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PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL WORK VOLUME 11 (FALL 2015)
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)
This is the full-text volume of Perspectives on Social Work, vol. 11 (Fall 2015).
Online ethnography and vulnerable populations: A pilot test of data collection via a popular Instant Messaging service
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2009)
The internet is rapidly becoming a vibrant topic of study, source of data, and tool for
qualitative inquiry in social work (Rybas & Gajjala, 2007). Variously termed virtual, cyber, or
online ethnography (Beaulieu, 2004; ...
Long Term Care in the United States and Turkey
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2009)
The World Health Organization (WHO) (2009b) defines active ageing as “the process of
optimizing opportunities for health participation and security in order to enhance quality of life
as people age” and accepts people ...
Causal Role of Marriage Formation in Welfare, Poverty, and Child Well-Being
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2006)
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 ...
In Critical Demand or Crisis: The Identity of the Social Work Profession
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2013)
Social work as a profession in Canada spans many decades and can be dated back to 1927 when professionalization was established through the Canadian Association of Social Workers or may even be traced further back to 1914 ...
Editorial from Perspectives on Social Work Volume 9 (Spring 2011)
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2011)
Editorial for volume 9 of Perspectives on Social Work by the editorial board.
The Impact of School Characteristics on Passing and Failing Status of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2008)
Social policies for children and youth have experienced frequent philosophical shifts and
taken considerably different directions in the past century (Jenson & Fraser, 2006). Many social
policies have been created in ...
Counterpoint
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2005)
Amy Russell's counterpoint to Howard Karger's "Reforming the Dissertation Process".
Book Review: Emanuel, Ezekiel J. (2015). Reinventing American health care: How the Affordable Care Act will improve our terribly complex, blatantly unjust, outrageously expensive, grossly inefficient, error prone system. New York: Public Affairs.
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)
The United States is currently in a state of exploration in determining how the Affordable
Care Act (ACA) will shape the future of health care. In the book Reinventing American health
care, Ezekiel Emanuel- brother of ...
Book Review: Simmonds, J. (2006). Children in change: A group curriculum for kids ages 8-14 who are experiencing family change. Minneapolis, MN: Family & Children’s Service, 77 pp. (paperback).
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2007)
The home lives of children have changed considerably over the past few decades. There
has been an increase in the numbers of children born to single and/or divorced parents and
children spending a portion of their childhood ...