Rebecca A Matthews
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4099990 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Rebecca A Matthews |
| NOMBRES | Rebecca A |
| APELLIDO | Matthews |
| FIRMA | MATTHEWS R A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Georgia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8144-5375 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
A Journey Through Earth Grief to the Solidarity Economy
Instead of trying to cope with feelings of depression and anxiety or place hope in costly and potentially dangerous techno-utopic fixes as we navigate climate havoc, this article invites us to journey through Earth Grief. Therein, we are reminded of our interconnectedness with the natural world and begin to understand our emotional responses to the destruction of nature as symptoms of a larger problem, namely a growth at all costs economy. As suc…
Engaging Women Living With HIV in Counseling and Research
Following a pilot test of the Solution-Focused Wellness for HIV (SFWH) Intervention for Women, we used qualitative research with ( N = 14) participants to understand their experiences of a 6-week client-centered group counseling intervention. We analyzed focus group and interview data to determine intervention feasibility, acceptability, and participant experiences. Our findings included not being defined by HIV diagnosis, solution-finding skills…
Public housing, market rentals, and neighbourhood characteristics
Market‐based rentals are increasingly prioritized as the tenure type through which to provide housing assistance to low‐income households: it is argued that public housing places tenants in neighbourhoods with concentrated poverty, while the private sector is purported to offer households the opportunity to live in locations with less disadvantage. We test this assumption through a case study of a Nova Scotian municipality. Using chi‐square tests…
No queremos quedar mal”
Community health workers (CHWs)—or promotoras de salud in Spanish—have successfully addressed the health needs of Latinx and immigrant populations. However, for promotoras, setting boundaries is particularly difficult given challenges like residing in the same communities as their participants. The purpose of this study was to describe the development and impact of a boundary setting training to support the emotional well-being of immigrant promo…
Qualitative Research in Communities of Color
In its quest to improve social work practice and design interventions to reach a broader swath of its diverse clientele, the discipline of social work continues to recognize and encourage research within underserved communities of color. Researchers are increasingly turning to qualitative methods to better understand marginalized groups and the nuances of their experiences. Although there are a number of benefits to conducting qualitative researc…
Lazos Hispanos
The effects of sociodemographic variables on the economic behaviour of poorer households in the US and Kenya
This study assessed the economic behaviour of 383 lower-income households in Kenya and the US. Using a two-group confirmatory factor analysis, a moderation effect of gender on financial capability by age was found in the US group. Measurement and structural equivalence across groups were established. Specifically, younger females indicated higher levels of financial capability than younger males, while older males reported higher levels of financ…
A multistakeholder evaluation of Lazos Hispanos
The goal of Lazos Hispanos is to enhance the health and well‐being of the Latinx community through promotoras , who connect community members with service providers for multiple health and social needs. A community‐based participatory research conceptual model framed the multimethod evaluation of promotoras , service providers, and community participants at baseline and at the 1‐year follow up. The promotoras increased their self‐efficacy and kno…
Sense of community belonging
We explore the extent to which housing quality, safety, and hardship paying rent are associated with sense of community belonging among renters. Data were collected in Nova Scotia, Canada via a random sample of households (n = 374) living in subsidized and market-based rentals. Hardship paying rent and feeling "unsafe/somewhat unsafe" are associated with a lower likelihood of community belonging, while housing quality is not. Older age, time livi…
Banking on community
This article explores the use of a classroom-based, experiential time banking project as an innovative community practice teaching strategy. It presents a preliminary, qualitative evaluation of a seven-week, time banking project among 40 students enrolled in a Master of Social Work community practice course, spanning two academic years. Findings highlight challenges (e.g., lack of time) and benefits (e.g., building a sense of community) associate…
Distinctions Between Non-profit, For-profit, and Public Providers
Although various organizational forms are involved in the critically important role of providing rental housing, little is known about their potentially distinctive characteristics. Calling upon unique data collected from landlords and tenants of for-profit, non-profit, and public rental housing in Canada ( N = 5624 units; N = 492 tenants), we explore shelter costs paid by tenants, quality, and unit accessibility. Findings point to some unique fe…
Housing Tenure and Neighbourhood Social Capital
Prior research finds a positive association between social capital and community well-being, ranging from decreased crime to greater local economic development and resiliency. Using a nationally representative sample from Canada, this study explores the specific impact of housing tenure (homeownership vs. renting) on three forms of neighbourhood social capital: bonding (trust, exchanges among neighbours and sense of belonging to one’s community),…
(Re)Envisioning Human Service Labor
This article explores the viability of worker-owned cooperatives as a promising human service delivery model that prioritizes the well-being of both care recipients and providers. In so doing, the current labor conditions of those providing direct care services are presented, followed by a review of cooperatives as a promising countertrend within human service delivery. Three case examples of worker-owned, direct-care cooperatives are presented, …
Community Engagement
