School of Social Work Research Report - August 2023

Dear reader,

I am delighted to introduce the fourth issue of “Real World Impact,” the annual research newsletter of the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC). 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.

This year, our theme is Promoting Social Justice through Critical Consciousness. Contemporary society faces significant challenges ranging from socio-economic inequities to climate change contextualized by a polarized political environment that continuously leverage information technology (e.g., social media, artificial intelligence) to question the validity and effectiveness of democracy and science. Innovative community engaged research and behavioral, multi-level interventions are critically needed to unify people; strengthen democracy and science; and develop solutions that promote equity, health, and human flourishing.

Critical consciousness theory (CCT) has had significant impact in promoting equity, democracy, and citizenship (e.g., adoption of community engaged research in the U.S., and participatory budgeting planning in high schools globally). CCT poses that when people engage in critical dialogues and action, they gain deep social-political insight and create opportunities to combat inequities (e.g., through voting, volunteering in community activities). This newsletter highlights a sample of the exciting research we are doing at the School of Social Work to lead the way in promoting critical consciousness and creating a more collaborative and just world.

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!

Happy reading!

Liliane Windsor, PhD, MSW Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Social Work

Featured Collaboration

From March 1 through March 4th, the Associate Dean for Research (ADR) office hosted Drs. Carlos and Ana Torres on campus to spark dialogue and collaborations on critical consciousness and global citizenship. The School of Social Work partnered with the Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences, the College of Education, the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies, and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies to sponsor a Luncheon Dialogue where Dr. Carlos Torres provided an overview of Global Citizenship and Drs. Ana Torres and Linda Herrera offered examples of global citizenship research in Brazil and Egypt. Drs. Carlos and Ana Torres also met with faculty and students at the College of Education and at the School of Social Work to reflect on their career trajectory and engage in dialogue about Paulo Freire’s legacy and critical consciousness theory.

Dr. Carlos Torres is Distinguished Professor at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and a political sociologist of education. He is the Founding Director of the Paulo Freire Institute in São Paulo, Brazil with Paulo Freire; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and UCLA. Dr. Torres has 65 published books, over 250 articles, and he is the UNESCO chair on Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education.

Dr. Ana Torres is an International Research Associate at the Paulo Freire Institute at UCLA and her research focuses on sexuality and family, sexuality and school, early childhood education, education, school and gender.

Linda Herrera is a social anthropologist with expertise in the Middle East and North Africa and a Professor of Education at UIUC. She is an expert in education and power, youth citizenship, international development, and critical democracy.

The event resulted in fruitful collaborations between Freirian scholars in California, Illinois Michigan, New Jersey, and New York. The group is currently working on developing a new research center to foster human flourishing and environmental sustainability through critical consciousness and global citizenship.

Stay tuned for future updates on this exciting project!

Social Innovation

Dr. Ben Lough’s research over the past four years has significantly contributed to our understanding of gender equality within the context of international volunteering and service. He has been a recipient of several research grants to study innovations in gender equality programs and policy. Most notably, his collaboration with PhD student Tiffany Laursen and two scholars at the University of Ottawa resulted in the co-edited book, “Innovations in Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment”. Findings in this book expand upon his previous work as Senior Researcher in the Volunteer Knowledge and Innovation Section for the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program, where he investigated the capacity of voluntary action to promote innovations for sustainable peace and development. He also recently secured a collaborative grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to support exploration into the determinants of “human flourishing” through a gender-transformative lens.

In partnership with two researchers at Kean University, Dr. Lough published a study last year titled, “Gendered Disparities in Funding for Non-profit, Hybrid, and For-profit Start-up Ventures.” The study illuminates the gender-conscious aspects of investment funding in the start-up ecosystem. Focusing on social and environmental enterprises, it scrutinizes gender disparities in start-up equity funding across non-profit, for-profit, and hybrid social ventures, with or without invention-based technologies. The study, which includes an analysis of 17,440 start-up ventures from the Global Accelerator Learning Initiative (GALI), offers crucial insights into gender composition of founder teams, equity funding availability, and gendered differences in invention-based ventures. It also outlines potential strategies for overcoming gender disparities in public policy, the education system, scholarship, and professional associations.

Going forward, Dr. Lough and his collaborators have proposed a new research initiative, “Youth as Agents of Change for Gender Equality, Peace, and Security,” currently under review for grant funding. If awarded, this project will investigate change strategies of youth affected by violence and conflict in ten countries that have recently witnessed significant disruption, conflict, or war. It aims to place youth at the heart of innovative, gender-sensitive peace and security programs. This work continues to push the boundaries of our understanding of gender equality and make significant contributions to the global academic community.

Mental Health

Traditional services for people experiencing housing insecurity have not decreased the number of sheltered homeless children identified under the McKinney-Vento Act in Champaign County, Illinois. Given the myriad of negative impacts of poverty and homelessness on children, providing meaningful and effective interventions to mitigate these harms are essential for promoting well-being. Recently, Dr. Christopher Larrison led a proof-of-concept project, the Champaign County Guaranteed Income Pilot (CCGIP), to design an effective, unconditional cash transfer program that decreases the number of families with school age children experiencing sheltered homelessness in Champaign County. Using a mixed methods approach to collect information on finances, housing, family stability, mental health, and health, the project team developed a profile of McKinney-Vento families that are living in poverty or considered to be asset limited, income-constrained, and employed in Champaign County.

To ensure that CCGIP is tailored to the needs of those being served, members of eligible families were invited to share their experiences and the team conducted interviews with school district administrators and professionals who work directly with families and children identified under the McKinney-Vento Act. To implement and evaluate the program, the study team ran a micro-pilot with ten local families for 6 months, allowing them to ensure that the amount, frequency, and length of time income was provided and that the additional supportive services offered were implemented in a way that best assists local families in need.

Christopher Larrison, Elsa Augustine, Chelsea Birchmier, William Schneider, Brent Roberts

Research Team:

Workforce Development

Despite efforts to diversify social work students at universities, young, white, female students remain overrepresented in BSW and MSW programs. Community college students tend to be more diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, and age, but remain underrepresented in BSW and MSW programs. To better understand why these enrollment trends persist at the University of Illinois, SSW faculty Dr. Lissette Piedra, Christine Escobar-Sawicki, and Carol Wilson Smith analyzed institutional data to examine what systems are giving rise to the current student profile and what existing leverages within the system can be used to facilitate the inclusion of community college students at a state flagship institution.

With its residency and general education requirements, attending a state flagship university to complete a bachelor’s degree is inconceivable to most community college students. Based on feedback from stakeholders, the authors found additional barriers, which may include lack of formal/informal mentoring, cost of tuition and housing, access to financial aid, knowing and completing the general education requirements, and a cumbersome, challenging application processes. In response to this feedback, the iBSW Program was developed by the School of Social Work to increase access for transfer students through greater flexibility in taking classes online and completing internship placements close to their homes. The iBSW program provides proactive advising to prospective students, distributes student feedback surveys regularly, and uses a streamlined application process for iBSW students to apply to the MSW program.

While issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion have long been on social work’s agenda for social justice, how the structure of social work education across degrees and by institutions might contribute to inequitable outcomes is rarely considered. A systems-thinking approach enabled the team to shift their goal as a degree-granting program to one of crafting a coordinated, interinstitutional system that aims to grow nontraditional students into social work professionals who thrive in the field and, through their inclusion, bring much-needed diversification and talent to the workforce.

Lissette Piedra, Christine Escobar-Sawicki, and Carol Wilson Smith

Research Team:

Social Work Research in Schools

Dr. Kate Wegmann’s research focuses broadly on school-based mental health, particularly how systemic oppression and discrimination can affect children’s mental health and academic success. She aims to find practical ways that schools can collect better information about their students’ mental health and social emotional needs, as well as feasible strategies to address these needs while keeping in mind schools’ primary mission of education and their often-limited resources for mental health intervention. Social work guides Dr. Wegmann’s research in several ways: first, she aims to conduct research that focuses on developing proactive solutions and building capacity, rather than simply identifying problems. Secondly, it is essential to her that her research is truly collaborative, based in the community, and meets the needs of the schools with whom she partners.

Currently, Dr. Wegmann is working closely with a local elementary school to improve their social emotional/school climate screening process. In early 2023, she conducted cognitive interviews with 28 elementary school children, and in collaboration with school administrators, she is using those data to inform a teacher survey administration script designed to increase student understanding of the survey and improve response accuracy. Additionally, she is collaborating with an assistant principal at the school to design a study investigating the use of self-affirmation at behavioral crisis points—although there is significant research demonstrating that self-affirmation can improve students’ academic achievement, little to no research has attempted to use self-affirmation as a strategy to prevent problem behaviors and reduce school discipline disparities. Other recent projects of Dr. Wegmann’s include a collaborative study of middle schoolers’ mental health and feelings of cybervictimization before and during pandemic-related school closures, as well as a study of how common developmental assets contribute to positive self-identity for Black, Latinx, and white middle and high school students.

Child Welfare

Dr. William Schneider’s research examines the influence of macroeconomic factors, family complexity, fatherhood, and interventions in the promotion of child well-being and the prevention of child maltreatment. In an effort to better examine the role of maternal gainful employment patterns in preventing and causing child maltreatment, Dr. Schneider and colleagues analyzed 2,553 mothers’ employment data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal birth cohort study of approximately 5,000 predominantly low-income families in 20 cities in 16 states. The study examines relationships between different dimensions of maternal employment and four types of child maltreatment proxies (exposure neglect, physical neglect, physical aggression, and psychological aggression) when children were 3, 5, and 9 years old. Findings suggest that compared to the categories that represent a standard work schedule, when mothers are employed much less or much more than a standard schedule, they are more likely to report proxy maltreating behaviors or maltreatment risks. This problem seems to be exacerbated for families with young children who require greater oversight and care. Results from this work underscore the importance of both time and money to provide safe and consistent care for children.

The results of Dr. Schneider’s study have significant social policy implications. Specifically, the findings identify two problems with basing prevention of maltreatment and social service receipt on employment, one is of time and the other money. Employment-based policies are, by definition, limited to those who are employed, thus excluding many families at risk of maltreatment. Employment may provide insufficient financial support and/or require a significant amount of time, resulting in deficient resources to provide safe and consistent care. The study team suggests that policy mechanisms designed to address the different needs of parents, such as childcare vouchers, federally funded state support for quality childcare that is available at non-standard hours, fair or predictive scheduling laws, and cash transfers are all approaches that can increase the time available to families without a financial cost or increase the income available to families without the consequence of lost time.

William Schneider, Megan Feely, Jeehae Kang

Research Team:

Poverty

Dr. Min Zhan’s research centers on identifying social policies and other factors associated with the long-term economic well-being of low-income families with children. Her research examines the impact of educational approaches, specifically in the forms of postsecondary education and financial management training, on the long-term economic well-being of low-income families. Informed by the proposition of indebtedness and framework of racial inequalities, Dr. Zhan recently analyzed data from the 2018 National Financial Capability Study to investigate associations between student loan debt and financial stress and hardship among young adults. The sample for her study included 4,535 respondents between the ages of 24 and 35 years, including 2,766 respondents who were categorized as “white young adults” and 1,769 respondents who were categorized as “minority young adults”. Overall, a large proportion of young adults reported experiencing different types of financial stress and hardship, with minority young adults reporting higher rates of anxiousness related to their financial situations, regardless of whether they had student loan debt.

After controlling for a range of socio-economic characteristics, results from her study suggested that young adults with student loans were more anxious about financial matters and felt their life was more controlled by money, compared to their counterparts without student loans. Additionally, results from Dr. Zhan’s study suggest that these related stresses extend beyond graduation and that young borrowers have more difficulties paying bills and are more likely to have health related hardships than those without student loan debt, especially for young minority adults. Borrowers identifying as women with dependent children, and borrowers without a bachelor’s degree were more likely to experience financial related stress and hardship. Results further suggested that having higher levels of financial literacy and access to emergency savings reduced many of the stressors associated with financial hardship and student loan debt.

These findings inform Dr. Zhan’s recommendations that investments should be made to provide targeted loan relief and cancellation programs, increase need-based student aid, and develop effective initiatives that would increase financial literacy and emergency savings funds for young adults.

Children and Family Research Center

The Children and Family Research Center (CFRC) began analyzing and reporting on racial disproportionality in the Illinois child welfare system in 2017 as part of their annual B.H. Consent Decree monitoring report. When the recently passed HB2914 mandated the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to document racial disparities in the state’s child welfare system, CFRC was asked to produce the new annual report. Released in December 2022, this first report included data on racial disproportionalities related to both child protection investigations and substitute care placements in the Illinois child welfare system between July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022.

CFRC examined the impact of race on additional indicators, including investigations, substitute care placement types, lengths of stay, and exits to legally permanent families through reunifications, adoptions, and guardianships. CFRC’s examination of Illinois child protection investigations during the reporting period revealed that Black children were overrepresented at every decision point, including whether a call made to the hotline gets investigated. Often, the rates at which Black children were involved with Illinois child welfare system investigations were over twice the rate at which they were represented in the general state population. Examination of substitute care placements also reveal racial disproportionalities in the Illinois child

welfare system. When compared to their percentage in the substitute care population, Black children were overrepresented in congregate care placements and had higher rates of medical or behavioral needs that require specially trained foster parents. Additionally, results showed that Black children were overrepresented among children who remained in substitute care for 60 months or more during the reporting period.

Disproportionate representation of Black children in the child welfare system is recognized as a national problem, yet few interventions have been developed and evaluated to address it. CFRC’s report provides systematic data of these disparities in Illinois and concludes that thoughtful, rigorous evaluation of potential interventions should be developed in collaboration with impacted families and organizational staff.

