Diane B Mitschke
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 109519 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Diane B Mitschke |
| PRENOMES | Diane B |
| SOBRENOME | Mitschke |
| ASSINATURA | MITSCHKE D B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | The University of Texas at Arlington |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0281-7738 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 50 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Communal Agency Across the Life Course
Resettled refugees experience chronic stress as they navigate adaptation across the life course, often within communal frameworks that emphasize collective responsibility, interdependence, and shared identity. This study examines how refugees from communally oriented cultures make meaning of resettlement stress, drawing on interpretative phenomenological analysis to analyze the narratives of 13 participants, representing different adult life cour…
Depression Among Resettled Karen Refugees in the United States
Due to prolonged ethnic and religious persecution, the Karen have endured numerous traumatic experiences including systematic violence and mistreatment, resulting in long-term psychological sequelae. This study examines the prevalence of depression among Karen refugees from Burma ( N = 37) using a culturally grounded mental health screening tool within a primary health care community clinic in the southern United States. A total of 48.60% met the…
Teaching Note—Connections Tutoring Lab
Student retention and success have been key issues for social work programs with the recent increase in online education and changing modalities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Connections Tutoring Lab (CTL) is an innovative virtual tutoring peer center designed to promote academic growth and improve retention among Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work students. A mixed-methods evaluation of the CTL guided by the Community of Inqui…
Teaching Note—Ecological Devastation Bus Tour
Despite the growing recognition of social workers’ important role in addressing environmental injustices, there is a gap in the literature concerning approaches for educating social work students about these issues. This article examines the effectiveness of a collaborative community-based intervention whereby students, community members, and local business, religious, and political leaders participated in an ecological devastation bus tour, visi…
When “Time Is Not Your Own”
As COVID-19 reached pandemic levels in March 2020, schools shifted to remote learning. Student parents in higher education had to adapt to their own remote learning and assume responsibility for childcare and their children’s education. Few studies have explored the impact of COVID-19 on mothers who are also full-time students. This study utilized a phenomenological approach to understand the lived experiences of mothering students during the COV…
A Hand in the Fog
Accurate and timely dissemination of critical information while facilitating reciprocal communication channels is critical during times of crisis. The Graduate Student Leader (GSL) program is a peer-based leadership and mentoring intervention that proved helpful in addressing the needs of a large and diverse student body of approximately 1,300 graduate social work students during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The GSL program is des…
Outcomes of an Inter-professional Education Event for Social Work and Allied Health Professional Students Working with Families in Poverty
Interprofessional education (IPE) aims to introduce students to the importance of team-based decision making. This article presents evaluation data from an IPE poverty simulation event. The goals of the project were to increase students’ understanding of the barriers faced by families in poverty, and to increase students’ confidence when working with families in poverty. Results show that students experienced enhanced confidence in their ability …
We still keep our culture to stay alive”
Coming of age as a recently resettled refugee from Burma poses unique opportunities and challenges in navigating dissimilar norms and expectations of family, culture, and the new host environment. Understanding these experiences and how they are interpreted by young adults can provide insight into the mechanisms through which this segment of the resettled refugee community can be supported and encouraged. The present study used semi-structured in…
Karen refugee youths’ satisfaction with a teen dating violence prevention program
Teen dating violence is a public health problem in the U.S. and internationally. Evaluations of teen dating violence (TDV) prevention programs demonstrate positive changes in youths’ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. Less is known about youths’ satisfaction with TDV programming, especially among refugee youth. This study examines the satisfaction of an evidenced-based TDV program among Karen refugee youth (n = 14) who participated in a pilot st…
Exploring the role of faith in resettlement among Muslim Syrian refugees
Over 95% of the refugees from Syria who have resettled in the United States are Muslim. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the role of the Islamic faith in contributing to resiliency among recently resettled refugees from Syria. Ten in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with Syrian adults who had arrived in the United States between 3 months and 2 years prior to the study. Findings emphasized the primary role of th…
A Pilot Study of a Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program With Karen Refugees
While teen dating violence (TDV) prevention programs generally report changes in participants' attitudes and mixed findings about changes in behavior, little is known about the impact of TDV programs on ethnic minority youth. This study examined the effectiveness of Safe Dates, an evidence-based TDV prevention program, in educating 21 resettled Karen refugee youth from Burma. Findings indicated changes in attitudes toward violence occurred from p…
The Impact of a Death Row Exoneration Testimonial on Social Work Students
