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Scales For Participant Alliance With Recovery Coach (Sparc): Initial Development And Pilot Test, Amanda Fallin-Bennett, Martha Tillson, J. Matthew Webster, Carrie B. Oser, Jennifer Edwards Becan, Kevin Knight, Jeremy Byard, Michele Staton

Center on Drug and Alcohol Research Faculty Publications

Recovery coaches are individuals with lived experience with recovery from substance use disorder who typically engender a greater sense of trust than found with other types of healthcare providers. However, there currently are no validated tools that measure the connection between recovery coaches and their participants. The purpose of this study was to describe the initial development of the Scales for Participant Alliance with Recovery Coach (SPARC) to measure recovery coach connection or alliance, including initial psychometric analyses. Measurement development began with five scales of the Client Evaluation of Self Treatment (treatment participation, treatment satisfaction, rapport, peer support, and social …

Fp-24-14 Cohabitation In Middle And Later Life, 2022, Jaden Loo

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

The popularity of cohabitation for US adults of all ages has continued to grow in recent years. For older men and women (aged 50+) in 2000, the number of cohabitors was about 1.2 million, or 1.6% of adults in that group (Brown, Bulanda, & Lee 2005). As of 2022, this number has almost quadrupled to 4,205,505. We find that among older adults more men (2,216,977) are cohabiting than women (1,988,528). This sex difference is especially pronounced when comparing cohabitation rates (number of cohabitors per 1,000 unmarried and separated). The cohabitation rate is higher among older men at 118.2 than women …

Visualizing Multiple Sexual Identity Responses Using A Network Approach, Christopher A. Julian, Lauren Newmyer, Wendy D. Manning, Claire M. Kamp Dush

Sociology Faculty Publications

Measurement strategies for gauging sexual identity within the United States's population-based data infrastructure are evolving. Despite notable advancements, most measurement techniques still do not accurately reflect the nuanced ways in which sexually diverse adults conceptualize their identities. One measurement limitation involves asking participants to choose a single "best" identity. In this visualization, drawing on data from the National Couples' Health and Time Study, the authors illustrate the complexity of sexual identity responses by constructing a network that aggregates the patterns of multiple identities chosen by respondents. The findings underscore that relying on a single-item response risks undercounting the range of …

Fact Book, Academic Year 2023, Systems Intelligence And Data Analytics, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Fact Book

The Fact Book presents important campus information in data tables and charts. Included are details regarding students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Generally, data are broken out by college, rank, level, gender, age and ethnicity for both spring and fall semesters, past to present. There are a few academic year tables that include information on tuition & fees, student credit hours by program, and degrees conferred. We wish to thank the many individuals and departments at the University for their contributions to the Fact Book.

Nebraska Department Of Economic Development – 6 Regions One Nebraska - Regional Development Initiative - Mid-Plains Region, Josie Gatti Schafer, Tara Grell, Michael Lee, Ignacio Ruelas Avila

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Nebraska’S Labor Movement Survey, Morgan Vogel

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Nebraska Department Of Economic Development – 6 Regions One Nebraska - Regional Development Initiative – Western Region, Josie Gatti Schafer, Tara Grell, Michael Lee, Ignacio Ruelas Avila

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Nebraska Department Of Economic Development – 6 Regions One Nebraska - Regional Development Initiative – Central Region, Josie Gatti Schafer, Tara Grell, Michael Lee, Ignacio Ruelas Avila

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Nebraska Department Of Economic Development – 6 Regions One Nebraska - Regional Development Initiative – Northeast Region, Josie Gatti Schafer, Tara Grell, Michael Lee, Ignacio Ruelas Avila

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Nebraska Department Of Economic Development – 6 Regions One Nebraska - Regional Development Initiative – Metropolitan Region, Josie Gatti Schafer, Tara Grell, Michael Lee, Ignacio Ruelas Avila

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Nebraska Department Of Economic Development – 6 Regions One Nebraska - Regional Development Initiative – Southeast Region, Josie Gatti Schafer, Tara Grell, Michael Lee, Ignacio Ruelas Avila

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Unmc Status And Future Of The Nebraska Healthcare Workforce, Josie Gatti Schafer, Tara Grell, Morgan Vogel, Meagan E. Paez, Amanda Parker

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Nebraska’S Labor Movement: Exploring Union Membership, Perceptions, And Efficacy, Morgan Vogel, Tara Grell, Michael Lee, Meagan E. Paez

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Where Nebraska Workers Live Brief, Josie Gatti Schafer

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Nebraska Department Of Economic Development - 6 Regions One Nebraska - Regional Development Initiative - Mid-Plains Region, Josie Gatti Schafer, Tara Grell, Michael Lee, Ignacio Ruelas Avila

