Presentations: Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy (ICYFP)

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Student Presentations

Derrington, T. (November 2007). "Federally Mandated Referrals from Child Welfare to Part C Early Intervention Services: What Works in Rhode Island." American Public Health Association.

Derrington, T. (November 2007). "Rhode Island's Experience with Federally Mandated Referrals from Child Welfare to Part C Early Intervention." National Training Institute, Zero to Three.

Man, M. (November 2007). "Decision Making in Massachusetts Public High Schools: Contextual Factors that Influence REstrictions of Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value." American Public Health Association.

Murphy, M. (November 2007). "Child Care Subsidy Utillization: New Findings about Factors Affecting Subsidy Use, Implications for Employment, and Policy Responses." Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.

Schor, D.M. (November 2007). "City Government as Enabler of Youth Civic Engagement: Implications for Policy." New England Sociological Association, 2007 Fall Conference.

Douglass, A. (June 2007). "Understanding and Responding to the Sexual Behaviors of Your Children: Helping Teachers Prevent Sexual Abuse and Foster Health Development." National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development.

Douglass, A. (June 2007). "Supporting Teachers and Strengthening Families: What It Looks Like at the National, State, Community, and Program Levels." National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development.

Perea, F. (March 2007). "Early Academic Pathways a Predictor of Academic Outcomes in Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study of Children of Immigrants." Society for Research in Child Development.

Ames, M. (November 2006). "Utilization, Intensity, and Duration of Services for Children in the Child Welfare System Referred to Early Intervention." American Public Health Association.

Douglass, A. (November 2006). "Can the MECLI Model Be Extended to Homeless Children? Another Population Vulnerable to Toxic Stress." American Public Health Association.

McDonald, J.L. (November 2006). "Child Welfare Families: What Are Their Experiences in the Early Intervention System?" American Public Health Association.

McPherson, M. (November 2006). "Pregnant Women, Imprisonment, and Public Health." American Public Health Association.

McPherson, M. (November 2006). "Health Care Choices Facing Adolescent Girls." American Public Health Association.

McPherson, M. (June 2006). "Who Says It's 'The Bible of Women's Health' ? Feminism and Book Reviews of Our Bodies, Ourselves." National Women's Studies Association.

Douglass, A. (May 2006). "An Early Intervention-Family Shelter Model for Suporting the Healthy Development of Young Children." Building Healthy Futures: One Family at a Time.

Derrington, T. (April 2006). "Bringing Science, Practice, and Policy Together." Zero to Three Policy Center.

Dash, K. (March 2006). "Gender, Acculturation, and Adjustment in Mexican and Vietnamese Youth." Society for Research in Child Development.

Finkelstein, D. (March 2006). "Effects of Social Status and Stress on Adolescent Smoking." Society for Adolescent Medicine.

Finkelstein, D. (March 2006). "Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Stress: The Role of Psychological Resources." Society for Adolescent Medicine.

McPherson, M. (March 2006). "Global Feminism and Women's Health." Brandeis University, 2006 Tillie K. Lubin Symposium, Waltham, MA.

Presentations

Child Welfare

Gil, D. (June 2009). Invited Keynote Speaker. "One Child, Many Hands" child welfare conference, University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy and Practice, Philadelphia, PA.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (October 2008). "The Development of E-Risk Assessment Tool to Identify Early Precursors of Likely Neglect: Critical Considerations." American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Public Health Without Borders, San Diego, CA.

Klerman, L.V. (July 2008). "America's Children: Its Most Precious Resource." Presentation to Tokyo University of Social Work students, Cambridge, MA.

Klerman, L.V. (October 2007). "The Child Supervision Visit." Family Medicine Grand Rounds, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

Klerman, L.V. (August 2007). "America's Children: Its Most Precious Resource." Presentation to Tokyo University of Social Work students, Cambridge, MA.

Klerman, L.V. (November 2006). "Early Intervention Services: An Approach to Toxic Stress in Young Children." American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Klerman, L.V. (April 2005). "Removing the Perverse Incentive: A Public-Private Partnership Serving Children with Unsubstantiated Child Abuse/Neglect Investigations." National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Boston, MA.

Disabilities

Warfield, M.E.(April 2005). "From Protection to Pro-action: Theory and Research on Families of Chidlren with Disabilities." Chronic Pediatric Illness: The Impact on Children and Their Families, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Warfield, M.E.(April 2005). "The Relevance of Relationships to Development: Findings from a Longitudinal Study of Children with Disabilities." Chronic Pediatric Illness: The Impact on Children and Their Families, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Health Disparities

