UTA School of Social Work Faculty Publications & Presentations preserved and shared openly.
Submissions from 2022
Guidebook for Social Work Literature Reviews and Research Questions, Rebecca L. Mauldin and Matthew DeCarlo
Submissions from 2021
Community-Clinic Linkages for Promoting HIV Prevention: Organizational Networks for PrEP Client Referrals and Collaborations, Mauldin Rebecca, Rawwad Tamara, Amith Muhammad, Kuhns Lisa, Schneider John, and Fujimoto Kayo
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Supporting “Successful” Transitions into Adulthood, Palmer Ashley, Narendorf Sarah, and Graaf Genevleve
Social Networks in an Assisted Living Community: Correlates of Acquaintance and Companionship Ties Among Residents, Mauldin Rebecca, Fujimoto Kayo, Wong Carin, Herrera Sarah, and Anderson Keith
Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities among Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities, Kathy Lee, Rebecca L. Mauldin, Weizhou Tang, John Connolly, Joseph Harwerth, and Karen Magruder
Submissions from 2020
The intersection of the “opioid crisis” with changes in US immigration policy: Contextual barriers to substance abuse research with Latinx communities, Micki Washburn, Luis R. Torres, Nicole Echeveria Moore, and Alberto Mancillas
Network Modeling of Assisted Living Facility Residents’ Attendance at Programmed Group Activities: Proximity and Social Contextual Correlates of Attendance, Rebecca L. Mauldin, Carin Wong, Jason Fernandez, and Kayo Fujimoto
Supports and Gaps in Federal Policy for Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities among Long-Term Care Facility Residents, Rebecca L. Mauldin, Kathy Lee, Weizhou Tang, Sarah Herrera, and Antwan Williams
MEASUREMENT OF ECONOMIC ABUSE AMONG WOMEN NOT SEEKING SOCIAL OR SUPPORT SERVICES AND DWELLING IN THE COMMUNITY, Rachel Voth Schrag and Kristen Ravi
Geriatric Community Health Workers’ Views about Aging, Work, and Retirement: Implications for Geriatrics and Gerontology Education, Kathy Lee and Virginia E. Richardson
Exploring Black Clergy Perspectives on Religious/Spiritual related Domestic Violence: First Steps in Facing those who Wield the Sword Abusively, Maxine Davis and Maxine Johnson
"The Men's Group" at St. Pius V: A Case Study of a Parish-Based Voluntary Partner Abuse Intervention Program, Maxine Davis, Melissa Jonson-Reid, Charles Dahm, Bruno Fernandez, Charles Stoops, and Bushra Sabri
Foundations of Social Work Research, Rebecca L. Mauldin
Commentary on Augsburger and Maercker: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Aggression: What the Data Tells Us and Where We Go from Here, C.T. Taft, O. Gilbar, and Maxine Davis
Submissions from 2019
Older Adults’ Perceived Benefits of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy: Implications for Social Work, Kathy Lee, Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, and Holly Jedlicka
Documented Outcomes for Older Adults in Intergenerational Programming: A Scoping Review, Kathy Lee, Shannon E. Jarrott, and Lisa A. Juckett
Using Social Network Analysis to Assess Professional Network Development among AGESW Pre-Dissertation Fellowship Program Participants, Rebecca L. Mauldin, Jennifer C. Greenfield, Nancy Kusmaul, Noelle L. Fields, Stephanie P. Wladkowski, and Allison Gibson
Voices from the Field: Ecological Factors that Promote Employment and Health Among Low-Income Older Adults with Implications for Direct Social Work Practice, Ernest Gonzales, Kathy Lee, and Bob Harootyan
UNDERSTANDING SCHOOL SABOTAGE AMONG SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE FROM DIVERSE POPULATIONS, Rachel Voth Schrag, Tonya Edmond, and Anne Nordberg
State approaches to funding home and community-based mental health care for non-Medicaid youth: Alternatives to Medicaid waivers, Genevieve Graaf and Lonnie Snowden
Technology-Enhanced Active Learning Classrooms: New Directions for Social Work Education, Kathy Lee, Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, Sam Craighead, and Denise Bronson
Examining the association between prescription opioid misuse and suicidal behaviors among adolescent high school students in the United States, Philip Baiden, Genevieve Graaf, Mariama Zaami, Charles Acolatse, and Yvonne Adeku
Compared to What? A Meta-analysis of Batterer Intervention Studies using Non-Treated Controls or Comparisons, Shih-Ying Cheng, Maxine Davis, Melissa Jonson-Reid, and Lauren Yaeger
