Margaret E Adamek
Biographic Data
| ID | 294120 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret E Adamek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret E |
| FAMILY NAME | Adamek |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMEK M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9333-5691 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Barriers to accessing social support at refugee-serving humanitarian organizations: A descriptive phenomenological study of Yemeni refugee women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Post-migration challenges increase refugees’ support needs and place their well-being at risk. Social support is a vital tool that can reduce refugees’ challenges. Social support has a positive impact on the well-being of refugee women. The main objective of this study was to examine the barriers Yemeni refugee women encountered when attempting to receive social support from refugee-serving humanitarian organizations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The…
It’s a Period of Constant Loss: Perspectives of Aging Among Older Adults in Gondar City, Ethiopia
Spring 2023 Editorial: Intersectional Injustice
In the Spring 2023 issue of Advances in Social Work, we are pleased to present 12 papers written by 44 authors from different regions of the U.S. and Finland. Ten empirical studies and two conceptual/advocacy pieces offer new perspectives and findings on emerging areas of social work practice, policy, and education
Fall 2022: Questioning the Status Quo
In the Fall 2022 issue of Advances in Social Work, we are pleased to present 17 full-length papers (11 empirical, 6 conceptual) written by 52 authors representing all different regions of the country and one paper hailing from Ethiopia. The papers in this issue are organized into five areas of contribution: challenges to national social work organizations, technological innovations in social work, curriculum innovations, COVID-related impacts, an…
Hunger would kill us instead of Covid‐19 ’: Elders' response to the pandemic in Debre Markos Town, Ethiopia
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unpredictable challenges globally. Older adults are among the population groups most vulnerable to COVID-19. Poor urban elders in Ethiopia struggle to meet their basic needs due to waning traditional familial norms of providing care for elders as a result of urbanisation, poverty and migration. The aim of this study was to give voice to vulnerable elders during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ethiopia and to reveal their …
No Matter How Harsh, We Are Alive: Coping Strategies of Rural–Urban Migrant Homeless Older People in Ethiopia
The prevalence of homelessness among older adults in Ethiopia is growing. While prior studies examined the push factors and challenges of homeless elders, little is known about how older people cope with homelessness in a context of limited ageing services. This study explored the coping strategies of homeless older people in Kobo Town, Ethiopia. Purposive sampling was used to identify 10 homeless older people and four key informants. Thematic an…
Spring 2022 Editorial: Supporting Diversity and Discovering the Virtues of Virtual Practice
In the Spring 2022 issue of Advances in Social Work, we are pleased to present 14 papers written by 40 authors from different regions of the U.S. The articles in this issue include a selection of empirical studies (n=6) and conceptual pieces (n=8). While the 14 articles cover a wide range of topics, two underlying themes include supporting different aspects of diversity in practice and in social work education and discovering the virtues of virtu…
Fall 2021: Struggles Bring Opportunity
In the Fall 2021 issue of Advances in Social Work, we are pleased to present 16 full-length papers written by 30 authors from different regions of the U.S. including Puerto Rico as well as from Ghana. An underlying theme of many of these contributions is the opportunity brought about through various struggles: patriarchal systems leading to innovative women entrepreneurs, social distancing measures spawning new ways of learning virtually and new …
“The Ugly Face of Old Age”: Elders’ Unmet Expectations for Care and Support in Rural Ethiopia
As migration, urbanization, and aging accelerate in developing nations, traditional family supports for elders are diminishing. With these trends in mind, hermeneutic phenomenology was used to examine the experiences of 10 rural Ethiopian elders of age 70 and older. Narrative data from in-depth interviews revealed three prominent themes: the “good old days,” drained happiness, worry and pessimism. Elders felt devalued by their children, grandchil…
Homelessness and Health Problems Are Not Distinct: ” The Challenges of Rural-Urban Migrant Homeless Older People in Ethiopia
Profiles of Ethiopian centenarians: A qualitative inquiry
