Keith Brownlee
Biographic Data
| ID | 3607724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keith Brownlee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keith |
| FAMILY NAME | Brownlee |
| SIGNATURE | BROWNLEE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lakehead University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2793-0470 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Mental health benefits of mounted equine‐assisted therapies: A scoping review
Across mental health professionals, there is growing interest in the field of Equine-Assisted Therapy (EAT). Preliminary evidence suggests EAT is beneficial for a wide spectrum of client populations. EAT programs may be based on groundwork alone, where participants interact with the horses from the ground only, or they may incorporate mounted activities. It remains unclear whether mounted activities add therapeutic benefits to the EAT experience …
Qualitative Studies of Foster Carer Experiences in Providing Out of Home Care for Children: A Scoping Review and Narrative Synthesis
In this scoping review, we examined the available qualitative research exploring the experiences of non-relative foster carers providing out of home care for children. Qualitative articles covering the last twenty-five years were extracted from eight databases, Google Scholar and a hand search of the reference sections of identified journals. Using specified inclusion and exclusion criteria, twenty-two articles were retained for analysis. A relat…
Missed Opportunities for Growth in the Posttraumatic Helping Environment: The Role of Spirituality
This paper focuses on social work's understanding of how posttraumatic counselling may help or hinder recovery from trauma. A qualitative case study was conducted using an autobiographic memoir that provides an in-depth personal narrative of one woman's experience of trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, the posttraumatic helping environment, and healing journey. Inductive thematic analysis uncovered themes that align with the existing literatur…
The Culture of Strengths Makes Them Feel Valued and Competent: Aboriginal Children, Child Welfare, and a School Strengths Intervention
Schools are an important community partner in providing structural supports and wrap around services for children involved with the child welfare system. In this paper, we discuss the implementation of a culturally sensitive strengths-based intervention approach within an elementary school and its value to Aboriginal children. This article discusses the theoretical foundation of the strengths intervention approach and provides a description of a …
Bullying Behaviour and Victimization among Aboriginal Students within Northwestern Ontario
This study describes the self-reported bullying experiences and behaviours of Aboriginal students within two schools in a northwestern Ontario community. Different types of bullying and victimization experiences include, but are not limited to: physical, verbal, social, and electronic bullying. These bullying and victimization experiences were assessed among grades 4 through 8 students using the Safe School Survey. The results of the study showed…
Is Attachment Theory Consistent with Aboriginal Parenting Realities
Attachment theory has become one of the most influential models guiding parent-child relationships in programs of prevention, treatment, and education, including programs for Aboriginal parents. However, whether the model can be reliably applied when working with Aboriginal peoples has not yet been established. Studies on attachment security conducted with different cultural groups provide a means of comparing naturally occurring differences in p…
Measuring Social Capital: An Adaptation and Translation into Arabic of the Onyx and Bullen Social Capital Scale for Iraqi-Canadians
Social capital has gained increasing attention from social workers as a way to understand the social networks and resources available to clients, especially new immigrants. Although researchers have developed helpful measures of social capital, a need remains to translate these tools into the native languages of immigrants, while addressing any specific cultural considerations. It would be beneficial for social workers to have access to an Arabic…
Interpreting a cultural value: An examination of the Indigenous concept of non-interference in North America
This article examines the Indigenous cultural value of non-interference in North America, which is portrayed in the literature as a central influence on interpersonal interactions. The findings suggest that while Indigenous peoples prefer subtle forms of interpersonal influence that maintain respectful and nurturing relationships, non-interference is not, as sometimes portrayed, an overriding value that supplants all other considerations. This ar…
Social Capital: Understanding Acculturative Stress in the Canadian Iraqi-Christian Community
This study examined how acculturative stress is influenced by social capital, age, income, education and gender in a sample of 326 Iraqi-Christians from southern Ontario, Canada. Both overall acculturative stress and its individual constructs were tested in a series of logistic regression models. Five hypotheses were generated and three layers of analysis were implemented. First, the contributions of social–capital constructs and demographic vari…
Initial Therapeutic Alliance and Treatment Engagement of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youths in a Residential Treatment Center for Substance Abuse
This study examined the association between counselor- and client-rated initial therapeutic alliance and treatment engagement for youths who completed a residential substance abuse treatment program. Group differences between Aboriginal (N = 16) and non-Aboriginal (N = 29) youths were explored. Counselors reported a strong initial therapeutic alliance with all youths; however, Aboriginal youths did not perceive this connection with their counselo…
