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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IMPACT ON ADOLESCENCE EMOTIONS AND COGNITION
Get PDFThis research proposal aims to identify evidence-based research that explores the impact of technology on adolescents’ social emotional regulation (SER). This study will explore the components associated with social emotional learning and regulation such as self-esteem, social relationships, and decision-making and the way they are impacted by technology usage in adolescence. This study will also identify the implications of its finding at the micro, macro, and mezzo level of social work and provide treatment suggestions regarding the impact of technology on each component of SER.
SER is defined as skills that are utilized to control one’s emotions, thoughts, and physiological sensations to respond to certain situations in the appropriate manner. The development of such skills may be greatly impacted during the adolescent phase of development
PRACTICES AND POLICIES WITHIN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM TO REDUCE THE RISK OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
Get PDFThis research project examined current child welfare system policies and practices that may be indirectly contributing to the risk of commercial sexual exploitation of children. This qualitative study gathered data using interviews of past and current child welfare case workers who have experience with CSEC cases. Key findings highlighted several themes within the participants’ answers, and using this data we propose feasible recommendations, such as increased CSEC training for case workers, provide proactive education, and strengthening existing collaborations
Burnout and Compassion Fatigue within Dispatch
Get PDFContinual exposure to trauma coupled with a general lack of
administrative support contributes to greater occupational risk for burnout and
compassion fatigue among first responders, causing many to leave the
profession. As the first line of communication for emergencies, dispatchers,
specifically emergency call takers are no exception. Yet, few studies have
investigated the prevalence and impact of burnout and compassion fatigue on
dispatchers in comparison to other first responders such as police, fire, or
emergency medical services (EMS). This study aimed to extend this line of
inquiry by surveying a stratified random sample of dispatchers working in
California dispatch centers (N=46). Using the Professional Quality of Life
(ProQOL) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) this study measured how much
burnout and compassion fatigue accrues with consistent exposure to traumatic
events and documented how burnout and compassion fatigue affects
dispatchers\u27 careers. Results from this study showed that exhaustion and
continual exposure to traumatic calls increases the likelihood of compassion
fatigue while prolonged exposure to stress, staffing, and poor administrative
support increase the chances of burnout. Continuous training on trauma and an
increase of peer support programs are possible policy implications
Association Between Social Participation and Nonmotor Symptoms of Parkinson\u27s Disease
Get PDFResearch has shown that social participation can aid in slowing cognitive decline and is associated with cognitive functioning in older adults. Being that Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily known for its motor and cognitive symptoms, it is worth evaluating social participation in patients with Parkinson’s Disease. The aim of this project is to determine whether social participation is associated with more favorable trajectories of neuropsychiatric symptoms among patients afflicted with Parkinson’s Disease. More specifically, this project will seek to examine how specific social activities may be uniquely associated with cognitive decline.
Participants (N = 8,389) who were diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease responded to questionnaires relevant to levels of social participation after receiving a diagnosis of PD. Additionally, participants’ quality of life, global cognitive abilities, subjective depressive symptoms, and motor severity were also assessed with questionnaires. Participants completed the questionnaires every six months over the span of three years, with the exception of the subjective depression questionnaire which was assessed annually for three years. Multilevel modeling was used to identify the association between social participation and nonmotor outcomes (cognitive complaints, depression, anxiety) among respondents, as well as motor symptom severity.
Attending an educational course or event was associated with more depressive symptoms (SE = 0.21; p = 0.007). However, helping others (SE = -0.14; p = 0.022) and meeting friends and family were associated with fewer depressive symptoms (SE = -0.10; p = 0.027). Also, less social participation was associated with greater motor symptom severity (SE = 0.26; p = 0.002), while more time helping others (SE = -0.14; p = 0.031) and more time doing charity work (SE = -0.15; p = 0.012) was associated with less motor symptom severity. Participants’ level of education and motor severity was also significantly associated with levels of depression, cognition, and quality of life. Participants’ age, motor severity, occasion, and income was also associated with levels of depression and quality of life, but not cognition. Further, there were no significant associations between participants’ sex and depressive symptoms, cognition, and quality of life, but there was a significant association between sex and motor severity.
Findings suggest that less social participation is associated with more depressive symptoms and greater motor symptom severity. Limitations of this study extend to the fact that there is limited ability to account for reverse causality. Therefore, future research should seek to examine whether cognitive function, depressive symptoms, and quality of life influence engagement in social participation
A WHOLE PERSON CARE APPROACH TO ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN THE INLAND EMPIRE
Get PDFIn the last 40 years, the United States has seen remarkable progress in the field of HIV treatment; however, the virus continues to burden the most vulnerable members of society, such as Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) and Intravenous Drug Users (IVDU). Unfortunately, these vulnerable members of society continue to lack stable social conditions to get into proper HIV treatment. These social conditions are referred to as social determinants of health, which are non-medical factors that influence whole-person care. With these members of society continuing to face greater social disparities, their linkage to care and retention to care is jeopardized, leaving an extra window for HIV transmission to continue. Due to this, this project focuses on a thorough literature review on eight scholarly studies to review if a greater concentration on important social determinants of health, such as stable housing, navigation support, and or access to mental health resources, helps support greater linkage and retention to HIV care. In result, six of the eight literature pieces selected signified the importance of establishing a multidisciplinary approach that revolves around the implementation of social determinants of health and whole person care to combat the HIV epidemic. With these captured results, the implementation of the Ending the HIV Epidemic and its Treatment Pillar concepts are highly recommended to be addressed, particularly in hard hit counties, such as in the Inland Empire.
Keywords: HIV, social determinants of health, linkage to care, retention to car