Social Action Meets Social Media: Environmental Justice In West Virginia,
2015
West Virginia University School of Social Work
Social Action Meets Social Media: Environmental Justice In West Virginia, Debra Hunt Young, Samantha Teixeira, Helen Hartnett
Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal
This article presents a case study of a community organizing effort known as Citizens Actively Protecting the Environment (CAPE). Led by rural West Virginians in response to the Elk River chemical spill of 2013, this environmental justice movement was novel in that it harnessed social media, specifically Facebook, to catalyze advocacy and change efforts in a rural area. The literature on environmental health disparities and environmental justice in rural communities is reviewed. Then authors describe how resident-led organizing in rural areas was effective in promoting environmental justice. Details of the CAPE project are presented, as well as ways social media …
Social And Environmental Justice And The Water-Energy Nexus: A Quest In Progress For Rural People,
2015
West Virginia University
Social And Environmental Justice And The Water-Energy Nexus: A Quest In Progress For Rural People, Karen V. Harper-Dorton Ph.D., Stacia J. Harper
Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal
Access to affordable and reliable clean water and energy is necessary for economic development, health, and well-being of all people worldwide. Unavailable, unaffordable, or unreliable water and energy resources represent social and environmental injustices that disproportionately burden poor people, especially those in rural areas. Furthermore, there is an inextricable link between water and energy: clean water requires power for delivery and sanitation, and power production requires large amounts of water. This water-energy nexus connects two vital resources for humanity with more attention to economic concerns than to human or environmental issues. This paper addresses social and environmental justice issues that …
Ecology And Social Justice: A Course Designed For Environmental Social Work In Rural Spaces,
2015
St. Thomas University
Ecology And Social Justice: A Course Designed For Environmental Social Work In Rural Spaces, Arielle Dylan
Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal
This article describes a course developed by the author that responds to the stated social justice aims of the social work profession. If social workers are to advocate successfully for environments conducive to the general welfare of all people, promote social justice, equitable distribution of resources, and just environmental management, environmental social work scholarship needs to move beyond theorizing and suggestions itemizing broad responses, and provide instead illustrative examples of interventions and alternative practices. The trend in very recent years of environmental social work scholarship has done just this. Education, in particular in the classroom setting, provides an opportunity to …
The Slow Violence Of Climate Change In Poor Rural Kenyan Communities: “Water Is Life. Water Is Everything.”,
2015
University of Connecticut
The Slow Violence Of Climate Change In Poor Rural Kenyan Communities: “Water Is Life. Water Is Everything.”, Jennifer L. Willett
Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal
Climate change is the most pressing global environmental problem and the most unyielding worldwide environmental injustice of our time. Although some social workers have begun to address climate change, this literature is centered on its generalized impact, rather than its specific effects on vulnerable populations. As a concept, slow violence offers a frame to understand the slow occurring effects of climate change on the global poor. This study used an ethnographic approach to examine the effects of climate change on two poor rural Kenyan communities. Findings discussed include the consequences of droughts, the connection between droughts and deforestation, failed governmental …
Rural Community Transition And Resilience: What Now For Social Work?,
2015
Antioch University Seattle
Rural Community Transition And Resilience: What Now For Social Work?, Jonathan Scherch
Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal
Rural communities, like all communities, face myriad social, economic and ecological challenges as they endeavor to resolve precarious dependencies on critical, energy-intensive and supply-chain extensive resource systems. With increasing impacts of climate change and related incidents of human and more-than-human displacements, including losses of life and habitat, rural communities have become beset with frequent, prolonged and persistent recovery and coping obligations. The progressive resolution of injustices will need to occur in the face of serious ecological stressors. Designing for and increasingly demonstrating social work practices that prioritize the multi-modal skills of sustainable living may well be the most effective means …
Book Review: Transforming Places: Lessons From Appalachia,
2015
Western Illinois University
Book Review: Transforming Places: Lessons From Appalachia, Katherine Perone
Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal
Book Review: Transforming Places: Lessons from Appalachia Stephen L. Fisher & Barbara Ellen Smith 2012 Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press 322 pages Softcover: $ 27.00 Kindle: $14.00 ISBN-13: 0252078381 ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07838-5
Culturally Sensitive Social Work And Mental Health Practice With The Amish,
2015
The University of Akron
Culturally Sensitive Social Work And Mental Health Practice With The Amish, Julissa J. Coblentz Ms.