Adolescents' Perspectives on Strengths-Based Group Work and Group Cohesion in Residential Treatment for Substance Abuse
It is common to conduct treatments for adolescent substance abuse within a group format. Because previous research has identified group cohesion as being an important factor in adolescent substance abuse group treatment outcomes, it is important to examine therapeutic strategies that could help facilitate the development of group cohesion within substance abuse treatment programs for adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine adolescen…
Adolescents' Experiences of a Strengths-Based Treatment Program for Substance Abuse
Substance abuse is a growing issue among adolescents. While not every adolescent who struggles with this issue seeks treatment, those who do frequently fail to complete treatment or tend to relapse following treatment. To improve adolescent treatments for substance abuse issues it is important to understand adolescent experiences while in treatment, along with the factors that contribute to positive treatment outcomes. Qualitative methods were us…
Contexts of Practice and Their Impact on Social Work: A Comparative Analysis of the Context of Geography and Culture
Social work has long struggled to adapt its knowledge base to meet the distinct needs of the communities in which it is practiced. Typically, these communities are defined culturally, ethnically, racially, geographically, or in other diverse ways. But much of this scholarship occurs in silos, and common themes across practice with otherwise diverse communities may be neglected. As a corrective, this article offers a comparative analysis of two se…
Multiple Relationships: Maintaining Professional Identity in Rural Social Work Practice
Working in a rural community locates the professional in a wider social network as community members often expect more from their professionals; not only as service providers, but also as engaged members of the community. This can result in the rural social worker being highly visible both personally and professionally and it can also lead to overlapping relationships. These higher expectations can place stress on the worker in terms of maintaini…
Demographic, work-related, and life satisfaction predictors of northern social workers’ satisfaction with work and profession
Social workers in northern Canada were surveyed about work and professional satisfaction. Career commitment, turnover, and organizational citizenship predicted organizational satisfaction. Total satisfaction was associated with turnover. Research and theory in social work on remote communities should extend beyond characteristics of work, profession, and environment to include personal life factors
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Psychological Strengths and the Perception of Bullying in Early Adolescents in Schools
This study explored the association between psychological strengths and perceptions of being a victim of a bullying relationship in the school environment. Using self-report questionnaires with grades 7 and 8 students, the role of psychological strengths as potential protective factors against various forms of bullying were examined including the patterns of strengths associated with the bullying experience. The results showed no significant asso…
Have Communication Technologies Influenced Rural Social Work Practice
Recent advances in communication technologies have the capacity for addressing many of the challenges identified with rural and remote social work practice, such as scarcity of professional resources, professional isolation and limited access to supervision and professional development. The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative study was to examine how developments in communication technologies have influenced the way social workers practise s…
Managing ethical considerations around dual relationships in small rural and remote Canadian communities
Ethical guidelines for social work generally recommend avoiding dual relationships whenever possible.This study explored perspectives from Canadian social workers in remote communities, where this may not be feasible. Dual relationships in these communities were identified as ubiquitous and inevitable. Formal decision models were often overlooked in favour of an ongoing evaluation of the therapeutic relationship, and self-care related to frequent…
Localization of Social Work Knowledge through Practitioner Adaptations in Northern Ontario and the Northwest Territories, Canada
Social work is only just beginning to adapt knowledge and practice to the realities of a geographically diverse world. Within the social services, one of the most exciting diversity-related initiatives is a localization movement that calls for a social work knowledge base that is fundamentally different from one geographic milieu to the next. Few, if any, studies to date have considered the Canadian North (an area populated by diverse aboriginal …
Valuing interdependence: An examination of Iraqi Canadian acculturation
English This study examined whether gender, ethnic group, age, years in Canada, level of education and country where educated influenced the acculturation process for Iraqi immigrants to Canada. For the 153 participants in this study, a continuing strong identification with traditional values was found to exist irrespective of differences in demographic factors. French La présente recherche s’intéresse à l’influence du genre, du groupe ethnique, …
Toward a Theoretical Framework for Perinatal Bereavement
