Pathways to Employment Research
Barriers to Employment for People With Schizophrenia
Robert Rosenheck, Douglas Leslie, Richard Keefe, Joseph McEvoy, Marvin Swartz, Diana Perkins, Scott Stroup, John K. Hsiao, and Jeffrey Lieberman
March 2006
There is growing interest in identifying and surmounting barriers to employment for people with schizophrenia. The authors examined factors associated with participation in competitive employment or other vocational activities in a large ...
Evaluation of Disability Employment Policy Demonstration Programs
Lynn Elinson, William D. Frey, Martha A. Beemer, and Beth Slotman
June 1, 2005
Evaluation of Disability Employment Policy Demonstration Programs Task 10: Interim Report on ODEP Demonstration Programs: Accomplishments and Issues Identified by the Independent Evaluation.The Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has funded a number of demonstration projects ...
The Meaning of Computers to a Group of Men Who Are Homeless
Kathleen Swenson Miller, Stacey Bunch-Harrison, Brett Brumbaugh, Rekha Sankaran Kutty and Kathleen FitzGerald
April 2005
The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the experience with computers and the meaning of computers to a group of homeless men living in a long-term shelter. This descriptive exploratory study used semi-structured interviews with seven men who had been given access ...
Social Support, Drug Use, and Employment Among Low-Income Women
Victoria L. Brown and Micah A. Riley
January 2005
This study examined social support and its association with employment, income, and drug use in a sample of 534 low-income women. Functional support was defined as the perceived quality of one's interactions with others. Structural support was defined as the number of individuals within five particular types of networks: social, ...
