Browsing by Subject "Relocation"

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    Assessing the Feasibility of Implementing a Parenting Intervention with Karen Refugees
    (2017-05) Ballard, Jaime
    Parents and children exposed to war and relocation have high rates of negative relational and mental health outcomes. This dissertation tested the feasibility of implementing an adapted evidence-based parenting intervention for contexts of traumatic and relocation stress. In the first phase of the feasibility study, I conducted three focus groups with Karen caregivers (N = 12, 5, and 12) to assess parenting practices in the Karen refugee community. Key themes identified related to mothers’ physical care for their children, parenting difficulties after relocation to the U.S., and practices of discipline, direction-giving, and encouragement. In the second phase, I adapted the evidence-based intervention and assessed its feasibility. Two groups comprised of eleven female Karen refugee caregivers participated in the intervention. Participants and a focal child completed structured assessments at baseline and follow-up as well as an ethnographic interview at follow-up. Caregivers reported changes in their teaching, directions, emotional regulation, discipline, and in child compliance. Children reported changes in teaching, directions, discipline, their own compliance, and in positive parent involvement. Caregivers reported higher mental health distress immediately after the intervention, potentially due to increased awareness. Children reported a decrease in mental health symptoms.
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    The effect of workplace relocation on individuals’ activity travel behavior
    (Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2018) Sprumont, Francois; Viti, Francesco
    On working days, homes and workplaces can be seen as anchor locations at the heart of daily mobility patterns, as well as being central to an employee’s activity pattern. In this study, we investigate how workplace relocation affects the entire daily activity-travel chain. While past research has shown that workplace decentralization is often associated with higher car use for the commuting trip, little is known about the effect on the whole activity travel pattern. Two waves of a two-week travel diary were completed by 43 employees of the University of Luxembourg: one before and one after the relocation of their office. Using descriptive statistics as well as standard deviational ellipses (SDE) theory combined with the results of a clustering analysis showed that workers’ activity spaces (represented by the standard deviational ellipses) were significantly modified due to the relocation of a single anchor activity location, i.e., their workplace.
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    Impact of Twin Cities Transitways on Regional Labor Market Accessibility: A Transportation Equity Perspective
    (Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2010-06) Fan, Yingling; Guthrie, Andrew; Teng, Rose
    This study evaluates the impact of the Hiawatha light rail line on job accessibility for the economically disadvantaged, seeking to further understanding of transit’s role in promoting social equity, and to identify commute flow changes among low-wage workers. The results will inform more equitable transit polices and improvements in the future. Numerous studies find spatial mismatch is an impediment to employment for low-wage workers. While transit is recognized as a tool for improving outcomes, results of empirical research are mixed. Several studies find positive relationships; others find none. The study examines changes in jobs accessible by transit throughout the service day. We utilize Geographic Information Systems (GIS) map analysis, summary statistics and regression analysis. Regression models estimate before- and after-LRT accessibility as a function of distance to the nearest transit stop, location within the immediate area of a light rail station or other transit premium stop, and of various demographic variables. We examine shifts in actual home-to-work commute flows using the Longitudinal Employment and Housing Database (LEHD) Origin-Destination Matrix. We employ GIS map analysis, summary statistics and regression analysis. Regression models estimate shifts in where individuals commute from and to as a function of distance to the nearest transit stop at both ends of a commute, location within the immediate area of a light rail station or other premium transit stop at both ends of a commute, and of various demographic variables. The report makes recommendations for applying our method to future transitways. Policy implications are discussed.