Pub Date : 2023-10-28DOI: 10.1177/10443894231200811
Jeremiah W. Jaggers, Cristina Mogro-Wilson
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Pub Date : 2023-10-19DOI: 10.1177/10443894231183746
Elaine V. Cohen, Manny J. González, Virge Luce, Gladys González-Ramos
This qualitative study examined practice changes of health care practitioners 6 months after attending a multiday continuing professional development program. Practitioners in nine professions were trained in Parkinson’s disease treatment and interprofessional team practice. Thematic analysis of practitioners’ narrative responses identified themes and subthemes of changes in work with patients/families and interprofessional teams. The analysis distinguished knowledge, attitude, and behavior changes. A range of clinically meaningful practice changes, the majority at behavior levels, emerged from a diverse sample. Patient-centered approaches increased, as did interprofessional teamwork, collaboration and movement toward more coordinated, integrated care. Future research should include verifying observational data and assess longer posttraining time periods.
{"title":"Practice Changes of Health Care Practitioners: Posttraining Impact of an Interprofessional Education Program","authors":"Elaine V. Cohen, Manny J. González, Virge Luce, Gladys González-Ramos","doi":"10.1177/10443894231183746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231183746","url":null,"abstract":"This qualitative study examined practice changes of health care practitioners 6 months after attending a multiday continuing professional development program. Practitioners in nine professions were trained in Parkinson’s disease treatment and interprofessional team practice. Thematic analysis of practitioners’ narrative responses identified themes and subthemes of changes in work with patients/families and interprofessional teams. The analysis distinguished knowledge, attitude, and behavior changes. A range of clinically meaningful practice changes, the majority at behavior levels, emerged from a diverse sample. Patient-centered approaches increased, as did interprofessional teamwork, collaboration and movement toward more coordinated, integrated care. Future research should include verifying observational data and assess longer posttraining time periods.","PeriodicalId":47463,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135779417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-18DOI: 10.1177/10443894231193272
Lanae Davis, Hilary Thibodeau
Pathways to Success (Pathways) is a youth-driven intervention designed to prevent homelessness among youth with foster care experience as they approach early adulthood. This formative evaluation measures the feasibility of implementing this intervention and its potential for improving outcomes in several key areas. One hundred twenty-eight youth at risk of homelessness were provided Pathways, and outcomes were measured using pre- and post-survey data. Fidelity measures were established to ensure services were delivered as designed and rates of homelessness significantly decreased, from 37% at pretest to 10% following engagement with Pathways. This formative evaluation builds evidence for Pathways and lays the foundation for future research on homelessness prevention for youth with foster care experience.
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In our increasingly paced society, a lot is expected from care-dependent people. In the Netherlands, everyone is expected to live independently with the help of their social network, but this has proven challenging. In the participatory action research project TOSKoploper, young adults with developmental language disorder (DLD) opened up about their struggles on their way to independent living, including keeping up with the pace at school and work as well as addressing traumatic experiences without family support. They prefer professional assistance in overcoming their problems, but their support needs are hardly acknowledged by professionals in the social domain. They call for people’s patience, appreciation, and support for their capabilities so that they can live an active social life.
{"title":"Stumbling Toward Independent Living: Participatory Action Research With Young Adults With Developmental Language Disorder","authors":"Karijn Aussems, Jet Isarin, Alistair Niemeijer, Christine Dedding","doi":"10.1177/10443894231185193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231185193","url":null,"abstract":"In our increasingly paced society, a lot is expected from care-dependent people. In the Netherlands, everyone is expected to live independently with the help of their social network, but this has proven challenging. In the participatory action research project TOSKoploper, young adults with developmental language disorder (DLD) opened up about their struggles on their way to independent living, including keeping up with the pace at school and work as well as addressing traumatic experiences without family support. They prefer professional assistance in overcoming their problems, but their support needs are hardly acknowledged by professionals in the social domain. They call for people’s patience, appreciation, and support for their capabilities so that they can live an active social life.","PeriodicalId":47463,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135758518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-13DOI: 10.1177/10443894231193058
Ruxandra Mihaela Gheorghe, Sarah Tarshis, Kenta Asakura
Albeit the height of COVID-19 has ended, clinicians have continued to regularly provide online therapy services. In the spring of 2021 during the third wave of COVID-19, we conducted an online survey study to examine psychosocial experiences among mental health clinicians ( N = 196). The survey included two open-ended questions about the use of online therapy as a mode of service delivery. Using a qualitative content analysis of those responses, this article reports the findings on clinicians’ perceptions of online therapy. The following themes identified are: (a) greater access to specialized mental health services, (b) contested notion of therapy as a “safe space,” (c) less immersive clinical interventions, and (d) enhanced opportunity for professional growth. Implications for online-based social work practice are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-07DOI: 10.1177/10443894231191158
Caleb Dafilou, Amanda Feinberg, Stephanie Mitchell, Randall Baylor, Susan Caleb, Kayla Altoonian, Nia Imani Bodrick
In the 25 years since adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) were identified as risk factors for chronic disease in adulthood, there has been limited research on multigenerational ACEs and prevention. Parent Cafés are a program model that engages caregivers in productive conversations centered on the protective factors framework. They integrate strategies of deprofessionalization, cocreation of programming, safe spaces, active listening, social supports, concrete resources, and self-directed or peer-guided cues to action, to optimize their impact. This article explains the development of the Parent Café model and discusses the benefits of its use of a non-expert-led structure, with support from theory and results from a pilot qualitative survey. Future practices should consider taking innovative approaches to adopting, integrating, and evaluating these strategies.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-07DOI: 10.1177/10443894231189768
Suzanne E. U. Kerns, Jon D. Phillips, Elizabeth J. Goldsborough, Dana Hollinshead, Geetha Gopalan, Richard P. Barth
This study was part of a larger study of Partnering for Success, a federally funded initiative focused on providing evidence-based outpatient mental health treatment to children involved with or at risk for involvement with the child welfare system. With a sample of 782 children, the study explored strategies that therapists can use to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in treatment for behavioral problems in children. The results provide promising evidence that racial and ethnic disparities in treatment receipt for behavioral problems are reduced when therapists administer and adhere to the results of standardized screening instruments and participate in clinical consultation.
