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Atthispoint.pdf
WKS2.docx
WKS3.docx
Atthispoint.pdf
At this point, you may have an idea of your general social work topic, but what specific problem does that point to and how can that problem be conveyed as a question to be explored? In order to conduct a successful research study, the research question must be clearly defined, well justified, and offer something new to the social work knowledge base. The research study can only be as good as the research question that guides it.
For this Discussion, you articulate the problem you are focusing on and craft your research question to address that problem. You also consider the value of the identified problem by considering how it relates to social work practice. • Review the Learning Resources on identifying research problems and developing
research questions. • Consider the problem that you would like to study in your proposed research, the
gap in knowledge that it addresses, and how it connects to social work practice. Assignment Below:
Write the problem you are focusing on in your research. What would you like to know about this topic; that is, what is a gap in knowledge that your research on the topic could fill? Based on the identified problem, develop and share your research question here. How does this problem relate to practice?
Note: Research Documents attached separately.
WKS2.docx
LIBRARY SEARCHING
SOCW-6301
03/9/2024
LIBRARY SEARCHING
Mental health and justice-related issues
Within the social work field, my passion is related to mental health and justice-related issues. I strongly believe that we should keep ourselves well-informed and we should learn about the interaction of mental illness and the justice system (Hensel, et al., 2020). Social work has always been a particular heart issue for me due to a wish to work with socially disadvantaged groups of people and to help make society better and more socially fair. During my schooling adventure, I have found myself passionate about various concerns including using the trauma-sensitive approach, availability of good mental health services, and creation of intervention strategies for marginalized groups.
The prime concern I have is what works– and what does not –when it comes to mental health interventions that are provided to refugees and asylum seekers. As the number of those affected by leaving home is expanding, dealing with the problem of finding and giving culturally tailored and trauma-informed psych aid is becoming particularly important (Jannesari, et al., 2021). I am eager to discover the numerous hurdles taken up by displaced persons and asylum seekers, including the acculturation stress, trauma reactions manifestations, and the hindrances they face in seeking healthcare.
There is a need for engagement with the radical styles of well-being methods like empowerment to resilience development and solving the reflections in their experience (P. Iqbal,et al.,2022). This would mean looking at tradition and culture-based programs as well as other interventions like peer support are an integrated part of the approach to mental health.
I expect to make some contributions to this area through the research that I decide to conduct. So, I can provide evidence-based practices promoting mental well-being and integration of refugees and migrants. Also, apart from pullings for mental health disparities reduction among this population, I will be advocating for mental health-focused policies that will place the needs of this population first.
Search terms used: Mental health, marginalized groups, mental health approaches, and trauma-sensitive approach
References
Hensel, J. M., Casiano, H., Chartier, M. J., Ekuma, O., MacWilliam, L., Mota, N., ... & Bolton, J. M. (2020). Prevalence of mental disorders among all justice-involved: a population-level study in Canada. International journal of law and psychiatry, 68, 101523.
Jannesari, S., Lotito, C., Turrini, G., Oram, S., & Barbui, C. (2021). How does context influence the delivery of mental health interventions for asylum seekers and refugees in low-and middle-income countries? A qualitative systematic review. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 15(1), 1-20.
P. Iqbal, M., Walpola, R., Harris‐Roxas, B., Li, J., Mears, S., Hall, J., & Harrison, R. (2022). Improving primary health care quality for refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review of interventional approaches. Health Expectations, 25(5), 2065-2094.
WKS3.docx
Updated Library Searching
Researchers can employ a quantitative or qualitative approach, or a combination of the two. In quantitative studies, you often see tables of numerical data or graphs in the Results section. Qualitative studies, on the other hand, use interviews, focus groups, and observations to understand the participants’ perceptions. Rather than using statistics to summarize the study, these studies look at themes and present the material in words, phrases, and often paragraphs. Here you might see portions of transcribed interviews in the Results section. A mixed-methods approach, as the name implies, uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to answer the research questions. It is important to understand the methodological approach in any given article so that you may evaluate whether the research study was conducted appropriately.
In this Assignment, you return to your six peer-reviewed research articles, select two, and identify the research question and the associated methodological approach in each.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
TO PREPARE
Review the Learning Resources on research methodologies, including the interactive media on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods.
Revisit the six peer-reviewed articles you gathered on your topic in Weeks 2 and 3. Consider the research question and methodology the researchers have employed in each study.
Focus on two of the articles for this Assignment.