Read the Racial Disproportionality in the Illinois Child Welfare System: FY2022 Report in Response to HB2914 online at:

https://go.illinois.edu/FY22_RacialDisproportionalityinCWS

Research Team:

Tamara Fuller, PhD, Satomi Wakita, PhD, Kyle A. Adams III, M.S., Martin Nieto, M.A., Stacey L. Shipe, PhD, Shufen Wang, PhD, Yu-Ling Chiu, PhD

Center for Prevention Research and Development

As part of the School of Social Work, the Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD) is dedicated to improving the health and well- being of communities through research and evaluation in five major content and expertise areas, one of which is Youth Substance Use Prevention. CPRD assists large state departments and local community-based agencies to better serve their clients and inform decision making around youth substance use prevention through training and research. Since 2010, CPRD has been administering and managing the Illinois Youth Survey (IYS), a state funded survey that collects information about a variety of health and social indicators, including substance use patterns and attitudes of Illinois youth. Using reported cannabis use and respondents’ zip codes from the IYS, CPRD examined whether and to what extent living in a zip code with a marijuana dispensary impacts adolescent cannabis use in Illinois.

Of the 10,569 survey respondents included in the sample, 12.8% were living in a zip code with a marijuana dispensary, with most of them being from Suburban Chicago (49.7%), Chicago (31.8%) or other urban areas (15%) and a smaller number residing in rural areas (3.9%). The majority of respondents living in zip codes with dispensaries were in 8th grade (39.2%) and self-identified as White (43%) and female (50.5%). Overall, 15.2% reported cannabis use in the past 30 days, which was lower for youth living in a zip code with a dispensary (12.0%) versus those outside of such ZIP codes (15.6%). Cannabis use prevalence was also significantly higher in Chicago compared to other geographic areas. Results of their analysis suggest that reported cannabis use was lower among 10th and 12th grade students who lived in a zip code with a marijuana dispensary. Their analysis also suggests that living in close proximity to a dispensary affected marijuana use among adolescents in suburban areas more than other geographic areas. Overall, their findings suggest that in 2018, when 53 dispensaries were selling cannabis for medical purposes in Illinois, there was a negative association between living in a ZIP code with medical dispensaries and adolescent cannabis use. The researchers recommend continuing to monitor whether dispensary proliferation, due to legalizing recreational cannabis use in 2020, will ultimately impact youth cannabis use in Illinois

Research Team:

Douglas C. Smith, Shahana Begum, Allison A. Carrington, Corey C. Campbell, Shaneil E. Taylor, Crystal A. Reinhart, James A. Swartz

Tiffany Laursen

Informed by practitioner experience spanning eighteen countries across the Global South, School of Social Work doctoral student Tiffany Laursen studies grassroots social innovation as a strategy to address social development challenges. Although her previous co-authored study revealed that hybrid social ventures (start-ups with both financial and social missions) receive revenue and attract investor equity on par with their for-profit peers, hybrids do take on more debt than for-profit ventures and draw less philanthropic support than their non-profit peers. Additionally, hybrid founders invest more of their own money into their ventures than both non-profit and for-profit ventures. Despite their increased popularity and recognition, hybrid ventures are not as malleable as assumed.

In addition to examining various funding strategies of social impact organizations, Tiffany’s work in West Bengal, India sparked her interest in understanding which theory of change would be most successful in producing social development. This complex question is common to social innovators and is rooted in comparative understanding of whether and to what extent various theories of change work in specific contexts. In her doctoral program, Tiffany was introduced to typological theory, which she is exploring as a mechanism for addressing this challenge.

Although “typology” is often used synonymously with classifications, typological theory is different in that extends beyond categorizing shared conditions together into discrete groups. Based in complex causality, a typology explores a complete range of configurational ideal types within a set of conditions to explain each configuration’s association with an outcome of interest.

Expanding on recent research that has applied typologies to evaluate theories of change, Tiffany’s work explores how typologies may guide practitioners through developing theories of change. One of her studies examines typological pathways to social innovation for social innovation labs in the Global South; another examines if implementing a typological theory-based workbook within Social Entrepreneurship coursework helps students build more robust, evidence-based theories of change.

The findings of these studies will inform Tiffany’s future work, which is situated between research and practice and focuses on helping social innovators in the Global South develop evidenced based social innovation models that address social development challenges.

RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS

FEDERALLY FUNDED

Tara Leytham Powell (PI): Pragmatic RCT of a Multi-Level Mechanistically Informed Community Intervention to Prevent the Onset of Behavioral Health Symptoms Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Pandemic Affected Children, National Institutes of Health (NIMH), 1R01MH131248-01.

Chi-Fang Wu (PI): An International Collaboration for Teaching and Research on Poverty Among Single-Mother Families in Taiwan, Fulbright.

PRIVATELY FUNDED

Tuyet- Mai Hoang (PI): Navigation of Reproductive and Contraceptive Services among Perinatal People of Color, Society of Family Planning.

Brenda Lindsey (Co-I): National Census: The Status of School Social Work, School Social Work Association of America.

STATE FUNDED

Dawn Carpenter (PI): 444-80-2457-03 Tier I - Optimally Changing the Map- Evaluation, Illinois Department of Human Services.

Dawn Carpenter (PI): 444-80-0687-03 Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program - Continuation Personal Responsibility Education Program – Evaluation, Illinois Department of Human Services.

Viviana Deltas (PI): Department of Early Childhood (DEC) Home Visiting (444-84-2888), Illinois Department of Human Services.

Karen Tabb Dina (PI): All Our Kids Early Childhood Networks (AOK) 444-80-1251, Illinois Department of Human Services.

Nancy Flowers (PI): Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) 444-84-2889, Illinois Department of Human Services.

Nancy Flowers (PI): 444-26-1553 State and Regional Substance Use Prevention Services (SRSUPS), Illinois Department of Human Services.

Nancy Flowers (PI): 444-26-1544 SUPP EVALUATION (Substance Use Prevention Program Evaluation), Illinois Department of Human Services.

Tamara Fuller (PI): Children and Family Research Center, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Rachel Garthe (PI): FY23 2020 Statewide Violence Prevention Planning, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

Benjamin Lough (PI): Workforce Development, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Benjamin Lough (PI): Research and Child Well-Being, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Benjamin Lough (PI): Fiscal Administration, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Douglas Smith (PI): 444-26-1540 Illinois Youth Survey (IYS), Illinois Department of Human Services.

Douglas Smith (PI): Urbana-Champaign Assistance Node (U-CAN) for Violence Prevention Projects, Illinois Department of Human Services.

Douglas Smith (PI): 444-80-1269-01 Juvenile Justice Systems Improvement, Illinois Department of Human Services.

FUNDED BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Judith Havlicek (Co-I): Better Futures Pilot Site, Washington State University.

