Browsing by Author "Gifford, Elizabeth J"
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Barriers to reporting child maltreatment: do emergency medical services professionals fully understand their role as mandatory reporters?
(N C Med J, 2015-01)BACKGROUND: Child maltreatment is underreported in the United States and in North Carolina. In North Carolina and other states, mandatory reporting laws require various professionals to make reports, thereby helping to reduce ... -
Brief Report: Classifying Rates of Students with Autism and Intellectual Disability in North Carolina: Roles of Race and Economic Disadvantage.
(Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2020-05-13)We examined special education classifications among students aged 3-21 in North Carolina public schools, highlighting autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID). Results revealed variability by county ... -
Correction to: Identifying Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Advanced Fibrosis in the Veterans Health Administration.
(Digestive diseases and sciences, 2018-07-24)The original version of the article unfortunately contained errors in Table 3, Risk Factor column headings "Age > 50 (n = 115)," "Age > 50-64 (n = 154)," and "Age > 65 + (n = 60)." -
Do specialty courts achieve better outcomes for children in foster care than general courts?
(Eval Rev, 2013-02)OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the effects of unified family and drug treatment courts (DTCs) on the resolution of cases involving foster care children and the resulting effects on school performance. METHOD: The first analytic ... -
Evaluation of a Public Awareness Campaign to Prevent High School Dropout
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How Incarceration Affects the Health of Communities and Families
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Intergenerational effects of parental substance-related convictions and adult drug treatment court participation on children's school performance.
(Am J Orthopsychiatry, 2015-09)This study examined the intergenerational effects of parental conviction of a substance-related charge on children's academic performance and, conditional on a conviction, whether completion of an adult drug treatment court ... -
Is implementation fidelity associated with improved access to care in a school-based Child and Family Team model?
(Eval Program Plann, 2015-04)Effective child and family centered service planning is crucial to addressing vulnerable children's needs. However, there is limited evidence about what facets of these processes improve service use and outcomes. The current ... -
Low-Income Children's Preventive Services Use: Implications of Parents' Medicaid Status
(Health Care Financing Review, 2005-06-01)This article examines the effect of parents' Medicaid status on the use of preventive health services by young children. Using data from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), we analyzed a logit model for receipt ... -
Overwhelming Need, Insufficient Health Care for Justice-involved North Carolinians
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Parental Criminal Justice Involvement and Children's Involvement With Child Protective Services: Do Adult Drug Treatment Courts Prevent Child Maltreatment?
(Subst Use Misuse, 2016)BACKGROUND: In light of evidence showing reduced criminal recidivism and cost savings, adult drug treatment courts have grown in popularity. However, the potential spillover benefits to family members are understudied. ... -
The effects of participation level on recidivism: a study of drug treatment courts using propensity score matching.
(Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy, 2014-09-24)BACKGROUND: Empirical evidence has suggested that drug treatment courts (DTCs) reduce re-arrest rates. However, DTC program completion rates are low and little is known about the effectiveness of lower levels of program ...
