Child Welfare Research Lab | Publications

Beal, SJ; Nause, K; Lutz, N; Greiner, MV. The Impact of Health Care Education on Utilization Among Adolescents Preparing for Emancipation From Foster Care. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2020; 66:740-746.

Greiner, MV; Beal, SJ; Antommaria, AH M. Perspectives on Informed Consent Practices for Minimal-Risk Research Involving Foster Youth. Pediatrics. 2020; 145.

Beal, SJ; Kashikar-Zuck, S; King, C; Black, W; Barnes, J; Noll, JG. Heightened risk of pain in young adult women with a history of childhood maltreatment: a prospective longitudinal study. Pain. 2020; 161:156-165.

Dexheimer, JW; Beal, SJ; Divekar, P; Hall, ES; Patel, V; Greiner, MV. Automated Patient Linking for Electronic Health Record and Child Welfare Databases. Journal of Technology in Human Services. 2019; 37:286-292.

Greiner, MV; Beal, SJ; Dexheimer, JW; Divekar, P; Patel, V; Hall, ES. Improving Information Sharing for Youth in Foster Care. Pediatrics. 2019; 144.

Greiner, MV; Beal, SJ. Developing a Health Care System for Children in Foster Care. Health Promotion Practice. 2018; 19:621-628.

Beal, SJ; Nause, K; Crosby, I; Greiner, MV. Understanding Health Risks for Adolescents in Protective Custody. Journal of Applied Research on Children. 2018; 9.

Waite, D; Greiner, MV; Laris, Z. Putting families first: How the opioid epidemic is affecting children and families, and the child welfare policy options to address it. Journal of Applied Research on Children. 2018; 9:1-35.

Greiner, MV; Beal, SJ; Nause, K; Staat, MA; Dexheimer, JW; Scribano, PV. Laboratory Screening for Children Entering Foster Care. Pediatrics. 2017; 140.

Beal, SJ; Greiner, MV. Children in nonparental care: health and social risks. Pediatric Research. 2016; 79:184-190.

Greiner, MV; Greiner, HM; Care, MM; Owens, D; Shapiro, R; Holland, K. Adding Insult to Injury: Nonconvulsive Seizures in Abusive Head Trauma. Journal of Child Neurology. 2015; 30:1778-1784.

Greiner, MV; Ross, J; Brown, CM; Beal, SJ; Sherman, SN. Foster Caregivers' Perspectives on the Medical Challenges of Children Placed in Their Care: Implications for Pediatricians Caring for Children in Foster Care. Clinical Pediatrics. 2015; 54:853-861.

Beal, SJ; Ammerman, RT; Mara, CA; Nause, K; Greiner, MV. Patterns of healthcare utilization with placement changes for youth in foster care. Child Abuse and Neglect. 2022; 128.

Greiner, MV; Duncan, A; Nause, K; Flinchum, K; Beal, SJ. Child welfare experiences with automated medical data sharing for children in protective custody. Children and Youth Services Review. 2022; 136.

Petska, HW; Yin, S; Lindberg, DM; Beal, SJ; Drendel, AL; Greiner, MV; Wang, GS. Drug exposures in young children - The next frontier in occult injury testing. Child Abuse and Neglect. 2022; 127.

Barnett, KA; Mara, CA; King, C; Kashikar-Zuck, S; Nause, K; Beal, SJ. Does Exposure to Maltreatment in Childhood Contribute to Differences in Pain Outcomes in Adulthood?. Pain Forum. 2022; 23.

McGrady, ME; Mara, CA; Beal, SJ; Chan, SF; Sorge, CE; Pai, AL H. Development and Preliminary Validation of a Multidimensional Psychosocial Assessment Strategy for Young Adults With Cancer. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2022.

Greiner, MV; Antommaria, AH M. Enrolling Foster Youth in Clinical Trials: Avoiding the Harm of Exclusion. American Journal of Bioethics. 2022; 22:85-86.

Beal, SJ; Mara, CA; Nause, K; Ammerman, RT; Seltzer, R; Jonson-Reid, M; Greiner, MV. Effects of Child Protective Custody Status and Health Risk Behaviors on Health Care Use Among Adolescents. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2022; 22:387-395.

