Browsing Wurzweiler School of Social Work: Dissertations by Title
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Decision-making and service recommendations in child protective services
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2005)An examination of the CPS decision-making process is of great importance to child welfare practice because of the need to better understand factors affecting the recommendations for service made by CPS workers. This study ... -
Deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill in New York State: An examination of the strategy of co-optation
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2002)The study seeks to examine New York State's use of co-optation as a strategy for achieving its mental health policy goals. These policy goals included the closing of the State psychiatric hospitals, and attempts at helping ... -
Detecting child abuse: A phenomenological exploration of the collaboration between NYPD patrol officers with child protective services workers.
(2020-06)In New York City, Child Protective Services Workers and NYPD patrol officers are the frontline to responding to child abuse cases. It is their responsibility to take action when crimes against children are committed and ... -
Differential acculturation, bilingual education, and mother-child conflict
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1994)The present study investigated the inter-relationships between mother-child conflict, attachment to the country of birth, acculturation to the United States, and monolingual versus bilingual education in Soviet Jewish ... -
Discharge planning for homeless patients: A social work practice dilemma
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1994)Hospitals, functioning under the DRG prospective payment reimbursement system, must be concerned with effecting timely discharges for their patients. The homeless are particularly vulnerable under this system due to their ... -
Discrimination on College Campuses: Perceptions of Evangelical Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Students: A Secondary Data Analysis
(Yeshiva University, 2022-08)Religious and faith-based discrimination has been an overwhelming issue in American academies for time immemorial. This dissertation is a secondary data analysis that utilized the samples identifying as Evangelical Christian, ... -
Does Human Capital Investment Impact the Earning Mobility of the Near Poor?
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2012)This secondary analysis of the earning mobility of the near poor examined the impact of human capital investment on the earning mobility of the near poor between 2005 and 2009. The theory framing this study is Human Capital ... -
Domestic violence: Attitudes and values of legal and helping professionals
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1995)The goal of this research is to understand the attitudes, and values of the professional groups that mobilized the domestic violence cause through the legal system. Three factors will be explored in order to understand the ... -
Domestic violence: Defining a social problem. The response of helping professionals
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2005)This study examined how social workers and other helping professionals viewed the problem of domestic or partner violence prior to the passing of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and subsequent to its passing. The ... -
Dyadic Adjustment in Couples Living with Stage IV Lung Cancer
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2013)This dissertation examines levels of communication, relationship satisfaction and perceptions of equity that exist between couples living with stage IV lung cancer. Quantitative analyses were used in a convenience sample ... -
Educational options of adjudicated youth: An exploration of the benefits of a transitional school setting
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2008)This study examined the impact of a transitional school program, Community Preparatory High School (CPHS), on the academic and justice related outcomes of youth returning to their communities following their release from ... -
Effects of remediation on high-stakes standardized testing
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2013)This dissertation examined the impact of an intervention aimed at improving the standardized test scores for students on the mathematics portions of a high-stakes high school examination. Research shows that the achievement ... -
Enhancing the cultural competence of social workers
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2005)The social work profession continues to be challenged by the need for opportunities to develop cultural competence. This cross-sectional study has examined how social worker participation in experiential learning contributes ... -
Envisioning possibilities for the future of local policing: Suggestions on law enforcement policy by two vulnerable groups
(Yeshiva University, 2023)While there is much research in the social science fields regarding perceptions of police involvement, lacking is research that focuses on what participants in impoverished Black and Undocumented Central and Mexican American ... -
Ethical dilemmas facing hospital social workers: Implications
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1991)The hospital social worker is confronted with a range of ethical dilemmas stemming from conflicting obligations, cost-containment measures, medical advances and interdisiciplinary team work.;The present study investigated ... -
Ethical dilemmas of New York City social workers
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2001)The purpose of the research study was to explore how social workers make ethical decisions by examining the impact of their education in ethics, with whom and what they consult, and the decisions they make to resolve ethical ... -
Ethnicity and time -to -degree: Experiences of women social work doctorates
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2005)The purpose of this study was to examine the educational experiences of White women and women of color who completed their social work doctoral studies between 1990 and 2003. This study followed an exploratory and explanatory ... -
Ethnicity as a factor affecting adjustment of elderly to a nursing home
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1998)This study examines the impact of ethnicity upon the adjustment of nursing home residents to one multi-cultural nursing facility. A sample of convenience was used to select 71 Jewish and 21 African American alert residents ... -
EVELINE M. BURNS AND THE AMERICAN SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, 1935-1960: A MODEL OF PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1985)The study examines the work and professional leadership of Eveline M. Burns on Social Security old age retirement issues from 1935 to 1960. The enactment of the Social Security Act in 1935 represented a landmark for social ... -
Examining life satisfaction of adults with visual impairments: A social and ecological perspective of disability
(Yeshiva University, 2023-05-02)This dissertation is quantitative and explores the Satisfaction with Life of individuals with visual impairments. The societal (macro) and personal (micro) aspects of disability are explored with an emphasis on the disparities ...