Curriculum Mapping in a Social Work Program With the 2015 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards, Monit Cheung, Shu Zhou, Sarah C. Narendorf, and Rebecca L. Mauldin
Pathways to Seeking Help from a Partner Abuse Intervention Program: A Qualitative Study of Voluntary and Non-Court Mandated Latino Men's Experiences, Maxine Davis, Bruno Fernandez, Melissa Jonson-Reid, and Stavroula Kyriakakis
Brief Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Screening Tools: A Scoping Review, Maxine Davis and D. Padilla Medina
Motivations to pursue surrogacy for gay fathers in Canada: a qualitative investigation, Sophia Fantus and Peter A. Newman
What can an evaluation of the AGESW Predissertation Fellows Program tell us about the mentoring needs of doctoral students?, Allison Gibson, Stephanie P. Wladkowski, Noelle L. Fields, Nancy Kusmaul, Jennifer C. Greenfield, and Rebecca L. Mauldin
The “Undeserving Poor,” Racial Bias, and Medicaid Coverage of African Americans, Lonnie Snowden and Genevieve Graaf
Submissions from 2018
Institutional and Individual Factors Affecting Health and Employment for Low-Income Women With Chronic Health Conditions, Kelsi Carolan, Ernest Gonzales, Kathy Lee, and Robert A. Harootyan
TREATMENT GOALS, ASSESSMENT, AND EVALUATION PRACTICES IN RAPE CRISIS CENTERS, Rachel Voth Schrag and Tonya Edmond
DISCOURSE AFTER A BATTERER INTERVENTION PROGRAM: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF “LETTERS FROM THE FUTURE”, Christopher D. Kilgore, Peter Lehmann, and Rachel Voth Schrag
Preparing Social Workers for Evidence-Informed Community-Based Practice: An Integrative Framework, Genevieve Graaf and Allen G. Ratliff
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, TRAUMA, AND MENTAL HEALTH NEED AMONG FEMALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, Rachel Voth Schrag and Tonya Edmond
SERVICE USE AND NEEDS AMONG FEMALE SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ATTENDING COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Rachel Voth Schrag and Tonya Edmond
Change Communication in Public Sector Cutback Management, Genevieve Graaf, Evelyn Hengeveld-Bidmon, Sarah Carnochan, Marianna Salamone, and Micheal Austin
Medicaid Waivers and Public Sector Mental Health Service Penetration Rates for Youth, Genevieve Graaf and Lonnie Snowden
The Potential of Optometrists Referring Older Patients to Community-Based Exercise Programs: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Study, Christina E. Miyawaki, Rebecca L. Mauldin, and Carolyn R. Carman
“Pray That God Will Change You”: The Religious Social Ecology of Bias-Based Bullying Targeting Sexual and Gender Minority Youth—A Qualitative Study of Service Providers and Educators, Peter A. Newman, Sophia Fantus, Michael R. Woodford, and Marie-Jolie Rwigema
How Bisexual-Identified Men Use the Internet to Seek Sex with Other Men in Ontario: Factors Associated with HIV/STI Testing and Condom Use, Rusty Souleymanova, Sophia Fantus, Nathan Lachowsky, David J. Brennan, and Andre Cerantoe
Submissions from 2017
ASSESSING RECEPTIVITY TO EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED TREATMENTS IN RAPE CRISIS CENTERS, Tonya Edmond and Rachel Voth Schrag
Measurement, Education and Tracking in Integrated Care (METRIC): use of a culturally adapted education tool versus standard education to increase engagement in depression treatment among Hispanic patients: study protocol for a randomized control trial, Katherine Sanchez, Brittany H. Eghaneyan, Michael O. Killian, Leopoldo Cabassa, and Madhukar Trivedi
SCHOOL SABOTAGE AS A FORM OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: PROVIDER PERSPECTIVES, Rachel Voth Schrag and Tonya Edmond
Collaborative care in real-world settings: barriers and opportunities for sustainability, Katherine Sanchez
Effect of Social Support and Disclosure of Child Abuse on Adult Suicidal Ideation: Findings From a Population-Based Study, Philip Baiden, Barbara Fallon, and Kofi Antwi-Boasiako
Exploring Moral Distress for Hospital Social Workers, Sophia Fantus, Rebecca A. Greenberg, Barbara Muskat, and Dana Katz
The emergence of ethical issues in the provision of online sexual health outreach for gay, bisexual, two-spirit and other men who have sex with men: perspectives of online outreach workers, Sophia Fantus, Rusty Souleymanov, Nathan Lachowsky, and David Brennan
