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Belon AP, Yashadhana A, Kongats K, Atkey K, Glenn NM, Jaques K, Nieuwendyk L, Harris P, de Leeuw E, Nykiforuk CI. Australian and Canadian financial wellbeing policy landscape during COVID-19: An equity-informed policy scan. HEALTH POLICY OPEN 2024; 6:100114. [PMID: 38213762 PMCID: PMC10776654 DOI: 10.1016/j.hpopen.2023.100114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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Background This targeted and comprehensive policy scan examined how different levels of governments in Australia and Canada responded to the financial crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. We mapped the types of early policy responses addressing financial strain and promoting financial wellbeing. We also examined their equity considerations. Methods Through a systematic search, snowballing, and manual search, we identified Canadian and Australian policies at all government levels related to financial strain or financial wellbeing enacted or amended in 2019-2020. Using a deductive-inductive approach, policies were categorized by jurisdiction level, focal areas, and target population groups. Results In total, 213 and 97 policies in Canada and Australia, respectively, were included. Comparisons between Canadian and Australian policies indicated a more diversified and equity-targeted policy landscape in Canada. In both countries, most policies focused on individual and family finances, followed by housing and employment areas. Conclusions The policy scan identified gaps and missed opportunities in the early policies related to financial strain and financial wellbeing. While fast, temporary actions addressed individuals' immediate needs, we recommend governments develop a longer-term action plan to tackle the root causes of financial strain and poor financial wellbeing for better health and non-health crisis preparedness. Statement on Ethics and Informed Consent This research reported in this paper did not require ethical clearance or patient informed consent as the data sources were published policy documents. This study did not involve data collection with humans (or animals), nor any secondary datasets involving data provided by humans (or from animal studies).
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- Ana Paula Belon
- Centre for Healthy Communities, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-035 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada
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- Centre for Primary Health Care & Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Communities, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-035 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada
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- Centre for Healthy Communities, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-035 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada
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- Centre for Healthy Communities, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-035 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada
- PolicyWise for Children & Families, 1000 – 9925, 109 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5K 2J8, Canada
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- Centre for Primary Health Care & Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Communities, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-035 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada
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- Centre for Primary Health Care & Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Primary Health Care & Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Healthy Urban Environments Collaboratory, Maridulu Budyari Gumal SPHERE, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Communities, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-035 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada
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Goldberg AE, Frost RL. "Saying 'I'm not okay' is extremely risky": Postpartum mental health, delayed help-seeking, and fears of the child welfare system among queer parents. FAMILY PROCESS 2024. [PMID: 38922870 DOI: 10.1111/famp.13032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 04/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Parent mental health challenges in the postpartum and early parenthood have profound implications for parent, child, and family well-being. Little research has focused on postpartum mental health challenges and barriers to help-seeking among queer birthing people, including members of this community who may be particularly vulnerable to mental health difficulties, such as queer cis women partnered with men, trans/nonbinary parents, and queer parents who are young, low-income, and/or of color. This mixed-methods study of queer parents (n = 99), all of whom were assigned female at birth (AFAB) and gave birth to a child within the past several years, explores parents' postpartum mental health difficulties and perceived barriers to seeking help. Using a structural stigma framework, this study found that participants reported high rates of postpartum mental health difficulties (89%) and reported various barriers to seeking support including fears of discrimination and being deemed "unfit" by providers, which might lead to child welfare system involvement. Young parents and low-income parents were particularly fearful of child welfare system contact and potential child removal. Factors that encouraged help-seeking (e.g., desire to be a good parent; partner pressure to seek help) and implications for family practitioners are discussed.
