Amy K Fisher

Datos Biográficos

ID203098
NOMBREAmy K Fisher
NOMBRESAmy K
APELLIDOFisher
FIRMAFISHER A K
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Mississippi
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAS16
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2017
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H2

  • More than Fresh Fruits and Veggies

    Younghee Lim, Misa Kayama et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Service Research2024Referencias: 5

    As awareness of the benefits of social participation for older adults has grown, ideas for how social services agencies can increase older adults' social participation have proliferated. The goal of this research is to explore how older adults experience the farmers' market as a hub of social participation. Fifteen older adults in a rural area in the deep South of the U.S. participated in semi-structured interviews. All interviews were transcribe…

  • How Do First-Year MSW Students Perceive Anti-Oppressive Theory and Practice

    Open AccessAmy K Fisher, Amy Fisher et al.ARTICLEAdvances in Social Work2024Citada por: 1

    Little information exists about how MSW social work students perceive oppression and anti-oppressive theory and practice, especially in the United States. This case study describes a qualitative exploration of MSW student perceptions of oppression and anti-oppressive practice. Content was infused into a one-semester foundation-level course covering direct practice with individuals in an institution located in the Southeastern United States. Thema…

  • Enhancing Competency-Based Social Work Skills Through Service Learning and Interprofessional Education in a Student-Run Free Healthcare Clinic

    Open AccessChristopher Simmons, Amy K Fisher et al.ARTICLEAdvances in Social Work2024

    Student-run free clinics (SRFC) offer students the opportunity to learn and work with students from other disciplines; however, there is very little research on the benefits of SRFC to social work students. The purpose of this article is to describe the qualitative student outcomes of a service learning (SL) and interprofessional education (IPE) experience in a SRFC designed to enhance the interprofessional competencies of BSW social work student…

  • Exploring the Relationship between Interpersonal Empathy, Social Empathy, and Racial Attitudes

    Amy K Fisher, Brian A Droubay et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Service Research2023Referencias: 60

    Diversity initiatives have become pervasive within social service agencies, despite evidence of mixed outcomes for marginalized groups. Social empathy is a construct that may have the potential to improve intergroup outcomes. Social empathy is a framework that emphasizes macro-level perspective-taking as well as contextual understanding of systemic barriers for marginalized groups. In general, multiculturally focused initiatives have seen better …

  • BSW Students’ Descriptions of an Experiential Exercise on Intimate Partner Violence

    Amy K Fisher, Na Youn Lee et al.ARTICLEJournal of Teaching in Social Work2021Referencias: 9

    Little is known about preparing BSW students to work with intimate partner violence (IPV). This study describes an experiential exercise designed to introduce them to working with survivors of IPV. Qualitative methods were used to explore BSW student descriptions of their experiences of and learning from the exercise. Analysis revealed students’ descriptions of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to work with IPV survivors, included aware…

  • Ecological contexts of youth antisocial behaviors

    Open AccessSaijun Zhang, Tess Lefmann et al.ARTICLEAggressive Behavior2021Citada por: 3Referencias: 36

    The current study examined and compared the relative influence of ecological factors on youth antisocial behaviors (i.e., aggression and rule‐breaking) using longitudinal data while assessing the moderating effect of youth attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis. The study used the fifth and sixth wave of data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( n = 2595; mean age = 9.26 at wave five) for the analysis. Multivar…

  • Dismantling White Supremacy in Social Work Education

    Open AccessCharla Yearwood, Rosemary Barbera et al.ARTICLEAdvances in Social Work2021

    We are excited to share this special edition of Advances in Social Work with you. When we distributed a call for abstracts, we were inundated - in a good way - with proposals. The need for social workers to discuss the role that white supremacy occupies within our history, education, and practice was obvious. Because of the number of abstracts received, we made the decision to publish a double edition so that the important information contained i…

  • Unpacking the Mississippi blues

    Open AccessIuliia Churakova, Viktor Burlaka et al.ARTICLEInternational Social Work2020Referencias: 1

    This study examined the relationship between internalizing behaviors (measured as anxious/depressed, withdrawn, and somatic problems) and lifestyle-related, modifiable factors as substance use, sleep, and healthy behaviors in a sample of 191 college students in training for social work and other helping professions. The results indicate that participants with lower scores on internalizing behaviors had fewer sleep disturbances, higher scores on h…

  • Teaching social workers about microaggressions to enhance understanding of subtle racism

    Amy K Fisher, Debra J Moore et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Behavior in the…2017Citada por: 12Referencias: 24

    Understanding microaggressions can aid learners in exploring the complexity of contemporary racism. The concept of microaggressions refers to subtle acts of discrimination stemming from various individual and societal factors that combine to perpetuate often unintentional and unconscious acts of racism. Although much is known about microaggressions, there are few educational tools on the subject described in the literature, particularly within th…