As a professional discipline, social work has always sought to produce real world impact. As such, the mission of the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign includes enhancing people’s health and wellbeing, and empowering individuals, communities, and organizations to dismantle inequitable systems and promote social justice by conducting cutting-edge interdisciplinary research with real world impact.
I hope you will enjoy reading our stories and learning about the work of a truly world class set of social workers who are committed to research that has REAL WORLD IMPACT!
This year, the newsletter title, Real World Impact, is our theme. Over the past few decades academics and scientists became more aware of the importance to ensure that research findings have real world impact, beyond the confines of the Ivory Tower. Research with real world impact is rigorous research that builds new knowledge and results in tangible changes in practice and policy that improves the lives of people.
Dear reader,
This newsletter highlights a sample of the exciting research we are doing at the School of Social Work to lead the way in imagining and creating a more collaborative and just world.
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I am delighted to introduce the third issue of “Real World Impact,” the re search annual newsletter of the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The goal of the newsletter is to provide a snapshot of the outstanding research with real world impact that is taking place at our school. Each issue is organized around a theme that is critical to the advancement of social work.
Liliane Windsor, PhD, MSW Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor
Dr. Piedra is an associate professor at the School of Social Work. Her research interests explore the social consequences of an increasingly diverse society by examining how the language and culture of immigrants affect their access to and use of social and health services.
The IPALS-CBPR project included a 6-week psychosocial group for Latino older adults in Cook County and to scale up the project, Piedra has involved the School of Social Work Provider Assistance training hub (PATH) to host instructor-led webinars for the community workers (in Spanish). IPALS convened a 12-member steering committee that includes the research team, community leaders, and community members; seven members have previously worked together in the pilot project- PALS. Understanding the ways in which older Latino adults perceive positive aging is important for developing and providing culturally responsive programs and can be leveraged to promote successful aging among Latinos.
Because many Latinos in the United States do not have access to culturally sensitive services to help them age well, Dr. Lissette Piedra uses multiple approaches to design, implement, and evaluate interventions and programs for Latino older adults. Through the Positive Aging for Latino Study (PALS), Piedra found that varied social connections, a multifaceted understanding of “stability”, and the need for a mature mindset contributed to the ways in which older Latino adults defined positive aging. This information informed the Illinois Positive Aging for Latinos Study (IPALS), a community-based participatory project (CBPR) which culturally adapted University of Illinois Extension healthy aging curricula to resonate with Spanish-speaking older adults and to be disseminated by bilingual community workers within agency and community settings that are frequently underused as possible learning cen ters for positive aging.
Lissette Piedra
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SOCIAL INNOVATION
Dr. Andrade is an associate professor at the School of Social Work. Her research interests explore how transitions at the population level, such as demographic, socioeconomic, nutritional, and epidemio logical are influencing health across the life course. Currently her work has been focusing on the health of adults and older adults in Latin America and the Caribbean and Latinos in the US.
Dr. Flávia Andrade explores how demographic, socioeconomic, nutritional, and epidemiological transitions influence health across the life course. Her work centers the health of adults and older adults in Latin America and the Caribbean and Latinos in the US in relation to several outcomes: chronic conditions (e.g. diabetes and hypertension), quality of life, disability, cognition, mental health, oral health and life expectancy. Using a large, nationally representative dataset, Andrade examined the ways in which co-residence impacts COVID- 19 testing and infection rates among older adults in Brazil. Results suggested that those living alone were more likely to report having symptoms and being tested for COVID-19, yet older adults in multigenerational and skipped generation households were more likely than solo-dwellers to test positive for COVID-19. Overall, Dr. Andrade’s findings suggest that living arrangements shape older adults’ COVID-19 exposure and testing and that those living with younger family members have increased risk of contracting COVID-19. These findings are important for the promoting the wellbeing of older adults, as Brazil had high COVID-19 positivity rates and intergenerational co-residence is a common form of support within the country.
As the topic of healthful aging for people of Hispanic and Latin American descent has significant implications for policy and services, the dissemination of research findings and fostering of emerging scholars in this field are two important aspects of ensuring scholarship has real world impact. With support from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Andrade is organizing the 2022 International Conference Series on Aging in the Americas (CAA) in Chicago in effort to maximize the impact of research related to older adults.
Flávia Andrade
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HEALTH
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
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Funded by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) and established in partnership with the University of Illinois System, Office of Medicaid Innovation (OMI), the Provider Assistance and Train ing Hub (PATH) at SSW provides clinical training, technical assistance, and support to community-based behavioral health providers enrolled in the Illinois Medicaid program. Since its inception in 2018, PATH has trained over 24,000 clinical staff from more than 400 provider organiza tions across Illinois on HFS’ Illinois Medicaid – Comprehensive Assess ment of Needs and Strengths (IM-CANS). The IM-CANS is HFS’ approved tool satisfying the service requirements of the community-based mental health services program.
Additionally, PATH provides training on evidence-based treatment approaches and High Fidelity Wraparound (Wraparound) and is slated to support HFS’ rollout of the Pathways to Success program. Pathways to Success (Pathways) is HFS’ new mental health program to provide intensive behavioral health services, including Wraparound, to Medicaideligible children, and their families, experiencing a significant behavioral health illness, or condition. Children are qualified for Pathway’s services through the completion of the IM-CANS.
Nancy Flower is the Director of Research Programs at CPRD where she oversees dayto-day operations. She also also serves as a principal investigator and project director of research and evaluation projects in the area of educational innovation and systems improvement.
Dawn Carpenter
The Power of Two, a three- year project funded by a U.S. Department of Education Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant, provided middle-grade teachers with professional development and coaching to implement a paired intervention. Comprised of Academic Language Development (ALD) and Focused Instructional Model (FIM) Math interventions, the program served a total of 106 6th grade and 7th grade classrooms in 28 schools in California, Illinois, Michigan, and North Carolina during the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 academic years. The combined interventions, delivered to 1,300 students, were designed to produce strong evidence about effective teacher practices, instructional routines, and strategies that can be learned and replicated to better support middle grade students and Nancyteachers.Flowers,
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Shahana Begum
Shahana is a Senior Research Data Coordinator at CPRD, working with teams that conduct evaluation of projects; such as, targeting com munity-based substance abuse prevention programs and improving the effectiveness of principals and middle-grades teachers to accelerate middle-grades reform.
along with Center for Prevention Research & Development (CPRD) colleagues Dawn Carpenter and Shahana Begum, evaluated the impact of the Power of Two initiative utilizing a cluster randomized controlled trial (“RCT”) design. Using a treatment vs. control/delayed treatment sample, all teachers received training in either the ALD or FIM interventions and implemented the Power of Two for one year. All students received both interven tions for one year. The evaluation team collected the coaching logs, classroom observations, teacher surveys, student surveys, and assessment data for each of the two years to analyze program impact on teacher and student attitudes, practices, and behavior, and to measure its impact on student achievement growth.
