{"title":"Public Attitudes Toward Xenotransplantation: A Theological Perspective.","authors":"Vic McCracken","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2020.1814927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2020.1814927","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Among the myriad factors contributing to public attitudes toward xenotransplantation, religious belief offers a complex picture. In April 2019, xenotransplantation researchers at the University of Alabama-Birmingham conducted a focus group conversation among 12 area religious leaders. This article offers a theological analysis of the transcript of this conversation. The details of the interactions among the focus group participants sheds light on the manner in which theological belief shapes attitudes toward xenotransplantation. While participants generally recognized and affirmed the potential benefits of xenotransplantation, their support was tempered by an array of concerns emerging from a theological narrative that shaped their moral assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":"18 5","pages":"492-499"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/26408066.2020.1814927","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9548277","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}
Barry Ladis, Elisa M Trucco, Hui Huang, Barbara Thomlison, Nicole M Fava
{"title":"Longitudinal Effects of Peer, School, and Parenting Contexts on Substance Use Initiation in Middle Adolescence.","authors":"Barry Ladis, Elisa M Trucco, Hui Huang, Barbara Thomlison, Nicole M Fava","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2021.1932660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2021.1932660","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose</b>: Preventing substance use initiation (SUI) can reduce negative consequences associated with adult substance use disorder. The role of involvement with deviant peers, school connectedness, and parenting quality on SUI was investigated among a community sample (<i>N</i> = 387).<b>Method</b>: PROCESS tested whether three parenting quality factors (Parental Knowledge and Affective Relationships, Parental Control, and Parental Communication and Involvement) served as moderators of two different mediation pathways (involvement with deviant peers and school connectedness) on three SUI outcomes (alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana).<b>Results</b>: Involvement with deviant peers mediated the relation between school connectedness and substance use. Low school connectedness predicted high deviant peer affiliation, which, in turn, predicted high SUI. School connectedness did not mediate involvement with deviant peers and substance use. Parenting quality factors were not significant moderators.<b>Conclusion</b>: Supporting adolescents who lack strong school connections may help prevent involvement with deviant peers, which, in turn, may prevent SUI.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":"18 5","pages":"566-584"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/26408066.2021.1932660","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9622399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David L Albright, Lauren Holmes, Michael Lawson, Justin McDaniel, Kelli Godfrey
{"title":"False negative AUDIT screening results among patients in rural primary care settings.","authors":"David L Albright, Lauren Holmes, Michael Lawson, Justin McDaniel, Kelli Godfrey","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2021.1880513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2021.1880513","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose</b>: The objective of this study was to examine the incidence of false-negative screening results on a tool measuring alcohol use - the United States Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test Consumption (US-AUDIT-C).<b>Method</b>: A sample of patients (n = 4,023) in Alabama completed the US-AUDIT-C prior to a medical visit as part of a screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (AL-SBIRT) program. We calculated the incidence of false negative US-AUDIT-C screens based on recommendations for safe alcohol consumption.<b>Results</b>: The false negative screening rate on the US-AUDIT-C was 1%. The false negative screening rate for (a) males aged > 65 years in the AL-SBIRT program was 0.64%, (b) males aged 18-65 years was 2.79%, and (c) all females was 2.29%.<b>Discussion & Conclusions</b>: Increasing alcohol-consumption-related health education and reducing the stigma of discussing alcohol consumption habits is an important step toward improving patient health. Clinicians can more accurately screen and provide brief intervention services for alcohol misuse by training on US-AUDIT-C response patterns.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":"18 5","pages":"585-595"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/26408066.2021.1880513","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9548291","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}
Kerrie Ocasio, Nancy Rolock, Brett Greenfield, Rebecca Gallese, John Webb, Sophie Havighurst, Rowena Fong, Michael J MacKenzie
