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Qualitative Social Work
Journal Prestige (SJR): 0.518
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Number of Followers: 21  
 
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ISSN (Print) 1473-3250 - ISSN (Online) 1741-3117
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      Pages: 1241 - 1243
      Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Volume 22, Issue 6, Page 1241-1243, November 2023.

      Citation: Qualitative Social Work
      PubDate: 2023-11-09T10:26:03Z
      DOI: 10.1177/14733250231206009
      Issue No: Vol. 22, No. 6 (2023)
       
  • The voices of Japanese and U.S. elementary-school aged children with
           disabilities: Navigating stigmatization within peer groups

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      Authors: Misa Kayama, Wendy Haight
      Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
      Children’s experience of disability-related stigmatization is a central social justice issue across cultures. Yet children’s voices are rarely heard by policy makers, and available programs for children with disabilities typically lack input from children’s own experiences. This paper presents a cross-cultural case study of how three children with disabilities in Japan and the U.S. responded to stigmatization from their “typically-developing” peers. We choose these cases for in-depth examination to contextualize and deepen our understanding of themes identified from our larger, ethnographic study. Similar to the participants in our larger study, these elementary school-aged children experienced disability-related stigmatization, including teasing and bullying. They actively responded to reduce their immediate exposure to stigmatization. Some of these responses, however, created additional challenges. For example, children’s physical fighting in response to teasing resulted in punitive discipline in the U.S. Children’s avoidance of peers undermined academic achievement and psychosocial development, especially in Japan where peer groups are central contexts for education. Furthermore, children’s responses to stigmatization often concealed their peer struggles or were misunderstood by educators, which delayed their access to appropriate support. We discuss social work implications for child-centered programs of support.
      Citation: Qualitative Social Work
      PubDate: 2023-11-11T03:26:38Z
      DOI: 10.1177/14733250231214201
       
  • Stress and trauma among police officers: Implications for social work
           research and practice

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      Authors: Jacob Eikenberry, Michael Mancini, Donald M Linhorst, Joseph A Schafer, Jasmine Brown
      Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
      Racial justice movements sparked by police killings of Black and Brown persons have led to a reassessment of the role of policing in America. This has promoted important conversations about how best to improve public safety and design law enforcement practices that are equitable and just across communities. A component of this conversation is addressing stress and trauma faced by police as a routine part of their duties, as it can affect the quality of policing. Job-related stress and trauma experienced by police officers are an international phenomenon, yet underexplored areas in social work research and practice. Police officers experience high levels of stress from routine exposure to traumatic situations, leading to high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use, and depression. Officers who are actively experiencing symptoms of stress and trauma are more likely to engage in misconduct, including the unnecessary use of force. This study explores the stress and trauma-related experiences of police officers. We conducted one-on-one, semi-structured interviews with 23 officers from an urban police department in St Louis, Missouri. Analysis of interviews addressed three areas: (1) stress and trauma experiences associated with police work, (2) negative effects of stress and trauma on officers, and (3) factors impacting officer access to treatment. We conclude that social work can contribute to improved policing outcomes by helping officers address their job-related stress and trauma through engaged research and practice.
      Citation: Qualitative Social Work
      PubDate: 2023-11-11T02:48:27Z
      DOI: 10.1177/14733250231214512
       
  • Exploring the use of focused ethnography in social work research: A
           scoping review

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      Authors: Patricia J Shannon, Laura Soltani, Erin Sugrue
      Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
      Focused ethnography (FE) is an emerging method for social work researchers who examine social justice issues within specific sub-cultures and service systems. FE methods may include researchers with background knowledge, specific research questions, and the use of intensive, short-term data collection methods in time-limited settings. Although relevant to applied studies in social work, FE methods remain underspecified. This scoping review examines the extent, variety, and characteristics of FE in social work research. The protocol follows the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews Checklist and Explanation (PRISMA-ScR). We searched Social Science databases between 2018 and 2022. The critical appraisal of articles is guided by published FE methodology and American Psychological Association (APA) journal reporting standards for qualitative research. Researchers justified the use of FE in relation to their ethnographic goals, research populations, and specific questions. However, they were inconsistent in their discussion of the integration of theory and reflexive processes in research methods. While most studies used thematic analysis or coding of qualitative data, some lacked the recommended elements outlined in the journal reporting standards for qualitative research. In particular, they lacked transparency when discussing the impact of background knowledge and positionality on data analytic processes and findings. In this review, we discuss the strengths and limitations of FE for social work research and offer recommendations for methodological improvement. To enhance understanding and trustworthiness of reported findings, we recommend transparency in discussions of data analytic and reflexive processes, as well as uniform reporting in accordance with APA standards for qualitative research.
      Citation: Qualitative Social Work
      PubDate: 2023-11-11T02:44:58Z
      DOI: 10.1177/14733250231214199
       
