Yvonne J. Burns, C. Modderman, Janet Congues, E. Spelten
{"title":"Identifying Practical Knowledge for Introducing Information Systems in Community Social Care Agencies: A Scoping Review","authors":"Yvonne J. Burns, C. Modderman, Janet Congues, E. Spelten","doi":"10.1080/15228835.2023.2172126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2023.2172126","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Information systems (IS) are increasingly used in social care agencies. This scoping review examined the research literature to identity practical knowledge relevant to social care agencies introducing IS. Selected studies documented elements of practical knowledge, though this was not the direct focus of any individual article. A synthesis of the 50 selected studies into a themed matrix highlighted the practical knowledge gap for social care agencies, and community service agencies in particular. This review identified two features critical to generating relevant practical knowledge: the participatory role of the researcher-designer, and the active role of IS participants.","PeriodicalId":46115,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICES","volume":"41 1","pages":"65 - 95"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42011264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Young Parents and Digital Technologies: Navigating Pathways to Enhance Agency for Vulnerable Mothers","authors":"Farnaz Zirakbash, Milovan Savic, K. Cook","doi":"10.1080/15228835.2023.2169855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2023.2169855","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Mothering and motherhood can be a very challenging experience in the 21st century, where cultural pressures, on the one hand, and health experts’ regular parenting surveillance, on the other, continue to influence mothering decisions and practices. The socially constructed “good mother” discourses and associated pressures/influences can be amplified for vulnerable mothers who may feel marginalized from or judged by the broader society. This article presents findings from a study that involved interviews with ten young mothers and 12 staff working at a leading family welfare agency supporting young parents in Melbourne, Australia. The study examined how digital technology could promote a sense of agency for vulnerable mothers as well as barriers and enablers of accessing digital knowledge and online parenting support. In addition, the study explored how technology could assist community organizations’ staff in helping their clients better. This paper argues that, overall, digital technologies can positively influence the experience of mothering and can empower vulnerable mothers by increasing their access to various sources of support. Furthermore, our findings suggest that technology can enhance community and family service providers’ practice, opening possibilities for a more supportive relationship with clients by empowering them and increasing agency over their situation.","PeriodicalId":46115,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICES","volume":"41 1","pages":"43 - 64"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41392095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heather L. Storer, Carol F. Scott, Maria Rodriguez, Eva X. Nyerges
{"title":"Technology Is a “Blessing and a Curse”: The Perceived Risks and Benefits of Digital Technology Adoption at Domestic Violence Organizations that Serve Teens","authors":"Heather L. Storer, Carol F. Scott, Maria Rodriguez, Eva X. Nyerges","doi":"10.1080/15228835.2023.2179158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2023.2179158","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Despite the promise of digital technologies to strengthen social work practice, like many other social service organizations, service providers at domestic violence (DV) and sexual assault (SA) organizations have yet to fully embrace their use in their work. Our study explores teen dating violence (TDV) service providers’ perceptions of both the benefits and the risks of using digital technologies in their service delivery system. We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with TDV staff at agencies throughout the United States (N = 35). Findings suggest service providers are actively negotiating the ways technology can nurture their clients’ safety or perpetuate harm including exacerbating the digital divide. DV service providers contend that while technology can be lifesaving, important considerations must address associated harms.","PeriodicalId":46115,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICES","volume":"41 1","pages":"96 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44073694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Internet-Delivered Value Based Counseling (VBC) Aimed at the Reduction of Post-Migration Psychosocial Stress - A Pilot Study","authors":"Mina Orang, I. Missmahl, Maryam Gardisi, U. Kluge","doi":"10.1080/15228835.2022.2156973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2022.2156973","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Internet-based delivery of evidenced-based Value Based Counseling (VBC) fulfills the demand for a low threshold, culturally-sensitive and short-term intervention located at a level below specialized mental health care which can help those who do not require such specialized care to activate their resources and to regain their everyday functioning quickly. A pretest–posttest design with a historical control group was used to investigate the efficacy of internet-delivered VBC in comparison with in-person VBC provided to 102 help-seeking clients, who included refugees residing mainly in Germany. Intention-to-treat analyses concluded that internet-delivered VBC, comparable to in-person VBC, resulted in a significant reduction of depression, posttraumatic stress symptoms, perceived stress, somatic complaints, and daily functioning impairment at the post-test.","PeriodicalId":46115,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICES","volume":"41 1","pages":"23 - 42"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44227854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michelle L. Munro-Kramer, Carrie A. Moylan, Melanie L. Carlson, Rebecca Campbell, Tana Fedewa
