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Prevalence Of Child Welfare Services Involvement Among Homeless And Low-Income Mothers: A Five-Year Birth Cohort Study, Jennifer F. Culhane, David Webb, Susan Grim, Stephen Metraux, Dennis Culhane

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper investigates the five-year prevalence of child welfare services involvement and foster care placement among a population-based cohort of births in a large US city, by housing status of the mothers (mothers who have been homeless at least once, other low-income neighborhood residents, and all others), and by number of children. Children of mothers with at least one homeless episode have the greatest rate of involvement with child welfare services (37%),followed by other low-income residents (9.2%), and all others (4.0%). Involvement rates increase with number of children for all housing categories, with rates highest among women with four or …

Spousal Abuse: Vietnamese Children's Reports Of Parental Violence, Yoko Baba, Susan B. Murray

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This exploratory study used mailed questionnaires completed by 131 Vietnamese students to examine domestic violence patterns in parents' marital relationships. Research objectives included: (1) gaining an understanding of spousal abuse among Vietnamese couples; and (2) assessing which variables (demographic characteristics, decision-making power, and cultural adaptation, beliefs in traditional gender roles, and conflicts in the family) are correlated with spousal abuse. Findings suggest that although both parents used reasoning, mental abuse and physical abuse in their marital relationships, Vietnamese fathers were more likely to be physically abusive than mothers. Additional variables associated with family conflicts are also examined. Research implications and …

The Palestinians In Egypt: An Investigation Of Livelihoods And Coping Strategies, Oroub El Abed

Faculty Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

Most Frequently Asked Questions About The Latino Population Of Massachusetts, Daniel W. Vasquez

Gastón Institute Publications

Addresses Frequently Asked Questions about Latinos in Massachusetts as they pertain to the 2000 Census.

Re-Engaging Chineseness: Political, Economic And Cultural Imperatives Of Nation-Building In Singapore, Eugene K. B. Tan

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This article examines the management of Chinese identity and culture since Singapore attained independence in 1965. Due to the delicate regional environment, ethnic Chinese identity has been closely managed by the ruling elites, which have been dominated by the English-educated Chinese. There is the evolution from a deliberate policy of maintaining a low-key ethnic Chinese profile to the recent effort to re-sinicize--in form--the majority ethnic group. The article examines the policy impulses and implications for such a landmark change in reconceptualizing the Chinese-Singapore identity, which can be attributed to the needs of regime maintenance buttressed by Confucian ethos as well …

The Five-Question Method For Framing A Qualitative Research Study, Mark L. Mccaslin, Karen Wilson Scott

The Qualitative Report

The Five-Question Method is an approach to framing Qualitative Research, focusing on the methodologies of five of the major traditions in qualitative research: biography, ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, and case study. Asking Five Questions, novice researchers select a methodology appropriate to the desired perspective on the selected topic. The Method facilitates identifying and writing a Problem Statement. Through taking a future perspective, the researcher discovers the importance and direction of the study and composes a Purpose Statement. The process develops an overarching research question integrating the purpose and the research problem. The role of the researcher and management of assumptions …

Ua12/2/1 Heir Apparent, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald regarding football.

• Schoenbaechler, Danny. After Seven Years as an Assistant, David Elson Takes the Reigns
• Schoenbaechler, Danny. Defense Drops the Hammer
• Casagrande, Michael. Teammates Try to Keep Trey McMiller’s Memory, Spirit Alive
• Buckman, Josh. Casey Rooney & Perez Smith Look for More Airtime in Upcoming Season
• Casagrande, Michael. Chris Miller Sticks Around, Wins Job
• Watt, Wes. Brian Claybourn, Antonio Veals Lead Unit