Journal Article Toward a Theoretical Framework for Perinatal Bereavement Get access Keith Brownlee, Keith Brownlee Correspondence to Dr Keith Brownlee, School of Social Work, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5E1 CANADA. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jodie Oikonen Jodie Oikonen Search for other works by this autho…
A Group for Men Who Abuse Their Partners: Participant Perceptions of What Was Helpful
This exploratory study of 88 self-reports examined the subjective perceptions of men attending a group treatment program to address their violent and abusive behaviors. For the majority of participants, this was a positive experience, with education and self-control described as the most helpful learning experience. No clear themes emerged regarding negative experiences with the group
Valuing the Field: Child Welfare in an International Context
Ethics in community mental health care: The ethics of non-sexual dual relationships: A dilemma for the rural mental health professional
Reflecting Teams in the Classroom: An Effective Educational Tool
The reflecting team is a method developed by constructivist family therapist that has been used in clinical and clinical training settings as powerful and effective form of providing feedback. This paper attempts to examine the potential value of using a reflecting team in an academic context as a way of enhancing clinical skills training for social work students. Experiences with using a reflecting team as part of social work skills training cou…
Ethics in community mental health care: The ethics of non-sexual dual relationships: A dilemma for the rural mental health professional
Demographic, work-related, and life satisfaction predictors of northern social workers’ satisfaction with work and profession
Social workers in northern Canada were surveyed about work and professional satisfaction. Career commitment, turnover, and organizational citizenship predicted organizational satisfaction. Total satisfaction was associated with turnover. Research and theory in social work on remote communities should extend beyond characteristics of work, profession, and environment to include personal life factors
Managing ethical considerations around dual relationships in small rural and remote Canadian communities
Ethical guidelines for social work generally recommend avoiding dual relationships whenever possible.This study explored perspectives from Canadian social workers in remote communities, where this may not be feasible. Dual relationships in these communities were identified as ubiquitous and inevitable. Formal decision models were often overlooked in favour of an ongoing evaluation of the therapeutic relationship, and self-care related to frequent…
Have Communication Technologies Influenced Rural Social Work Practice
Recent advances in communication technologies have the capacity for addressing many of the challenges identified with rural and remote social work practice, such as scarcity of professional resources, professional isolation and limited access to supervision and professional development. The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative study was to examine how developments in communication technologies have influenced the way social workers practise s…
Valuing interdependence: An examination of Iraqi Canadian acculturation
English This study examined whether gender, ethnic group, age, years in Canada, level of education and country where educated influenced the acculturation process for Iraqi immigrants to Canada. For the 153 participants in this study, a continuing strong identification with traditional values was found to exist irrespective of differences in demographic factors. French La présente recherche s’intéresse à l’influence du genre, du groupe ethnique, …
Interpreting a cultural value: An examination of the Indigenous concept of non-interference in North America
This article examines the Indigenous cultural value of non-interference in North America, which is portrayed in the literature as a central influence on interpersonal interactions. The findings suggest that while Indigenous peoples prefer subtle forms of interpersonal influence that maintain respectful and nurturing relationships, non-interference is not, as sometimes portrayed, an overriding value that supplants all other considerations. This ar…
Social Capital: Understanding Acculturative Stress in the Canadian Iraqi-Christian Community
This study examined how acculturative stress is influenced by social capital, age, income, education and gender in a sample of 326 Iraqi-Christians from southern Ontario, Canada. Both overall acculturative stress and its individual constructs were tested in a series of logistic regression models. Five hypotheses were generated and three layers of analysis were implemented. First, the contributions of social–capital constructs and demographic vari…
Initial Therapeutic Alliance and Treatment Engagement of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youths in a Residential Treatment Center for Substance Abuse
This study examined the association between counselor- and client-rated initial therapeutic alliance and treatment engagement for youths who completed a residential substance abuse treatment program. Group differences between Aboriginal (N = 16) and non-Aboriginal (N = 29) youths were explored. Counselors reported a strong initial therapeutic alliance with all youths; however, Aboriginal youths did not perceive this connection with their counselo…
Reflecting Teams in the Classroom: An Effective Educational Tool
The reflecting team is a method developed by constructivist family therapist that has been used in clinical and clinical training settings as powerful and effective form of providing feedback. This paper attempts to examine the potential value of using a reflecting team in an academic context as a way of enhancing clinical skills training for social work students. Experiences with using a reflecting team as part of social work skills training cou…
