School of Social Work Research Report - August 2024

Welcome to the 2024 edition of Real World Impact, the annual research newsletter of the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois Urbana -Champaign. This year’s theme, “Transitions and Triumphs: Celebrating Our Faculty’s Scholarship,” highlights the dynamic journeys of our esteemed faculty, researchers, and students, their significant contributions to the field of social work, and the new beginnings and heartfelt farewells that marked 2023. We celebrate an unusually high number of promotions at our school with five faculty members becoming full professors, one associate professor, a new faculty director of the Children and Families Research Center (CFRC), and two new assistant professors.

As we navigate a world constantly evolving in response to social challenges, our faculty members continue to push the boundaries of knowledge and practice in social work with real-world impact.

This issue brings to the forefront the innovative and rigorous scholarship spearheaded by our school, showcasing our researchers’ dedication to addressing critical issues such as health and mental health inequities, intimate partner violence, and family and child welfare.

I am proud to feature our full professors: 1) Dr. Flavia Andrade’s groundbreaking research on cardiometabolic conditions among vulnerable groups, emphasizing the need for culturally tailored interventions; 2) Dr. Janet Liechty’s scholarship about social determinants of health and interprofessional education, underscoring the importance of integrated care and diversity in healthcare training; 3) Dr. Karen Tabb’s focus on perinatal mental health, highlighting the critical need for equitable mental healthcare solutions for minoritized groups; 4) Dr. Windsor’s intervention research, pushing the boundaries of methodology to develop and test multi-level interventions that promote social justice through critical consciousness development; and 5) Dr. Chi-Fang Wu’s exploration of public benefit programs and economic advancement strategies for low-income families, driving effective social policies. Associate Professor Dr. Rachel Garth’s work aims to develop comprehensive statewide violence prevention plans and supporting survivors of gender-based violence.

We also welcome new faculty members, Dr. Soonok An and Dr. Flora Cohen, whose fresh perspectives and dedication to intimate partner violence prevention and cross-cultural mental health will undoubtedly enrich our community. Dr. William Schneider’s new role as director of CFRC promises exciting opportunities for collaboration and research in child welfare. Finally, we spotlight the inspiring work of doctoral student Jeanna Campbell, whose research addresses chronic disease inequities and highlights the importance of community engagement.

As we celebrate these transitions and accomplishments, we also bid a fond farewell to Nancy Flowers, whose decades of service and leadership at the Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD) leaves an enduring legacy.

Thank you for joining us in celebrating our researchers. Their unwavering commitment to social justice and community well-being continues to drive the School of Social Work’s mission to create a more equitable and compassionate world.

FEATURED RESEARCH

FLÁVIA ANDRADE

Dr. Flavia Andrade, Professor and Interim BSW Program Director, conducts research that dives deep into the life course, examining how inequalities in healthcare and chronic conditions impact individuals from childhood to old age. In 2024, her collaborative efforts in partnership with students and colleagues across the globe have shed light on the prevalence of cardiometabolic conditions, particularly among vulnerable groups like Hispanics in the United States. While many are aware of these conditions and undergo treatments, there are worrying gaps in management and control that profoundly affect those living with them.

Across countries, disparities in healthcare access and chronic conditions among older adults are striking. Measures estimating unmet healthcare needs vary widely, from under 2% to over 50%, yet they often overlook issues like poor care quality. Socioeconomic differences influence condition prevalence and dictate the quality of care received. For instance, doctors’ recommendations for healthy behaviors vary based on socioeconomic status, exacerbating disparities.

Within families, unhealthy food patterns significantly impact adolescent behaviors related to diet, exercise, and weight, increasing the likelihood of being overweight or obese. Meanwhile, in Puerto Rico, living situations, like being without a partner or residing in certain neighborhoods, shape the risk of reporting cardiometabolic conditions.

Intervention programs, like Abriendo Caminos developed by Dr. Andrade’s long-time collaborator, Professor Teran-Garcia, have shown short-term success in curbing unhealthy weight gain in Hispanic children. However, sustaining these changes poses challenges, emphasizing the need for continuous support and culturally tailored interventions within vulnerable communities to tackle chronic conditions effectively. Addressing these disparities in highly prevalent health conditions demands approaches tailored to both local and national contexts across the entire life course.

JANET LIECHTY

Dr. Janet Liechty, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the School of Social Work, conducts research on the intersections of health and behavioral health. She holds joint appointments with the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the Division of Nutritional Sciences, and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs. Her research and practice interests examine psychosocial and structural determinants of health and wellness, health behavior change, self-management of chronic conditions including obesity and eating disorders, health literacy, and quality of life.

Dr. Liechty’s second area of interest is in interprofessional healthcare education to enhance cultural competency, collaborative care, and integrated behavioral health and primary care. She has designed and led over 30 interprofessional education events since 2009 with MSW, Medicine, & Nursing students and faculty. Dr. Liechty’s interest in behavioral health workforce development and prevention of burnout has led to the development and implementation of two training grants within the School- The Social Work HEALS-IL Program, funded by the National Association of Social Workers (2015-2021); and two cycles of funding through the Illinois Behavioral Health Workforce Education, Learning & Leadership (BHWELL) HRSA Scholars Program, funded by the Health Services Research Administration (2017-2026).

As the Principal Investigator of BHWELL, Dr. Liechty and her team ensure selected scholars receive innovative, specialized training that equips them with the clinical skills necessary to deliver integrated behavioral health services to high need, underserved areas across Illinois. BHWELL encourages MSW students to work with interprofessional teams in settings such as primary care clinics, hospitals, critical access hospitals, and mental health organizations to address biopsychosocial needs of patients and families. Since BHWELL’s inception in 2017, most graduates (69%) are now employed in Health Provider Shortage Areas working with underserved or rural communities. In these ways, the benefits of BHWELL extend beyond the School, as it helps to bridge gaps by serving as a workforce pipeline in communities that need social workers the most.

KAREN TABB

Dr. Karen Tabb, Professor of Social Work, conducts patient engaged, health services research that leverages quantitative and qualitative methods to detect, understand and investigate the experiences and trajectories of untreated mental health problems during the perinatal period. Her research has contributed significantly to our understanding of systems level solutions for perinatal mental health problems and perinatal health equity for minoritized groups. A prolific researcher, collaborator, and scholar, Dr. Tabb has recently been notified that several of her projects will be funded.

With funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), Dr. Tabb will be leading the Pathways for Perinatal Mental Health Equity (Pathways Center) Mentoring Core and co-leading the Engagement Core as a co-investigator on a cluster randomized control trial in collaboration with the project’s lead institution, the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. The study seeks to promote equity in perinatal mental health care by incorporating anti-racism training, trauma-informed care training, and screening and referrals for social determinants of health into two models- a medical model and a healthcare-community partnership model- and comparing the impacts on perinatal mental healthcare. Dr. Tabb has also received notice that a project examining the experiences of people served by home visiting programs in Iowa and Indiana to improve uptake of an evidence-based maternal mental health intervention, on which she is a multiple principal investigator, will be funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health (1R01MH134474-01A1).