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 79, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hoang, Mai. Effort Adds Diversity to Faculty
• Reed, Lindsey. Student Government Association Meeting Spurs Debate on Greek Village
• Clark, Ashlee. Colonnade Given Formal Name – W.L. Terry
• Hoang, Mai. Scholarship Given – Barry Nash
• Hoang, Mai. Western Gets High Diversity Marks
• Why Should Students Have to Pay for It? It’s All Greek to Us – Greek Village
• Lamar, Mike. Editorial Cartoon re: Greek Village
• Long, Brittney. Student Government Association President Missing the Point – Greek Village
• Hutchison, Aubrey. I Want to Be Greek, But Not at This Price
• Ransdell, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 79, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hoang, Mai. Tuition Money May Fund Greek Village
• Hoang, Mai. Western Tops Peers in Grants
• Lowther, Clare. Family Focus – Shur Family
• Reed, Lindsey. Faculty May Drop Info – Identity Theft
• Hoang, Mai. Rape Reported in Dorm
• Confusion Abounds in Pearce-Ford Tower Parking Lot
• Lamar, Mike. Editorial Cartoon re: Big Red
• Bradley, John. Fees Shouldn’t Come from Student Pockets
• Lockhart, Dana. Greek System Already Heavily Subsidized
• Mind Your Mama, Turn Off the Lights – Energy Conservation
• Fowler, Justin. College Years Bring Wisdom & Fun Classes
• Roberts, Amy. Whatcha Wearing …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 79, No. 2, Wku Student Life

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hopkins, Shawntaye. University Asked to Conserve Energy on Campus
• Clark, Ashlee & Shawntaye Hopkins. Plans Changed for Pearce-Ford Tower Parking Lot
• Watt, Wes. New Seats Bring Renovation One Step Closer – Diddle Arena
• Hoang, Mai. Peer Mentors Added to Seminars
• Centers, Josh. Cleanup Almost Complete – Interstate Environmental Services
• Reed, Lindsey. Social Security Use Raises Issues
• Journalism Building Opened a Little Too Soon – Mass Media & Technology Hall
• Lamar, Mike. Editorial Cartoon re: Mass Media & Technology Hall
• Holla Back, Western Gets Wake-up Calls – Telephone System
• Pack, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 79, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hoang, Mai. Budget Concerns Again Looming Over the Hill
• Sebastian, Kandace. Campus Safety Task Force Issues Report
• Hopkins, Shawntaye. Mass Media & Technology Building Opens – Sorta
• Baker, Joanie. Former Coach Paul Sanderford Hired as Fundraiser
• University, T.J. Samson Hospital Make Partnership
• Clark, Ashlee. Wake-Up Calls Among Perks – Telephone System
• Lamar, Mike. Editorial Cartoon re: Big Red to Serve & Protect
• Eadens, Adam. Get Your Free Money
• Safety A Concern, Not an Epidemic
• Hightower, Kyle. New Opinion Editor Hopes Job Will Be Search for Potential In Words
• Clark, …

An Updated Overview Of The Texas Border, Baltazar Arispe Y Acevedo Jr., Ignacio E. Rodríguez, Oralia De Los Reyes, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

Digital Books

This report, An Overview of the Texas Border, should be considered part of a longitudinal study. The initial baseline report, The Border: Texas’ Roadway to the 21st Century, was written by J. Michael Patrick and Baldomero Garcia for the Texas Infrastructure Coalition [TBIC] in June 2000. The report was a commissioned study of the Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. The current research effort is also a commissioned study of CBIRD: The Cross Border Institute for Regional Development at The University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College in Brownsville, Texas. …

Ua3/9/5 Faculty/Staff Convocation, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at fall convocation. He discusses the Challenging the Spirit strategic plan, achievements, diversity, affirmative action, accessibility, accreditation and WKU's centennial.

An Economic Development Benchmarking System For Rural Michigan, George A. Erickcek, Brad R. Watts

Reports

Economic performance and conditions of Michigan's rural regions are compared and contrasted to a comparison group of similar rural regions in neighboring states, as well as to urban areas.

