Brown School Faculty, Staff and Students at SSWR 2020

The Brown School community will take part in more than 60 presentations during the Social Work and Social Policy annual conference, January 15-19, 2020. Held at Washington D.C.’s Marriot Marquis, the theme this year’s meeting is “Reducing Racial and Economic Inequality.”

In addition to presentations, there are several additional conference events of interest to the Brown School community: 

• Mark Rank, Herbert H. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare, will host a book signing for “Toward a Livable Life: A 21st Century Agenda for Social Work” at the Oxford University Press Booth from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. on Friday, January 17. Rank, who edited the volume, will be joined by two of the more than 30 Brown School contributors: Mary McKay, Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School, and Edward Lawlor, William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Special Assistant to the Provost. The first 100 attendees will receive a free copy of the book.
• Research Professor Margaret Sherraden will be inducted into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare on January 17 at 7:00 p.m. AASWSW is an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare. The ceremony will take place in Independence Salons D&E, with a reception immediately following the event.
• The Brown School will honor the National Institute of Mental Health’s Denise Juliano-Bult with a Champion of Social Work Research Award during this year’s Aaron Rosen Lecture on Saturday, January 18 at 11:30 a.m. She is being recognized for her commitment to scientific excellence and steadfast support of social work scholarship, research, development and training.
• The Brown School sponsors the Aaron Rosen lecture on January 18, and this year’s speaker is University of Washington Professor Karina Walters, who focuses on the historical, social and cultural determinants of health among American Indian and Alaska Native populations as well as chronic disease prevention research. 

Please see the list of Brown School presentations below; presenting authors are noted by an asterisk where applicable.

Thursday, January 16

8:00 a.m.	Providers’ Perspectives on Implementing a Multiple Family Group for Children with Disruptive Behavior	Mary McKay	Archives, ML 4
8:00 a.m.	Lessons Learned and Strategies Shared: How to Successfully Develop your Scholarly Agenda as an Underrepresented Junior Faculty Member	David Patterson Silver-Wolf	Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2
8:00 a.m.	Who’s Included & Who’s Not: Incorporating a Racial Equity Lens into Social Work Research Methods Training	Sheretta Butler-Barnes	Marquis BR Salon 7, ML 2
1:30 p.m.	Incomplete Democracy: Electoral Access on Midterm Elections in St. Louis	Kyle Pitzer* Gena McClendon Michael Sherraden Aura Aguilar	Marquis BR Salon 10, ML 2
1:30 p.m.	Social Work and Voting Rights: Challenging Political Injustices through Research	Michael Sherraden	Marquis BR Salon 10, ML 2
1:30 p.m.	A Systematic Review of Task Shifting for Mental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa	Michael Galvin	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
2:00 p.m.	Political Social Work: Voter Access through a Lens of Race and Poverty in a Hyper-Segregated Community in the U.S	Gena McClendon* Kyle Pitzer Michael Sherraden Aura Aguilar	Marquis BR Salon 10, ML 2
2:30 p.m.	Poverty, Economic Strengthening, and Mental Health Among AIDS Orphaned Children in Uganda: Mediation Model in a Randomized Clinical Trial	Fred Ssewamala	Independence BR C, ML 4
3:15 p.m.	Investing in Projects or Places? Examining Factors That Influence New Markets Tax Credits Allocations	Andrew Foell	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
3:15 p.m.	Safety and Permanency Outcomes for Children Known to CPS for Different Forms of Neglect	Chien-Jen Chiang* Melissa Jonson-Reid Brett Drake	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
3:45 p.m.	Gender, Family Communication and Social Support Factors Associated with HIV Disclosure and HIV-Related Stigma Among Adolescents Living with HIV in Uganda	Proscovia Nabunya* William Byansi Ozge Sensoy Bahar Mary McKay Fred Ssewamala	Independence BR H, ML 4
3:45 p.m.	Rural-Urban Differences in the Association between Social Capital and Suicidal Ideation Among the Older Adults in Anhui, China	Yiqi Zhu* Ying Ma	Marquis BR Salon 10, ML 2
4:15 p.m.	Socio-Economic Inequalities and Women’s Vulnerability to Severe Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda	Thabani Nyoni	Liberty Ballroom N, ML 4
4:45 p.m.	Synthesizing Community-Based Treatment Supporter Interventions That Promote Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence Among Adults in East and Southern Africa: A Systematic Review	Thabani Nyoni	Independence BR C, ML 4