{"title":"Core Skills for Digital Crisis Intervention: Lessons from a University-Based Online Sexual Assault Hotline","authors":"Michelle L. Munro-Kramer, Carrie A. Moylan, Melanie L. Carlson, Rebecca Campbell, Tana Fedewa","doi":"10.1080/15228835.2022.2156654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2022.2156654","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Sexual assault among university students is prevalent and has detrimental effects. Digital modes of communication are preferred by young adults, but there is limited data on digital crisis intervention. The purpose of this program evaluation is to utilize web-based crisis chat transcripts from a university service to ascertain the processes that hotline responders use. We reviewed 224 de-identified transcripts of chats that took place between November 2018 – June 2020. The coding framework included structural codes (chat characteristics), descriptive codes (conversation topics), and process codes (essential components of digital crisis intervention). Our findings have implications for the training of text- and web-based hotline responders.","PeriodicalId":46115,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICES","volume":"41 1","pages":"1 - 22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41511659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Between Usability and Trustworthiness—The Potential of Information Transfer Using Digital Information Platforms for Refugees","authors":"Marek Winkel, Henrike Friedrichs-Liesenkötter","doi":"10.1080/15228835.2022.2146031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2022.2146031","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In recent years, a number of Information-websites and -apps for refugees have appeared in Germany. The platforms aim to help the refugees to settle in Germany by presenting information about the education system, asylum procedures or the job market. Digitally presented information about Germany can work as a supplement to personal guidance by Social workers—if the websites and apps are developed and designed in an appealing way. A high level of usability and trustworthiness could make the platforms easier to access in cognitive and emotional regards. This article presents a document analysis of the most important German Information-Websites and -Apps for refugees. It asks, in how far the platforms use aspects of trustworthiness and usability. The analysis concludes that the platforms use elements of usability and trustworthiness to a different extent. A reason could be that the social organizations behind the platforms ground on different resources regarding professional employees and follow different normative aims.","PeriodicalId":46115,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICES","volume":"40 1","pages":"379 - 407"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45828729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jazmin A. Reyes-Portillo, Danielle N. Rette, Cody Weeks, Tanya Singh, F. Mahmud, Petty Tineo, Emily A. Kline, Michael T. Bixter, Carrie Masia Warner
{"title":"Online mental health treatment use among college students at-risk for suicide","authors":"Jazmin A. Reyes-Portillo, Danielle N. Rette, Cody Weeks, Tanya Singh, F. Mahmud, Petty Tineo, Emily A. Kline, Michael T. Bixter, Carrie Masia Warner","doi":"10.1080/15228835.2022.2130503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2022.2130503","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Mental health apps (MHAs) and online interventions have considerable potential for addressing the unmet mental health needs of college students at-risk for suicide. We examined attitudes about MHAs and reported use of online treatment (online interventions and MHAs) among at-risk college students using a diverse sample of 827 students. About 65% of students were inclined to use MHAs, with over a third preferring MHAs to in-person treatment. Despite positive attitudes, actual use of online treatment was low. The full potential of online treatment on college campuses has not been fully realized due to low student awareness and uptake.","PeriodicalId":46115,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICES","volume":"40 1","pages":"339 - 356"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43143508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Ongoing and Collective Character of Digital Care for Older People: Moving Beyond Techno-Determinism in Government Policy","authors":"Jens Lindberg, Elin Kvist, Simon Lindgren","doi":"10.1080/15228835.2022.2144588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2022.2144588","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this article, we contrast policy understandings of digital care with older people’s day-to-day digital care. In doing so, we discuss problems relating to deterministic approaches in government policy. Our policy analysis shows that digital care is articulated as an individual practice, and digital technologies as static actors. This bears clear marks of techno-deterministic reasoning. Our ethnographic study demonstrates the ongoing and collective character of older people’s digital care. When policy is not aligned with everyday practice, there is a risk of excluding groups of users. We argue that a socio-technical approach in government policy could contribute to achieving important societal goals.","PeriodicalId":46115,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICES","volume":"40 1","pages":"357 - 378"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44463673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"One Size Fits All: The Role of Technology in Practitioner’s Experience of Working from Home during COVID19","authors":"M. Newcomb, Alyssa Venning","doi":"10.1080/15228835.2022.2087202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2022.2087202","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Covid-19 pandemic led to different ways of working for social work and human service practitioners across the globe. This paper examines the use of technology by practitioners during nationwide stay at home orders due to COVID19. This study consisted of interviews with fifteen social work and human services practitioners in Southeast Queensland, Australia. While technology is frequently used in practice, the challenges and benefits of using technology as a primary practice method whilst working from home are discussed in this paper. The findings of this study suggest that the use of technology whilst working from home may be a viable option for future practice in well-resourced organizations with technologically proficient practitioners. However, for practitioners and clients without limited access to technology or reduced digital capabilities, such arrangements risk becoming discriminatory. Considerations therefore must be made in ensuring access to technology and the appropriateness of working from home for some social work and human services practitioners.","PeriodicalId":46115,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICES","volume":"40 1","pages":"319 - 338"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42031116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chamari I. Kithulgoda, R. Vaithianathan, D. Culhane
{"title":"Predictive Risk Modeling to Identify Homeless Clients at Risk for Prioritizing Services using Routinely Collected Data","authors":"Chamari I. Kithulgoda, R. Vaithianathan, D. Culhane","doi":"10.1080/15228835.2022.2042461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2022.2042461","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract For most homelessness service providers, the number of clients who are eligible for long-term housing outstrips the availability. This study uses a cohort of housing assessments taken from a mid-size county in the US and machine learning methods to train a Predictive Risk Model (PRM) that identifies clients who would experience multiple adversities in the future. The PRM outperforms the Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (VI-SPDAT) in flagging clients at the greatest risk of adversities. The proposed method can be readily used by any Continuum of Care (CoC) that holds electronic housing assessments and service records.","PeriodicalId":46115,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICES","volume":"40 1","pages":"134 - 156"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42291249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}