This article details the outcomes of an innovative, qualitative inquiry exploring specific behaviors that facilitate the creation of equitable, community‐based partnerships. Based on a convenience sample of 18 community members, service providers, and graduate student researchers previously engaged in 2 community assessment efforts, I used the critical incident technique to identify 121 unique, facilitating behaviors. These behaviors were then in…
Advocates for Community Health and Social Justice
This article explores the promise of infusing the community health worker—Promotores—model within social work. In support of community health and social justice, we encourage a return to the historical legacy of this model and our profession by emphasizing not only access and quality of health and social services, but also indigenous leadership development and community advocacy to engender multisystemic change. In so doing, we highlight a richly…
Democratizing Caring Labor
How and in what ways might we respond to the mounting “care deficit,” such that the dignity and well-being of both recipient and care provider are prioritized? This article takes up such a question by making use of feminist theories of care to recenter caring discourse away from neoliberal notions of autonomy and self-sufficiency and toward those of interdependence and social connectedness. In doing so, we interrogate the appropriateness—or not—o…
Cash‐for‐Childcare
Housing Tenure and Neighbourhood Social Capital
Prior research finds a positive association between social capital and community well-being, ranging from decreased crime to greater local economic development and resiliency. Using a nationally representative sample from Canada, this study explores the specific impact of housing tenure (homeownership vs. renting) on three forms of neighbourhood social capital: bonding (trust, exchanges among neighbours and sense of belonging to one’s community),…
Distinctions Between Non-profit, For-profit, and Public Providers
Although various organizational forms are involved in the critically important role of providing rental housing, little is known about their potentially distinctive characteristics. Calling upon unique data collected from landlords and tenants of for-profit, non-profit, and public rental housing in Canada ( N = 5624 units; N = 492 tenants), we explore shelter costs paid by tenants, quality, and unit accessibility. Findings point to some unique fe…
Qualitative Research in Communities of Color
In its quest to improve social work practice and design interventions to reach a broader swath of its diverse clientele, the discipline of social work continues to recognize and encourage research within underserved communities of color. Researchers are increasingly turning to qualitative methods to better understand marginalized groups and the nuances of their experiences. Although there are a number of benefits to conducting qualitative researc…
Sense of community belonging
We explore the extent to which housing quality, safety, and hardship paying rent are associated with sense of community belonging among renters. Data were collected in Nova Scotia, Canada via a random sample of households (n = 374) living in subsidized and market-based rentals. Hardship paying rent and feeling "unsafe/somewhat unsafe" are associated with a lower likelihood of community belonging, while housing quality is not. Older age, time livi…
Democratizing Caring Labor
How and in what ways might we respond to the mounting “care deficit,” such that the dignity and well-being of both recipient and care provider are prioritized? This article takes up such a question by making use of feminist theories of care to recenter caring discourse away from neoliberal notions of autonomy and self-sufficiency and toward those of interdependence and social connectedness. In doing so, we interrogate the appropriateness—or not—o…
Advocates for Community Health and Social Justice
This article explores the promise of infusing the community health worker—Promotores—model within social work. In support of community health and social justice, we encourage a return to the historical legacy of this model and our profession by emphasizing not only access and quality of health and social services, but also indigenous leadership development and community advocacy to engender multisystemic change. In so doing, we highlight a richly…
(Re)Envisioning Human Service Labor
This article explores the viability of worker-owned cooperatives as a promising human service delivery model that prioritizes the well-being of both care recipients and providers. In so doing, the current labor conditions of those providing direct care services are presented, followed by a review of cooperatives as a promising countertrend within human service delivery. Three case examples of worker-owned, direct-care cooperatives are presented, …
Community Engagement
This article details the outcomes of an innovative, qualitative inquiry exploring specific behaviors that facilitate the creation of equitable, community‐based partnerships. Based on a convenience sample of 18 community members, service providers, and graduate student researchers previously engaged in 2 community assessment efforts, I used the critical incident technique to identify 121 unique, facilitating behaviors. These behaviors were then in…
Cash‐for‐Childcare
Democratizing Caring Labor
How and in what ways might we respond to the mounting “care deficit,” such that the dignity and well-being of both recipient and care provider are prioritized? This article takes up such a question by making use of feminist theories of care to recenter caring discourse away from neoliberal notions of autonomy and self-sufficiency and toward those of interdependence and social connectedness. In doing so, we interrogate the appropriateness—or not—o…
Housing Tenure and Neighbourhood Social Capital
Prior research finds a positive association between social capital and community well-being, ranging from decreased crime to greater local economic development and resiliency. Using a nationally representative sample from Canada, this study explores the specific impact of housing tenure (homeownership vs. renting) on three forms of neighbourhood social capital: bonding (trust, exchanges among neighbours and sense of belonging to one’s community),…
(Re)Envisioning Human Service Labor
