Publications, Reports, & Presentations

Since 1991, CHSR has produced many publications, reports, and presentations for its funders:

Publications:

• Housing Needs of Grandparent Caregivers: Grandparent, Youth, and Professional Perspectives - Lauren Polvere, Ph.D., Camille Barnes, Ph.D., Eunju Lee, Ph.D. (Journal of Gerontological Social Work on Taylor & Francis Online, Mar 2018)
• Implementation and Outcomes of an Innovative Front End Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative - Susan Ehrhard-Dietzel, Ph.D., Michael S. Barton, Darien A. Hickey (Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 2017)
• Let’s Talk About Breastfeeding: The Importance of Delivering a Message in a Home Visiting Program - Sandra McGinnis, PhD, Eunju Lee, PhD, Kristen Kirkland, PhD,Claudia Miranda-Julian, PhD, and Rose Greene, MA - (American Journal of Health Promotion 2017)
• Parenting Stress of Grandparents and Other Kin as Informal Kinship Caregivers - Eunju Lee, Yeonggeul Lee, Michael Clarkson-Henderix - (Children and Youth Services Review July 2016)
• Validating the Family Needs Scale - Eunju Lee, Mi Jin Choi, Michael Clarkson-Henderix - (Children and Youth Services Review - January 2016)
• Why Give Violent Domestic Abusers a Gun? How the Supreme Court’s Definition of Violence Today Will Affect the Number of Gun Injuries Tomorrow. - Amy Barasch - (Jurisprudence: The Law, Lawyers and the Court, 2014)
• A Statewide Assessment of Electronic Health Record Adoption and Health Information Exchange among Nursing Homes Erika L. Abramson, Sandra McGinnis, Jean Moore and Rainu Kaushal, HITEC investigators (Health Services Research - 2014)
• Predictors of Total Calories Purchased at Fast-food Restaurants: Restaurant Characteristics, Calorie Awareness, and Use of Calorie Information Ian Brissette,Ph.D, Ann Lowenfelds,MPH, Corina Noble,MS and Deborah Spicer, RD,MPH (Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Sept-Oct 2013)
• Diversion and Kinship Care: A Collaborative Approach Between Child Welfare Services and NYS's Kinship NavigatorGerard William Wallace & Eunju Lee - (Journal of Family Social Work Volume 16, 2013 - Issue 5: Understanding Kinship Care: Implications for Policy and Practice - 2013)
• Organizational climate and burnout among home visitors: Testing mediating effects of empowerment.
Eunju Lee, Nina Esaki, Jeehoon Kim, Rose Greene, Kristen Kirkland, and Susan Mitchell-Herzfeld (Children and Youth Services Review, 2013 )
• Barriers to Food Stamps in New York State: A Perspective from the Field.Lara Kaye and Eunju Lee (Journal of Poverty, Jan 14,2013)
• Social Correlates of Delinquency for Youth in Need of Mental Health Services: Examining the Scope Conditions of Criminological Theories
Matt Vogel and Steven F. Messner (Justice Quarterly, 2012)
• Barriers to Food Stamps in New York State: Perspective from the Field.
Lara Kaye, Eunju Lee, and Yi Yi Chen (Journal of Poverty, 2013)
• Randomized Trial of Healthy Families New York (HFNY): Does Home Visiting Prevent Child Maltreatment?
Kimberly DuMont, Kristen Kirkland, Susan Mitchell-Herzfeld, Susan Ehrhard-Dietzel, Monica L. Rodriguez, Eunju Lee, China Layne, and Rose Greene - (National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, 2011)
• Averting Child Maltreatment: Individual, Social, and Community Resources
Kimberly DuMont, Susan Ehrhard-Dietzel, and Kristen Kirkland (in Michael Ungar (Ed.) The Social Ecology of Resilience: A Handbook of Theory and Practice, 2011)  
• Risk and Protective Factors for Child Neglect During Early Childhood: A Cross-Study Comparison
Kristen Shook-Slack, Lawrence M. Berger, Kimberly DuMont, Mi-Young Yang, Bomi Kim, Susan Ehrhard-Dietzel, and Jane L. Holl  (Children and Youth Services Review, 2011)
• Effects of Healthy Families New York on the Promotion of Maternal Parenting Competencies and the Prevention of Harsh Parenting
M.L. Rodriguez, K.Dumont, S.D. Mitchell-Herzfeld, N.J. Walden, & R.Greene (Child Abuse and Neglect, 2010)
• Collocation: Integrating Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Services
E. Lee, N. Esaki, & R. Greene (Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 2009)
• The Role of Nurse Practitioners in Meeting the Need for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services: A State-Wide Survey
L. Kaye, L. A. Warner, C. A. Lewandowski, R. Greene, J. K. Acker, & N. Chiarella (Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 2009)
• Reducing Low Birth Weight Through Home Visitation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
E. Lee, S. Mitchell-Herzfeld, A. Lowenfels, R. Greene, V. Dorabawila, & K. DuMont (American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2009)
• Healthy Families New York Randomized Trial: Impacts on Early Child Abuse and Neglect
K. DuMont, S. Mitchell-Herzfeld, R. Greene, E. Lee, A. Lowenfels, M. Rodriguez & V. Dorabawila (Child Abuse and Neglect, 2008)

