Timothy Powell
Biographic Data
| ID | 1234805 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy Powell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy |
| FAMILY NAME | Powell |
| SIGNATURE | POWELL T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7031-8661 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mapping Collective Action
Environmental changes, which have led to frequent and severe climate-related disasters, profoundly affect individuals and communities in Louisiana that display already existing disparities in vulnerability. An increasing body of evidence documents the relationship between the effects of climate change and poor mental health. This underscores the importance of utilizing an environmental justice framework to assess and innovate strategies for addre…
A virtual intervention to support educator well-being and students’ mental health in conflict-affected Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has caused widespread destruction, displacement, and distress. Educators are among those significantly affected by the conflict, facing the dual burden of educating youth directly impacted by the conflict while simultaneously dealing with their own psychological stress. This study evaluated the Psychosocial Support for Educators (PSE) program, a virtual intervention designed to improve Ukrainian educators’ mental health, knowle…
A qualitative study of a mental health awareness intervention for Jordanian and resettled Syrian refugees in host communities
BACKGROUND: Mental health disorders significantly contribute to the global burden of disease, however, prevention and treatment programs are often inaccessible in low- and middle-income countries. AIMS: The goal of this qualitative evaluation was to examine participants experiences of the healthy community clinic (HCC-MH), an integrated mental health awareness intervention delivered in primary care clinics to Jordanians and resettled Syrians in a…
Exploring the Disproportionate Impact of Disasters
Social service providers play a vital role in addressing the physical and mental health needs of vulnerable individuals, families, and communities during and after disasters. Considering the essential role of social service providers during and after disasters, it is vital to understand the challenges their clients encounter during emergencies. Our study explored social service providers’ perceptions of the barriers socially vulnerable individual…
Surviving the storm
Disasters affect the well-being of individuals, families and communities. Health and social care providers are essential in response and recovery efforts and are among the most vulnerable to negative physical and mental health impacts of a disaster. Few evidence-based interventions are available to address the psychological needs of providers. The aim of this study was to examine the psychological distress of health and social care providers befo…
Kidcope and the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in social isolation, grief, and loss among many adolescents. As the pandemic continues to impact individuals and communities across the globe, it is critical to address the psychological well-being of youths. More studies are needed to understand the effective ways adolescents cope with pandemic-related psychological distress. In this study, 146 students from 1 high school in a U.S. midwestern state completed an…
Investigating the Aftershock of a Disaster
Background : In 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, causing unprecedented damage and loss in the mountain and hill regions of central Nepal. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between healthcare access and utilization, and post-disaster mental health symptoms. Methods : A cross-sectional study conducted with 750 disaster-affected individuals in six districts in central Nepal 15 months post-earthquake. Anxiety and …
Addressing the social emotional needs of children in chronic poverty
Stress on the streets
Background: Homeless and street-dependent youths experience myriad stressors, but to date there has been no published measure of this phenomenon.Objective: This study was designed to describe the process of developing and testing a measure of stress experienced on the streets suitable for use with this population.Methods: Classical measurement theory was used to develop and evaluate relevance and validity of items in the scale.Results: The total …
Enhancing Coping and Supporting Protective Factors After a Disaster
Objective: This article presents the Journey of Hope (JoH), a school-based intervention for children who have experienced a collective trauma such as a natural disaster. Through the use of group work, the JoH focuses on building coping skills and enhancing protective factors to help children recover. Method: This quasi-experimental research included 102 children impacted by tornadoes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 2011. Results: Through an hierarchica…
Building Resilience after a Natural Disaster
Natural disasters are stressful to individuals, families, and communities on multiple levels. In the aftermath the stress of rebuilding homes and lives can make it difficult for caregivers to adequately support their children and family. Studies have shown that parental mental health and wellbeing is a protective factor against negative psychological sequelae in children. The current study assessed (N = 106) parents who participated in the Journe…