Criminal-justice-involved clients often are a complicated population for students to consider through a lens of oppression. Nevertheless, it is critical that they do so given that many will serve clients with criminal records during their careers. An attempt to challenge students’ prejudice toward criminal-justice-involved people was deployed using a teaching technique derived from intergroup contact theory. The authors invited Juan Melendez to s…
Exploring dating practices and acceptability of a dating violence program with Karen youth
Teen dating violence (TDV) negatively impacts the health of youth in the United States and internationally, but we know little about dating violence among resettled refugee adolescents in the United States. We conducted a focus group with six Karen refugee youth to learn about dating practices and determine acceptability of a TDV prevention program curriculum, as a first step in addressing TDV in this community. Five themes emerged from the youth…
Listening to refugees
Understanding the dynamics of mental health of recently resettled refugees is an essential component of any comprehensive resettlement program, yet establishing the components of a successful and acceptable mental health intervention is an elusive task. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 resettled refugees from five countries who had received treatment for depression, post-traumatic stress symptoms, or anxiety. Themes generated fro…
Cultural integration through shared learning among resettled Bhutanese women
The multidimensional needs of recently resettled refugees have been well documented and range from elevated rates of mental illness and health care challenges to difficulties accessing resources due to language and literacy barriers. These factors are largely responsible for the challenges resettled refugees face in acquiring and maintaining stable employment. It is possible that achieving financial stability through steady employment and purpose…
Social Support and Coping in Families Facing Prostate Cancer
To date, little research has been conducted to examine the experiences of Asian and Native Hawaiian families in facing prostate cancer. A survey was conducted with 100 participants (including both survivors and family members) of Native Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and Caucasian ancestry in Honolulu, HI. Results indicated differences in the ways that survivors and their family members cope with the illness. While treatment-related varia…
Uncovering Health and Wellness Needs of Recently Resettled Karen Refugees from Burma
Often, newly resettled refugees continue to face obstacles to acculturation long after initial resettlement. Findings from interviews with Karen refugees from Burma suggest that recently resettled refugees experience major obstacles in locating and accessing employment and health care due to language and transportation barriers. Interviewees expressed a need for assistance in learning English and help with transportation, job skills, and financia…
Improving Social Work Students' Understanding of Health and Social Justice Knowledge through the Implementation of Service Learning at a Free Community Health Clinic
Service learning is a teaching strategy that involves engaging in a mutually beneficial partnership between a community and students in the classroom. Social work education and service learning share core values of service and social justice and, when unified, can offer students unique opportunities to engage in meaningful application of knowledge and skills in a real-world setting. This article provides an exemplar describing the unique student …
Coping With Breast Cancer at the Nexus of Religiosity and Hawaiian Culture
This article describes research to develop a breast health intervention for women in Hawaiian churches. Native Hawaiian women are disproportionately burdened by breast disease and tend to be diagnosed at advanced stages when treatment options are more limited. Research suggests that cultural conflict may be a factor in Hawaiian women's underutilization of conventional health services. Phenomenological approaches guided data collection and analysi…
Uncovering Health and Wellness Needs of Recently Resettled Karen Refugees from Burma
Often, newly resettled refugees continue to face obstacles to acculturation long after initial resettlement. Findings from interviews with Karen refugees from Burma suggest that recently resettled refugees experience major obstacles in locating and accessing employment and health care due to language and transportation barriers. Interviewees expressed a need for assistance in learning English and help with transportation, job skills, and financia…
Listening to refugees
Understanding the dynamics of mental health of recently resettled refugees is an essential component of any comprehensive resettlement program, yet establishing the components of a successful and acceptable mental health intervention is an elusive task. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 resettled refugees from five countries who had received treatment for depression, post-traumatic stress symptoms, or anxiety. Themes generated fro…
Improving Social Work Students' Understanding of Health and Social Justice Knowledge through the Implementation of Service Learning at a Free Community Health Clinic
Service learning is a teaching strategy that involves engaging in a mutually beneficial partnership between a community and students in the classroom. Social work education and service learning share core values of service and social justice and, when unified, can offer students unique opportunities to engage in meaningful application of knowledge and skills in a real-world setting. This article provides an exemplar describing the unique student …
Cultural integration through shared learning among resettled Bhutanese women
The multidimensional needs of recently resettled refugees have been well documented and range from elevated rates of mental illness and health care challenges to difficulties accessing resources due to language and literacy barriers. These factors are largely responsible for the challenges resettled refugees face in acquiring and maintaining stable employment. It is possible that achieving financial stability through steady employment and purpose…