On a separate subcontract from PCORI, Dr. Tabb is co-leading an initiative to enhance engagement of people most impacted by mental healthcare disparities in patient-centered research with her colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the lead institution on the project. In partnership with the community advisory boards, the project seeks to develop a conceptual framework for engagement methods of communities underrepresented in research partnerships by working collaboratively with stakeholders in identifying and prioritizing evidence-based methods and by conducting a pilot study to refine, implement, and assess the feasibility of engagement mapping.

Together, these projects advance the science of engagement while creates systems level solutions to improving mental health care services.

LILIANE WINDSOR

Dr. Windsor’s research aims to develop conceptual and empirical solutions to improve health equity in the fields of substance use disorders (SUD) and infectious disease prevention in marginalized communities, where residents often experience increased barriers to health (e.g., lack of housing, employment, support services). Her work is theoretically grounded in critical consciousness (CC) theory and applies Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) principles to develop and test multi-level interventions with real world impact (e.g., making policies and practice more equitable).

CC theory poses that when oppressed individuals engage in critical dialogues and action, they gain deep social-political insight and create opportunities to combat oppression (e.g., voting, volunteering in community activities). Over the course of her research, Dr. Windsor applied CC theory and CBPR principles to engage community members and research participants in activities that develop a deep understanding of how social determinants of health (SDH) impact health equity (e.g. how racism creates illness). This deep understanding is used to inform critical action that seeks to reduce health, social, and economic barriers I the fields of SUD and infection disease prevention in marginalized communities.

MOST is an innovative framework that translates engineering principles into behavioral intervention science to make these interventions more efficient and more effective. Dr. Windsor blended CBPR and MOST to create an innovative research and practice interdisciplinary and collaborative framework to develop interventions that are sustainable, effective, and efficient in promoting health equity (HIV and COVID-19).

Dr. Windsor has secured over four million dollars in research grants as principal investigator from NIMHD, NIAID, and NIDA. These grants were implemented by the Critical Consciousness Collaborative (www.the3C.org), a national collaborative of academic-community partners committed to conducting health equity research informed by critical consciousness theory. Together, the 3C has developed Community Wise, an evidence based multi-level intervention to reduce substance use (U01MD010629) and they are currently adapting the HIV treatment cascade to increase COVID-19 testing and adherence to public health recommendations in marginalized communities (R01MD010629-S2 and 1U01AI169469). Dr. Windsor has served as mentor in two k-award grants supporting Drs. Angel Algarin and Hyunil Kim (K01 DA055521 and K01 CE003229) and a Diversity Supplement supporting Dr. Alexis Jemal (U01MD010629-S1).

CHI-FANG

WU

Dr. Chi-Fang Wu, Social Work Ph.D. Program Director and Professor, leads research with realworld impact for minoritized communities. As a poverty researcher, she has devoted her career to assessing the effectiveness of public benefit programs that promote economic advancement among women and improve the well-being of low-income families. Her current research centers on three overlapping topics, each described in more detail.

In several social safety nets research, Dr. Wu is exploring how low-income families utilize public benefits simultaneously and whether this concurrent participation in multiple programs mitigates hardship. To drive this research, she analyzes large, complex data sets to identify participation patterns and examines the extent to which various combinations of public benefits address the needs of this vulnerable population.

Dr. Wu is also exploring the relationship between employment and well-being among singlemother families and how single mothers access and utilize benefits when experiencing job loss during economic crises (e.g., the Great Recession, COVID-19). Her analyses are tracing how sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., race, ethnicity, age, household type, region) impact the effects of job loss and economic hardship.

Dr. Wu’s research is also examining the efficacy and accessibility of public health insurance programs for people with low incomes. In collaboration with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and Office of Medicaid Innovation, Dr. Wu is leading the evaluation of a waiver program designed to increase access to health care coverage, provide quality care, and improve health outcomes of Medicaid beneficiaries and low-income families in Illinois, while reducing administrative burdens through care coordination and continuity of care initiatives. One aspect of this project aims to improve health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum people by broadening Medicaid eligibility and increasing enrollment duration.

Through these three interlocking research agendas, Dr. Wu has a markedly advanced understanding of public benefit programs’ ability to effectively address the needs and overall well-being of low-income families, especially families headed by minoritized women. Her research has an established record of driving effective social policies and conducting impactful studies and advanced analyses designed to enhance the health, well-being, and economic security of low-income families and their children.

RACHEL GARTHE

THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION RESEARCH LAB

The Violence Prevention Research Lab (VPRL) is dedicated to studying the etiology and prevention of violence. The VPRL is directed by Dr. Rachel Garthe, and includes undergraduate and graduate students in Social Work, Psychology, and Gender and Women’s Studies. During 2023-2024, Dr. Garthe led a large portfolio of federally and state funded research grants:

Funded by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Dr. Garthe and her team are developing and writing the 2025-2029 Statewide Violence Prevention Plan. Dr. Garthe previously led the 2020-2024 plan (https://vpp.icjia.cloud/), where the team collected data from youth, adults, and service providers, analyzed bullying policies across schools, conducted focus groups with violence prevention grantees, analyzed violence trend data, and wrote a measurement compendium. This work will inform the writing of the new plan, which will advocate for more equitable prevention efforts and funding statewide.

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Funded by the Department of Justice, Dr. Garthe and an interdisciplinary team are designing a capability within the Illinois App to provide resources for survivors of gender-based violence on the UIUC campus. The VPRL conducted focus groups this year with students and campus stakeholders and will be developing the capability in partnership with the Center for Social and Behavioral Science, Siebel Center for Design, and Rokwire (Smart, Healthy Communities Initiative).

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The VPRL also is funded by state agencies and coalitions to lead evaluation efforts, demonstrating the impact of violence prevention efforts for youth and adults across Illinois:

a. Evaluating a teen dating violence prevention program being implemented by Between Friends Chicago in Chicago Public Schools.

b. Evaluating rape prevention and education programs and efforts in Illinois with the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA).

c. Evaluating services and supports among survivors of domestic violence in Illinois with the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV).

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The VPRL co-led, with the Center for Prevention Research and Development, a grant through Department of Human Services. This project provides training and technical assistance to gun violence prevention initiatives in greater Illinois.

The VPRL collaborated with faculty at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and Michigan State University on a National Institutes of Health grant. This project utilized the Life History Calendar methodology to capture experiences of victimization, mental health, and help-seeking among young transgender women.

SOONOK AN

NEW FACULTY

Dr. Soonok An joined the School of Social Work in 2022 as an Assistant Professor. Believing in human strengths and growth, Dr. An is particularly empathetic to challenges experienced in relationships and health throughout the life course. Her research aims to uncover both positive and negative contributors and consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV) and healthy relationships at multi-system levels. Dr. An’s work also develops and promotes preventive and responsive programs that support individuals with lived experience of IPV, fosters growth in partner relationships, and encourages best practices among IPV service providers. Specifically, she advocates for individuals with intersecting identities related to race, gender, (im-)migration, or age in regards to experiences with childhood trauma, IPV, and health.