The Role of Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Policies in Organizing and Financing Care for Children with Severe Emotional Disturbance, Genevieve Graaf and Lonnie Snowden
Relationships Among Diverse Students in a Cohort-Based MSW Program: A Social Network Analysis, Rebecca L. Mauldin, Sarah C. Narendorf, and Amber M. Mollhagen
Informal Use of Information and Communication Technology: Adjunct to Traditional Face-to-Face Social Work Practice, Faye Mishna, Sophia Fantus, and Lauren B. McInroy
Postpartum Depression, Risk Factors, and Child’s Home Environment Among Mothers in a Home Visiting Program, McClain Sampson, Jacquelynn F. Duron, Rebecca L. Mauldin, and Dennis Kao
Increased Mental Health Treatment Financing, Community-Based Organization’s Treatment Programs, and Latino-White Children’s Financing Disparities, Lonnie R. Snowden, Neal Wallace, Kate Cordell, and Genevieve Graaf
Submissions from 2016
Social Participation and Life Satisfaction Among Widowed Older Adults in China, Yawen Li, Ling Xu, Joohong Min, Iris Chi, and Bin Xie
A Comprehensive Evaluation of a Lifelong Learning Program: Program 60, Jee Hoon Park, KyongWeon Lee, and Holly Dabelko-Schoeny
Effects of extracurricular activities on postsecondary completion for students withdisabilities, Ashley Palmer, William Elliott III, and Gregory Cheatham
Prefrontal responses to Stroop tasks in subjects with post-traumatic stress disorder assessed by functional near infrared spectroscopy, Amarnath Yennu, Fenghua Tian, Alexa Smith-Osborne, Robert J. Gatchel, Fu Lye Woon, and Hanli Liu
Korean Survivors of the Japanese “Comfort Women ” System: Understanding the Lifelong Consequences of Early Life Trauma, Jee Hoon Park, KyongWeon Lee, Michelle D. Hand, Keith A. Anderson, and Tess E. Schleitwiler
CAMPUS BASED SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DATING VIOLENCE: A REVIEW OF STUDY CONTEXTS AND PARTICIPANTS, Rachel Voth Schrag
Perception of Need and Receipt of Mental Health Treatment: A Three-Group Comparison of Young Adults With Psychological Distress, Sarah Narendorf and Ashley Palmer
Women’s Education and World Peace: A Feminist Dream Comes True, Vijayan K. Pillai and Ya-Chien Wang
Police Charging Decisions in Child Maltreatment Investigations: Findings from the 2008 Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect, Philip Baiden, Barbara Fallon, Wendy den Dunnen, and Tara Black
The mediating effect of depressive symptoms on the relationship between bullying victimization and non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents: Findings from community and inpatient mental health settings in Ontario, Canada, Philip Baiden, Shannon L. Stewart, and Barbara Fallon
The role of adverse childhood experiences as determinants of non-suicidal self-injury among children and adolescents referred to community and inpatient mental health settings, Philip Baiden, Shannon L. Stewart, and Barbara Fallon
Measuring Relationship Quality in an International Study: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Validity, Jill M. Chonody, Jacqui Gabb, Michael O. Killian, and Priscilla Dunk-West
Racial Disparities in Drug Court Outcomes: Lessons Learned from the Lived Experiences of White and African American Participants in One Midwestern Drug Court, John R. Gallagher and Anne Nordberg
The Impact of the Great Recession on County Human Service Organizations: A Cross Case Analysis, Genevieve Graaf, Evelyn Hengeveld-Bidmon, Sarah Carnochan, Peter Radu, and Michael Austin
Supporting Evidence-Informed Practice in Human Service Organizations: An Exploratory Study of Link Officers, Genevieve Graaf, Bowen McBeath, Kristin Lwin, Dez Holmes, and Michael Austin
Participation in community activities through Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) Supportive Service Programs, EMILY A. GREENFIELD and REBECCA L. MAULDIN
Millennials and Social Entrepreneurship: A Multiple Streams Analysis of Problems, Prospects, and Implications for Policy and Practice, KeongWeon Lee and Sandra R. Naeger
Health reform and the ACA triple gap: Failing low-income young adults with mental health needs, Ashley Palmer
Increased Medicaid Financing and Equalization of African Americans’ and Whites’ Outpatient and Emergency Treatment Expenditures, Lonnie R. Snowden, Neal Wallace, Kate Cordell, and Genevieve Graaf