Note that in future weeks you will continue to work with the other articles as well, so do not discard them.
BY DAY 7
Select two of the six peer-reviewed research articles that you gathered in Weeks 2 and 3:
Identify the research question in each and provide justification.
Identify the methodological approach in each (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods) and provide justification.
Use the Learning Resources to support your identification of the research question and methodology. Make sure to include appropriate APA citations and a reference list.Researchers can employ a quantitative or qualitative approach, or a combination of the two. In quantitative studies, you often see tables of numerical data or graphs in the Results section. Qualitative studies, on the other hand, use interviews, focus groups, and observations to understand the participants’ perceptions. Rather than using statistics to summarize the study, these studies look at themes and present the material in words, phrases, and often paragraphs. Here you might see portions of transcribed interviews in the Results section. A mixed-methods approach, as the name implies, uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to answer the research questions. It is important to understand the methodological approach in any given article so that you may evaluate whether the research study was conducted appropriately.
In this Assignment, you return to your six peer-reviewed research articles, select two, and identify the research question and the associated methodological approach in each.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
TO PREPARE
Review the Learning Resources on research methodologies, including the interactive media on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods.
Revisit the six peer-reviewed articles you gathered on your topic in Weeks 2 and 3. Consider the research question and methodology the researchers have employed in each study.
Focus on two of the articles for this Assignment.
Note that in future weeks you will continue to work with the other articles as well, so do not discard them.
BY DAY 7
Select two of the six peer-reviewed research articles that you gathered in Weeks 2 and 3:
Identify the research question in each and provide justification.
Identify the methodological approach in each (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods) and provide justification.
Use the Learning Resources to support your identification of the research question and methodology. Make sure to include appropriate APA citations and a reference list.
SOCW-6301
Professor Michael Pelts
03/16/2024
Updated Library Searching
After a week of searching through the Walden Library, I added three additional peer-reviewed mental health and justice research publications to my collection. I have added three more articles to my collection. These new sources include a wealth of information on mental health intervention design, judicial justice for refugees and victims of sexual misconduct/assault, and community-based psychosocial support initiatives.
Liebling et al. (2024) examined South Sudanese refugees in Northern Uganda and their views on sexual misconduct and torture. The article examines survivors' "viable justice" concept and the necessity for survivor-led justice initiatives that blend old-style and transitional justice with social justice. These findings demonstrate the need for survivor-focused justice models, which combine traditional and transitional justice protocols with social justice concepts (Liebling et al., 2024). This source will be vital as my research focuses on refugee justice and mental health treatment barriers and the need for culturally appropriate and survivor-focused solutions.
Lai (2023) stresses the need to revolutionize social work and policy by emphasizing well-being as social justice. Social justice should include distributive fairness, human dignity, equal worth, and self-esteem, according to Lai. This perspective fits my interest in how social work interventions might support refugees and asylum seekers with mental health difficulties. In highlighting structural inequality and social cohesion, Lai's article is fundamental. Consequently, it offers mental health policy and intervention development recommendations.
Bragin (2020) highlights Global South community-based psychological assistance programs for violence victims and their communities. Bragin stresses the need for contextualized interventions that address individual, interpersonal, and structural violence. This work supports my study on trauma-informed treatments for marginalized populations and community empowerment in healing and recovery.
These articles will help me fully understand mental health and justice interventions, frameworks, and community-based programs. They explore mental health, social justice, and community wellness. My research will combine these ideas to form a philosophy driving my social work practice and advocacy.
Keywords: Mental health interventions; Justice-involved populations; Refugees and asylum seekers; Trauma-informed approach; and Community-based psychosocial support.
References
Bragin, M. (2020). Community Based Psychosocial Support-Lessons from the Global South. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martha-Bragin/publication/369693324_Bragin_-Community_Based_Psychosocial_Support_Community_Based_Psychosocial_Support-Lessons_from_the_Global_South_Chapter_X/links/644c31984af788735245aa13/Bragin-Community-Based-Psychosocial-Support-Community-Based-Psychosocial-Support-Lessons-from-the-Global-South-Chapter-X.pdf
Lai, D. W. (2023). Social justice as well-being: a radical rethinking of social work and social policy. China Journal of Social Work, 16(3), 273-289. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17525098.2023.2285049
Liebling, H. J., Barrett, H. R., Artz, L., & Shahid, A. (2024). Viable justice: survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and/or torture amongst South Sudanese refugees living in settlements in Northern Uganda. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJMHSC-12-2022-0121/full/html
Atthispoint.pdf
At this point, you may have an idea of your general social work topic, but what specific problem does that point to and how can that problem be conveyed as a question to be explored? In order to conduct a successful research study, the research question must be clearly defined, well justified, and offer something new to the social work knowledge base. The research study can only be as good as the research question that guides it.
