Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)最新文献

{"title":"Integrated Care as a Solution to Address Complexities in Logistical Access and Mobility: A Community-Based Study on Social Equity in Health.","authors":"John C Hayvon","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2593478","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2593478","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Building upon existing literature on physical barriers experienced by higher-needs patients and marginalized communities, this paper presents a targeted analysis of qualitative data under a parent study on <i>healthy cities</i>. To optimize equity in access to health care as one of the many life opportunities affected by transportation, semi-structured interviews were conducted with community members reflecting diverse statuses of marginalization in addition to both mental and physical health challenges (<i>n</i> = 17), supplemented in dialogue with global policymakers (<i>n</i> = 5). Participant responses reveal how transportation time, costs, and risk strongly determine the actual confines of the world where they experience sufficient autonomy to access life opportunities. How these daily opportunities intersect with research on food deserts, education deserts, childcare deserts, and health care deserts indicates that physical barriers can emerge as a baseline consideration affecting ongoing experiences of socio-structural determinants. Most notably, the act of accessing care in itself, when involving transportation, can also present its own health risks requiring further integrated care services - given the body of evidence on injury, crime-related mental health stressors for marginalized groups, in addition to longitudinal public health concerns related to cardiovascular health and climate change risks. Access to both mental health care and physical health care can both be linked to urban development, intersecting with socioeconomic positionality amidst urban-rural environments - as physical access emerges with significant intersections with social work that is sensitive to the housing and employment needs of families. A four-part framework for integrated health care toward equitable outcomes in social work concludes the study.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"398-419"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145582796","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 Influence of Religious Affiliation on Various Forms of Family Violence in a Sample of Female and Male South Asians.","authors":"Abha Rai, Nathan H Perkins, Shikha Chandarana, Iqra Wadood, Marilynn Moore, Shakila Fro","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2026.2657379","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26408066.2026.2657379","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Family violence is a complex phenomenon that manifests in diverse ways within households. Cultural values and norms of a community, specifically religious affiliation can also influence the relationships and the ways in which family violence can manifest. In our study, we explore family violence (adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), in-law abuse, physical and emotional sibling violence (PESV), intimate partner violence (IPV) among South Asians in the United States.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Because of the gaps in previous research, the goal of this study was to explore the relationship between various forms of family violence or violent experiences (PESV, ACEs, IPV and in-law abuse) in South Asian households and the relationship to religious affiliation. To examine these relationships, we utilized survey data (<i>N</i> = 974) from a larger sample of South Asians collected on Reddit. We ran descriptive statistics, chi-squares, independent samples T-tests, and a logistic regression to examine the correlates of religious affiliation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All variables showed a significant relationship at the bivariate level with religious affiliation. Independent samples t-tests showed significant differences between religious and non-religious groups specifically about the experiences of violence (IPV, in-law abuse). Finally, the logistic regression model was also statistically significant with generation status, education, household income, ACEs as correlates.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>To our knowledge this is the first study to develop new evidence regarding these unique forms of family violence (ACEs, IPV, PESV, in-law abuse) and the relationship with religious affiliation, using a community sample. The study findings have important implications to develop culturally responsive interventions for South Asians.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147791128","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":"Has Social Work Experienced a Cultural Turn? A Multi-Corpus Empirical Exploration.","authors":"Emrah Akbaş, Mel Gray","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2026.2660939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2026.2660939","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This article examines whether social work has experienced a genuine \"cultural turn\" in its disciplinary knowledge production.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The study draws on a Web of Science and Scopus corpus of 41,713 social work articles published between 1979 and 2025, including a cultur-indexed subcorpus of 5,442 explicitly culture-focused studies. It combines longitudinal trend analysis, changepoint detection, lexical classification, topic modeling, co-occurrence mapping, and methodological profiling.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings reveal a modest but stabilizing increase in culture-related terminology over time, with no evidence of a structural break in disciplinary trajectories. Cultural discourse is dominated by managerial and competence-based frameworks and remains structurally anchored to mental health, education, risk, and service-delivery regimes. Critical, decolonial, and epistemic-justice vocabularies and methods remain marginal.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Even within explicitly culture-oriented scholarship, culture functions primarily as a technical adjustment variable rather than as a disruptive epistemic force. The persistence of instrumental and professionalized uses of culture indicates continuity rather than transformation in the field's epistemic foundations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study concludes that social work has institutionalized and professionalized culture without undergoing an epistemic transformation. Rather than evidencing a cultural turn, the discipline exhibits a pattern of cultural accommodation, with implications for theory, education, research practice, and future decolonizing projects.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-25"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147791027","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":"Competency Profile of Social Work in Educational Institutions: An Empirically Derived Three-Factor Framework.","authors":"María Del Mar Fernández Martínez, Andrea Ibáñez López, Antonio Luque de la Rosa","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2026.2661734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2026.2661734","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aims to empirically define the competency profile of social work professionals in educational institutions by identifying and structuring core competencies that articulate their professional role within the educational system.