Field Report: Preliminary Investigation Of Educational Opportunities For Refugee Children In Egypt, Wesal Afifi

Faculty Journal Articles

The intent of this report is to provide information about and raise awareness of current educational opportunities for refugee children in Cairo. This study focuses on the administrative procedure of obtaining access to and enrolment into both public and private schools in Cairo, examining what obstacles there are to this process and exploring possible means of overcoming these obstacles. The current dearth of information on the subject of educational opportunities for refugees hinders efforts at enhancing these opportunities because without an understanding of the process of and barriers to enrolment, interventions made will either be inappropriate or insufficient. This study …

Measuring Underemployment At The County Level, Mark C. Berger, Christopher Bollinger, Paul Coomes

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

As labor markets tightened in the last half of the nineties, economic development and community leaders sought to identify more locally available workers than were indicated by published statistics. Using results from commissioned surveys, they pointed to large numbers of part-time workers who desired full-time work, and to full-time workers who were qualified for better jobs. These statistics were often used to negate low official unemployment rates that deterred firms, concerned by the ostensible shortage of workers, from locating in their counties. We have conducted a larger, statewide, survey of underemployment and linked it to the detailed demographic and labor …

Identifying Compliance Issues In The Community Health Care Clinic Environment, Faye K. Beery

Graduate Theses

This study explored the high number of failed appointments and follow-up appointments at a community health care children’s clinic. A thirty-seven item questionnaire was randomly given to 112 participants seeking health care at the clinic on a random basis. Based on literature reviews, five hypothesis were generated to examine reasons for failing to keep appointments for children: 1. Communication difficulties between healthcare personnel and parents regarding patient comprehension of instructions and bottle directions were anticipated. 2. Patient/physician/clinic relationships were expected to influence patient compliance. The need for more reminder calls for appointments was anticipated to be a factor in patient …

Doing Gramsci's Cultural Education: Antiracism And Gendered Sexuality In The Nabwmt, Peter Chua

Faculty Publications, Sociology

I examine the ways the National Association of Black and White Men Together (NABWMT), a U.S. gay male organization, and its multi-ethnic membership developed and conducted antiracism workshops in the 1980s and safer sex workshops (targeting gay men with White, Black, Chicano/Latino, Asian, and Two-Spirited/indigenous identities) in the 1990s to conduct cultural and counterhegemonic forms of education. I draw upon the works of Antonio Gramsci, Stuart Hall, bell hooks, Chela Sandoval, and Paul Gilroy on culture, education, and social exclusion. Gramsci and Hall suggest that cultural education is a necessary component for any anti-capitalist struggle. However, hooks, Sandoval, and Gilroy …

All The News That’S Fat To Print: The American "Obesity Epidemic" And The Media, Natalie Boero

Faculty Publications, Sociology

Increasingly the term epidemic is being used to describe the current prevalence of fatness in the United States. Skyrocketing rates of obesity among all groups of Americans, particularly children, the poor, and minorities, have become a major public health concern. Indeed, it is difficult to open a newspaper or magazine without encountering a discussion of the expanding American waistline and the health problems associated therewith. In this paper I use 751 New York Times articles on obesity to examine the media construction of the obesity epidemic. I show that there is not one dominant discourse (i.e. medicine) constructing this epidemic, …

Stories Of Mothers And Child Welfare (Full Report), Gary Cameron, S. Hoy

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

The voices we hear describing the lives of mothers who come into contact with child welfare agencies are usually those of service providers and researchers. How do mothers make sense of their own lives and what happened to their families when they became involved with child welfare? This report provides an opportunity to listen to what 16 of these mothers had to say over conversations averaging 5 - 6 hours with each woman. Aspects of these stories will be familiar to some readers. Nonetheless, these stories challenge both popular and professional perceptions of who these mothers are and how they …

Mothers’ Everyday Realities And Child Placement Experiences (Full Report), Nancy Colleen Freymond

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

Placing a child in substitute care is one of the most challenging aspects of child welfare work. In situations of apprehension, child welfare workers may be required to make quick decisions about child placement sometimes with very limited information. This paper is based on interviews with mothers whose children were placed in substitute care. Mothers’ daily lives, including the nature of adversity in their lives, will be discussed. Mothers’ response to adversity and how they are impacted both positively and negatively by child welfare interventions will also be explored. Their experiences of placement reveals there is a disconnection between the …

Ua12/2/1 A Year In Review, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald.