Nancy Flowers
The evaluation found that the students in Power of Two classrooms were more engaged, had increased motivation to achieve their goals, had more positive interactions, and had better academic performance. Additionally, teachers participating in the Power of Two program engaged in more lesson planning, used data more often to improve learning, and experienced increased confidence and reflexivity in their teaching. These results suggest that the Power of Two program may be effective for creating classroom experiences that make students eager to learn and apply knowledge in the real world, assisting them to develop socially, emotionally, physically, and intellectually.
Dawn is a Senior Research Program Coordinator at CPRD. Dawn manages projects that sup port community-based prevention programs, educational reform, after-school programs, and youth development programs to support data-based decision making, improve best practices, and inform policy for youth and adolescents primarily in the middle grades.
SCHOOLS
Despite investments by policymakers to improve postsecondary education outcomes of young people who age out of foster care, college enrollment and graduation rates remain low. With funding from the Spencer Foundation, Judy Havlicek, Associate Professor of SSW and Amy Dworsky, Senior Research Fellow at Chapin Hall, aimed to better understand how aging out foster youth in Illinois are faring. Havlicek and Dworsky (1) analyzed linked administrative records from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and the National Student Clearinghouse to determine enrollment and graduation rates for the last 6 cohorts of young people, com pleted interviews with 24 students with foster care experience who had completed at least one semester of community college and 5 community college stakeholders, and (2) completed an online review of state policy guides and procedures to place study findings into greater context.
Dr. Havlicek is an associate professor at the School of Social Work. Her research interests focus on un derstanding how to shape child welfare contexts to better promote healthy development and mitigate risks of children, youth, and families served in state child welfare systems.
Judy Havlicek
CHILD WELFARE
They found that only 36% of the 5,462 foster youth who turned 17 years old between 2012 and 2018 enrolled in college and that most of them (86%) first attended a community college. Only 8% of those who enrolled graduated from community college. These enrollment and graduation rates are strikingly similar to those previously reported by another study in Illinois (e.g., the Midwest study), which sug gests challenges to making progress in this area. The findings from the qualitative interviews helped to better understand these barriers, which included reports of navigating the college transition alone and having an incomplete understanding of how financial aid worked, among other challenges. The findings were released in an issue brief, which recommended increasing collaboration between high schools, colleges, and the child welfare system, minimizing school disruptions, increasing access to information about financial aid, and building the capacity of caseworkers to provide college supports. This study demonstrates the ways that research can be leveraged to support a system of care to make evidence informed decisions about needs, measure progress, and strategically aim to strengthen outcomes.
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SSW Associate Professor Dr. Chi-Fang Wu uses innovative secondary data analysis methods to examine trends in public benefits usage and assess the impact of public benefit programs, including the types and combinations of benefits that best enhance the well-being of low-income single-mother families. Her research seeks to optimize vulnerable families’ engagement with the social safety net and to guide welfare policy and reform to effectively and efficiently address families’ needs.
Chi-Fang Wu
Using a nationally representative dataset, she has identified how specific stress-producing employment issues (under employment and unemployment) uniquely affect family well-being, providing granular evidence for policymakers to craft policies tailored to families affected by different employment problems.
Supported by the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award, Dr. Wu will study poverty and the role of public benefit programs in enhancing the economic well-being of low-income families with children in Taiwan. Working collaboratively with Taiwanese researchers presents an opportunity to make far-reaching research contributions, including through the dissemination of social welfare policy scholarship in Taiwan and the United States.
Dr. Wu is the PhD Program Director and an associate professor at the School of Social Work. Her research and practice interests include poverty, social welfare policy, the impact of welfare reform on low-income families, access to public benefits and support services for low-income families, and program evaluation.
POVERTY
Using a combination of longitudinal administrative and national survey data, Dr. Wu’s research has contributed valuable new information and provided important insights on how individual policies and programs (e.g., Medicaid) as well as multiple program participation contribute to family well-being. Her research has shown that single support programs are insufficient to address the needs of low-income mothers and that many participate in multiple programs. Her research challenges arguments that receiving multiple benefits disincentivizes people from working. Rather, her find ings show, families’ benefit package usage varies significantly by employment status and over time, and many eligible families do not draw the maximum available public benefits, in spite of need. Her findings underscore the need for increased program accessibility and comprehensive family benefit packages, particularly in times of hardship.
Dr. Wu is studying relationships between employment status and public benefit usage among low-income single moth ers during periods of economic downturn – a timely focus given COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on the earnings and employment of single mothers.
CHILDREN AND FAMILY RESEARCH CENTER
Research Team:
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The study team, led by Drs. Theodore Cross, Cady Landa, and Robin LaSota, is using a mixed methods design which consists of semi-structured interviews and surveys. Interviews are conducted with a range of stakeholders, including kin foster and adoptive parents and guardians of Black children; caseworkers; attorneys; guardians ad litem; and judges. The interviews seek to understand stakeholders’ experiences and opinions regarding the use of guardianship and adoption. The surveys will gather statewide data regarding caregivers’ and caseworkers’ experience and viewpoints. The CFRC/OTR research team works closely with an advisory group of DCFS administrators and researchers who requested the study, which helps to ensure that it is relevant to stakeholders seeking to increase permanency and racial equity for Illinois children in foster care.
A team comprised of SSW staff, students, and researchers from the Children and Family Research Center (CFRC) and the Office of Translational Research (OTR) is conducting a study to understand the infrequent use of guardianship in Illinois as a permanency option for children in Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) custody. Guardianship typically involves a kin caregiver, often a grandmother or aunt, providing a permanent home for the foster child. Unlike adoption, guardianship does not require the court to terminate the parental rights of the birthparents, who often provide love and support to the child to the ex tent they are able. Motivated by concern that Black children are far less likely than White children to exit from foster care and be placed in a permanent home within three years, the study aims to better identify ways in which preparing for permanency could be improved to reduce this racial disparity.
Ted Cross, Cady Landa, Robin Lasota, Isu Song, Heather Fox, Diamond Hines, Tachuana Parsons, Magdalene Thebaud, Mary Steiner, and Sharva Hampton-Campbell
The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program supports evidence-based home visiting services to improve the lives of pregnant women and parents with young children. MIECHV operates in 13 communities across Illinois, serving 1,195 families with over 15,000 home visits in FY21. The Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD) MIECHV team conducts the performance analysis, provides continuous quality improvement (CQI) to each local site in Illinois, and collaborates with intake systems to ensure families in need are referred to home visiting services.
The annual MIECHV report can be found https://cprd.illinois.edu/files/2022/02/IL-MIECHV-Federal-FY2021-Annual-Report.pdfat:
In 2021, all MIECHV-funded agencies worked to enhance services for mothers experiencing maternal depression and Illinois took on a national program called the Home Visiting Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN 2.0), in which 21 MIECHV agencies engaged in efforts to spread and scale improvements in Maternal Depression screenings, access to treatment, and symptom reduction throughout the state.
