Parental incarceration is a growing public crisis due to its adverse effects on families and children. To mitigate systemic barriers when working with this population, human services professionals must become proficient with deploying limited resources. This brief report provides recommendations for culturally relevant and trauma-informed interventions that sustain family ties when children and families are affected by incarceration.
{"title":"Recommendations for Supporting Children and Families of Incarcerated Parents","authors":"L. Dunkley, Charlene Harris","doi":"10.52678/2021.jhs.a4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/2021.jhs.a4","url":null,"abstract":"Parental incarceration is a growing public crisis due to its adverse effects on families and children. To mitigate systemic barriers when working with this population, human services professionals must become proficient with deploying limited resources. This brief report provides recommendations for culturally relevant and trauma-informed interventions that sustain family ties when children and families are affected by incarceration.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70918026","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}
Personal wellness for many individuals has been routinely affected over the past year due to the constant developments of the pandemic, racial injustice, and political turmoil. The physical, emotional, and mental toll this has taken on people is seen in news headlines across the country. The purpose of this conceptual article is to highlight the categories of wellness within the Indivisible Self Model of Wellness (IS-Wel), discuss the various ways the pandemic has affected those areas of wellness, and offer ideas on working with clients using the IS-Wel areas of wellness. Helping professionals should be prepared to work with their clients across multiple facets of their personal wellness by being informed about the effects of current events and strategies they can implement to improve on specific areas of wellness.
{"title":"A Look Back at Wellness in 2020-2021","authors":"Brett Gleason, Laurence Sanchez","doi":"10.52678/2021.jhs.a12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/2021.jhs.a12","url":null,"abstract":"Personal wellness for many individuals has been routinely affected over the past year due to the constant developments of the pandemic, racial injustice, and political turmoil. The physical, emotional, and mental toll this has taken on people is seen in news headlines across the country. The purpose of this conceptual article is to highlight the categories of wellness within the Indivisible Self Model of Wellness (IS-Wel), discuss the various ways the pandemic has affected those areas of wellness, and offer ideas on working with clients using the IS-Wel areas of wellness. Helping professionals should be prepared to work with their clients across multiple facets of their personal wellness by being informed about the effects of current events and strategies they can implement to improve on specific areas of wellness.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70918233","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}
Heather Dahl, Tina Vo, Margarita Huerto, Tiberio Garza
COVID-19 has adversely affected helping professionals, causing a rise in anxiety and effects on mental health as people are inundated with scientific information at unprecedented rates. Universities have made extensive changes, which often affect Students of Color disproportionately. Human Services Learners (HSLs) expressed increased professional stressors, while Teacher Education Learners (TELs) leaned on science authority. Students of Color reported lower effects on mental health than their White peers and more wellness strategies. We investigated undergraduate students’ conceptualizations and engagement with COVID-19 connected to professional identity and race/ethnicity, further exploring how students are thinking about their personal mental/physical health with respect to science.
{"title":"Conceptualizing University Students’ Responses to COVID-19: Investigating Race/Ethnicity, Crisis, Mental Health, and Science Literacy","authors":"Heather Dahl, Tina Vo, Margarita Huerto, Tiberio Garza","doi":"10.52678/2021.jhs.a9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/2021.jhs.a9","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 has adversely affected helping professionals, causing a rise in anxiety and effects on mental health as people are inundated with scientific information at unprecedented rates. Universities have made extensive changes, which often affect Students of Color disproportionately. Human Services Learners (HSLs) expressed increased professional stressors, while Teacher Education Learners (TELs) leaned on science authority. Students of Color reported lower effects on mental health than their White peers and more wellness strategies. We investigated undergraduate students’ conceptualizations and engagement with COVID-19 connected to professional identity and race/ethnicity, further exploring how students are thinking about their personal mental/physical health with respect to science.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70918484","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}
Military spouses face many challenges resulting from the military lifestyle, including frequent relocations. This constant moving often result in mental health struggles, career frustration, and an unfamiliarity with local resources that can offer support. With their training and expertise in prevention and coordination, human services professionals (HSPs) are in a key position to address these problems. HSPs are called to equip military spouses with the support they need to survive and thrive in their new communities. This article describes the specific ways HSPs can support transitioning military spouses, promoting mental wellbeing, encouraging career success, and connecting them to community resources.
