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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/journal-article-abstracts/s12978-025-02260-2/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">Women’s desire to limit childbearing and associated factors in Tanzania: evidence from the 2022 demographic and health survey</a>
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<p><p>Background</p>
<p> Methods</p>
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<p><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12978-025-02260-2?error=cookies_not_supported&code=42fbe80f-64a2-4efc-b9d1-58737008e6da" target="_blank">Read the full article ›</a></p>
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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/journal-article-abstracts/gps-70181/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">Persistence and Determinants of Late‐Life Depression: Results of the Nationally Representative Longitudinal German Aging Survey 2008 to 2023</a>
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<h2>Objectives</h2>
<p>Late-life depression is the most common mental disorder in older adults. As symptom progression and risk factors are not well understood, this study focuses on longitudinal symptom progression and time-varying risk factors.</p>
<h2>Methods</h2>
<p>Longitudinal data of adults aged 60+ were drawn from six waves (2008–2023) of the German Aging Survey (DEAS), with the largest analytic sample in 2014 (<i>n</i> = 6515). At each wave participants were classified as having “no” (0–9), “minor” (10–17) or “major” (18–45) depressive symptoms (DS) based on the German Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Persistent DS were defined as PDS (at least minor DS) or majorPDS (major DS) across two consecutive waves. Weighted transition probabilities between DS stages were calculated across all person-years. Linear fixed effects regression with cluster-robust standard errors was used to identify time-varying determinants of DS.</p>
<h2>Results</h2>
<p>In 2014, the prevalence rate was 17.4% [16.6%–18.1%] for minor DS, 7.2% [6.6%–7.8%] for major DS, 12.2% [11.3%–13.1%] for PDS and 2.5% [2.0%–3.1%] for majorPDS. Estimates were similar across all six waves. Minor DS frequently persisted (37.3% [34.1%–40.6%]) or progressed to major DS (11.7% [9.6%–14.2%]). Major DS persisted in 38.6% [31.1%–46.7%] and remitted to minor DS in 31.8% [25.9%–38.3%] of cases. Transition to widowhood (<i>β</i> = 0.67, <i>p</i> < 0.05), worsening of physical functioning (<i>β</i> = −0.06, <i>p</i> < 0.01), increasing loneliness (<i>β</i> = 1.02, <i>p</i> < 0.01), worsening of sleep quality (<i>β</i> = 0.78–4.40, <i>p</i> < 0.01) and decreasing BMI (<i>β</i> = −0.08, <i>p</i> < 0.01) were associated with increases in DS.</p>
<h2>Conclusions</h2>
<p>DS are common in later life and are frequently persistent. Minor DS often persist or worsen, underscoring their role as a key risk factor. Major DS frequently remits only partly. Early, targeted interventions could be informed by modifiable determinants that may also help to allocate scarce mental health resources effectively.</p>
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<p><p>Turkey is on the brink of a major transformation in its social welfare system. The government is preparing to launch the Income-Complementary Family Support System (GETAD), a new model designed to guarantee a minimum standard of living for households with incomes below a defined threshold. Built around a dynamic “threshold income” formula, the system will allow the state to directly close the gap between what families earn and what they need to live.</p>
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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/open-access-journal-articles/s12884-026-08657-6/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">Influenza vaccination coverage among pregnant women during the 2023–2024 influenza season in Turkiye, a cross sectional study</a>
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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/journal-article-abstracts/1467-6427-70018/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">Examining the Tuning in to Kids Parenting Programme With Turkish Military Fathers and Their Partners of 4‐ to 6‐Year‐Old Children</a>
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<p>This study examined the impact of the <i>Tuning in to Kids</i> (TIK) parenting programme for military fathers, their spouses and their children aged 4–6 years. TIK is designed for parents of children aged 4–12 and provides guidance on enhancing parental emotion socialisation. The programme uses an emotion-focused approach to improve parent emotional functioning, emotion coaching, parent–child relationships, and children’s emotional, social and behavioural functioning. In this study, TIK was delivered separately to mothers and fathers in group settings. Participants included 12 military fathers, their spouses, and their children aged 4 and 6. An experimental design without a control condition was employed. Measures included the Children’s Emotion Knowledge Test, Social Problem Solving Skills Scale, and parent report measures of Reactions to Children’s Emotions and Coping with Children’s Negative Emotions Scale. Findings indicated that TIK participation was associated with increases in parents’ reported emotional socialisation behaviours. Children’s also showed improvements in emotion understanding and social problem solving skills. These preliminary findings suggest the programme may benefit military families, highlighting the need for further evaluation with larger samples.</p>
