April Diaz
Biographic Data
| ID | 4175830 |
|---|---|
| NAME | April Diaz |
| GIVEN NAMES | April |
| FAMILY NAME | Diaz |
| SIGNATURE | DÍAZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0013-946X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An Anti-Racist Practice in Social Work Research Teams
Social work researchers must intentionally and explicitly be anti-racist in commitments and actions if we are to disrupt, rather than simply acknowledge, racist systems and practices. This article, written by members of several research teams (including research staff, graduate research assistants, and principal investigators), describes an anti-racist team practice, which germinated in one research team and pollinated to others within a school o…
Preventive Legal Services for Kinship Care
This study examines the implementation of preventive legal services for kinship families within the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) service array. A university research team, contracted by the Title IV-E agency to evaluate the FFPSA programs, interviewed legal staff and kinship caregivers to understand how the provision of preventive legal services impacts the prevention-related needs of families. Findings suggest that the provision …
Youth–adult partnerships for youth activism
This article examines empowerment theory (ET) for its applicability to adult work with youth activists. It argues that despite ET’s prominence within both youth activism and social work broadly, the theory lacks a universally accepted conceptual grounding. As such, adults working to support youth activists have interpreted ET’s tenets in significantly divergent ways, with implications for their work and its ultimate viability. By exploring the di…
An Interwoven Narrative
This article reflects the interweaving of multiple sources of knowledge – narratives of student mothers, personal reflections of our own as mothers in academia, and recent literature – while using the thread of feminist theories and critique to bind the pieces together. We aim to reflect the impact of the pandemic on mothers who are also university students, faculty, and administrators, focusing on those most vulnerable, while discussing their ge…
Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth’s Perspectives of Affirming Healthcare
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth experience disproportionate rates of stigma and discrimination, contributing to health concerns. TGD people also report limited access to affirming healthcare, yet little is known about TGD youth and affirming healthcare in the Midwestern U.S. We utilized a community-based, mixed methods survey to explore the health and healthcare experiences of TGD youth in Kansas. Participants ( n = 89) were predominan…
Barriers to Services at the Intersection of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence
Purpose Firm evidence exists on the co-existence of child maltreatment and domestic violence (DV). This study examines the barriers to service delivery for families experiencing DV who are child welfare (CW) system involved from the perspectives of two key groups: parents with lived experience of DV and CW and multi-sector professionals. Methods A thematic content analysis was conducted of data from 16 in-person and remote listening sessions of 1…
Barriers to Services at the Intersection of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence
Purpose Firm evidence exists on the co-existence of child maltreatment and domestic violence (DV). This study examines the barriers to service delivery for families experiencing DV who are child welfare (CW) system involved from the perspectives of two key groups: parents with lived experience of DV and CW and multi-sector professionals. Methods A thematic content analysis was conducted of data from 16 in-person and remote listening sessions of 1…
Barriers to Services at the Intersection of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence
Purpose Firm evidence exists on the co-existence of child maltreatment and domestic violence (DV). This study examines the barriers to service delivery for families experiencing DV who are child welfare (CW) system involved from the perspectives of two key groups: parents with lived experience of DV and CW and multi-sector professionals. Methods A thematic content analysis was conducted of data from 16 in-person and remote listening sessions of 1…
Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth’s Perspectives of Affirming Healthcare
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth experience disproportionate rates of stigma and discrimination, contributing to health concerns. TGD people also report limited access to affirming healthcare, yet little is known about TGD youth and affirming healthcare in the Midwestern U.S. We utilized a community-based, mixed methods survey to explore the health and healthcare experiences of TGD youth in Kansas. Participants ( n = 89) were predominan…
Preventive Legal Services for Kinship Care
This study examines the implementation of preventive legal services for kinship families within the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) service array. A university research team, contracted by the Title IV-E agency to evaluate the FFPSA programs, interviewed legal staff and kinship caregivers to understand how the provision of preventive legal services impacts the prevention-related needs of families. Findings suggest that the provision …
Youth–adult partnerships for youth activism
This article examines empowerment theory (ET) for its applicability to adult work with youth activists. It argues that despite ET’s prominence within both youth activism and social work broadly, the theory lacks a universally accepted conceptual grounding. As such, adults working to support youth activists have interpreted ET’s tenets in significantly divergent ways, with implications for their work and its ultimate viability. By exploring the di…
An Interwoven Narrative
This article reflects the interweaving of multiple sources of knowledge – narratives of student mothers, personal reflections of our own as mothers in academia, and recent literature – while using the thread of feminist theories and critique to bind the pieces together. We aim to reflect the impact of the pandemic on mothers who are also university students, faculty, and administrators, focusing on those most vulnerable, while discussing their ge…
An Anti-Racist Practice in Social Work Research Teams
Social work researchers must intentionally and explicitly be anti-racist in commitments and actions if we are to disrupt, rather than simply acknowledge, racist systems and practices. This article, written by members of several research teams (including research staff, graduate research assistants, and principal investigators), describes an anti-racist team practice, which germinated in one research team and pollinated to others within a school o…
Sociology (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)