{"title":"Implementation Fidelity in the Replication of Tuning in to Teens (TINT) Adapted for Adoptive Parents and Guardians in the US.","authors":"Kerrie Ocasio, Nancy Rolock, Brett Greenfield, Rebecca Gallese, John Webb, Sophie Havighurst, Rowena Fong, Michael J MacKenzie","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2021.1924912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2021.1924912","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose</b>: Clear explication of the conditions necessary to reproduce results is imperative in the development of evidence-based interventions.<b>Methods:</b> This study used a fidelity framework to guide the exploration of implementation fidelity in a study of the Tuning in to Teens (TINT) intervention in New Jersey. TINT is an evidence-based prevention program - previously tested with parents of pre-adolescents to reduce emotionally dismissive parenting - that was adapted for use with adoptive and guardianship families.<b>Results:</b> The review of intervention design adaptation and protocols; intervention training; and monitoring of intervention delivery revealed extensive efforts by an adoption clinician, the purveyor of the program, and an implementation team to support the implementation efforts. Results of the monitoring of intervention receipt indicate that the intervention was implemented with high fidelity.<b>Discussion:</b> Future intervention research should consider assessing the effects of implementation efforts on outcomes to improve replication under real-world conditions. Regardless, this exploration of fidelity has implications for public and private organizations seeking to implement an evidence-based intervention. The framework developed by Gearing and Colleagues and the TIDieR checklist could provide useful guidance when planning for and reporting on implementation fidelity in the furtherance of developing and disseminating evidence-based interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":"18 5","pages":"550-565"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/26408066.2021.1924912","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9552426","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":"Social Work Research and Evidence-Based Practice in Experimental Medicine Exploring Issues in the Xenotransplantation Context.","authors":"Alan J Lipps, Kyeonghee Jang","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2020.1819927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2020.1819927","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose:</b> The purpose of this paper was to discuss challenges to interdisciplinary evidence-based social work practice (EBP) within a context of xenotransplantation (XTx) using genetically modified animal organs, and the broader context of experimental medicine.<b>Method</b> This paper reviewed EBP terminology and discussed the meaning and function of evidence-based social work practice within an IDT in a XTx setting. Meta-analytic systematic reviews, and psychosocial surveys, were discussed to glean insights into ways in which IDTs can incorporate those research methodologies into EBP within an experimental medical (i.e., XTx) context. Several issues that arise while conducting psychosocial research in preparation for clinical trials were also discussed.<b>Conclusions</b> Social workers can assume leadership roles on IDT's within experimental medicine by using their group facilitation skills and training in EBP. An evidence-based pathway model for interdisciplinary care was proposed and briefly illustrated as a framework for collaboration among IDT members using EBP in XTx practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":"18 5","pages":"475-491"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/26408066.2020.1819927","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9902887","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":"Gregory Research Beliefs Scale: Preliminary confirmatory factor analysis of convergent construct validity.","authors":"Virgil L Gregory","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2021.1875096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2021.1875096","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose</b>: A number of factors underscore the importance of validly measuring social work students' beliefs regarding research and social work practice. The Gregory Research Beliefs Scale (GRBS) purports to measure social work students' beliefs about the general value of research for social work practice. The purpose of the present study was to preliminarily determine the convergent validity of the GRBS.<b>Method</b>: A confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the convergent validity of the GRBS relative to the Evidence-Based Practice Process Assessment Scale (EBPPAS) Attitude subscale.<b>Results</b>: Based on observed scale correlations, latent variable correlations, an anticipated statistically significant <i>X</i><sup>2</sup> difference in models, and various modification indices all aligning with a priori theoretical expectations, the convergent validity of the GRBS was preliminarily supported.<b>Discussion</b>: The present study, in conjunction with prior research, will ultimately translate to social work education that embodies CSWE standards for evidence-based practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":"18 5","pages":"534-549"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/26408066.2021.1875096","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9601193","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":"Suicide, Race, and Social Work: A Systematic Review of Protective Factors among African Americans.","authors":"Darius D Reed, Stephen W Stoeffler, Rigaud Joseph","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2020.1857317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2020.1857317","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose</b>: Suicide among African Americans has increased significantly in the past 15 years, yet it remains a neglected topic in social work research. This systematic review examines social work's contribution to suicide research while focusing on the social context in which African Americans live.<b>Method:</b> Using a critical race theory, we examine protective factors specific to African Americans that may mitigate suicide risks. Results reveal that the social work profession has produced 20 suicide-related studies between 1980 and 2018.