Hyunil Kim (Co-I): Building Infrastructure and Training Tools to Understand CPS Involvement and Trajectories: An Open-Source Approach, Washington University in St. Louis.

Moses Okumu (Co-I): Reducing Trafficking Through Financial Capability in SSA, University of Georgia.

Tara Leytham Powell (Co-I): Reducing Disparities in Disaster-Related Mental Health Burden: Adapting a Multi-Level Intervention to Build Community-Based Response, Louisiana State University.

Ryan Wade (Co-I): Racialized Sexual Discrimination (RSD) and Psychological Well-being among Young Sexual Minority Men of Color (YSMMoC), Columbia University.

FUNDED BY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Soonok An (PI): Fostering Trust in and Utilization of Intimate Partner Violence Services among College Students of Color, Campus Research Board.

Christopher Larrison (PI): Champaign County Guaranteed Income Project, Chancellor’s Call to Action.

Robin LaSota (PI): Understanding Challenges and Strategies to Assist Foster Care Providers in Meeting the Needs of African-American Children Involved in the Child Welfare System, Chancellor’s Call to Action.

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, Campus Research Board.

Lissette Piedra (PI): Tómalo Suave (Take it easy): A Pilot Study of a Culturally Adapted Self Compassion Intervention for Latino Caregivers, Campus Research Board.

Douglas Smith (PI): Closing the Racial Disparity Gap in Juveniles Transferred to Adult Court, Chancellor’s Call to Action.

Ryan Wade (PI): LGBTQ Policy Discourse, Collective Action, and Psychosocial Functioning among Sexual and Gender Minorities, Campus Research Board.

Liliane Windsor (PI): Empowering Youth Impacted by Violence in Champaign County to Promote Health Equity: A Photo-Voice Project, Chancellor’s Call to Action.

Liliane Windsor (PI): Increasing Participation in Community Wise, Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Chi-Fang Wu (PI): Trauma-Informed Simulations: A Strategy to Address Community Mental Health Trauma Resulting from Systemic Racism and Police Violence, Chancellor’s Call to Action.

AWARDS ALSO ACTIVE IN

FEDERALLY FUNDED

Hyunil Kim (PI): Public Policies, Community Conditions, and Child Abuse and Neglect: National and Statewide Data Analyses and Literature Reviews, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Janet Liechty (PI): FY 2021 BHWET New and Competing Continuation, Health Resources and Services Administration.

Douglas Smith (PI): Core and Specialist Education in Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Master’s in Social Work Student – MSW, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Ryan Wade (PI): Racialized Sexual Discrimination (RSD) and Psychological Well-being among Young Sexual Minority Men of Color (YSMMoC), National Institutes of Health (NIHMD).

Liliane Windsor (PI): COVID-19 Treatment Cascade Optimization Study, National Institutes of Health (NIAID)

Liliane Windsor (PI): Community Wise: An Innovative Multi-Level Intervention to Reduce Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use, National Institutes of Health (NIMHD).

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).

PRIVATELY FUNDED

Flavia Andrade (PI): SG-22-997410 ICAA: Aging in the Americas; Mexico and the U.S. (I-CAA) Conference, Alzheimer’s Association.

Tamara Fuller (PI): ILCHF Children’s Mental Health Initiative 2.0 Evaluation Proposal, 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.

Crystal Reinhart (PI): Addressing Financial Hardship and Insurance Knowledge among Young Adult Survivors of a Blood Cancer through a Multilevel Intervention, Tufts Medical Center.

William Schneider (PI): The Role of Income and Housing Support in Reducing Inequality in Child Neglect, William T. Grant Foundation.

STATE FUNDED

Dawn Carpenter (PI): Office of Population Affairs, Adolescent Health Programs, Optimally Changing the Map - Tier 1, Illinois Department of Human Services.

Yu-Ling Chiu (PI): Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Program, Illinois Department on Aging.

Rachel Garthe (PI): Building a Community Without Domestic Violence: Discussing Relationships in Early Adolescence, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

Rachel Garthe (PI): 2021 Victim Needs Assessment, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

Rachel Garthe (PI): 2021 Statewide Violence Prevention Planning, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

Kevin Tan (PI): Promoting the Social and Emotional Health of Students and Families in the Danville Community, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

Kevin Tan (PI): Promoting Community Partnerships Around Social-Emotional Learning with the Mahomet-Seymour School District and the Mahomet Area Youth Club, Illinois State Board of Education.

INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Flavia Andrade (PI): Understanding Resilience and Latino Aging: Addressing Diversity and Ways to Plan for a Better Future, University of Texas – Austin.

Karen Tabb Dina (PI): Disparities in Utilization and Delivery Outcomes for Women with Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD): Groundwork for State Policymaking, 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, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.

Benjamin Lough (PI): The Distinctive Contributions of International Volunteers to Gender Equality Programming: Perspectives from Partner Organizations in the Global South, University of Ottawa.

Lissette Piedra (PI): National Social Life, Health and Aging Project: Baby Boom Cohort Wave 2, National Opinion Research Center.

Ryan Wade (PI): Sociological Influences on Mental Health Service Utilization for Young Black Gay, Bisexual and other Men who have Sex with Men, Emory University.

FUNDED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Flavia Andrade (PI): Blueprint for Transitional Justice in the US: Building on Lessons and Insights from Global Perspectives, Chancellor’s Call to Action.

Theodore Cross (PI): Blueprint for Transitional Justice in the US: Building on Lessons and Insights from Global Perspectives, Chancellor’s Call to Action.

Tuyet Mai Hoang (PI): The Impact of Racial Bias on Providers’ Communication Behaviors with Women of Color during Perinatal Period, Chancellor’s Call to Action.

Katie Shumway (PI): Reparative Data and Media Initiative: Extending Racial and Research Justice in Champaign County, Chancellor’s call to Action.

CHILD WELFARE

Cross, T.P., Siller, L., Vlajnic, M. & Alderden, M. (2022). The relationship of DNA evidence to prosecution outcomes in sexual assault cases. Violence Against Women, 28(15-16) 3910–3932.