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Lebow JL. Another editor's farewell. FAMILY PROCESS 2023; 62:1273-1280. [PMID: 38055997 DOI: 10.1111/famp.12947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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- Jay L Lebow
- Family Process and Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Wan J, Liu L, Chen Y, Zhang T, Huang J. Psychological resilience matters in the relationship between the decline in economic status and adults' depression half a year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1239437. [PMID: 37743994 PMCID: PMC10513423 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1239437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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Background/objective The outbreak of COVID-19 in China since 2019 has had a significant impact on the mental health of people in Hubei Province during the three-year pandemic period. Therefore, studying the prevalence of depression among the population of Hubei Province since the pandemic is of great significance. Methods Based on opportunity and stress theory, we collected provincial-level data from Hubei (N = 3,285) to examine the impact of declining economic status on depressive symptoms and to investigate the moderating effect of psychological resilience during the period of economic adjustment. Results We used propensity score matching to estimate the treatment effect of economic status decline on depression severity and confirmed the moderating effect of psychological resilience. We found that the more that an individual's economic status declines, the more severe that his or her depressive symptoms become. Specifically, each unit decrease in economic status is associated with an increase of approximately 0.117 units in depression level. In addition, our results indicated that psychological resilience significantly moderated the relationship between economic decline and depression (-0.184*). Conclusions and implications Our study confirms the role of economic status in depressive symptoms. Compared with traditional research on the relationship between economic status and mental illness, this paper expands the research regarding the two in the context of a major public health emergency. Furthermore, we suggest ways to improve people's mental health following the pandemic.
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- Jun Wan
- School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
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- School of Sociology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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Silva M, Ferreira M, Loureiro H, Kraus T, Santos A, Figueiredo MH. Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Family Structural Dimensions: A Correlational Study. Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ 2023; 13:1590-1599. [PMID: 37754454 PMCID: PMC10528237 DOI: 10.3390/ejihpe13090115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused changes in the families' social support network, employment status, and family income, which are the focus of attention of family health nurses. This study aims to describe the pandemic's repercussions in the areas of attention of the structural dimension of families according to the Dynamic Model of Family Assessment and Intervention, as perceived by Portuguese families, and to relate the changes in their employment status according to the variables of the structural dimension. A quantitative, descriptive, and correlational study was conducted using snowball sampling. A questionnaire of sociodemographic characterization and assessment of the family structural dimension according to the model's operational matrix was applied to 235 family members. Changes were found in their employment status; family income; intensity and frequency of contact with family, friends, and coworkers; frequency of contact with educational/health/religious institutions and community groups; cultural activities; and housing comfort conditions such as the use of heating/air conditioning, gas, and water consumption. Changes in employment status were related to family income, interaction with friends, frequency of cultural activities, and use of air conditioning and heating. Knowing the implications of the pandemic on the family's structural dimension results in a nursing intervention more focused on family needs.
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- Margarida Silva
- Nursing Health Sciences Research Unit, Nursing School of Coimbra, Avenida Bissaya Barreto, 3046-851 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Nursing School of Oliveira de Azeméis, CINTESIS@RISE Rua da Cruz Vermelha, 1002, 3720-126 Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal;
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- Health School, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal;
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- Health School, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Morro do Lena, Alto do Vieiro.4137, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal;
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- Family Health Unit, Grouping of Health Centers Póvoa de Varzim/Vila do Conde, 4485-460 Vila do Conde, Portugal;
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Kanter JB, Lannin DG, Rauer AJ, Yazedjian A. Relational concerns and change in relationship satisfaction in a relationship education program. FAMILY PROCESS 2023; 62:576-590. [PMID: 36792380 DOI: 10.1111/famp.12851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Lower income couples tend to report more difficulty sustaining high-quality intimate relationships. As a result, policy initiatives have been enacted to fund relationship education (RE) programs that aim to increase lower income couples' relationship satisfaction. Generally, these programs demonstrate small, albeit statistically significant improvements in mean levels of relationship functioning. It is critical, however, to understand if RE programming influences the developmental course of intimate relationships, and if this influence depends on couples' initial levels of concerns about their relationships. Using dyadic group-based modeling and three waves of data from 6034 couples in the Supporting Healthy Marriages project, a randomized control trial of RE, we categorized couples into four relationship concern groups (No Relational Concerns, Both Relationally Concerned, Men's Relational Concerns, and Women's Relational Concerns) and explored how these groups moderated the long-term efficacy of RE programming. Results indicated that RE was associated with different developmental trajectories of satisfaction, but RE effects differed for men and women. Specifically, random assignment into RE was associated with men maintaining high levels of relationship satisfaction, whereas women's satisfaction decreased over time. These effects were not moderated by initial relationship concerns. The association between RE and relationship satisfaction trajectories was small in magnitude, suggesting that more comprehensive services are needed to strengthen lower income couples' intimate relationships.