Not with me you don't”: A story of narrative practice and dissociative disorder
Ethics in community mental health care: The ethics of non-sexual dual relationships: A dilemma for the rural mental health professional
Valuing the Field: Child Welfare in an International Context
Toward a Theoretical Framework for Perinatal Bereavement
Journal Article Toward a Theoretical Framework for Perinatal Bereavement Get access Keith Brownlee, Keith Brownlee Correspondence to Dr Keith Brownlee, School of Social Work, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5E1 CANADA. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jodie Oikonen Jodie Oikonen Search for other works by this autho…
A Group for Men Who Abuse Their Partners: Participant Perceptions of What Was Helpful
This exploratory study of 88 self-reports examined the subjective perceptions of men attending a group treatment program to address their violent and abusive behaviors. For the majority of participants, this was a positive experience, with education and self-control described as the most helpful learning experience. No clear themes emerged regarding negative experiences with the group
Localization of Social Work Knowledge through Practitioner Adaptations in Northern Ontario and the Northwest Territories, Canada
Social work is only just beginning to adapt knowledge and practice to the realities of a geographically diverse world. Within the social services, one of the most exciting diversity-related initiatives is a localization movement that calls for a social work knowledge base that is fundamentally different from one geographic milieu to the next. Few, if any, studies to date have considered the Canadian North (an area populated by diverse aboriginal …
Valuing interdependence: An examination of Iraqi Canadian acculturation
English This study examined whether gender, ethnic group, age, years in Canada, level of education and country where educated influenced the acculturation process for Iraqi immigrants to Canada. For the 153 participants in this study, a continuing strong identification with traditional values was found to exist irrespective of differences in demographic factors. French La présente recherche s’intéresse à l’influence du genre, du groupe ethnique, …
Have Communication Technologies Influenced Rural Social Work Practice
Recent advances in communication technologies have the capacity for addressing many of the challenges identified with rural and remote social work practice, such as scarcity of professional resources, professional isolation and limited access to supervision and professional development. The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative study was to examine how developments in communication technologies have influenced the way social workers practise s…
Managing ethical considerations around dual relationships in small rural and remote Canadian communities
Ethical guidelines for social work generally recommend avoiding dual relationships whenever possible.This study explored perspectives from Canadian social workers in remote communities, where this may not be feasible. Dual relationships in these communities were identified as ubiquitous and inevitable. Formal decision models were often overlooked in favour of an ongoing evaluation of the therapeutic relationship, and self-care related to frequent…
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Psychological Strengths and the Perception of Bullying in Early Adolescents in Schools
This study explored the association between psychological strengths and perceptions of being a victim of a bullying relationship in the school environment. Using self-report questionnaires with grades 7 and 8 students, the role of psychological strengths as potential protective factors against various forms of bullying were examined including the patterns of strengths associated with the bullying experience. The results showed no significant asso…
Adolescents' Perspectives on Strengths-Based Group Work and Group Cohesion in Residential Treatment for Substance Abuse
It is common to conduct treatments for adolescent substance abuse within a group format. Because previous research has identified group cohesion as being an important factor in adolescent substance abuse group treatment outcomes, it is important to examine therapeutic strategies that could help facilitate the development of group cohesion within substance abuse treatment programs for adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine adolescen…
Adolescents' Experiences of a Strengths-Based Treatment Program for Substance Abuse
Substance abuse is a growing issue among adolescents. While not every adolescent who struggles with this issue seeks treatment, those who do frequently fail to complete treatment or tend to relapse following treatment. To improve adolescent treatments for substance abuse issues it is important to understand adolescent experiences while in treatment, along with the factors that contribute to positive treatment outcomes. Qualitative methods were us…
Contexts of Practice and Their Impact on Social Work: A Comparative Analysis of the Context of Geography and Culture
Social work has long struggled to adapt its knowledge base to meet the distinct needs of the communities in which it is practiced. Typically, these communities are defined culturally, ethnically, racially, geographically, or in other diverse ways. But much of this scholarship occurs in silos, and common themes across practice with otherwise diverse communities may be neglected. As a corrective, this article offers a comparative analysis of two se…
Multiple Relationships: Maintaining Professional Identity in Rural Social Work Practice