When “Time Is Not Your Own”
As COVID-19 reached pandemic levels in March 2020, schools shifted to remote learning. Student parents in higher education had to adapt to their own remote learning and assume responsibility for childcare and their children’s education. Few studies have explored the impact of COVID-19 on mothers who are also full-time students. This study utilized a phenomenological approach to understand the lived experiences of mothering students during the COV…
We still keep our culture to stay alive”
Coming of age as a recently resettled refugee from Burma poses unique opportunities and challenges in navigating dissimilar norms and expectations of family, culture, and the new host environment. Understanding these experiences and how they are interpreted by young adults can provide insight into the mechanisms through which this segment of the resettled refugee community can be supported and encouraged. The present study used semi-structured in…
A Pilot Study of a Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program With Karen Refugees
While teen dating violence (TDV) prevention programs generally report changes in participants' attitudes and mixed findings about changes in behavior, little is known about the impact of TDV programs on ethnic minority youth. This study examined the effectiveness of Safe Dates, an evidence-based TDV prevention program, in educating 21 resettled Karen refugee youth from Burma. Findings indicated changes in attitudes toward violence occurred from p…
Exploring dating practices and acceptability of a dating violence program with Karen youth
Teen dating violence (TDV) negatively impacts the health of youth in the United States and internationally, but we know little about dating violence among resettled refugee adolescents in the United States. We conducted a focus group with six Karen refugee youth to learn about dating practices and determine acceptability of a TDV prevention program curriculum, as a first step in addressing TDV in this community. Five themes emerged from the youth…
Coping With Breast Cancer at the Nexus of Religiosity and Hawaiian Culture
This article describes research to develop a breast health intervention for women in Hawaiian churches. Native Hawaiian women are disproportionately burdened by breast disease and tend to be diagnosed at advanced stages when treatment options are more limited. Research suggests that cultural conflict may be a factor in Hawaiian women's underutilization of conventional health services. Phenomenological approaches guided data collection and analysi…
Uncovering Health and Wellness Needs of Recently Resettled Karen Refugees from Burma
Often, newly resettled refugees continue to face obstacles to acculturation long after initial resettlement. Findings from interviews with Karen refugees from Burma suggest that recently resettled refugees experience major obstacles in locating and accessing employment and health care due to language and transportation barriers. Interviewees expressed a need for assistance in learning English and help with transportation, job skills, and financia…
Improving Social Work Students' Understanding of Health and Social Justice Knowledge through the Implementation of Service Learning at a Free Community Health Clinic
Service learning is a teaching strategy that involves engaging in a mutually beneficial partnership between a community and students in the classroom. Social work education and service learning share core values of service and social justice and, when unified, can offer students unique opportunities to engage in meaningful application of knowledge and skills in a real-world setting. This article provides an exemplar describing the unique student …
Social Support and Coping in Families Facing Prostate Cancer
To date, little research has been conducted to examine the experiences of Asian and Native Hawaiian families in facing prostate cancer. A survey was conducted with 100 participants (including both survivors and family members) of Native Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and Caucasian ancestry in Honolulu, HI. Results indicated differences in the ways that survivors and their family members cope with the illness. While treatment-related varia…
Listening to refugees
Understanding the dynamics of mental health of recently resettled refugees is an essential component of any comprehensive resettlement program, yet establishing the components of a successful and acceptable mental health intervention is an elusive task. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 resettled refugees from five countries who had received treatment for depression, post-traumatic stress symptoms, or anxiety. Themes generated fro…
Cultural integration through shared learning among resettled Bhutanese women
The multidimensional needs of recently resettled refugees have been well documented and range from elevated rates of mental illness and health care challenges to difficulties accessing resources due to language and literacy barriers. These factors are largely responsible for the challenges resettled refugees face in acquiring and maintaining stable employment. It is possible that achieving financial stability through steady employment and purpose…
The Impact of a Death Row Exoneration Testimonial on Social Work Students
Criminal-justice-involved clients often are a complicated population for students to consider through a lens of oppression. Nevertheless, it is critical that they do so given that many will serve clients with criminal records during their careers. An attempt to challenge students’ prejudice toward criminal-justice-involved people was deployed using a teaching technique derived from intergroup contact theory. The authors invited Juan Melendez to s…
Exploring dating practices and acceptability of a dating violence program with Karen youth