{"title":"From Surviving to Thriving: Supporting Military Spouses During Transitions","authors":"Rebekah Cole, Rebecca Cowen","doi":"10.52678/2021.jhs.a2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/2021.jhs.a2","url":null,"abstract":"Military spouses face many challenges resulting from the military lifestyle, including frequent relocations. This constant moving often result in mental health struggles, career frustration, and an unfamiliarity with local resources that can offer support. With their training and expertise in prevention and coordination, human services professionals (HSPs) are in a key position to address these problems. HSPs are called to equip military spouses with the support they need to survive and thrive in their new communities. This article describes the specific ways HSPs can support transitioning military spouses, promoting mental wellbeing, encouraging career success, and connecting them to community resources.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70917829","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}
Using a thematic analysis approach, this study explored the experiences of men on probation or parole who participated in an adapted version of mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) for addictive behaviors (Bowen et al., 2011) while receiving services in a community re-entry treatment center. A focus on anger regulation was intentionally integrated into the 8 weekly MBRP group sessions, and participants’ overall experience was investigated through semi-structured interviews at the end of the course. A summary of the study, major findings, and results related to the literature are presented for the consideration of human service professionals working in correctional and community justice systems.
{"title":"Experiences of Male Offenders in a Mindfulness-Based Program: A Qualitative Study","authors":"Reginald W. Holt, M. Pope","doi":"10.52678/2021.jhs.a5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/2021.jhs.a5","url":null,"abstract":"Using a thematic analysis approach, this study explored the experiences of men on probation or parole who participated in an adapted version of mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) for addictive behaviors (Bowen et al., 2011) while receiving services in a community re-entry treatment center. A focus on anger regulation was intentionally integrated into the 8 weekly MBRP group sessions, and participants’ overall experience was investigated through semi-structured interviews at the end of the course. A summary of the study, major findings, and results related to the literature are presented for the consideration of human service professionals working in correctional and community justice systems.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70918426","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}
Many researchers have studied the long-term impact of nontwin sibling separation in foster care, but little is known about the separation of twins. In this study, we examined how one specific set of adult fraternal twin sisters interpreted their personal experiences of separation from each other while in foster care and whether this experience affected their interpersonal relationships. The researchers relied on the theoretical foundations of attachment theory to support the use of existing literature and to integrate the research findings into current child welfare practice for human services professionals. Through personal interviews, each twin was asked to recall experiences from foster care and comment on the effects of being separated from their twin. Thematic analysis of the interview data and observations of the interview process helped to identify four themes: forming successful attachments, mental health issues, trauma history, and number and type of placements experienced. Implications for human services professionals working in social services agencies with youth in foster care are also discussed.
{"title":"Exploration of Twin Separation and Adult Experiences: A Qualitative Study","authors":"Jocelyne Coan Bond, J. Coker","doi":"10.52678/2021.jhs.a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/2021.jhs.a1","url":null,"abstract":"Many researchers have studied the long-term impact of nontwin sibling separation in foster care, but little is known about the separation of twins. In this study, we examined how one specific set of adult fraternal twin sisters interpreted their personal experiences of separation from each other while in foster care and whether this experience affected their interpersonal relationships. The researchers relied on the theoretical foundations of attachment theory to support the use of existing literature and to integrate the research findings into current child welfare practice for human services professionals. Through personal interviews, each twin was asked to recall experiences from foster care and comment on the effects of being separated from their twin. Thematic analysis of the interview data and observations of the interview process helped to identify four themes: forming successful attachments, mental health issues, trauma history, and number and type of placements experienced. Implications for human services professionals working in social services agencies with youth in foster care are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70918075","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}
The human services profession calls for practitioners to be fit for the profession, a concept reflected in its ethical standards. It is imperative that human services students understand and abide by these ethical standards. However, many students might not receive adequate training and experience with Ethical Standards for Human Service Professionals (ESHSP) or ethics in addition to facing fitness issues during their training and beyond. This article describes a human services program’s professional fitness policy and ethical programming and reviews the need for attaining and maintaining professional fitness and adequate ethical development for human services students. Implications of such fitness policies and ethics programming for the profession are discussed along with limitations to these practices.
{"title":"The Relationship Between Fitness for the Profession and Ethical Development: An Undergraduate Human Services Program Model","authors":"M. Troy, Sonja Lund, Paul A. Datti","doi":"10.52678/2021.jhs.a7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/2021.jhs.a7","url":null,"abstract":"The human services profession calls for practitioners to be fit for the profession, a concept reflected in its ethical standards. It is imperative that human services students understand and abide by these ethical standards. However, many students might not receive adequate training and experience with Ethical Standards for Human Service Professionals (ESHSP) or ethics in addition to facing fitness issues during their training and beyond. This article describes a human services program’s professional fitness policy and ethical programming and reviews the need for attaining and maintaining professional fitness and adequate ethical development for human services students. Implications of such fitness policies and ethics programming for the profession are discussed along with limitations to these practices.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70918565","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}
For students enrolled in undergraduate human services programs, the problematic behavior of peers can be challenging to manage. However, addressing problems of professional competency among human services trainees is essential given that human services trainees will become future professionals in this field. This study surveyed human services students (N = 78) in undergraduate programs about their knowledge of peers’ problems with professional competency. The findings revealed information about perceptions of peers’ problematic behaviors. More studies are needed to examine other factors that might affect perceptions of such behavior in human services training programs.