Cross, T.P., Wagner, A. & Bibel, D. (2022). The accuracy of arrest data in the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Crime & Delinquency. 00111287211067180

Cross, T.P., Whitcomb, D. & Maran, E. (2022). Practice in U.S. Children’s Advocacy Centers: Results of a survey of CAC Directors. Research brief. Urbana, IL: Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Cross, T.P. Chiu, Y., Havig, K. & Tran, S. (2022). FY2022 Program Evaluation of the Child Protection Training Academy for New DCFS Investigators. Urbana, IL: Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Fuller, T., Wakita, S., Landa, C., & Adams, K. (2022). Findings from the FY2022 Report on Racial Disproportionality in the Illinois Child Welfare System. Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Fuller, T., Havig, K., Landa, C., Cross, T.P., & Chiu, Y. (2022). Children’s Mental Health Initiative 2.0 Evaluation: Implementation Year Two Site Visit Report. Urbana, IL: Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Fuller, T., Nieto, M., Adams, K., Chiu, Y., Landa, C., Tran S., Wakita, S., & Wang, S. (2022) Conditions of Children in or at Risk of Foster Care in Illinois: FY2022 Monitoring Report of the B.H. Consent Decree. Urbana, IL: Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Fuller, T., Landa, C., Wakita, S., Adams, K. (2022) Racial Disproportionality in the Illinois Child Welfare System FY2022 Report. Urbana, IL: Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Fuller, T., Wakita, S., Adams, K., Nieto, M., Shipe, S., Wang, S. & Chiu, Y. (2022) Racial Disproportionality in the Illinois Child Welfare System FY2022 Report in Response to HB2914. Urbana, IL: Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Fuller, T., Tran, S., Chiu, Y., and Havig, K. (2022). Children’s Mental Health Initiative 2.0 Evaluation: 2022 Stakeholder Survey Results. Urbana, IL: Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Fuller, T., Tran, S., Chiu, Y., and Havig, K. (2022). Children’s Mental Health Initiative 3.0 Evaluation: 2022 Stakeholder Survey Results. Urbana, IL: Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Bilaver, L., Haywood, C., Havlicek, J.R., & Klodnick, V. (2022). Understanding vocational rehabilitation service access among adolescents and young adults in foster care. Journal of Public Child Welfare. DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2022.2064032.

Kim, H., Flowers, N., & Song, E.-J. (2022). Community home visiting services and child maltreatment report rates, Illinois zip codes, 2011–2018. Child Abuse & Neglect, 134, 105884.

Kim, H., Chiang, C.-J., Song, E.-J., & Windsor, L. (2022). Do county mental health, physical health, and care provider availability predict child maltreatment report rates? Child Abuse & Neglect, 134, 105880.

Kim, H., Song, E.-J., & Windsor, L. (2022). Evidence-based home visiting provisions and child maltreatment report rates: County-level analysis of US national data from 2016 to 2018. Child Maltreatment, 107755952211075.

Jones, D., Kim, H., Jonson-Reid, M., & Drake, B. (2022). Testing a QuantCrit-informed approach to the empirical study of race/ethnicity and child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, 107755952211300.

Drake, B., Fluke, J. D., Kim, H., Orsi, R., & Stubblefield, J. L. (2022). What proportion of foster care children do not have child protective services reports? A preliminary look. Child Maltreatment, 27(4), 596–604.

Shipe, S., Shdaimah, C.S., & Cannone, M. (2022). Policy on the ground: Caseworker perspectives on implementing alternative response. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 16 (1), 106-132.

Shipe, S. L., Uretsky, M. C., LaBrenz, C. A., Shdaimah, C. S., & Connell, C. M. (2022). When families, organizational culture, and policy collide: A mixed method study of alternative response. Children and Youth Services Review, 139, 106564.

Shipe, S. L., Uretsky, M. C., & Shaw, T. V. (2022). Family outcomes in alternative response: A multilevel analysis of recurrence. Children and Youth Services Review, 132, 106283.

Shipe, S. L., Ayer, L., & Guastaferro, K. (2022). American single father homes: A growing public health priority. American Journal of Public Health, 112(1), 21-23.

HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH

Faheti, M., Choi, Y. J., Cho, H., An, S., Choi, G., & Hong, S. (2022). Impacts of adverse childhood experiences in the manifestation of intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration among college students: Gendered perspective. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 19(4), 456-474.

Choi, Y. J., & Rai, A., Yun, S. H., An, S., Lee, J. O., Cho, H. K., & Hong, S. H. (2022). Risk factors for intimate partner violence perpetration among college students: Impact of childhood adversities. Journal of American College Health, May 12: 1-9.

Andrade, F. C. D., Steinberg, N., Clay, S. L., Alston, R. (2022). Factors associated with use of assistive walking devices among older adults in Brazil. Cadernos de Saude Coletiva.

Andrade, F. C. D., Quashie, N., Schwartzman, L. (2022). Coresidence Increases Risk of Testing Positive for COVID-19 Among Older Brazilians. BMC Geriatrics, 22:105.

Adamu, I., Andrade, F. C. D., & Singleton, C. (2022). Availability of drinking water source and the prevalence of diarrhea among Nigerian households. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 107(4), 893–897

Andrade, F. C. D., & Chen, X. S. (2022). A biopsychosocial examination of chronic back pain, limitations on usual activities, and treatment in Brazil, 2019. PloS one, 17(6), e0269627.

Corona, L. P., Andrade, F. C. D., Alexandre, T. S., Brito, T. R. P., Nunes, D. P., & Duarte, Y. A. O. (2022). Higher hemoglobin levels are associated with better physical performance among older adults without anemia: A longitudinal analysis. BMC Geriatrics, 22, 233.

Quashie, N., Meltzer, G., García, C., Andrade, F. C. D. (2022). Living arrangements and intergenerational support in Puerto Rico: Are fathers disadvantaged? Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 77(11), 2078-2090.

Barragan, M., Luna, V., Hammons, A. J., Olvera, N., Greder, K., Drumond Andrade, F. C. D. & Teran-Garcia, M. (2022). Reducing obesogenic eating behaviors in Hispanic children through a family-based, culturally-tailored RCT: Abriendo Caminos. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(4), 1917.

Garthe, R. C., Rieger, A., Goffnett, J., Kaur, A., Sarol, J. N., Blackburn, A. M., Kim, S., Hereth, J., & Kennedy, A. C. (2022). Grade-level differences of peer and dating victimization among transgender, gender expansive, female, and male adolescents. Journal of LGBT Youth, 20(3), 603-631, DOI: 10.1080/19361653.2022.2132443

Kim, S., Garthe, R. C., Hsieh, W., & Hong, J. S. (2022). Problematic social media use and conflict, social stress, and cyber-victimization among early adolescents. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. DOI: 10.1007/s10560-022-00857-1

Garthe, R. C., Blackburn, A., Kaur, A., Sarol, Jr., J. N., Goffnett, J., Rieger, A., Reinhart, C. & Smith, D. (2022). Suicidal ideation among transgender and gender expansive youth: Mechanisms of risk. Transgender Health, 7, 416-422.

Sullivan, T. N., O’Connor, K., Goncy, E. A., Garthe, R. C., Hitti, S. A., & Farrell, A. D. (2022). Patterns of dating and peer aggression among early adolescents: Relations with individual, peer, and school factors. Psychology of Violence, 12, 137-148.

Rieger, A., Blackburn, A. M., Bystrynski, J. B., Garthe, R. C., & Allen, N. E. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-based violence in the United States: Framework and policy recommendations. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(3), 471–479.

Garthe, R. C., Rieger, A., Kim, S., & Velazquez, E. (2022). Youth exposure to gender-based violence. In B. Halpern-Fisher (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health. Elsevier.

