Four Factors That Help Women Leave Abusive Relationships, Jason B. Whiting

Faculty Publications

Being mistreated by the person you love, especially when physical abuse is involved, is one of the most frightening and traumatic experiences a woman can face, and it is hard to know what to do when it happens. A woman who is a victim of violence faces a particularly complicated dilemma. Should she stay or go? Although this may seem to be an easy choice, as discussed in my last post, there are many issues that can make it difficult for a victim of domestic violence to leave. For instance, victimized women often love and feel committed to their partner, …

Exit By Grizelda Grootboom, Anne Mayne

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

No abstract provided.

From Victim To Healer: How Surviving Sex Trafficking Informs Therapeutic Practice, Emily M. Waters

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

No abstract provided.

Parent-Child Interaction Techniques And Traumatized Children, Tara Boer

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

No abstract provided.

Cloud-Based Learning Tools: Supporting The Invisible Learner (Silent Sufferers) With Socioeconomic Challenges, Lynita A. Robinson Emba, Jimmy Johnson

Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference

Today's students are learning at unprecedented speeds. There are a pockets of learners who may be isolated/silent sufferers who face tremendous socioeconomic challenges while seeking higher education. Providing cloud-based technology solutions to strengthen support services and family learning engagement through a series of student family portals will provide the support needed to make student learning opportunities family-based projects or community-based projects successful in graduation completion rates and job placement opportunities.

Preparation Is The Key To Facing Whatever May Come Your Way, Michael Preston

UCF Forum

Professional football coach George Allen was famously quoted as saying: “Winning is the science of being totally prepared.”

Infertility And Fertility Intentions, Desires, And Outcomes Among Us Women, Karina M. Shreffler, Stacy Tiemeyer, Cassandra Dorius, Tiffany Spierling, Arthur L. Greil, Julia Mcquillan

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Little is known about how the experience of infertility or identification as someone with infertility shapes women’s fertility intentions, desires, or birth outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to help fill this gap in knowledge for fertility-intentions research.

METHODS Using data from the National Survey of Fertility Barriers (NSFB), we use linear and logistic regression methods to assess how infertility and parity statuses are associated with fertility intentions and desires, as well as how statuses at one point in time predict birth three years later.

RESULTS We find that infertility is associated with lower fertility intentions. …

Mythic Moments

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

An exhibition at HKDI this autumn aimed to introduce the power of photography through a series of family portraits that combined simplicity and emotional depth.

Music For Prosperity, Allison Dang, Spencer Keane, William Knights

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Infant mortality is the passing of a child before his/her first birthday. With the fifth highest infant mortality rate in the United States, infant mortality is increasingly becoming a larger and more detrimental problem, especially in South Linden, Ohio. Out of every one thousand children in South Linden, 20.3 of them will not make it to their first birthday. However, despite the staggering statistics, many are not aware of the issue, and counter infant mortality, including those who live in South Linden. Thus, Music for Prosperity was created to address the lack of awareness to address the lack of awareness …

Columbus Scholar House: Innovative Housing For Student Parents, Isabel Toth, Traci Lewis, Denise Liston, Nancy Hood, Sarah French, Davita Tucker

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Almost one-quarter of the U.S. college students are also parents. Many student parents are single parents, grew up in households with limited financials resources, or are the first in their families to attend college. Stable, quality, affordable housing is a critical foundation for student parents to be successful but there are limited housing options for this student subgroup. Supporting high-quality early learning opportunities for children of student parents is also a priority based on evidence from two-generation approaches to breaking the cycle of poverty.

What We Learned Adopting 4 Children, Joel Gardner

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

What happens when a family of three adopts four siblings? In this visual, interactive poster presentation, you will learn from the five oldest members of the Gardner family. We will share our experiences as birth child, adopted children, and adoptive parents. We will highlight what we have learned through this experience and share what we think you should do if you plan to adopt or are being adopted.

Collaborating A Shared Vision Of Child And Family Well Being, Tom Standish

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are major factors contributing to both physical and mental illness. ACEs include: physical/sexual abuse, neglect, domestic/community violence, parental separation/divorce, household substance abuse, household mental illness. ACEs in a culture of poverty furthers: unemployment/underemployment, social isolation, poor housing, early death, mental illness, higher suicide, high risk behaviors, alcohol substance abuse, physical illness, a navigational quagmire. However, people do build resiliency. People do recover.

Franklin County Teen Pregnancy, Sharon D. Sachs

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

• Since 2007, advocating for and serving Franklin County pregnant and parenting teens (PPT).
• Managing an 11 organization/15 program service collaborative - Healthy Families Connection (HFC).
• Assessing impact on lives of PPT as progress toward 6 outcomes. • Conducting studies and surveys.
• Promoting community standards of service to PPT.

Franklin County Youth Needs Assessment, Becky Zwicki

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

No abstract provided.

Parenting In The Moment, Luralyn M. Helming, Jordan Helming

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Family time is important to both of us, but a predictable schedule of when it will occur is simply not always possible."

Posting about making adjustments in family life from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/parenting-in-the-moment/

Note: Legal Recognition Of The Battered-Child Syndrome

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Compulsory Medical Treatment - A Moral Evaluation, Robert H. Springer, S.J.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Impotence In Canon Law, Piero L. Frattin

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Breast Is Best: Determinants Of Breastfeeding In Bali, Leah Hardenbergh

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Breastfeeding greatly benefits the health of newborns, providing them with needed antibodies and protection from numerous diseases, including some of the leading causes of infant mortality. This paper explores breastfeeding practices in Bali, and the wide array of factors that have led to these practices. After discussing how breastfeeding fits into the larger context of maternal and newborn health, I explain factors in Bali that affect a woman’s decision to breastfeed and experience while breastfeeding. Determinants include those related to health, financial position, and social status. I explore the history of formula companies and formula as an alternative to breastmilk, …

Family Inc., Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

It is a tough act to strike a delicate balance between family and business, says a fifth-generation business owner