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<p><p>Publication date: March 2026</p>
<p><b>Source:</b> Journal of Rural Studies, Volume 123</p>
<p>Author(s): Emily A. Buddle, Linda Courtenay Botterill, Rachel A. Ankeny</p>
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<p><b>Source:</b> Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus, Volume 3, Issue 1</p>
<p>Author(s): Ivon Gretel Winkler Maisonnave, Clarissa Biehl Printes, Fabiane de Oliveira Brauner, Dalvan Griebler, Rafael Reimann Baptista</p>
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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/meta-analyses-systematic-reviews/challenges-to-healthcare-access-for-migrants-in-transit-a-scoping-review/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">Challenges to Healthcare Access for Migrants in Transit: A Scoping Review</a>
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<p><b>Source:</b> Journal of Migration and Health</p>
<p>Author(s): Vidya Gopinadhan, Tee Wen Li, Vanja Kovacic, Cecilio Tang, Norman Sitali</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/meta-analyses-systematic-reviews/challenges-to-healthcare-access-for-migrants-in-transit-a-scoping-review/">Challenges to Healthcare Access for Migrants in Transit: A Scoping Review</a> was curated by <a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu">information for practice</a>.</p></p>
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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/journal-article-abstracts/sextrans-2025-056784v1/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">Extragenital chancre mimicking breast cancer and oropharyngeal secondary syphilis in a heterosexual couple: an unusual clinical pairing</a>
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<p><p>Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by <i>Treponema pallidum</i>. It progresses through three clinical stages and shows various oral symptoms, mainly during the secondary stage. The disease can resemble other common oral mucosal conditions, such as infections with nonspecific pharyngitis, tonsillitis and laryngitis, as well as neoplastic and immune-mediated ulcers. This report discusses a heterosexual couple with rare manifestations of primary and secondary syphilis involving oropharyngeal lesions and an extragenital chancre, highlighting the diagnostic challenge and the importance of clinical awareness for early detection and treatment.</p>
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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/journal-article-abstracts/spcare-2025-005832v1/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">Quality of death in cancer: no treatment versus late chemotherapy in a nationwide mortality follow-back study</a>
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<p>To examine differences in quality of dying (QOD) between patients with cancer receiving no anticancer treatment (untreated group) and those receiving chemotherapy in the last 3 months of life (late chemotherapy group), and to explore socioeconomic characteristics by treatment status.</p>
<p><sec><st>Methods</st></sec></p>
<p>This observational study used data from a Japanese nationwide mortality follow-back survey, restricted to cancer decedents. Questionnaires were mailed to their bereaved family members. The primary outcome was family-reported QOD, and the exploratory outcomes included symptom burden, end-of-life (EOL) discussions and socioeconomic factors. Analyses were stratified by age (<60, 60–79, ≥80 years).</p>
<p><sec><st>Results</st></sec></p>
<p>Of 48 124 eligible responses, 12 563 were untreated. The proportion untreated increased with age (4.9%<60 years, 42.4% ≥80 years). Untreated patients had shorter survival times and more hepatobiliary or pancreatic cancer. The QOD was not poorer in untreated patients. Of untreated patients <60 years, 42.9% were free from physical distress versus 28.9% in the late chemotherapy group (difference: 14.0 points; 95% CI 5.5 to 22.5). Among untreated patients aged 60–79 years, 51.0% reported life completion versus 41.7% in the late chemotherapy group (difference: 9.3 points; 95% CI 6.9 to 11.7). More families of untreated patients reported EOL discussions with their physicians. Younger, untreated patients were more likely to be from lower-income households.</p>
<p><sec><st>Conclusion</st></sec></p>
<p>The absence of anticancer treatment was not associated with a poorer QOD in untreated patients. Socioeconomic disparities among younger patients highlight the need for equitable access to cancer care and support for value-based EOL decision-making.</p>
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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/journal-article-abstracts/bjhp-70043/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">Understanding healthy eating and physical activity community‐centred behaviour change interventions for underserved populations: A mixed methods rapid review</a>
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<h2>Purpose</h2>