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Reports and Research Briefs:

• Key Demographic and OrganizationalFactors in Predicting Healthy Families New York Home Visitor Retention (Summer 2018)
• Coalition Capacity Checklist 2017 Brief Summary: Partnership for Success – South Glens Falls School District Thomas LaPorte (2017)
• Urban Scholars Brief 2017Kenneth Robin,Psy.D.(November 2017)
• Employer Perspectives on Employment of Young Adults - Sarah Rain (September 2017)
• Best Practices to Enhance the Employability of Opportunity Youth: A Synthesis of the Available Literature (September 2017)
• The Civil Legal Needs of Victims of Crime in New York State: An Assessment of the Issues, Services,and Challenges in Meeting the Civil Legal Needs of Victims (June 2017)
• Medicaid Redesign Team Supportative Housing Evaluation: Utilization Report 1 (May 2017)
• Albany County Report 2016
• NYS Success and Sustaining Systems of Care - Camille Barnes Ph.D.(Sept. 2016)
• Understanding Fathers’ Participation in Home Visits(Sept. 2016)
• NYS Success Program Evaluation Booklet(June 2016)
• Kinship Final Brief - Eunju Lee, January 2016
• NYS Success Research Brief: Youth Guided Care - Camille Barnes, Ph.D. & Lauren Polvere, Ph.D.(August 2015)
• NYS Grandfamilies Housing Study FINAL REPORT( March 2015)
• Albany Promise 2014 Report Card( Dec. 2014)
• Final Report: Evaluability Assessment of the NAFI Youth and Police Initiative Training( Dec. 2014)
• Final Evaluation Report: Understanding the Role of Parent Engagement to Enhance Mentoring Outcomes(2014)
• Final Report: Juvenile Justice Mobile Response Team(2014)
• Final Report: Evaluation of CPS/DV Co-Location(2014)
• Final Evaluation Report: Healthy Families New York Home Visiting Program: Pre- and Postnatal Discussions Foster Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation(2013)
• Chemung County Evaluation Report (2012)
• The Capital Region Child and Adolescent Mobile Crisis Team (CAMT)Operated by Parsons Child and Family Center(2011)
• Family Resource Center: Service Utilization Report (2011)
• Albany County, NY System of Care: Final Evaluation Report (2010)
• Family Resource Center: Community Study (2010)
• Family Resource Center: Outcome Study (2010)
• Evaluation of AmeriCorps State Programs in New York State: Volunteer Generation (2009)
• Teens Thinking About Suicide When Entering Albany County System of Care (2009)
• Effects of Healthy Families New York on Maternal Behaviors: Observational Assessments of Positive and Negative Parenting (2008)
• Assessing and Addressing the Need for Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists in New York State: Report on a County Wide Telephone Survey (2008)
• A Study of New York State’s Family Resource Center Network (2006)
• Healthy Families New York (HFNY) Randomized Trial: Impacts on Parenting after the First Two Years (2006)
• Data Analysis Report: Subsidized Legally Exempt Child Care in Albany County (2006)
• Integrating the Human Service System: Final Evaluation of the New York State Integrated County Planning Initiative (2005)
• Evaluation Findings of the Healthy Families New York (HFNY): First Year Program Impacts (2005)
• Evaluation Findings of the Healthy Families New York Home Visiting Program (2001)
• A Study to Improve the Delivery of Services in an Upstate Emergency Department (2001)

Archived Reports (1991-1999)

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Presentations:

• 2017 System of Care Evaluation Research Scientists, Camille Barnes, Thomas LaPorte and Jennifer Ciccone presented at Parson’s Child and Family Center with the project leadership team for the NYS System of Care project. (November 2017)
• New York State Office of Victim Services 2017 Conference: The Crime Victims Legal Network Project: Connecting Crime Victims to Civil Legal Assistance Remla Parthasarathy, Project Lead - Crime Victims Legal Network; CHSR Research Scientist, Susan Ehrhard-Dietzel,Ph.D - University at Albany; Liz Keith, Program Director - Pro Bono Net (November 2017)
• Best Practices to Enhance the Employability of Young Adults: PowerPoint Presentation Senior Research Support Specialist, Sarah Rain and Research Interviewer, Tyler Bellick presented at the The City of Albany’s Poverty Reduction Initiative Luncheon(July 2017)
• 2016 Partnership for Youth Justice State Conference: Using Data to Drive Practice Dr. Susan Ehrhard-Dietzel presented at The Partnership for Youth Justice in September 2016 at the Partnership for Youth Justice State Conference in Syracuse NY.
• Breastfeeding Promotion Through Home Visits Sandra McGinnis at the NYSPA 28th Annual Perinatal Conference June 5-6, 2014, Albany, NY(Nov 2014)
• Presentation for Multi-site Systems Development John Heck at the HFA National Leadership Conference, Jacksonville, Fla.(Nov 2013)
• Evaluating the Implementation and Effects of Co-locating DV Advocates in Child Welfare Offices. Rose Greene & Ellen Unruh at the 19th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. New Orleans, LA. April/May 2014
  
