Pub Date : 2024-07-24DOI: 10.1177/10793739241253224
Tiffany L. Gallagher, Kevin Gosine, Darlene Ciuffetelli Parker
Increasingly, the non-profit sector is expected to provide services for which the state previously took responsibility, and plays a vital role in providing key supports, such as those related to literacy and building social capital. In a jurisdiction of Ontario, Canada, local funding for literacy programs ceased without warning. In this qualitative study, stakeholders consisting of program users ( n = 72), staff ( n = 11), and program leads ( n = 8) shared their experiences regarding the goals, activities, impacts, and needs of the programs through interviews and focus groups. Findings illuminate both challenges and recommendations for future implementation in three themes: (1) Identifying and reconciling funding gaps and restrictions; (2) requiring supports for human resources; and (3) communicating, cooperating, and collaborating to survive. The challenges faced by financially strapped, non-profit entities highlight a fundamental contradiction within neoliberal ideology: Neoliberal-induced funding scarcity within the non-profit sector can undermine the capacity of community organizations to promote neoliberal ideals related to self-reliance and resilience.
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Domestic violence occurs with far too much frequency, with an average of 24 people per minute being victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States (The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, n.d.). Domestic violence shelters are typically 501c3 nonprofits which provide services to victims fleeing violence. This paper explores how shelters within the state of Arkansas have exhibited resiliency over the course of the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the 40% cuts required due to changes in the Crime Victims Fund (CVF), the primary source of funding for most shelters. Our findings reveal varied abilities to respond to these co-occurring stressors and found that contracting COVID-19, fears about closing, concerns over victims, and especially funding, weighed heavily on the minds of shelter staff We also found that shelter staff who stayed were resilient, fully invested in their organizations and the clients they serve, and looking onward to the future.
{"title":"Arkansas Domestic Violence shelters: Resilience in the Face of Multiple Challenges","authors":"Amber Overholser, Jennifer Kelton-Huff","doi":"10.37808/jhhsa.46.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37808/jhhsa.46.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Domestic violence occurs with far too much frequency, with an average of 24 people per minute being victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States (The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, n.d.). Domestic violence shelters are typically 501c3 nonprofits which provide services to victims fleeing violence. This paper explores how shelters within the state of Arkansas have exhibited resiliency over the course of the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the 40% cuts required due to changes in the Crime Victims Fund (CVF), the primary source of funding for most shelters. Our findings reveal varied abilities to respond to these co-occurring stressors and found that contracting COVID-19, fears about closing, concerns over victims, and especially funding, weighed heavily on the minds of shelter staff We also found that shelter staff who stayed were resilient, fully invested in their organizations and the clients they serve, and looking onward to the future.","PeriodicalId":15909,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health and human services administration","volume":"116 6","pages":"1 - 25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140090722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charlene M. L. Roach, Acolla Lewis-Cameron, Tenisha Brown-Williams
This qualitative exploratory study examined the effectiveness of organizational resilience processes adopted by Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) during a global crisis. Study results showed that the DMOs' organizational resilience engaged strategies fostered within a positive work climate (PWC) where dynamic processes of resilience capabilities emerged for Caribbean SIDS. These organizational resilience processes are complex and dynamic, with an interplay of both internal and external influences. The study offers practical and theoretical implications for public organizations in the service sector, where an integrated framework for engaging resilience strategies and capabilities processes emerges.
{"title":"Organizational Resilience In Public Sector Organizations: Destination Management Organizations","authors":"Charlene M. L. Roach, Acolla Lewis-Cameron, Tenisha Brown-Williams","doi":"10.37808/jhhsa.46.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37808/jhhsa.46.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"This qualitative exploratory study examined the effectiveness of organizational resilience processes adopted by Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) during a global crisis. Study results showed that the DMOs' organizational resilience engaged strategies fostered within a positive work climate (PWC) where dynamic processes of resilience capabilities emerged for Caribbean SIDS. These organizational resilience processes are complex and dynamic, with an interplay of both internal and external influences. The study offers practical and theoretical implications for public organizations in the service sector, where an integrated framework for engaging resilience strategies and capabilities processes emerges.","PeriodicalId":15909,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health and human services administration","volume":"124 28","pages":"26 - 49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140089149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pamela S. Medina, Lauren Azevedo, Wanzhu Shi, Matt T. Bagwell
Women have faced disproportionate negative health and economic impacts from COVID-19. This study explores gender differences in work-life balance among female and male public affairs faculty during the pandemic. Drawing on social role theory and the theory of gendered organizations, we survey faculty from the 176 NASPAA accredited schools to examine how gender, workload, institutional support, and domestic responsibilities impacted work-life balance during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results suggest that work-life balance was impacted in different ways by gender, domestic responsibilities, workload (teaching, research, and service), and institutional support policies related to the pandemic. An examination of qualitative data from faculty surveys revealed that increased demands, including homeschooling, childcare, domestic responsibilities, among other demands, lowered work life balance satisfaction. Several recommendations are made for addressing work-life imbalances and gender differences among higher education administration practitioners.
