Session: Poster Session II: Disaster/Hazard, Gender/Ethnicity/Sexual Orientation, Health and Disability, Mental Health, Poverty and Crime, Research Design and Measurement, Social Policy and Organizations, Social Work Practice (Research that Promotes Sustainability and (re)Builds Strengths (January 15 - 18, 2009))

116 Poster Session II: Disaster/Hazard, Gender/Ethnicity/Sexual Orientation, Health and Disability, Mental Health, Poverty and Crime, Research Design and Measurement, Social Policy and Organizations, Social Work Practice

Schedule:
Saturday, January 17, 2009: 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Preservation Hall (New Orleans Marriott)
* noted as presenting author
Ethnic Variations in the level of disaster preparedness among consumers and service providers of In home support services
Rashmi Gupta, Assistant Professor; Anoshua Chaudhuri, PhD, Assistant Professor; Gerald Eisman, PhD, Director; Mai Nhung Le, PhD, Assistant Professor; Russell Jeung, PhD, Associate Professor
Disaster Preparedness for "Marginalized" and Older Adults in Rural Communities
Elaine Jurkowski, PhD, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director; Cherie Green, MSW, Executive Director; Sanja Rapo, MSW, MSW student
Eco-City Mapping: Geographic Information Systems For Disaster Planning And Site Selection
Jason Hayter, MCP, Doctoral Candidate; Richard Smith, MFA, MSW, Graduate Student Researcher; David Schecter, MCP, Alumnus
A Mixed Methods Survey of Disaster Relief Case Managers in Mississippi
James A. Moore, MSW, Doctoral Student; Martell Teasley, PhD, Associate Professor
An Exploratory Study of African-American Parent-Child Coping Strategies
Alison Salloum, PhD, Assistant Professor; Marva Lewis, PhD, Associate Professor
Work Context of Case Management with Hurricane Katrina Survivors
Elissa Madden, MSW, Doctoral Student, Research Assistant; Holly Bell, PhD, Research Associate; Elisa Vinson Borah, MSW, Doctoral student; Laura Lein, PhD, Professor; Julie Beausoleil, MSc, Research Associate
Husbands' Generosity as a Predictor of African American and White Women's Marital Quality through the Transition to Parenthood
Lance T. Peterson, Research Assistant; Aloen L. Townsend, PhD, Associate Professor; Terri L. Orbuch, PhD, Research Scientist
Racial Identification Among African American Adolescents
John W. Miller Jr, PhD, Assistant Professor; Terri Combs-Orme, PhD, Professor
Demography is Destiny? Latinos in Social Work Education
Raymond Sanchez Mayers, PhD, Associate Professor; Fontaine H. Fulghum, MSW, ABD, Doctoral Candidate
Characteristics, Safer Sex Practices, and Partner Communication in a Multi-Ethnic Sample of Older Men Who Have Sex with Men
Robin J. Jacobs, PhD, Assistant Professor; M. Isabel Fernandez, PhD, Professor; G. Stephen Bowen, MD, MPH, Professor; Brooke Mootry, BS, MSW Student
Testing the Information-Plus-Exposure Model: College Students' Attitudes toward Gays and Lesbians
Jill Chonody, MSW, Doctoral Student; Darcy Clay Siebert, PhD, Associate Professor; Scott Edward Rutledge, PhD, Assistant Professor
Measuring Controllability in Intimate Partner Violence
Neil Abell, PhD, Associate Professor; Pippin Whitaker, MSW, Doctoral Candidate
Racial Differences On Psychological Well-Being Of Never-Married and Divorced/Separated Women: Is Self-Esteem A Key Psychosocial Resource?
