Publications by authors named "Caitlin Eckert"
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to explore how nutritional status affects fall risk among older adults over time.
- Researchers collected data from 708 older Vermonters, finding significant links between nutrition risk, food insecurity, and incident falls.
- Results suggest that higher nutrition risk increases the likelihood of falling within six months, indicating a need for further research in diverse populations.
Social work is a broad field encompassing micro, mezzo, and macro areas of practice. Consequently, the field lacks a unifying professional identity due to the expansiveness of the profession. Professional identity is conceptualized as an extension of social identity, vis-à-vis the embodiment of three qualities: connectedness, expansiveness, and effectiveness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: This study explored the substance abuse and human immunodeficiency virus prevention needs of urban minority adolescents.
Design: Six 1-hour focus groups.
Setting: Two high schools and two community-based organizations located in the city of Paterson, New Jersey.