Dr. An’s passion toward these individuals was built through personal and professional journeys where she witnessed the misalignment between the needs of underrepresented communities and available resources. Intrigued with understanding how to shape and produce culturally tailored resources for diverse individuals, Dr. An addresses health equity and social justice issues in resource formation and allocation. Her research approach aims to learn about social and cultural systems from individuals with unique lived experiences and to generalize their experiences to develop creative solutions that acknowledge their diversity. Dr. An’s research centers principles of human growth in order to foster healthier life outcomes among impacted people through increased awareness of both individual and shared experiences and the development of sustainable strategies that prevent and address issues related to IPV and health. Through interdisciplinary collaborative projects, she is currently supporting diverse young adults to acquire healthy relationship skills and to effectively navigate supportive resources for IPV and healthy relationships. Dr. An applies multidisciplinary perspectives and theories with a focus on ecological systems, critical traditions, decision-making, and clinical theories to undertake her work and always welcomes conversations and new collaborations to advance best practices for IPV and health related resources and interventions.

FLORA COHEN

Flora Cohen, PhD, LCSW is a dedicated professor, therapist, and researcher with a profound commitment to unraveling the complexities of mental health and psychosocial wellbeing, particularly in cross-cultural contexts.

As an Assistant Professor, Dr. Cohen teaches courses on research methods and clinical interventions. She diligently works to integrate participatory approaches to research and decolonized approaches to intervention implementation throughout her teaching.

Clinically, Dr. Cohen has largely worked with people experiencing common mental disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. She also works with clients to integrate cultural idioms of distress and healing into treatment approaches.

Dr. Cohen has lent her expertise to humanitarian efforts internationally, working intimately with forcibly displaced populations to co-develop, co-implement, and co-evaluate community-based psychosocial support interventions alongside community members. Flora’s most recent collaborations include working alongside refugees from Afghanistan, Somalia, and Sudan who have been displaced in protracted settings by co-developing a community-led group therapy intervention. She also worked alongside local Ugandan organizations to develop and implement a caregiver intervention for South Sudanese refugees displaced in a refugee settlement. She is also developing partnerships to support refugee and immigrant populations who have been resettled in the United States. She works alongside community members to understand barriers to care and support local capacity building efforts. Her work has led to improvements in mental health and wellbeing across women, men, children, and families in various contexts.

CHILDREN AND FAMILY RESEARCH CENTER

WILL SCHNEIDER

Dr. William Schneider, Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work, has recently been appointed as the first Faculty Director at the Children and Family Research Center (CFRC). CFRC was established in 1996 in collaboration with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to identify and monitor child welfare service outcomes, conduct program evaluations of key interventions, and complete research on critical issues that impact the success of these efforts. CFRC supports research that is policy and practice relevant and encourages and facilitates public child welfare research activities through collaborative relationships.

Working closely with Dr. Tamara Fuller, CFRC’s longtime Director, Dr. Schneider is excited to create opportunities that engage the School’s faculty and students in CFRC’s work and to find avenues for new modes of collaboration. Through an expanded faculty affiliates program, MSW field placements, and research assistant positions, Dr. Schneider aims to integrate the important work of both the School and CFRC. The newly established Merlin Taber Collaborative Research Fund, which supports joint projects between the School and CFRC that translate into impactful policies and practices within the child welfare system, also offers new opportunities to promote and disseminate their shared work to policy makers and practitioners. In the coming year, CFRC will celebrate the birth centennial of the School’s former Dean, Don Brieland, and the 60th anniversary of his appointment as the first IL DCFS Director. Supported by an endowment from Brieland and his family, the School’s Brieland Visiting Scholar series honors his leadership in child welfare, social work, and the law, and was created to advance critical scholarly discussion in social work and social welfare. These anniversaries offer a unique opportunity to engage in work that considers the future of child welfare in Illinois and beyond. Dr. Schneider is grateful for the opportunities to foster innovative collaborations and increase the visibility of the important work being done at CFRC that his new roles provide.

TAMARA FULLER

CENTER FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

NANCY

FLOWERS

Nancy Flowers, Director of Research Programs at the Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD), retired in May 2024 after 32 years of service. She served as a principal investigator or project leader for more than thirty research and evaluation projects related to educational reform and after-school programs, early childhood and home visiting, and prevention systems.

A significant portion of her work focused on educational innovations and systems improvements in middle-grades education. Funded by varied sponsors, such as the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and U.S. Department of Education, Flowers impacted middle-grades education throughout the nation. Committed to advancing best practices in schools, Flowers shared her expertise with practitioners and researchers by authoring and co-authoring papers, presenting at conferences, and serving on national committees, editorial boards, and technical review panels.

For six years she served as the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Project Leader for the Middle Level Education Research SIG National Middle Grades Research Project on Common Planning Time. Her involvement in this SIG culminated in an important publication entitled Common Planning Time in Middle Level Schools. Flowers also co-edited The Encyclopedia of Middle Grades Education and had a regular column in Middle School Journal translating research into practice. For seven years she served as an elected board member to the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform, guiding their national research and evaluation efforts. Flowers also influenced national policymakers as she presented the results of three US DOE grants at a special briefing on Capitol Hill entitled “HighPerforming Middle Schools: Equipping and Empowering Teachers and Leaders.” The National Forum awarded her the “Deborah Kasak Distinguished Leadership Award” in recognition of more than twenty-five years of work on middle-grades education.

As Director of Research Programs, Flowers implemented many of the best practices that she researched in middle-grades education such as developing shared governance structure; cultivating a supportive risk-taking environment to support innovation and build capacity among staff; and creating a positive work culture where employees choose to stay for ten to twenty years. The impact of Flowers’ leadership will continue for many years to come through the work of the staff members she mentored during her tenure. CPRD is truly grateful for her service.

DOCTORAL STUDENT HIGHLIGHT

Jeanna Campbell is a doctoral student whose research aim is to address inequities in chronic disease prevalence, management, and health outcomes by addressing organizational and structural-level policies and practices that promote synergism in poor health outcomes for marginalized populations. Her research agenda is committed to community engagement in chronic disease prevention and treatment.

Jeanna’s research agenda is informed by personal and professional experiences. During the two years she served as President of a charitable food organization, Jeanna surveyed food pantry users and found that lack of healthy food and organizational stigma synergistically contributed to socio-emotional distress and poor physical health (e.g., metabolic disorder). Through community advocacy and networking, Jeanna was able to create a food pantry and serve as the President to address such stigma.

In her peer-reviewed conceptual literature review, “Syndemics Theory in the Context of Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Structural Violence in the United States”, Jeanna proposes syndemics as a theoretical framework for obesity and type 2 diabetes rehabilitation research and service provision.

Rehabilitation professionals can use syndemics to identify organizational (e.g., stigma) and structural (e.g., low-income) contributors to poor metabolic health outcomes, and points for assessment and intervention.