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A quantitative descriptive-exploratory design was employed. Data were collected from 859 participants (students and graduates linked to Andalusian universities). An initial 24-item questionnaire was developed and subsequently refined through statistical analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to examine the factorial structure of the instrument.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The analysis resulted in a factorial structure comprising 15 competencies organized into three interrelated factors: competencies related to work with teaching staff, competencies focused on students, and competencies oriented toward families. The model demonstrated satisfactory goodness-of-fit indicators, supporting the internal coherence and empirical consistency of the proposed competency framework.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Findings contribute to clarifying the professional role of social work within educational institutions by providing an empirically grounded structuring of competencies. The results address the existing gap between the discursive recognition of school social work and the limited systematic delimitation of its competency profile.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study offers an evidence-based competency framework that strengthens the alignment between university training and professional practice, contributing to the disciplinary delimitation and institutional positioning of social work in educational contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147730835","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":"Rethinking Military Family Support: Insights from the Deployment Experiences of Military Spouses in Türkiye.","authors":"Hakan Sakarya","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2026.2660954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2026.2660954","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study examines the psychosocial experiences of military spouses in Türkiye navigating deployment cycles. Drawing on social support theory, it analyzes how deployments reshape access to emotional, instrumental, informational, and appraisal support within military families.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A qualitative design using reflexive thematic analysis was employed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten military spouses who had experienced a minimum of four deployment cycles. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed through iterative coding and theme development to identify patterned meanings related to family dynamics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three core themes emerged: (1) strains on family dynamics due to rotational deployment, including increased caregiving burden and emotional fatigue, (2) collective solidarity among military spouses functioning as informal support networks, and (3) unmet psychosocial needs resulting from limited institutionalized services. Findings indicate that deployment cycle disrupts formal support systems and shifts caregiving and emotional labor into the domestic sphere. Peer networks provide significant emotional buffering. However, they cannot substitute for structured, professional support mechanisms.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Interpreted through social support theory, deployment-related strain reflects systemic deficiencies in formal support infrastructures rather than solely individual adaptation challenges. The findings highlight gendered labor dynamics and the privatization of care within military institutions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Strengthening military family well-being in Türkiye requires institutionalized, evidence-based social services and coordinated policy interventions that address structural support gaps across deployment cycles.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147701128","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":"PREVICT-SW: Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Participatory Study to Prevent Violence Against Sex Workers.","authors":"Lorena Molnar, Yuji Z Hashimoto","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2026.2654498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2026.2654498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sex workers experience disproportionately high levels of victimization, specifically violent and property-related offenses. However, victimological theory and empirically tested prevention strategies tailored to this population remain limited. While traditional frameworks, such as lifestyle and routine activity theories, provide population-level explanations, they insufficiently capture the structural, situational, and cumulative risks faced by highly vulnerable groups.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study presents the protocol for a mixed-methods, longitudinal quasi-experiment conducted in the Swiss cantons of Fribourg and Neuchâtel, where no targeted victimization prevention programs for sex workers exist at time of implementation. The project pursues two objectives: first, to identify risk factors and victimization trajectories in order to refine victimological theory; and second, to evaluate the effectiveness of a tailored, needs-based prevention program. Co-developed with sex workers and stakeholders, the intervention integrates a multi-level approach based on sensitization, crime prevention, legal education, and psychosocial support.By combining longitudinal and quasi-experimental methods, the study aims to advance victimological theory and provide critical evidence to inform practice, policy, and scalable prevention efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147679168","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 Most: How Universal Family Engagement Practices Overlook Foster Families in Early Childhood Education.","authors":"Ronald Ssentuuwa, Vickie E Lake","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2026.2657380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2026.2657380","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Family engagement is a key contributor to positive developmental outcomes in early childhood education (ECE), particularly in programs serving high-need populations such as Head Start and Early Head Start. While extensive research highlights its benefits for children, families, and educators, limited attention has been given to how ECE professionals engage foster families.</p><p><strong>Purpose of the study: </strong>This study examines educators' and family engagement specialists' perceptions on family engagement practices, with a focus on foster families.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Guided by a social constructivist framework, the study employed a qualitative design using semi-structured interviews with family engagement specialists, a focus group with center administrators, an online teacher survey, document analysis, and field notes. Data were analyzed through structural and thematic coding to identify patterns across stakeholder perspectives.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings indicate that engagement practices are largely universal, with similar routines applied to all families, including informal interactions during drop-off and pick-up, parent - teacher conferences, and center-based events. Although relationship-building, trust, and communication were emphasized as central, strategies specifically tailored to foster families were limited.