For this Discussion, you articulate the problem you are focusing on and craft your research question to address that problem. You also consider the value of the identified problem by considering how it relates to social work practice. • Review the Learning Resources on identifying research problems and developing
research questions. • Consider the problem that you would like to study in your proposed research, the
gap in knowledge that it addresses, and how it connects to social work practice. Assignment Below:
Write the problem you are focusing on in your research. What would you like to know about this topic; that is, what is a gap in knowledge that your research on the topic could fill? Based on the identified problem, develop and share your research question here. How does this problem relate to practice?
Note: Research Documents attached separately.
WKS2.docx
LIBRARY SEARCHING
SOCW-6301
03/9/2024
LIBRARY SEARCHING
Mental health and justice-related issues
Within the social work field, my passion is related to mental health and justice-related issues. I strongly believe that we should keep ourselves well-informed and we should learn about the interaction of mental illness and the justice system (Hensel, et al., 2020). Social work has always been a particular heart issue for me due to a wish to work with socially disadvantaged groups of people and to help make society better and more socially fair. During my schooling adventure, I have found myself passionate about various concerns including using the trauma-sensitive approach, availability of good mental health services, and creation of intervention strategies for marginalized groups.
The prime concern I have is what works– and what does not –when it comes to mental health interventions that are provided to refugees and asylum seekers. As the number of those affected by leaving home is expanding, dealing with the problem of finding and giving culturally tailored and trauma-informed psych aid is becoming particularly important (Jannesari, et al., 2021). I am eager to discover the numerous hurdles taken up by displaced persons and asylum seekers, including the acculturation stress, trauma reactions manifestations, and the hindrances they face in seeking healthcare.
There is a need for engagement with the radical styles of well-being methods like empowerment to resilience development and solving the reflections in their experience (P. Iqbal,et al.,2022). This would mean looking at tradition and culture-based programs as well as other interventions like peer support are an integrated part of the approach to mental health.
I expect to make some contributions to this area through the research that I decide to conduct. So, I can provide evidence-based practices promoting mental well-being and integration of refugees and migrants. Also, apart from pullings for mental health disparities reduction among this population, I will be advocating for mental health-focused policies that will place the needs of this population first.
Search terms used: Mental health, marginalized groups, mental health approaches, and trauma-sensitive approach
References
Hensel, J. M., Casiano, H., Chartier, M. J., Ekuma, O., MacWilliam, L., Mota, N., ... & Bolton, J. M. (2020). Prevalence of mental disorders among all justice-involved: a population-level study in Canada. International journal of law and psychiatry, 68, 101523.
Jannesari, S., Lotito, C., Turrini, G., Oram, S., & Barbui, C. (2021). How does context influence the delivery of mental health interventions for asylum seekers and refugees in low-and middle-income countries? A qualitative systematic review. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 15(1), 1-20.
P. Iqbal, M., Walpola, R., Harris‐Roxas, B., Li, J., Mears, S., Hall, J., & Harrison, R. (2022). Improving primary health care quality for refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review of interventional approaches. Health Expectations, 25(5), 2065-2094.
WKS3.docx
Updated Library Searching
Researchers can employ a quantitative or qualitative approach, or a combination of the two. In quantitative studies, you often see tables of numerical data or graphs in the Results section. Qualitative studies, on the other hand, use interviews, focus groups, and observations to understand the participants’ perceptions. Rather than using statistics to summarize the study, these studies look at themes and present the material in words, phrases, and often paragraphs. Here you might see portions of transcribed interviews in the Results section. A mixed-methods approach, as the name implies, uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to answer the research questions. It is important to understand the methodological approach in any given article so that you may evaluate whether the research study was conducted appropriately.
In this Assignment, you return to your six peer-reviewed research articles, select two, and identify the research question and the associated methodological approach in each.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
TO PREPARE
Review the Learning Resources on research methodologies, including the interactive media on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods.
Revisit the six peer-reviewed articles you gathered on your topic in Weeks 2 and 3. Consider the research question and methodology the researchers have employed in each study.
Focus on two of the articles for this Assignment.
Note that in future weeks you will continue to work with the other articles as well, so do not discard them.
