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State safety-net policies and educational completion among mothers who had a nonmarital birth: Evidence from the post-welfare reform era
Since nearly 80% of unmarried mothers have completed high school or less due to life circumstances disrupting their education, developing better systems to support their postnatal educational attainment is crucial for improving employment and economic prospects for both the mothers and their children.

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Spatial accessibility to gun violence exposure on walkable routes to and from school
Study documents toll on kids in one Chicago community

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Research Brief: "Helping Professionals, Hear Us Out!" What Sex Workers Want You to Understand About Their Work
Historically, sex workers’ voices and perspectives have been left out of the scholarship related to sex work, which has resulted in victimization and pathologizing narratives around sex work.

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Research Brief: Positive fathering
Fathers with low income are emotionally resilient, with challenging circumstances and accompanying emotions being linked with positive fathering intentions and behaviors.

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How safe is Ohio from Extreme Weather?
Dr. Smitha Rao was interviewed by Midstory as part of a climate change series, “Colors of Climate Change.” Rao participated in Episode 2, “Ohio isn’t as safe from extreme weather as you think.”
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Research Brief: Environmental justice and abolition
Social workers’ recognition of environmental justice and abolition has recently grown, in part due to visible climate change, environmental injustices, and police brutality.

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Farmers can tell the climate is changing
Climate change brings to mind pictures of raging California wildfires and increasingly erratic hurricanes in the Gulf.

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Understanding Columbus' growing immigrant population
The Immigration Project – led by Drs. Arati Maleku, Cecilia Mengo, Njeri Kagotho and Sharvari Karandikar – was recently featured in The Columbus Dispatch.

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Research Brief: COVID-19 related economic hardship and child mental health
Pandemic-related economic insecurity was associated with increased child internalizing behaviors through higher levels of parental depressive symptoms, negative partner relationship quality, and harsh parenting.

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Research Brief: Emergency shelter assistance and safety
The Emergency Hotel Assistance Program (EHAP) was instrumental in providing emergency shelter assistance and safety to survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) and their children throughout the pandemic.