{"title":"Gender and Work-Life Balance During COVID-19: A Study of Public Affairs Faculty","authors":"Pamela S. Medina, Lauren Azevedo, Wanzhu Shi, Matt T. Bagwell","doi":"10.37808/jhhsa.46.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37808/jhhsa.46.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Women have faced disproportionate negative health and economic impacts from COVID-19. This study explores gender differences in work-life balance among female and male public affairs faculty during the pandemic. Drawing on social role theory and the theory of gendered organizations, we survey faculty from the 176 NASPAA accredited schools to examine how gender, workload, institutional support, and domestic responsibilities impacted work-life balance during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results suggest that work-life balance was impacted in different ways by gender, domestic responsibilities, workload (teaching, research, and service), and institutional support policies related to the pandemic. An examination of qualitative data from faculty surveys revealed that increased demands, including homeschooling, childcare, domestic responsibilities, among other demands, lowered work life balance satisfaction. Several recommendations are made for addressing work-life imbalances and gender differences among higher education administration practitioners.","PeriodicalId":15909,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health and human services administration","volume":" June","pages":"50 - 76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140092760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Conard, Cindy Parnell, P. Julian, Michael Keller, M. Armstrong
Aims and Objectives: To explore the lived experience of homeless veterans during the COVID- 19 pandemic. Background: Homelessness is problematic in military veterans especially in a pandemic. Qualitative studies are needed to determine the needs of homeless military veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: A qualitative, phenomenological approach was used to analyze data from interviews with homeless military veterans who had experienced the COVID-19 pandemic. Lincoln & Guba’s Qualitative Integrity Framework was used for Methodological Rigor. Data Collection: Semi-structured audiotaped interviews with field notes were used. Data Analysis: Creswell’s method of analyzing significant statements and the generation of meaningful units and essence description were implemented. Results: These already vulnerable homeless military veterans described fear, social isolation, psychological, employment, and financial consequences, as well as health care delivery changes during COVID. Conclusions: This study highlighted the disparities homeless military veterans experienced during the COVID- 19 pandemic. Nurses should understand the health and social concerns of this population to foster interventions that will help them adapt and persevere through a crisis.
{"title":"Experiencing COVID-19 through the Eyes of Homeless Military Veterans: A Qualitative Study","authors":"P. Conard, Cindy Parnell, P. Julian, Michael Keller, M. Armstrong","doi":"10.37808/jhhsa.45.3.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37808/jhhsa.45.3.3","url":null,"abstract":"Aims and Objectives: To explore the lived experience of homeless veterans during the COVID- 19 pandemic. Background: Homelessness is problematic in military veterans especially in a pandemic. Qualitative studies are needed to determine the needs of homeless military veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: A qualitative, phenomenological approach was used to analyze data from interviews with homeless military veterans who had experienced the COVID-19 pandemic. Lincoln & Guba’s Qualitative Integrity Framework was used for Methodological Rigor. Data Collection: Semi-structured audiotaped interviews with field notes were used. Data Analysis: Creswell’s method of analyzing significant statements and the generation of meaningful units and essence description were implemented. Results: These already vulnerable homeless military veterans described fear, social isolation, psychological, employment, and financial consequences, as well as health care delivery changes during COVID. Conclusions: This study highlighted the disparities homeless military veterans experienced during the COVID- 19 pandemic. Nurses should understand the health and social concerns of this population to foster interventions that will help them adapt and persevere through a crisis.","PeriodicalId":15909,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health and human services administration","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43324336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
There is scarce information about the institutional mechanisms creating the demographic portrait of sanctioned doctors published in the U.S. Office of Inspector General's (OIG) List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE). The current study examines the demographic characteristics of 1,289 physicians who appeared in the LEIE during a five-year period from 2008 to 2013. The results of a multivariate logistic regression found that sex, country of medical school training, and medical specialty were associated with being excluded by the OIG for a quality of care matter. Findings suggest the demographic portrait of doctors in the LEIE reflects the interplay between the doctors' behaviors and the actions of various agencies. A demographic portrait of physician violators,if one considers the mechanisms generating the list, can be useful for public policy recommendations and action.
{"title":"Two Paths, One Destination: A Demographic Portrait of Physicians Sanctioned by the Federal Government","authors":"Bryan Burton, Diana Sun, P. Jesilow, H. Pontell","doi":"10.37808/jhhsa.45.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37808/jhhsa.45.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"There is scarce information about the institutional mechanisms creating the demographic portrait of sanctioned doctors published in the U.S. Office of Inspector General's (OIG) List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE). The current study examines the demographic characteristics of 1,289 physicians who appeared in the LEIE during a five-year period from 2008 to 2013. The results of a multivariate logistic regression found that sex, country of medical school training, and medical specialty were associated with being excluded by the OIG for a quality of care matter. Findings suggest the demographic portrait of doctors in the LEIE reflects the interplay between the doctors' behaviors and the actions of various agencies. A demographic portrait of physician violators,if one considers the mechanisms generating the list, can be useful for public policy recommendations and action.","PeriodicalId":15909,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health and human services administration","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42518109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Administrative burdens emerge in citizen-state interactions, and one area with burdens for both providers and users is deathcare. Death managers deal with dirty work daily, so often suffer stigmatization. They also are often low resourced and face incredible burnout and stress. Families and loved ones face the burden of death-related paperwork and burial. This research draws on U.S. deathcare professionals’ knowledge to introduce dirty work costs to the existing administrative burden framework, while also offering a research agenda to uncover and ideally reduce administrative burdens for both citizens and death managers.
