Research Interests

• Workforce development and employment
• Poverty, inequality, and social exclusion
• Evidence-based / empowerment-based community practice
• International social development and comparative social welfare
• Structural changes and their impact on vulnerable populations in modern globalizing societies

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Psychological Self-Sufficiency Research Program

• PSS measures: Employment hope scale (EHS) and Perceived Employment Barrier Scale (PEBS).
• Applications of PSS: 

1. Turkish version of Employment Hope Scale: The validity and reliability study

• ​Transforming Impossible Into Possible (TIP) ® Integration Model

1. TIP Intervention Research
2. TIP Implementation and Fidelity Research

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PSS MEASURES
EMPLOYMENT HOPE SCALE (EHS)
PERCEIVED EMPLOYMENT BARRIERS SCALE (PEBS)

2014 HPOG LIGHTNING TALK SESSION (SOUTHLAND HEALTH CARE FORUM)