Jeanna has worked in interdisciplinary teams including public health researchers, rehabilitation specialists, medical doctors, and individuals experiencing various forms of marginalization to address structural inequities. For example, using the Delphi method, which engages experts (e.g., people with lived experience, doctors) in intervention development, Jeanna helped to create dietary and physical health guidelines for people who utilize wheelchairs for mobility.

In her peer-reviewed article “Individual and Structural Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in a Marginalized Community in the United States”, Jeanna explored the influence of structural factors (e.g., structural racism) on COVID-19 prevention behaviors. A large proportion of the sample experienced medical mistrust, highlighting the need for disease prevention interventions that take place at multiple levels in the healthcare ecology.

Such research informs Jeanna’s dissertation exploring synergy between social exclusion, obesity and type 2 diabetes in contexts where health resources (e.g., healthy foods) are limited. Results will inform the creation of a community-based multilevel intervention promoting cultural responsivity and client empowerment.

JEANNA CAMPBELL

STAFF HIGHLIGHT

ELIZABETH PILLAI

POST AWARD RESEARCH SPECIALIST IN DATA MANAGEMENT

Historical misuse and exploitation of scientific data along with the rapid advancement of technology, particularly in the realms of big data, artificial intelligence, and genomic research, have spurred calls for more robust frameworks to ensure ethical and secure data usage. Governments, research institutions, and funding bodies have recognized the need for transparency in how scientific data is collected, stored, and shared; with researchers and participants demanding greater control and understanding of data practices. This heightened awareness has spurred the development and implementation of more stringent data privacy policies and regulations worldwide. Funders and scientific journals now expect researchers to provide comprehensive documentation of their methodologies, data sources, and analysis techniques to enable other scientists to replicate and verify their findings.

This shift towards open science practices is designed to foster greater trust in scientific research and to accelerate the pace of discovery by making high-quality data and methods widely available.

There is a critical need to ensure that faculty and students are trained in state-of-the-art data management practices and implement sound strategies to ensure the rigor and transparency of their research. In 2023, the School of Social Work created the Post Award Research Specialist in Data Management full time position to provide consultation and training to faculty and doctoral students with a special focus on publishing, federally funded research, and new transparency guidelines, regulatory changes, and ethical considerations.

Elizabeth Pillai was hired in January, 2024 for this position. She provides data management support and assists faculty in meeting post federal grant award data requirements which include database development, periodic data monitoring, analysis, and sharing. Elizabeth will work on the development, training and implementation of protocols including privacy procedures, data quality control, data storage, and data sharing. Currently, she is developing a hybrid data management training that will be available to all researchers at the school in the fall of 2024.

Elizabeth has a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Minnesota and a master’s in business administration with an emphasis in Information Technology from Opus School of Business in St. Paul, Minneapolis. Her previous experiences include working at Price Waterhouse Coopers LLC, Target Corp., and Deductiontraq LLC. At PwC, she worked as a consultant setting up client databases for their benefit departments. At Target, she worked in their treasury department, IT financial development and stores support departments. While at Deductiontraq she was a database specialist. She has spent most of her career working with and creating databases on different platforms to solve business problems.

AWARDS ACTIVE IN FY24

FEDERALLY FUNDED

Garthe, Rachel. 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.

Havlicek, Judith. Better Futures Pilot Site. Department of Education via Washington State University.

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

Kim, Hyunil. Building Infrastructure and Training Tools to Understand CPS Involvement and Trajectories: An OpenSource Approach. National Institutes of Health via Washington University.

Leytham Powell, Tara. 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. 1R01MH131248-01.

Liechty, Janet. FY 2021 BHWET. Health Resources and Services Administration.

Okumu, Moses. Reducing Trafficking Through Financial Capability in SSA. US Department of State via University of Georgia.

Piedra, Lissette. Enhancing NSHAP Caregiving & Social Network Measures to Contextualize Aging & Family Caregiving of AD/ADRD among English- and Spanish-speaking Latino Older Adults. National Institutes of Health via the National Opinion Research Center.

Piedra, Lissette. NSHAP: Rounds 4.2 and 4.4. National Institutes of Health via the National Opinion Research Center. Tabb Dina, Karen. Can an Evidence-Based Mental Health Intervention be Implemented into Preexisting Home Visiting Programs using Implementation Facilitation? National Institutes of Health.

Tabb Dina, Karen. Disparities in utilization and delivery outcomes for women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD): groundwork for state policymaking. National Institutes of Health via University of Michigan.

Tabb Dina, Karen. The Illinois Kids Development Study ECHO Pregnancy and Pediatric Cohort. National Institutes of Health (Office of the Director).

Wade, Ryan. Racialized Sexual Discrimination (RSD) and Psychological Well-being among Young Sexual Minority Men of Color (YSMMoC). National Institutes of Health. 1R21MD016962-01.

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

Windsor, Liliane. COVID-19 Treatment Cascade Optimization Study. National Institutes of Health (1U01AI169469).

PRIVATELY FUNDED

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

Hoang, Tuyet-Mai. Developing Community Research Engagement and Capacity to Prevent Adverse Birth Outcomes for Perinatal BIPOC. Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

Leytham Powell, Tara. Reducing Disparities in Disaster-Related Mental Health Burden: Adapting A Multi-Level Intervention To Build Community-Based Response. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine via Louisiana State University.

Okumu, Moses. Integrating a Gender Transformative Financial Capability Perspective in Social Work Education for a post-COVID-19 Recovery. International Association of Schools of Social Work.

Schneider, William. Role of Income and Housing Support in Reducing Inequality in Child Neglect. William T Grant Foundation.

Schneider, William. Unconditional Cash Transfers and Child Maltreatment. William T Grant Foundation.

Tabb Dina, Karen. Increasing Research Partnership with Engagement Mapping: A Pilot Study to Advance Engagement Science. PCORI via University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Tabb Dina, Karen. Pathways to Perinatal Mental Health Equity. PCORI via University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School.

Tan, Kevin. Advancing Racial Healing Through a Restorative Approach Towards Transformative Social Emotional Learning. Field Foundation.

Tan, Kevin. Advancing Community and Racial Healing in Rantoul for the Future of our Young Students and Families. Field Foundation via Rantoul City Schools District 137.

STATE FUNDED

Carpenter, Dawn. Personal Responsibility Education Program – PREP. Illinois Department of Human Services.

Carpenter, Dawn. State and Regional Substance Use Prevention Services (SRSUPS). Illinois Department of Human Services.

Deltas, Viviana. IDHS DEC Home Visiting. Illinois Department of Human Services.

Deltas, Viviana. MIECHV Home Visiting Program. Illinois Department of Human Services.

Fuller, Tami. Children and Family Research Center. Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

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

Garthe, Rachel. Focus Groups with Survivors of Domestic Violence in Illinois. Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Garthe, Rachel. FY24 ICJIA Violence Prevention Plan. Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

Garthe, Rachel. Program Evaluation of CDC/IDPH Rape Prevention Education Statewide Initiative. Illinois Department of Public Health.

