Heather Witt
Biographic Data
| ID | 4159463 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heather Witt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heather |
| FAMILY NAME | Witt |
| SIGNATURE | WITT H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boise State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7000-3501 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring human rights, reproductive justice, and environmental justice amongst students
Social beliefs and values regarding human rights shape practice and policy related to social injustice. Reproductive and environmental justice are among some of the pressing issues facing many people around the globe. Social work, with its focus on social justice, will need practitioners who are well educated and trained in these areas to both help clients and advocate for social change. In this exploratory study, students were surveyed about the…
The Moral Conundrum of Reproductive Justice in Social Work
As concerns for reproductive rights continue to be debated across the United States, the June 24th, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Mississippi case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade essentially upended the disciplinary foundations and ethical underpinnings of helping professions. The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) does not mandate the integration of reproductive justice content in social …
Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia
Transgender Rights & the Urgent Need for Social Work Advocacy
The human rights of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals are under attack at unprecedented levels all over the United States. This article begins by defining and describing human rights and explaining in detail the threats to the human rights and safety of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. Finally, the article urges ongoing social work engagement in advocating for the protection of those rights by utilizing the polic…
A Call to Action
This article highlights the current sociopolitical reality surrounding reproductive rights in the United States, and the ambivalence of social work education in integrating reproductive justice into the curriculum and professional preparation of students for practice. The authors deconstruct a multisystem equivocation that manifests through the silence of Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) guidance on the issue, and the tenuous position of s…
Examining Social Work Students Knowledge of and Attitudes About Abortion and Curriculum Coverage in Social Work Education
Despite social work's stated commitment to abortion rights, research on this topic is not prolific within the discipline (Begun et al., 2016). If we are to live up to our ethical principles, this should be changed. The authors posit that increasing students’ exposure to and understanding of abortion is necessary in the preparation of competent social work practitioners. Using Begun et al.’s (2016) Social Workers’ Abortion Attitudes, Knowledge, an…
Ethical Dilemmas in Human Rights Field Education
Do US Social Work Students View Social Work as a Human Rights Profession? Levels of Support for Human Rights Statements Among BSW and MSW Students
Fear of Intimacy with Helping Professionals Scale
In this study the authors examine the reliability and validity of the Fear of Intimacy with Helping Professionals Scale (FIS-HP) with Chinese (N = 150) and American (N = 145) elderly persons. Factor analysis using principal component analysis with a varimax rotation was used to examine the FIS-HP factor structure for both samples. A three factor solution emerged for both samples. The FIS-HP has acceptable internal consistency reliability with bot…
Perceived Family and Friend Support and the Psychological Well-Being of American and Chinese Elderly Persons
Older Chinese Adults’ Fear of Intimacy with Helping Professionals
Perceived Family and Friend Support and the Psychological Well-Being of American and Chinese Elderly Persons
Examining Social Work Students Knowledge of and Attitudes About Abortion and Curriculum Coverage in Social Work Education
Despite social work's stated commitment to abortion rights, research on this topic is not prolific within the discipline (Begun et al., 2016). If we are to live up to our ethical principles, this should be changed. The authors posit that increasing students’ exposure to and understanding of abortion is necessary in the preparation of competent social work practitioners. Using Begun et al.’s (2016) Social Workers’ Abortion Attitudes, Knowledge, an…
Do US Social Work Students View Social Work as a Human Rights Profession? Levels of Support for Human Rights Statements Among BSW and MSW Students
Ethical Dilemmas in Human Rights Field Education
The Moral Conundrum of Reproductive Justice in Social Work
As concerns for reproductive rights continue to be debated across the United States, the June 24th, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Mississippi case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade essentially upended the disciplinary foundations and ethical underpinnings of helping professions. The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) does not mandate the integration of reproductive justice content in social …
Fear of Intimacy with Helping Professionals Scale
In this study the authors examine the reliability and validity of the Fear of Intimacy with Helping Professionals Scale (FIS-HP) with Chinese (N = 150) and American (N = 145) elderly persons. Factor analysis using principal component analysis with a varimax rotation was used to examine the FIS-HP factor structure for both samples. A three factor solution emerged for both samples. The FIS-HP has acceptable internal consistency reliability with bot…
Older Chinese Adults’ Fear of Intimacy with Helping Professionals
Fear of Intimacy with Helping Professionals Scale
In this study the authors examine the reliability and validity of the Fear of Intimacy with Helping Professionals Scale (FIS-HP) with Chinese (N = 150) and American (N = 145) elderly persons. Factor analysis using principal component analysis with a varimax rotation was used to examine the FIS-HP factor structure for both samples. A three factor solution emerged for both samples. The FIS-HP has acceptable internal consistency reliability with bot…
Perceived Family and Friend Support and the Psychological Well-Being of American and Chinese Elderly Persons
Ethical Dilemmas in Human Rights Field Education
Do US Social Work Students View Social Work as a Human Rights Profession? Levels of Support for Human Rights Statements Among BSW and MSW Students
A Call to Action
This article highlights the current sociopolitical reality surrounding reproductive rights in the United States, and the ambivalence of social work education in integrating reproductive justice into the curriculum and professional preparation of students for practice. The authors deconstruct a multisystem equivocation that manifests through the silence of Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) guidance on the issue, and the tenuous position of s…
Examining Social Work Students Knowledge of and Attitudes About Abortion and Curriculum Coverage in Social Work Education
Despite social work's stated commitment to abortion rights, research on this topic is not prolific within the discipline (Begun et al., 2016). If we are to live up to our ethical principles, this should be changed. The authors posit that increasing students’ exposure to and understanding of abortion is necessary in the preparation of competent social work practitioners. Using Begun et al.’s (2016) Social Workers’ Abortion Attitudes, Knowledge, an…
Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia
Transgender Rights & the Urgent Need for Social Work Advocacy
The human rights of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals are under attack at unprecedented levels all over the United States. This article begins by defining and describing human rights and explaining in detail the threats to the human rights and safety of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. Finally, the article urges ongoing social work engagement in advocating for the protection of those rights by utilizing the polic…
The Moral Conundrum of Reproductive Justice in Social Work
As concerns for reproductive rights continue to be debated across the United States, the June 24th, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Mississippi case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade essentially upended the disciplinary foundations and ethical underpinnings of helping professions. The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) does not mandate the integration of reproductive justice content in social …
Exploring human rights, reproductive justice, and environmental justice amongst students
Social beliefs and values regarding human rights shape practice and policy related to social injustice. Reproductive and environmental justice are among some of the pressing issues facing many people around the globe. Social work, with its focus on social justice, will need practitioners who are well educated and trained in these areas to both help clients and advocate for social change. In this exploratory study, students were surveyed about the…
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