Working in a rural community locates the professional in a wider social network as community members often expect more from their professionals; not only as service providers, but also as engaged members of the community. This can result in the rural social worker being highly visible both personally and professionally and it can also lead to overlapping relationships. These higher expectations can place stress on the worker in terms of maintaini…
Demographic, work-related, and life satisfaction predictors of northern social workers’ satisfaction with work and profession
Social workers in northern Canada were surveyed about work and professional satisfaction. Career commitment, turnover, and organizational citizenship predicted organizational satisfaction. Total satisfaction was associated with turnover. Research and theory in social work on remote communities should extend beyond characteristics of work, profession, and environment to include personal life factors
Initial Therapeutic Alliance and Treatment Engagement of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youths in a Residential Treatment Center for Substance Abuse
This study examined the association between counselor- and client-rated initial therapeutic alliance and treatment engagement for youths who completed a residential substance abuse treatment program. Group differences between Aboriginal (N = 16) and non-Aboriginal (N = 29) youths were explored. Counselors reported a strong initial therapeutic alliance with all youths; however, Aboriginal youths did not perceive this connection with their counselo…
Social Capital: Understanding Acculturative Stress in the Canadian Iraqi-Christian Community
This study examined how acculturative stress is influenced by social capital, age, income, education and gender in a sample of 326 Iraqi-Christians from southern Ontario, Canada. Both overall acculturative stress and its individual constructs were tested in a series of logistic regression models. Five hypotheses were generated and three layers of analysis were implemented. First, the contributions of social–capital constructs and demographic vari…
Interpreting a cultural value: An examination of the Indigenous concept of non-interference in North America
This article examines the Indigenous cultural value of non-interference in North America, which is portrayed in the literature as a central influence on interpersonal interactions. The findings suggest that while Indigenous peoples prefer subtle forms of interpersonal influence that maintain respectful and nurturing relationships, non-interference is not, as sometimes portrayed, an overriding value that supplants all other considerations. This ar…
Measuring Social Capital: An Adaptation and Translation into Arabic of the Onyx and Bullen Social Capital Scale for Iraqi-Canadians
Social capital has gained increasing attention from social workers as a way to understand the social networks and resources available to clients, especially new immigrants. Although researchers have developed helpful measures of social capital, a need remains to translate these tools into the native languages of immigrants, while addressing any specific cultural considerations. It would be beneficial for social workers to have access to an Arabic…
The Culture of Strengths Makes Them Feel Valued and Competent: Aboriginal Children, Child Welfare, and a School Strengths Intervention
Schools are an important community partner in providing structural supports and wrap around services for children involved with the child welfare system. In this paper, we discuss the implementation of a culturally sensitive strengths-based intervention approach within an elementary school and its value to Aboriginal children. This article discusses the theoretical foundation of the strengths intervention approach and provides a description of a …
Bullying Behaviour and Victimization among Aboriginal Students within Northwestern Ontario
This study describes the self-reported bullying experiences and behaviours of Aboriginal students within two schools in a northwestern Ontario community. Different types of bullying and victimization experiences include, but are not limited to: physical, verbal, social, and electronic bullying. These bullying and victimization experiences were assessed among grades 4 through 8 students using the Safe School Survey. The results of the study showed…
Is Attachment Theory Consistent with Aboriginal Parenting Realities
Attachment theory has become one of the most influential models guiding parent-child relationships in programs of prevention, treatment, and education, including programs for Aboriginal parents. However, whether the model can be reliably applied when working with Aboriginal peoples has not yet been established. Studies on attachment security conducted with different cultural groups provide a means of comparing naturally occurring differences in p…
Mental health benefits of mounted equine‐assisted therapies: A scoping review
Across mental health professionals, there is growing interest in the field of Equine-Assisted Therapy (EAT). Preliminary evidence suggests EAT is beneficial for a wide spectrum of client populations. EAT programs may be based on groundwork alone, where participants interact with the horses from the ground only, or they may incorporate mounted activities. It remains unclear whether mounted activities add therapeutic benefits to the EAT experience …
Qualitative Studies of Foster Carer Experiences in Providing Out of Home Care for Children: A Scoping Review and Narrative Synthesis
In this scoping review, we examined the available qualitative research exploring the experiences of non-relative foster carers providing out of home care for children. Qualitative articles covering the last twenty-five years were extracted from eight databases, Google Scholar and a hand search of the reference sections of identified journals. Using specified inclusion and exclusion criteria, twenty-two articles were retained for analysis. A relat…
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