Nuñez, M; Beal, SJ; Jacquez, F. Resilience factors in youth transitioning out of foster care: A systematic review. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 2022; 14:S72-S81.

Kamoun, C; Khoury, JC; Beal, SJ; Crimmins, N; Corathers, SD. Opportunities for Enhanced Transition of Care Preparation for Adolescents and Emerging Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Use of the READDY Transition Tool. Diabetes Spectrum. 2022; 35:57-65.

Martin, KJ; Nause, K; Greiner, MV; Beal, SJ. Modeling changes in adolescent health risk behaviors approaching and just after the time of emancipation from foster care. Child Abuse and Neglect. 2022; 124.

McCabe, SE; Hughes, TL; Beal, S; Evans-Polce, RJ; Kcomt, L; Engstrom, C; West, BT; Veliz, P; Leary, K; McCabe, VV; et al. Sexual orientation differences in childhood sexual abuse, suicide attempts, and DSM-5 alcohol, tobacco, other drug use, and mental health disorders in the US. Child Abuse and Neglect. 2022; 123.

Chardon, ML; Beal, SJ; Breen, G; McGrady, ME. Systematic Review of Substance Use Measurement Tools in Adolescent and Young Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 2021.

Ni, Y; Bachtel, A; Nause, K; Beal, S. Automated detection of substance use information from electronic health records for a pediatric population. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. 2021; 28:2116-2127.

Peugh, JL; Beal, SJ; McGrady, ME; Toland, MD; Mara, C. Analyzing discontinuities in longitudinal count data: A multilevel generalized linear mixed model. Psychological Methods. 2021; 26:375-397.

Greiner, MV; Beal, SJ; Nause, K; Ehrhardt, J. Developmental Service Referrals and Utilization Among Young Children in Protective Custody. Journal of Pediatrics. 2021; 234:260-264.e1.

Jones, VF; Schulte, EE; Waite, D; COUNCIL ON FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION, AND KINSHIP CARE, . Pediatrician Guidance in Supporting Families of Children Who Are Adopted, Fostered, or in Kinship Care. Pediatrics. 2020; 146.

Sheanon, NM; Beal, SJ; Kichler, JC; Casnellie, L; Backeljauw, P; Corathers, S. Readiness for transition to adult care in adolescents and young adults with Turner syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2020; 33:1165-1171.

Gutierrez-Colina, AM; Corathers, S; Beal, S; Baugh, H; Nause, K; Kichler, JC. Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Preparing to Transition to Adult Care: Psychosocial Functioning and Associations With Self-Management and Health Outcomes. Diabetes Spectrum. 2020; 33:255-263.

Beal, SJ; Nause, K; Lutz, N; Greiner, MV. The Impact of Health Care Education on Utilization Among Adolescents Preparing for Emancipation From Foster Care. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2020; 66:740-746.

Beal, SJ; Dorn, LD; LoBraico, EJ; Lutz, N; Ram, N. Strategies for Assessing and Modeling Depressive Symptoms in Longitudinal Studies of Adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 2020; 30:345-360.

Beal, SJ; Greiner, MV; Crosby, I; Beck, AF. Socioeconomic Characteristics of Neighborhoods where Youth in Out-of-Home Care Reside. Journal of Public Child Welfare. 2020; 14:320-335.

Greiner, MV; Beal, SJ; Antommaria, AH M. Perspectives on Informed Consent Practices for Minimal-Risk Research Involving Foster Youth. Pediatrics. 2020; 145.

Corathers, SD; Yi-Frazier, JP; Kichler, JC; Gilliam, LK; Watts, G; Houchen, A; Beal, S. Development and Implementation of the Readiness Assessment of Emerging Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosed in Youth (READDY) Tool. Diabetes Spectrum. 2020; 33:99-103.

Beal, SJ; Kashikar-Zuck, S; King, C; Black, W; Barnes, J; Noll, JG. Heightened risk of pain in young adult women with a history of childhood maltreatment: a prospective longitudinal study. Pain. 2020; 161:156-165.