Working with Children and Families Who Have Survived Natural Disasters
Holleran Steiker: The relationship between trauma and substance abuse has long been established in social work practice and related research (Goeders, 2003). According to experts in the area of pos
Dissonance-Based Interventions for Substance Using Alternative High School Youth
This article describes an innovative new intervention tailored to older youth who are already abusing drugs, but who are not diagnostically ready for treatment. The basic tenet of this intervention is to utilize adolescents engaged in drug use as "experts" in the prevention curriculum adaptation activity. This activity then serves as a mechanism for their dissonance-based change. This process is designed to intervene with drug abusing youth prior…
Preacher Woman Sings the Blues
Book Review| September 01 2002 Preacher Woman Sings the Blues: The Autobiographies of Nineteenth-Century African American Evangelists; Sentimental Confessions: Spiritual Narratives of Nineteenth-Century African American Women By Richard J. Douglass-Chin. Columbia: Univ. of Missouri Press. 2001. 240 pp. $34.95.By Joycelyn Moody. Athens: Univ. of Georgia Press. 2001. xiv, 208 pp.$40.00. Timothy Powell Timothy Powell Search for other works by this a…
Multilingual America
Book Review| March 01 2000 Multilingual America: Transnationalism, Ethnicity, and the Languages of American Literature By Werner Sollors. 1998. x, 409 pp. $65.00. Timothy Powell Timothy Powell Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2000) 72 (1): 218–219. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-72-1-218 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Timothy Powell;…
Enhancing Coping and Supporting Protective Factors After a Disaster
Objective: This article presents the Journey of Hope (JoH), a school-based intervention for children who have experienced a collective trauma such as a natural disaster. Through the use of group work, the JoH focuses on building coping skills and enhancing protective factors to help children recover. Method: This quasi-experimental research included 102 children impacted by tornadoes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 2011. Results: Through an hierarchica…
Surviving the storm
Disasters affect the well-being of individuals, families and communities. Health and social care providers are essential in response and recovery efforts and are among the most vulnerable to negative physical and mental health impacts of a disaster. Few evidence-based interventions are available to address the psychological needs of providers. The aim of this study was to examine the psychological distress of health and social care providers befo…
Building Resilience after a Natural Disaster
Natural disasters are stressful to individuals, families, and communities on multiple levels. In the aftermath the stress of rebuilding homes and lives can make it difficult for caregivers to adequately support their children and family. Studies have shown that parental mental health and wellbeing is a protective factor against negative psychological sequelae in children. The current study assessed (N = 106) parents who participated in the Journe…
Addressing the social emotional needs of children in chronic poverty
Dissonance-Based Interventions for Substance Using Alternative High School Youth
This article describes an innovative new intervention tailored to older youth who are already abusing drugs, but who are not diagnostically ready for treatment. The basic tenet of this intervention is to utilize adolescents engaged in drug use as "experts" in the prevention curriculum adaptation activity. This activity then serves as a mechanism for their dissonance-based change. This process is designed to intervene with drug abusing youth prior…
Multilingual America
Book Review| March 01 2000 Multilingual America: Transnationalism, Ethnicity, and the Languages of American Literature By Werner Sollors. 1998. x, 409 pp. $65.00. Timothy Powell Timothy Powell Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2000) 72 (1): 218–219. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-72-1-218 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Timothy Powell;…
Preacher Woman Sings the Blues
Book Review| September 01 2002 Preacher Woman Sings the Blues: The Autobiographies of Nineteenth-Century African American Evangelists; Sentimental Confessions: Spiritual Narratives of Nineteenth-Century African American Women By Richard J. Douglass-Chin. Columbia: Univ. of Missouri Press. 2001. 240 pp. $34.95.By Joycelyn Moody. Athens: Univ. of Georgia Press. 2001. xiv, 208 pp.$40.00. Timothy Powell Timothy Powell Search for other works by this a…
Dissonance-Based Interventions for Substance Using Alternative High School Youth
This article describes an innovative new intervention tailored to older youth who are already abusing drugs, but who are not diagnostically ready for treatment. The basic tenet of this intervention is to utilize adolescents engaged in drug use as "experts" in the prevention curriculum adaptation activity. This activity then serves as a mechanism for their dissonance-based change. This process is designed to intervene with drug abusing youth prior…
Working with Children and Families Who Have Survived Natural Disasters