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- Jeremy B Kanter
- Department of Child and Family Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Child and Family Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Office of the Provost, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA
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Varela EG, Zeldman J, Bolivar I, Mobley AR. A Qualitative Study to Compare Barriers to Improving Food Security among Households with Young Children in the U.S. as Perceived by Different Types of Stakeholders before and during COVID-19. Nutrients 2023; 15:nu15061438. [PMID: 36986168 PMCID: PMC10055020 DOI: 10.3390/nu15061438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
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This qualitative study aimed to determine the perceived barriers of different community stakeholders’ to providing resources for improving food security in households with young children in the U.S. Community stakeholders working with low-income families with children 0–3 years of age in Florida were recruited to represent healthcare (n = 7), community/policy development (n = 6), emergency food assistance (n = 6), early childhood education (n = 7), and nutrition education (n = 6) sectors. In 2020, one-on-one interviews were conducted with each stakeholder in via Zoom, using an interview script based on the PRECEDE–PROCEED model and questions to capture the impacts of COVID-19. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using a deductive thematic approach. A cross-tab qualitative analysis was used to compare data across categories of stakeholders. Healthcare professionals and nutrition educators indicated stigma, community/policy development stakeholders indicated a lack of time, emergency food assistance personnel indicated a limited access to food, and early childhood professionals indicated a lack of transportation as the main barriers to food security prior to COVID-19. COVID-19 impacts included the fear of virus exposure, new restrictions, lack of volunteers, and a lack of interest in virtual programming as barriers to food security. As perceived barriers may vary with respect to providing resources to improve food security in families with young children and the COVID-19 impacts persist, coordinated policy, systems, and environmental changes are needed.
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Lebow JL. Families at sea in a family unfriendly world: The United States Supreme Court and family policy. FAMILY PROCESS 2022:e12806. [PMID: 36468311 DOI: 10.1111/famp.12806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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- Jay L Lebow
- Family Process and Family Institute at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Simonse O, Van Dijk WW, Van Dillen LF, Van Dijk E. The role of financial stress in mental health changes during COVID-19. NPJ MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH 2022; 1:15. [PMID: 37521497 PMCID: PMC9568931 DOI: 10.1038/s44184-022-00016-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Using longitudinal data before and during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic for a representative sample of Dutch households, we examined the role of financial stress, defined as the subjective experience of lacking financial resources to cope with demands, in mental health changes. Also, we examined financial stress and mental health relations with households' income, savings, and debts. The data revealed that average mental health did not change during the first six months of the pandemic but showed considerable underlying heterogeneity. Results showed that financial stress changes significantly explained this heterogeneity. Increases in financial stress predicted decreases in mental health, whereas decreases in financial stress predicted increases in mental health. While income did not explain financial stress changes, fewer savings and more debts were related to increased financial stress, which was, in turn, negatively related to mental health. We discuss the implications of our findings for mental health care and financial security policy and provide suggestions for future research.
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- Olaf Simonse
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
- Knowledge Center Psychology and Economic Behavior, Leiden, Netherlands
- Ministry of Finance, the Hague, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
- Knowledge Center Psychology and Economic Behavior, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
- Knowledge Center Psychology and Economic Behavior, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
- Knowledge Center Psychology and Economic Behavior, Leiden, Netherlands
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Katz C, Varela N, Korbin JE, Najjar AA, Cohen N, Bérubé A, Bishop E, Collin-Vézina D, Desmond A, Fallon B, Fouche A, Haffejee S, Kaawa-Mafigiri D, Katz I, Kefalidou G, Maguire-Jack K, Massarweh N, Munir A, Munoz P, Priolo-Filho S, Tarabulsy GM, Levine DT, Tiwari A, Truter E, Walker-Williams H, Wekerle C. Child protective services during COVID-19 and doubly marginalized children: International perspectives. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2022; 131:105634. [PMID: 35525629 PMCID: PMC9013646 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alongside deficits in children's wellbeing, the COVID-19 pandemic has created an elevated risk for child maltreatment and challenges for child protective services worldwide. Therefore, some children might be doubly marginalized, as prior inequalities become exacerbated and new risk factors arise. OBJECTIVE To provide initial insight into international researchers' identification of children who might have been overlooked or excluded from services during the pandemic. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING This study was part of an international collaboration involving researchers from Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Israel, South Africa, Uganda, the UK and the USA. Researchers from each country provided a written narrative in response to the three research questions in focus, which integrated the available data from their countries. METHOD Three main questions were explored: 1) Who are the children that were doubly marginalized? 2) What possible mechanisms may be at the root? and 3) In what ways were children doubly marginalized? The international scholars provided information regarding the three questions. A thematic analysis was employed using the intersectional theoretical framework to highlight the impact of children's various identities. RESULTS The analysis yielded three domains: (1) five categories of doubly marginalized children at increased risk of maltreatment, (2) mechanisms of neglect consisting of unplanned, discriminatory and inadequate actions, and (3) children were doubly marginalized through exclusion in policy and practice and the challenges faced by belonging to vulnerable groups. CONCLUSION The COVID-19 pandemic can be used as a case study to illustrate the protection of children from maltreatment during worldwide crises. Findings generated the understanding that child protective systems worldwide must adhere to an intersectionality framework to protect all children and promote quality child protection services.
