Articles in Refereed Journals
Anticipatory guidance and early child development: Pediatrician advice, unmet needs, and parent behaviors (with B Holden and H Herrod), Clinical Pediatrics (2011)
Anticipatory guidance is acknowledged as an important aspect of pediatric practice, and research shows that...
Integrating neuroscience knowledge into social work education: A case-based approach (with Marcia Egan and Susan L. Neely-Barnes), Journal of Social Work Education (2011)
New knowledge from the rapidly growing field of neuroscience has important implications for our understanding...
Fathers and their infants: Caregiving and affection in the Modern family (with Lauren E. Renkert), Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (2009)
Despite social work's expressed interest in families and belief in the importance of parents to...
How big is your world? An examination of environmental Racial composition on the racial identity of African American adolescents (with John W. Miller, Jr), Race, Gender & Class (2008)
Do African-American adolescents who live in a predominantly African-American community racially identify themselves differently than...
Predictors of mothers’ use of spanking with their infants (with DS Cain), Child Abuse & Neglect (2008)
Objectives: This study describes mothers who report spanking their infants in the first 13 months...
New Mothers’ Psychological Experience and Behavioral Interactions with their Infants in the First 12 Months (with Timothy Page and Daphne S. Cain), Journal of Child and Family Studies (2007)
We examined the psychological dimensions of parents’ perceptions of their infant children and their own...
Resilient parenting: Overcoming poor parental bonding (with W. Travis), Social Work Research (2007)
This study identified groups of mothers with varying patterns of adaptive functioning and bonds with...
Intertwining of poverty, gender, and race: A critical analysis of welfare news coverage from 1993-2000 (with C Luther and D Kennedy), Race, Gender & Class (2006)
Poverty and the Daily Lives of Infants (with Daphne S. Cain), Journal of Children and Poverty (2006)
It has been amply demonstrated that poor children suffer disadvantages as compared to their more...
Do maternal concerns at delivery predict parenting stress during infancy? (with Daphne S. Cain and Elizabeth E. Wilson), Child Abuse & Neglect (2004)
Objective: In a previous study,we found that newmothers could andwould express concerns about their parenting,...
Services for Child Maltreatment: Challenges for Research and Practice (with Catherine A. Faver and Sharon L. Crawford), Children and Youth Services Review (1999)
With the shrinking funds for child welfare allocated primarily to investigation and foster care, prevention...
Health Care Utilization by Children Entering Foster Care, Research on Social Work Practice (1996)
This is a study of the referral completion status of a cohort of children entering...
Assessing the Health Status of Children Entering Foster Care (with Robin Chernoff, Christina Risley-Curtiss, and Alice Heisler), Pediatrics (1994)
Objective. Most research on health problems of children in foster care has been cross-sectional, resulting...
Predicting Birth Weight: Relative Importance of Sociodemographic, Medical, and Prenatal Care Variables (with Christina RTisley-Curtiss and Ronald Taylor), The Social Service Review (1993)
This study uses the 1980 National Natality Study to examine the relative importance of sociodemographic...
Health Effects of Adolescent Pregnancy: Implications for Social Workers, Families in Society (1993)
Adolescent pregnancy carries significant risks to the health of the pregnant adolescent and her child....
Loglinear Analysis in Social Work Research, Journal of Social Service Research (1993)
Loglinear analysis is a method of statistical analysis that is used when all the variables...
America's Health Care System: The Reagan Legacy (with B. Guyer), Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (1992)
Reliability and Validity of the Protective Services Questionnaire (PSQ) (with John G. Orme and Claude J. Guidry), Journal of Social Service Research (1991)
A reliable and valid objective measure of child welfare knowledge would be a valuable contribution...
Utilization of Health Care by Foster Children: Application of a Theoretical Model (with Robin G. Chernoff and Valarie A. Kager), Children and Youth Services Review (1991)
Foster children are among the unhealthiest in this nation, and their health care is grossly...
Infant Mortality and Social Work: Legacy of Success, The Social Service Review (1988)
Although it is not widely known, social workers have had a substantial part in the...