As global aging advances, the number of centenarians worldwide is greatly increasing. Most of what is known about centenarians comes the Global North. It is not clear what factors contribute to longevity of centenarians in impoverished, mostly rural areas of Global South nations that still lack basic amenities. Cultural differences in the profile, lifestyles, and needs of centenarians in Africa have yet to be documented. Using a case study design…
Spring 2021 Editorial: Emerging Arenas in Social Work Education and Practice
Given our commitment to highlighting current issues, challenges, and responses within social work practice and education globally, the Spring 2021 issue of Advances in Social Work is pleased to present 11 full-length papers written by 40 authors from across the U.S. and Canada. We begin with four papers calling for greater involvement of social work educators and practitioners in arenas including information literacy, dyslexia, digital equity, an…
Fall 2020: Advancing Social Work Innovations
Editorial
Philanthropic zakat for the disadvantaged: Recipient perspectives from Indonesia
Rumah Zakat, a charitable institution, is a proactive provider of charity, enabling sustainable progress in the lives of needy recipients. This study focused on three forms of philanthropic zakat assistance: economic empowerment, health care, and tuition‐free education. There were 21 participants—seven from each respective cluster. Interviewers were employed to elicit participants’ perspectives. Major findings showed economic empowerment recipien…
Celebrating our 20th Anniversary
This past year Advances in Social Work hit its 20th anniversary! We are proud of our legacy of being one of the first, if not the first, open access journals in social work. Looking back over our first 20 years, it is evident that we ramped up our productivity as a scholarly journal over time. In our first decade (2000-2009), we published 142 papers and offered 3 special issues. In our second decade (2010-2019), we more than doubled the number of…
The March of Scientific Knowledge in Social Work
In the Fall 2017 issue of Advances in Social Work we are pleased to present 15 manuscripts--12 empirical, three conceptual--written by authors hailing from 15 states, the District of Columbia, and four countries. Seven papers address various aspects of social work education, including three on research issues, two on child welfare curriculum, one on macro social work, and one on combined public health/social work programs. The remaining papers in…
Building Scholarly Writers: Student Perspectives on Peer Review in a Doctoral Writing Seminar
Peer review was used as a primary pedagogical tool in a scholarly writing course for social work doctoral students. To gauge student response to peer review and learning as a result of peer review, the instructor used narrative analysis to organize student comments into themes. Themes identified included initial trepidation, “no pain, no gain,” and writing as relationship. Students transitioned from cautious reluctance about peer review to embrac…
The return migration experiences of Ethiopian women trafficked to Bahrain: ‘ … For Richer or Poorer, Let Me Be on the Hands of My People … ’
This study draws upon the return experiences of Ethiopian women trafficked to the Middle East. Understanding these experiences is critical to informing the design of effective government policy to mitigate obstacles to return and reintegration. This study was conducted in Addis Ababa with five women who were trafficked to Bahrain and later returned to Ethiopia. Action research was used to establish an inquiry group of women in order to produce a …
No place like home: Experiences of an Ethiopian migrant in the host country and as a returnee to the homeland
Using an in-depth interview with an Ethiopian returnee who lived abroad for 17 years, this study examined both integration and reintegration experiences. For this returnee, the experience of migration was psychologically costly. Challenges in the host country included acquiring a resident permit, overcoming language barriers, and contending with oppression and marginalization. Being treated unequally was a major push factor for his return to Ethi…
Factors contributing to elder abuse in Ethiopia
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of elder abuse in Ethiopia by considering the perspectives of abused elders. Design/methodology/approach – A phenomenological study was conducted to investigate the lived experience of 15 elders (six men, nine women) in Ethiopia who experienced domestic abuse. Data were collected using unstructured interviews and were analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. The result…
We Prefer Greeting Rather Than Eating: ” Life in an Elder Care Center in Ethiopia
Rubrics as a Tool for Learning and Assessment: What Do Baccalaureate Students Think
Rubrics are increasingly used as tools to evaluate student work. This study examined BSW students' perceptions of the benefits and challenges of using rubrics. Pre- and posttest questionnaires were administered to 35 students in two sections of a diversity course. Students judged the use of rubrics favorably. Rubrics communicated the instructors' expectations, clarified how to write course assignments, explained grade and point deductions and, in…