<p>Community behaviour change interventions are a promising strategy for addressing unhealthy eating and physical activity behaviours in underserved populations. This review explores these interventions’ characteristics by focusing on behaviour change techniques, evaluates their behaviour change effectiveness and examines participant experiences.</p>
<h2>Methods</h2>
<p>A mixed-methods rapid review was conducted. Five databases and the grey literature were searched and supplemented by hand searching. Results were screened, assessed for methodological quality and data extracted using the Behaviour Change Techniques Ontology. A convergent segregated approach was used to synthesize the results.</p>
<h2>Results</h2>
<p>Twenty-one studies were included. Commonly used behaviour change techniques were social support, guidance on how to perform the behaviour and monitoring. Intervention effects on healthy eating and physical activity behaviour change were small, but outcomes that measured influences on behaviour change (e.g., social support) improved. Participants reported largely positive experiences, mostly attributed to the intervention’s tailoring to the target population’s contexts and the engagement and expertise of those who delivered the intervention.</p>
<h2>Conclusions</h2>
<p>Evidence of direct behaviour change remains limited; there is stronger evidence for improvements in factors that influence behaviour change. Qualitative evidence highlights the value of tailoring interventions to participants’ lives and using relatable, knowledgeable sources for delivery. This could enhance engagement and contribute to improved outcomes over time. Further research is needed on how contextual tailoring is implemented and how the characteristics of those delivering interventions influence effectiveness and experience. Findings support the potential of community-centred approaches, but long-term evaluations in underserved contexts are needed.</p>
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<p><p>This article examines how composing and interpreting comics in a narrative medicine classroom can improve medical students’ capacity to tolerate uncertainty. The study, conducted in The Ohio State University course From Page to Bedside: Literature for Physicians, invited students to read Julia Wertz’s <i>Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story</i> and then respond in both written and comic form. Twenty-four medical students participated. Their written and visual responses were analysed qualitatively for patterns in affective engagement, self-reflection and interpretive openness. Students reported that comics released them from perfectionist tendencies and invited experimentation that was not possible in their other coursework. While the findings are limited in scope, the study suggests that comics complement narrative medicine’s goal of helping practitioners recognise the partiality and contingency of clinical understanding to see their picture of a patient is a picture forever incomplete.</p>
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<p><p> The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the sixth and seventh combined periodic report of Pakistan under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its initial report under the Optional Protocol on the sale of children. Committee…</p>
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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/journal-article-abstracts/pop4-70046/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">Poverty and Deprivation in Bhutan’s Mountains: Spatial Patterns, Structural Challenges, and Policy Responses</a>
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<p><h2>ABSTRACT</h2>
<p>This study examines the multidimensional nature of poverty in Bhutan, situating the analysis within global debates on poverty alleviation and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 1. Using a mixed-methods approach, the research integrates national poverty data, a recalibrated Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), and qualitative evidence on rural connectivity, ecological fragility, and institutional capacity. By introducing mountain-specific indicators—such as accessibility constraints, climate vulnerability, and livelihood insecurity—the study demonstrates how conventional measures underestimate deprivation in geographically fragile regions. Findings reveal that multidimensional poverty in Bhutan is disproportionately concentrated in remote mountain districts, where food insecurity, child undernutrition, and systemic exclusion from basic services persist. These vulnerabilities are further compounded by climate change, human–wildlife conflict, and rural–urban migration, resulting in labour shortages and declining agricultural productivity. The paper’s methodological innovation—integrating spatially explicit, mountain-sensitive indicators into poverty measurement—offers broader lessons for global poverty analysis, particularly in other mountainous and ecologically fragile contexts. The findings highlight the policy imperative of geographically disaggregated, resilience-oriented strategies for inclusive rural development, climate-resilient livelihoods, and adaptive social protection, thereby contributing to both national priorities and the global agenda for eradicating poverty in all its forms.</p>
<h2>摘要</h2>