  • Enhancing critical social work practice: Using text-based vignettes in
           qualitative research

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      Authors: Hannah Kia
      Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
      There exist ongoing calls among social work scholars and practitioners to cultivate applied knowledge of critical and emancipatory practice. In this paper, I explore the utility of text-based vignettes as instruments that can be used to elicit insight from marginalized service users on critical social work practice. To do this work, I draw on data from interviews with 20 transgender and gender diverse (TGD) social service users, along with 10 social workers, whose responses to a text-based vignette were originally used to build an understanding of the constituents of equitable social work practice with TGD people. Incorporating critical pragmatism as a conceptual framework and constructivist grounded theory as a methodological orientation, I analyze data from this study as an exemplar that substantiates the promise of using text-based vignettes in qualitative social work research to generate knowledge of critical social work practice. Specifically, I demonstrate how text-based vignettes in this study (1) contextualized the meaning, significance, and impact of oppression for service users, (2) built insight on practice that reflects solidarity and allyship, and (3) identified opportunities for social workers’ reflexive use of professional power to effect change. Accounting for the tensions between empiricism and critical praxis in social work, I consider the promise of incorporating text-based vignettes to develop empirical social work literature that is rooted in the voices of marginalized service users.
      Citation: Qualitative Social Work
      PubDate: 2023-11-09T10:21:02Z
      DOI: 10.1177/14733250231214202
       
  • Clients’ and social workers’ stories about discretion in social work
           with persons with disabilities

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      Authors: Merja Tarvainen, Mari Kivistö
      Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
      This study explores discretion in social work with persons with disabilities. By drawing on a narrative social work approach, the study acknowledges narratives crucial for conducting social work. The research question was as follows: How do persons with disabilities as clients and social workers as professionals consider discretion and its consequences' The data consisted of clients’ and social workers’ written accounts about discretion and were analysed by deploying narrative inquiry with small stories approach. The grand narrative was about getting adequate services through appropriate discretion. Three small stories about everyday life, in/equality and the economy were told against the grand narrative. The study argues that discretion in social work with persons with disabilities is constructed through the available narrative resources.
      Citation: Qualitative Social Work
      PubDate: 2023-11-08T04:38:19Z
      DOI: 10.1177/14733250231214198
       
  • Participatory research with women in the perinatal period: Considerations
           for reflexive, community-oriented and power-sensitive research practices

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      Authors: Tanya Frances, Siân E Lucas
      Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
      This article provides an account of using reflexive participatory methods including study advisory group membership to evaluate a perinatal wellbeing service in an economically deprived area of Scotland. There is little qualitative research that explores the experiences of women accessing perinatal mental health services. This article draws on feminist values and narrative theory to explore the practice, process and ethics of using participatory methods with women in the perinatal period. We explore the blurring of intervention and research group boundaries to consider the service and study advisory group as a space which provided the conditions for collective care and re-storying the self. We explore the study advisory group as an extension of the intervention itself, highlighting the role of community in research practices and in interventions, for women who experience perinatal mental health difficulties. We reflect on the ‘sticky’ practice of navigating epistemic and decision-making power in participatory research, including the dual positionalities of being two academic researchers who come to research with therapeutic training in counselling, psychotherapy and social work. We call for reflexive, community-oriented and flexible approaches when using participatory methods with populations that might be considered vulnerable, marginalised or stigmatised.
      Citation: Qualitative Social Work
      PubDate: 2023-11-07T03:43:00Z
      DOI: 10.1177/14733250231214203
       
  • Mental health struggles of social work students: Distress, stigma, and
           perseverance