Lough, Benjamin. Workforce Development. Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

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

Lough, Benjamin. Fiscal Administration. Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Pauly, Jo Ann. Substance Use Prevention Program (SUPP) Evaluation. Illinois Department of Human Services.

Smith, Douglas. IGA-SUPR (Police Deflection). Illinois Department of Human Services.

Smith, Douglas. llinois Youth Survey. Illinois Department of Human Services.

Smith, Douglas. Juvenile Justice Systems Improvement. Illinois Department of Human Services.

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

Smith, Douglas. Urbana-Champaign Assistance Node (U-CAN) for Violence Prevention Project RPSA Greater Illinois Training and Technical Assistance Program. Illinois Department of Human Services.

Smith, Douglas. OMI PO14. State of Illinois via Office of Medicaid Innovation.

Tabb Dina, Karen. All Our Kids Early Childhood Networks. Illinois Department of Human Services

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

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

Tan, Kevin. UofI IHSI Danville School District - Greater Illinois Trauma Informed Behavioral Health Services (GI-TIBHS). Illinois Department of Human Services.

Wu, Chi-Fang. OMI Continuity Evaluation PO19. State of Illinois via Office of Medicaid Innovation.

Wu, Chi-Fang. Promoting Continuous Medicaid Enrollment: Data-Driven Evidence to Increase Health Equity, Improve Quality of Care, and Optimize Policy. Institute for Government and Public Affairs.

2023 PUBLICATIONS

SOCIAL INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Ansong, D., Okumu, M., Huang, J., Sun, S., Huseynli, A., Koomson, I., Chowa, G., Ssewamala, F., Sherraden, M.S., & Sherraden, M. (2023). Financial capability and asset building: Innovations in social protection and development. In L. Patel, S. Plagerson, & I. Chinyoka (Ed.), Handbook on social protection and social development in the global south, Edward Elgar.

Bibbs, T. Wolfe-Taylor, S., Alston, N., Barron, M., Beaudoin, L., Bradley, S., Glennon, A., Munoz-Najar, J. et al., (2023). Constructing the future of social work tech habits of mind with the ethical OS. Advances in Social Work, 23(1), 131-146.

Kosgolla, J., Smith, D.C., Reinhart, C., & Begum, S. (2023). Assessing the self-reported honesty threshold in adolescent epidemiological research: Comparing supervised machine learning and inferential statistical techniques. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 23:210.

Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Berry, I., Hakiza, R., Baral, S. D., Musoke, D. K., Nakitende, A., Mwima, S., Kyambadde, P., Loutet, M., Batte, S., Lester, R., Neema, S., Newby, K., & Mbuagbaw, L. (2023). Findings from the Tushirikiane mobile health (mHealth) HIV self-testing pragmatic trial with refugee adolescents and youth living in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 26(10).

Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Berry, I., Kortenaar, J. L., Hakiza, R., Musoke, D. K., ... & Mbuagbaw, L. (2023). Kukaa Salama (Staying Safe): a pre-post trial of an interactive informational mobile health intervention for increasing COVID-19 prevention practices with urban refugee youth in Uganda. International Health.

Lough, B.J., McFadden, A. (2023). Do founders attribute their success to skill or luck? J Innov Entrep, 12, 47

Okumu, M., Logie, C., Ansong, D., Mwima, S., Hakiza, R. & Newman, P. (2023). Digital technologies, equitable gender norms, and sexual health across sexting patterns among forcibly displaced youth in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Computers in Human Behavior, 138,107453.

Tan, K., & Chen, X.S. (2023). Keeping up with technology: Socioemotional and equity challenges with children and schools. Children & Schools, 45(3), 127 – 300.

FAMILY AND CHILD WELFARE

Alderdeen, M., & Cross, T. P. (2023). Probative value of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases. Sexual Assault Report, 26(3).

Bullinger, L.R., Klika, B., Feely, M.,….Schneider, W. (2024). Paid family leave: An upstream intervention to prevent family violence. J Fam Viol 39, 471–481.

Chen, J., Huang, C., Wu, C., Jonson-Reid, M., & Drake, B. (2023). The application of Family Stress Model to investigating adolescent problematic behaviors: The moderating role of assets. Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Chen, J., Wu, C., Jin, M., Liao, C., Chiang, M., Jonson-Reid, M., & Drake, B. (2023). Does asset poverty moderate how food insecurity is associated with adolescent problematic behavior? An application of the Family Stress Model using multi-group path analyses. Children and Youth Services Review, 155.

Chen, J., Wu, C., & Jin, M. (2023). How are income and assets associated with food insecurity? An application of the Growth Mixture Modeling. Social Indicator Research, 165 (3), 959-973.

Chiang, C.-J., Kim, H., Jonson-Reid, M., Yang, M., Moon, C. K., & Kohl, P. (2023). Risk factors and neglect subtypes: Findings from a nationally representative data set. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 93(6), 532–542.

Chiu, Y.-L., Cross, T. P., Wheeler, A., Evans, S., & Goulet, B. (2023). Development and application of a self-report measure for measuring change during simulation training in child protection. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 17(2), 239-257.

Cross, T.P., Vandervort, F.E., and Block, S.D. (2023). Commentary: The legal system response to child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, 28(3), 399-402. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595231176447

Cross, T. P., Wagner, A., & Bibel, D. (2023). The accuracy of arrest data in the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Crime & Delinquency, 69(12), 2484-2507. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287211067180

Cross, T.P., Vandervort, F.E., and Block, S.D. (2023). Commentary: The legal system response to child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, 28(3), 399-402.

Cross, T. P., Wagner, A., & Bibel, D. (2023). The accuracy of arrest data in the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Crime & Delinquency, 69(12), 2484-2507.

Drake, B., Barth, RP., Berrick, JD., Garcia, A., Greeson, JKP., Jonson-Reid, M., Kim, H., Kohl, PL., Putnam-Hornstein, E. (2023). A response to Evangelist et al., 2023, Child Abuse & Neglect, 146.

Drake, B., Jones, D., Kim, H., Gyourko, J., Garcia, A., Barth, R. P., Font, S. A., Putnam-Hornstein, E., Duerr Berrick, J., Greeson, J. K. P., Cook, V., Kohl, P. L., & Jonson-Reid, M. (2023). Racial/ethnic differences in child protective services reporting, substantiation and placement, with comparison to non-CPS risks and outcomes: 2005–2019. Child Maltreatment, 28(4), 683-699.

Havlicek, J.R. (2023). “Don’t give up”: Persevering for a better life through community college among students with foster care experience. Children and Youth Services Review, 155, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107219. Jones, D., Kim, H., Jonson-Reid, M., & Drake, B. (2023). Testing a quantcrit-informed approach to the empirical study of race/ethnicity and child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, 28(4), 589-598.

Kim, H. & Drake, B. (2023). Has the relationship between community poverty and child maltreatment report rates become stronger or weaker over time?, Child Abuse & Neglect, 143.

Kim, H., Gundersen, C., & Windsor, L. (2023). Community food insecurity and child maltreatment reports: County-level analysis of U.S. national data from 2009 to 2018. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(1-2), 262-287.