Psychological Well-Being of Older Chinese-American Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren, Fengyan Tang, Ling Xu, Iris Chi, and XinQi Dong
Submissions from 2015
Examining the Independent Effect of Social Support on Unmet Mental Healthcare Needs Among Canadians: Findings from a Population-Based Study, Philip Baiden, Wendy den Dunnen, and Barbara Fallon
Child Malnutrition and Gender Preference in India: The Role of Culture, Vijayan K. Pillai and Jeyle Ortiz-Rodriguez
Factors Associated With Achieving Complete Mental Health Among Individuals With Lifetime Suicide Ideation, Philip Baiden and Esme Fuller-Thomson
Perceptions of Non-governmental Organizations and Socio-economic Progress: The Case of Four Latin American Countries, Hector Luis Diaz and Vijayan K. Pillai
Addressing Fertility Preservation for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer, Sophia Fantus, Abha Gupta, Armando Lorenzo, David Brownsone, Anne-Marie Maloney, and Randi Zlotnik Shaul
Love Experiences of Older African Americans: A Qualitative Study, Rashmi Gupta, Vijayan K. Pillai, Deepa Punetha, and Andrea Monah
The Home-Delivered Meals Program: A Promising Intervention for Suburban Older Adults Living Alone, Kyongweon Lee and Lisa Raiz
Local Currency for Community Development: Policy Barriers and Support, Rebecca L. Mauldin
A Social Ecology of Bias-Based Bullying of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Toward a Conceptualization of Conversion Bullying, Peter A. Newman and Sophia Fantus
Therapeutic governmentality and biopower in a Canadian mental health court, Anne Nordberg
Submissions from 2014
The role of sense of community belonging on unmet health care needs in Ontario, Canada: findings from the 2012 Canadian community health survey, Philip Baiden, Wendy den Dunnen, Godwin Arku, and Paul Mkandawire
Equine Therapy in the Treatment of Female Eating Disorder, Edward Cumella, Carolyn Boyd Lutter, Alexa Smith-Osborne, and Zina Kally
Psychotropic Medication Monitoring Checklists: Use and Utility for Children in Residential Care, Ajit Ninan, Shannon L. Stewart, Laura Theall, Gillian King, Ross Evans, Philip Baiden, and Al Brown
The enduring effects of early-childhood adversities and troubled sleep among Canadian adults: a population-based study, Philip Baiden, Barbara Fallon, Wendy den Dunnen, and Godfred Odei Boateng
Here to Stay: Cyber Communication as a Complement in Social Work Practice, Faye Mishna, Marion Bogo, Jennifer Root, and Sophia Fantus
Liminality and Mental Health Court Diversion: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Offender Experiences, Anne Nordberg
EEG/QEEG Technology Identifies Neurobiomarkers Critical to Medication Selection and Treatment in Refractory Cases, Vijayan K. Pillai, Ronald J. Swatzyna, Jay D. Tarnow, Jonika D. Tannous, Christine Schieszler, and Gerald P. Kozlowski
The Ferguson Verdict: Tracing the Movement Against Racism, Beth Prusaczyk, Divya Ravindranath, Maxine Davis, and Whitney Sewell
Race in Contemporary America: Protest, Police and Media in Ferguson, Divya Ravindranath, Maxine Davis, Beth Prusaczyk, and Whitney Sewell
Prefrontal responses to digit span memory phases in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): A functional near infrared spectroscopy study, Fenghua Tian, Amarnath Yennu, Alexa Smith-Osborne, F. Gonzalez-Lima, Carol S. North, and Hanli Liu
Sanitation in India: Role of Women's Education, FangHsun Wei and Vijayan K. Pillai
Submissions from 2013
International Non-Governmental Organizations in Latin America and Social Capital: An Empirical Case Study, Vijayan K. Pillai, FangHsun Wei, and Arati Maleku
The Effects of Disaster on Women’s Reproductive Health in Developing Countries, Ronald J. Swatzyna and Vijayan K. Pillai
The Ethical and Clinical Implications of Utilizing Cybercommunication in Face-to-Face Therapy, Sophia Fantus and Faye Mishna
Aging in Place in Assisted Living: Exploring the Personal and Environmental Factors Related to Length of Stay, Noelle LeCrone Fields
The Greening of Social Work, Vijayan K. Pillai and Rashmi Gupta
Maternal Mortality and Female Literacy Rates in Developing Countries during 1970–2000: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis, Vijayan K. Pillai, Arati Maleku, and FangHsun Wei