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
With the growing number of Amish in the United States today, it is important for social workers and mental health practitioners serving this population to do so in a way that is sensitive to their culture. Even though the Amish live a unique, simplistic lifestyle which enables them to focus on the things which they value such as church membership and family, occasionally, they do have mental health and social service needs. This study attempts to explore specific culturally sensitive behaviors which social workers and mental health practitioners can utilize in striving to meet these needs. The researcher compiled a …
Everybody Matters: A Mixed-Methods Analysis Of Support Services Available To Survivors Of Human Trafficking In Central Kentucky,
2015
Eastern Kentucky University
Everybody Matters: A Mixed-Methods Analysis Of Support Services Available To Survivors Of Human Trafficking In Central Kentucky, Arika Morgan Bow
Online Theses and Dissertations
This research is designed to identify service and capacity gaps that exist and need to be addressed in Central Kentucky to improve the provision of social services for survivors of human trafficking. Relying upon in-depth interviews with individuals from different organizations/agencies (e.g., social service providers, federal and local law enforcement agencies, human trafficking task forces) in Central Kentucky that work on human trafficking and with survivors, this research provides a comprehensive picture of the social services available to survivors of human trafficking, including the need for additional services. This research offers an analysis of the capacity gaps that exist, making …
Social Impact,
2015
Washington University in St. Louis
Social Impact, Edward F. Lawler, Neil Schoenherr, Patricia Anagos, Mary Ellen Benson, Donna Brodsky, Timothy Poor, Katie Rice-Guter, Rick Skwiot, Rachel Smidt, Toky Branding + Design, Michael Austin
Social Impact Publication
No abstract provided.
Social Impact: North Carolina Students Apply Fcab Knowledge,
2015
Washington University in St. Louis
Social Impact: North Carolina Students Apply Fcab Knowledge, Melody Brackett
Social Impact Publication
The students have really enjoyed learning the FCAB curriculum because it both applies to their own personal lives and helps prepare them to work with their clients when they get in the field.
Identifying Differences Between Privatized, Partially Privatized, And Non-Privatized State Foster Care Systems: A Comparative Study Examining Efficiency And Effectiveness,
2015
Virginia Commonwealth University
Identifying Differences Between Privatized, Partially Privatized, And Non-Privatized State Foster Care Systems: A Comparative Study Examining Efficiency And Effectiveness, Dorothy C. Coles
Theses and Dissertations
Privatization of the public child welfare system has become increasingly popular since its introduction in the early 1990s. State governments that initiate the privatization of foster care services rationalize the changes with claims of effectiveness and/or increased efficiency of services for children and families. There has been no real focus on identifying what efficiency of the system means for children and their families, nor what aspects of effectiveness focuses on children in foster care. As a result, the unintended consequences of this total restructuring of foster care bureaucracy, through the privatization of the state foster care system – and its …
Successful Approaches To Ending Female Genital Cutting,
2015
University of Illinois Springfield
Successful Approaches To Ending Female Genital Cutting, Kay Young Mcchesney
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Female genital cutting (FGC) is practiced in 28 African countries; infibulation is practiced in nine African countries. Six unsuccessful approaches to ending FGC are reviewed: cultural absolutism, cultural relativism, health education, feminism, human rights legislation, and psychosocial approaches. Two successful programs that have resulted in communities abandoning FGC, including Tostan in Senegal, are described. Successful programs are community-led, aim to change social norms in the whole community, and empower women. Governments and NGOs should use community-led programs based on participatory methods as recommended interventions in order to promote community-wide abandonment of FGC.
Understanding Fringe Economic Behavior: A Bourdieusian-Informed Meta-Ethnography,
2015
University of South Dakota
Understanding Fringe Economic Behavior: A Bourdieusian-Informed Meta-Ethnography, Peter A. Kindle Phd, Cpa, Lmsw, Mary Caplan
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This paper is a meta-ethnography of four low-income communities in order to explore fringe economic behaviors. Rejecting the interpretation of fringe economic behaviors as irrational, we affirm these behaviors as viable alternatives for people marginalized in the mainstream economy. Using a meta-ethnographic method and employing the concepts of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, we identify the habitus and social capital values of each community as distinct Bourdieusian fields and conclude that an awareness of the localized development of a fringe economic cluster with distinct goals and rules undermines one-size-fits-all social welfare programs.
