{"title":"Understanding the Exiting and Re-Entering Experiences of Street-Based Prostitution Among Young Women in Gondar City, Ethiopia","authors":"Robel Yohannes Yosef, Adugna Abebe Bihonegn","doi":"10.1177/10443894231222142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231222142","url":null,"abstract":"Although street-based prostitution is a rapidly growing social phenomenon in Ethiopian cities, there is little scholarly attention given to address the issue. This qualitative study aimed to understand the lived experiences of women who attempted to exit street prostitution in Gondar city. Thirteen study participants were chosen using the snowball sampling technique. In-depth interviews were used to gather qualitative data, which were then analyzed thematically. The study revealed formal support services, family support, spirituality, and saving money as important factors leading women to successfully exit from prostitution. However, some participants reported that structural problems, drug addiction, and societal attitudes led them to return to street prostitution. This study suggests that to help women successfully leave prostitution, interventions for exiting strategies should focus on economic strengthening activities as well as rehabilitation services including substance abuse treatment.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"15 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139865036","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}
J. Pennell, Kristen Basque, Ruth Najenson, Paul Nixon, Sharon Inglis
{"title":"Strengthening Relationships: Children’s Participation in a Family Group Approach to Family Violence","authors":"J. Pennell, Kristen Basque, Ruth Najenson, Paul Nixon, Sharon Inglis","doi":"10.1177/10443894231224837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231224837","url":null,"abstract":"Family violence strains family relationships and cultural ties. A family group approach strengthens these relationships by centering the family, their relatives, and close supports in safeguarding all members. Risk-averse jurisdictions, however, may prohibit the practice, and workers may hesitate to invite the children. Such responses diminish the opportunity for adults to be inspired by the children to act and for children to gain participatory competence and pride in their family. To support the involvement of family, this article offers strategies shaped to local settings. Reaching into their extensive experience of family group conferences or circles in child welfare, the authors overview inclusive practices in four diverse places: Aotearoa New Zealand, United Kingdom, Mi’kmaq in Canada, and Israel.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"10 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139863412","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}
Andrea S. Mora, Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, Rosario Ceballo
{"title":"The Role of Parent–Adolescent Communication Among Youth Exposed to Neighborhood Violence in Rural Mexico","authors":"Andrea S. Mora, Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, Rosario Ceballo","doi":"10.1177/10443894231222942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231222942","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the potential moderating effects of mother– and father–adolescent communication on the relations between community violence exposure (i.e., witnessing violence and personal victimization), neighborhood-based sexual harassment, and adolescents’ depressive and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. The sample included 200 poor, rural adolescents ( Mage = 14.93, SD = 1.40), the majority of whom were girls (58%) from two public schools in the State of Mexico, Mexico. Multiple hierarchical regressions indicated high rates of exposure to neighborhood violence, as well as positive associations between violence exposure and adolescents’ psychological outcomes. Mother– and father–adolescent communication each separately functioned as distinct protective factors, weakening the associations between violence exposure and adolescents’ psychological outcomes. Implications for research and practice are discussed.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"19 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140475739","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":"Experiences of Amish and Old Order Mennonite Families in Providing Foster Care for Children","authors":"Jeanette Harder, Jodi Gabel, Sara W. Bharwani","doi":"10.1177/10443894231224062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231224062","url":null,"abstract":"This inductive, exploratory research project used thematic analysis to examine the experiences of Amish and Old Order Mennonite (Plain Anabaptist) foster parents in providing foster care to mainstream (non-Plain) children, including factors related to children’s trauma and disabilities, discipline, and families’ perceptions of support from their communities. Through purposive and snowball sampling, researchers gathered data from 24 families in either focus groups or dyad interviews in four U.S. states. The experiences of Plain Anabaptist foster families were characterized by participants as both satisfying and challenging. Plain Anabaptist families were receptive to learning and adapting to provide foster care, especially for babies, young children, and children with disabilities. Research findings illuminate several areas in which those recruiting or working with Plain Anabaptist foster parents should be aware.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"62 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140478580","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":"Forgotten Humanity, Relational Poverty, and Homelessness","authors":"Donald W. Burnes","doi":"10.1177/10443894231203745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231203745","url":null,"abstract":"One important concept in the analysis of American attitudes toward those without homes is relational poverty. Having few, if any, ties to other people, especially those people that can provide resources, is a commonly accepted definition of relational poverty, especially for those experiencing homelessness. This essay will expand this definition substantially and will suggest that the housed population in this country bears a significant responsibility for homelessness by forgetting the humanity of those without homes and by continuing to exhibit unwarranted negative attitudes toward the unhoused. In its analysis, this essay explores the dimensions of each of these aspects of relational poverty, their negative impacts, and some possible ways of altering these impacts.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"421 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140480184","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}
Katherine Tyson McCrea, Kevin Miller, Heather Watson, Amzie Moore, Deanna Guthrie, Nicole Malazarte, Enneseca Miller, Gabriel Jenkins, Diana Lane