{"title":"Perceived Problematic Behaviors of Human Service Trainees: A Qualitative Study","authors":"M. Shuler","doi":"10.52678/2021.jhs.a8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/2021.jhs.a8","url":null,"abstract":"For students enrolled in undergraduate human services programs, the problematic behavior of peers can be challenging to manage. However, addressing problems of professional competency among human services trainees is essential given that human services trainees will become future professionals in this field. This study surveyed human services students (N = 78) in undergraduate programs about their knowledge of peers’ problems with professional competency. The findings revealed information about perceptions of peers’ problematic behaviors. More studies are needed to examine other factors that might affect perceptions of such behavior in human services training programs.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70918413","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}
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted human services education programs to rapidly rethink the structure of their fieldwork offerings. Mandated social restrictions led to the creation of alternative options to in-person internships. Some of these options included assignment-based tasks, online workshops and trainings, work-based experiences, limited in-person contact at fieldwork sites, and remote internships. For many programs, remote internships were a novel idea that needed to be quickly developed and implemented. The rise of telehealth services and the unknowns of a post-COVID world leave open the possibility of an increase in remote human services internships for the future. This qualitative study takes a first look at what the field of human services has learned about remote internships, including strengths, challenges, and recommendations, and discusses the role that remote internships might play in the future of human services education.
{"title":"Human Services Remote Internships: What We Have Learned and Where We Are Headed","authors":"Nicholas Kras, J. Keenan","doi":"10.52678/2021.jhs.a11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/2021.jhs.a11","url":null,"abstract":"The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted human services education programs to rapidly rethink the structure of their fieldwork offerings. Mandated social restrictions led to the creation of alternative options to in-person internships. Some of these options included assignment-based tasks, online workshops and trainings, work-based experiences, limited in-person contact at fieldwork sites, and remote internships. For many programs, remote internships were a novel idea that needed to be quickly developed and implemented. The rise of telehealth services and the unknowns of a post-COVID world leave open the possibility of an increase in remote human services internships for the future. This qualitative study takes a first look at what the field of human services has learned about remote internships, including strengths, challenges, and recommendations, and discusses the role that remote internships might play in the future of human services education.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70918144","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}
This article leads off the special issue’s first section on Health, Mental Health, and Well-Being Today Among Marginalized Populations. It draws from multiple disciplines to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural areas of the United States. Presenting a synthesis of literature on rural vaccine hesitancy and emerging research and scientific opinion on COVID 19, we identify likely factors in rural decision-making about COVID-19 vaccination. Vaccination is underway, with plans to provide access to every U.S. resident. However, polls suggest vaccine hesitancy may compromise our ability to reach the goal of herd immunity, and rural residents express more hesitancy than their urban and suburban counterparts. Drawing on Thomson et al.’s (2016) identification of five dimensions of vaccine uptake, we use a social-ecological approach to propose actions to increase vaccine acceptance on individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and cultural levels. This conceptual paper is a starting point for rural health and human services administrators and practitioners seeking to reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in their communities in this early stage of COVID-19 vaccination.
{"title":"“Plenty of Vaccines, but Not Enough Arms”: A Social-Ecological Approach to COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Rural US Communities","authors":"Leandra M. Smollin, Amy Lubitow","doi":"10.52678/001c.75374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/001c.75374","url":null,"abstract":"This article leads off the special issue’s first section on Health, Mental Health, and Well-Being Today Among Marginalized Populations. It draws from multiple disciplines to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural areas of the United States. Presenting a synthesis of literature on rural vaccine hesitancy and emerging research and scientific opinion on COVID 19, we identify likely factors in rural decision-making about COVID-19 vaccination. Vaccination is underway, with plans to provide access to every U.S. resident. However, polls suggest vaccine hesitancy may compromise our ability to reach the goal of herd immunity, and rural residents express more hesitancy than their urban and suburban counterparts. Drawing on Thomson et al.’s (2016) identification of five dimensions of vaccine uptake, we use a social-ecological approach to propose actions to increase vaccine acceptance on individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and cultural levels. This conceptual paper is a starting point for rural health and human services administrators and practitioners seeking to reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in their communities in this early stage of COVID-19 vaccination.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44746457","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}
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