Velazquez, E., Garthe, R. C., Barinas, J., Rodriguez, M., & Loggins, J. (2022). Parental practices and adolescent health outcomes. In B. Halpern-Fisher (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health. Elsevier.

Hoang, T. M. H., Hsieh, W.-J., Lee, B. A., Lukacena, K. M., & Tabb, K. M. (2022). Navigating pregnancy and the healthcare system during COVID-19: A qualitative study with perinatal Women of Color. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), 13698.

Hoang, T.M., Bentley, B., Jenkins, K., Reinhart, C.A., & Tabb, K. (2022). Network coordinator perceptions of early childhood community systems building and development efforts. Research Square Preprints

Hoang, T. M. H., Wong, A. (2022). Exploring the application of intersectionality as a pathtoward equity in perinatal health: A scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(1), 685.

Okumu, M., Orwenyo, E., Nyoni, T., Mengo, C., Steiner, J. J., & Tonui, B. C. (2022). 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, 37(17-18), NP16397-NP16420.

Malama, K., Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Hakiza, R., Mwima, S., & Kyambadde, P. (2022). Factors associated with motherhood among urban refugee adolescent girls and young women in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda. Women & Health, 1-8.

Loutet, M. G., Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Berry, I., Lukone, S. O., Kisubi, N., & Kyambadde, P. (2022). Sexual and reproductive health factors associated with child, early and forced marriage and partnerships among refugee youth in a humanitarian setting in Uganda: Mixed methods findings. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 26(12), 66-77.

Okumu, M., Logie, C., Ansong, D., Mwima, S., Hakiza, R. & Newman, P. (2022). Exploring the protective value of using sexting for condom negotiation on condom use determinants and practices among forcibly displaced adolescents in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. AIDS and Behavior, 26, 3538–3550. 7

Okumu, M., Logie, C., Ansong, D., Mwima, S., Hakiza. R. & Newman, P. (2022). Support for texting-based condom negotiation among forcibly displaced adolescents in the slums of Kampala, Uganda: Cross-sectional validation of the condom use negotiated experiences through technology scale. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 8(4), e27792.

Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Kortenaar, J. L., Gittings, L., Khan, N., Hakiza, R., & Mbuagbaw, L. (2022). Mobile health–supported virtual reality and group problem management plus: protocol for a cluster randomized trial among urban refugee and displaced youth in Kampala, Uganda (Tushirikiane4MH, Supporting Each Other for Mental Health). JMIR Research Protocols, 11(12), e42342.

Nyoni, T., Steiner, J. J., Okumu, M., Orwenyo, E., Tonui, B. C., Lipsey, K., & Mengo, C. (2022). The use and effectiveness of the whole school approach in school-based interventions addressing gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, Epub advance of print.

Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Malama, K., Mwima, S., Hakiza, R., Kiera, U. M., & Kyambadde, P. (2022). Examining the substance use, violence, and HIV and AIDS (SAVA) syndemic among urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda: cross-sectional survey findings. BMJ Global Health, 7(Suppl 5), e006583.

Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Loutet, M. G., Coelho, M., Berry, I., Gittings, L., & Kyambadde, P. (2022). Todurujo na Kadurok (empowering youth): Study protocol of an HIV self-testing and edutainment comic cluster randomized trial among refugee youth in a humanitarian setting in Uganda. BMJ Open, 12(11), e065452.

Sharma, B., Small, E., Okumu, M., Mwima, S. & Patel, M. (2022). Addressing the syndemics of HIV, mental health, and COVID-19 using the health and human rights framework among youth living with HIV, in Uganda: An interpretive phenomenological study. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 7, 285–298.

Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Latif, M., Parker, S., Hakiza, R., Kibuuka Musoke, D., & Kyambadde, P. (2022). Relational factors and HIV testing practices: Qualitative insights from urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda. AIDS and Behavior, 26, 2191–2202.

Koomson, I., Okumu, M., & Ansong, D. (2022). Introducing the Disease Outbreak Resilience Index (DORI) Using the Demographic and Health Surveys Data from sub-Saharan Africa. Social Indicators Research, 162, 1149–1175.

Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Berry, I., Loutet, M., Hakiza, R., Kibuuka Musoke, D., & Kyambadde, P. (2022). Social contextual factors associated with lifetime HIV testing among the Tushirikiane urban refugee youth cohort in Kampala, Uganda: Cross-sectional findings. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 33(4), 374-384.

Logie, C. H., Berry, I., Okumu, M., Loutet, M., McNamee, C., Hakiza, R., Kibuuka Musoke, D., Mwima, S., Kyambadde, P., & Mbuagbaw, L. (2022). The prevalence and correlates of depression before and after the COVID-19 pandemic declaration among urban refugee adolescents and youth in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda: A longitudinal cohort study. Annals of Epidemiology, 66, 37–43.

Malinga, T. & Ostler, T. (2022). Perspectives on being mothered and on negotiating the transition to motherhood: A qualitative study of low-income single mothers in Botswana. International Social Work, 1-14.

Ostler, T., Zhan, M. & Bronfman, E. (2022). A support-based measure of adult attachment: Links between the Attachment Style Interview and an observational measure of parenting in a sample of at-risk mothers. Adoption and Fostering, 46(4), 437-454.

Chitwanga, A. & Ostler, T. (2022, December). Experiences and dreams of a young Malawi slay queen and her Children. How peer support, trust, and sharing can address stigma, mistrust and shame. Zero to Three, 43(2),13-19.

Piedra, L. M., Howe, M. J. K., Ridings, J., & Gutwein, M. (2022). Do Latino older adults and service providers agree on positive aging? Using concept mapping to compare perspectives. The Gerontologist, 63(1), 169-181.

Piedra, L. M., Howe, M. J. K., Francis, J., Gutwein, M., & Montoya, Y. (2022). Latinos and the pandemic: Results from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project—COVID-19 study. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(5), 1465-1472.

Piedra, L. M., Howe, M. J. K., Ridings, J., Montoya, Y., & Conrad, K. J. (2022). Convivir (to coexist with) and other insights: Results from the Positive Aging for Latinos Study (PALS). Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(5), 1421-1434.

Powell, T., Scott, J., Yuma, P., Hsaio, Y. (2022). Surviving the Storm: Intervening to reduce psychological distress for health and social care providers post-disaster. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30.

Rose, L., Dezacache, G., Powell, T., Chokron, S., Kovarski, K. (2022). The emergency of prosociality: a developmental perspective on altruism and human prosocial behaviour in the face of disaster. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 31(6), 486–492.

Powell, T., Qushua, N. (2022). A community-based mental health intervention to improve well-being among Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan: A qualitative analysis. International Journal of Social Psychiatry.