BY DAY 7
Select two of the six peer-reviewed research articles that you gathered in Weeks 2 and 3:
Identify the research question in each and provide justification.
Identify the methodological approach in each (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods) and provide justification.
Use the Learning Resources to support your identification of the research question and methodology. Make sure to include appropriate APA citations and a reference list.Researchers can employ a quantitative or qualitative approach, or a combination of the two. In quantitative studies, you often see tables of numerical data or graphs in the Results section. Qualitative studies, on the other hand, use interviews, focus groups, and observations to understand the participants’ perceptions. Rather than using statistics to summarize the study, these studies look at themes and present the material in words, phrases, and often paragraphs. Here you might see portions of transcribed interviews in the Results section. A mixed-methods approach, as the name implies, uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to answer the research questions. It is important to understand the methodological approach in any given article so that you may evaluate whether the research study was conducted appropriately.
In this Assignment, you return to your six peer-reviewed research articles, select two, and identify the research question and the associated methodological approach in each.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
TO PREPARE
Review the Learning Resources on research methodologies, including the interactive media on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods.
Revisit the six peer-reviewed articles you gathered on your topic in Weeks 2 and 3. Consider the research question and methodology the researchers have employed in each study.
Focus on two of the articles for this Assignment.
Note that in future weeks you will continue to work with the other articles as well, so do not discard them.
BY DAY 7
Select two of the six peer-reviewed research articles that you gathered in Weeks 2 and 3:
Identify the research question in each and provide justification.
Identify the methodological approach in each (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods) and provide justification.
Use the Learning Resources to support your identification of the research question and methodology. Make sure to include appropriate APA citations and a reference list.
SOCW-6301
Professor Michael Pelts
03/16/2024
Updated Library Searching
After a week of searching through the Walden Library, I added three additional peer-reviewed mental health and justice research publications to my collection. I have added three more articles to my collection. These new sources include a wealth of information on mental health intervention design, judicial justice for refugees and victims of sexual misconduct/assault, and community-based psychosocial support initiatives.
Liebling et al. (2024) examined South Sudanese refugees in Northern Uganda and their views on sexual misconduct and torture. The article examines survivors' "viable justice" concept and the necessity for survivor-led justice initiatives that blend old-style and transitional justice with social justice. These findings demonstrate the need for survivor-focused justice models, which combine traditional and transitional justice protocols with social justice concepts (Liebling et al., 2024). This source will be vital as my research focuses on refugee justice and mental health treatment barriers and the need for culturally appropriate and survivor-focused solutions.
Lai (2023) stresses the need to revolutionize social work and policy by emphasizing well-being as social justice. Social justice should include distributive fairness, human dignity, equal worth, and self-esteem, according to Lai. This perspective fits my interest in how social work interventions might support refugees and asylum seekers with mental health difficulties. In highlighting structural inequality and social cohesion, Lai's article is fundamental. Consequently, it offers mental health policy and intervention development recommendations.
Bragin (2020) highlights Global South community-based psychological assistance programs for violence victims and their communities. Bragin stresses the need for contextualized interventions that address individual, interpersonal, and structural violence. This work supports my study on trauma-informed treatments for marginalized populations and community empowerment in healing and recovery.
These articles will help me fully understand mental health and justice interventions, frameworks, and community-based programs. They explore mental health, social justice, and community wellness. My research will combine these ideas to form a philosophy driving my social work practice and advocacy.
Keywords: Mental health interventions; Justice-involved populations; Refugees and asylum seekers; Trauma-informed approach; and Community-based psychosocial support.
References
Bragin, M. (2020). Community Based Psychosocial Support-Lessons from the Global South. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martha-Bragin/publication/369693324_Bragin_-Community_Based_Psychosocial_Support_Community_Based_Psychosocial_Support-Lessons_from_the_Global_South_Chapter_X/links/644c31984af788735245aa13/Bragin-Community-Based-Psychosocial-Support-Community-Based-Psychosocial-Support-Lessons-from-the-Global-South-Chapter-X.pdf
Lai, D. W. (2023). Social justice as well-being: a radical rethinking of social work and social policy. China Journal of Social Work, 16(3), 273-289. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17525098.2023.2285049
Liebling, H. J., Barrett, H. R., Artz, L., & Shahid, A. (2024). Viable justice: survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and/or torture amongst South Sudanese refugees living in settlements in Northern Uganda. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJMHSC-12-2022-0121/full/html