The organizational trauma resilience assessment: Methods and psychometric properties.

Objective: Despite many strengths of trauma-informed care (TIC), critics argue TIC is necessary but alone insufficient, can be deficit focused, lacks construct operationalization, and requires greater inclusion of resilience theory. We sought to address these critiques by creating an assessment tool through an iterative and community-engaged process.

Method: We collected cross-sectional data between May and June 2019 with a convenience sample from 12 sites across the United States ( = 861).

Correlates of Safety Strategy Use Among South African Women Living With HIV and at Risk of Intimate Partner Violence.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are correlated and endemic in South Africa. However, safety strategy use to prevent IPV among HIV-positive women is understudied. This study assesses correlates of specific safety strategy use among 166 Black South African women recently experiencing IPV and testing positive for HIV.

Mitigating intimate partner violence among South African women testing HIV positive during mobile counseling and testing.

South African women continue to suffer disproportionately from the interlinked epidemics of HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV). Effective strategies are needed to mitigate HIV-related IPV, which often creates barriers to successful engagement along the HIV continuum of care. More information is needed on how IPV impacts women's safety following mobile HCT diagnosis, and the HIV IPV Risk Assessment & Safety-planning (HIRS) protocol was developed to address several related gaps in knowledge.

Identifying Unbiased Items for Screening Preschoolers for Disruptive Behavior Problems.

Objective: Efficient identification and referral to behavioral services are crucial in addressing early-onset disruptive behavior problems. Existing screening instruments for preschoolers are not ideal for pediatric primary care settings serving diverse populations. Eighteen candidate items for a new brief screening instrument were examined to identify those exhibiting measurement bias (i.

Impact of Two Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Interventions on Risky Sexual Behavior: A Three-Arm Cluster Randomized Control Trial.

Objectives: To test the efficacy of Reducing the Risk (RTR) and Love Notes (LN) on reducing risky sexual behavior among youths yet to experience or cause a pregnancy.

Methods: The four dependent variables were ever had sex, condom use, birth control use, and number of sexual partners at 3- and 6-month follow-up in a 3-arm cluster randomized controlled trial of 1448 impoverished youths, aged 14 to 19 years, in 23 community-based organizations in Louisville, Kentucky, from September 2011 through March 2014.

Results: At 3 and 6 months, compared with the control condition, youths in RTR reported fewer sexual partners and greater use of birth control.

Precision across race, age and gender of a HIV risk screen for adolescents and young adults.

Identification of adolescents and young adults at high risk for HIV infection in South Africa is a key component of current and future prevention efforts. A 5-item measure was developed in the current study with acceptable levels of reliability and validity, and all items discriminating sufficiently between respondents at different levels of risk. However, both uniform and non-uniform differential item functioning (DIF) were revealed as problems: items performed differently by age, race, and gender groups.

Using a call center to encourage linkage to care following mobile HIV counseling and testing.

Engaging newly diagnosed HIV+ individuals in treatment is a significant global challenge. As South Africa expands HIV counseling and testing (HCT) services, the growing numbers of people diagnosed with HIV will need innovative links to care approaches in order for treatment to be most effective. While definitions vary, we have defined "linkage to care" as connecting an HIV+ individual to medical care, so that CD4 cell test results are obtained and antiretroviral therapy (ART) eligibility assessed.

Exploring attitudes regarding smokeless tobacco products for risk reduction.

Utilizing qualitative data analysis, this study focused on the attitudes, knowledge, and beliefs relating to smokeless tobacco (ST) as a reduced-risk cigarette substitute for smokers among focus groups from the general public and from the health profession. It revealed that there is a lack of awareness and understanding of ST products, which has a significant impact on overall perception of these products as acceptable substitutes. Regulatory actions regarding tobacco by the U.

Identification of developmentally appropriate screening items for disruptive behavior problems in preschoolers.

Screening preschool-aged children for disruptive behavior disorders is a key step in early intervention. The study goal was to identify screening items with excellent measurement properties at sub-clinical to clinical levels of disruptive behavior problems within the developmental context of preschool-aged children. Parents/caregivers of preschool-aged children (N = 900) were recruited from four pediatric primary care settings.

The impact of the Solution Based Casework (SBC) practice model on federal outcomes in public child welfare.

Objective: To test the effects of the Solution-Based Casework practice model on federal outcomes of safety, permanency and well-being. The Solution-Based Casework model combines family development theory, solution-focused skills and relapse prevention for the casework process in child protection.

Method: 4,559 public child welfare cases were reviewed through a CQI case review process.