Social Work 662: Methods of Social Welfare Research

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Class examples

Group A

McDonald, K., Palimaru, A. I., Garvey, R., D’Amico, E. J., & Tucker, J. S. (2024). Perceptions from emerging adults with a history of homelessness on their experiences with housing, health and other support services. Children and Youth Services Review, 160, 107555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107555

Group B

Radey, M., Langenderfer-Magruder, L., & Schelbe, L. (2022). “Business as usual”: Child protective services workers’ perceptions and experiences of and responses to client-perpetrated violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(3–4), Article 0886260520934446. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520934446

Group C

Schafer, K. M., Campione, M., & Joiner, T. (2024). Quality of life and loneliness among American military veterans. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 212(7), 359–364. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001776 

Group D

Williams, K. A., Dakin, E. K., & Lipschutz, A. (2022). LGBT+ older adults in rural south central Appalachia: Perceptions of current and future formal service needs. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 65(2), 217–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2021.1953661

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