Browsing by Author "Bragg, Natasha"

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    Comprehensive assessment of youth violence in five Caribbean countries: Gender and age differences
    (Taylor & Francis, 2017) Gentle-Genitty, Carolyn; Kim, Jangmin; Yi, Eun-Hye; Slater, Douglas; Reynolds, Beverly; Bragg, Natasha; School of Social Work
    Differences in gender and age have been established in the context of crime, violence, and prevalence of risk and protective factors. These studies are often notable only in the Western Hemisphere. Despite growth in crime and violence in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), relatively little understanding of violence in CARICOM member states exists. In light of these concerns, the major purposes of this study include: (1) comprehensively assessing the scope of the four behaviors (i.e., engagement, victimization, witness, and report) in relation to violence and youth’s perceptions of risk and protective factors in family and school domains, and (2) examining how they differ by youth’s gender and age. This study draws on assessment data on youth violence in five CARICOM Member States: Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago using a completed 51-item quantitative questionnaire from approximately 512 students. The results suggest that violence engagement, victimization, witness, and report significantly differed by gender and age. Male students were more likely to engage in violence, but less likely to report such violence to adults. Similarly, older students reported that they were more likely to engage in and witness violence. For risk and protective factors, female students reported significantly higher scores on domestic violence, whereas male students had higher scores on the access to drugs/weapons. Older students also tended to report higher levels of some school risk factors and lower levels of some protective factors in both family and school.
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    Cultural Diversity in the MSW Learning Space: Exploring Student Awareness, Acceptance, and Perceptions
    (2018-04-26) Bragg, Natasha; Garry, Christine; Lim, Minyoung
    This exploratory study assesses MSW students’ awareness, acceptance, and perceptions with regard to cultural diversity in the MSW learning space. Within this study, cultural diversity encompasses racial and ethnic identities. Through a stepwise multiple regression analysis, seven predictor variables were inputted to assess their predictive qualities on the criterion of perceptions of cultural diversity in the MSW learning space. An anonymous, online survey was the method for data collection. Participants from the study consisted of MSW students from a large, public Midwestern university (N = 146). Three of the seven factors appeared to be significant predictors of perception: acceptance of cultural diversity, completion of the MSW social justice education course, and students' BSW status. The findings from this study can be attributed to social work education and practice with regard to cultural diversity, especially with regard to students’ development of a more critical eye to racial/ethnic diversity’s presence in the learning space.
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    Integrating Inter-Group Dialogue
    (2017-04-08) Gentle-Genitty, Carolyn; Bragg, Natasha; Thomison, Erika
    To examine the effects of intergroup dialogue in social work. Project aimed to increase faculty knowledge and improve students’ skills in communicating about difficult subjects by participating in intergroup dialogue. Faculty infused the 4-stage IGD model in seven Bachelor of Social Work courses. Assessment, using pre-post tests, were administered to evaluate increases in students’ level of … 1) Empathy, 2) Awareness of social inequality, 3) Beliefs about inequality in society, 4) Capacity to engage in dialogue, 5) Communication regarding difference
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    Social Justice Awareness via IGD
    (2017-04-08) Gentle-Genitty, Carolyn; Thomison, Erika; Bragg, Natasha
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    Theory Scaffolding of Master-Level Social Work Students
    (2019-10) McCarthy, Katherine M.; Bragg, Natasha; Gentle-Genitty, Carolyn
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    Youth Gun Culture in Caribbean Countries: Gender and Age Differences
    (2017-04-01) Gentle-Genitty, Carolyn; Bragg, Natasha; Kim, Jangmin; Reynolds, Beverly; Thomison, Erika