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Norton, Christine L.; Tucker, Anita; Pelletier, Annette; VanKanegan, Christie; Bogs, Kayla; Foerster, Elise – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2020
Women experiencing homelessness have high levels of psychosocial distress related to complex trauma, barriers to mental health treatment, and social isolation. The HOPE Adventure Therapy program utilized outdoor adventure therapy to increase hope and well-being among women homeless shelter residents. Using the Hope Scale and the Outcome Rating…
Descriptors: Therapy, Recreational Activities, Homeless People, Females
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Annalynn M. Galvin; Idara N. Akpan; Melissa A. Lewis; Scott T. Walters; Erika L. Thompson – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Reproductive interconception care provided at maternal postpartum visits may help reduce unintended pregnancies and elongate birth intervals for women experiencing homelessness. To improve interconception care uptake, this qualitative study aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to reproductive interconception care from the perspectives of…
Descriptors: Females, Adults, Homeless People, Birth
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Luquet, Wade; McAllister, David – Journal of Social Work Education, 2020
The long-taught history of social work may be missing an important part of its root system. Groups of religious sisters were doing work similar to early English settlement houses years before Toynbee Hall, yet were left out of the history possibly due to their gender, religion, and ethnicity. Using original historic writings and illustrations,…
Descriptors: Social Work, History, Foreign Countries, Religious Cultural Groups
Asali, Laliya – Online Submission, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to accurately identify what motivates the English language learning of Palestinian refugee girls at Al-Hussain Prep School in Camp Jabal Al-Hussain, Amman, Jordan. This study also explores the formal and informal avenues by which the girls learn English, as well as the potential obstacles that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Asali, Laliya – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The present qualitative study investigated the experiences of the English language learning of the Palestinian refugee girls, motivations, formal and informal avenues of learning English. The study discussed the support and the obstacles of learning at AlHussain Prep School in Camp Jabal Al-Hussain, Amman, Jordan. As illustrated in the literature…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Bridwell, Sandra D. – Journal of Transformative Education, 2020
Marginalized adults have limited access to learning experiences that prioritize reflection and discourse, both considered preconditions in the Mezirow-informed field of transformative learning (TL). Using narrative analysis of a staff focus group and participant interviews over a 1-year learning journey, this study shows how a literacy program in…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Females, At Risk Persons, Transformative Learning
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MacGillivray, Laurie; Ardell, Amy Lassiter; Curwen, Margaret Sauceda; Wiggin, Samuel – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2019
Book clubs are gatherings around shared texts; they have the potential to build strong interpersonal bonds (Pittman & Honchell, 2014; Porath, 2018). This study examines a weekly book club in a residential treatment center for female addicted trauma survivors and offers contrast to research on book clubs in non-restrictive settings. We address,…
Descriptors: Clubs, Residential Programs, Rehabilitation Programs, Females
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Asmoredjo, Jolanda; Beijersbergen, Mariëlle D.; Wolf, Judith R. L. M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: To gain insight into client experiences with shelter or community care services for homeless people, homeless youth, and abused women and identify priority improvement areas. Methods: Seven hundred and forty-four clients rated their experiences and 116 clients rated the services' importance. Results: Clients had most positive experiences…
Descriptors: Emergency Shelters, Homeless People, Foreign Countries, Youth
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Daelmans, Bernadette; Nair, Mahalakshmi; Hanna, Fahmy; Lincetto, Ornella; Dua, Tarun; Hunt, Xanthe – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2021
The estimated number of forcibly displaced persons around the globe is at a record high--nearly 70.8 million (UNHCR 2019)--75 percent of whom are women and children. This includes 34 million adolescent girls and young women, who are among the groups with the highest risk for health concerns. Indeed, many of the countries with the worst maternal…
Descriptors: Mothers, Mental Health, Parent Child Relationship, Refugees
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Katsonga-Phiri, Tiamo – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2018
The present study examined manifestations of mental health concerns in response to gender-based violence, specifically rape, in an African post-conflict setting. The population is a sample of female adolescents, aged 13-18 years old, residing in an Internally Displaced Person's camp in Northern Uganda. Through semi-structured interviews, the…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Stress Variables
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Laxton, Debra; Cooper, Linda; Shrestha, Purna; Younie, Sarah – Education 3-13, 2021
This case study used a co-creation approach to evaluate the effectiveness of a translational research strategy in supporting early childhood education. How Mapping Educational Specialist Knowhow (MESH) and Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) collaborated to enhance the training of volunteers and learning provision for 1,500 refugee children is…
Descriptors: Refugees, Case Studies, Objectives, Language Variation
Wiseman, Alexander W., Ed.; Damaschke-Deitrick, Lisa, Ed.; Galegher, Ericka L., Ed.; Park, Maureen F., Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2019
This volume explores the shared expectations that education is a panacea for the difficulties that refugees and their receiving countries face. This book investigates the ways in which education is both a dream solution as well as a contested landscape for refugee families and students. Using comparative, cross-national perspectives across five…
Descriptors: Refugees, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Social Integration
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Dean, Suzanne; Williams, Claire; Donnelly, Samantha; Levett-Jones, Tracy – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
University programs are currently faced with a number of challenges: how to engage students as active learners, how to ensure graduates are "work ready" with broad and relevant professional skills, and how to support students to see their potential as agents of social change and contributors to social good. This paper presents the…
Descriptors: Females, Active Learning, Safety, Social Change
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Basow, Susan A.; Thompson, Janelle – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
In this online vignette study, a national sample of domestic violence shelter service providers (N = 282) completed a 10-item questionnaire about a woman experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). Scenarios varied in terms of couple sexual orientation (heterosexual or lesbian) and type of abuse (physical or nonphysical). Results indicate that…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Sexual Orientation, Victims, Vignettes
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Oliver, Vanessa; Cheff, Rebecca – Youth & Society, 2014
This article looks at the means through which homeless young women are able to improve their flow of social capital by attaining a sense of belonging and forming positive attachments to supportive people and places. In so doing, they also develop relationships with health and social services and improve their overall physical and mental health…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Females, Social Capital, Physical Health
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