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Nebraska Department Of Economic Development - 6 Regions One Nebraska - Regional Development Initiative - Southeast Region, Josie Gatti Schafer, Tara Grell, Michael Lee, Ignacio Ruelas Avila

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Nebraska Department Of Economic Development - 6 Regions One Nebraska - Regional Development Initiative - Central Region, Josie Gatti Schafer, Tara Grell, Michael Lee, Ignacio Ruelas Avila

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Personalized Support Systems Across Varying Higher Educational Settings: Recommendations For Personalized Educator Support, Herb Thompson Iii, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo, Connie Schaffer, Cory Rohlfsen

Teacher Education Faculty Publications

This mixed methods case study examines the experiences of mentors and mentees in a personalized mentorship support program (PMSP) at a midwestern public higher education (MPHE) institution as the program transitioned from a pilot phase dedicated to historically underrepresented educators (HUE) into year two, which sought to position the program as a viable system of institution-wide faculty support and retention. Results from year 1 and 2 of the program indicate a closing gap between faculty mentors and mentees for the outcomes of career success, intention to stay, and job satisfaction. This study provides recommendations for program strategy at varying higher …

Negotiating Quotidian Justice In The Science Classroom, Christopher Irwin, Joshua Ellis

Faculty Publications

In this conceptual paper, we explore how science teachers might enact social justice through their everyday science instruction. Drawing on empirical literature and our own K-12 teaching experience, we develop a heuristic for mapping classroom discourses to engage in action and reflection to change both the world of the classroom community, and the world beyond the school. We suggest how this heuristic can be used for justice-oriented science teaching independently of (or as a supplement to) any existing frameworks for science teaching to promote social justice. Our proposed model for social justice through disciplinary science teaching frames justice not as …

The Hardships Of Healthcare Among People With Lived Experiences Of Homelessness In New Haven, Ct, Brandon James Hudik

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Objectives: People with lived experiences of homelessness encounter barriers to accessing and maintaining appropriate healthcare. This project aims to: 1) identify how these barriers manifest in New Haven, CT; 2) examine the negative health and healthcare impacts such barriers may incur, including when people adapt to or try to overcome them; 3) examine the characteristics of positive experiences in accessing healthcare in order to inform future approaches to healthcare for this vulnerable population.

Methods: This study is a subanalysis of the Justice, Health, and Housing Study (JustHouHS) and draws on longitudinal, qualitative interviews with low-income New Haven residents who experienced …

Integrating Machine Learning With Cure Models And Associated Inference, Wisdom Aselisewine

Mathematics Dissertations - Archive

Recent advancements in medical treatments have significantly enhanced the rates of recovery for numerous chronic illnesses. This progress has sparked growing interest in developing suitable statistical models capable of handling survival data that includes substantial cure fractions. The mixture cure model finds extensive application in analyzing survival data when there exists a cured subgroup. Standard logistic regression-based approaches for modeling the incidence part of the mixture cure model may suffer from poor predictive accuracy, especially in the presence of high dimensional covariates and/or non-linear covariate effects. To overcome this limitation, we propose the integration of distinct machine learning algorithms with …

Crisis, Genre, And The Informatic Infrastructure Of The Critical Path Aids Project In Philadelphia's Early Epidemic, Sid Feinberg

Theses and Dissertations--Geography

The Critical Path AIDS Project was a grassroots information network that distributed AIDS-related information related to biomedicine, social services, and politics. I explore the ways the project made sense of the shattering social service and care landscapes they emerged within and responded to. I situate Critical Path’s work within Philadelphia’s splintering care infrastructures and the experience of crisis Lauren Berlant argues structures perception of neoliberal life. I focus on the ways that Critical Path’s articulation of crisis and spatial re-orientation pull on the modernist design work of Buckminster Fuller. Fuller’s design work formed a framework through which the project constructed …

Beauty And The Anthropocene: On The Emancipatory Potential Of Experiences Of Beautiful Places In The Natural World, Matthew John

Theses and Dissertations--Geography

This dissertation investigates the proposition that beauty—specifically, experiences of beautiful places in the natural world—can contribute to the emancipation of modern persons (and thereby developed societies) from instrumental rationality, which is theorized as a major driver of contemporary socioecological crises of the Anthropocene. Buber’s concept of the I–Thou relation provides a framework for conceptualizing ideal non-instrumental relations. The project’s methodology, rooted in post-phenomenology, consisted of semi-structured remote interviews and four follow-up focus groups with 35 then current and recently former residents of Juneau, Alaska. Taken together, data confirm that experiences of beautiful places in the natural world can and do …

A Geography Of Transgender Belonging In Louisville, Kentucky, Lj Mcallister

Theses and Dissertations--Geography

Louisville, Kentucky is home to a surprisingly robust – and complex – transgender community. This study uses qualitative data from interviews, collaborative maps, and archival research to analyze a geography of belonging for transgender residents in the city. It discusses how the twelve participants negotiate their relationships with the conservative, “red” state of Kentucky, as well as the geographical decision-making they use to navigate Louisville’s many neighborhoods. Ultimately, this thesis draws attention to the ways in which prejudice shapes the landscape of belonging for transgender life in Derby City.

