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41	Black Youth Matter: An Arts-based and Narrative Study of the Experiences of Black Youth Transitioning out of Child Welfare Care and Their Access to Housing Davenport, Chelsea January 2020 (has links) Abstract Background: There has been minimal research conducted on the unique experiences of Black youth who transition out of the child welfare system, and as well as the factors that contribute to their success or failure to accessing housing. Purpose: The purpose of study is to explore the needs and experiences of Black youth using Critical Race theory, BlackCrit and Social Capital theory to better understand their experience accessing safe, affordable housing within the Greater Toronto Area after transitioning out of child welfare. Methods: Five Black youth were recruited using site sampling and snow-ball sampling to participate in an arts-based and narrative study. The data was then analyzed in a constant comparative method. Findings: The findings from this study suggest the following things: The emotional roller coaster of being in care, the importance of community and sense of family, youth voices in decision-making process, unpreparedness for independent living, the unawareness of housing options, youth definition of good housing, more resources are needed prior to departure of child welfare. Implications and Recommendations for Change: In light of the findings in this study, a number of recommendations are proposed for improving outcomes for Black youth leaving care and their access to housing. Below is a summary of recommendations: A. To focus on building and providing genuine relationships through a caring adult and permanency for Black youth in care B. Centralize and value the voices of Black youth in care throughout their post-care planning, policy development and research C. To address and respond to the unique experiences that Black youth with disabilities face within the housing market when preparing them for independence outside of the CWS D. To apply a Housing first Youth approach It is my hope that this information will be used to support policy changes and program development in child welfare and the rental housing market that can result in more successful outcomes for Black youth. / Thesis / Master of Social Work (MSW) adolescent youth leaving care Post care options ethnic youth transition and homelessness youth transition and marginalization Black youth leaving the CWS photovoice BlackCrit
42	A Longitudinal Analysis of Outcomes Associated with Ohio's Postsecondary Enrollment Options Program Geise, Mary Jo 18 March 2011 (has links) No description available. Education Higher Education Dual enrollment concurrent enrollment access to higher education higher education accelerated learning options transitioning to college public policy Ohio higher education Ohio K-12 education hierarchical logistic regression
43	Sjuksköterskans stöd till anhöriga till personer med kognitiv sjukdom i transitionen till vård på särskilt boende / Nurse´s support to family caregivers for persons with dementia in transition to care home living Wendelin, Anna, Berg, Viktoria January 2024 (has links) Bakgrund: I Sverige beräknas att cirka 40% av personer med kognitiv sjukdom vårdas på särskilt boende och innan de flyttar dit är det ofta anhöriga som ger informell omvårdnad i hemmet. Tidigare forskning har visat att vården av en person med kognitiv sjukdom och processen att flytta denne till särskilt boende är påfrestande för anhöriga, med stor risk för att utveckla egen ohälsa. Regeringen har under 2022 beslutat om en anhörigstrategi för att stärka anhörigas rätt till stöd, och Socialstyrelsen publicerade ett kunskapsunderlag för vårdgivare under 2023 i syfte att underlätta implementering av anhörigperspektivet. Därför är det intressant att studera hur sjuksköterskor idag stöttar anhöriga under denna process. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att utforska hur sjuksköterskor i kommunal verksamhet beskriver stödet de ger till anhöriga till personer med kognitiv sjukdom under transitionsprocessen från ordinärt boende till särskilt boende, samt om de upplever att det finns förbättringsmöjligheter. Metod: En kvalitativ intervjustudie med induktiv ansats genomfördes. Det gjordes 13 semistrukturerade intervjuer med sjuksköterskor inom kommunal hemsjukvård och särskilt boende, med minst ett års erfarenhet från ena eller båda verksamheterna. En kvalitativ innehållsanalys med en manifest tolkning gjordes för att få fram ett resultat. Resultat: Analysen resulterade i fyra huvudkategorier: 1. Att hjälpa anhöriga ur en ohållbar situation. 2. Att skapa en god relation. 3. Att samverka. 4. Att förhålla sig till brister i verksamheten. Resultatet visade att sjuksköterskorna börjar stötta anhöriga i processen långt tidigare än förväntat och är medvetna om de svåra känslor som anhöriga brottas med innan de fattar beslut om flytt. Sjuksköterskorna på särskilt boende arbetar ofta hårt med att öka tryggheten för anhöriga och göra dem delaktiga, och ett väl fungerande teamarbete är viktigt för ett gott samarbete med anhöriga, liksom att det finns anhörigstödjare att tillgå. De pekade också på att det finns brister i verksamheten, både av organisatorisk och kulturell art, som påverkar stödet till anhöriga negativt. Slutsatser: Studien visade att sjuksköterskor i hög grad är medvetna om de problem och utmaningar som anhöriga står inför när de måste separera från en familjemedlem med kognitiv sjukdom. Studien pekar på förbättringsbehov avseende sjuksköterskors kompetensnivå, rutiner som verkar för ett mer jämlikt tillhandahållande av stöd för anhöriga, samt att sjuksköterskor får