Ke, R., Martinez, P.P., Smith, R.L., Gibson, L.L., Mirza, A., Conte, M., Gallagher, N., Luo, C.H., Jarrett, J., Zhou, R., Conte, A., Liu, T., Farjo, M., Walden, K., Rendon, G., Fields, C.J., Wang, L., Fredrickson, R., Edmonson, D.C., Baughman, M.E., Chiu, K.K., Choi, H., Scardina, K.R., Bradley, S., Gloss, S.L., Reinhart, C., Brooke, C.B. (2022). Daily longitudinal sampling of SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals substantial heterogeneity in infectiousness. Nature Microbiology, 7, 640-652.

Barton, A. W., Gong, Q., Sutton, N. C., Davis, J. P., & Smith, D. C. (2022). Adolescent substance use and individual beliefs that drug use is wrong: A statewide epidemiological study. Substance Use and Misuse, 57 (4), 640-648, Clary, K., Lavi, T., Saban, J., & Smith, D. C. (2022). Exploring the utility of emerging adult theory among military members and veterans. Emerging Adulthood, 10 (3), 639-644.

Smith, D.C., Begum, S., Carrington, A.A., Campbell, C.C., Taylor, S.E., Reinhart, C.A., Swartz, J. A. (2022). Adolescent cannabis use among youth in zip codes with medical dispensaries. Cannabis, 5(3).

Smith, D.C., Evans, J.M., Reinhart, C.A., Taylor, S., Begum, S., & Jenkins, K.V. (2022). Adolescent perceptions of substance use problem resolution and recovery. Preprints.

Tabb, K. M., Hsieh, W., Sung, J. S., Hoang, T. M. H., Deichen Hansen, M. E., Lux, E. & Huang, W. D (2022) Patient engagement to examine perceptions of perinatal depression screening with the capabilities, opportunities, motivation, and behaviors (COM-B) model. Frontiers in Health Services. 2:845441.

Tabb, K. M., Simonovich, S. D., Wozniak, J. D., Barton, J. M., Hsieh, W. J., Klement, C., ... & Huang, H. (2022, December). WIC staff views and perceptions on the relationship between food insecurity and perinatal depression. Healthcare, 11 (1), 68.

Nidey, N., Hoyt-Austin, A., Chen, M. J., Bentley, B., Tabb, K. M., Anyigbo, C., ... & Kair, L. R. (2022). Racial inequities in breastfeeding counseling among pregnant people who use cannabis. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 140(5), 878-881.

Lara-Cinisomo, S., Loret de Mola, J. R., Flores-Carter, K., Tabb, K. M., & Roloff, K. (2022). Prenatal depressive symptoms, self-rated health, and diabetes self-efficacy: A moderated mediation analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), 13603.

Beck, D. C., Tabb, K. M., Tilea, A., Hall, S. V., Vance, A., Patrick, S. W., & Zivin, K. (2022). The Association between NICU admission and mental health diagnoses among commercially insured postpartum women in the US, 2010–2018. Children, 9(10), 1550.

Hong, J. S., Yan, Y., Clark Goings, T. T., Takahashi, L. M., Tabb, K. M., & Voisin, D. R. (2022). Potential pathways from peer victimization to alcohol use among biracial adolescents: the intervening role of parental support. Journal of School Health, 92(8), 786-793.

Faisal-Cury, A., Oliveira Rodrigues, D. M., Matijasevich, A., Tarpinian, F., & Tabb, K. (2022). Prevalence and associated risk factors of suicidal ideation among Brazilian pregnant women: a population-based study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 486.

Tabb, K. M., Bentley, B., Pineros Leano, M., Simonovich, S. D., Nidey, N., Ross, K., & Huang, H. (2022). Home visiting as an equitable intervention for perinatal depression: A scoping review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 315.

Hong, J. S., Yan, Y., Espelage, D. L., Tabb, K. M., Caravita, S. C., & Voisin, D. R. (2022). Peer victimization and adverse psychosocial wellbeing of black/white biracial adolescents: Is ease of talking with family a protective buffer?. School Psychology Review, 1-14.

Faisal-Cury, A., Tabb, K. M., Maruyama, J. M., & Matijasevich, A. (2022). Depression moderates the association between pregnancy and suicidal ideation among pregnant and non-pregnant reproductive age women in Brazil. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13.

Nidey, N., Kair, L. R., Wilder, C., Froehlich, T. E., Weber, S., Folger, A., Tabb, K., & Bowers, K. (2022). Substance use and utilization of prenatal and postpartum care. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 16(1), 84-92.

Nidey, N., Marcotte, M. P., Kair, L., Greiner, A. L., Terplan, M., Tabb, K., & Wilder, C. (2022). Maternal mortality among persons with illicit substance use. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 226(1), S386.

Wade, R. M. & Pear, M. M. (2022). Online dating and mental health among young sexual minority Black men: Is ethnic identity protective in the face of sexual racism? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), 14263.

Hong, J. S., Choi, M. J., Wade, R. M., O’Donnell, L., & Johns, S. (2022). Racial and ethnic differences in parenting behaviors as protective factors in adolescent internalizing problems. Journal of General Psychology.

Wade, R. M. & Pear, M. M. (2022). A good app is hard to find: Examining differences in racialized sexual discrimination across online intimate partner-seeking venues. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14), 8727.

Hussen, S. A., Doraivelu, K., Camp, D. M., Moore, S. J., Kalokhe, A. S., Wade, R. M., Leong, T., Ali, M. K, & Farber, E. W. (2022). Burden and correlates of mental health symptoms among young Black gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men engaged in HIV care in Atlanta. AIDS and Behavior, 26(9), 2844-2854.

Wade, R. M. & Pear, M. M. (2022). HIV and racial-ethnic health disparities. In A. E. Goldberg (Ed.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies, 2nd Edition. Sage Publications.

Piasecki, M., Robles, M., Sheff, D., & Wegmann, K. M. (2022). Policies determining access to gender affirming care for Illinois residents. Journal of Undergraduate Social Work Research, 6, 102-125.

Windsor, L., Jemal, A., Goffnett, J., Sarol Jr., J. Smith, D. C. (2022) Linking critical consciousness and health: The utility of the critical reflection about social determinants of health scale (CR_SDH). SSM-Population Health, 17, 101034, Jemal, A., Windsor, L., Inyang, C., & Pierre-Noel, C. (2022) The critical dialogue cornerstone: Suggested Practices to guide implementation, facilitation and evaluation. Journal of Progressive Human Services: Radical Thought & Praxis.

Jung, H., Sunderrajan, A., Durantini, M., Sanchez, E., Windsor, L., Chan, S., Jung, A., O’Brien, T., Fayaz, B., Karan, A. Lee, C., Kwon, S., Albarracin, D. (2022) Testing a digitally distributed recruitment method to recruit a network of community agencies to fight the consequences of the drug epidemic: A study in thirteen American states. Journal of Community Psychology.

Windsor, L., Benoit, E., Pinto, R., Sarol, J. (2022) Optimization of a new adaptive intervention using the SMART Design to increase COVID-19 testing among people at high risk in an urban community. Trials, 23(310).

