Councillor Margaret Walker (Cambuslang West) Chair of the Social Work Resources Committee, said: “We know how important the work of all of our social care staff is right across our communities, especially to those who are vulnerable. “We also recognise the significant challenges facing social care – and that our staff continue to be critical to meeting those challenges.
Archive for August 2024
Development and Validation of an Assessment-Driven Behavioral Intervention for Primary Complex Motor Stereotypies in Young Children
The Emerging Landscape of Social Media Influencers in Public Health Collaborations: A Scoping Review
Aligning Interviewing with Process Tracing
Picture This: Studying the Effectiveness of Illustrated Instructions
Prime Minister, Minister, or Else? Determinants of Patronage Appointments and Politicization of the Bureaucracy at the Senior Level in Turkey (2002–2018)
Framework for implementing asylum seekers and refugees’ health into the undergraduate medical curriculum in the United Kingdom
A Postcolonial Feminist Perspective on Traditional Birth Attendants and Management of Pregnancy Complications Among Indigenous Women in Rural Nigeria
Refusing to call out Islamophobia has emboldened the far right – and the current violence is the result
Beginning with the British National Party – a far-right political party that had unprecedented electoral success in local council elections in the early 2000s – a similar ideological trajectory can be traced through a number of far-right street movements that emerged between 2009 and 2018. These included the English Defence League (EDL) in around 2010, Britain First, Football Lads Alliance and Democratic Football Lads Alliance among others.
These groups have couched racist ideology in the notion of “defence”.
Therapeutic and non-therapeutic practices in the child justice system in Kenya: A therapeutic jurisprudence perspective
Sexual offending in Australia 2021–22
Destructive belief systems and violent behavior within and between groups and identities
Increased perceived safety in day-to-day life relates to critical national identification
Beyond social policy? ‘patchwork’ livelihoods
Effects of refugee settlement on citizens: A prospective longitudinal study of associations between perceived intergroup threat and mental health
Company Innovativeness — A Radically New Perspective on an Old Concept
Positive Aspects of Caregiving in Familial Care for Nonagenarians and Centenarians: Findings from Hong Kong Centenarian Study
When Cancer Spreads: Improving Treatments for Metastasis
Association of Phubbing Behavior and Fear of Missing Out: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between late-life depressive symptoms and cognitive deficits: 20-year follow-up of the Kuakini Honolulu-Asia aging study
Psychometric validation of the Chinese Version of the stimulant relapse risk scale (SRRS) in patients with methamphetamine use disorder
Guidance: Social work education in the 2024 to 2025 academic year
Not-for-profit scholarly publishing might not be cheaper – And that’s OK
Funding Call: Global Innovation Fellowships – South African Institute of International Affairs (Expressions of Interest must be submitted by 27 Nov)
Barriers Experienced by Community-Dwelling Older Adults Navigating Formal Care: Evidence From an Australian Population-Based National Survey
Episcopal Divinity School appoints the Very Rev. Lydia Kelsey Bucklin as new president and dean
Before pursuing a Master of Divinity from EDS, President Bucklin received her Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She began her career as a lay leader on the staff of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa, where she worked in children and youth ministry before transitioning to young adult ministry, communications, congregational development, church planting, and lifelong formation.
Neurocognitive Test Performance in relation to symptom severity and age of onset of trichotillomania
Effects of mindfulness training combined with aerobic exercise in people with methamphetamine use disorder: Evidence from sleep, brain activation, and cravings
Cognitive Processing Therapy for Childbirth-Related PTSD: A Case Study and Considerations for Treatment
The Within-Subject Association of Physical Behavior and Affective Well-Being in Everyday Life: A Systematic Literature Review
Effect of concentrated exposure and response prevention on symptoms of insomnia
Labor market discrimination and suicidal ideation: A longitudinal study of Korean women
The impact of work-related wellbeing and workplace culture and climate on intention to leave in the early childhood sector
Hearing impairment increases the risk of hip fracture-related mortality and recurrent hip fractures: A propensity score matching analysis
Corporate Prison Reform Will Not Keep Us Safe: A Report from Los Angeles
Collaborative Care for Polysubstance Use in Primary Care Settings (Co-Care)
Tailored approach to participant recruitment and retention to maximize health equity in pediatric cancer research
If You’re the Victim of a Payment Scam, Does Your Bank Have to Help?
“I Felt Like I Mattered”: Caring is a key ingredient of collaborative care for chronic illness
Which chronic diseases contribute the most to healthy life years lost in Algeria?
Benefits of reflection-based monitoring in action research projects
School socioeconomic status and psychological complaints among adolescents in 44 countries: The mediating role of schoolwork pressure and classmate support and the moderating role of family SES and country-level income inequality
The city aroused: Queer places and urban redevelopment in postwar San Francisco
Obsessive compulsive symptoms, mild neurocognitive disorder and dementia: A systematic review
Violent extremism in the U.S.: Causes and consequences for youth, families, schools, and communities
Call for abstracts for the European Conference of Social Work Education – ECSWE 2025 (Central theme on “social connectedness) (Due by 1 Nov)
Understanding and preventing violent extremism in school settings
Stop just paying lip service on publication integrity
Too often, journal assessments of potentially unreliable research are superficial, opaque and prolonged. Changes to the guidance given by the Committee on Publication Ethics could tighten up the process.
Housing, health equity, and global capitalist power: Migrant farmworkers in Canada
7.2M Americans Over 50 Hold Student Debt, New Report Shows
Urban Institute researchers say the financial burden not only puts a strain on the borrowers themselves but also the social welfare programs designed to be their safety net.