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      Authors: Liz Beddoe, Moya Baker, Kendra Cox, Neil Ballantyne
      Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
      Growing evidence reports that social work students experience financial hardship and negative impacts on their health and wellbeing as they juggle study, paid work, and family commitments. Social work qualifying programmes require extended compulsory field placements, which increase students’ financial stress and potentially exacerbate mental health vulnerabilities. A national survey of social work students and recent graduates in Aotearoa New Zealand, was conducted in 2019, gaining 353 responses, augmented by 31 semi-structured interviews. We report the analysis of both open-question survey and interview data related to students’ experience of mental distress. The survey revealed that 58.4% of respondents had sought medical advice on mental health while a social work student. At the same time, 60% of participants who experienced significant anxiety, stress, or depression chose not to seek medical advice for their mental health. Cost and access were among the main reasons for not seeking help. However, more than one in four (28%) identified stigma and fear of career consequences as reasons for not seeking help. This finding has implications for social work education and needs further research and policy development.
      Citation: Qualitative Social Work
      PubDate: 2023-11-04T08:03:26Z
      DOI: 10.1177/14733250231212413
       
  • ‘I just want you to listen’: People who have experienced suicidal
           ideation/attempts talk about what they want from their crisis teams

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      Authors: Barbara Staniforth, Behiye Ali, Carole Adamson
      Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
      This article uses data from a doctoral thesis concerning service users’ views on what works for them in relation to their mental health wellness following a suicidal ideation/attempt in Aotearoa New Zealand. In particular, it focuses on the experiences of service users regarding mental health crisis team responses and what they wanted from their crisis teams specifically. Participants indicated that what they wanted was to feel heard, respected and not judged, consistent with the core conditions of therapeutic alliance within such professions as social work, counselling and psychology. Social work has a valuable role to play in emphasising and advocating for social, contextual and non-medical responses within crisis teams and service delivery.
      Citation: Qualitative Social Work
      PubDate: 2023-10-31T12:39:36Z
      DOI: 10.1177/14733250231212114
       
  • Reflections on the thoughts of Norman Denzin: His connections to the once
           and future social work qualitative research

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      Authors: Jane F Gilgun
      Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
      Social work qualitative research and the work of Norman Denzin have much in common.  Norman’s work was values-based, built on notions of justice, care, dignity, worth, equality, and self-determination with the purpose of identifying and describing problematic social conditions and, in turn, taking action to bring about social change and transformation. This statement fits social work perfectly. In this article, I describe the work of Norman Denzin, show how he promoted qualitative social work research, and how his suggestions for social work researchers to incorporate critical perspectives in our work was calling us back to ourselves. Most of all, he affirmed what we were already doing and want to do better.
      Citation: Qualitative Social Work
      PubDate: 2023-10-31T12:28:36Z
      DOI: 10.1177/14733250231209344
       
  • The white light vibrations of Norman K. Denzin

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      Authors: Karen M Staller
      Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
      With Norman K. Denzin’s death on 6 August 2023, the global community of qualitative researchers lost a visionary scholar and vocal crusader in broad areas of critical and interpretivist theory, pedagogy, and practice. His pioneering work included contributions to symbolic interactionism, symbiotics, performance studies, autoethnography, and narrative performance to name a few. Founder of the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI) and several prominent journals devoted to critical scholarship, he also coauthored the influential Sage handbooks on qualitative research.  His impact was titanic. This article examines his influence in one discrete area of journal editorship. However, it also draws broader conclusions about his enormous contributions including: his panache for bold action in the face of paralyzing situations, his efforts to create safe and respected academic spaces for other scholars, his leadership in challenging normative academic culture, his deep-seated belief in the transformational power of qualitative inquiry, and his ever-evident moral compass set on enacting inclusive, compassionate, and socially just communities.  A tireless crusader for a more utopian society, his white light vibrations will continue to provide a source of energy for those looking to perform a better version of humanity. 
      Citation: Qualitative Social Work
      PubDate: 2023-10-20T12:43:08Z
      DOI: 10.1177/14733250231209346
       
  • Community-based advocacy in “cold case” sexual assault prosecutions: A
           qualitative exploration of survivors’ and advocates’ experiences

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