{"title":"Street-Based Social Work Praxis: An “Un-Manual” for Advancing Human Rights and Identifying Social Safety Net Failures With Youth of Color Experiencing Poverty","authors":"Katherine Tyson McCrea, Kevin Miller, Heather Watson, Amzie Moore, Deanna Guthrie, Nicole Malazarte, Enneseca Miller, Gabriel Jenkins, Diana Lane","doi":"10.1177/10443894231219846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231219846","url":null,"abstract":"Street-based social work responds to the “social disaster” of U.S. youth of color experiencing poverty who fall through the cracks of existing social safety nets. Drawing from 17 years of feedback from youth clients about street-based service provision in university–community partnerships, the flexible street-based model uses several trauma-focused, strengths-based, and humanistic modalities to provide youth with a positive childhood experience and support their self-determination, undergirded by a culturally sensitive accompaniment approach. Street-based social work can be a transitional justice, human rights–based counterforce to mass criminalization of youth of color by supporting their efforts at redress. As a translational science approach, street-based social work yields knowledge about social safety net failures, how policies can be improved, and effective scaling of evidence-based interventions.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"125 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140483313","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}
Shin-Ho Choi, Mi Jin Choi, Daria P. Shamrova, Joo Young Hong, Yong Je Kim, Sierra N. Mullan
{"title":"Challenges and Coping Strategies of Families With Young Children Amid Hurricanes: A Qualitative Inquiry","authors":"Shin-Ho Choi, Mi Jin Choi, Daria P. Shamrova, Joo Young Hong, Yong Je Kim, Sierra N. Mullan","doi":"10.1177/10443894231217327","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231217327","url":null,"abstract":"Climate-induced disasters have immediate and lasting effects disrupting the safety and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Children are among the most vulnerable during disasters due to their physical, psychological, and developmental capacities that render them reliant on their parents and/or caregivers to maintain safety and ensure their basic needs are met. This study explored barriers experienced by parents and caregivers during and after Hurricanes Irma and Michael struck Florida in 2017 and 2018. We conducted 41 semi-structured interviews with hurricane-affected parents of children aged 0 to 14. Interviews explored challenges in caring for young children during response and recovery, resource usage/availability, and awareness and willingness to seek formal support in future disasters. Parents reported experiencing stress due to financial constraints and limited resources, which affected their ability to evacuate and make post-disaster decisions.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"8 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139597643","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":"“I Learned to Bottle Up My Feelings From a Young Age”: A Narrative Analysis of Latina Young People’s Family Mental Health Socialization","authors":"J. Lilly","doi":"10.1177/10443894231218298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231218298","url":null,"abstract":"Latina young people report high levels of mental health problems and low levels of help-seeking compared with their white peers, but little research has examined factors influencing their mental health views. Inductive analysis of 25 participants’ narratives revealed that Latina young people described three stages in the development of their mental health-related beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors: undergoing a process of family mental health socialization, suffering in silence, and attaining a new perspective. Within each of these phases, participants shared stories that attest to their agency and resilience. This research uncovers a novel theoretical construct, “family mental health socialization,” which elucidates how young people internalize mental health-related beliefs, behaviors, and norms within their cultural and family context. Implications for social work practice include the need for culturally sensitive, family-centered interventions that promote open communication about mental health.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"56 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139602713","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":"Trends in Prenatal Polysubstance Exposure","authors":"Cynthia Nichols, Margaret H. Lloyd Sieger","doi":"10.1177/10443894231213795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231213795","url":null,"abstract":"Researchers are referring to polysubstance use as the “fourth wave” of the opioid epidemic. Prenatal polysubstance exposure is on the rise, leading to increased health and safety complications among infants and caregivers. This study examined the co-occurrence of polysubstance exposures and child maltreatment concerns using Child Abuse and Prevention Treatment Act (CAPTA) notifications made in Connecticut. Sixteen percent of notifications included polysubstance exposures. The average total number of substances identified among polysubstance cases was 2.39 (range: 2–7). Each additional substance identified was shown to have 2.5 times higher odds of maltreatment report controlling for maternal age, infant race/ethnicity, and toxicology test type. Findings from this study suggest that the total number of substances is a primary factor contributing to maltreatment reports among infants with prenatal substance exposure.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"2 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139525652","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}
Amy Preston Page, Abigail M. Ross, Phyllis Solomon
{"title":"“The Culture” Is Truly the Issue: A Preliminary Exploration of Active Duty Female Spouses’ Acculturation to Military Life","authors":"Amy Preston Page, Abigail M. Ross, Phyllis Solomon","doi":"10.1177/10443894231211357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231211357","url":null,"abstract":"Acculturating to the Active Duty military lifestyle can be challenging yet rewarding. Using acculturation theory as a lens, this qualitative study explored experiences of women who transitioned into Active Duty culture through marrying a male service member. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected via online survey from women married to men currently or recently serving on Active Duty. In total, 202 survey responses were received, with 194 providing qualitative data. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Three themes were identified: descriptions of military culture, acculturation strategies, and processes involved with acculturation. Limitations include the cross-sectional and preliminary nature of the data. Findings can inform culturally responsive practice at all levels and indicate this is a fruitful area for further study.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"6 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139531681","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}