Relieving Human Suffering: Compassion In Social Policy,
2015
Boston University
Relieving Human Suffering: Compassion In Social Policy, Mary E. Collins, Sarah Garlington, Kate Cooney
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Human suffering is always present in society. There is general consensus that action should be taken to address suffering, but there are differing views as to the appropriate means of doing so. In this paper we utilize a classical understanding of the virtue of compassion to answer the research question: How does contemporary U.S. policy address human suffering through compassionate response? To answer this question, we conduct a critical analysis of three policy domains (hospice care, domestic violence, and disaster relief) to determine variation in response to human suffering. Comparisons among the domains suggest the various ways in which compassion …
Differences In Experiences Of Racial And Ethnic Microaggression Among Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Black, And White Young Adults,
2015
The University of Tennessee Knoxville
Differences In Experiences Of Racial And Ethnic Microaggression Among Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Black, And White Young Adults, Shandra Forrest-Bank, Jeffrey Jenson
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Racial and ethnic discrimination is a significant risk factor for health and mental health problems among non-White children, adolescents, and adults. Recent evidence suggests that a form of discrimination known as microaggression, characterized by subtle and often unintentional acts of discriminatory behavior, is associated with detrimental effects on the psychological and emotional wellbeing of non-White individuals. We examined differences in microaggression experiences among a sample of 409 Asian, Latino, Black, and White young adults. The Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale (Nadal, 2011) was used to measure respondents’ experiences of racial and ethnic microaggression. Young adults in all the non- White …
Health Status, Medicare Part D Enrollment, And Prescription Drug Use Among Older Adults,
2015
Northeastern Illinois University
Health Status, Medicare Part D Enrollment, And Prescription Drug Use Among Older Adults, Jin Kim
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
To account for potential selection factors in the observed relationship between Medicare Part D coverage and prescription drug use, this study uses data from the 2010 and 2012 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to first examine the determinants of Medicare Part D enrollment, paying particular attention to the role of functional health status on the enrollment decision. Next, the study assesses whether and to what extent Medicare Part D coverage moderates the effect of functional health status on prescription drug use and monthly out-of-pocket spending among older adults. As prior studies indicate, the findings reveal that individuals …
Review Of Social Development Theory & Practice. James Midgley. Reviewed By Lynne M. Healy.,
2015
University of Connecticut
Review Of Social Development Theory & Practice. James Midgley. Reviewed By Lynne M. Healy., Lynne M. Healy
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
James Midgley, Social Development Theory & Practice. Sage Publications, (2013), 296 pages, $40.00 (paper), $120.00 (hardcover.)
Review Of Social Protection, Economic Growth And Social Change: Goals, Issues And Trajectories In China, India, Brazil And South Africa. James Midgley And David Piachaud (Eds.). Reviewed By Tanusha Raniga.,
2015
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
Review Of Social Protection, Economic Growth And Social Change: Goals, Issues And Trajectories In China, India, Brazil And South Africa. James Midgley And David Piachaud (Eds.). Reviewed By Tanusha Raniga., Tanusha Raniga
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
James Midgley & David Piachaud (Eds.), Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social Change: Goals, Issues and Trajectories in China, India, Brazil and South Africa. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., (2013), 296 pages, $120.60 (hardback).
Review Of Social Justice In Clinical Practice: A Liberation Health Framework For Social Work. Dawn Belkin Martinez And Ann Fleck-Henderson (Eds.). Reviewed By Nancy Feldman.,
2015
Touro College
Review Of Social Justice In Clinical Practice: A Liberation Health Framework For Social Work. Dawn Belkin Martinez And Ann Fleck-Henderson (Eds.). Reviewed By Nancy Feldman., Nancy Feldman
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Dawn Belkin Martinez & Ann Fleck-Henderson (Eds.), Social Justice in Clinical Practice: A Liberation Health Framework for Social Work. Routledge (2014), 218 pages, $48.95 (paperback), $155.00 (hardcover).
Review Of Youth Work: An Institutional Ethnography Of Youth Homelessness. Naomi Nichols. Reviewed By Melinda Mccormick.,
2015
Western Michigan University
Review Of Youth Work: An Institutional Ethnography Of Youth Homelessness. Naomi Nichols. Reviewed By Melinda Mccormick., Melinda Mccormick
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Naomi Nichols, Youth Work: An Institutional Ethnography of Youth Homelessness. University of Toronto Press, (2014). 158 pp., $24.95, paperback.