The CQI evaluation revealed that Illinois exceeded program goals and with 21 CQI teams, it had a greater level of participation than any other participating U.S. state or territory. For Illinois MIECHV CQI teams, there were increases in the percent of women with a positive screen for maternal depression who were offered a referral and for those who verbally accepted a referral. Illinois MIECHV CQI teams reported better ability to deliver the screenings in less stressful ways and as a result, were able to get more accurate responses from program participants. As maternal depression increases risk of negative health outcomes for families and remains under detected and undertreated nationwide, providing more effective screening and referrals are essential for promoting wellbeing.
CPRD implemented a tiered, strengths-based approach to providing data support to local sites, which has built strong relationships with providers and facilitated their increased confidence and sense of responsibility for their data. CPRD and the sites collaboratively assessed strengths and challenges and this approach resulted in increased capacity among sites to maintain complete data and adhere to benchmark outcome goals.
CENTER FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
CPRD MIECHV team: Viviana Deltas, Jackie Farber, Nancy Flowers, Janiene Garcia, Jill Peisker, Mary Anne Wilson, Jeni ResearchWeisiger Team:
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Wan-Jung (Wendy) Hsieh, SSW PhD student and 2021-2022 CSWE Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) doctoral fellow, conducts research related to health disparity and behavioral and mental health interventions. In effort to better understand how racially diverse women perceived the depression screening performed during the perinatal period and whether it influenced their decision to seek perinatal treatment, Hsieh used a purposive sampling approach to recruit and interview 29 women from public health clinics in Champaign Coun ty, Illinois, during 2019. Hsieh found that many women perceived the screen ing process to be ineffective for various reasons, including that its purpose and use was unclear and informal, most patients did not receive their screening scores, most did not know what the provider did with the results, and many reported that their healthcare provider lacked empathy, treated the screening as trivial, and was overall disengaged with the screening process. Beyond the assessment, many of the women interviewed reported feeling discriminated against and experiencing racism at the medical facility, and feared reporting symptoms due to the stigma of perinatal depression.
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Untreated depression is associated with substantial risk of adverse health out comes, including low birth weight and postpartum depression, prompting many states to mandate screening for depression in the perinatal period (during pregnancy and up to twelve months postpartum). Yet, Hsieh’s findings point to factors that may impact the efficacy of these screenings and potentially contribute to perinatal depression remaining undetected and untreated. Because of this, Hsieh suggests a systems- level approach that includes strong collaborative relationships between primary care and mental health providers, involvement of social workers during the screening process, and longitudinal case manage ment is needed to ensure that perinatal depression is detected and treated effectively in a compassionate, culturally responsive manner.
FEDERALLY FUNDED Rosalba Hernandez (PI): Virtual Reality: A New Technological Modality to Deliver Psychotherapy to Hemodialysis Patients with Comorbid Depression, National Institutes of Health (NIDDK) 1R01DK129594 Janet Liechty (PI): Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals (BHWET) -FY21, US Department of Health & Human Services (HRSA) 2 M01HP31357-05-00 Brenda Lindsey (Co-I): Project TI3: Trauma-Informed Early Intervention, Early Childhood Special Education, and School Social Work, US Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Ryan Wade (PI): Racialized Sexual Discrimination (RSD) and Psychological Well-being among Young Sexual Minority Men of Color (YSMMoC), National Institutes of Health (NIMHD) 1R21MD016962-01 Liliane Windsor (PI): Optimization of a new adaptive intervention to increase COVID-19 testing among people at high risk in an urban community, National Institutes of Health (NIMHD) 3R01MD010629-04S3 Liliane Windsor (PI): COVID-19 Treatment Cascade Optimization Study, National Institutes of Health (NIAID) 1U01AI169469 PRIVATELY FUNDED Flavia Andrade (PI): ICAA: Aging in the Americas; Mexico and the U.S. (I-CAA) Conference, Alzheimer’s Association Tamara Fuller (PI): Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) 3.0 Evaluation, Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation Tamara Fuller (PI): Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) 3.0 Evaluation, Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation Moses Okumu (PI): Integrating a Gender Transformative Financial Capability Perspective in Social Work Education for a post-COVID-19 Recovery, International Association of Schools of Social Work William Schneider (PI): The Role of Income and Housing Support in Reducing Inequality in Child Neglect, William T. Grant Foundation Chi-Fang Wu (PI): An International Collaboration for Teaching and Research on Poverty Among Single-Mother Families in Taiwan, Fulbright RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS NEW PROPOSALS AWARDED FISCAL YEAR 2022
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Flowers (PI): Healthy Families Illinois (HFI), Illinois Department of Human Services
Tabb Dina (PI) and Tuyet-Mai Hoang: All Our Kids Early Childhood Networks (AOK) Initiative, Illinois Department of Human Services
Douglas
Rachel
Flowers (PI): State and Regional Substance Abuse Prevention Services (SRSUPS), US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services
Dawn
Rachel
Carpenter (PI): Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services
STATE FUNDED
Anderson (PI): Workforce Research and Development, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Yu-Ling
Dawn
Nancy
Garthe (PI) and Douglas Smith: 2021 Victim Needs Assessment, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Carpenter (PI): Office of Population Affairs, Adolescent Health Programs, Optimally Changing the Map -Tier 1, US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services
Karen
Rachel
Anderson (PI): Research and Child Well-Being, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Nancy
Kevin
Tan (PI): Promoting Community Partnerships Around Social-Emotional Learning with the Mahomet-Seymour School District and the Mahomet Area Youth Club, Department of Education via Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
Garthe (PI): Building a Community Without Domestic Violence: Discussing Relationships in Early Adolescence, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Smith (PI): Illinois Youth Survey (IYS), US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services
Steven
Smith (PI): Juvenile Justice System Improvement Continuation, US Department of Justice via Illinois Department of Human Services
Carpenter (PI): OPA Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program -Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services
Garthe (PI) and Douglas Smith: 2021 Statewide Violence Prevention Planning, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Dawn
Steven
Chiu (PI): Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Program, US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department on Aging
Flowers (PI): Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV), US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services
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Douglas
Fuller and Steven Anderson (PIs): Children and Family Research Center, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Karen Tabb Dina (PI): Disparities in utilization and delivery outcomes for women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD): groundwork for state policymaking, National Institutes of Health (NIMHD) via University of Michigan
Rachel Garthe (PI): Using the life history calendar to examine young transgender women’s trajectories of violence, mental health, and protective processes, National Institutes of Health via University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