Rehospitalization of Very Low Birthweight Infants (with J. Fishbein and C. Summerville), American Journal of Diseases in Children (1988)
The Application of Labeling Theory to Alcoholism (with John E. Helzer and Richard H. Miller), Journal of Social Service Research (1988)
As applied to alcoholism, the labeling theory of deviance contends that being labeled by others...
Early Hospital Discharge for Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants (with Judith Fishbein and Cynthia Summerville), The New England Journal of Medicine (1987)
Preventing Infant Deaths: A Descriptive Study of One High-risk Neighborhood (with J. Reis and L. Holt), American Journal of Preventive Medicine (1987)
Reliability of Self-reports of Child Abuse and Neglect (with J. Orme), Social Work Research and Abstracts (1987)
Statistical Power and Type II Errors in Social Work Research (with J. Orme), Social Work Research and Abstracts (1986)
Effectiveness of Home Visits by Public Health Nurses in Maternal and Child Health: An Empirical Review (with J. Reis and L. D. Ward), Public Health Reports (1985)
Occupational Prestige and Mortality in Black and White Alcoholics (with John R. Taylor and Lee N. Robins), Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (1985)
Alcohol and Strokes in Young Adults (with J. R. Taylor), American Journal of Psychiatry (1985)
Current drinking, alcoholic binges, and a history of alcohol intoxication differentiated young stroke patients from...
Sampling Bias in Effect Size Standards: A Comment on Rubin and Conway (with J. Orme), Social Work Research and Abstracts (1985)
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Family Structure Effects on Parenting Stress and Practices in the African-American Family (with Daphne S. Cain), Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare (2005)
The predominant approach to African-American parenting research focuses on disadvantages associated with single parenthood to...
Intertwining of Poverty, Gender, and Race: A Critical Analysis of Welfare News Coverage from 1993-2000 (with Katherine A. Luther and Deseriee A. Kennedy), Race, Gender & Class (2005)
Over the years, welfare has become highly intertwined with ideological beliefs involving gender, race, and...
Detecting and Statistically Correcting Sample Selection Bias (with Gary Cuddeback, Elizabeth Wilson, and John G. Orme), Journal of Social Service Research (2004)
Researchers seldom realize 100% participation for any research study. If participants and non-participants are systematically...
Context-Based Parenting in Infancy: Background and Conceptual Issues (with Elizabeth E. Wilson, Daphne S. Cain, Timothy Page, and Laura D. Kirby), Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (2003)
Infancy is a sensitive period during which parenting is crucial to healthy development, and inadequate...
Protecting Children from Chemical Exposure: Social Work and U.S. Social Welfare Policy (with M. E. Rogge), Social Work (2003)
Evidence suggests that the combinations of over 70,000 to 75,000 chemicals in air, land, water,...
Comorbidity of Mental Health Problems and Chronic Health Conditions in Children (with Craig Anne Heflinger and Celeste G. Simpkins), Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (2002)
Both mental and physical health problems have significant, costly effects on children and on society,...
Risk for Child Maltreatment: New Mothers' Concerns and Screening Test Results (with Lisa Martin, Greer Litton Fox, and Catherine A. Faver), Children and Youth Services Review (2000)
Despite the potential usefulness of such information, child maltreatment programs generally do not target services...
Parenting Expectations and Concerns of Fathers and Mothers of Newborn Infants (with Greer Litton Fox and Carol Bruce), Family Relations (2000)
Mothers and their partners were interviewed in the Labor and Delivery units of two hospitals...
Self-reported Depressive Symptoms in School-age Children at the Time of Entry into Foster Care (with Elizabeth C. Allen, Robert J. McCarter, and Linda S. Grossman), Ambulatory Child Health (2000)
Objective To test the following hypotheses: (1) Children entering foster care report more depressive symptoms...
Using the CBCL to Determine the Clinical Status of Children in State Custody (with Craig Anne Heflinger and Celeste G. Simpkins), Children and Youth Services Review (2000)
This manuscript reviews information on past use of the CBCL to describe the clinical status...