Video Introduction | MyNCBI Bibliography | Research Seminar Video
I. General Research Interest
- Child maltreatment
1. Childhood response to maltreatment
2. Child sexual abuse
3. Nonoffending parental response to child sexual abuse in out of home settings
4. Relationship of substance abuse and child maltreatment - Grandparents raising traumatized grandchildren
1. Psychological distress in African American grandparents raising grandchildren
2. Predictors of psychological distress in African American grandparents raising grandchildren
3. Developing culturally appropriate interventions for grandparents raising grandchildren
4. Developmental delays and early intervention services for children raised by grandparents - Child abuse prevention
1. Home visitation programs - Childhood trauma
1. Immediate impact
2. Long-term impact
II. Current Research Projects
- Project Healthy Grandparents: A community-based intervention to improve well-being in grandparent raising grandchildren in parent-absent households
III. Research Skills
- Interdisciplinary team projects
- Project management
- Recruitment in vulnerable populations
- Grant writing: Public and private sources
- Developing, implementing and evaluating interventions
- Quantitative research methodologies
- Community-based interventions
- Measurement of well-being in African American populations
Grandparents raising grandchildren
Grandchildren raised by grandparents
Custodial grandparents
Caregiving grandparents
Kinship care
Child maltreatment
Substance abuse
Substance use disorder
Foster care
Relative foster care
Psychological distress
African American families
Chronic disease
Home visitation
Intergenerational families
Vulnerable populations
Intervention research
Child maltreatment prevention
Urban dwelling populations
Traumatized children
Out of home placement
Child behavior problems
Social support
Family resources
Family stress model
Congenital heart disease