Friday, January 17

9:45 a.m.	Child Maltreatment Report Outcomes: Do Reports from Mandated and Permissive Reporters Differ?	Maria Gandarilla Ocampo* Brett Drake Melissa Jonson-Reid	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
9:45 a.m.	Economic and Racial Disparities in Child Maltreatment Subtypes	Chien-Jen Chiang Melissa Jonson-Reid Brett Drake	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
9:45 a.m.	The Impact of Alternative Services on Children’s Lives: Evaluation Results from Azerbaijan	Aytakin Huseynli	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
9:45 a.m.	Prevalence and Sociodemographic Differences of Poly-Victimization Exposure in a General Population Sample	Ashley Jackson	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
10:45 a.m.	Disparities in Healthcare Affordability Among Childhood Cancer Survivors Persist Following the Affordable Care Act	Jin Huang	Independence BR B, ML 4
10:45 a.m.	Neighborhood Contexts and Child Maltreatment Reports: A Longitudinal and Multilevel Study	Brett Drake Melissa Jonson-Reid	Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2
12:45 p.m.	Advance long and productive lives (Grand Challenge) SIG	Nancy Morrow-Howell	Marquis BR Salon 7, ML 2
12:45 p.m.	Financial capability and asset building (FCAB) for all (Grand Challenge) SIG	Margaret Sherraden	Independence BR C, ML 4
12:45 p.m.	Implementation Research SIG	Byron Powell	Treasury, ML 4
12:45 p.m.	Stop family violence (Grand Challenge) SIG	Melissa Jonson-Reid Tonya Edmond	Liberty Ballroom N, ML 4
2:00 p.m.	Demographic, Financial, and Motivational Household Characteristics and Participation in the National Child Savings Program in Israel	Michal Grinstein-Weiss* Olga Kondratjeva Aytakin Huseynli Stephen Roll	Independence BR B, ML 4
2:00 p.m.	Financial Capability and Asset Building in International Perspective: Research, Policy, and Practice	Aytakin Huseynli	Independence BR B, ML 4
2:00 p.m.	Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Subtypes of Child Neglect	Chien-Jen Chiang Melissa Jonson-Reid	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
2:30 p.m.	Asset-Based Policy Diffusion in Post-Soviet Countries: Child Development Accounts for Azerbaijan	Aytakin Huseynli* Michael Sherraden	Independence BR B, ML 4
2:30 p.m.	Understanding Mechanisms Driving Family Homelessness: A Community-Based System Dynamics Approach	Patrick Fowler Peter Hovmand Jessica Cohen	Independence BR C, ML 4
3:45 p.m.	Financial Capability over the Life Course: Heterogeneity, Variations, and Impacts	Sicong Sun	Independence BR A, ML 4
3:00 p.m.	Moving Beyond “Fire-Fighting”: Social Worker’s Perspective Achieving Financial Well-Being in Singapore	Margaret Sherraden	Independence BR B, ML 4
​3:15 p.m.	​Brief and Brilliant Session	​Mark Rank	​Independence BR Salons D/E, ML 4
3:30 p.m.	Recent Development of Financial Social Work in China	Jin Huang	Independence BR B, ML 4
3:30 p.m.	Testing Effects of Social Support and Service Utilization on Criminal Justice Involvement Using Structural Equation Modeling	Sara Beeler-Stinn* Tanya Renn Manik Ahuja Yu-Chih Chen Renee Cunningham-Williams	Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2
3:45 p.m.	An Investigation of Financial Capability Profiles in Later Life	Yu-Chih Chen* Sicong Sun	Independence BR A, ML 4
3:45 p.m.	Workplace Financial Coaching: Credit Outcomes Among Lower-Paid, Entry-Level Workers	Yingying Zeng Sophia Fox-Dichter	Marquis BR Salon 7, ML 2
4:00 p.m.	RCDC Roots & Wings Roundtable 2: The Intersection between Racial and Economic Inequality and Its Impact on Navigating the Academy	Von Nebbitt	Capitol, ML 4
4:15 p.m.	Financial Capability in Older Adults: Gender and Racial/Ethnic Differences	Yu-Chih Chen* Sicong Sun	Independence BR A, ML 4
4:45 p.m.	Is Financial Capability a Determinant of Health?	Sicong Sun* Yu-Chih Chen	Independence BR A, ML 4
5:15 p.m.	A Radically New Understanding American Poverty and Inequality	Mark Rank	Independence BR Salons D/E, ML 4
​6:30 p.m.	​Associations between Public Perceptions of Law Enforcement and Experiences of Police Violence	​Ashley Jackson*	​Marquis BR Salon 14, ML 2
5:30 p.m.	Health Care: Maltreatment asssessment and access factors	Melissa Jonson-Reid	Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2
5:30 p.m.	The Impact of Navigating Life as a Black Youth in America	Von Nebbitt	Marquis BR Salon 8, ML 2
6:30 p.m.	Mapping the Interventions for American Indian and Alaska Native Youth Mental Health	Autumn Asher BlackDeer* David Patterson Silver Wolf	Marquis BR Salon 9, ML 2