Kim, H. J., & Kim, H. (2023). County-level relationships between foreign-born residents, Latinos, immigration enforcement, and child maltreatment report rates in the United States, 2015−2018. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(1718), 10309-10332.

Kim, H., Song, E.-J., & Windsor, L. (2023). Longitudinal changes in the county-level relationship between opioid prescriptions and child maltreatment reports, United States, 2009–2018. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 93(5), 375–388.

Klika JB, Maguire-Jack K, Feely M, Schneider W, Pace GT, Rostad W, Murphy CA, Merrick MT. (2023). Childcare subsidy enrollment income generosity and child maltreatment. Children (Basel), 28;10(1):64.

Maguire-Jack, K., Park, Y., Feely, M., Schneider, W., Pace, G. T., Klika, J. B., & Thibodeau, E. (2023). Childcare Subsidy Employment and Copayment Requirements and Child Maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, 0(0).

Schneider, W., Testa, M. F., & Budde, S. (2023). Effect of a voluntary hosting program for child welfare involved families. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice.

SCHOOLS

Campbell, J. & Tan, K. (2023). Structural violence and post-pandemic recovery: The need for school policies to prevent racism and their negative effect on health. Children & Schools, 45(2), 67-70.

Heath, R., & Tan, K. (2023). Out-of-school time as a tool for social justice: Moving from access towards critical approaches. Children & Schools, 46(1), 3-6.

Hong, J.S., Valido, A., Hahm, H.C., VanHook, C.R., Espelage, D.L., & Voisin, D.R. (2023). Would caring teachers buffer the link between violence victimization and early sexual initiation? Comparing heterosexual and non-heterosexual African American youth. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, 2789-2798.

Hong, J. S., Wade, R. M., Kim, J., Espelage, D. L., Washington, T., & Voisin, D. R. (2023). Future orientation as a moderator of bullying victimization and school outcomes: Comparing heterosexual and sexual minority urban African American adolescents. Education and Urban Society, 55(8), 899-921.

Garthe, R. C., Kim, S., Welsh, M., Wegmann, K., & Klingenberg, J., (2023). Cyber-victimization and mental health concerns among middle school students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52, 840-851.

Kopels, S. (2023). What’s in a name? Lawsuit by Ohio teacher on preferred pronoun usage. School Social Work Journal, 46(2), ix-xviii.

Kopels, S. (2023). The Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July shooting. School Social Work Journal, 47(1), ix-xvi.

Landa, C. (2023). Differential access of young children of immigrants to special education in Massachusetts. Developmental Disabilities Network Journal 3(1), Article 6.

Landa, C., Smith, M. S., Hall, A. C., Bose, J., Timmons, J. C., & Stein, M. A. (2023). What is known about schools’ transfer of rights practices for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Journal of Special Education, 57(3), 142-151.

Powell, T., & Muller, J. (2023). Students with adverse childhood experiences. In C. Franklin, M. B. Harris, & P. Allen-Meares (Eds.), The School Services Sourcebook (pp. 112-123). Oxford University Press.

Tan, K. (2023). Our Scholarship’s Impact. Children & Schools, 45(4), 191-194.

Tan, K., Mahoney, J., Campbell, J., Laursen, T., Kemp, Durriyyah & Kim, E.B.K. (2023). The promise of racial healing to achieve health equity through school-based prevention. American Journal of Public Health 113, 119-123.

Zellman, P.E. and Kopels, S. (2023). School shootings, school shooters, and school social work roles. School Social Work Journal, 48(1), 48-72.

HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH

Agaba, G., Hindes, K., Otto, B., Kajungu, R., Cohen, F. (2023) Psychosocial programming in Uganda: Adaptations during COVID-19. Intervention. 21(1), 14-19.

Aguirre, M. J. X., Andrade, F. C. D., Aguirre, M. A. C., Justino, J. R., Maciel, B. L. L. (2023). Social network and its associations with overweight and obesity in adolescents from a school in rural Brazil. Nutrients, 15 (15), 3305.

An, S., Choi, G., Yun, S. H., Choi, Y. J., Son, E., Cho, H. G., Gharbi, V*., & Hong, S. H. (2023). Intimate partner violence among Hispanic/Latinx and White college students. Violence and Victims.

Ansong, D., Koomson, I., Okumu, M., Alhassan, M., Makubuya, T. & Abreh, M. K. (2023). Private supplementary tutoring expenditures and children’s learning outcomes: Gender and locational evidence from Ghana. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 76,101232.

Ansong, D., Okumu, M., Nyoni, T., Appiah-Kubi, J., Amoako, E. O., Koomson, I., & Conklin, J. (2023). The effectiveness of financial capability and asset building interventions in improving youth’s educational well-being: A systematic review. Adolescent Research Review, 1-16.

Bentley, B., Hoang, T. M. H., Jenkins, K.V., Reinhart, C., & Tabb, K. M. (2023). Caregivers’ perceptions of an early childhood system’s community efforts: A qualitative analysis. Children (Basel, Switzerland), 10(6), 1001. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10061001

BlackDeer, AA, Gillani, B., Cohen, F, Vogel, M. (2023) A tale of two mentees: Conceptualizing academic mentorship through critical systems thinking. Journal of Social Work Education.

BlackDeer, A. A., Cohen, F., & Gillani, B. (2023). Young adulthood on the margin. In J. P. Aguilar & E. Counselman-Carpenter (Eds.), Multidimensional Human Behavior in the Complex Social Environment: Decolonizing Theories for Social Work Practice (1st ed.).

Blackburn, A. M., Bystrynski, J. B., Rieger, A., Garthe, R. C., Piasecki, M., & Allen, N. E. (2023). Sexual assault revictimization among sexual minority individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Violence, 13(4), 286-296.

Campbell, J., Kaur, A., Gamino, D., Benoit, E., Amos, B. & Windsor, L. (2023) Individual and structural determinants of covid-19 vaccine uptake in a marginalized community in the United States. Vaccine. PMID: 37550145.

Charlet, D., Cohen, F., Le Roch, K., Brown, F., Hermosilla, S., James, L., Bonz, A., Greene, C., Armijos, A., Ski, S., Estrada, WM., & Ngo, V. (2023) Ensuring equity in mental health and psychosocial support during COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Conflict and Health. 17(7)

Chen, Y., Lanesskog, D., and Piedra, L. M. (2023). In this issue…Onward! Qualitative Social Work, 22(6), 1055–1060. Choi, G., An, S., Cho, H., & Koh, E. (2023). Understanding the complexity of domestic violence service delivery through the lived experiences of domestic violence advocates. International Social Work.

Corchado Castillo, A. I., Wallengren-Lynch, M., Archer-Kuhn, B., & Earls Larrison, T. (2023). Measuring and validating a transformation learning survey through social work education research. Journal of Transformative Education, 0(0).

Corona, LP., Andrade, FCD, Borim, FSA., Aprahamian, I., Fattori, A., Cesari, M., Neri, A., Yassuda, M. (2023). Weight loss severity and functional decline among the oldest old in a middle-income country: The FIBRA study longitudinal findings, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 53, 170-174.