• Ransdell, Gary. Welcome to Western!
• Campus Map
• A Few Words You’ll Live by While Traversing the Hill
• Bowling Green Community College Offers Unique Learning Opportunity
• Pike, Daniel. Dorms Wired for Computer Access
• Correspondence Courses Available
• Moore, Michael. Talisman Provides Unique Documentary
• New Telephone System Increases Services, Options

Ua12/2/1 A Year In Review: Sports, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald regarding athletics. Articles:

• Hightower, Kyle. Hiring David Elson Good Choice – So Was Willie Taggart – Football
• Moore, Michael. Hilltoppers Make Swell Choice in Good Ol’ Boy with Western Ties – Darrin Horn
• Ford, Brittany. Find Out Who You Are While You’re at Western
• Ford, Brittany. Food Services Getting Major Facelift
• Dining Dollars, Big Red Dollars Or Cash?
• Ford, Brittany. Senior Shares Experience on Class Scheduling

Local Communities In Benin: Spatial Dynamics Before And After The Administrative And Territorial Reforms Of 1999, Andrea Ahouassa

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines decentralized local communities in Benin during the period of a single-party socialist government with a central plan economic system and during the period of a multiple-party capitalist democratic system. Since the country's independence from France in 1960, political leaders claimed to support and implement socioeconomic programs based upon a decentralized public administration system and a decentralized territorial system. For three decades, none of the various territorial administrations' reforms of the single party system achieved the planned goals. However, the change in party structure, government attitudes, and territorial administration reforms since 1990 has achieved the goals set at …

Child Placement And Mothering Ideologies: Images Of Mothers In Child Welfare, Nancy Colleen Freymond

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

No abstract provided.

Bridging Or Maintaining Distance: A Matched Comparison Of Parent And Service Provider Realities (Full Report), Karen Frensch, Gary Cameron

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

When service providers and parents engage with each other to improve family circumstances, do they have similar impressions of what is important and what is helpful? Our purpose in interviewing parents who have been involved in child protection services and their service providers was to understand how parents and service providers view each other, their interactions, and the services they are engaged in. We were also interested in the “official record”—the files that describe parents, children, their needs, and the services provided in response. A comparison of the perspectives of service providers, parents, and files highlights some of the barriers …

Invisible Lives: The Experiences Of Parents Receiving Child Protective Services (Full Report), Sarah Maiter, Sally Palmer, Shehenaz Manji

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

Involvement with child protective services (CPS) may be expected to be a stressful experience for parents. Usually their involvement is involuntary, initiated because someone believes they are not caring adequately for their children: this tells them that the community, or someone in the community, does not approve of them as parents. As families who become involved with CPS tend to be economically deprived and socially marginalized, they may view agency intervention as one more sign that they are not accepted by their community. Moreover it brings the fear of losing their children, perhaps forever. In this context, it is especially …

Family Talk: Parents And Children Involved With The Child Welfare And Children's Mental Health Systems (Full Report), Marshall Fine, Deena Mandell

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

Our project focussed on families who had been involved in services with child welfare and children’s mental health. Sixteen families were interviewed and asked to describe their experiences as clients, including positive and negative experiences, what they experienced as helpful and unhelpful, changes they identified as a result of their involvement, and characteristics and practices of the workers they liked most and least. We present their perspectives in order to build understanding of what contributes to making a positive difference in the lives of families in difficulty.

Bridging Or Maintaining Distance: A Matched Comparison Of Parent And Service Provider Realities (Summary Report), Karen Frensch, Gary Cameron

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

When service providers and parents engage with each other to improve family circumstances, do they have similar impressions of what is important and what is helpful? Our purpose in interviewing parents who have been involved in child protection services and their service providers was to understand how parents and service providers view each other, their interactions, and the services they are engaged in. We were also interested in the “official record”—the files that describe parents, children, their needs, and the services provided in response. A comparison of the perspectives of service providers, parents, and files highlights some of the barriers …

Rural Nebraskans' Opinions On Raising Taxes To Fund Education And Public Aid, John C. Allen, Rebecca J. Vogt, Randolph L. Cantrell

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

The state legislature has been debating several approaches to solve the shortage of money for the state budget. They have passed various tax increases as well as made reductions in the level of services provided. What do rural Nebraskans support doing to solve the budget issue for state aid, higher education and public aid? Which goods and services do they favor imposing the sales tax on? Do their opinions differ based on the size of their community or their age?

This report details 3,087 responses to the 2003 Nebraska Rural Poll, the eighth annual effort to understand rural Nebraskans’ perceptions. …