<p>本研究考察了不丹贫困的多维性, 并将分析置于全球减贫和实现可持续发展目标1的讨论框架内。研究采用混合方法, 整合了国家贫困数据、重新校准的多维贫困指数(MPI)以及关于农村连通性、生态脆弱性和制度能力的定性证据。通过引入山区特有的指标——例如可达性限制、气候脆弱性和生计不安全——本研究揭示了传统衡量方法如何低估地理脆弱地区的匮乏程度。研究结果表明, 不丹的多维贫困不成比例地集中在偏远山区, 这些地区依然存在粮食不安全、儿童营养不良和基本服务系统性排斥等问题。气候变化、人兽冲突和农村人口向城市迁移进一步加剧了这些脆弱性, 导致劳动力短缺和农业生产力下降。本研究方法的创新之处在于将空间明确的、对山区环境敏感的指标纳入贫困衡量体系, 这为全球贫困分析提供了更广泛的借鉴, 尤其是在其他山区和生态脆弱地区。研究结果强调了制定地理上细分、以复原力为导向的战略的必要性, 这些战略对于包容性农村发展、气候适应型生计和适应性社会保障至关重要, 从而有助于实现国家优先事项和“消除一切贫困形式”的全球议程。</p>
<h2>Resumen</h2>
<p>Este estudio examina la naturaleza multidimensional de la pobreza en Bután, situando el análisis en el marco de los debates globales sobre la reducción de la pobreza y el logro del Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible 1. Mediante un enfoque de métodos mixtos, la investigación integra datos nacionales de pobreza, un Índice de Pobreza Multidimensional (IPM) recalibrado y evidencia cualitativa sobre la conectividad rural, la fragilidad ecológica y la capacidad institucional. Al introducir indicadores específicos de las montañas, como las limitaciones de accesibilidad, la vulnerabilidad climática y la inseguridad de los medios de vida, el estudio demuestra cómo las medidas convencionales subestiman la privación en regiones geográficamente frágiles. Los hallazgos revelan que la pobreza multidimensional en Bután se concentra desproporcionadamente en distritos montañosos remotos, donde persisten la inseguridad alimentaria, la desnutrición infantil y la exclusión sistémica de los servicios básicos. Estas vulnerabilidades se ven agravadas por el cambio climático, los conflictos entre humanos y fauna silvestre, y la migración rural-urbana, lo que resulta en escasez de mano de obra y una disminución de la productividad agrícola. La innovación metodológica del documento —la integración de indicadores espacialmente explícitos y sensibles a las montañas en la medición de la pobreza— ofrece lecciones más amplias para el análisis global de la pobreza, en particular en otros contextos montañosos y ecológicamente frágiles. Los hallazgos resaltan la importancia política de estrategias geográficamente desagregadas y orientadas a la resiliencia para el desarrollo rural inclusivo, medios de vida resilientes al clima y protección social adaptativa, contribuyendo así tanto a las prioridades nacionales como a la agenda global para erradicar la pobreza en todas sus formas.</p>
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<p>This article examines the systemic and attitudinal barriers faced by students with dyslexia and their caregivers in the formal Indian education system through a textual analysis of two disability life writings: <i>Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India</i> by K. Vaishali and <i>This Kind of Child: The ‘Disability’ Story</i> by K. Srilata. The Indian education system is primarily designed for a homogeneous group of students, often excluding those with specific learning disabilities (SLD) like dyslexia. Both curriculum and assessment practices frequently lack inclusivity, failing to accommodate the diverse cognitive abilities of different students. As a result, students with disabilities often struggle to meet standard performance expectations, which can significantly affect their well-being. This struggle extends to their caregivers, who navigate these challenges alongside them. Using a thematic approach, the study explores key issues, such as societal attitudes, systemic exclusionary practices, testing and assessment issues, and students’ and caregivers’ emotional and functional resilience. The article identifies structural and attitudinal barriers encountered by students and their caregivers and discusses the actionable recommendations for inclusivity proposed in the texts. This article offers insight into the effect of educational discrimination on students and caregivers and evaluates students’ learning experiences in different settings. Ultimately, this analysis contributes to the existing discourse on disability and education by emphasising the role of personal narratives in shaping more humanised and equitable policy discussions.</p>
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<p><p>In an era of technological acceleration, clinical evaluation is increasingly governed by digital diagnostics, algorithmic protocols and standardised efficiency. While these advances improve precision, they risk reducing the clinical encounter to an impersonal transaction—undermining the clinician’s role as an ethical witness to suffering. This review essay proposes the concept of sacred attention as a necessary complement to the biomedical gaze: a cultivated, ethically attuned mode of presence that reclaims the human depth of clinical care.</p>
<p>Drawing on the Indian literary and philosophical traditions of Rabindranath Tagore and Adi Shankaracharya, we reframe clinical empathy not as an affective impulse but as a contemplative practice. Tagore’s vision of ananda dhara (the eternal stream of bliss) evokes a poetic theology of dignity, inviting clinicians to perceive the sacred within the mundane. Shankaracharya’s affirmation chidananda rupah shivoham (‘I am of the nature of blissful consciousness’) offers a non-dualist ontology that critiques hierarchical detachment and affirms relational reciprocity in care.</p>
<p>This framework has specific clinical and pedagogical relevance. We explore how sacred attention can recontextualise the physical examination as an embodied ritual, transforming it from procedural touch to ethical presence. We also examine how medical education can integrate literary-philosophical traditions to cultivate inner stillness, reflective awareness and relational depth in future physicians.</p>