Karen Tabb Dina (PI): Charting the Course for Patient-Centered Research to Address Inequities in Perinatal Mental Health & Maternal Mortality, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Inst (PCORI) via The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
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Tuyet- Mai Hoang and Karen Tabb Dina (PIs): The Impact of Racial Bias on Providers’ Communication Behaviors with Women of Color during Perinatal Period, UIUC Chancellor’s Call to Action Grant
Moses Okumu (PI): Twendee (let’s go in Swahili): Digital health technologies to promote the sexual health, resilience, and agency of slum-dwelling youth in Uganda, UIUC Campus Research Board
Kevin Tan (PI): Promoting Social Work’s Capacity to Learn and Teach about Police Relations, Racial Healing, and Racial Justice through Live Simulations, Provost’s Initiative on Teaching Advancement
Janet Liechty (PI): Interprofessional Tele-health Support for Weight Loss and Healthy Lifestyle among Primary Care Patients from Rural and Underserved Areas in Illinois, UIUC Division of Nutritional Sciences’ Vision 20/20 program
Katie Shumway (PI): Reparative Data and Media Initiative: Extending Racial and Research Justice in Champaign Count, UIUC Chancellor’s Call to Action Grant
Flavia Andrade (PI): Understanding resilience and Latino aging: Addressing diversity and ways to plan for a better future, National Institutes of Health via University of Texas- Austin
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Ted Cross (PI): Understanding Racial Disproportionality in Finding Permanent Homes for African-American Children in Out-of-Home Care: A Study of Subsidized Guardianship, UIUC Chancellor’s Call to Action Grant
FEDERALLY FUNDED Hyunil Kim (PI): Public Policies, Community Conditions, and Child Abuse and Neglect: National and Statewide Data Analyses and Literature Reviews, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 1 K01CE003229-01 Douglas Smith (PI): Core and Specialist Education in Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Master’s in Social Work Student – MSW, US Department of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA) H79FG000083 Liliane Windsor (PI): Community Wise: An Innovative Multi-Level Intervention to Reduce Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use, National Institutes of Health (NIMHD) 3R01MD010629 PRIVATELY FUNDED Michael Braun (PI): Playful Learning Landscapes Evaluation, Metropolitan Family Services Rosalba Hernandez (PI): Positive Psychology Intervention for Spanish-speaking Hispanic /Latino Adults at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease, Rosenfeld Heart Foundation Inc. Michael C Lotspeich-Yadao (PI): Pathways of Resiliency and Growth by “Vetrepreneurs” in Rural Communities, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation STATE FUNDED Steve Anderson (PI): Fiscal Services, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Dawn Carpenter (PI): Teen Pregnancy Prevention PREP, US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services Dawn Carpenter (PI): Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, Tier 1B (OAH) Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Health via Illinois Department of Human Services Nancy Flowers (PI): Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visit-Needs Assessment (MIECHV-Needs Assessment), US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services Nancy Flowers (PI): SUPP Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services via Illinois Department of Human Services Kevin Tan (PI): Promoting the Social and Emotional Health of Students and Families in the Danville Community, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority AWARDS ALSO ACTIVE IN FISCAL YEAR 2022
Crystal Reinhart (PI): Behavioral Health Transformation, Illinois Healthcare and Family Services via UI Office of Medicaid Innovation
Kevin Tan (PI): Advancing an Integrated Approach to SEL, STEM, and Equity in Middle and High School, UIUC Extension Collaboration Grants
Lissette Piedra (PI): National Social Life, Health and Aging Project: Baby Boom Cohort Wave 2, National Institutes of Health via National Opinion Research Center
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Judy Howard (PI): Provider Assistance Training Hub, Illinois Healthcare and Family Services via UI Office of Medicaid Innovation
Nancy Flowers (PI): Engaging Youth for Positive Change: Promoting Health through Civic Education, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation via National Opinion Research Center
Douglas Smith (PI): Evaluation and Support for the Illinois SUPPORT Act, Illinois Healthcare and Family Services via UI Office of Medicaid Innovation
Chi-Fang Wu (PI): Evaluation of Illinois’ Continuity of Care and Administrative Simplification 1115 Demonstration Waiver, Illinois Healthcare and Family Services via UI Office of Medicaid Innovation
Rachel Garthe (PI): Perceptions of School Climate in Relation to Youth Violence, Mental Health, and Academic Outcomes among Middle School Students, UIUC Campus Research Board
Ben Lough (PI): The Distinctive Contributions of International Volunteers to Gender Equality Programming: Perspectives from Partner Organizations in the Global South, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada via University of Ottawa
Rachel Garthe (PI): The Prevalence and Impact of Stalking and Cyberstalking among College Students, UIUC Center for Social & Behavioral Science
Fuller, T., Nieto, M., Adams, K., Chiu, Y., Cross, T.P., Landa, C., Lee, L., Tran, S., Satomi, W. & Wang, S. (2021). Condi tions of Children in or at Risk of Foster Care in Illinois: FY2021 Monitoring Report of the B.H. Consent Decree. Oct 2021.
Cross, T. P., Chiu, Y. L., Havig, K., Lee, L., & Tran, S. P. (2021). Evaluation of a simulation training program for new child protection investigators: A survey of investigators in the field. Children and Youth Services Review, 131.
Fuller, T. L., Wakita, S., Nieto, M., & Lee, L. (2021). Illinois Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol FY2021 An nual Evaluation. Urbana, IL: Children and Family Research Center.
Tran, S. & Fuller, T. (2021). Trends in Illinois Child Deaths Between 2010 and 2019. Aug 2021.
Havlicek, J.R., & Bilaver, L. (2021). Service coordination for transition-age foster youth with disabilities: A survey of state independent living coordinators. Children and Youth Services Review, 125.
Havlicek, J.R. (2021). Systematic review of birth parent-foster youth relationships before and after aging out of foster care. Children Youth and Services Review, 120.
Drake, B., Fluke, J. D., Kim, H., Orsi, R., & Stubblefield, J. L. (2021). What proportion of foster care children do not have Child Protective Services Reports? A preliminary look. Child Maltreatment.
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Tran, S. & Emery, B. (2021). Infant Deaths During Sleep in 2019. Aug 2021.
Maguire-Jack, K. & Kim, H. (2021). Rural differences in child maltreatment reports, reporters, and service responses. Children and Youth Services Review, 120, 105792.
2021 PUBLICATIONS
Tran, S. & Fuller, T. (2021). Examining Child Deaths in Illinois: Highlights from the FY2021 Child Death Review Team Annual Report. Aug 2021.
Fuller, T., Cross, T.P., Chiu, Y., Landa, C., Havig, K. & Tran, S. (2021). Children’s Mental Health Initiative 3.0 Evaluation: Baseline Stakeholder Survey Results. Sep 2021.
Tran, S., Kwon, S., & Cross, T.P. (2021). Another Look at the Resilience of Children and Youth in DCFS Care: New Find ings from the 2017 Illinois Child Well-Being Study. Mar 2021.
Fuller, T., Landa, C., Wakita, S. & Adams, K. (2021). Racial Disproportionality in the Illinois Child Welfare System: FY2021 Report. Oct 2021.
Kim, H., & Maguire-Jack, K. (2021). Longitudinal changes in child maltreatment reports. American Journal of Ortho psychiatry, 91(5), 635–646.
Havlicek, J.R., & Dworsky, A. (2021). Aging out of foster care. In Oxford Bibliographies in Social Work. Oxford Universi ty Press.
Velasquez-Melendez, G., Andrade, F. C. D., Moreira, A. D., Hernandez, R., Vieira, M. A., Felisbino-Mendes, M. S. (2021 Association of self-reported sleep disturbances with ideal cardiovascular health in Brazilian adults: a cross-sectional population-based study. Sleep Health, 7 (2), 183-190.
