W&L Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability: Recent submissions
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Who Is Poor? Poverty in the United States Re-examined from a Multidimensional Perspective
Poverty is a long-established economic outcome worthy of scholarly and political concern. The issue of addressing poverty deals primarily with identification: who is poor? This paper constructs a Multidimensional Poverty ... -
The Liberation of Sex: Liberation Theology as Defense for FBO-Distributed Comprehensive Sex Education and Contraceptives in Honduras
Poor sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is highly correlated with poverty and is a form of social injustice. As one of the poorest countries in the world, Honduras particularly struggles with promoting SRH among its ... -
The Moral and Ethical Implications of Framing Global Health as a Security Concern
While the securitization of health results in positive short-term outcomes such as resource allocation, this framing neglects individuals' human rights. Therefore, in order to prioritize the health of all, the security ... -
Justification for a Penny-Per-Ounce Excise Tax on Sugar Sweetened Beverages Under Two Ethical Frameworks
Increasingly obesity is becoming a greater problem in the United States. To curb this trend some policy makers have considered taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) which add unhealthy calories to the human diet. Some ... -
Paradise Lost: Effects of Tourism on Poor Populations of Small, Developing Tropical Nations
By some measures tourism is the largest industry in the world, and many small developing nations are economically dependent upon revenue generated by international tourism. Literature on tourism is varied and extensive, ... -
Societal Grace in Criminal Justice: A Theological Perspective on Probation and Parole Policies
Reintegration into society has long been a problem for ex-felons. The United States has one of the highest recidivism rates, with over three-quarters of ex-felons returning to prison within five years of their original ... -
Protecting Women on the Rolls: Emphasizing Consistency and Empowerment in TANF’s Family Violence Option
Domestic violence is an experience that threatens the health and well-being of all victims, but perhaps none more so than women who depend on government aid. Studies suggest that a culture of empowerment lessens instances ... -
The Case for a Culturally Appropriate Empowerment-Based Measurement Tool for Social Businesses
Anti-poverty social businesses which aim to assist disadvantaged groups by offering them employment opportunities emerged as a better alternative to classical top-down international development programs. While their main ... -
The Role of Race in the Heroin Epidemic
Opioid-related addiction has been propelled by opioid treatment within the healthcare system. The addictive nature of these drugs was underestimated, leading to opioid and heroin addiction in many patients who were treated ... -
Knowledge is Power: School-Based Nutrition Education and Childhood Obesity
The obesity epidemic is a growing problem. Adolescent and childhood obesity is compounding the already high obesity rates in the United States. If something is not done, almost all adults in the U.S. could be overweight ... -
Food Freedom: Combatting Paternalism in SNAP
The purpose of this paper was to state the case that we ought not to restrict sugar-sweetened beverages from SNAP because it would be ineffective, stigmatizing, paternalistic, and would violate human capabilities. Moving ... -
Justice for Noncitizens: A Case for Reforming the Immigration Legal System
To the surprise of many, the immigration legal system exists as a function of the executive branch rather than the judicial, and many of the Constitutional rights guaranteed in a judicial court do not continue into the ... -
Differing Views of Teach For America: Where Does the Controversy Lie?
Founded by Wendy Kopp in 1990, Teach For America has gained both supporters and critics along its way to becoming a nation-wide movement towards achieving educational equity. In an effort to understand the controversy ... -
The National Housing Trust Fund: A Christian Ethical Defense
This paper argues that the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) effectively addresses the rental housing shortage for extremely low income (ELI) households and moreover, is compatible with Evangelical Christian moral arguments. ... -
Storytelling: How Narrative Identity Can Reduce the Experience of Poverty through Psychological Well-Being
Narrative identity therapy interventions are proven to be effective forms of psychotherapy as they enhance psychological well-being. Narrative therapy enhances psychological well-being by creating coherence and agency in ... -
Addressing Migrant Children's Education in the United States
Although the U.S. has prioritized universal education to all residents, only ten percent of migrant students graduate from high school. This paper explores specific barriers migrant farmworkers' children face to educational ... -
Soft Skill Development in Children Born with Low Birthweight: How and Why Should Society Help?
This paper brings together the existing literatures on low birthweight and soft skill development in order to demonstrate that interventions focused on soft skill development hold promise in improving the life outcomes of ... -
Straight Teeth and Crooked Policies: Why Dental Care Matters for Anti-Poverty Efforts
Oral health is largely treated as a luxury in the United States. This sentiment is echoed by our nation's current health care legislature, and evident by growing dental disparities despite advanced technology and increased ... -
"Scared Sick": Poverty And Childhood Trauma Intervention
Childhood trauma, which disrupts brain development, is disproportionately common in poor families. Current interventions focus on two main protective factors, parental attachment and creative expressiveness, which often ... -
The Millennium Development Goals: Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality in Afghanistan
. . . While the UN claims that the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) have been the most successful anti-poverty push in the history, I argue that MDG did not achieve its stated goals, it also did not set effective goals ...