The Future of Social Work in Aging: Everything Old is New Again
With the aging of the baby boom generation, the number of older adults in the US will increase substantially. Using a biopsychosocial framework, this article presents cutting-edge of older adulthood and considers emerging roles of social workers with older adults and their families. Research, education, and policy perspectives that will advance social work knowledge, skills and resources in aging are proposed. Social work as a profession is chall…
Aisw Guest Editorial
The 2001 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards: The Value of Research Revisited
Although doctoral programs in social work are not accredited by the Council on Social Work Education nor subject to the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS, 2001), DSW and Ph.D. programs are affected by the nature and quality of baccalaureate and masters' socia lwork education. In this article, the authors discuss the implications of the 2001 EPAS as they relate to BSW and MSW graduates' motivation and preparation for doctoral ed…
Male Kinship Ties: Bonds Between Adult Brothers
The return migration experiences of Ethiopian women trafficked to Bahrain: ‘ … For Richer or Poorer, Let Me Be on the Hands of My People … ’
This study draws upon the return experiences of Ethiopian women trafficked to the Middle East. Understanding these experiences is critical to informing the design of effective government policy to mitigate obstacles to return and reintegration. This study was conducted in Addis Ababa with five women who were trafficked to Bahrain and later returned to Ethiopia. Action research was used to establish an inquiry group of women in order to produce a …
Firearm suicide among older women in the U.S
Hunger would kill us instead of Covid‐19 ’: Elders' response to the pandemic in Debre Markos Town, Ethiopia
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unpredictable challenges globally. Older adults are among the population groups most vulnerable to COVID-19. Poor urban elders in Ethiopia struggle to meet their basic needs due to waning traditional familial norms of providing care for elders as a result of urbanisation, poverty and migration. The aim of this study was to give voice to vulnerable elders during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ethiopia and to reveal their …
No Matter How Harsh, We Are Alive: Coping Strategies of Rural–Urban Migrant Homeless Older People in Ethiopia
The prevalence of homelessness among older adults in Ethiopia is growing. While prior studies examined the push factors and challenges of homeless elders, little is known about how older people cope with homelessness in a context of limited ageing services. This study explored the coping strategies of homeless older people in Kobo Town, Ethiopia. Purposive sampling was used to identify 10 homeless older people and four key informants. Thematic an…
Homelessness and Health Problems Are Not Distinct: ” The Challenges of Rural-Urban Migrant Homeless Older People in Ethiopia
No place like home: Experiences of an Ethiopian migrant in the host country and as a returnee to the homeland
Using an in-depth interview with an Ethiopian returnee who lived abroad for 17 years, this study examined both integration and reintegration experiences. For this returnee, the experience of migration was psychologically costly. Challenges in the host country included acquiring a resident permit, overcoming language barriers, and contending with oppression and marginalization. Being treated unequally was a major push factor for his return to Ethi…
Factors contributing to elder abuse in Ethiopia
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of elder abuse in Ethiopia by considering the perspectives of abused elders. Design/methodology/approach – A phenomenological study was conducted to investigate the lived experience of 15 elders (six men, nine women) in Ethiopia who experienced domestic abuse. Data were collected using unstructured interviews and were analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. The result…
Rubrics as a Tool for Learning and Assessment: What Do Baccalaureate Students Think
Rubrics are increasingly used as tools to evaluate student work. This study examined BSW students' perceptions of the benefits and challenges of using rubrics. Pre- and posttest questionnaires were administered to 35 students in two sections of a diversity course. Students judged the use of rubrics favorably. Rubrics communicated the instructors' expectations, clarified how to write course assignments, explained grade and point deductions and, in…
Research on older families when more than one member responds: Producing and interpreting findings
Explosive Imagery and Misguided Policy
Unemployed young people are often characterized in the press, in policy discussions, and even in scholarly work as "social dynamite" or some other explosive material. This explosive imagery has significantly shaped youth employment policy over the past twenty years. The thesis of this paper is that policy that emphasizes riot prevention is misguided. More constructive directions are suggested, such as looking at youth problems more broadly, creat…