Noll, JG; Guastaferro, K; Beal, SJ; Schreier, HM C; Barnes, J; Reader, JM; Font, SA. Is Sexual Abuse a Unique Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors, Pregnancy, and Motherhood in Adolescence?. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 2019; 29:967-983.

Dexheimer, JW; Beal, SJ; Divekar, P; Hall, ES; Patel, V; Greiner, MV. Automated Patient Linking for Electronic Health Record and Child Welfare Databases. Journal of Technology in Human Services. 2019; 37:286-292.

Feldman, KW; Lindberg, DM; Coffman, J; Bretl, D; Harper, N; Deye, K; Laskey, AL; Harris, T; Duralde, Y; Donaruma-Kwoh, M; et al. Clinically occult abusive head trauma: which age group should we screen?. Pediatric Radiology. 2019; 49:1378-1379.

Greiner, MV; Beal, SJ; Dexheimer, JW; Divekar, P; Patel, V; Hall, ES. Improving Information Sharing for Youth in Foster Care. Pediatrics. 2019; 144.

Dexheimer, JW; Greiner, MV; Beal, SJ; Johnson, D; Kachelmeyer, A; Vaughn, LM. Sharing personal health record data elements in protective custody: youth and stakeholder perspectives. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. 2019; 26:714-721.

Beal, SJ; Wingrove, T; Mara, CA; Lutz, N; Noll, JG; Greiner, MV. Childhood Adversity and Associated Psychosocial Function in Adolescents with Complex Trauma. Child and Youth Care Forum. 2019; 48:305-322.

Melville, JD; Hertz, SK; Steiner, RD; Lindberg, DM; Coffman, J; Bretl, D; Harper, N; Deye, K; Laskey, AL; Harris, T; et al. Use of Imaging in Children With Witnessed Physical Abuse. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2019; 35:245-248.

Beal, SJ; Wingrove, T; Nause, K; Lipstein, E; Mathieu, S; Greiner, MV. The Role of Shared Decision-Making in Shaping Intent to Access Services for Adolescents in Protective Custody. Child Care in Practice. 2019; 25:64-78.

Kugler, KC; Guastaferro, K; Shenk, CE; Beal, SJ; Zadzora, KM; Noll, JG. The effect of substantiated and unsubstantiated investigations of child maltreatment and subsequent adolescent health. Child Abuse and Neglect. 2019; 87:112-119.

Greiner, MV; Beal, SJ; Allen, A; Patel, V; Meinzen-Derr, J; Antommaria, AH M. Who Speaks for Me? Addressing Variability in Informed Consent Practices for Minimal Risk Research Involving Foster Youth. 2018; 11:111-131.

Greiner, MV; Beal, SJ. Developing a Health Care System for Children in Foster Care. Health Promotion Practice. 2018; 19:621-628.

Messer, EP; Greiner, MV; Beal, SJ; Eismann, EA; Cassedy, A; Gurwitch, RH; Boat, BW; Bensman, H; Bemerer, J; Hennigan, M; et al. Child adult relationship enhancement (CARE): A brief, skills-building training for foster caregivers to increase positive parenting practices. Children and Youth Services Review. 2018; 90:74-82.

Tillery, R; Beal, SJ; Thompson, AN; Pai, AL H. Relationship between cancer-related traumatic stress and family milestone achievement in adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2018; 65.

Beal, SJ; Dorn, LD; Berga, SL. Examining the Validity of Self-reported Primary and Secondary Exposure to Cigarette Smoke in Adolescent Girls: The Utility of Salivary Cotinine as a Biomarker. Substance Use and Misuse. 2018; 53:792-799.

Beal, SJ; Tillery, R; Wu, YP; Thompson, AN; Pai, A. Future orientation in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors and unaffected peers. Psycho-Oncology. 2018; 27:1078-1081.

Beal, SJ; Nause, K; Crosby, I; Greiner, MV. Understanding Health Risks for Adolescents in Protective Custody. Journal of Applied Research on Children. 2018; 9.

Waite, D; Greiner, MV; Laris, Z. Putting families first: How the opioid epidemic is affecting children and families, and the child welfare policy options to address it. Journal of Applied Research on Children. 2018; 9:1-35.