<p>By positioning sacred attention as a pedagogy of perception, this essay contributes to the medical humanities discourse on empathy, presence and rehumanised care. Healing, we argue, requires not only technical knowledge—but the moral clarity to truly see.</p>
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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/journal-article-abstracts/cfs-70121/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">Did I Save or Hurt the Child? Analysis of the Experience of Art Therapists Working in Schools in the Arab Society in Israel Regarding the Obligation to Report Violence Against Children</a>
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<p>The aim of this study was to understand how female art therapists (ATs) working with children from the Arab community in Israel experience the obligation to report violence against children. Data were collected through in-depth qualitative interviews using a semistructured format and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. The participants were 15 female ATs employed in elementary schools. Ten themes were identified, highlighting that violence is often concealed and culturally normalised, which makes reporting both complex and risky. ATs face numerous dilemmas and emotional burdens as they navigate the tension between fulfilling legal obligations and protecting themselves, the children and the therapeutic relationship. The findings underscore the importance of culturally sensitive training and tools for ATs, as well as the need for broader social change to support the duty to protect children through mandatory reporting.</p>
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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/open-access-journal-articles/he-future-of-dsm-role-of-candidate-biomarkers-and-biological-factors/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">he Future of DSM: Role of Candidate Biomarkers and Biological Factors</a>
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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/journal-article-abstracts/00377317-2023-2258233-2/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">Towards a Black Love and Care Ethic: Reimagining Social Work Through Black Technologies</a>
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<p><p>Volume 93, Issue 2-4, October 2023<br>. </p>
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<p><p>Publication date: May 2026</p>
<p><b>Source:</b> Computers in Human Behavior, Volume 178</p>
<p>Author(s): Qurban Hussain Pamirzad, Qiang Chen</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/journal-article-abstracts/exploring-the-association-of-social-media-connectivity-and-interactivity-with-ethnic-polarization-an-interdependent-hierarchical-affordance-perspective/">Exploring the association of social media connectivity and interactivity with ethnic polarization: An interdependent hierarchical affordance perspective</a> was curated by <a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu">information for practice</a>.</p></p>
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<td><a href="https://ifp.nyu.edu/2026/journal-article-abstracts/8466809/" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing:-1px;margin:0;padding:0 0 2px;font-weight: bold;font-size: 19px;line-height: 20px;color:#222;">A tension of rights and needs? Social work advocacy for undocumented residents in the unrecognized villages of the Negev</a>
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<p>Social work advocacy is a longstanding principle in social work. These endeavors, grounded in core values, aim to safeguard and promote fundamental human rights for individuals and groups. However, citizenship status and marginalization often pose a challenge for advocacy efforts. In unrecognized indigenous communities, such as those of the undocumented Bedouins in Israel, the realization of social rights is inextricably linked to the struggle for basic citizenship rights. Unrecognized villages are not officially acknowledged by the state, and consequently, due to this policy of non-recognition, suffer from a lack of basic infrastructure and are subjected to sanctions such as house demolitions. Social workers in such a context find themselves operating in a space where the very definition of ‘citizen’ is contested and where the absence of formal recognition creates cascading barriers to the take-up of rights. Semi-structured interviews with seventeen social workers were conducted to uncover the realities of social work advocacy in this context. The findings reveal three main themes: securing basic citizenship rights, mobilizing community resources to fill welfare state gaps, and limited acts of policy practice. We deduce that employing ‘under the radar’, needs-based practices to navigate state neglect creates tension with long-term rights-based goals.</p>
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<p><p>Publication date: March 2026</p>
<p><b>Source:</b> Preventive Medicine, Volume 204</p>
<p>Author(s): Marcos Cezar Pitombo da Silva Junior, Yago Silva Mascarenhas, Enaiane Cristina Menezes, Luciana Costa Melo, Flávia Accioly Canuto Wanderley, Géssyca Cavalcante de Melo, Luiz Rodrigo Augustemak de Lima</p>
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Michael Reeder LCPC<br />
Baltimore, MD</strong></p>
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