Shauna P. Acquavita

ORCID: 0000-0001-6353-5174
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Research Areas
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Social Work Education and Practice
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
  • Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Archaeology and Natural History
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Maternal and fetal healthcare
  • Water Quality and Resources Studies
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

University of Cincinnati
2014-2024

University of Cincinnati Medical Center
2016-2024

Google (United States)
2024

Addiction Switzerland
2022

Oncology Hematology Care
2017

Johns Hopkins University
2010-2011

University of Maryland, Baltimore
2009

Abstract A national online survey examined the relationship among minority status, workplace racial composition, perceived inclusion, organization diversity, and job satisfaction for social work professionals employed in organizations. magazine's subscribers members of a listserv were contacted by e-mail invited to participate. Respondents consisted 119 workers; 86 Results indicate that organizational supervisory support, perceptions inclusion/exclusion significant predicting workers'...

10.1080/03643100902768824 article EN Administration in Social Work 2009-03-24

Journal Article A Comparison of Cigarette Smoking Profiles in Opioid-Dependent Pregnant Patients Receiving Methadone or Buprenorphine Get access Margaret S. Chisolm, MD, MD 1Department Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Heather Fitzsimons, MPH, MPH Jeannie-Marie Leoutsakos, PhD, MHS, MHS MD;5Department Mental Health, Bloomberg Public University, Shauna P....

10.1093/ntr/nts274 article EN Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2013-01-03

The need to train health social workers practice interprofessionally is an essential goal of work education. Although most have exposure multidisciplinary within their field work, few education programs incorporate interprofessional learning as integrated component both course and experiences (McPherson, Headrick, & Moss, 2001; Reeves, Lewin, Espin, Zwaranstein, 2010; Weinstein, Whittington, Leiba, 2003). In addition, little written about the kinds curricula that would effectively promote...

10.1080/00981389.2013.792913 article EN Social Work in Health Care 2013-08-01

Technology-based health interventions may provide a means to reach low-income perinatal women and improve outcomes for both mother infant, yet little is known about technology access interest among this population. This study explored interest, attitudes, concerns regarding deliver information interventions.Between May October 2014, cross-sectional of 161 pregnant and/or postpartum mothers (up 1 year) was conducted, assessing attitudes behaviors the current use devices receptivity delivered...

10.1089/tmj.2017.0292 article EN Telemedicine Journal and e-Health 2018-04-30

Cigarette smoking among pregnant women diagnosed with substance use disorders (SUD) is four times higher than without SUD. However, much of the literature on pregnancy and has centered latter group. This study used Health Belief Model as a framework to explore cessation in SUD.Four 60-minute focus groups were conducted semistructured moderator guide. Participants (N = 21) who smoked during pregnancy, gave birth within past year, residing at women's SUD treatment center. A directed content...

10.1093/ntr/ntw268 article EN Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2016-09-29

The relevance of doctoral education is being questioned across a wide spectrum disciplines, and social work no exception. An examination the history in United States provides backdrop to current challenges field. historical role research teaching education, structure including Ph.D. vs. DSW, growth programs are all examined. Current issues explored include: interdisciplinary nature practice; increased institutional focus on funded research; support for underrepresented students; need...

10.1080/02615479.2015.1053448 article EN Social Work Education 2015-10-03

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based practice identify, reduce prevent alcohol drug use abuse. SBIRT a natural fit for interprofessional education (IPE). This article discusses IPE training model implemented with social work, medicine, pharmacy nursing students that provided (a) on SBIRT, (b) experiences, (c) clinical application of learnings. Pre- postpaired sample t tests indicated students' content knowledge attitudes toward people problems...

10.1080/1533256x.2019.1589883 article EN Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions 2019-03-21

The purpose of this study was to characterize the communicative participation and functional speech intelligibility (i.e., how children use communication well they are understood across everyday life) typically developing (TD) bilingual Jamaican preschoolers those with functionally defined sound disorders (fSSDs) in COVID-19 milieu. Findings were also compared an existing corpus baseline data document explore differences children's speech-language outcomes secondary pandemic-related social...

10.1044/2024_ajslp-23-00164 article EN cc-by-nc-nd American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 2024-04-04

AIMS: To investigate whether cigarette smoking and/or depression contribute to neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) severity. DESIGN: Cohort study analyzing data from a randomized, controlled trial of methadone versus buprenorphine. SETTING: Seven sites that randomized patients conditions and provided comprehensive addiction treatment pregnant patients. PARTICIPANTS: 119 131 opioid-dependent who completed the MOTHER study. MEASUREMENTS: Smoking status were obtained Addiction Severity Index...

10.1097/adt.0b013e31821cadbd article EN Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 2011-05-12

This study aims to measure growth in interprofessional knowledge, skills, and values MSW students from three universities who participated a Behavioral Health Workforce Education Training program focused on serving children, adolescents, transition-age youth.Students an field placement specialized educational sessions that addressed team-based care, engaging at-risk youth families, working with vulnerable populations. The Interprofessional Socialization Valuing Scale (ISVS) was administered...

10.1080/26408066.2020.1781730 article EN Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work 2020-07-02

Background: One way to address substance misuse is train health professional students in Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral Treatment (SBIRT), an early intervention strategy. This study evaluated a semester-long, 50-hour elective SBIRT training that blended online coursework with interprofessional experiences. Medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work completed standardized patient experience minimum of two experiences at community agencies. Methods: We analyzed longitudinal data...

10.1080/08897077.2021.1900982 article EN Substance Abuse 2021-04-02

Although cigarette smoking is a major contributor to continued health problems after stroke, the majority of stroke survivors do not quit smoking. This may be due in part high rate among committed partners survivors. study investigated experiences 11 dual-smoker survivor–caregiver dyads, identifying themes which useful for understanding this entrenched population: managing addiction as dyad; conflicting feelings about whether an individual versus mutual concern; and dyad-level barriers...

10.1177/1359105316667797 article EN Journal of Health Psychology 2016-09-15

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence based practice intended provide education, intervention, treatment for people at risk of developing, or who have already developed substance use disorders. SBIRT has been in existence since the 1980s, however, barriers implementation impacted its’ adoption. Social work uniquely positioned disseminate SBIRT. This special issue provides information on role social future directions. It contains 14 articles that...

10.1080/1533256x.2019.1590707 article EN Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions 2019-03-27

MSW students (n = 202) from four U.S. universities participated in a Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training program focused on integrated care with children youth. Data were aggregated across programs to assess for improved scores the Attitudes Towards Healthcare Teams Scale (ATHCTS). Students who identified as White reported significantly higher ATHCT at pre-test compared racial or ethnic minority group. However, upon completion of program, there no statistically significant...

10.1080/10437797.2021.1997687 article EN Journal of Social Work Education 2021-12-02
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