Hanae Kanno, MSW, MA, PhD Student; Hyunzee Jung, MSW, PhD student; Graduate Student Assistant
Depressive Symptoms among Urban Kurdish Refugees and Immigrants
Cindy Davis, PhD, Associate Professor; Natalie Worley, MSW, Social Worker; Sherry Cummings, PhD, Associate Professor
Predicting Support for Social Work Education on Immigrants and Refugees: Results from National Surveys of US and Canadian Faculty
Lorraine Gutierrez, PhD, Professor; Katherine P. Luke, MSW, MA, Ph.D. Student; Chanel Harris, BA, Student
Risk and Resilience Related to Unprotected Anal Intercourse in HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Older Men Who Have Sex with Men
Robin J. Jacobs, PhD, Assistant Professor; M. Isabel Fernandez, PhD, Professor; G. Stephen Bowen, MD, MPH, Professor; Brooke Mootry, BS, MSW Student
Condom Use and Serosorting Behaviors Among Older Men Who Have Sex With Men at Risk For or Living With HIV
Robin J. Jacobs, PhD, Assistant Professor; M. Isabel Fernandez, PhD, Professor; G. Stephen Bowen, MD, MPH, Professor; Brooke Mootry, BS, MSW Student
The experience of stigma by African-American adolescents whose mothers have HIV
Sally Mason, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor; Vickey Sultzman, MSW, Doctoral Student; Barbara Berger, PhD, Assistant Professor
Recruitment, Training Outcomes, Retention, and Performance of Community Health Advisors in Two Tobacco Control Interventions for Latinos
Susan I. Woodruff, PhD, Professor; Jeanette Candelaria, MPH, Project Manager; John Elder, PhD, Professor
What Makes Older Drivers Stop Driving?
Moon Choi, MA, PhD Candidate; Kathryn Betts Adams, PhD, Assistant Professor; Eva Kahana, PhD, Professor
Program and Service Needs of Dual Diagnosed Transition Age Adults
Susan E. Smalling, MSW, Doctoral Student; Lauren D. Stevenson, MSSA, Doctoral Candidate; Mark I. Singer, PhD, Professor; David E. Biegel, PhD, Henry Zucker Professor of Social Work Practice
Domestic Violence and Depression: Social Support and Self-Esteem as Mediators
Hyemee Kim, MSW, Ph. D. Candidate; Sang K. Kahng, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor
Effective Treatments For Late Life Depression In Long-Term Care Facilities
Seokwon Yoon, MSW, Doctoral Student; Gil Choi, PhD, Associate Professor
Correlates of Toddler Behavior Problems
Renee C. Edwards, Doctoral Student; Sydney L. Hans, PhD, Professor
Ethnicity Differences in Family Attitudes toward Psychiatric Medications
Lisa Townsend, MSSA, Doctoral Candidate; Jerry Floersch, PhD, Associate Professor; Derrick Kranke, MA, Doctoral Student; Victoria Winbush, MSSA, Doctoral Candidate; Michelle Munson, PhD, Assistant Professor; Robert Findling, MD, Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Co-Director of the NIMH Center for Bipolar Disorder
Responding to Post-Disaster Mental Health Needs of Hurricane Survivors
Elaine M. Maccio, PhD, Assistant Professor; Priscilla D. Allen, PhD, Associate Professor; Siobhan Pietruszkiewicz, LCSW, Research Associate
Determinants of Mental Health Service Use among Maltreated Children
Soyoun Kim, MA, Doctoral student; Cassandra Simmel, PhD, Assistant Professor; Inseon Lee, MSW, Doctoral Student
Sociocultural Influences on Employment Functioning Over Time: Clinical Implications for Sustaining Work Productivity
Tam Q. Dinh, MSW, Doctoral Candidate; Ann-Marie Yamada, PhD, Assistant Professor; John S. Brekke, PhD, Frances Larson Professor of Social Work Research, Associate Dean of Research
A Clozaril Clinic Model for Successful Treatment of Serious Mental Illness
Bruce C. Nisbet, MSW, President/CEO; Catherine N. Dulmus, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Director; Laura Greyber, MSW, Doctoral Student
Coming Home: Providing Supportive Housing and Reducing Recidivism Among Special Needs Parolees
Jennifer Fritz, PhD, Assistant Professor; Bonnie Miller, MSW, Lecturer; Barbara Walters, PhD, Assistant Professor
“Anything that can be a danger to the public”: Desire to extend registries beyond sex offenses
Sarah W. Craun, PhD, Assistant Professsor; Poco D. Kernsmith, PhD, Assistant Professor
Correctional officers in Danger, Holding or Hanging in the Balance: The Effect of Role conflict on Burnout among Korean Correctional Officers
Hyeryon Park, BA, Student; Minsun Park, MSW, Student; Ppora Lee, BA, Student; Jiyoung Kang, BA, Student; JIhye Lee, BA, Student; Suna Chung, BA, Student
The First Offending as an Outcome: The Impact of idividuals' traumatic life events on the first onset
Minsun Park, MSW, Researcher; Wonbok Lee, DSW, Professor; Hyeryon Park, BA, Researcher
Parenting and Women Arrested for Intimate Partner Violence Offenses
Catherine A. Simmons, PhD, Assistant Professor; Peter Lehmann, PhD, Associate Professor; David A. Dia, PhD, Assistant Professor
Facilitating Women's Access to Survivor Services
Catherine A. Simmons, PhD, Assistant Professor
How Do Social Workers Understand and Respond to Domestic Violence?
