporated Into The 2017 Faculty Handbook, University Of Dayton. Faculty Board

Faculty Board Governing Documents

The text fragments shown in red below are changes to the 2014 Constitution of the Faculty Board approved by the Faculty Board in 2015/2016 in response to a vote of the faculty that approved the inclusion of a full-time faculty member of the instructional staff on the Faculty Board.

Betty Friedan And Juliet Mitchell: Critiques Of Ideology And Power, Jennie Eagle

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

My thesis attends to a common thread of critique in two founding documents of “second-wave” feminism: Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique (1963) and Juliet Mitchell’s “Women: the Longest Revolution.” I am interested in the ways in which both foundational texts de-naturalize male supremacy by defining it as ideological. The concept of ideology as employed by three notable social theorists – Marx’s concept of a social mythology disseminated by ruling elites to uphold various forms of hierarchy, operating through internal contradictions; French communist Louis Althusser’s concept of a social practice disseminated by the institutions of civil society; and Michel Foucault’s identification …

Psychosocial Correlates Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms And Well-Being Among Hispanic World Trade Center Rescue And Recovery Workers, Dianne Ciro

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Thousands of first responders are estimated to have endured extremely distressing experiences during their recovery efforts at the 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) site. While the effects of 9/11 continue to be studied, few studies have examined how rescue and recovery workers have been coping since 9/11 and how their coping is associated with their psychological well-being. Moreover, we do not know how distinct coping patterns may be associated with post-traumatic growth, experiences of positive emotion, or quality of life among WTC responders.

This study compared coping differences among Hispanic, Non-Hispanic White, and Non-Hispanic Black first responders. In addition, it …

Barriers And Facilitators To Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Peruvian Adolescents Living With Hiv: A Qualitative Study, Jerome Galea, Milagros Wong, Maribel Muñoz, Emiliano Valle, Segundo R. Leon, Dayana D. Perez, Lenka Kolevic, Molly F. Franke

Social Work Faculty Publications

AIDS deaths among adolescents are increasing globally. This qualitative study investigated the barriers and facilitators to cART adherence among Peruvian adolescents living with HIV. Guided by a social ecological model, we analyzed transcripts from 24 psychosocial support groups for HIV-positive adolescents aged 13–17 years and 15 individual, in-depth interviews with cART providers and caregivers to identify the barriers and facilitators to cART adherence at the individual, family/caregiver and hospital levels. Most barriers and facilitators to cART adherence clustered at the individual and family/caregiver levels, centering on support provided to adolescents; history of declining health due to suboptimal cART adherence; side …

Retention Of Student Pharmacists' Knowledge And Skills Regarding Overdose Management With Naloxone, Anita Jackson, P. Bratberg, M Monk, J Ferrentino

Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND:

Overdose education and naloxone training was recently implemented into the required curriculum of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island. The objective of this study was to compare the retention of knowledge between student pharmacists who received a didactic lecture only versus student pharmacists who received the same lecture plus a skills-based objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) with a standardized patient actor.

METHODS:

Students in their first-professional year (P1) of the Doctor of Pharmacy program (n = 129) and students in their second-professional (P2) year (n = 123) attended a required lecture on opioid overdose, including …

Process And Outcome Evaluation Of Cuyahoga County’S Safe Harbor Project, Rachel Lovell, Misty Luminais

Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education Reports and Briefs

In this research brief, we present the evaluation’s key findings and recommendations to inform and improve the Safe Harbor Project's practices and policies and to better serve Cuyahoga County youth who are victims of human trafficking.

An Investigation Of Physical And Mental Health Consequences Among Chinese Parents Who Lost Their Only Child, Qianlan Yin, Zhilei Shang, Na Zhou, Lili Wu, Guangyu Liu, Xiaoqian Yu, Huaihui Zhang, Haidong Xue, Weizhi Liu

USF Alumni and Student Publications

Background: The term “loss-of-only-child family” means that the only child in a family passed away or is disabled due to an accident or other events. The parents who cannot conceive or do not adopt another child, are known as Shidu parents in China. This study compares the physical and mental health of Shidu parents with those parents who have not experienced such loss.

Methods: The target group is comprised of parents being Shidu for more than 1 year (N = 95) and the control group is comprised of parents with a living child (N = 97) from the …

Kids These Days!, Alina M. Baltazar

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Seventh-Day Adventist Theological Seminary Revises Master Of Divinity Program, Samantha Angeles

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Chronicle For December 7, 2017, Jon Miller

The University of Akron Faculty Senate Chronicle

Minutes of the Faculty Senate meeting of December 7, 2017.

Cjus 488.01: Forensic Science The Crime Lab And Beyond, Randall R. Skelton

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Barriers And Facilitators To Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Peruvian Adolescents Living With Hiv: A Qualitative Study, Jerome T. Galea, Milagros Wong, Maribel Muñoz, Emiliano Valle, Segundo R. Leon, Dayana D. Perez, Lenka Kolevic, Molly Franke

Social Work Faculty Publications

AIDS deaths among adolescents are increasing globally. This qualitative study investigated the barriers and facilitators to cART adherence among Peruvian adolescents living with HIV. Guided by a social ecological model, we analyzed transcripts from 24 psychosocial support groups for HIV-positive adolescents aged 13–17 years and 15 individual, in-depth interviews with cART providers and caregivers to identify the barriers and facilitators to cART adherence at the individual, family/caregiver and hospital levels. Most barriers and facilitators to cART adherence clustered at the individual and family/caregiver levels, centering on support provided to adolescents; history of declining health due to suboptimal cART adherence; side …