This article explores the viability of worker-owned cooperatives as a promising human service delivery model that prioritizes the well-being of both care recipients and providers. In so doing, the current labor conditions of those providing direct care services are presented, followed by a review of cooperatives as a promising countertrend within human service delivery. Three case examples of worker-owned, direct-care cooperatives are presented, …
Community Engagement
This article details the outcomes of an innovative, qualitative inquiry exploring specific behaviors that facilitate the creation of equitable, community‐based partnerships. Based on a convenience sample of 18 community members, service providers, and graduate student researchers previously engaged in 2 community assessment efforts, I used the critical incident technique to identify 121 unique, facilitating behaviors. These behaviors were then in…
Advocates for Community Health and Social Justice
This article explores the promise of infusing the community health worker—Promotores—model within social work. In support of community health and social justice, we encourage a return to the historical legacy of this model and our profession by emphasizing not only access and quality of health and social services, but also indigenous leadership development and community advocacy to engender multisystemic change. In so doing, we highlight a richly…
Distinctions Between Non-profit, For-profit, and Public Providers
Although various organizational forms are involved in the critically important role of providing rental housing, little is known about their potentially distinctive characteristics. Calling upon unique data collected from landlords and tenants of for-profit, non-profit, and public rental housing in Canada ( N = 5624 units; N = 492 tenants), we explore shelter costs paid by tenants, quality, and unit accessibility. Findings point to some unique fe…
Lazos Hispanos
The effects of sociodemographic variables on the economic behaviour of poorer households in the US and Kenya
This study assessed the economic behaviour of 383 lower-income households in Kenya and the US. Using a two-group confirmatory factor analysis, a moderation effect of gender on financial capability by age was found in the US group. Measurement and structural equivalence across groups were established. Specifically, younger females indicated higher levels of financial capability than younger males, while older males reported higher levels of financ…
A multistakeholder evaluation of Lazos Hispanos
The goal of Lazos Hispanos is to enhance the health and well‐being of the Latinx community through promotoras , who connect community members with service providers for multiple health and social needs. A community‐based participatory research conceptual model framed the multimethod evaluation of promotoras , service providers, and community participants at baseline and at the 1‐year follow up. The promotoras increased their self‐efficacy and kno…
Sense of community belonging
We explore the extent to which housing quality, safety, and hardship paying rent are associated with sense of community belonging among renters. Data were collected in Nova Scotia, Canada via a random sample of households (n = 374) living in subsidized and market-based rentals. Hardship paying rent and feeling "unsafe/somewhat unsafe" are associated with a lower likelihood of community belonging, while housing quality is not. Older age, time livi…
Banking on community
This article explores the use of a classroom-based, experiential time banking project as an innovative community practice teaching strategy. It presents a preliminary, qualitative evaluation of a seven-week, time banking project among 40 students enrolled in a Master of Social Work community practice course, spanning two academic years. Findings highlight challenges (e.g., lack of time) and benefits (e.g., building a sense of community) associate…
No queremos quedar mal”
Community health workers (CHWs)—or promotoras de salud in Spanish—have successfully addressed the health needs of Latinx and immigrant populations. However, for promotoras, setting boundaries is particularly difficult given challenges like residing in the same communities as their participants. The purpose of this study was to describe the development and impact of a boundary setting training to support the emotional well-being of immigrant promo…
Qualitative Research in Communities of Color
In its quest to improve social work practice and design interventions to reach a broader swath of its diverse clientele, the discipline of social work continues to recognize and encourage research within underserved communities of color. Researchers are increasingly turning to qualitative methods to better understand marginalized groups and the nuances of their experiences. Although there are a number of benefits to conducting qualitative researc…
Public housing, market rentals, and neighbourhood characteristics
Market‐based rentals are increasingly prioritized as the tenure type through which to provide housing assistance to low‐income households: it is argued that public housing places tenants in neighbourhoods with concentrated poverty, while the private sector is purported to offer households the opportunity to live in locations with less disadvantage. We test this assumption through a case study of a Nova Scotian municipality. Using chi‐square tests…
Engaging Women Living With HIV in Counseling and Research
Following a pilot test of the Solution-Focused Wellness for HIV (SFWH) Intervention for Women, we used qualitative research with ( N = 14) participants to understand their experiences of a 6-week client-centered group counseling intervention. We analyzed focus group and interview data to determine intervention feasibility, acceptability, and participant experiences. Our findings included not being defined by HIV diagnosis, solution-finding skills…
A Journey Through Earth Grief to the Solidarity Economy
Instead of trying to cope with feelings of depression and anxiety or place hope in costly and potentially dangerous techno-utopic fixes as we navigate climate havoc, this article invites us to journey through Earth Grief. Therein, we are reminded of our interconnectedness with the natural world and begin to understand our emotional responses to the destruction of nature as symptoms of a larger problem, namely a growth at all costs economy. As suc…
Political science (15 obras) · Sociology (13 obras) · Psychology (11 obras) · Medicine (9 obras) · Nursing (7 obras) · Public relations (7 obras) · Community Health and Development (6 obras) · Economics (6 obras) · Participatory action research (5 obras) · Business (4 obras)