Saturday, January 18

9:45 a.m.	Connected Communities: Exploring Longitudinal Network Structure Among Federal Community Development Programs	Andrew Foell* Kyle Pitzer Natalicio Serrano	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
9:45 a.m.	Exploring State and Facility Characteristics of the Implementation of Evidence-Based Treatments for People Living with Schizophrenia	Eleni Gaveras* Chris Weatherly	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
11:15 a.m.	Examining the Long-Term Effect of an Economic Family-Based Strengthening Intervention on Depression Among HIV Positive Adolescents in Southern Uganda	Yuanyaun Yang* Proscovia Nabunya Fred Ssewamala	Independence BR F, ML 4
11:45 a.m.	Impact of Family-Based Economic Empowerment Intervention on Multidimensional Poverty for Adolescents Living with HIV (ALWHIV) in Uganda	Darejean Dvalishvili* Proscovia Nabunya Ozge Sensoy Bahar Fred Ssewamala	Independence BR F, ML 4
12:00 p.m.	Violence, Mental Health Problems, and Substance Use: Relationships to in HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors in Black and White Young Men Who Have Sex with Men	Wendy Auslander	Independence BR H, ML 4
4:00 p.m.	Economic and Racial Disparities in Child Maltreatment Subtypes	Chien-Jen Chiang Melissa Jonson-Reid Brett Drake	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
4:00 p.m.	Multiple Pathways Linking Early Socioeconomic Circumstances and Depressive Symptoms in Late Middle Age	Sojung Park	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2

Sunday, January 19

8:00 a.m.	Can Left-behind Children in Rural China be Successful in School Settings? a Qualitative Study of YY County from Rural Teachers’ Perspectives	Linyun Fu Yiqi Zhu	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
9:00 a.m.	Correlates of Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse People with Serious Mental Illness	Leopoldo Cabassa* Xiaoyan Wang Christopher Weatherly	Mint, ML 4
9:30 a.m.	Efficacy to Combat Racism Among African American Adolescent Boys and Girls	Phylicia Allen* Sheretta Butler-Barnes Maya Williams Ashley Jackson Helen Robinson	Supreme Court, ML 4
8:00 a.m.	HIV and AIDS Health Knowledge, and Attitudes Among Adolescents Living with HIV in Southwestern Uganda: Does Gender Matter?	William Byansi* Proscovia Nabunya Ozge Sensoy Bahar Fred Ssewamala	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
8:00 a.m.	Make Findings of Quantitative Results Attractive and Accessible to the General Audience: Advanced Statistical Workshop on Performing Linear Contrasts	Shenyang Guo Yu-Chih Chen	Independence BR B, ML 4
9:45 a.m.	Post-Retirement Work and Trajectories of Life Satisfaction Among Older Retirees in South Korea	Sojung Park	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
11:15 a.m.	Patterns of Strategies and Actions Survivors Employ to Address Violence in Intimate Relationships	Shih-Ying Cheng	Independence BR B, ML 4
11:30 a.m.	Access to Services for Latinx Immigrant Families	Leopoldo Cabassa	Treasury, ML 4
11:30 a.m.	Assessing School-Based Suicide Prevention and Intervention Capacity	Hannah Szlyk* Sean Joe Ryan Lindsay	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
11:30 a.m.	The Impact of Childhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage on Physical and Mental Health in Middle Age: Importance of Heterogeneous Pathway Trajectories	Sojung Park	Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2
11:30 a.m.	Integrating Social Needs Care into the Delivery of Health Care to Improve the Nation’s Health: Potential Social Work Research Contributions	Sean Joe	Independence BR G, ML 4
11:30 a.m.	Reducing Racial Inequality through Educational Attainment: A Random Control Trial Measuring Retention Among Underrepresented Minority College Students	David Patterson Silver Wolf* Autumn Asher BlackDeer	Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2