• Social work education and social justice: an examination through the social justice education perspective 

  Bell, Amber Dawn (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) develops and oversees curriculum standards of social work education programs which sets the tone for what is disseminated in these programs. As a specialized accrediting agency ...
• Relationships between social sector spending, public healthcare spending, and mental health service use 

  McKinney, Robert Earl (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Recent research suggests that increased governmental social sector spending, those monies allocated for such diverse things as transportation infrastructure, parks, police and fire protection, education, and income support, ...
• Family Victim Advocates: The Importance of Critical Job Duties 

  Young, Teresa H.; Williams, Javonda; Nelson-Gardell, Debra (2014)

  Child advocacy centers across the United States intervened in more than 250,000 child abuse cases in 2011(National Children’s Alliance, 2012). Understanding the work of family victim advocates is imperative to helping ...
• Immigration status, peer victimization, and negative emotions as they relate to bullying behavior among school-aged children 

  Yang, Fan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Bullying encompasses aggressive behaviors in a situation where an individual experiences negative actions from one or more individuals repeatedly and over time in the forms of emotional, verbal, physical, race-based, and ...
• Healthcare payer type and HIV health: a retrospective analysis 

  Kay, Emma Sophia (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  There are over half a million people living with HIV (PLWH) in the United States, all of whom require access to regular healthcare services in order to live with the disease. Borne out of the previously-fatal nature of ...
• Who’s in, who’s out: a descriptive analysis of demographic and contextual factors related to labor force participation among older adults 

  White-Chapman, Nyshetia (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  As the proportion of older adults in the United States grows, there are significant concerns surrounding economic well-being in retirement. The two major components of the U.S retirement income system, Social Security and ...
• Breast cancer risk factors in a sexual minority population: an examination of the 2014 and 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 

  Carter, Vicky L. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  This study is a secondary data analysis of the 2014 and 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Using a sample of 3,082 respondents, in three racial categories- White, African American, and Hispanic, this ...
• Qualitative service review as a learning strategy for child welfare practice improvement 

  Womack, Bethany Grace (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  The mission of public child welfare agencies is to help children grow up in families that can provide safety, permanency and well-being. Child welfare systems are notoriously complex and workloads heavy, but all participate ...
• State legislator perceptions of the political advocacy involvement of nonprofit human service organizations 

  Knierim, Matthew Thomas (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Advocacy has long been a central tenant of the social work profession. From its inception, the profession of social work has considered itself a vehicle for social change by providing a voice for those who have been ...
• Exploring the life experiences of Afro-Caribbean immigrant women living with HIV: a phenomenological investigation 

  Cooper, Krista (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

  Over 35 million individuals across the globe are living with HIV, nearly one-half of whom are women (UNAIDS, 2013). In the most affected areas, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, women comprise up to 60% of those living ...
• Validation of the self-care utility geriatric African American rating (SUGAAR) for type 2 diabetes 

  McCaskill, Gina Marie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

  The primary purpose of this study was to further develop the SUGAAR, an instrument designed to assess the self-care practices of older African American with type 2 diabetes. The instrument was initiated as a project for a ...
• The effect of complex trauma on children in the child welfare system: exploring the relationship between complex trauma, placement, and behavior using secondary data analysis 

  Reed, Katelyn Lor (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  This study used secondary data analysis to both identify and evaluate children with complex trauma who have interacted with the child protective services system. The study addressed a current gap in the literature by ...
• Grandparent caregivers: factors contributing to their experience of life satisfaction 

  Coleman-Reed, Freda Veronica (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Globally, the number of grandparents providing primary, custodial, or co-parenting for biological and legal grandchildren has grown progressively. Often time examination of grandparent caregiving occurs through the lens ...
• Attitudinal professionalism among social work license holders in China 

  Tang, Ning (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  The social work profession has become a crucial political tool in China’s welfare and social service delivery system. In the Mid- to Long-term Planning of Building Social Work Professional Community (2011-2020), the state ...
• A grounded theory study of the context of gay-straight alliance formation and maintenance in the deep south 

  Young, Sarah Reta (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth are a population at risk of many negative health and mental health outcomes due to the stigma and oppression they may face at home, in school, and in the community. ...
• Effectiveness of case management intervention to improve treatment outcomes: a study using secondary data analysis to compare outcomes for juvenile sex offenders 

  Fowler, Mandi R. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  This study compared two consecutively offered treatment programs to compare “treatment only” to treatment with the addition of case management services in a community-based treatment program for juvenile sex offenders. The ...
• The role of self-efficacy on child welfare workers' fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) training and practice 

  Durkin, Kristy Michele (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  This study is a secondary data analysis of a purposeful sample of frontline child welfare workers (i.e. child protect services, foster care workers). The purpose of this study was to test whether child welfare workers ...
• Care transitions in outpatient cancer settings: processes and social work roles 

  Broussard, Crystal Scroggins (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  About 1.6 million new cancer diagnoses are expected in 2016 and most individuals will receive treatment in one of 1500 outpatient community cancer centers (ACS, 2016). While many are successfully treated, other individuals ...
• School-based parent involvement: an investigation of comprehensive special education services, satisfaction with services, & race 

  Pincham King, Jessica (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Parent involvement in special education encompasses parental activities in the school, engagement with school personnel, engagement in school, community, or home based activities, and advocating on behalf of a child with ...
• An examination of social capital as a delinquency protective factor for youth living in impoverished neighborhoods 

  Hopkins, Julie Taylor (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  This research utilized the Mobile Youth Study (MYS), a community-based multiple cohort longitudinal study of at-risk behaviors of youth living in the Mobile, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The extent that ...

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