Social Science News
Family debt hurts children's chances for success in college, study says
Published Date:January 9, 2012
Families that have high amounts of unsecured debt, such as outstanding credit card balances and payday loans, diminish their childrens prospects of attending or graduating from college, according to a new study by social work professors Min Zhan at the University of Illinois and Michael Sherraden, the founder of the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis.
Published Date: January 9, 2012
Federal health care reform law holds hope for mental health services
Published Date:December 15, 2011
Uninsured adults with serious mental illnesses may have a harder time finding care because state budgetary cutbacks are dramatically affecting services and staffing levels at community mental health agencies in Illinois and other states. But full implementation of the federal health care reform law could help alleviate that, according to scholars in the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois.
Published Date: December 15, 2011
Book addresses need for more infrastructure for Latino mental health
Published Date:December 13, 2011
The unmet health care needs of Latinos in the U.S. and strategies for addressing the linguistic and other barriers that impede them are examined by a panel of experts in a new book, Creating Infrastructures for Latino Mental Health, co-edited by Lydia Buki, left, a professor in the department of kinesiology and community health, and Lissette Piedra, a faculty member in the School of Social Work.
Published Date: December 13, 2011
Parental response to sexual abuse varies by age of victim, suspect
Published Date:December 5, 2011
Parents are more likely to blame or doubt a child victim of sexual abuse when the suspected perpetrator is an adolescent rather than an adult, according to a new study that examined child molestation cases in four states. The findings also suggest that, regardless of the age of the perpetrator, parental blame/doubt toward the victim significantly increases if the victim is an adolescent.
Published Date: December 5, 2011
Study details homelessness, 'doubling up' among low-income children
Published Date:November 17, 2011
About 10 percent of children in low-income families reported at least one homeless episode and an additional 24 percent had at least one episode where they lived doubled up with relatives, friends or other families before age 6, according to a new study led by Jung Min Park, a faculty member in the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois.
Published Date: November 17, 2011