Teen dating violence (TDV) negatively impacts the health of youth in the United States and internationally, but we know little about dating violence among resettled refugee adolescents in the United States. We conducted a focus group with six Karen refugee youth to learn about dating practices and determine acceptability of a TDV prevention program curriculum, as a first step in addressing TDV in this community. Five themes emerged from the youth…
Exploring the role of faith in resettlement among Muslim Syrian refugees
Over 95% of the refugees from Syria who have resettled in the United States are Muslim. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the role of the Islamic faith in contributing to resiliency among recently resettled refugees from Syria. Ten in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with Syrian adults who had arrived in the United States between 3 months and 2 years prior to the study. Findings emphasized the primary role of th…
A Pilot Study of a Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program With Karen Refugees
While teen dating violence (TDV) prevention programs generally report changes in participants' attitudes and mixed findings about changes in behavior, little is known about the impact of TDV programs on ethnic minority youth. This study examined the effectiveness of Safe Dates, an evidence-based TDV prevention program, in educating 21 resettled Karen refugee youth from Burma. Findings indicated changes in attitudes toward violence occurred from p…
We still keep our culture to stay alive”
Coming of age as a recently resettled refugee from Burma poses unique opportunities and challenges in navigating dissimilar norms and expectations of family, culture, and the new host environment. Understanding these experiences and how they are interpreted by young adults can provide insight into the mechanisms through which this segment of the resettled refugee community can be supported and encouraged. The present study used semi-structured in…
Karen refugee youths’ satisfaction with a teen dating violence prevention program
Teen dating violence is a public health problem in the U.S. and internationally. Evaluations of teen dating violence (TDV) prevention programs demonstrate positive changes in youths’ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. Less is known about youths’ satisfaction with TDV programming, especially among refugee youth. This study examines the satisfaction of an evidenced-based TDV program among Karen refugee youth (n = 14) who participated in a pilot st…
A Hand in the Fog
Accurate and timely dissemination of critical information while facilitating reciprocal communication channels is critical during times of crisis. The Graduate Student Leader (GSL) program is a peer-based leadership and mentoring intervention that proved helpful in addressing the needs of a large and diverse student body of approximately 1,300 graduate social work students during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The GSL program is des…
Outcomes of an Inter-professional Education Event for Social Work and Allied Health Professional Students Working with Families in Poverty
Interprofessional education (IPE) aims to introduce students to the importance of team-based decision making. This article presents evaluation data from an IPE poverty simulation event. The goals of the project were to increase students’ understanding of the barriers faced by families in poverty, and to increase students’ confidence when working with families in poverty. Results show that students experienced enhanced confidence in their ability …
When “Time Is Not Your Own”
As COVID-19 reached pandemic levels in March 2020, schools shifted to remote learning. Student parents in higher education had to adapt to their own remote learning and assume responsibility for childcare and their children’s education. Few studies have explored the impact of COVID-19 on mothers who are also full-time students. This study utilized a phenomenological approach to understand the lived experiences of mothering students during the COV…
Teaching Note—Ecological Devastation Bus Tour
Despite the growing recognition of social workers’ important role in addressing environmental injustices, there is a gap in the literature concerning approaches for educating social work students about these issues. This article examines the effectiveness of a collaborative community-based intervention whereby students, community members, and local business, religious, and political leaders participated in an ecological devastation bus tour, visi…
Depression Among Resettled Karen Refugees in the United States
Due to prolonged ethnic and religious persecution, the Karen have endured numerous traumatic experiences including systematic violence and mistreatment, resulting in long-term psychological sequelae. This study examines the prevalence of depression among Karen refugees from Burma ( N = 37) using a culturally grounded mental health screening tool within a primary health care community clinic in the southern United States. A total of 48.60% met the…
Teaching Note—Connections Tutoring Lab
Student retention and success have been key issues for social work programs with the recent increase in online education and changing modalities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Connections Tutoring Lab (CTL) is an innovative virtual tutoring peer center designed to promote academic growth and improve retention among Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work students. A mixed-methods evaluation of the CTL guided by the Community of Inqui…
Communal Agency Across the Life Course
Resettled refugees experience chronic stress as they navigate adaptation across the life course, often within communal frameworks that emphasize collective responsibility, interdependence, and shared identity. This study examines how refugees from communally oriented cultures make meaning of resettlement stress, drawing on interpretative phenomenological analysis to analyze the narratives of 13 participants, representing different adult life cour…
Psychology (17 obras) · Medicine (14 obras) · Political science (14 obras) · Sociology (14 obras) · Refugee (11 obras) · Pedagogy (8 obras) · Migration, Health and Trauma (7 obras) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (5 obras) · Medical education (5 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras)