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Inside The Juvenile Justice System, Megan Phalon
Inside The Juvenile Justice System, Megan Phalon
Master's Projects and Capstones
The United States of America is known for freedom and integrity and being a nation that stands for justice and equality for all. Within the United States there are systems in place to better the people and communities in order to provide safety and order. However, just as any nation, there is a struggle with violent behavior and tendencies among adults and adolescents. Within the last three decades, the United States has created a correctional system that specifically targets adolescents, and that acknowledges the differences between adult and juvenile development and deviant behavior. Within this literature review, academic databases were …
Doula Support As A Means To Improve Birth Outcomes For Minority Women, Christina Bao Ngoc Thich
Doula Support As A Means To Improve Birth Outcomes For Minority Women, Christina Bao Ngoc Thich
Master's Projects and Capstones
Ethnic minorities such as African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics, Laotions, Hmongs, and Alaskan Natives have higher rates of cesarean delivery, pre-term birth, fetal demise, perinatal laceration, and congenital abnormalities than their white counterparts. Continuous labor support by way of doula care has been recommended for all pregnant women as a means to prevent adverse birth outcomes. Despite this, the population most in need of such support in unable to access doula services due to low socioeconomic status, availability of services, and cultural inaccessibility. This paper focuses on my capstone experience with UCSF and Roots of Labor Birth Collective as we …
Unicef Kid Power: Empowering Kids To Get Active And Save Lives, Emily L. Gudaitis
Unicef Kid Power: Empowering Kids To Get Active And Save Lives, Emily L. Gudaitis
Master's Projects and Capstones
UNICEF Kid Power is a program aimed at increasing U.S. children’s activity levels by tapping into children’s intrinsic desire to do good. Through their activity levels, kids earn points, which unlocks funding from partners that will support treatment for a malnourished child. This one-of-a-kind program was implemented in the Bay Area in Spring 2016 with 7,800 youth participants. The attached paper is a summary of a 300-hour fieldwork experience at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF assisting with the UNICEF Kid Power implementation in the Bay Area. The fieldwork included program implementation and evaluation, presentations at participating schools in the area, …
The Complexity Of Non-Profit Administration In Global Development: A Case-Study On Neonatal Mortality, Paul D. Glantz
The Complexity Of Non-Profit Administration In Global Development: A Case-Study On Neonatal Mortality, Paul D. Glantz
Master's Projects and Capstones
In 2015, 5.9 million children died with 44% of those deaths occurring in the most vulnerable period of life: the neonatal period (first 28 days of life). Because this is such a pervasive problem, in order to meet the United Nation’s third Sustainable Development Goal of reducing the global neonatal mortality rate down from 27 to 12 deaths per 1,000 live births, there needs to be more evidence-based, effective interventions. Thrive Networks addresses newborn mortality by improving facility-based care in low-resource settings via intensive training and lifesaving medical equipment built to operate in these conditions. Despite all of the evidence …