Piedra, L., Andrade, F. C. D., Hernandez, R., Perreira, K. M., Gallo, L. C., González, H. M., Gonzalez, S., Cai, J., Chen, J. Castañeda, S. F., Tabb, K. M., Talavera, G. A., Durazo-Arvizu, R. A., Daviglus, M. L. (2021). The Association of Subjective Social Status with Life’s Simple 7s Cardiovascular Health Index in Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Journal of the American Heart Association, 10(16): e012704.
Chakraborty, S., Andrade, F. C. D., & Smith, R. L. (2021). An Interdisciplinary Approach to One Health: Course Design, Development, and Delivery. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, e20210021.
Chakraborty, S., Sander, W. E., Allan, B. F., & Andrade, F. C. D. (2021). Retrospective Study of Kyasanur Forest Disease and Deaths among Nonhuman Primates, India, 1957– 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(7), 1969.
Andrade, F. C. D., López-Ortega, M. (2021). Unmet Needs for Personal Assistance among Older Adults in Mexico: 2001–2015. In Angel, J. L., Lopez-Ortega, M., Robledo, L. M., G (Eds.), Understanding the Context of Cognitive Aging: Mexico and the United States, New York, NY: Springer (pp. 205-226).
Grasso, S. M., Andrade, F. C. D., López Ortega, M., & Aguila, E. (2021). Framing Challenges of Dementia and Mental Health Care in Mexican-origin Older Adults in Mexico and the United States: Consensus Agenda Findings and Recommendations. In Angel, J. L., Lopez- Ortega, M., Robledo, L. M., G (Eds.), Understanding the Context of Cognitive Aging: Mexico and the United States, New York, NY: Springer (pp. 325-333).
Andrade, F. C. D. (2021). From Knowledge to Action in Cognitive and Mental Health Care for Older Adults. In Angel, J. L., Lopez-Ortega, M., Robledo, L. M., G (Eds.), Understanding the Context of Cognitive Aging: Mexico and the United States, New York, NY: Springer (pp.247).
Araujo, T. A. D., Corona, L. P., Andrade, F. C. D., Roediger, M. D. A., & Duarte, Y. A. D. O. (2021). Factors associated with body mass index changes among older adults: a ten-year follow-up. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 37, e00081320.
Angel, J. L., Vega, W. A., Robledo, L. M. G., Lopez-Ortega, M., Andrade, F. C. D., Grasso, S. M., Rote, S. M. (2021). Optimizing Dementia Care for Mexicans and Mexican-Origin U.S. Residents. The Gerontologist, gnab075.
Burrows, B., Andrade, F. C. D., Piedra, L., Xu, S., Aguinaga, S., Steinberg, N., Sarkisian, C., Hernandez, R. (2021). he In fluence of Evidence-Based Exercise and Age Reattribution on Physical Function in Hispanic Older Adults: Results From the¡ Caminemos! Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 40 (3), 278-288.
Andrade, F. B., Andrade, F. C. D. (2021). Socioeconomic inequalities related to dental care needs among adolescents and adults living in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Cadernos de Saúde Pública.
Macinko, J., Vaz de Melo Mambrini, J., Bof de Andrade, F., Andrade, F. C. D., Lima-Costa, M. F. (2021). Life-course risk factors are associated with activity of daily living disability in older adults. European Journal of Public Health, 31(3), 520-527.
Andrade, J., Andrade, F. C. D., Andrade, F. B. (2021). Life expectancy with poor health related quality of life among Brazilian older adults. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 104346-104346.
HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH
Ripley, J.S., Solfelt, L., Ord, A., Garthe, R. C., Worthington, E. L., Jr., & Channing, T. (2021). Short and long-term outcomes of hope focused couple therapy. Spirituality in Clinical Practice
Hong, J. S., Zhang, S., Garthe, R. C., Hicks, M. R., deLara, E. W., & Voisin, D. R. (2021). Motivation to move out of the community as a moderator of bullying victimization and delinquent behavior: Comparing non-heterosexual/ cisgender and heterosexual African American adolescents in Chicago’s Southside. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Fedock, G., Garthe, R., C., Higgins, G. E., Lewis, C., & Blank-Wilson, A. (2021). Health care disparities for incarcerated adults after a suicide attempt. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior Sullivan, T. N., Farrell, A. D., Sutherland, K. S., Behrhorst, K. L., Garthe, R. C., & Greene, A. (2021). Long-term evaluation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in U.S. Urban Middle Schools. Prevention Science.
Garthe, R. C., Kaur, A., Rieger, A., Blackburn, A., Kim, S., & Goffnett, J. (2021). Peer and dating violence victimization experiences among male, female, transgender, and gender expansive adolescents. Pediatrics, 147, published online.
Garthe, R. C., Sullivan, T. N., & Behrhorst, K. (2021). A latent class analysis of early adolescent peer and dating violence: Associations with symptoms of depression and anxiety. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 2031-2049.
Zhang, S., Hong, J.S., Garthe, R. C., Espelage, D., & Schacter, H. (2021). Parental stress and adolescent bullying perpetration and victimization: The mediating role of adolescent anxiety and family resilience. Journal of Affective Disorders, 290, 284-291.
Rieger, A., Blackburn, A., Bystrynski, J., Garthe, R. C., & Allen, N. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on gender-based violence in the United States: Framework and policy recommendations. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
Fuller, T., Tran, S., Cross, T.P., Chiu, Y., Landa, C., & Havig, K. (2021). Children’s Mental Health Initiative 2.0 Evaluation: 2021 Stakeholder Survey Results. Jun 2021.
Irscheid, S., Garthe, R. C., Gorman-Smith, D., & Schoeny, M. (2021). The role of executive functioning on the effects of community violence exposure on mental health and behavior outcomes among adolescents residing in under served urban communities. Youth & Society.
Hong, J.S., Zhang, S., Yoshihama, M., Espelage, D., Garthe, R. C., & Voisin, D. (2021). Exposure to mother’s conflict with her intimate partner and youth aggression: An empirical test of three criminological theories.
Charles, P., Frankham, E., Garthe, R. C., Visher, C. A., & Kay, A. L. (2021). Father involvement in the first year after prison: Considerations for social work intervention research. Research on Social Work Practice, 31, 797-813.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 91, 432-442.
Garthe, R. C., Blackburn, A., Kaur, A., Sarol, Jr., J. N., Goffnett, J., Rieger, A., Reinhart, C. & Smith, D. (2021). Suicidal ideation among transgender and gender expansive youth: Mechanisms of risk. Transgender Health Velazquez, E., Garthe, R. C , Pope, M., Avila, M., Romo, S., Everhart, R. S., Jones, H. A., & Corona, R. (2021). The relationship between African American caregiver prompting behaviors, parenting practices, and adolescent tobacco use outcomes. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
Rintell, D., Heath, D., Menendez, F.B. Cross, E., Cross, T.P., Knobell, V., Gagnon, B, Turtle, C., Cohen, A., Kalmykov, E, & Fox, J. (2021). Patient and family experience with Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) and Polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN) Amyloidosis: Results of two focus groups. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 16.