POVERTY

Bullinger, L.M., Raissian, K.M. & Schneider, W. (2022). The power of the future: intergenerational income mobility and child maltreatment in the United States. Child Abuse & Neglect (Special issue on inequality), 130.

Chen, J., Wu, C., & Zheng, H. (2022). Who stays poor and who doesn’t?: An analysis based on joint assessment of income and assets. Journal of Social Policy, 1-22.

Hong, J. S., Choi, J., Padilla, Y. C., Wu, C., Lee, N. Y., & Espelage, D. L. (2022). Untangling the effects of welfare and poverty on children’s involvement in bullying. Child Welfare, 100(3), 81-102.

Koomson, I., Ansong, D., Okumu, M. & Achulo (2022). Effect of financial literacy on poverty reduction across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Global Social Welfare. Epub advance of print

Schneider, W. & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2022). The geography of mobility and parenting behavior in low income families. Child Abuse & Neglect (Special issue on inequality), 130.

Schneider, W., Bullinger, L.R., & Raissian, K.M. (2022). Does the minimum wage affect child maltreatment and parenting behaviors? A city-level analysis. Review of Economics of the Household, 20(4), 1119-1154.

Schneider, W. & Schenck-Fontaine, A. (2022). Growing up unequal: Objective and subjective economic disparities and authoritarian parenting. Child Abuse & Neglect (Special issue on inequality), 130.

Wu, C., Anderson, S. G., Chitwanga, A., & Yoon, S. (2022). What do we know about access to public benefits and services among low-income minority families? A scoping review of the literature. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 49(1), 94-124.

Wu, C., Chang, Y., Yoon, S, & Musaad, S. (2022). How do low-income single mothers get by when unemployment strikes: Patterns of multiple program participation after transition from employment to unemployment. PLOS ONE,17(9), e0274799, 1-22.

Zhan, M. (2022). Financial stress and hardship among young adults: The role of student loan debt? Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 49 (3), 84-111.

SCHOOLS

Hong, J. S., Wade, R. M., Kim, J., Espelage, D. L., Washington, T., & Voisin, D. R. (2022). Future orientation as a moderator of bullying victimization and school outcomes: Comparing heterosexual and sexual minority urban African American adolescents. Education and Urban Society, 0(0).

Kopels, S. (2022). The Oxford, Michigan, school shooting: A first look. School Social Work Journal, 46(2), ix-xviii.

Kopels, S. (2022). Enough! The shootings have to stop. School Social Work Journal, 47(1), ix-xvi.

Muller, J. M., Mahoney, J., Tan, K., & Powell, T. (2022). We have a gun problem (and what’s new about that?). Children & Schools, 44(4), 191-194.

Roegman, R., Tan, K., Tanner, N., & Yore, C. (2022). Following the data: An analysis of two schools’ use of social emotional data. Journal of Educational Administration, 60(6), 561-578.

Hong, J.S., Song, E.J., Tan, K., Peguero, A., & Sohn, Y. (2022). Extracurricular activities and bullying and peer victimization in early and middle adolescence. Journal of Psychologists and Counselors in School, 1 – 22.

Roegman, R., Tan, K., Rice, P. & Mahoney, J. (2022). Politics, polarization, and politicization of social emotional learning and school boards. AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice, 19(2), 41-53.

Lenstra, L., Muller, J., Mahoney, J., & Tan, K. (2022). Social-emotional learning in action with young elementary students through StoryWalk. Children and Schools, 44(4), 247-250.

Stalnecker, D., Tan, K., & Alvarez, M. (2022). School administrators’ perceptions of school social work. Children and Schools, 44(3), 172-182.

Rummel, N., Tan, K., & Roegman, R. (2022). Leveraging social-emotional learning to promote excellence and equity: A university-district partnership. Children and Schools, 44(1), 55-57.

Heath, R., & Tan, K., Guzzy, J. & Henry, B. (2022). Patterns of school victimization and problem behaviors: Longitudinal associations with socioeconomic well-being and criminal justice involvement. Child & Youth Care Forum, 51(2), 439-461.

Tan, K. & Wegmann, K. M. (2022). Social–emotional learning and contemporary challenges for schools: what are our students learning from us? Children and Schools, 44, 3-5.

SOCIAL INNOVATION

Ansong, D., Okumu, M. & Koomson, I. (2022). Financial capability in Africa: Innovation through evidence, practice, and policy. Global Social Welfare. Epub in advance of print

Compion, S., Lough, B.J., Jeong, B.G. (2022). Gendered disparities in funding of nonprofit, hybrid, and for-profit start-up ventures. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. Online First.

Laursen, T. & Lough, B.J. (2022). Deployment of funding across nonprofit, hybrid, and for-profit ventures. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment. Online First.

Lough, B. J. (2022). Decentering social innovation: The value of dispersed institutes in higher education. Social Enterprise Journal, 18(1) 12-27.

Allum, C. & Lough, B. J. (2022). Lesson learned: Implications for the future of volunteering for development. In G. Alex, M. Chilton, & F. C. Benson (Eds.), Legacy of America’s Global Volunteerism (pp 307-324). Peace Corps Writers.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Clary, K., Bennett, K., Tuyen, B., Tan, K., & Carter-Black, J. (2022). Simulation-based learning to foster critical dialogues and enhance cultural competency with MSW students. Journal of Social Work Education; 1 – 14.

Kwon, C., & An, S. (2022). Roads to success: The career attainment experiences of lawyers with visual impairment in South Korea. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 24(1), 6-25.

Liechty J.M., Keck, A-S., Sloane, S., Donovan S.M., & Fiese, B. (2022). Assessing transdisciplinary scholarly development: A longitudinal mixed method graduate program evaluation. Innovative Higher Education, 47, 661-681.

Liechty, J.M., Parker, V., Keck, A-S. (2022). Enhancing MSW field education using Rapid Cycle Quality Improvement (RCQI): Feasibility and acceptability of an online weekly feedback tool and process. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 42, 316-334.

Freund, W., Lindsey, B., & Tan, K. (2022). Evidence-based practice, data collection, and progress monitoring. In Cox, T., Fitzgerald, T., & Alvarez, M. (Eds)., The Art of Becoming Indispensable: What School Social Workers Need to Know in Their First Three Years of Practice, pp 118 – 125. Oxford University Press.

Olson, S., Lindsey, B., & Tan, K. (2022). Social-emotional learning in a multitiered system. In Cox, T., Fitzgerald, T., & Alvarez, M. (Eds.), The Art of Becoming Indispensable: What School Social Workers Need to Know in Their First Three Years of Practice, pp 126 – 132. Oxford University Press.

Piedra, L. M., Escobar-Sawicki, C., & Wilson Smith, C. (2022). Reimagining social work education: A systems-thinking approach to a BSW/MSW program for community college students. Journal of Social Work Education, 1-16.

Piedra, L. M. (2022). The mighty abstract: An overlooked element of peer review. Qualitative Social Work, 21(3), 1-8.

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