{"title":"The Administrative Burden of Public Sector Death Management","authors":"Staci M. Zavattaro","doi":"10.37808/jhhsa.45.3.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37808/jhhsa.45.3.2","url":null,"abstract":"Administrative burdens emerge in citizen-state interactions, and one area with burdens for both providers and users is deathcare. Death managers deal with dirty work daily, so often suffer stigmatization. They also are often low resourced and face incredible burnout and stress. Families and loved ones face the burden of death-related paperwork and burial. This research draws on U.S. deathcare professionals’ knowledge to introduce dirty work costs to the existing administrative burden framework, while also offering a research agenda to uncover and ideally reduce administrative burdens for both citizens and death managers.","PeriodicalId":15909,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health and human services administration","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70043822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tiffany Hoang, Jennifer K. Felner, S. Flanigan, M. Carroll
How do people experiencing homelessness make decisions about accepting or avoiding social services and health care? The study presented here seeks to answer this question by drawing on remotely-gathered surveys (n=244) and in-depth interviews (n=57) with unhoused people during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we explore service-seeking behaviors and processes to understand how to best support people experiencing homelessness during current and future public health disasters. We find that homelessness services systems are often fragmented, increasing administrative burdens such as learning costs (Herd & Moynihan 2018, 2020) and driving unhoused people away from seeking the support they actually need. Four organizing themes centered on temporary housing, health care and medical racism, precarious employment, and self-preservation became apparent within the broader systems challenges. Findings provide insight into the survival strategies of people experiencing homelessness, including how and why people avoid services. Findings point to systems-level recommendations for better aligning homelessness-serving systems with the actual needs of unhoused people themselves. Lastly, the research approach described here offers lessons learned regarding doing social science research with people experiencing homelessness during public health disasters.
{"title":"Psychological Costs and Administrative Burdens Produce Systemic Service Avoidance among People Experiencing Homelessness","authors":"Tiffany Hoang, Jennifer K. Felner, S. Flanigan, M. Carroll","doi":"10.37808/jhhsa.45.3.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37808/jhhsa.45.3.4","url":null,"abstract":"How do people experiencing homelessness make decisions about accepting or avoiding social services and health care? The study presented here seeks to answer this question by drawing on remotely-gathered surveys (n=244) and in-depth interviews (n=57) with unhoused people during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we explore service-seeking behaviors and processes to understand how to best support people experiencing homelessness during current and future public health disasters. We find that homelessness services systems are often fragmented, increasing administrative burdens such as learning costs (Herd & Moynihan 2018, 2020) and driving unhoused people away from seeking the support they actually need. Four organizing themes centered on temporary housing, health care and medical racism, precarious employment, and self-preservation became apparent within the broader systems challenges. Findings provide insight into the survival strategies of people experiencing homelessness, including how and why people avoid services. Findings point to systems-level recommendations for better aligning homelessness-serving systems with the actual needs of unhoused people themselves. Lastly, the research approach described here offers lessons learned regarding doing social science research with people experiencing homelessness during public health disasters.","PeriodicalId":15909,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health and human services administration","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47819686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suzie S. Weng, J. Barreras, Stacey Nguyen, Sara Nourazari
The COVID-19 global pandemic imposed many challenges to healthcare systems. Integrated health agencies deployed their own strategies to accommodate the drastic changes; however, the perspectives of essential workers in these settings are scant. This study focused on understanding how integrated health agencies responded to the pandemic in its earlier months from the perspectives of social workers providing services in these settings, as they are instrumental to the delivery of behavioral health care. A qualitative study was conducted using constant comparison analysis and the data interpreted from a social constructivist approach. Four main themes emerged: pandemic impact on continuity of service delivery, services, patient interaction, and areas of improvement. Findings from this study can assist in understanding how unique healthcare settings with a systematic coordination of general and behavioral health care responded to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, and highlights opportunities to improve preparedness for future similar events.
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Madeline Y. Lee, Kya Barounis, A. Hazen, G. Aarons, Danielle L. Fettes
Accreditation could potentially improve an under-resourced, overburdened child welfare system. As the first study to use national-level data to focus on the Council on Accreditation (COA) in public child welfare, this research note explores: 1) the landscape of accreditation and 2) how accreditation is related to agencies' structure (environment of care, organizational capacity). According to COA data from 2018, 29 child welfare agencies in the U.S. were accredited-four state-administered, two counties in state-administered systems, eight counties in one hybrid system, and 15 county-administered. Data from the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II) found that, while accredited and non-accredited agencies were comparable on most structural factors, participation in Title IV-E waiver demonstration projects and less collaboration with substance abuse treatment providers were associated with accreditation. This research note sets the foundation for further evaluating accreditation's impact in child welfare.
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