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

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Student Publications

Sirianni, C. & Schor, D. (forthcoming). City government as enabler of youth civic engagement: Implications for policy. To be published in Youniss & Levine (Eds.), Policies for Youth Civic Engagement.

Derrington, T. (2007). What "we" don't know can hurt "them": Children and families of color in child welfare and Part C Early Intervention. Brandeis University Graduate Student Journal; 5:111-124.

Finkelstein, D.M., Kubzansky, L.D., Capitman, J., & Goodman, E. (2007). Socioeconomic differences in adolescent stress: The role of psychological resources. Journal of Adolescent Health; 40:127-134.

Schor, D.M. (2007). Broadening the horizons: Lifelong education in Europe: A resource dependency theory and institutional theory approach. Brandeis University Graduate Student Journal; 5:34-58.

Finkelstein, D.M., Kubzansky, L.D., & Goodman, E. (2006). Social status, stress, and adolescent smoking. Journal of Adolescent Health; 39: 678-685.

Kozhimannil, K.B. & McPherson, M.E. (2006). Understanding research results. In Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause. New York: Simon & Schuster, 23-27.

McPherson, M.E. (2005). Sexual anatomy, reproduction, and the menstrual cycle. In Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era. New York: Simon & Schuster, 227-260.

McPherson, M.E. (2005). Breasts, blood, and the royal V: Challenges of revising anatomy and periods for the 2005 edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves. National Women's Studies Association Journal; 17:190-196.

McPherson, M.E. & Korfine, L. (2004). Menstruation across time: Menarche, menstrual attitudes, experiences, and behaviors. Women's Health Issues; 14(6):193-200.

Publications

Child Welfare

Hauser-Cram, P., Warfield, M.E., Stadler, J., & Sirin, S.R. (2006). School environments and the diverging pathways of students living in poverty. In A.C. Huston & M. Ripke (Eds.), Developmental Contexts in Middle Childhood: Bridges to Adolescence and Adulthood (pp. 198-217). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Gallagher, K., Stanley, A., Shearer, D., & Klerman, L.V. (2005). Challenges in data collection, analysis, and distribution of information in community coalition demonstration projects. Journal of Adolescent Health; 37:s53-s60.

Palfrey, J.S., Hauser-Cram, P., Bronson, M.B., Warfield, M.E., Sirin, S., & Chan, E.(2005). The Brookline early education project: A 25 year follow-up study of a family-centered early health and development intervention. Pediatrics, 116, 144-152.

Warfield, M.E. & Hauser-Cram, P. (2005).Monitoring and evaluation in early intervention programs. In M.J. Guralnick (Ed.), The Developmental Systems Approach to Early Intervention (pp. 351-372). Baltimore: Brookes.

Klerman, L.V. (2004). Protecting children: Reducing their environmental tobacco smoke exposure. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 6:S239-252.

Sullivan, C., Juras, J., Bybee, D., Nguyen, H., & Allen, N. (2000). How children’s adjustment is affected by their relationships to their mothers’ abusers.Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 15(6), 587-602.

Sullivan, C., Nguyen, H., Allen, N., Bybee, D. & Juras, J. (2000). Beyond searching for deficiencies: Evidence for viewing battered women as nurturing mothers. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 2(1), 51-71.

Sullivan, C., Juras, J., Gauthier, L., Nguyen, H. & Prewitt, A. (1998). Interviewing Children about Sensitive Issues: Practical Strategies and Considerations. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.

Disabilities

Kersh, J., Hedvat, T.T., Hauser-Cram, P., & Warfield, M.E. (2006). The contribution of marital quality to the well-being of parents of children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 50, 883-893.

Warfield, M.E., & Gulley, S. (2006). Unmet need and problems accessing specialty medical and related services among children with special health care needs. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 10, 201-216.

Hauser-Cram, P., Warfield, M.E., Shonkoff, J.P., Krauss, M.W., Sayer, A., & Upshur, C.C. (2005). Children with disabilities: A developmental-contextual perspective. In H.B. Weiss, H. Kreider, M.E. Lopez, & C.M. Chatman (Eds.), Preparing Educators to Involve Families: From Theory to Practice (pp. 9-12). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Warfield, M.E. (2005). Family and work predictors of parenting role stress among two-earner families of children with disabilities. Infant and Child Development, 14, 155-176.

Health Disparities

Gibbs, B.K., Nsiah-Jefferson, L., McHugh, M., Triveda, A., & Prothrow-Stith, D. (2006). Reducing racial and ethnic health disparities: An outcomes oriented research and policy agenda. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol.31, No. 1. http://jhppl.dukejournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/31/1/185

Triveda, A. Gibbs, B., Nsiah-Jefferson, L., Avanian, J., & Prothrow-Stith, D. (March/April 2005). Minority health report cards. Health Affairs, Volume 24(2), 388-96. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/24/2/388

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (2004). Reproductive laws, women of color and low income women. In Taub and Cohen (Eds.), Reproductive Laws for the 1990s. New York: Humana Press.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (2004). Reproductive laws, women of color and low income women. In Richardson, Taylor & Whittier (Eds.), Feminist Frontiers, 6th Edition. New York: McGraw Hill Higher Education.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L., Asomaoh, A., Edley, C., Abiola, S. et.al. (2004). Policy matrix of recommendations to address racial disparities in health care treatment. The Civil Rights Project at Harvard.

Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (2003). Pharmacogenomics: Considerations for communities of color. In Rothstein (Ed.), Pharmacogenomics: Social, Ethical, and Clinical Dimensions. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., pp. 267-290. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/summary/104086995/SUMMARY

Immigration

Juang, L. & Nguyen, H. (forthcoming). Ethnic Identity among Chinese American Adolescents: The Role of Family and Community Factors on Ethnic Engagement, Clarity, and Pride. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research.

Juang, L. & Nguyen, H. (forthcoming). Misconduct among Chinese American Adolescents: The Role of Acculturation, Family Obligations and Autonomy Expectations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Lee, J., Onishi, H., Nguyen, H., & Kim, A. (forthcoming). Storying ourselves: Asian-American psychologists. In Sook Wilkinson (Ed.), Asian Americans in Michigan. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press.

Nguyen, H. (forthcoming). The Acculturation Scale for Vietnamese Adolescents (ASVA). To be published in Dr. Richard Suinn’s chapter: Acculturation findings, measurements, and directions: Why study acculturation? In Nhi-Ha Trinh & Yanni Rho (Eds.), Families, Resilience, and Acculturation: Implications for Mental Health in Asian Americans. New York: Humana Press.

Nguyen, H. (forthcoming). The Acculturation Scale for Vietnamese Adolescents (ASVA), reprint. To be published in Larry Davis (Ed.), Measuring Race and Ethnicity: Inside and Out. The Center on Race and Social Problems, University of Pittsburgh, PA.

Dinh, K. & Nguyen, H. (2006). The quality of parent-child relationships in Asian-American families: Acculturation and intergenerational conflict. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships, 23(3). 407-426.

Juang, L., Nguyen, H. & Lin, V. (2006). The ethnic identity, other-group attitudes, and psychosocial functioning of Asian-American emerging adults from two contexts. Journal of Adolescent Research, 21(5), 542-568.

Nguyen, H. (2006). Acculturation in the United States. In David Sam and John Berry (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology. UK: Cambridge University Press.

Nguyen, H. & von Eye, A. (2003). Acculturation. In J. R. Miller, R. M. Lerner, L. B. Schiamberg, and P. M. Anderson (Eds.), Human Ecology: An Encyclopedia of Children, Families, Communities, and Environments. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.

Nguyen, H. & von Eye, A. (2002).The Acculturation Scale for Vietnamese Adolescents: A bidimensional perspective. International Journal of Behavior Development, 26(3), 202-213.

Nguyen, H., Messé, L., & Stollak, G. (1999). Towards a more complex understanding of acculturation and adjustment: Cultural involvements and psychosocial functioning in Vietnamese youth. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 30, 5-31.

Teenage Pregnancy

Goodman, D.C., Klerman, L.V., Johnson, K.A., & Chang, C. (2007). Geographic access to family planning clinics: Its impact on unintended and teenage births. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 11:145-152.

Klerman, L.V. (2007). Multi-partnered fertility: Can it be reduced? Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 39:56-59.

Klerman, L.V., Johnson, K.A., Chang, C., Wright-Slaughter, P., & Goodman, D.C. (2007) Accessibility of family planning services: Impact of structural and organizational factors. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 11:19-26.

Klerman, L.V. (2006). Risk of poor pregnancy outcomes: Is it higher among multiparous teenage mothers? Journal of Adolescent Health, 38:761-764.

Klerman, L.V. (2006). Family planning services: An essential component of preconception care. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 10 (Supplement 7):157-160.

Lu, M.C., Kotelchuck, M., Culhane, J.F., Hobel, C.J., Klerman, L.V., & Thorp, J.M. (2006). Preconception care between pregnancies: The content of internatal care. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 10 (Supplement 7):107-122.

Klerman, L.V., Santelli, J.S., & Klein, J.D. (2005). So what have we learned? The editors’ comments on the coalition approach to teen pregnancy. Journal of Adolescent Health; 37:S115-S118.

Shearer, D.L., Gyaben, S.L., Gallagher, K.M., & Klerman, L.V. (2005). Selecting, implementing, and evaluating teen pregnancy prevention interventions: Lessons from the CDC’s Community Coalition Partnership Programs for the Prevention of Teen Pregnancy. Journal of Adolescent Health; 37:S42-S52.

Klerman, L.V. (2004). Another Chance: Preventing Additional Births to Teen Mothers. Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.

Klerman, L.V., Santelli, J.S., & Klein, J.D. (Eds.) (2004). Coalition approach to preventing teen pregnancy: Potential and problems. Journal of Adolescent Health, 37:Supplement.