Kristin Heffernan, PhD, Assistant Professor; Jennifer Fritz, PhD, Assistant Professor; Barbara Walters, PhD, Assistant Professor; Betty J. Blythe, PhD, Professor
Psychiatric Distress and Other Correlates Associated with Being a Victim of Physical Abuse in Female Inmates
McClain Sampson, MSSW, Doctoral Student/Research Assistant; Tom Umberger, BA, Research Assistant; Kristi Waidhofer, BS, Research Assistant; Patricia Dolan Mullen, DrPH, Professor; Mary M. Velasquez, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Director of Center for Social Work Research; Kirk L. Von Sternberg, PhD, Assistant Professor
The effects of incident-specific substance use on the outcomes of intimate partner violence (IPV)
Eunsu Ju, MA, Ph.D. Candidate / Research Specialist; Hee Yun Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor
Volunteerism among homeless persons with developmental disabilities
Larry Morton, MSW, MA, Doctoral Student / NIMH Pre-Doctoral Fellow; Giovanina Gardner, BA, MSW Candidate; Renee M. Cunningham-Williams, PhD, MPE, LCSW, Associate Professor
Social exclusion, Depression, and Daily Support Services among users of Community Center in Korea
Hye Eun Lee, PhD, Post-Doctoral Researcher; Hyunsung Oh, BA, Master course student; Myoungil Kim, BA, Master course student; Jae-Sung Choi, PhD, Professor
Using Quantitative Visualization to Uncover Hidden Data Patterns in Social Work Research
Amy R. Krentzman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Work; Kathleen Farkas, PhD, Associate Professor; Aloen L. Townsend, PhD, Associate Professor
Developing a measure of stigma-by-association with African-American adolescents whose mothers have HIV
Sally Mason, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor; Barbara Berger, PhD, Assistant Professor; Carol E. Ferrans, PhD, Professor; Vickey Sultzman, MSW, Doctoral Student; Michael Fendrich, PhD, Professor
The Index of Attitudes toward Homosexuals 30 Years Later: A Psychometric Study
Michael Killian, MSW, Doctoral Student; Darcy Clay Siebert, PhD, Associate Professor; Jill Chonody, MSW, Doctoral Student; Scott Edward Rutledge, PhD, Assistant Professor
Development and Preliminary Support for the Lifecourse Alcohol Change Attempt Assessment for Individuals with Alcohol Dependence Histories
Lisa K. Berger, PhD, Assistant Professor; Audrey L. Begun, Professor; Michael J. Brondino, PhD, Assistant Professor
“I Know What Love Means”: Qualitative descriptions from Mexican-American and White Adolescents
Lela Rankin Williams, PhD, Assistant Professor; Kristine Hickle, MSW, Doctoral Student
Service Learning in University Living-Learning Communities: Educational and Community Implications
Helen E. Petracchi, PhD, Associate Professor; Addie Weaver, MPA, Doctoral Student; Karen Kolivoski, MSW, Doctoral Student; Rachelle M. Das, MSW, Graduate Research Assistant; Rafael J. Engel, PhD, Associate Professor; Tracy Soska, MSW, Continuing Education Director
Recognizing Challenges and Capitalizing on Resiliencies: Findings from a Psychosocial Needs Study of Filipino Americans in the Chicagoland Area
Maria J. Ferrera, MA, LCSW, Doctoral Candidate; Jolynne Andal, PhD, Research Associate; Jocelyn Azada, MA, CEO