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Who’s in the House? Staffing in Long-Term Care Homes before & during COVID-19 Pandemic
(Sage, 2022)Critical gaps exist in our knowledge on how best to provide quality person-centered care to long-term care (LTC) home residents which is closely tied to not knowing what the ideal staff is complement in the home. A survey ... -
Exploring the Dimensionality of Trauma-Informed Care: Implications for Theory and Practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-01-06)The current study expands research on trauma-informed care by exploring the theoretical model proposed by Harris and Fallot (2001). In previous research the dimensions of trauma-informed care were found to have large ... -
Educating unaccompanied children in US shelters
(University of Oxford, 2019-03)Educational services provided to unaccompanied children in government-funded shelters in the US must be examined more critically in order to better meet the children’s varied needs – and federal standards for public education. -
New models for alternatives to detention in the US
(University of Oxford, 2013-09)While there is growing recognition of the value of community-based alternatives to detention in the US, shortfalls in funding and political will are hindering implementation of improved services and best practice. -
Me perdía en la escuela: Latino newcomer youth in the U.S. school system
(Oxford University Press, 2020-04-01)Unaccompanied minors, or “newcomer youths,” come to the United States from Mexico and Central America to escape violence and persecution, and to seek financial and academic opportunities. Many newcomer youths arrive with ... -
“They Just Took Him Out of My Life”: Nursing Home Care Partner Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Healio, 2022-02-01)On March 13, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) closed nursing homes to visitors to protect nursing home residents from COVID-19 and they were closed for a year. There has been limited research on ... -
Orientation, Parent Engagement, Tutoring, Summer Programs, and College Support: How a City is Helping Immigrant Students
(Gexin, 2022-01-03)One in four children in U.S. schools are part of an immigrant family, and we need to ensure that there are enough, and culturally sensitive services available to meet their needs and help them succeed educationally. Using ... -
A Human Rights Approach to Macro Social Work Field Education with Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
(Springer, 2020-11-27)In recent years, record numbers of unaccompanied immigrant children have migrated to the US, with 2019 being the highest year yet. The majority of unaccompanied children have overcome traumatic experiences and violations ... -
Unaccompanied immigrant children in long-term foster care: Identifying and operationalizing child welfare outcomes
(Wiley, 2022-01-22)The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 was developed with the goal of increasing the safety, permanency and well-being of children involved in US child welfare systems. A growing number of unaccompanied immigrant ... -
Life Satisfaction in the City
(Il Mulino, 2021)Colombia is known as one of the happiest countries in the world despite poverty, crime and government corruption. This paper reports on a survey of life satisfaction conducted in Cali, the third largest city in the country, ... -
CONTESTING PLACE NAMES: THE EAST SEA/SEA OF JAPAN NAMING ISSUE
(Wiley, 2020-09-29)Building on the work of critical toponymy, this paper provides an example of the active contestation of a place name. Since the early 1990s, successive Korean governments have argued that the singular use of “Sea of Japan” ... -
BURY OR BURN THEN BURY- THE CURRENT STATE OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT USING THE 2019 BALTIMORE CLEAN AIR ACT AS A CASE STUDY
(2020-01-01)Why did Baltimore, Maryland choose to bury their Municipal Solid Waste instead of burning it? In this dissertation, I review the current state of solid waste management choices being made nationally and locally using the ... -
Are Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Effective? An Analysis of the Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) Operational Variation on Prescription Opioid Misuse and Abuse
(2020-01-01)ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: Are Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) Effective? An Analysis of the Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) Operational Variation on Prescription Opioid Misuse ... -
Enabling the Prevention and Reporting of Sexual Assault at Maryland Colleges and Universities
(2020-01-01)In this dissertation, I work to expand social understanding of sexual assault occurrence and reporting challenges on college and university campuses. In an ideal world, sexual assault would be extremely rare, and reporting ... -
RETURN LABOR MIGRATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE STUDY OF NEPAL
(2020-01-01)Every year one in four international labor migrants return home (Azose & Raftery, 2019). The New Economics of Labor Migration (NELM) identifies return migration as a strategic move not only by an individual migrant but ... -
Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic
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Street vendors make cities livelier, safer and fairer – here’s why they belong on the post-COVID-19 urban scene
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As urban life resumes, can US cities avert gridlock?
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Cities worldwide aren’t adapting to climate change quickly enough
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The Pandemic City: Urban Issues in the Time of COVID-19
(MDPI, 2021-03-17)Pandemics have shaped the way cities are planned and configured. Throughout history, cities have evolved to solve problems of sanitation, hygiene, and health access while providing space and opportunities for the urban ...