mer resurser för denna folkhälsofrämjande verksamhet. / Background: Some 40% of persons with dementia in Sweden live in care homes, and before they move there, are cared for by informal family caregivers in the home. Previous research has shown that the process of caring for a person with dementia and moving them to a care home is taxing for family caregivers, with increased risk of developing health problems of their own. The Swedish government has in 2022 presented a national next-of-kin strategy aiming to strengthen the right to support for family caregivers and Socialstyrelsen published a guide for healthcare providers to implement the next-of-kin perspective in 2023. In this light, it is of interest to study how registered nurses working in homes and care homes support family caregivers today. Aim: The aim of the study is to investigate how registered nurses in the context of elder care, both in ordinary homes and in nursinghomes, describe the support they give to relatives of persons with dementia during the transitionprocess from ordinary living to care home living, and if they see possibilities for improvement. Method: A qualitative interview study with inductive approach was made. There were 13 semistructured interviews made with registered nurses working in home care and care home settings, having at least one year of experience from one or both of the settings. A qualitative content analysis with a manifest interpretation was made to generate a result. Results: The analysis resulted in four main categories: 1. Helping family caregivers in an untenable situation. 2. Creating a good relationship. 3. Cooperation. 4. Relating to the shortcomings of the area of care. The result showed that registered nurses support family caregivers long before expected and are aware of the difficult feelings relatives deal with before they decide on care home living. The nurses in care homes often work hard aiming to create a sense of security and participation for relatives. A well functioning team is a foundation for a good collaboration with relatives, and access to external support is an important resource. The nurses also identified organizational and cultural problems, affecting the support negatively. Conclusions: The study shows that registered nurses are highly aware of the problems and challenges facing family caregivers when needing to separate from a family member with dementia. The study indicates areas of improvement concerning the nurses need for further education, routines that facilitate a higher degree of equal opportunities for relatives, and that the nurses have more resources allocated for this area of preventative public health care. 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44	Social identities and psycho-social needs in adolescents’ health literate practices Cimon, Mimi 15 December 2009 (has links) Adolescent perspectives on health and the social and literate values of their health related behaviours require exploration and examination in health literacy, as knowledge gaps related to the constituents of health literate practices, and the functions and acquisition of health literacy exist in the literature. Research addressing this was approached based on socio-cultural and socio-ecological principles using a collective instrumental case design. Participants were new adolescent mother aged 15-18 recruited from 4 different community/education programs around Victoria, BC. Data was collected over a four month period, and consisted of individual and focus group interviews, journals, and researchers’ observations and field notes. Findings show that participants’ health behaviours changed significantly in tandem with their identities, the groups they associated with, and the social contexts they moved within. Findings indicate that identity, informal social environments, and unconscious cognitive process and psychosocial needs play a role in adolescents health literacy and literate practices. Health literacy Adolescent health Socio-cultural Socio-ecological Critical literacy Adolescent mothers Adolescent health behaviours literate status empowerment critical media literacy health education problem behaviours transitioning identity social identities out of school literacies unconscious cognitive processes mainstream values multiple literacies health promotion
45	The Effects of the Transition from Pre-nursing to Nursing on Mental Health Davis, Andrew J., Mullins, Paige R., Sell, Kimberly A. 01 May 2022 (has links) Mental health is an ever-growing crisis among adolescents and young adults, with suicide as second leading cause of death and the number of those negatively affected continually on the rise. Transitions are one of the major stressors prevalent among these age groups, placing individuals at risk for mental health deficits. This quantitative voluntary response comparative study assesses the transitional mental health of pre-nursing students and students in the nursing program at East Tennessee State University. Emailed to all with a declared major of pre-nursing or nursing, this study measured mental health using evidenced based assessment tools. The PHQ-9 for depression and the GAD-7 for anxiety, along with additional demographic information and mental health service usage questions, was sent to and completed by participants. A total of n = 173 responses were received. Of these responses n = 99 or 57.2 percent were nursing students, a participation rate of 9.6 percent, and n = 74 or 42.8 percent were pre-nursing students. The research revealed that depression and anxiety scores were above the cutoff for moderate depression and anxiety in both groups, as well as identified a deficit in availability of mental health resources, with over 10 percent of students unable to access counseling or psychiatric services. Contraindicatory to literature, which predicted improving mental health in the progression through university studies, this study reveals a variable and even worsening trajectory of mental health as students transition into the nursing program and progressed through college. Mental Health Transitioning to College Depression Anxiety Nursing Student Mental Health Pre-Nursing Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Developmental Psychology Educational Psychology Mental Disorders Other Nursing Other Psychology Other Public Health Psychiatric and Mental Health Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Public Health and Community Nursing Secondary Education