Explosive Imagery and Misguided Policy
Unemployed young people are often characterized in the press, in policy discussions, and even in scholarly work as "social dynamite" or some other explosive material. This explosive imagery has significantly shaped youth employment policy over the past twenty years. The thesis of this paper is that policy that emphasizes riot prevention is misguided. More constructive directions are suggested, such as looking at youth problems more broadly, creat…
Male Kinship Ties: Bonds Between Adult Brothers
Research on older families when more than one member responds: Producing and interpreting findings
Firearm suicide among older women in the U.S
Aisw Guest Editorial
The 2001 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards: The Value of Research Revisited
Although doctoral programs in social work are not accredited by the Council on Social Work Education nor subject to the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS, 2001), DSW and Ph.D. programs are affected by the nature and quality of baccalaureate and masters' socia lwork education. In this article, the authors discuss the implications of the 2001 EPAS as they relate to BSW and MSW graduates' motivation and preparation for doctoral ed…
The Future of Social Work in Aging: Everything Old is New Again
With the aging of the baby boom generation, the number of older adults in the US will increase substantially. Using a biopsychosocial framework, this article presents cutting-edge of older adulthood and considers emerging roles of social workers with older adults and their families. Research, education, and policy perspectives that will advance social work knowledge, skills and resources in aging are proposed. Social work as a profession is chall…
Rubrics as a Tool for Learning and Assessment: What Do Baccalaureate Students Think
Rubrics are increasingly used as tools to evaluate student work. This study examined BSW students' perceptions of the benefits and challenges of using rubrics. Pre- and posttest questionnaires were administered to 35 students in two sections of a diversity course. Students judged the use of rubrics favorably. Rubrics communicated the instructors' expectations, clarified how to write course assignments, explained grade and point deductions and, in…
We Prefer Greeting Rather Than Eating: ” Life in an Elder Care Center in Ethiopia
Building Scholarly Writers: Student Perspectives on Peer Review in a Doctoral Writing Seminar
Peer review was used as a primary pedagogical tool in a scholarly writing course for social work doctoral students. To gauge student response to peer review and learning as a result of peer review, the instructor used narrative analysis to organize student comments into themes. Themes identified included initial trepidation, “no pain, no gain,” and writing as relationship. Students transitioned from cautious reluctance about peer review to embrac…
The return migration experiences of Ethiopian women trafficked to Bahrain: ‘ … For Richer or Poorer, Let Me Be on the Hands of My People … ’
This study draws upon the return experiences of Ethiopian women trafficked to the Middle East. Understanding these experiences is critical to informing the design of effective government policy to mitigate obstacles to return and reintegration. This study was conducted in Addis Ababa with five women who were trafficked to Bahrain and later returned to Ethiopia. Action research was used to establish an inquiry group of women in order to produce a …
No place like home: Experiences of an Ethiopian migrant in the host country and as a returnee to the homeland
Using an in-depth interview with an Ethiopian returnee who lived abroad for 17 years, this study examined both integration and reintegration experiences. For this returnee, the experience of migration was psychologically costly. Challenges in the host country included acquiring a resident permit, overcoming language barriers, and contending with oppression and marginalization. Being treated unequally was a major push factor for his return to Ethi…
Factors contributing to elder abuse in Ethiopia
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of elder abuse in Ethiopia by considering the perspectives of abused elders. Design/methodology/approach – A phenomenological study was conducted to investigate the lived experience of 15 elders (six men, nine women) in Ethiopia who experienced domestic abuse. Data were collected using unstructured interviews and were analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. The result…
The March of Scientific Knowledge in Social Work
In the Fall 2017 issue of Advances in Social Work we are pleased to present 15 manuscripts--12 empirical, three conceptual--written by authors hailing from 15 states, the District of Columbia, and four countries. Seven papers address various aspects of social work education, including three on research issues, two on child welfare curriculum, one on macro social work, and one on combined public health/social work programs. The remaining papers in…