Dalton, V. K., Pangori, A., As-Sanie, S., Tabb, K. M., Hall, S., Tilea, A., ... & Zivin, K. (2023). Trends in chronic pain conditions among delivering women with and without mood and anxiety disorders. General Hospital Psychiatry.

Davis-Delano, L. R., Morgan, E. M., Merolla, D. M., James, D., & Hoang, T. M. H. (2023). Positive stereotypes as flexible strategy: Legitimating the system and challenges to it. Sociological Inquiry.

Fedock, G., Garthe, R. C., Pliml, K., Malcome, M., & Sarantakos, S. (2023). Victimization and mental health symptoms among recently incarcerated women: The roles of homelessness prior to incarceration and community-based social support. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.

Garthe, R. C., Fedock, G., Rieger, A., Hsieh, W., McLay, M., & Malcome, M. (2023). Women’s experiences of intimate partner violence while incarcerated (IPV-I): The measurement structure, reliability, and validity of a novel instrument. Violence Against Women.

Garthe, R. C., Rieger, A., Kim, S., & Velazquez, E. (2023). Youth exposure to gender-based violence. In B. Halpern-Fisher (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health. Elsevier.

George A, M., Fuster, V., Murray, C. J., Roth, G. A., Mensah, G. A., Abate, Y. H., ... Tabb, K. M., ... & Béjot, Y. (2023). Global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risks, 1990-2022. Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Gillani, B, & Cohen, F (2023) Developing an anti racist social work curriculum. Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice: Reckoning with Our History, Interrogating our Present, Re-Imagining our Future. Oxford University Press.

Gillani, B., Cohen, F., Asher Blackdeer, A. (2023) Sites of possibility: A scoping review to investigate the mentorship of marginalized social work doctoral students. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work. 20(4). 461-480

Guimarães, R. Andrade, F. C. D., Costa, G. N. O., Rocha, A. S., Barreto, M. L., Salles, C. (2023). Setting references for daily intake of micronutrients: A study on magnesium. Nutrients, 106, 111903.

Hoang, T. M. H., Lee, A. B., Hsieh, W., Lukacena, K. M., & Tabb, K. M. (2023). Experiences of racial trauma among perinatal Women of Color in seeking healthcare services. General Psychiatry Hospital, 84, 60-66.

Hoang, T. M. H., Neville, H. A., Smith, A., Valgoi, M., Schlosser, M., & Cha-Jua, S. K. (2023). Police recruits’ cognitive engagement in a racial literacy education program: Does racial ideology matter? Race and Justice, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/21533687221117279

Hoang, T. M. H., Neville, H. A., Cromley, J., & Dai, T. (2023). Construction and validation of the Racially Biased Reasoning Scale (RBias): A measure of beliefs about police interactions with People of Color. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology.

Hong, J. S., Choi, J., O’Donnell, L. A., Espelage, D. L., Albdour, M., & Wu, C. (2023). Exploring the linkage between family financial struggle and children’s bullying victimization: Implications for nursing and psychotherapeutic practices. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 28(1), e124000,

Kang, S., Chen, X. S., Muzhylko, T., Andrade, F. C. D. (2023). Doctors’ recommendations and healthy lifestyle behaviors among individuals with hypertension in Brazil. Preventive Medicine Reports, 35, 102315.

Kim, S., An, S., Nsonwu, M., Morrison, S., & Henry, J. (2023). Undergraduate students’ perceptions of learning from foreign-born faculty in American university setting. Studies in Higher Education, 48(7), 1111-1122.

Kingstone, T., Tabb, K. M., & Wang, Y. P. (2023). Neurological and clinical aspects of perinatal mental health. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14.

Kopels, S. (2023). Supreme court to review the constitutionality of firearm possession by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders. NASW Specialty Practice Sections, Social Work and the Courts, 1,5.

Kopels, S. (2023). Using red-flag laws to avert violence. NASW Specialty Practice Sections, Intersections in Practice, 8-9.

Kowal, P., Corso, B., Anindya, K., Andrade, F. C. D., Giang, T. L., Gutierrez, M. T. C., Pothisiri, W., Quashie, N., Reina, H. A. R., Rosenberg, M., Towers, A., Vicerra, P. M. M., Minicuci, N., Ng, N., & Byles, J. (2023). Prevalence of unmet health care need in older adults in 83 countries: Measuring progressing towards universal health coverage in the context of global population ageing. Population Health Metrics, 21 (1), 15.

Kwon, S., An, J., Lara-Cinisomo, S., Andrade, F. C. D., & Hernandez, R. (2023). The influence of cultural Values on mental health of informal Korean caregivers for older adults: A systematic review. Social Work in Mental Health, 1-21.

Larrison, C. R., Davis, J. P., Okunoren, O., Sinha, G. R., & Hack, S. M. (2023). Medicaid, race, utilization of crisis services at community mental health agencies. Research on Social Work Practice, 33(7), 782-789.

Lee, B. A., Neville, H. A., Hoang, T.M.H., Ogunfemi, N., & ParDane, A. N. (2023). Coming home: A grounded theory analysis of racial–ethnic–cultural belonging among students of color. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.

Lee, C., Gamino, D., Lore, M., Donelson, C., Windsor, L. (2023) Use of research electronic data capture (REDCap) in a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial (SMART): A practical example of automating double randomization. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 23 (162).

Lee, M. H., Yang, J., & An, S. (2023). Breast cancer screening behavior in Korean American women: Does patient-physician ethnic and gender concordance matter? Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 5(1), 129-135.

Lewis, C., Fedock, G., Garthe, R. C., & Lee, C. (2023). Racial differences in suicidal behaviors and post-suicide attempt treatment: A latent class analysis of incarcerated men’s experiences. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Coelho, M., Loutet, M. G., Berry, I., Lukone, S. O., ... & Kyambadde, P. (2023). Sexual violence stigma experiences among refugee adolescents and youth in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, Uganda: Qualitative insights informed by the stigma power process framework. SSM-Mental Health, 4, 100242.

Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., McAlpine, A., Odong Lukone, S., Kisubi, N., Loutet, M. G., ... & Kyambadde, P. (2023). Qualitative comic book mapping: Developing comic books informed by lived experiences of refugee youth to advance sexual and gender-based violence prevention and stigma reduction in a humanitarian setting in Uganda. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22.

Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Loutet, M., Berry, I., McAlpine, A., Lukone, S. O., ... & Kyambadde, P. (2023). A participatory comic book workshop to improve youth-friendly post-rape care in a humanitarian context in Uganda: A case study. Global Health: Science and Practice, 11(3).

Malama, K., Logie, C. H., Okumu, M., Hakiza, R., Mwima, S., & Kyambadde, P. (2023). Factors associated with motherhood among urban refugee adolescent girls and young women in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda. Women & Health, 63(1), 51-58.

