Michelle Sperlich
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 371268 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Michelle Sperlich |
| NOMBRES | Michelle |
| APELLIDO | Sperlich |
| FIRMA | SPERLICH M |
| AFILIACIONES | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8513-4910 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 100 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Preparing Social Work Students to Recognize and Respond to Risks of Firearm Violence
Firearm violence in the United States is increasing and is a major cause of death for many demographic groups, especially Black Americans. Policy attempts to reduce deaths and injuries face difficult hurdles, including legislatures and courts that place primacy on the Second Amendment to the Constitution. Thus, clinicians across disciplines are encouraged to engage in prevention practice across diverse contexts. Evidence suggests that few social …
Assessing for Firearm Risks
Purpose: Social workers play a crucial role in assessing risks for harm to self and others, including firearm access. Given the growing concern of firearm violence, standardized assessment tools addressing firearm risks could improve social workers’ assessments. Method: This rapid review identifies and evaluates available clinical assessment tools that include items related to firearms. Result: After searching five electronic databases, 15 assess…
Trauma-Informed Parenting Education Support Groups for Mothers in Substance Abuse Recovery
Purpose: A trauma-informed educational support group pilot addressed traumatic stress, substance use disorders (SUDs), and child-rearing for clients who were pregnant and/or parenting young children. Methods: Seeking Safety was adapted with parenting content and delivered at two intensive residential rehabilitation facilities. An explanatory sequential mixed methods approach was used to evaluate the pilot. Forty-eight participants completed start…
Is there anything else you would like me to know?”
Nearly ubiquitous agreement exists regarding the potentially negative impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on health and well‐being across the lifespan. This has propelled a movement across the nation for consistent screening of ACEs. Despite agreement regarding the consequences of ACEs, little research related specifically to the administration of the ACE questionnaire exists. Using data from a mixed‐methods study of first‐time mothers…
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Limited research has utilized public abortion narratives to understand how individuals process through their abortion experiences. To address this gap in the literature, this study used thematic analysis to consider the public abortion stories of 39 participants from the Tennessee Stories Project, focusing on how individuals process through these experiences and the context of the abortion experience in a person’s life course. Participants were p…
The Doulas of the Priscilla Project
The aim of this qualitative study was to explore pregnant refugee women’s experiences and perceived needs while navigating the US maternity-care system. Using grounded-theory principles, this community-based study was conducted with the doulas of Jericho Road Health Center’s Priscilla Project of Buffalo, which provides pregnant refugee women with culturally and/or linguistically matched doulas and peer mentors in Western New York. Data was source…
Social Work Practice and Gun Safety in the United States
Public policy debate about guns continues in the United States, with many professional organizations taking strong stands in policy statements. Moreover, many clinical organizations have provided recommendations for practitioners to use with clients to encourage gun safety in the home, particularly for vulnerable populations such as families with young children and those at risk of suicide. Social workers are in an excellent position to encourage…
Marginalized identities, discrimination burden, and mental health
Marginalized identities, discrimination burden, and mental health
Trauma-Informed Parenting Education Support Groups for Mothers in Substance Abuse Recovery
Purpose: A trauma-informed educational support group pilot addressed traumatic stress, substance use disorders (SUDs), and child-rearing for clients who were pregnant and/or parenting young children. Methods: Seeking Safety was adapted with parenting content and delivered at two intensive residential rehabilitation facilities. An explanatory sequential mixed methods approach was used to evaluate the pilot. Forty-eight participants completed start…
Is there anything else you would like me to know?”
Nearly ubiquitous agreement exists regarding the potentially negative impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on health and well‐being across the lifespan. This has propelled a movement across the nation for consistent screening of ACEs. Despite agreement regarding the consequences of ACEs, little research related specifically to the administration of the ACE questionnaire exists. Using data from a mixed‐methods study of first‐time mothers…
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Limited research has utilized public abortion narratives to understand how individuals process through their abortion experiences. To address this gap in the literature, this study used thematic analysis to consider the public abortion stories of 39 participants from the Tennessee Stories Project, focusing on how individuals process through these experiences and the context of the abortion experience in a person’s life course. Participants were p…
Social Work Practice and Gun Safety in the United States
Public policy debate about guns continues in the United States, with many professional organizations taking strong stands in policy statements. Moreover, many clinical organizations have provided recommendations for practitioners to use with clients to encourage gun safety in the home, particularly for vulnerable populations such as families with young children and those at risk of suicide. Social workers are in an excellent position to encourage…
Marginalized identities, discrimination burden, and mental health
The Doulas of the Priscilla Project
The aim of this qualitative study was to explore pregnant refugee women’s experiences and perceived needs while navigating the US maternity-care system. Using grounded-theory principles, this community-based study was conducted with the doulas of Jericho Road Health Center’s Priscilla Project of Buffalo, which provides pregnant refugee women with culturally and/or linguistically matched doulas and peer mentors in Western New York. Data was source…
Social Work Practice and Gun Safety in the United States
Public policy debate about guns continues in the United States, with many professional organizations taking strong stands in policy statements. Moreover, many clinical organizations have provided recommendations for practitioners to use with clients to encourage gun safety in the home, particularly for vulnerable populations such as families with young children and those at risk of suicide. Social workers are in an excellent position to encourage…
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Limited research has utilized public abortion narratives to understand how individuals process through their abortion experiences. To address this gap in the literature, this study used thematic analysis to consider the public abortion stories of 39 participants from the Tennessee Stories Project, focusing on how individuals process through these experiences and the context of the abortion experience in a person’s life course. Participants were p…
Trauma-Informed Parenting Education Support Groups for Mothers in Substance Abuse Recovery
Purpose: A trauma-informed educational support group pilot addressed traumatic stress, substance use disorders (SUDs), and child-rearing for clients who were pregnant and/or parenting young children. Methods: Seeking Safety was adapted with parenting content and delivered at two intensive residential rehabilitation facilities. An explanatory sequential mixed methods approach was used to evaluate the pilot. Forty-eight participants completed start…
Is there anything else you would like me to know?”
Nearly ubiquitous agreement exists regarding the potentially negative impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on health and well‐being across the lifespan. This has propelled a movement across the nation for consistent screening of ACEs. Despite agreement regarding the consequences of ACEs, little research related specifically to the administration of the ACE questionnaire exists. Using data from a mixed‐methods study of first‐time mothers…
Preparing Social Work Students to Recognize and Respond to Risks of Firearm Violence
Firearm violence in the United States is increasing and is a major cause of death for many demographic groups, especially Black Americans. Policy attempts to reduce deaths and injuries face difficult hurdles, including legislatures and courts that place primacy on the Second Amendment to the Constitution. Thus, clinicians across disciplines are encouraged to engage in prevention practice across diverse contexts. Evidence suggests that few social …
Assessing for Firearm Risks
Purpose: Social workers play a crucial role in assessing risks for harm to self and others, including firearm access. Given the growing concern of firearm violence, standardized assessment tools addressing firearm risks could improve social workers’ assessments. Method: This rapid review identifies and evaluates available clinical assessment tools that include items related to firearms. Result: After searching five electronic databases, 15 assess…
Medicine (6 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · Clinical Psychology (3 obras) · Gun Ownership and Violence Research (3 obras) · Migration, Health and Trauma (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Psychiatry (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Business (2 obras) · Child Abuse and Trauma (2 obras)