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  • Health, well-being, and financial self-sufficiency of low-income families in the context of welfare reform

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    Corson, Corinne
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    The Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act of 1996 brought several changes to the welfare system. Among these changes are lifetime limits for receiving welfare benefits, and work requirements intended to foster economic self-sufficiency in welfare recipients. In the past few years, it has been acknowledged that there are challenges...
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    Reform. Abstract approved: Leslie N. Richards The Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation

  • The ripple effect : relationship changes in the context of a family literacy program

    Creator:
    Merrill, Marina L.
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    Using a qualitative approach, this study explored how participation in a family literacy program can impact important relationships beyond the targeted parent-child dyad. Interviews with 108 parents, were collected over four program years, 1996-1999, as part of the statewide evaluation of Oregon's Even Start Family Literacy programs, were analyzed using...
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  • Intergenerational responses to the death of a child

    Creator:
    White, Diana L.
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    The death of a child is a traumatic family event. This qualitative study examined the experiences of parents and grandparents in 10 families who had lost a baby to SIDS, stillbirth, or birth defects. Key questions focused on support given and received, meanings attributed to the loss, continuing bonds, and...
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    privacy. 7 I ,J Alexis J. Wker . Signature redacted for privacy. Leslie N. Richards The death of a

  • Family literacy programs : can they make a difference in parenting?

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    Bailey, Sandra J.
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    Parenting education is a process of providing information to parents on the challenges of parenting, services available for families, and ideas on how to interact with children. The federal Even Start family literacy program, designed to increase the educational opportunities of parents and children, has a strong parenting education component....
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    They Make a Difference in Parenting? Abstract approved: Leslie N. Richards Parenting education is

  • Depression risk : an examination of rural low income mothers

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    Guyer, Amy M.
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    This study used a multi-method approach to explore factors associated with high and low depression in a sample of rural mothers living in poverty. From a sample of 117 women with very high or very low CES-D depression scores, 40 cases were randomly selected for in-depth qualitative analysis. Qualitative comments...
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    Risk: An Examination of Rural Low Income Mothers. Abstract approved: Leslie N. Richards This study

  • Beyond high hopes : educational attainment among children of immigrants

    Creator:
    Feeney, Sarah L.
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    In light of broadening racial/ethnic educational attainment gaps, growing diversity within young populations, and the increasingly critical relationship between higher education and outcomes in adulthood, understanding the factors that shape educational attainment is an especially important task for research. With this goal in mind, the current study examined how national...
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Leslie N. Richards In light of broadening racial/ethnic educational attainment gaps

  • Childhood risk as a predictor of frequency of contact between incarcerated fathers and their children

    Creator:
    Galardi, Tasha R.
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    U.S. incarceration rates have soared over the past three decades and the demographic characteristics of those who end up in prison are a reflection of the nation's structural inequality. Incarcerated fathers are a socially disadvantaged group and spending time in prison compounds already significant risk factors that these men experienced...
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    Leslie N. Richards U.S. incarceration rates have soared over the past three decades and the

  • Supporting families through collaboration : an analysis of Oregon Even Start partnerships

    Creator:
    Brinkman, Dane A.
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    In recent years interorganizational collaboration has increasingly been emphasized as an important step for addressing inefficiencies in the delivery of human services. Among the many benefits of collaboration described by human service authors are the creation of a more consumer-friendly service system, more efficient use of available resources, and avoiding...
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    . Richards In recent years interorganizational collaboration has increasingly been emphasized as an

  • “We’ll Be That Kid That You Think We Are” : The Influences of Stigma and Interactions with Important Adults on Youth Identity Development in a Rural Context

    Creator:
    Lile, Joy R.
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    Adolescence is a developmental stage marked by crystallization in individuals’ sense of identity (Erikson, 1994; Harter, 1999). Research on positive youth development stresses the ways in which thriving trajectories during adolescence contribute to positive lifelong outcomes (Lerner & Overton, 2008; Scales, Benson, & Roehlkepartain, 2011) A symbolic interactionism perspective (Mead,...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Dr. Leslie N. Richards

  • A qualitative analysis of clinical records from a trauma response program for families exposed to violence

    Creator:
    Behan, Kathleen G.
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    This dissertation is a qualitative secondary content analysis of clinical records collected for the Spokane Safe Start Project in Spokane, Washington, a program designed to offset trauma in children exposed to domestic and intimate partner violence (IPV). The Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization have identified intimate...
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    . Richards This dissertation is a qualitative secondary content analysis of clinical records collected