Asthma is an important environmental justice concern for first generation Mexican-Americans. Families experience disparities in housing conditions, access to care, and legal marginalization. Little is known about how Hispanic/Latina mothers of children with asthma navigate these oppressions. Problem: The purpose of this paper is to describe the discourses of environmental justice of a group His...

Young people in the criminal justice system experience significant health and wellbeing issues that often stem from poverty and disadvantage and, in turn, are linked with offending and reoffending behaviour. There is ongoing interest in interventions such as participatory music programmes that seek to foster social reintegration, support mental wellbeing and equip young offenders with life skil...

OBJECTIVE This study examines the effects of the Availability, Responsiveness, and Continuity (ARC) organizational intervention strategy on caseworker turnover, climate, and culture in a child welfare and juvenile justice system. METHOD Using a pre-post, randomized blocks, true experimental design, 10 urban and 16 rural case management teams were randomly assigned to either the ARC organizati...

Every day there are about 6 suicides in Australia, and a further 180 attempts. Notwithstanding the enormous personal and family emotional costs, and the great financial costs, suicide is a significant concern for the criminal justice system. Since 1964, suicide rates in Australia for females (except teenagers) have fallen dramatically, and for men over 30 have fallen significantly. For teenage ...

Executive Summary There is growing evidence that children who enter kindergarten ready for its academic, socio-emotional, and physical demands are more likely to achieve future academic success (Duncan et al., 2007; Hair et al., 2006). In contrast, children who enter kindergarten behind their peers in these areas are at risk for academic underachievement (Cabell, Justice, Logan, & Konold, 2013)...

Children of incarcerated parents are a group who experience serious emotional, behavioral and psychological suffering that often receives little attention because they are not viewed as a victim when their parents are incarcerated. Neither the justice or child welfare systems respond to their situation unless a serious crisis arises. A decade ago few in Michigan or the United States were aware ...

AIM To identify which educational interventions reduce burnout and promote wellbeing in nurses and care workers in secure settings. METHOD A systematic review of health, educational and criminal justice literature was undertaken to appraise relevant studies and identify educational interventions that were effective in reducing burnout. FINDINGS There is some evidence that clinical supervisi...

The current research (Figure 1) examined the antecedents of work misbehaviors (WMBs) by means of organizational justice perceptions (as a predictor), experienced burnout (as a mediator), and emotional intelligence (as a buffer). A heterogeneous sample of 243 employees was acquired in order to assess correlative associations between the variables, a mediation effect, and two moderation effects. ...