Alderden, M., Cross, T.P., Vlajnic, M. & Siller, L. (2021). Prosecutors’ perspectives on biological evidence and injury evidence in sexual assault cases. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 6(7-8), 3880-3902.
Perold, H., Allum, C., Lough,B.J., Mati, J.M. (2021). COVID-19 and the future of volunteering for development. (Parts 1, 2, and 3). Dublin: International Forum for Volunteering in Development.
Okumu, M., Nyoni, T., & Byansi, W. (2021). Alleviating psychological distress and promoting mental wellbeing among adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, during and after COVID-19. Global Public Health, 1-10.
Shato, T., Nabunya, P., Byansi, W., Nwaozuru, U., Okumu, M., Mutumba, M., Brathwaite, R., Damulira, C., Namuwonge, F., Bahar, O. S., Neilands, T. B., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2021). Family Economic Empowerment, Family Social Support, and Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Adolescents Living With HIV in Uganda: The Suubi+Adherence Study. The Journal of Adolescent Health.
Okumu, M., Orwenyo, E., Nyoni, T., Mengo, C., Steiner, J. J., & Tonui, B. C. (2021). Socioeconomic Factors and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence among Ever-Married Women in Uganda: Pathways and Actions for Multicomponent Violence Prevention Strategies. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Okrey Anderson, S., & Lough, B.J. (2021). Gender and sexual minority youth in Christian home schools: Perceptions of climate and support. Journal of LGBT Youth 18(4), 438-458.
Hernandez, R., Burrows, B., Browning, M.H.E.M., Solai, K., Fast, D., Litbarg, N.O., Wilund, K.R., Moskowitz, J.T. (2021 Mindfulness-based Virtual Reality Intervention in Hemodialysis Patients: A Pilot Study on End-User Perceptions and Safety. Kidney 360, Jan 1.
Hsieh, W., Sbrilli, M. D., Huang, W. D., Hoang, T. M.H., Brandon, M., Laurent, H., & Tabb, K. M. (2021). Perceptions of perinatal depression screening and access to mental health treatment among patients: a qualitative study. Health Affairs. 40(10), 1612-1617.
Rodriquez, E.J., Coreas, S.I., Gallo, L.C., Isasi, C.R., Salazar, C.R., Bandiera, F.C., Suglia, S.F., Perreira, K.M., Hernandez, R., Penedo, F., Talavera, G.A., Daviglus, M.L., Pérez-Stable, E.J. (2021). Allostatic load, unhealthy behaviors, and depressive symptoms in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. SSMPopulation Health.
Hoang, T. M. H., Neville, H. A., Poteat, V. P., & Spanierman, L. B. (2021). Examination of Social Justice Behaviors: Testing an Integrated Model. Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology, 12(2), 34-53.
Pineros-Leano, M.; Saltzman, J.A.; Liechty, J.M.; Musaad, S.; Aguayo, L. (2021). Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Their Association with Breastfeeding and Child Weight Outcomes. Children, 8, 233.
Hong, J. S., Okumu, M., & Espelage, D. L. (2021). Call for Proposals: Special Section of Archives of Sexual Behavior on “The Impact of Youth Violence on Sexual Health of Adolescents from National and International Perspectives”. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1-2.
Baiden, P., Tarbet, Z., Chakravarty, S., LaBrenz, C. A., & Okumu, M. (2021). Functional difficulties mediate the association between exposure to adverse childhood experiences and headaches among children: Findings from a population-based study. Headache, 61(4), 673–682.
Hereth, J., Garthe, R. C., Garofalo, R., Reisner, S. L., Mimiaga, M. J., & Kuhns, L. (2021). Examining patterns of interpersonal violence, structural and social exclusion, resilience, and arrest among young transgender women. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48, 54-75.
Garthe, R.C., Smith, D., & Freeman, S. (2021). Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Statewide Violence Prevention Plan 2020-2024: Review of Programs and Strategies, Needs Assessment of Violence in Illinois & Recommendations for Funding. Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.
Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Kibuuka Musoke, D., Hakiza, R., Mwima, S., Kyambadde, P., Abela, H., Gittings, L., Musinguzi, J., Mbuagbaw, L., & Baral, S. (2021). Intersecting stigma and HIV testing practices among urban refugee adolescents and youth in Kampala, Uganda: qualitative findings. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24(3), e25674.
Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Lukone, S. O., Loutet, M., McAlpine, A., Latif, M., Berry, I., Kisubi, N., Mwima, S., Kyambadde, P., Neema, S., Small, E., Balyejjusa, S. M., & Musinguzi, J. (2021). Ngutulu Kagwero (agents of change): study design of a participatory comic pilot study on sexual violence prevention and post-rape clinical care with refugee youth in a humanitarian setting in Uganda. Global Health Action, 14(1), 1940763.
Logie, C., Okumu, M., Hakiza, R., Kibuuka Musoke, D., Berry, I., Mwima, S., Kyambadde, P., Kiera, U. M., Loutet, M., Neema, S., Newby, K., McNamee, C., Baral, S. D., Lester, R., Musinguzi, J., & Mbuagbaw, L. (2021). Mobile Health-Supported HIV Self-Testing Strategy Among Urban Refugee and Displaced Youth in Kampala, Uganda: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Trial (Tushirikiane, Supporting Each Other). JMIR Research Protocols, 10(2), e26192.
Hong, J. S., Kim, D. H., Allen, J. L., Okumu, M., Lee, J. J., & Voisin, D. R. (2021). Bullying Victimization and STIs: Parental Communication and Parental Sexual Communication as Moderators. Research on Social Work Practice, 31(7), 706–715.
Howe, M. J. K., Choi, K. W., Piedra, L. M., Zhong, S., Pierce, G., Cook, S. C., & Ramirez, R. (2021). Detecting risk of neglect in NSHAP round 3 using new follow-up questions to activities of daily living measures. Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(Supplement_3), S348-S362.
Howe, M., Pierce, G., Zhong, S., Piedra, L. M., & Choi, W. (2021). Evaluating risk of neglect among older adults using NSHAP round 3 (2015-2016). Innovation in Aging, 5(Suppl 1), 273-274.
Choi, S., Powell, T., Muller, J., & Lux, E.A. (2021). Exploring the disproportionate impact of disasters-Social service providers’ perceptions of factors increasing vulnerability among hurricane survivors. Families in Society
Morelli, M., Urbini, F., Bianchi, D., Baiocco, R., Cattelino, E., Laghi, F., … Okumu, M., Small, E., Pavlova Nikolova, S. Drouin, M. & Chirumbolo, A. (2021). The Relationship between Dark Triad Personality Traits and Sexting Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults across 11 Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5), 2526.
Piedra, L. M., Ridings, J., Howe, M. J. K., Smith, J. L., O’Brien, C., Howard, A., & Conrad, K. J. (2021). Stakeholders’ Ideas About Positive Aging for Latinos: A Conceptual Map. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 40(10), 1342 –1355.
