A5021525177- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Community Health and Development
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
The Ohio State University
2016-2025
The University of Texas at Austin
2024
United States National Library of Medicine
2024
Nationwide Children's Hospital
2021
National Postdoctoral Association
2016
University of New Mexico
2000-2005
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
2004
This randomized clinical trial evaluated individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), family therapy, combined and a group intervention for 114 substance-abusing adolescents. Outcomes were percentage of days marijuana was used youths achieving minimal use. Each demonstrated some efficacy, although differences occurred outcome measured, speed change, maintenance change. From pretreatment to 4 months, significantly fewer use found the alone interventions. Significantly more had achieved...
Treatment evaluation for alcohol problem, runaway adolescents and their families is rare. This study recruited primary problem (N = 119) caretakers from two shelters assigned them to (a) home-based ecologically based family therapy (EBFT), (b) office-based functional (FFT), or (c) service as usual (SAU) through the shelter. Findings showed that both EBFT FFT significantly reduced drug use compared with SAU at 15-month postbaseline. Measures of adolescent functioning improved over time in all...
To evaluate the impact of case management and individual therapy offered through a drop-in center for homeless youth on substance use, mental health, housing, education, employment, medical care utilization.
To examine the efficacy of 3 theoretically distinct interventions among substance-abusing runaway adolescents and to explore individual differences in trajectories change.Adolescents (N = 179) between ages 12 17 were recruited from a shelter midwestern city. The sample included 94 females (52.5%) 85 males (47.5%); majority African American (n 118, 65.9%). Adolescents randomly assigned Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA, n 57), Motivational Interviewing (MI, 61), or Ecologically-Based...
Homeless youth represent a vulnerable and understudied population. Little research has prospectively identified factors that may place at risk for experiencing homelessness. The current study utilizes data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-97 (NLSY-97) to examine predictors homelessness as young adult (before age 25). NLSY-97 includes nationally representative sample 8,984 youth. Data were first collected these when they between ages 12 18 years. examined whether individual...
Young adults experiencing homelessness often suffer from adverse mental health outcomes and suicide is a leading cause of death. The objective this study to examine service use psychosocial risk factors for suicide, in relation assessment, inform strategies engaging youth prevention services. A cross-sectional analysis enrolled supportive housing randomized clinical trial. We categorized into three groups (low-, moderate-, high-risk) based on suicidal ideation past-year attempt. patterns...
Although research on runaway and homeless youth is increasing, relatively little known about the diagnostic profile of adolescents. The current study examined patterns psychiatric dual multiple diagnosis among a sample (N=226) treatment-engaged substance-abusing (ages 13 to 17) who were residing at shelter. As part larger treatment outcome study, youths' status was assessed using DSM-IV based computerized interview schedule for children [CDISC; (1)]. majority in our met criteria or (60%)...
No study to date has reported intimate partner violence (IPV) experiences among homeless youth. This sought uncover lifetime prevalence estimates of physical, sexual, and emotional IPV a nonprobability sample 180 male female youth in Columbus, Ohio. To that aim, self-reported the association between gender, race, age, history childhood abuse were examined. Results showed physical verbal most commonly current ranged from 30.0% 35.4%. Women those with more likely be victimized by their...
Female homeless youths are vulnerable to risky sex and substance use behaviors, yet they have strengths known as psychological capital. A quasi-experimental pre-post research design with repeated measures was used examine the feasibility preliminary efficacy of a brief intervention enhance capital, reduce health-risk achieve short-term behavioral goals. Study participants were 80 ethnically diverse women between ages 18 23 years. Intervention had significant improvements in hope, resilience,...
Given the high burden of child maltreatment, there is an urgent need to know more about resilient functioning among those who have experienced maltreatment. The aims study were to: 1) identify distinct profiles resilience across cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social domains in young children involved welfare system; 2) examine maltreatment characteristics family protective factors relation identified profiles. A secondary analysis was conducted using data from National Survey Child...
ABSTRACT Few interventions have been developed for substance-abusing homeless mothers. Among those interventions, high dropout rates (up to 85%) are consistently reported. Understanding mothers' experiences with service providers may be an important first step understanding ways increase treatment engagement. Therefore, the current study used qualitative methods gain a better of perceptions providers. A total 28 mothers who were currently residing at shelter in Midwestern city participated...
Family systems therapy has shown to be a powerful adjunct substance use treatment for couples and adolescent users (Rowe, 2012). However, studies including children (8-16 years of age) in the their using mothers have been overlooked are essentially nonexistent. Addressing quality mother-child relationship communication through family may prove potent intervention focus improving mothers' outcomes parent-child interaction. As such, current study recruited 183 who sought outpatient local...