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- Carmit Katz
- Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
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- Faculty of social and human sciences, Externado University, Calle 12 No. 1-17 Este, Bogotá, Colombia.
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- Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, USA.
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- Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Psycho-education and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada.
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- School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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- Centre for Research on Children and Families, McGill University, Suite 106, Wilson Hall, 3506 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7, Canada.
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- Leicester Law School and University of Leicester Migration, Mobility and Citizenship Network (MMCN), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, the University of Toronto, Canada.
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- Department of Social Wellbeing, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates; Department of Child Protection Social Work, North-West University, South Africa.
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- University of Johannesburg, Cnr Kingsway & University Roads, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2092, South Africa.
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- Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Makerere University, Uganda.
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- Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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- University of Michigan, School of Social Work, 1080 S. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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- Al-Qasemi Educational College of Education, Baqa-El-Gharbia, 3010000, P. O. Box 124, Israel
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- Department of Social Work and Sociology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan
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- Nacional Universidad de Colombia, Building 205 - Of. 117, Bogota, DC, Colombia.
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- Graduate Program of Psychology, the Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Rua Sydnei Antonio Rangel Santos 238, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck 1030, Avenue des Sciences-Humaines Suite 3456, Laval University, Quebec, Quebec G1V 0A6, Canada.
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- Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Leicester/School of Media, Communications and Sociology, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg.
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- Institute of Public and Preventive Health, Augusta University, 1120 15th St, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
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- Social Work Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, COMPRES research entity, Vanderbijlpark Campus, South Africa.
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- Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W. - MIP 201A, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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Lebow JL. Families at sea in a family-unfriendly world: The United States Supreme Court and family policy. FAMILY PROCESS 2022; 61:963-965. [PMID: 36104306 DOI: 10.1111/famp.12805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- Jay L Lebow
- Editor, Family Process and Family Institute at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Salman N, Batman KA, Sorakin Y. The needs analysis of the marriage education program for Turkish Cypriot community: Development phase. Front Psychol 2022; 13:963305. [PMID: 35983211 PMCID: PMC9379273 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.963305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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This research is a needs analysis to develop a marriage education program to be held in the TRNC. The aim of the research is to compare the views of married and divorced individuals about marriage education and to determine their needs for marriage education. For this purpose, it has been determined in which subjects they see themselves as sufficient or inadequate, in which subjects they are willing to participate in the training and in which subjects they are unwilling. In this study, embedded design, one of the mixed research methods in which qualitative and quantitative methods are used together, was used. The dominant dimension of this study is the qualitative research method, and the supporting dimension is the quantitative research method. In the qualitative aspect of the research, the sample group was studied with 16 married and divorced participants living in the TRNC. In the quantitative dimension, a total of 385 married or divorced participants were consulted using the sample calculation of unknown universe. The findings are as follows; In both quantitative and qualitative dimensions, the majority of the participants think that if marriage education is given, they can have a healthier and happier marriage. Married and divorced individuals, effective communication, ways of conflict resolution, respect for differences in understanding in raising children, the causes and consequences of cheating, the importance and functions of the family, expectations from marriage and spouse, the processes experienced by new couples, attitudes and behaviors that may adversely affect marriage, power balance and marital status. They stated that they wanted to receive training on adjustment, relations with families in marriage, marriage and business life, anger control, coping with violence and prevention, spending habits and its effects on marriage, effects of financial difficulties on marriage, sexual life and problems in marriage. A training program will be developed for these determined subjects and will be applied to 20 participants in a semi-experimental model through the TRNC Ministry of National Education. The marriage psycho-education program to be prepared will be developed on the basis of a cognitive behavioral approach.
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- Nihal Salman
- Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus
- *Correspondence: Nihal Salman
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