Beyond The Hands: Exploring Intersectional Identities Of Black American Sign Language Users, Tatum Turner

Theses and Dissertations--Linguistics

There is a significant gap in research related to the impact of intersectionality on linguistic identity performance among individuals negotiating multiple marginalized identities. This gap is especially significant among deaf Black and African American individuals who use the American Sign Language (ASL) variety deemed Black American Sign Language (BASL) (Hairston & Smith, 1983). This research aims to identify and discuss the use of the eight distinguishing features of BASL (McCaskill et al. 2011) as indexes of intersectional identities.

My data consists of videos sourced from YouTube, each chosen according to the following criteria: must have at least one self-identifying Black …

Fathers’ Perspectives On The Role Of Spirituality In Substance Misuse Disorder Treatment And Engaging With Their Children, Kendra Michelle Eubank

Theses and Dissertations--Social Work

The father's role and the extent of involvement with his children have shifted over the past several decades. As a result, researchers have made considerable advances in understanding paternal influences on child development and families. However, one under-researched topic is how fathers' substance misuse, and the recovery process may influence father involvement and effective co-parenting, and specifically, how spirituality plays a role in that. In this qualitative study, fourteen participants participated in semi-structured interviews. The data revealed two main themes: 1) pillars of a spiritual awakening and 2) applying spirituality to healthy fatherhood engagement.

These findings led to four interpretations: …

A Praxis Towards Social Change Based On Foucault's Conceptualization Of Experience As Relational, Lila Maureen Wakeman

Theses and Dissertations--Philosophy

This project develops a praxis towards social change based on the works of Michel Foucault. It first establishes Foucault’s philosophical assumptions, methods, and political goal of countering “objectivizing” modern Western social forces. It then draws on sources from the three major phases of Foucault’s career to trace his development of a general conceptualization of experience as relational, or as non-exhaustively co-constituted by and through three indispensable kinds of social forces: knowledge, power, and ethics. It then evaluates implications of Foucauldian experience for efforts towards social change to conceptualize a general Foucauldian praxis towards social change. The praxis aims to affect …

Relationality In Rousseau's Philosophy Of Education, Thayne Cameron

Theses and Dissertations--Philosophy

Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s assertion of Emile that “Our true study is that of the human condition” serves as the foundation for this dissertation, which examines the significance of certain kinds of basic experiential relationships in Rousseau’s philosophy of education. By analyzing the relationships between the self and objects, the self and others, and the educator and the learner, this work elucidates how these interactions underpin Rousseau’s pedagogical views and their implications for fostering personal and social virtue.

The dissertation explores the self-object relationship through affectivity, embodiment, and purposeful activity, demonstrating how direct engagement with objects shapes perceptions and behaviors. It then …

Recovery Capital In A Justice-Involved Population: An Asset-Based Approach To Recovery And Community Reentry, Evan Joseph Batty

Theses and Dissertations--Sociology

The burden of the opioid epidemic demands further efforts to facilitate recovery, particularly for disadvantaged populations and those recently released from prison. After community reentry, individuals face a period of vulnerability as they adjust to new roles and responsibilities to meet their basic needs. Prison-based substance use disorder treatment (SUD Tx) programs provide support to help prepare individuals with SUD for their release and facilitate successful recovery goals after community reentry. This dissertation has three aims: (1) further the understanding of potential barriers and facilitators of recovery after community reentry, (2) assess how prison-levels of recovery capital influence recovery outcomes …

Three Contemporary Prosecution Case Studies And The Challenges Affecting The Indian Arts And Crafts Act, Tiffini Bowers

Theses and Dissertations--Arts Administration

The Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) is America’s only federal arts policy. This study explores the IACA and the challenges contemporary prosecution cases identify for arts stakeholders, along with the implementation and effectiveness since the 2010 Act, to understand better the social and public policy implications and challenges for arts stakeholders. A qualitative study using multiple legal case studies, document analysis, and semi-structured interviews, along with an elite theory theoretical framework, anchors the research. Findings support existing research by indicating the main challenge is the definition and complexity of Indian identity; additional significant findings that contribute to future policy …