Philanthropic zakat for the disadvantaged: Recipient perspectives from Indonesia
Rumah Zakat, a charitable institution, is a proactive provider of charity, enabling sustainable progress in the lives of needy recipients. This study focused on three forms of philanthropic zakat assistance: economic empowerment, health care, and tuition‐free education. There were 21 participants—seven from each respective cluster. Interviewers were employed to elicit participants’ perspectives. Major findings showed economic empowerment recipien…
Celebrating our 20th Anniversary
This past year Advances in Social Work hit its 20th anniversary! We are proud of our legacy of being one of the first, if not the first, open access journals in social work. Looking back over our first 20 years, it is evident that we ramped up our productivity as a scholarly journal over time. In our first decade (2000-2009), we published 142 papers and offered 3 special issues. In our second decade (2010-2019), we more than doubled the number of…
“The Ugly Face of Old Age”: Elders’ Unmet Expectations for Care and Support in Rural Ethiopia
As migration, urbanization, and aging accelerate in developing nations, traditional family supports for elders are diminishing. With these trends in mind, hermeneutic phenomenology was used to examine the experiences of 10 rural Ethiopian elders of age 70 and older. Narrative data from in-depth interviews revealed three prominent themes: the “good old days,” drained happiness, worry and pessimism. Elders felt devalued by their children, grandchil…
Homelessness and Health Problems Are Not Distinct: ” The Challenges of Rural-Urban Migrant Homeless Older People in Ethiopia
Profiles of Ethiopian centenarians: A qualitative inquiry
As global aging advances, the number of centenarians worldwide is greatly increasing. Most of what is known about centenarians comes the Global North. It is not clear what factors contribute to longevity of centenarians in impoverished, mostly rural areas of Global South nations that still lack basic amenities. Cultural differences in the profile, lifestyles, and needs of centenarians in Africa have yet to be documented. Using a case study design…
Spring 2021 Editorial: Emerging Arenas in Social Work Education and Practice
Given our commitment to highlighting current issues, challenges, and responses within social work practice and education globally, the Spring 2021 issue of Advances in Social Work is pleased to present 11 full-length papers written by 40 authors from across the U.S. and Canada. We begin with four papers calling for greater involvement of social work educators and practitioners in arenas including information literacy, dyslexia, digital equity, an…
Fall 2020: Advancing Social Work Innovations
Editorial
Hunger would kill us instead of Covid‐19 ’: Elders' response to the pandemic in Debre Markos Town, Ethiopia
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unpredictable challenges globally. Older adults are among the population groups most vulnerable to COVID-19. Poor urban elders in Ethiopia struggle to meet their basic needs due to waning traditional familial norms of providing care for elders as a result of urbanisation, poverty and migration. The aim of this study was to give voice to vulnerable elders during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ethiopia and to reveal their …
No Matter How Harsh, We Are Alive: Coping Strategies of Rural–Urban Migrant Homeless Older People in Ethiopia
The prevalence of homelessness among older adults in Ethiopia is growing. While prior studies examined the push factors and challenges of homeless elders, little is known about how older people cope with homelessness in a context of limited ageing services. This study explored the coping strategies of homeless older people in Kobo Town, Ethiopia. Purposive sampling was used to identify 10 homeless older people and four key informants. Thematic an…
Spring 2022 Editorial: Supporting Diversity and Discovering the Virtues of Virtual Practice
In the Spring 2022 issue of Advances in Social Work, we are pleased to present 14 papers written by 40 authors from different regions of the U.S. The articles in this issue include a selection of empirical studies (n=6) and conceptual pieces (n=8). While the 14 articles cover a wide range of topics, two underlying themes include supporting different aspects of diversity in practice and in social work education and discovering the virtues of virtu…
Fall 2021: Struggles Bring Opportunity
In the Fall 2021 issue of Advances in Social Work, we are pleased to present 16 full-length papers written by 30 authors from different regions of the U.S. including Puerto Rico as well as from Ghana. An underlying theme of many of these contributions is the opportunity brought about through various struggles: patriarchal systems leading to innovative women entrepreneurs, social distancing measures spawning new ways of learning virtually and new …
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