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Engagement was primarily center based, with minimal attention to home-based approaches, despite their established link to stronger developmental outcomes. These findings suggest that a \"one-size-fits-all\" approach may not adequately address the unique circumstances of foster families, including placement instability and involvement in child welfare systems.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study underscores the need for targeted professional development and system-level support to promote more responsive and context-sensitive engagement, ultimately enhancing equity and improving outcomes for children in foster care.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147663384","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":"Family Contexts and Pathways into Homelessness and Substance Use Among Women: A Phenomenological Study.","authors":"Azam Pilevari, Ali Pilvari","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2026.2654501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2026.2654501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study explored the lived experiences and family-related factors shaping pathways into substance use and homelessness among women experiencing homelessness in Tehran.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A qualitative phenomenological design was employed using Colaizzi's method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 26 homeless women in Tehran and were analyzed to identify recurring themes related to family experiences, substance use, and homelessness.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings revealed multiple interrelated factors contributing to substance use and housing loss, including early and forced marriage, exposure to violence, coercion by male relatives into criminal activities, early sexual experiences, trauma, emotional disengagement from family, and escape from adverse home environments.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These findings highlight the complex interplay of family dynamics, gendered power relations, social pressures, and personal trauma in shaping women's pathways into substance use and homelessness. The results suggest that homelessness among women cannot be understood as the outcome of a single event, but rather as a cumulative process rooted in harmful family and social conditions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Addressing early trauma and adverse family experiences may improve treatment engagement and strengthen the effectiveness of support services. Preventive and intervention efforts focusing on family violence, trauma, and social support are likely to play an important role in reducing women's risk of homelessness and its associated harms.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147619123","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":"Unveiling Protective and Risk Factors: Korean Immigrants and Korean Americans in the Southeastern United States and Their Encounters with Discrimination During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Hee Yun Lee, Jihee Woo, Junfei Lu, Cho Rong Won","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2026.2651142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2026.2651142","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Anti-Asian discrimination surged in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined pandemic-era discrimination among Korean immigrants and Korean Americans living in the southeastern United States (<i>N</i> = 355), a region shaped by a historically entrenched Black - White racial order and a growing Asian population.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Participants completed a survey assessing discrimination during the pandemic, including any discrimination and \"blatant\" incidents (e.g. threats or harassment). Poisson regression models estimated associations with English proficiency, social support, self-rated health, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and an English proficiency × ACEs interaction.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 75% reported any discrimination and 22% reported blatant incidents. In adjusted models, proficient English speakers reported higher discrimination (IRR = 1.43, <i>p</i> = .001). Greater social support and better health were associated with lower discrimination (IRR = 0.99, <i>p</i> = .011; IRR = 0.89, <i>p</i> = .015), while ACEs were associated with higher discrimination (IRR = 1.06, <i>p</i> = .002). The English proficiency × ACEs interaction was significant (IRR = 0.96, <i>p</i> = .042), indicating that the association between English proficiency and discrimination varied by ACEs level.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Discrimination was widespread in this sample, with a notable share reporting blatant events. Social support and health may be protective, whereas childhood adversity may heighten vulnerability and shape how English proficiency relates to discrimination exposure.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Anti-Asian discrimination warrants focused attention in the southeastern United States. Interventions that strengthen social support, expand culturally competent healthcare, and increase community awareness may help mitigate discrimination and related harms.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-25"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147596347","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":"Factors Associated with Wearable Device Usage Among Older Adults in Assisted Living.","authors":"Jung Sim Jun, Kyoung Hag Lee, Yongkuk Lee","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2026.2646589","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26408066.2026.2646589","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This cross-sectional study investigated factors associated with wearable device usage among older adults in assisted living facilities. Using the Andersen Health Behavior Model as a framework, the study examined the roles of predisposing, need, and enabling factors on the wearable device usage of older adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study recruited 102 older adult residents aged 65 or over from seven assisted living facilities in Kansas. This cross-sectional survey was done by face-to-face interviews using the purposive sampling method in 2024. A nested logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify key predictors of wearable device usage.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings indicate that, as hypothesized, higher levels of health literacy, telehealth knowledge, wearable device knowledge, and perceived usefulness of wearable devices were all positively associated with wearable device usage. In contrast, facilitating negative conditions and perceived discomfort were negatively associated with wearable device usage. Additionally, being female and having a higher perceived health status were negatively associated with wearable device usage.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusion: </strong>These results suggest that multifaceted interventions, including educational programs and user-friendly device designs, are necessary to enhance the adoption of wearable devices among older adults in assisted living.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147476238","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}