46	Assessing foresight to advance management of complex global problems Berze, Ottilia E. 15 April 2019 (has links) Many people do not like thinking about the future. If they do, over 50% of Canadians think “our way of life” (p. 7) will end within 100 years and over 80% of Canadians think “we need to change our worldview and way of life if we are to create a better future for the world” (Randle & Eckersley, 2015, p. 9). There is a good reason for this. Alarms have sounded over global urgent complex problems with potential for catastrophic consequences such as the development of artificial intelligence, climate change, mass extinction, nuclear war and pandemics (Marien & Halal, 2011). Society is also increasingly fragmenting as imminent crises build on lack of understanding, the sense of incapacity to act, fear, distrust, blame and a lack of hope. This struggle for humanity’s survival is complicated by the turbulent global environment in which institutions continue to follow path-dependent trajectories set forth in a different time and context. Governments at various levels face a problem of “fit” between current structures and processes, that have not progressed sufficiently to meet changing needs of a global society mired in complexity and governance challenges. However, hope exists. Incremental progress on many fronts and a massive amount of efforts and resources are being engaged worldwide. There are emerging fields, lenses and tools that can potentially alleviate complex problems and address this emergency. The purpose of this dissertation is to understand and assess dialogue-based foresight practices being applied towards complex problems in Canada to provide insights into how these practices can assist society to alleviate global urgent complex problems and their impacts, within this backdrop of looming crises. Foresight, alternatively known as future studies or scenario-building, is a forward-looking practice recognized and used globally with over 100 research organizations focused on foresight, widespread usage by firms and over 18 countries involved in foresight activities (Berze, 2014b). Overall literature findings suggest foresight is widely and at least incrementally effective with a number of impacts in various areas (Calof, Miller, & Jackson, 2012; March, Therond, & Leenhardt, 2012; Meissner, Gokhberg, & Sokolov, 2013) but the extent of this effectiveness, the mechanisms involved, and the specific foresight benefits per type of project needs further research and evidence. For instance, limited literature exists on whether foresight can transform complex situations and if so, under what conditions. Thus, opportunities exist for assessing and increasing foresight’s impact. This dissertation is a contextualized, systematic empirical study that taps into transdisciplinary literature and practice, case studies of how foresight has been used to address specific types of complex problems in Canada, as well as surveys and interviews with foresight experts and participants. This dissertation uses a foresight community scan and a comparative case study approach to provide practical and theoretical benefits to foresight and complex problem area stakeholders. The research focuses on studying the broad interactions of foresight and identifying the impacts of dialogue-based foresight projects on people and the outcomes of complex problems. The dissertation concludes that dialogue-based foresight is a valuable and unique practice for ameliorating complex problems and their consequences. Insights are offered towards dialogue-based foresight’s potential contributions within the context of other efforts directed at humanity’s struggle for survival and global complex problems. These insights can then foster the further development and application of dialogue-based foresight on a global scale to alleviate complex problems and their effects. The dissertation outlines recommendations on key next steps to realize these potential contributions. / Graduate foresight dialogue-based complex global problems empirical transdisciplinary crisis comparative cases comparative case study hope practice community Canada projects impact value futures scenario future role wicked problems transformative complexity interviews urgent lens mechanisms assessment well-being strengthening improving concepts types foresight benefits contribution analysis tools approaches mainstream barriers Fore-CAN Georgia Basin Global Energy Landscape Agricultural Adaptation Canadian Payment System 2020 Media Futures systems digital climate change infectious diseases sustainability coping transitioning recommendations multi-perspective dialogue conflict resolution collaboration diversity outcomes invest context contributions efforts innovation cognitive social understanding foresight literacy anticipation futures literacy

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