Holleran Steiker: The relationship between trauma and substance abuse has long been established in social work practice and related research (Goeders, 2003). According to experts in the area of pos
Enhancing Coping and Supporting Protective Factors After a Disaster
Objective: This article presents the Journey of Hope (JoH), a school-based intervention for children who have experienced a collective trauma such as a natural disaster. Through the use of group work, the JoH focuses on building coping skills and enhancing protective factors to help children recover. Method: This quasi-experimental research included 102 children impacted by tornadoes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 2011. Results: Through an hierarchica…
Building Resilience after a Natural Disaster
Natural disasters are stressful to individuals, families, and communities on multiple levels. In the aftermath the stress of rebuilding homes and lives can make it difficult for caregivers to adequately support their children and family. Studies have shown that parental mental health and wellbeing is a protective factor against negative psychological sequelae in children. The current study assessed (N = 106) parents who participated in the Journe…
Stress on the streets
Background: Homeless and street-dependent youths experience myriad stressors, but to date there has been no published measure of this phenomenon.Objective: This study was designed to describe the process of developing and testing a measure of stress experienced on the streets suitable for use with this population.Methods: Classical measurement theory was used to develop and evaluate relevance and validity of items in the scale.Results: The total …
Investigating the Aftershock of a Disaster
Background : In 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, causing unprecedented damage and loss in the mountain and hill regions of central Nepal. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between healthcare access and utilization, and post-disaster mental health symptoms. Methods : A cross-sectional study conducted with 750 disaster-affected individuals in six districts in central Nepal 15 months post-earthquake. Anxiety and …
Addressing the social emotional needs of children in chronic poverty
Kidcope and the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in social isolation, grief, and loss among many adolescents. As the pandemic continues to impact individuals and communities across the globe, it is critical to address the psychological well-being of youths. More studies are needed to understand the effective ways adolescents cope with pandemic-related psychological distress. In this study, 146 students from 1 high school in a U.S. midwestern state completed an…
Exploring the Disproportionate Impact of Disasters
Social service providers play a vital role in addressing the physical and mental health needs of vulnerable individuals, families, and communities during and after disasters. Considering the essential role of social service providers during and after disasters, it is vital to understand the challenges their clients encounter during emergencies. Our study explored social service providers’ perceptions of the barriers socially vulnerable individual…
Surviving the storm
Disasters affect the well-being of individuals, families and communities. Health and social care providers are essential in response and recovery efforts and are among the most vulnerable to negative physical and mental health impacts of a disaster. Few evidence-based interventions are available to address the psychological needs of providers. The aim of this study was to examine the psychological distress of health and social care providers befo…
A qualitative study of a mental health awareness intervention for Jordanian and resettled Syrian refugees in host communities
BACKGROUND: Mental health disorders significantly contribute to the global burden of disease, however, prevention and treatment programs are often inaccessible in low- and middle-income countries. AIMS: The goal of this qualitative evaluation was to examine participants experiences of the healthy community clinic (HCC-MH), an integrated mental health awareness intervention delivered in primary care clinics to Jordanians and resettled Syrians in a…
Mapping Collective Action
Environmental changes, which have led to frequent and severe climate-related disasters, profoundly affect individuals and communities in Louisiana that display already existing disparities in vulnerability. An increasing body of evidence documents the relationship between the effects of climate change and poor mental health. This underscores the importance of utilizing an environmental justice framework to assess and innovate strategies for addre…
A virtual intervention to support educator well-being and students’ mental health in conflict-affected Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has caused widespread destruction, displacement, and distress. Educators are among those significantly affected by the conflict, facing the dual burden of educating youth directly impacted by the conflict while simultaneously dealing with their own psychological stress. This study evaluated the Psychosocial Support for Educators (PSE) program, a virtual intervention designed to improve Ukrainian educators’ mental health, knowle…
Psychology (12 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychological intervention (5 works) · Resilience and Mental Health (5 works) · Anxiety (4 works)