Barriers and Solutions to Passing State Legislation to Protect the Rights of Parents With Disabilities: Lessons From Interviews With Advocates, Attorneys, and Legislators

2021 ◽  
pp. 104420732110063
Author(s):  
Sasha M. Albert ◽  
Robyn M. Powell ◽  
Jack Rubinstein
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
Legislative Advocacy ◽  
National Organizations ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Welfare Family ◽  
Parents With Disabilities

Parents with disabilities experience discrimination within the child welfare, family law, and adoption and foster care systems. In response, there have been increasing calls for states to pass legislation prohibiting discrimination against parents with disabilities, and as of 2020, 28 states have passed or are considering such legislation. This qualitative study explored the perspectives of 19 advocates, attorneys, and legislators on barriers and solutions for passing legislation to protect the rights of parents with disabilities. Participants identified three barriers: (a) legislators’ pejorative attitudes toward parents with disabilities, (b) external opposition, and (c) legislative barriers. Participants also identified eight solutions: (a) cross-disability advocacy, (b) education, (c) relationship-building, (d) bipartisanship, (e) support from state and national organizations, (f) strong sponsors, (g) incrementalism, and (h) model legislation. Study findings should help to inform ongoing legislative advocacy to protect the rights of parents with disabilities.

scholarly journals A Qualitative Study toward Technologies for Active and Healthy Aging: A Thematic Analysis of Perspectives among Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary End Users

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7489
Author(s):  
Margherita Rampioni ◽  
Adrian Alexandru Moșoi ◽  
Lorena Rossi ◽  
Sorin-Aurel Moraru ◽  
Dan Rosenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Sensing Technology ◽  
Care Systems

It is expected that, by 2050, people aged over 60 in 65 nations will constitute 30% of the total population. Healthy aging is at the top of the world political agenda as a possible means for hindering the collapse of care systems. How can ICT/sensing technology meet older people’s needs for active and healthy aging? This qualitative study carried out in Italy and Romania in 2020 involved 30 participants: older adults, caregivers, and stakeholders. Based on a user-centered design approach, this study aimed to understand which requirements of ICT/sensing technologies could match people’s needs of active and healthy aging. Findings highlighted that ICT/sensing technology needs to focus on six major themes: (1) learnability, (2) security, (3) independence, empowerment, and coaching values, (4) social isolation, (5) impact of habit, culture, and education variables, and (6) personalized solutions. These themes are consistent with the Active Aging framework and the factors that influence perceived usefulness and potential benefits among older adults. Consequently, this study shows how well-known, but still unresolved, issues affect the field of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to promote active and healthy aging. This suggests that the reinforcement of the public health system, especially considering the pandemic effect, requires a concrete and formidable effort from an interdisciplinary research network.

Transferring MSW Education to Practice: A Qualitative Study With Public Child Welfare Employees

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ericka Deglau ◽  
Anasuya Ray ◽  
Richard L. Edwards ◽  
Nancy Carre-Lee ◽  
Talisah Harrison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Public Child Welfare

Elder Law and Its Justifications: A Hybrid Vision Inspired by Family Law Jurisprudence

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-54
Author(s):  
Daphna Hacker
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Elderly Parent ◽  
Elder Law ◽  
Special Area ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractThis Article calls for a departure from the ‘positivist–professional’ definition of Elder Law. It offers a new definition that demands answers regarding the justifications for this legal area and the normative base that should guide its content. The paper draws on findings from a qualitative study with grown children who have an elderly parent in need. These findings point toward a) a preliminary theoretical framework that justifies a special area of Elder Law, embracing and transcending that of anti-ageist law, and b) the relevance of Family Law jurisprudence as a normative inspiration for this legal area.

Critical knots, tensions, and daily resistances in the work against commercial sexual exploitation of children: A reflection from Chilean practitioners

2020 ◽  
pp. 002087281989943
Author(s):  
Maria Belen Ortega-Senet ◽  
Veronica Gómez Fernández ◽  
Elyse M Tierney
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Commercial Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Group Participation ◽  
Judicial Systems

This article presents the results obtained in a qualitative study based on the experiences of professionals from two Chilean projects addressing Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC). Methodologically, this study consisted of semi-structured interviews of professionals paired with a group participation-based approach. Participants identified critical knots that stemmed from the difficulty or complexity of CSEC itself, and from the limitations and contradictions of the national child welfare and judicial systems. These points of contradiction produce ethical and emotional tensions, which the professional resolves using accommodations as well as resistances based on the Focus on Rights within these same systems.

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