Approximately 5.6 million South Africans are living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; UNAIDS, 2010). Prevalence among Black adolescents and young adults is particularly alarming. This pilot study of an HIV preventive intervention targeting African youth contributes to the growing body research on culturally competent family-based interventions.A total 99 parent-child dyads were enrolled in experimental repeated measures study, using a wait-list control group. Our 6-session targeted...

Abstract Depending on the data source, between half a million and 2.48 children in families experience homelessness each year United States. Recent suggest that approximately of all homeless are under age 6. A considerable body quantitative research has documented occurrence poor outcomes associated with childhood domains social–emotional development, physical behavioral health, academic achievement, family stability. This qualitative study presents results from 19 interviewers formerly...

Abstract The challenge of complex social issues drives the need for data systems that can connect information across multiple service delivery systems. Integrated provide significant value needs assessment, program planning, policy decision making, and collective impact evaluation a range issues. This case study describes mature county‐based integrated system. has three aims: (1) to highlight research, (2) outline common challenges such initiatives face, (3) present several ongoing...

Using an experimental design, we investigated the impact of participation in trauma-related research on well-being a sample 219 higher education students. We created five conditions that exposed participants to questions about life events. A sixth condition represented control condition. Exposure varied according whether they contained yes/no events entailed stress, stigma, trauma, or sexual violation. operationalized by measuring positive and negative affect, state anxiety, reactions...

Abstract This article reviews a six-month, collaborative, research project, sponsored by the Centre for Arts in Human Development at Concordia University. The study investigated how ethnodramatherapy (EDT), new method that integrates ethnodrama with drama therapy, could help adults developmental disabilities (DD) to explore their lived experience of human relationships, including intimacy, romance and sexuality. EDT was used create performance-based on while also providing supportive...

AbstractCaregiver–youth communication about sex protects youth against HIV/AIDS, and caregivers who believe that knowledge is important are more likely to talk their sex. However, experience barriers may not even if the caregiver believes education important. The Theory of Planned Behaviour predicts an actor has perceived control necessary for behavioural change. This study therefore hypothesised caregivers' moderates relationship between attitudes caregiver–youth Results from a sample 99...

Much of the research on child sexual abuse focuses negative outcomes. This brief report explores a potentially protective parenting behavior among black South African female caregivers with and without history. Using cross-sectional baseline data, we hypothesized that caregiver history would be positively associated caregiver–youth sex communication this relationship strongest for girls. Youth whose experienced were more likely to communicating their about than youth did not experience...

.The prevalence of serious emotional and behavioral concerns in early childhood is estimated to be the range 9% 14% general population (Brauner & Stephens, 2006) as high 24% among low-income children (Brown, Copeland, Sucharew, Kahn, 2012). Unfortunately, mental health young often go unidentified untreated (Breitenstein, Hill, Gross, 2009). As longer-term research has illustrated impact issues on later health, social-emotional functioning, academic success (Zero Three, 2012), intervention...

Our study seeks to untangle systemic influences on specific family dynamics understudied in a non‐Western context. Specifically, we examine the associations between caregivers’ perceptions of neighborhood cohesion, safety, and social support, one aspect parenting relevant South African community from which data were drawn, caregiver–youth communication about sex. Multivariate regression models demonstrate interactive relationships among our variables interest ( p ≤ .05). For dyads N = 99),...

The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness has called for ending youth homelessness by 2020, a goal that requires accurate data the scope and characteristics of experiencing homelessness. This research note describes methodology results collaborative survey conducted 30 community-based organizations to estimate describe homeless. Data were collected from 558 youth. Approximately 23% homeless or unstably housed night before count; an additional 15% reported being in month count....

Large numbers of children low income families in the United States arrive at kindergarten already far behind their more affluent peers on measures school readiness. In absence any federal preschool policy and amidst alarm about this growing divide, universal prekindergarten (UPK) programs have been launched around States, both state local levels, to address readiness gap. Invest Children, a public/private partnership Cuyahoga County (Cleveland, OH) UPK program high quality, affordable nine...

This article reports the findings from in-depth qualitative interviews with 18 service providers who worked families facing foreclosure. The interviews’ purpose was to better understand a broad range of families’ experiences and inductive coding focused on quotes that reflected meaning those experiences. analysis extracted three main themes related foreclosure representing threat: (a) threatened children’s education, (b) family memories, (c) clients’ sense self attaining American Dream....

Although the foreclosure crisis is considered over, some areas of U.S. continue to suffer from high rates. This research presents findings in-depth interviews conducted with 18 service providers who worked families prevent their foreclosures in Cleveland, Ohio. The focused on better understanding landscape Cleveland experience. Service provided insight into families’ experiences process. three main themes developed included: (1) clients lacked knowledge about mortgage process; (2) lenders...