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (October 2008). "Black Women in Need of Healing: Preliminary Findings." Boston College, The Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Diversity Challenge, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (June 2008). "Evidence-Based Quality Enhancement and Treatment Inequities: Theoretical Considerations." Academy for Health Equity, Building Capacity to Eliminate Health Disparities, Denver, CO.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (June 2008). "Black Women in Need of Healing." Black Women's Health Imperative, 25th Anniversary Celebration Conference, Washington, DC.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (June 2008). "Addressing Health Disparities in Academia." Center for the Advancement of Health, W.K. Kellogg Fellows Annual Symposium, Washington, DC.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (June 2008). "Evidence-Based Quality Enhancement and Treatment Inequities." Academy Health, Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (April 2008). "Inequities in Health Care and African-American Women: Intersectional Applications of Research and Policy." Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health, Intersectionality from Theory to Practice: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Vancouver, BC.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (April 2008). "Academic and Other Careers Addressing Health and Health Care for Minority Populations." National Council of Negro Women, Metro Boston Chapter, Career Awareness Day for Girls, Dorchester, MA.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (November 2007). "The Role of Social Policy Schools in Addressing Health and Health Care Disparities." Tufts University, Health Disparities and Higher Education, Medford, MA.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (March 2007). "Remarks from the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust Summit." Health Institute for Research and Education, Blank Rome, LLP, and Health Information and Management Systems, Capitol Hill Briefing on Health Disparities and Health Information Technology, Washington, DC.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (February 2007). "Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust Priorities and Their Applications to the HIV/AIDS Challenge in the Asian-Pacific Community." Asian-Pacific Islander Health Policy Forum, Asian-Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Policy Summit, Washington, DC.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (May 2006). Keynote Address: "Health Care Inequities, Data, Perspectives, Impacts and Solutions: Nurse Practitioners Can Make a Difference." Northeast Regional Nurse Practitioners Association, Northeast Regional Nurse Practitioners Conference, Manchester, NH.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (October 2005). Keynote Address: "Primary Health Care Disparities: Communities, Students and Organizations." University of Massachusetts, School of Nursing, National Primary Health Care Week Conference, Boston, MA.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (October 2005). "Response to Remarks of the Honorable Congresswoman Donna Christian-Christensen, MD, Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus Braintrust." National Center for Health Behavioral Change, Morgan State University, 2nd Annual National Symposium on Health Behavioral Change: Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Baltimore, MD.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (June 2005). "Social Justice Frameworks in Addressing Health Care inequities: The Role of Theory and Measurement - A Critical Race Theory Perspective." National Medical Fellowships, W.K. Kellogg Fellows Annual Symposium, Washington, DC.

Immigration and Acculturation

Nguyen, H. (April 2009). "The Acculturation and Adaptation of Mexican and Vietnamese Youth: The Unidimensional and Bidimensional Models Revisited." Jacobs Foundation Conference, Capitalizing on Migration: The Potential of Immigrant Youth, Lake Constance, Germany.

Nguyen, H. (December 2008). "Growing Up American: The Health and Development of Immigrant Children." National Heritage Museum Series on Immigration, Lexington, MA.

Nguyen, H. (March 2008). "Acculturation and the Immigrant Paradox." Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.

Nguyen, H. (April 2007). "Achieving the American Dream? Education and Immigrant Children." Brandeis University, Spencer Conference on Education and Social Justice, Waltham, MA.

Nguyen, H. (July 2006). "Acculturation in the United States." International Conference on Psychology, Athens, Greece.

Dash, K. & Nguyen, H. (March 2006). "Gender, Acculturation and Adjustment." Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.

Nguyen, H. (March 2006). "Is Americanization Hazardous to Your Health? A Longitudinal Perspective on Acculturation and Adaptation." Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.

Nguyen, H. (May 2005). "Acculturation and Ethnic Identity." International Academy for Intercultural Research, Kent, OH.

Juang, L. & Nguyen, H. (April 2005). "Family and Community Predictors of Ethnic Identity among Chinese and Filipino Youth." Submitted for presentation at the Society for Research on Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

Nguyen, H. & Juang, L. (April 2005). "The Determinants and Consequences of Ethnic Identity: Discrimination, Acculturation, and Adjustment in Mexican and Vietnamese Youth." Society for Research on Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

Maternal and Child Health

Klerman, L.V. (April 2008). "History of Maternal and Child Health." Maternal and Child Health Leadership Institute, Tampa, FL.

Klerman, L.V. (November 2007). "History of Maternal and Child Health." Maternal and Child Health Leadership Institute, Hartford, CT.

Klerman, L.V. (July 2007). "History of Maternal and Child Health." Maternal and Child Health Leadership Institute, Tampa, FL.

Klerman, L.V. (April 2007). "History of Maternal and Child Health." Maternal and Child Health Leadership Institute, St. Louis, MO.

Klerman, L.V. (October 2006). "History of Maternal and Child Health." Maternal and Child Health Leadership Institute, St. Louis, MO.

Klerman, L.V. (September 2005). "Pathways to Prematurity: Preconception and Interconception Health Care." Prematurity Summit, Tallahassee, FL.

Klerman, L.V. (June 2005). "Interconception Care." National Summit on Preconception Care, Atlanta, GA.

Klerman, L.V. (February 2005). "History of Maternal and Child Health." Maternal and Child Health Leadership Institute, St. Louis, MO.

Teenage Pregnancy

Klerman, L.V. (October 2007). "Another Chance." Lifting Teen Families, Austin, TX.

Klerman, L.V. (February 2006). "Publicly-Funded Family Planning Clinics: Do They Prevent Unintended and Teen Pregnancies?" Dartmouth Medical School, Pediatrics/Obstetrics Grand Rounds, Lebanon, NH.

Klerman, L.V. (January 2006). "Measuring Success: Evaluating Care Services." Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs, Washington, DC.