• 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 ...
• A constructivist grounded theory study of collaboration in multidisciplinary teams responsible for child abuse investigations 

  Young, Teresa H. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  The multidisciplinary team response to child abuse emerged during the 1980's in response to increasing numbers of child abuse reports and the need to coordinate existing community resources more efficiently. This study ...
• Barriers and incentives to mammography screening among African American and Caucasian women in the Mississippi Delta 

  Collins, Shani Kehinde (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

  This study examined barriers and incentives to mammography screening among African American and Caucasian women in the Mississippi Delta. This study sought to identify the most salient barriers and incentives to mammography ...
• Psychosocial barriers to internet use among older adults 

  Maloney, Brian John (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

  The perspectives of a small network of non-Internet adopting older adults were explored. A general inductive approach illuminated a complex social system where both psychological and social factors contributed and influenced ...
• Exploring individual- and community-level predictors and mediators of suboptimal HIV primary care appointment adherence: the importance of place 

  Batey, David Scott (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

  The advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has provided prolonged viral suppression and an extended quality of life for HIV-infected persons. Research ...
• Long-term survival among individuals diagnosed with end stage renal disease: an exploratory study 

  Williams, Jacqueline Trask (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

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• Old age support to parents and parents-in-law in contemporary China 

  Li, Xiao Allison (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

  China's aging population is increasing at an unprecedented rate and along with increasing life expectancies, need for formal and informal sources of old age support will likely grow as well. Chinese traditional family-based ...
• The influence of cultural adaptation on depressive symptoms among young Hispanic immigrants 

  Jaggers, Jeremiah W. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

  This study examines how cultural adaptation and family cohesion impact depressive symptoms in Hispanic immigrants that migrated to the U.S. by the age of 17. Using the National Latino and Asian American Study, a recursive ...
• Social support as a mediator of demographic disparities in contraceptive use among U.S. women 

  Taylor, Jessica Averitt (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

  This study is a secondary data analysis of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2010). Using a selective sample of 2,688 participants, this study examines contraceptive use among U.S. women of reproductive age. ...

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