Small, E., Nikolova, S. P., Zhou, Y., & Okumu, M. (2021). Exploring factors associated with HIV secondary stigma among adolescents and young adults in Uganda: A cross-sectional study. Global Public Health, 1–12.
Brathwaite, R., Ssewamala, F. M., Neilands, T. B., Okumu, M., Mutumba, M., Damulira, C., Nabunya, P., Kizito, S., Sensoy Bahar, O., Mellins, C. A., & McKay, M. M. (2021). Predicting the individualized risk of poor adherence to ART medication among adolescents living with HIV in Uganda: the Suubi+Adherence study. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24(6), e25756.
Piedra, L. M., Howe, M., Montoya, Y., & Hofer, M. (2021). The use of oncept-mapping to structure the cultural adaptation of educational curricula for Latino older adults. Innovation in Aging, 5(Suppl 1), 217-217.
Hsieh, W.J., Powell, T., Tan, K., Chen, J.H. (2021). KidCope and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Understanding High School Students’ Coping and Emotional Well-Being. International Journal of Environmental Public Health. 18(19).
Piedra, L. M., & Lanesskog, D. (2021). In this issue … insights and understandings. Qualitative Social Work, 20(4), 905-910
Luce, C., Powell, T., & Kim, Y. (2021). Mental health, social support, and active coping in Nepali earthquake survivors. American Behavioral Scientist.
Faisal-Cury, A., Tabb, K.M., Ziebold, C. and Matijasevich, A. (2021). The impact of postpartum depression and bonding impairment on child development at 12 to 15 months after delivery. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 4, p.100125.
Clary, K., Habbal, M., Smith, D., & Fratila, I. (2021). The green sheep: Exploring the perceived risks and benefits of cannabis among young military members and veterans. Cannabis, 4(2), 31-46.2.
Powell, T., Wegmann, K., Backode, E. (2021). Coping and post-traumatic stress in children and adolescents after an acute onset disaster: A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Public Health.
Lee, C., Smith, D. C., Clary, K. L., Lanker, A. (2021). Sensitivity and specificity of the CRAFFT to identify heavy cannabis use: Evidence from a large statewide adolescent sample. Addictive Behaviors, 122, 107006.
Smith, D. C., Davis, J. P., Shen, S. Garcia Claro Fernandes, H. (2021). The emerging adult reasons for substance use (EARS): Preliminary support for multidimensionality, validity and reliability. Substance Use and Misuse, 56(2), 297-307.
Clary, K., Goffnett, J. M., Bennett, K.M. Smith, D. C. (2021). A comparison of developmental reasons for substance use between sexual minority and heterosexual emerging adults. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services
Shin, S.H., Jiskrova, G.K., Kimbrough, T., Dina, K.T., Lee, E.O. and Ayers, C.E. (2021). Maternal adverse childhood experiences and postpartum depressive symptoms in young, low-income women. Psychiatry Research, 296, p.113679.
Alsuhaibani, R., Smith, D. C., Lowrie, R., Aljhani, S. Paudyal, V. (2021). How well do international clinical guidelines on mental health and substance misuse address their coexistence?: A systematic review of scope, quality and inclusivity. BMC Psychiatry, 21, 209.
Nidey, N., Kair, L.R., Wilder, C., Froehlich, T.E., Weber, S., Folger, A., Marcotte, M., Tabb, K. and Bowers, K., (2021). Substance use and utilization of prenatal and postpartum care. Journal of Addiction Medicine.
Clary, K.L., Pena, S. & Smith, D.C. (2021). Masculinity and stigma among emerging adult military members and veterans: implications for encouraging help-seeking. Current Psychology.
Clary, K.L., Smith, D.C., Goffnett, J., Chiu, C.Y. & Davis, J.P. (2021). “A functioning addict is still a kid:” Qualitative study of emerging adults in residential treatment. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 21, 2, 179-193.
Powell, T., Li, S.J., Hsiao, Y., Thompson, M., Farraj, A., Abdoh, M., Rarraj, R. (2021). An integrated physical and mental health awareness education intervention to reduce non-communicable diseases among Syrian refugees and Jordanians in host communities: A natural experiment study. Preventive Medicine Reports. 21, 101310.
Barton, A. W., Reinhart, C.A., Campbell, C. C., Smith, D. C., & Albarracin, D. (2021). Opioid use at the transition to emerging adulthood: A latent class analysis of non-medical use of prescriptions opioids and heroin use. Addictive Behaviors, 114, 106757.8
Simonovich, S. D., Nidey, N.L., Gavin, A.R., Piñeros-Leaño, M., Hsieh, W.J., Sbrilli, M.D., Ables-Torres, L. A., Huang, H., Ryckman, K., & Tabb, K. M. (2021). Meta-analysis of antenatal depression and adverse birth outcomes In US populations, 2010–20, Health Affairs, 40(10).
Ansong, D., Okumu, M., Otchere, F. Koomson, I. & Sherraden, M. (2021). Addressing the burden of education financing in low and lower-middle-income countries: The role of savings accounts, cash transfers, and other income sources. Journal of Family and Economic Issues.
Chen, D.G., Ansong, D., Brevard, K.C., Okumu, M., & Bo, A. (2021). Joint modeling of longitudinal Devereux Early Childhood Assessment data and time to permanency from randomized longitudinal intervention studies in social welfare research. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.
Ferguson, G. M., Meeks Gardner, J. M., Nelson, M. R., Giray, C., Sundaram, H., Fiese, B. H., Koester, B., Tran, S. P., & Powell, R. (2021). Food-focused media literacy for remotely acculturating adolescents and mothers: A randomized controlled trial of the “JUS Media? Programme.” The Journal of Adolescent Health, 69(6), 1013–1023.
Wade, R. M., Bouris, A. M., Neilands, T., & Harper, G. W. (2021). Racialized sexual discrimination (RSD) and psychological wellbeing among young sexual minority Black men (YSMBM) who seek intimate partners online. Sexuality Research & Social Policy.
Hong, J. S., Valido, A., Rivas-Koehl, M. M., Wade, R. M., Espelage, D. L., & Voisin, D. R. (2021). Bullying victimization, psychosocial functioning, and protective factors: Comparing African American heterosexual and sexual minority adolescents in Chicago’s Southside. Journal of Community Psychology, 49, 1358-1375.
Sherraden, M., Johnson, L., Clancy, M., Beverly, S., Sherraden, M., Schreiner, M., Elliott, W., Shanks, T., Adams, D., Curley, J., Huang, J., Grinstein-Weiss, M., Nam, Y., Zhan, M., & Han, C. (2021, September 29). Asset building: Toward inclusive policy. In C. Franklin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Work.
POVERTY Logie, C., Okumu, M., Latif, M., Kibuuka Musoke, D., Lukone, O. S., Mwima, S., & Kyambadde, P. (2021). Exploring resource scarcity and contextual influences on wellbeing among young refugees in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, Uganda: Findings from a qualitative study. Conflict and Health, 15, 3.
