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Item Causal Role of Marriage Formation in Welfare, Poverty, and Child Well-Being(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2006) Cabin, William D.This article examines whether “marriage formation” policy is an effective singular public policy for reducing welfare and poverty and improving child well-being in the absence of other policy reforms. The article proposes two theses regarding marriage formation policy in the United States: 1. There is no valid and reliable evidence which has determined marriage is a singular, independent variable causing improved child-well-being and reduced welfare and poverty; and 2. There is evidence of multiple resource availability and relationship stability variables as the most valid and reliable predictors of adult and child economic and social well-being. The article examines the contrasting philosophical positions on marriage formation policy. The perspective which asserts marriage is the single causal variable is examined through recent proposals by the Bush Administration (Office of Child Support Enforcement, 2003; Administration for Children and Families, 2004) and its underlying theoretical and research justifications (Murray, 2001, 1984; Mead, 2001, 1986; Rector, 2001; Fagan, Patterson, & Rector, 2002; Whitehead, 2004). Evidence of the multiple interdependent variable approach comes from a variety of research studies detailed in the article.Item Conformists, Innovators, and Rebels: Adapting to the Devaluation of Social Work in Home Health Care(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2007) Cabin, William D.This article emerged from a pre-dissertation, interview-based pilot study of a convenience sample of 14 home care social workers. The interviews occurred between August-December 2006 in the New York City metropolitan area. The study goal was to explore factors influencing the decision-making process of home care social workers regarding Alzheimer’s disease patients, paralleling an earlier study of home care nurses (Cabin, 2007). Both studies were prompted by a literature review indicating a dissonance between the need for psychosocial care by Alzheimer’s disease home care patients, statistically-significant evidence of effective psychosocial interventions to improve patient and caregiver outcomes, and government home care policy which does not cover such interventions (Cabin, 2006a, 2006b).Item Ending Welfare and Poverty As We Knew Them: TANF at Ten(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2007) Cabin, William D.Let us consider Zakiya Kyle, a 26 year-old single mother with two sons and former welfare recipient in South Los Angeles in 1997, the first year after passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA, 1996). PRWORA was lauded by President Bill Clinton to “end welfare as we know it” (Weaver, 2000). The primary means of ending welfare was PROWRA’s Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), a block grant program which premised assistance on work-before-welfare. TANF replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, the primary national cash income support system for poor families with children originally created by the Social Security Act in 1935 (Trattner, 1999).Item Perspectives on Social Work Volume 4 (Fall 2006)(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2006) Russell, Amy; Kindle, Peter A.; Humble, Michael N.; Cabin, William D.; Shaw, Terry V.; Pittman, Donna R.This is the full-text volume of Perspectives on Social Work, vol. 4 (Fall 2006).Item Perspectives on Social Work Volume 4 (Spring 2006)(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2006) Russell, Amy; Lalayants, Marina; Epstein, Irwin; Savage, Andrea; Kyonne, Jin Man; Shepard, Benjamin; Levy, Denise L.; Patton, Joy D.; Cabin, William D.; Hurst, Carol Grace; Sheffield, SherryThis is the full-text volume of Perspectives on Social Work, vol. 4 (Spring 2006).Item PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL WORK VOLUME 5 (Spring 2007)(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2007) Dulin, Agnes; McGovern, Justine; Beaulieu, Elise; Becerra, David; Cabin, William D.; Hill, Larry E.; Beaty, Darla D.; Pilkinton, Melinda W.; Gentle-Genitty, Carolyn S.; Lucero, Nancy M.; Russell, Amy; Griffin-Garcia, Jack; Small, Eusebius; Lopez, Kara; McIver, Saralyn; Epstein, Maxine W.This is the full-text volume of Perspectives on Social Work, vol. 5 (Spring 2007).Item PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL WORK VOLUME 6 (FALL 2007)(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2007) Small, Eusebius; Cavel, Kara A.; Hayes, Jane; Baldridge, Stephen N.; Cabin, William D.; Deka, Ankita; Wesley, Julia M.; Pilkinton, Melinda W.; Quinn, Camille R.This is the full-text volume of Perspectives on Social Work, vol. 6 (Fall 2007)Item Whither Palliative Home Care Interventions for Alzheimer’s Disease?(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2006) Cabin, William D.Alzheimer’s disease is a major and increasing cause of illness and death in the United States, imposing significant social, economic, and psychological burdens on patients and their caregivers (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics, 2004; Sadick & Wilcock, 2003). Alzheimer’s disease progresses with the aging process. Symptoms include a gradual and steady decline in being oriented, a decrease in memory and ability to participate in everyday activities, and personality changes. In the twentieth century, Alzheimer’s disease became the most frequently identified type of dementia in the United States and Western society (Cohen, 1998; Whitehouse, 2001).