Social Issues Research Summaries (with Biographical Sketches): Volume 2

Preface; Rubens de Camargo Ferreira Adorno; Mercedes Alcaiz; Michael E Antonio; Jennifer Lynn Bryan; Maritza Concha; David Cosio, PhD; Amanda H Costello, PhD; Paweł Ćwikła; Oana Alexandra David; Brittany Davis, PhD; Laila El Amrani; Eduardo Fonseca Pedrero; Dawn W Foster; Anita Gibbs; Pnina Golan-Cook, PhD; Keith Goldstein; Andrea Gutirrez Garca; Junaid Hassim; Hong Ngoc Truong; Roxanne M Hughes; Kwang-Kuo Hwang; Bob Johnson; Understanding Elderly Poverty in the United States: Towards Informed Policy; The Development & Reforms of the Social Security System in Taiwan: Issues, Challenges & Perspectives; Social Security Systems in Eastern & Southern Africa: Issues, Challenges & Prospects; Social Security at a Crossroads on Social Securitys Ability to Cope with Future Challenges; The Role of Fathers during Pregnancy & Pregnancy Outcomes; African American Families in Kinship Care; Introducing Strengths of African American Families into the Therapy Setting; Parental Socialization in Response to Racism: Implications for Family Health; Theory-Based Strategies to Reduce Drop-Out Rates of Parent Groups for Low-Income & Black Mothers: Families & Schools Together (FAST); Between Two Worlds: Resilient African American Adolescent Males Navigating Community Violence; Body Image & Body Dissatisfaction in Ethnic Men; Intimate Partner Problems: Differentiating African American & Caucasian Suicide; Can Patient-Physician Race Concordance Improve Health Outcomes for African-American HIV Patients? Evidence, Insights, & Implications; The Perspectives of African American Men on HIV Transmission & Concurrency & their Impact on Family Dynamic Perceptions; The Malthusian Century; Intercultural City Identity & Human Intercultural Cities (H.I.C.): A Dynamic Ontological Model for the Social Co-Existence & ; Well-Being & Sexual Minority Workers: Directions for Social Welfare Policy & Practice; Social Choice Analysis: Theoretical & Empirical; Conditions for the Benefit from & Need for Social Welfare in Hong Kong; Safety Net Reconstruction: Reform & Development of Social Assistance in China; Government Preference, Import Tariffs & Social Welfare; Social Safety Nets Reloaded: An Analysis of the Second Generation Safety Nets in Africa; Social Work As a Profession: Made Insecure by Its Own History & Abraham Flexner?; Chinese Strategies on Juvenile Delinquency & Correctional Social Work: Development & Practice; Social Work Interventions at Different Stages of Disaster Illustrated by Asian Experiences; Tactics Employed in Supervisory Conflicts: A Case Study from the Social Work Education in Hong Kong, China; Social Work Education across Borders: Multiple Layers of Conceptualisation; Personal & Professional Boundaries in Bi-Cultural Social Work Practice: An Australian Study; Social Work in Residential Care Facilities for Older People As a Protagonist of Changes in Community Care for the Older People in Slovenia; Social Work, Spirituality & the Indigenisation Discourse; Social Work & Grief in the Workplace: Perspectives from a Developing Country; Social Work Practice & Education in Africa: Trends, Issues & Challenges; Gender Identity As a Personality Process; Who Am I Now? Distress & Growth after Trauma; The Intersection of Gender & Sexual Identity Development in a Sample of Transgender Individuals; Gender Dysphoria in Adults & Adolescents As a Mental Disorder But, What Is a Mental Disorder? A Phenomenological / Existential Analysis of a Puzzling Condition; Gender Dysphoria in Children & Adolescents; The Genetics of Transsexualism; Gender Identity, Culture of Honor & Gender Violence: Social & Personal Implications; Where Should Gender Identity Disorder Go? Reflections on the ICD-1; Evaluating Psychobiological & Mental Distress in Transsexualism Before & After Cross-Sex Hormonal Treatment: Lesson Learned from Three Longitudinal Studies; Gender Dysphoria in Minors, a Growing Phenomenon in our Society: Demographic & Clinical Characteristics of this Population in Spain; Substance Use & Exposure to Violence during Childhood & Adolescence in Transsexuals; Representations of Teachers about the Relation between Physical Education Contents & Gender Identities; Common Hypothetical Etiology of Excess Androgen Exposure in Female-to-Male Transsexualism & Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; God & the Transgender Person; Report on TG Christians Milestone Events; Definitions of Sustainability; Policies & Legislation; Environmental Indicators; Psychological Aspects of Sustainability; Business behind Sustainability; Ancient Sustainability Use of the Palmeral of Elche & the Current Unsustainabilty: Reasons for a Sustainable Future; Africa & Sustainable Development; Reconciling Sustainable Development with Nature Conservation The Natura 2; Natural Vegetation As a Key to Sustainability of Agroecosystems; Waste Treatment Sustainability; Energy & Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP); Sustainable Energy Development: Smart Grid A Vision for the Future; Biogas Utilization through Anaerobic Digestion in Greece: Current Status & Future Perspectives; Environmental Assessment of Composting in the Context of Sustainable Waste Management; Agricultural Wastes: Protecting Soil Quality by Sustainable Disposal & Reuse in Agriculture; Sustainable Supply Chains: Social Practices & Organizational Performance; Sustainable Agriculture in the Pampas Region, Argentina; Tourism Development through Sustainability; Sustainable urban transport; Concrete Sustainability; Preventing & Ending Homelessness for Adults with Mental Health Disabilities in Ireland: Realities & Aspirations; People that Are Homeless with Mental Illnesses in Asia: Issues & Interventions; Homelessness & Mental Illness in South Africa; Extreme Social Exclusion: The Case of Homeless People in Spain; Interpersonal Relationships among Young Homeless People; The Use of Health Information Technology for Mental Health & Chronic Disease Treatment among the Homeless; Identification of Areas with High Risk of Homelessness: Implications for Homelessness Prevention Programs; Mentally Ill, Addicted & Homeless: The Need for Integrated Models of Care for People with Multiple Issues; A Transactional Model of Homelessness & Alcoholism; Application of Implementation Science for New Homeless Intervention Models; Preble Streets Florence House: How Research & Advocacy Made it Possible; Understanding Racial Gaps in Family Shelter Entry in Hennepin County, MN; Clinical Considerations in Working with Individuals who are Homeless, Have Intellectual Delay & Mental Illness; Living Beyond the Margins: Homeless Individuals Perceptions of Contact Quality; Measuring Attitudes towards People with Mental Illness & People Who Are Homeless: Is a Joint Instrument Needed?; Will Homeless Populations Benefit from Global Warming?; Earthquakes & Homelessness: A Review of Historical Data; The Definition & Nature of Domestic Violence; The Prevention Paradigm & Young Peoples Abusive Intimate Relationships; Youth Dating Violence: A Silent Epidemic; Dating Violence among Sexual-Minority Youth (SMY) in the Western World; Systemic Violence & Immigrant Women Having Escaped Domestic Abuse: Meaningfully Reducing Structural Barriers to ; Domestic Violence among South Asian Women: An Ecological Perspective; Domestic Violence: Prevalence among South Asian Migrant Women; A Feminist Perspective: System Responses to Australian Mothers Exiting an Abusive Relationship; Coping with Domestic Violence in India: The Role of Spirituality & Social Support; Mississippi Still Burning: The LGBT Struggle for Intimate Partner Violence Protection under the Law A Case Study in the Deep South; The Public Health Approach to Domestic Violence Prevention; Domestic Violence against Women in War & Armed Conflicts; Violence against Women in Scenarios of Serious Economic Crisis; Sport-Related Domestic Violence: Exploring the Complex Relationship between Sporting Events & Domestic Violence; Child Maltreatment: A Phenomenological Study of Adult Males Recollected Childhood Memories of Experiencing Abuse & Witnessing Domestic Violence in the Family Home; Feeling Like Youre Damaged & Like Your Life is Out of Your Control: The Male Perspective on Living with the Adult Aftermath of Child Maltreatment; Endeavouring to Move Forward from Child Maltreatment by Engaging in the Therapeutic Process of Psyche Repair: The Adult Males Attempt at Establishing a More Fulfilled Adult Life; Overcoming the Gender Dyad: Engaging Men & Boys in Domestic Violence Prevention; African American Caregivers of Older Adults: An Overview; Theoretical Perspectives of Caregiving in the African American Community; Called by God: Caregiving & Spirituality among African Americans Caregiving & Spirituality among African American Caregiving; African-American Kinship Caregivers: Family Service Needs & Permanency; Families Providing Care Across Generations: Pickle in the Middle; Caregiving in the African American Community: An Examination of Mental Health & Well-Being; Unseen, Unheard, & Nearly Invisible: Implications for Caregiving of Older Black Men Living with HIV/AIDS; African American Professional & Managerial Baby-Boomer Women: Managing the Glass Ceiling & Caregiving Responsibilities for Older Parents; Dementia Related Diagnoses & Caregiving for African Americans: Responding to Gods Plan; African American Caregivers Raising Children with Disabilities: Doing More with Less; Grandparents & Grandchildren: An Enduring Bond of Caregiving in the African American Community; Generativity among African American Grandfathers Serving as Kinship Care Providers; Bringing the Outside In: A Loss & Grief Perspective for African American Caregivers; Yet with a Steady Beat - African American Reflections on Seasons of Caregiving; The Way Forward: African American Caregivers Continuing the Tradition of Taking Care of Our Own.