• Presentation for Multi-site Systems Development John Heck at the HFA National Leadership Conference, Jacksonville, Fla.(Nov 2013)
• Promoting Father Engagement: Program Outcomes and Lessons Learned from the Healthy Families New York Experience Matt Vogel, Tom Dwyer, Corina Allen, and Matt Scott
  Presented at the 17th Annual New York State Child Abuse Prevention Conference April 2012
• Lessons Learned from Using Technology to Increase Study Participation Among Child Welfare Service Recipients Lara Kaye, Lynn Warner, Rose Greene, and Corinne Noble
  Presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association November, 2010
• Working with Teen Dads – An Opportunity to Change Futures China Layne, Tina Williams, Robert Foulks, and Shane Lehman
  Annual Conference of Prevent Child Abuse New York April, 2010
• Using Geospatial Techniques to Conduct Program Evaluation and Inform Service Delivery Matt Vogel, Rose Greene, and LuAnn McCormick Presented at the 23rd Annual Children's Mental Health Research & Policy Conference
  March, 2010
• Correlates of Delinquency in the Albany County, New York  System of Care Matt Vogel
  Presented at the 23rd Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference
  March 2010
• Social Correlates of Delinquency of Youth in Need for Mental Health Services: Examining the Scope Conditions of Criminological Theories Matt Vogel and Steven F.  Messner 
  Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting
  March 2010
• Improving the Food Stamps Program in New York State: Nutrition Outreach and Education Program Findings and Recommendations Dr. Lara Kaye and Dr. Eunju Lee, Presented to the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
  May, 2009
• Fostering Father Involvement: the Healthy Families New York Experience China Layne, Tina Williams, Fatimah Abdullahai, and Chris Shortell Annual Conference of Prevent Child Abuse New York April, 2009
• Long-Term Effectiveness of Healthy Families New York on Mothers' Observed Positive and Negative Parenting Monica Rodriguez, Kimberly Dumont, Nicole Walden, and Rose Greene
  Presented to the Society for Research in Child Development April, 2009
• Factors Associated With Perceptions Of Need For Child And Adolescent Psychiatry Dr.Cathleen A. Lewandowski, Dr. Lara Kaye, and Dr. Lynn Warner Presented at the 22nd Annual Research Conference, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base March 2009
• Perceived Worker Control and Organizational Climate on Burnout Eunju Lee, Nina Esaki, Jeehoon Kim, and Rose Greene Presented to the Society for Social Work and Research January 2009
• Creating a Green Workplace: Developing a Non-Toxic Environment to Prevent Home Visitor Burnout Eunju Lee, Rose Greene, and Ellen Butowsky Presented at the Prevent Child Abuse America National Conference May 2008
• Linking Research with Practice:  A New York State of Mind Rose Greene, Joy Griffith, Ann Pitkin, and Ellen Butowsky Presented at the National Conference of Prevent Child Abuse America May 2006
• Good Cop/Bad Cop: The Contrasting Roles of Child Welfare Workers and Substance Abuse Counselors in a Collaborative Partnership
  Rose Greene and Eunju Lee Presented at the 5th International Conference on Evaluation for Practice
  July 2005
• Take this Job and Love It: Findings from a Survey of Home Visitors Rose Greene, Eunju Lee, Nina Esaki, and Manrong Chen Presented at the New York State Child Abuse Prevention Conference
  May 2005
• Impact of Prenatal Home Visitation on Low Birth Weight: A Randomized Trial of the Healthy Family America Model Eunju Lee, Ann Lowenfels, and Rose Greene Presented at the 132nd Annual Meeting of American Public Health Association November 2004
• Co-locating Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Programs in New York State: The Evolution of Policy to Practice Eunju Lee, Rose Greene, and Nina Esaki Presented at the 1st National Conference on Substance Abuse, Child Welfare and the Dependency Court July 2004
• Understanding Research on Home Visitation to Inform Policy and Practice Charles Izzo, Susan Mitchell-Herzfeld, Rose Greene, and Eunju Lee
  Presented at the Prevent Child Abuse National Conference May 2004
• The Politics of Program Evaluation: Lessons Learned in Conducting Prevention Research
  Rose Greene and Eunju Lee Presented at the 14th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
  April 2003
• Reality Programming: Computer Applications for Child Welfare Workers Rose Greene, Jeff Luks and John Heck Presented at the Child Welfare League of America Conference November 2003
• Politics of Program Evaluation: Lessons Learned in Conducting Prevention Research
  Rose Greene and Eunju Lee Presented at the 14th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
  April 2003

Archived Presentations (1991-1999)

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