<b>Results:</b> Identify three types of protective factors against suicide among African Americans. These are: micro-level factors (private regard / strong African American identity and impulsive response to discrimination), mezzo-level factors (family support and the role of women), and macro-level factors (social support, poverty and lack of awareness, religion, access to care, and internal response to community violence).<b>Conclusion:</b> Finding demonstrate evidence of the relationship between protective factors and suicide among African Americans. Implications for the use of Critical Race Theory in Social Work research and practice are provided along with implications to advance suicide training in social work education programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":"18 4","pages":"379-393"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/26408066.2020.1857317","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25397628","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":"Social Support and Depressive Symptoms among Trauma-Impacted Older Adults.","authors":"Seungjong Cho, Morgan Bulger","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2020.1866729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2020.1866729","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose</b>: The present study investigates the association between social support and depressive symptomatology among older adults who have been impacted by trauma. Previous studies have not sufficiently explored this topic to date.<b>Method</b>: The current study analyzed public-use data from the 2012 Health and Retirement Study (<i>N</i> = 4,195), focusing specifically on community-dwelling older adults (> 50). They had at least one traumatic event in their lifetime.<b>Results</b>: This study found that higher levels of social support were significantly associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms after controlling for life satisfaction, age, gender, race, ethnicity, and education..<b>Discussion and Conclusion</b>: The recent emergence of trauma-informed research has consistently emphasized the importance of social interaction for mental health. The current study shows that social support can reduce depressive symptoms of those who have experienced trauma.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":"18 4","pages":"371-378"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/26408066.2020.1866729","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38857906","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}
Uche L Nwatu, Nneka F Nwafor, Casmir O Odo, Chinyere E Onalu
{"title":"Worried of Not COVID-19 but Fear of Hunger and Starvation: Challenges of the Poor Nigerians.","authors":"Uche L Nwatu, Nneka F Nwafor, Casmir O Odo, Chinyere E Onalu","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2021.1908200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2021.1908200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose</b>: Lack of social welfare programs for vulnerable households during the coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria caused severe pain and economic hardship to households as millions suffered hunger in Nigeria and Africa at large.<b>Method</b>: To explore the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, a qualitative study was conducted with 70 participants from Lagos, Nigeria. We conducted 52 individual and 2 group interviews with 18 key stakeholders involved with enforcing lockdown orders. Responses were analyzed in themes using content and discourse analysis.<b>Result</b>: The participants stated that the greatest challenge faced by many amidst the pandemic is hunger and starvation and described government palliatives as grossly insufficient. This is linked to the high population of Nigerians living below poverty line, who depends on daily earning for survival.<b>Discussion</b>: Therefore, these viewpoints must be taken into account by the policymakers and social welfare providers when designing social welfare policies and interventions for poor/vulnerable Nigerians.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":"18 4","pages":"413-428"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/26408066.2021.1908200","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25584527","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}
Genevieve Graaf, Sarah Accomazzo, Kris Matthews, Amy Mendenhall, Whitney Grube
{"title":"Evidence Based Practice in Systems of Care for Children with Complex Mental Health Needs.","authors":"Genevieve Graaf, Sarah Accomazzo, Kris Matthews, Amy Mendenhall, Whitney Grube","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2021.1891172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2021.1891172","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose:</b> Community-based social work with families and youth with complex behavioral health needs highlights challenges to incorporating empirical evidence into routine practice. This article presents a framework for integrating evidence in community-based Systems of Care for these children and their families.<b>Method:</b> This article reviews research on various approaches to integrating evidence into children's behavioral health and community-based care and contextualizes it within dominant paradigms of Systems of Care (SoC) and Wraparound principles.<b>Results:</b> Based on this review, this article proposes the Evidence-Based Practice in Systems of Care (EBP in SoC) model. The model describes how to incorporate evidence into every aspect of community-based SoCs for children with mental health concerns.<b>Discussion and Conclusion:</b> Discussion of the model will focus on implications of using the framework for practitioners, mental health organizations, communities, and state and federal administration and policymaking.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":"18 4","pages":"394-412"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/26408066.2021.1891172","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25584532","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}