A5015808013- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Homelessness and Social Issues
Saint Louis University
2022-2025
Linde (United States)
2022
Financial inclusion can boost wealth, health, and quality of life. However, few studies have examined how women’s participation in community-based financial opportunities, such as village saving loan groups (VSLGs), relates to household food security. Using program data from central Mozambique, this study whether low-income VSLGs directly increases availability, well indirectly through increased asset ownership. Employing a post-test-only comparison group quasi-experimental design, the...
This study investigates the well-being of primary caregivers responsible for orphaned and vulnerable children. Well-being is defined as overall wellness, happiness, satisfaction. Through mixed methods case studies purposive sampling, we analyzed data from Ziway Food Hungry Ethiopia program in 2017. Our explanatory analytic approach highlighted issues including resource constraints, chronic illnesses, community challenges faced by respondents. Nonetheless, spiritual emerged a crucial factor...
Background/Objectives: Orphans’ and Vulnerable Children’s (OVC) primary caregivers (PCGs) in Ethiopia live with multiple social emotional problems stemming from extreme poverty, war, environmental disasters, the HIV pandemic. Family community supports are strained, leaving OVC’s PCGs dependent on inconsistent humanitarian aid. This aid is typically focused OVCs does not address PCG well-being. study aimed to assess well-being explore their perceived stress traditional family coping...
Financial inclusion has emerged as a new strategy to enhance family financial well-being and alleviate poverty in China substantial resources have been devoted into revitalizing rural economic social development poverty. While research on usage, literacy, received attention the consumer industry, there is significant gap fields of work alleviation. The study examined relationship between literacy utilizing 2019 Household Finance Survey data. findings reveal positive correlation usage...
Although food insecurity in its various forms is consistently associated with the presence of intimate partner violence (IPV), it still unknown if levels severity hunger predict IPV when important extraneous mental health, interpersonal, and social support indicators are considered. The study applied a posttest-only comparison group quasi-experimental design. samples were randomly drawn from married women ( n = 202) Mozambique. logistic regression model showed significant association between...