Meinhart, M., Onyango Mangen, P., Hermosilla, S., Cohen, F., Agaba, G., Kajungu, R., Knox, J., Obalim, G., Stark, L. (2023) Refugee caregivers: Associations between psychosocial wellbeing and parenting in Uganda. Stress and Health.

Monico, C., Chacón, O., Olagbemiro, N*., & An, S (2023). Retrospective and perspectives on immigration policy in the United States: Influence on social work practice and relevance to forensic work. Handbook of Forensic Social Work.

Okumu, M., Logie, C.H., Chitwanga. S, A., Hakiza, R. & Kyambadde, P. (2023). A syndemic of inequitable gender norms and intersecting stigmas on condom self-efficacy and practices among displaced youth living in urban slums in Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study. Conflict and Health, 17(38).

Piedra, L. M. (2023). A garden of compassion…In memory of Norman K. Denzin. Qualitative Social Work, 22(6), 1051-1054.

Piedra, L. M. (2023). Positionality—An analytical building block. Qualitative Social Work, 22(4), 611-618.

Piedra, L. M. (2023). Is that all? — Reflections on beginnings, endings, and hopeful transitions. Qualitative Social Work, 22(1), 3-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250221147438

Powe, P. M., VanHook, C., Nakhla, M., & Collier, A., Crum, I., & Miller, E. (2023). Black fathers’ perspectives about early childhood adversity and toxic stress: Results from focus groups. Families in Society.

Powell, T., & Knox, K. (2023). Natural disasters, pandemics, and other crises. In C. Franklin, M. B. Harris, & P. Allen-Meares (Eds.), The School Services Sourcebook (pp. 462-472). Oxford University Press.

Powell, T., Muller, J., & Wetzel, G. (2023). Evidence-based interventions for children and families during disaster recovery: Trends, lessons learned, and future directions. In Environmental Impacts on Families: Change, Challenge, and Adaptation.

Powell, T., Qushua, N. (2023). 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640221074808

Quashie, N. T., García, C., Meltzer, G., Andrade, F. C. D., Matos-Moreno, A. (2023). Neighborhood socioeconomic position, living arrangements, and cardiometabolic disease among Older Puerto Ricans from 2002 to 2007. Plos One, 18 (8), e0289170.

Rieger, A., Marder, M. A., Blackburn, A. M., Garthe, R. C., & Aber, M. S. (2023). Incivility and interpersonal harm in organizational context: A qualitative exploration of values in STEM training programs. Journal of Community Psychology, 51, 2964-2988.

Sinha, G. R., Larrison, C. R., Brooks, I., & Kursuncu, U. (2023). Comparing naturalistic mental health expressions on student loan debts using Reddit and Twitter. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 20(5), 727–742.

Small, E., Nikolova, P.S., Nyoni, T., Zhou, Y., Okumu, M., Lipsey, L.K., Westmore, M & Thomas, L. (2023). Examining HIV-stigma interventions among youth living in sub-Sahara Africa: a systematic review of the evidence. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies.

Smith, D. C., Begum, S., Carrington, A. A., Campbell, C. C., Taylor, S. E., Reinhart, C. A., Swartz, J. A. (2023). Adolescent cannabis use among youth in zip codes with medical dispensaries. Cannabis, 5:3. 36-46.

Smith D. C., Evans J. M., Reinhart C. A., Taylor S. E., Begum S., Jenkins K. V. (2023). Adolescent perceptions of substance use problem resolution and recovery. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly.

Smith D. C., Garthe, R. C., Lee, A., Kim, S., and Thebaud, M. I., & Kovacevic, L., (2023). Expanded adverse childhood experiences (aces) and adult cannabis use: A latent class analysis. Cannabis, 6, 1-9.

Smith, D. C., Reinhart, C. A., Begum, S., Kosgolla, J., Kelly, J. F., Bergman, B. B., & Basic, M. (2023). Coming of age in recovery: The prevalence and correlates of substance use recovery status among adolescents and emerging adults. PLoS One, 18(12), e0295330.

Tabb, K. M., Beck, D. C., Tilea, A., Bell, S., Sugg, G. A., Vance, A., ... & Zivin, K. (2023). The relationship between diagnosed antenatal depression and anxiety and adverse birth outcomes between 2009 and 2020. General Hospital Psychiatry, S0163-8343.

Tabb, K. M., Beck, D. C., Zhang, X., Hall, S., Tilea, A., Sugg, G., ... & Zivin, K. (2023). Trends in psychotherapy utilization for perinatal mental health 2008-2020. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica.

Tabb, K. M., Dalton, V. K., Tilea, A, Kolenic, G. E., Admon, L. K., Hall, S. V., Zhang, X., Ryckman, K. K., & Zivin, K. (2023). Trends in antenatal depression and suicidal ideation diagnoses among commercially insured childbearing individuals in the United States, 2008–2018. Journal of Affective Disorders, 320, 263-267.

Tabb, K., Hsieh, W., Sung, J. S., Hoang, T. M., Diechan Hansen, M., Lux, E., & Huang, W. H. D. (2023). Patient engagement to examine perinatal depression screening perceptions of the capabilities, opportunities, motivation, and behaviors (COM-B) model. Frontiers in Health Services.

Teran-Garcia, M., Hammons, A., Olvera, N., Greder, K., Plaza-Delestre, M., Andrade, F. C. D., Fiese, B., Wiley, A. R., Abriendo Caminos Team (2023). Randomized control trial of a childhood obesity prevention family-based program: “Abriendo Caminos” and effects on BMI. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 11, 1137825.

Tonaco, L. A. B., Velasquez-Melendez, G., Moreira, A. D., Andrade, F. C. D., Malta, D. C., & Felisbino-Mendes, M. S. (2023). Awareness of the diagnosis, treatment, and control of diabetes mellitus in Brazil. Revista de Saúde Pública, 57- 75.

Vance, A. J., Bell, S., Tilea, A., Beck, D., Tabb, K. M., & Zivin, K. (2023). Identifying neonatal intensive care (NICU) admissions using administrative claims data. Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, (Preprint), 1-8.

Velazquez, E., Espinosa-Hernandez, G., Garthe, R. C., Williams, C. D., Romo, S. & Corona, R. (2023). Examining the associations between familial cultural values, parental monitoring, and Mexican adolescents’ sexual behaviors and intentions using structural equation modeling. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.

Velazquez, E., Garthe, R. C., Barinas, J., Rodriguez, M., & Loggins, J. (2023). Parental practices and adolescent health outcomes. In B. Halpern-Fisher (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health. Elsevier.

Wallengren-Lynch, M., Archer-Kuhn, B., Earls Larrison, T., Mercado Garcia, E., Chen Henglien, L., Mitra vom Berg, N., & Blanco Carrasco, M. (2023). “Its not a book; it’s a Bok”: Social work students’ experience of using creative journaling practices as a pedagogical tool to develop transformative learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Work Education, 1–19.

Winsor, J., Landa, C., Hall, A., Narby, C., Kamau, E. (2023). Pushing the integrated employment agenda: Employment systems partners and the high performing states model. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 61(4), 292-306.

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REPORTS & OTHER PRODUCTS

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