这项研究是“为成功而合作”(Partnering for Success)大型研究的一部分，该研究是由联邦政府资助的一项倡议，重点是为参与儿童福利系统或有可能参与儿童福利系统的儿童提供基于证据的门诊心理健康治疗。该研究以782名儿童为样本，探索了治疗师在治疗儿童行为问题时可以用来减少种族和民族差异的策略。结果提供了有希望的证据，表明当治疗师管理并坚持标准化筛查工具的结果并参与临床咨询时，行为问题治疗中的种族和民族差异就会减少。
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Pub Date : 2023-09-28DOI: 10.1177/10443894231190251
Saijun Zhang, Flavio F. Marsiglia, Yunxi Zhang
This study investigated the patterns of substance use initiation and transition across tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs over time using retrospective longitudinal data. Based on national data of 18,861 adolescents aged 14 to 17 years who had engaged in substance use, the findings revealed that nearly 50% of these adolescents initiated substance use with alcohol, 18% with tobacco, and 33% with illicit drugs. By the end of the second year, the probability of these adolescents trying a new substance class was 40% to 50%, rising to 80% to 90% by the eighth year. Adolescents who initiated with tobacco or illicit drugs exhibited a higher risk of transition. The study indicates the significant role of all substance classes in initiating adolescent substance use and highlights the rapidity of transitioning to new substance classes, underscoring the importance of proactive prevention and intervention strategies.
{"title":"Adolescents’ Substance Use Initiation and Transitions Across Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drugs: A Survival Analysis Approach","authors":"Saijun Zhang, Flavio F. Marsiglia, Yunxi Zhang","doi":"10.1177/10443894231190251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231190251","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the patterns of substance use initiation and transition across tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs over time using retrospective longitudinal data. Based on national data of 18,861 adolescents aged 14 to 17 years who had engaged in substance use, the findings revealed that nearly 50% of these adolescents initiated substance use with alcohol, 18% with tobacco, and 33% with illicit drugs. By the end of the second year, the probability of these adolescents trying a new substance class was 40% to 50%, rising to 80% to 90% by the eighth year. Adolescents who initiated with tobacco or illicit drugs exhibited a higher risk of transition. The study indicates the significant role of all substance classes in initiating adolescent substance use and highlights the rapidity of transitioning to new substance classes, underscoring the importance of proactive prevention and intervention strategies.","PeriodicalId":47463,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135344771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-28DOI: 10.1177/10443894231185373
Natasha L. Smith, Angela M. Smith, Amber Mott, Brenda D. Smith
Coaching in child welfare settings shows promise as a supplement to traditional agency-based supervision. This study investigates the perceived benefits and challenges of an innovative coaching model for social work students with child welfare internships. Focus groups were conducted with student interns, former interns, and coaches. Focus group participants perceived coaching as helpful for professional development and influential in decisions to stay in child welfare. Participants also contrasted supervision experiences with coaching experiences, finding coaching to be more supportive. Findings point to the potential of coaching and/or strengths-based supervision for fostering commitment to child welfare.
{"title":"Enhancing Supports for Novice Workers in Child Welfare: A Study of Coaching for Child Welfare Interns","authors":"Natasha L. Smith, Angela M. Smith, Amber Mott, Brenda D. Smith","doi":"10.1177/10443894231185373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231185373","url":null,"abstract":"Coaching in child welfare settings shows promise as a supplement to traditional agency-based supervision. This study investigates the perceived benefits and challenges of an innovative coaching model for social work students with child welfare internships. Focus groups were conducted with student interns, former interns, and coaches. Focus group participants perceived coaching as helpful for professional development and influential in decisions to stay in child welfare. Participants also contrasted supervision experiences with coaching experiences, finding coaching to be more supportive. Findings point to the potential of coaching and/or strengths-based supervision for fostering commitment to child welfare.","PeriodicalId":47463,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135344764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-26DOI: 10.1177/10443894231186194
Robert G. Hasson, Bianca LaBella, Antonia Díaz-Valdés, Dawnya Underwood
Unaccompanied children are a growing and vulnerable population of immigrants who are arriving to the United States in increasing numbers, mostly from Central American countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. This study examines sociodemographic factors associated with unaccompanied children requiring family stabilization services as their primary need upon arrival to the United States. The sample includes children who received post-release services from nonprofits throughout the United States ( n = 851). Logistic regression analyses reveal that children from Honduras ( p < .05) and children who are placed with their fathers, compared with other sponsor types such as mothers or siblings ( p < .001), have greater odds of requiring family stabilization services as their primary need. In addition, older children have lower odds of requiring family stabilization services as their primary need ( p < .001). The study includes implications for practice and future research.
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