Windsor, L., Benoit, E., Pinto, R. M., Gwadz, M., and Thompson, W. (2021) Enhancing Behavioral Intervention Science: Using Community Based Participatory Research Principles with the Multiphase Optimization Strategy. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 11(8):1596-1605.
Feely, M., Raissian, K.M., Schneider, W., & Bullinger, L.R. (2021). Creating systems synergy across the social welfare policy landscape. Institute for Research on Poverty. Focus on Poverty, 37(2), 21-28.
Wade, R. M. & Harper, G. W. (2021). Racialized sexual discrimination (RSD) in online sexual networking: Moving from discourse to measurement. The Journal of Sex Research, 58(6), 795-807.
Hong, J.S., Choi, J., Espelage, D.L., Wu, C., Boraggina-Ballard, L., & Fisher, B.W. (2021). Are children of welfare recipients at a heightened risk of bullying and peer victimization? Child and Youth Care Forum, 50(3), 547-568.
Wade, R. M. & Harper, G. W. (2021). Toward a multidimensional construct of racialized sexual discrimination (RSD): Implications for scale development. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 8(4), 401-406.
Chang, Y., & Wu, C. (2021). Examining low-income single-mother families’ experiences with family benefit packages during and after the Great Recession in the United States. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 14, 265, 1-19.
Windsor, L., Pinto, R., & Lee, C. (2021). Interprofessional collaboration associated with frequency of life-saving links to HIV continuum of care services in the urban environment of Newark, New Jersey. BMC Health Services Research, 20 (1014).
Lough, B. J. (2021). Decentering social innovation: The value of dispersed institutes in higher education. Social Enterprise Journal. Online First.
Kopels, S. (2021). Illinois Senate Bill 2071: An attack on the qualifications of school social workers. School Social Work Journal, 46(1), ix-xvi.
Tiessen, R., Laursen, T., Lough, B.J., & Mirza, T. (2021). Gender-focused social innovation and the role of international development volunteers in promoting women’s economic empowerment. Voluntaris: Journal of Volunteer Services [special issue]: 91-107.
Tan, K., Wegmann, K., Patino, R. Hand, B., Mitchell, J., & Moser, K. (2021). Issues and challenges in the delivery of K-12 social and emotional learning groups associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, mobilization for racial justice, and the re-opening. Children and Schools.
Begum, S., Flowers, N., Tan, K., Carpenter, D., & Moser, K., (2021). Promoting literacy and numeracy among middle school students: Exploring the mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Gender Differences. International Journal of Educational Research, 106, 101722.
Tan, K., & Wegmann, K. M. (2021). Social–emotional learning and contemporary challenges for schools: what are our students learning from us? Children & Schools, 44(1), 3-5.
Kopels, S. (2021). Ethical and Legal Complexities of Confidentiality for School Social Workers. In Kelly, M.S., Massat, C. R., and Constable, R. (Eds.). School Social Work Practice, Policy and Research (9th ed., pps. 97-119). Oxford University Press.
Tan, K., Yore, C., & Hillen, M. (2021). Ninth grade office discipline referrals: The critical role of teachers in addressing students’ social, emotional, and behavioral needs. Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties.
Kopels, S., Rich, M. and Massat, C.R. (2021). Educational Mandates for Children with Disabilities: School Policies, Case Law, and the School Social Worker. In Kelly, M.S., Massat, C. R., and Constable, R., (Eds.). School Social Work Practice, Policy and Research (9th ed., pps. 155- 172). Oxford University Press.
Parker, V.L., Liechty, J.M., Kopels, S., Adams, M.L., Janssen, K.C., Kim, S.S., Cochrane, T.L., Salisbury, A.A., Harris, A. (2021). Changing cannabis policies and social work: Implications for students, families, and schools. School Social Work Journal, 45, 34-60.
Tiessen, R., Cassin, K., & Lough, B. J. (2021). International development volunteering as a catalyst for long-term prosocial behaviours of returned Canadian volunteers. Citizenship Teaching & Learning 16(1): 95-114.
Tan, K., Wegmann, K. M., Patino, R., Hand, B. Mitchell, J., & Moser, K. (2021). Social and emotional learning group work during the COVID-19 pandemic, the reopening, and the mobilization for racial justice. Children & Schools, 43(2), 118-122.
Kopels, S. (2021). A pivot toward civility??? School Social Work Journal, 45(2), viii-xi.
Tiessen, R. & Lough, B.J. (2021). Innovations in gender equality and women’s empowerment: Understanding the role of international development volunteers as transnational actors. Voluntaris: Journal of Volunteer Services [special issue]: 7-26.
McCullough, A., Ruehrdanz, A., Garthe, R. C., Hellman, C., & O’Haire, M. (2021). Measuring the social, behavioral, and academic effects of classroom pets on third and fourth-grade students. Human Animal Interaction Bulletin, 9, 1-21.
SOCIAL INNOVATION
SCHOOLS
Chiu, Y., Cross, T.P., Wheeler, A.B., Evans, S.M. & Goulet, B.P. (2021). Development and application of a self-report measure for measuring change during simulation training in child protection. Journal of Public Child Welfare.
Heist, D.H., Cnaan, R.A., & Lough, B. J. (2021). Determinants of serving a mission: Senior volunteering among Latter-day Saints. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 13(2), 147–159.
Goulet, B., Cross, T.P., Chiu, Y. & Evans, S. (2021). Moving from procedure to practice: A statewide child protection simulation training model. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 15, 597-616.
Cross, T.P., Chiu, Y. L., Havig, K., Lee, L., & Tran, S. P. (2021). Evaluation of a simulation training program for new child protection investigators: A survey of investigators in the field. Children and Youth Services Review, 131.
Clary, K.L., Reinhart, C.A., Kim, H.J., & Smith, D.C. (2021). Improving recruitment procedures for school-based surveys: Through the lens of the Illinois Youth Survey. Journal of School Health, 91, 250-257.
Cross, T.P. & Chiu, Y. (2021). Mississippi’s experience implementing a statewide Child Advocacy Studies Training (CAST) initiative. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody & Child Development.
Lough, B.J. (2021). Examining the normative operations of nonprofit academic centers. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership 11(1): 87-103.
Tiessen, R., Cadesky, J. N., Lough, B. J., & Delaney, J. (2021). Scholar/practitioner research in international development volunteering: Benefits, challenges, and future opportunities. Canadian Journal of Development Studies 42(3): 394-415.
Tiessen, R. & Lough, B. J. (2021). International development volunteering as alternative public diplomacy. In H. Zafarullah & A. S. Huque (Eds.), Handbook on Development Policy (pp 283-293). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Tiessen, R., Lough, B.J., Laursen, T., & Khursheed, S. (Eds.). (2021). Innovations in gender equality and women’s empowerment: Understanding the role of international development volunteers as transnational actors. Voluntaris: Journal of Volunteer Services. [Special Issue], 1-164.
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