John A Landsverk
Biographic Data
| ID | 156374 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John A Landsverk |
| GIVEN NAMES | John A |
| FAMILY NAME | Landsverk |
| SIGNATURE | LANDSVERK J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
State behavioral health agency website references to evidence-based program registers
Practitioner Review: Children in foster care – vulnerabilities and evidence‐based interventions that promote resilience processes
Background: An increasing number of children are placed in foster care (i.e., a kin or nonkin family home other than the biological parent) due to experiences of physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological abuse, and/or neglect. Children in foster care are at increased risk for a host of negative outcomes encompassing emotional, behavioral, neurobiological, and social realms. Methods: Areas of risk and vulnerability among foster children are de…
Prevention of Behavior Problems for Children in Foster Care: Outcomes and Mediation Effects
Intimate Partner Violence and Psychological Functioning in Latina Women
In this study, the researchers examined the associations among intimate partner violence and psychological functioning in 282 Latina women between 18 and 45 years. Participants were interviewed about demographic characteristics, experiences with physical, sexual, and psychological intimate partner violence, psychological symptoms, stressful life events, and childhood maltreatment. Physical violence was associated with symptoms of depression and h…
Substance involvement among youths in child welfare: The role of common and unique risk factors
This study examines risk factors for substance involvement for youths involved with the child welfare (CW) system. In addition to common risk factors examined in general population studies; this research examines risk factors unique to youths in the CW system, including age at entry into CW and number of out-of-home placements. Participants included 214 youths ages 13 to 18, randomly sampled from youths active to CW in San Diego County, Californi…
Developmental Services for Young Children in Foster Care: Assessment and Service Delivery
High rates of developmental delay in children in foster care make it important for the foster care system to provide early identification of developmental issues and facilitate intervention. This investigation examined the degree to which child welfare agencies encourage policies to assess children for developmental delay and link children to intervention agencies. Results indicate that half of counties studied have comprehensive developmental sc…
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Utilization of Mental Health Services Among High-Risk Youths
OBJECTIVE: Racial and ethnic disparities in mental health service use have been identified as a major public health problem. However, the extent to which these disparities may be accounted for by other confounding sociodemographic or clinical predictors of service use (e.g., family income, functional impairment, caregiver strain) is relatively unexplored, especially for youth services. The goal of this study was to test for racial/ethnic disparit…
Child welfare as a gateway to domestic violence services
Assessment of Depressive Symptomatology in Young Maltreated Children
The present study examined the characteristics of a self-report measure of depression in young maltreated children. Two samples, Foster Care (N= 197) and Clinic Referred (N= 107), of maltreated children between the ages of 3- and 7-years, were administered the Preschool Symptom Self-Report (PRESS). In addition, a subsample of the foster and all of the clinic children between the ages of 4- and 7-years responded to Harter's measure of Perceived Co…
Rapid Assessment with Qualitative Telephone Interviews: Lessons from an Evaluation of California’s Healthy Families Program & Medi-Cal for Children
California’s Healthy Families/Medi-Cal for Children (HF/MCC) program provides low- and no-cost health insurance to low-income children. In December 1999 and January 2000, 72 community-based organizations (CBOs) were contracted by California’s Department of Health Services (DHS) to supply culturally appropriate HF/MCC outreach and enrollment services. This article describes the incorporation of a qualitative telephone interview component for rapid…
Racial/ethnic disparities in mental health service use among children in foster care
An Examination of Measurement Characteristics and Factorial Validity of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale
The present study investigated descriptive statistics for and factor validity of scores on the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) based on the responses of 295 high-risk postpartum women. The CTS2 yielded results for this sample similar to results obtained from a sample of college students in a previous study. Furthermore, confirmatory factor analytic results indicated that a five-factor model, specifying factors of Negotiation, Minor Psycholo…
Children and youth in foster care: Disentangling the relationship between problem behaviors and number of placements
Youth Entering an Emergency Shelter Care Facility: Prior Involvement in Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Systems
Two hundred and ninety five youth between 11 and 17 years of age who entered an emergency shelter care facility reported on their prior involvement with mental health and criminal justice systems. More than a quarter indicated a prior arrest, 10.5% reported a hospital admission, and 43.1% said they had received counseling. An overall logistic regression model revealed that youth who had received counseling prior to entry were almost 3 times more …
Minority populations in the child welfare system: The visibility hypothesis reexamined
This study tests the "visibility hypothesis," which suggests that there is a higher probability for minority children to be placed in foster care when living in geographic locations where their proportions in the population are relatively low, compared to areas where their proportions are high. Results support the hypothesis for African-American youth only. Explanations of the findings, and their implications for research and practice, are discus…
Racial/ethnic disparities in mental health service use among children in foster care
Child welfare as a gateway to domestic violence services
Developmental Services for Young Children in Foster Care: Assessment and Service Delivery
High rates of developmental delay in children in foster care make it important for the foster care system to provide early identification of developmental issues and facilitate intervention. This investigation examined the degree to which child welfare agencies encourage policies to assess children for developmental delay and link children to intervention agencies. Results indicate that half of counties studied have comprehensive developmental sc…
Rapid Assessment with Qualitative Telephone Interviews: Lessons from an Evaluation of California’s Healthy Families Program & Medi-Cal for Children
California’s Healthy Families/Medi-Cal for Children (HF/MCC) program provides low- and no-cost health insurance to low-income children. In December 1999 and January 2000, 72 community-based organizations (CBOs) were contracted by California’s Department of Health Services (DHS) to supply culturally appropriate HF/MCC outreach and enrollment services. This article describes the incorporation of a qualitative telephone interview component for rapid…
Assessment of Depressive Symptomatology in Young Maltreated Children
The present study examined the characteristics of a self-report measure of depression in young maltreated children. Two samples, Foster Care (N= 197) and Clinic Referred (N= 107), of maltreated children between the ages of 3- and 7-years, were administered the Preschool Symptom Self-Report (PRESS). In addition, a subsample of the foster and all of the clinic children between the ages of 4- and 7-years responded to Harter's measure of Perceived Co…
Youth Entering an Emergency Shelter Care Facility: Prior Involvement in Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Systems
Two hundred and ninety five youth between 11 and 17 years of age who entered an emergency shelter care facility reported on their prior involvement with mental health and criminal justice systems. More than a quarter indicated a prior arrest, 10.5% reported a hospital admission, and 43.1% said they had received counseling. An overall logistic regression model revealed that youth who had received counseling prior to entry were almost 3 times more …
Minority populations in the child welfare system: The visibility hypothesis reexamined
This study tests the "visibility hypothesis," which suggests that there is a higher probability for minority children to be placed in foster care when living in geographic locations where their proportions in the population are relatively low, compared to areas where their proportions are high. Results support the hypothesis for African-American youth only. Explanations of the findings, and their implications for research and practice, are discus…
Youth Entering an Emergency Shelter Care Facility: Prior Involvement in Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Systems
Two hundred and ninety five youth between 11 and 17 years of age who entered an emergency shelter care facility reported on their prior involvement with mental health and criminal justice systems. More than a quarter indicated a prior arrest, 10.5% reported a hospital admission, and 43.1% said they had received counseling. An overall logistic regression model revealed that youth who had received counseling prior to entry were almost 3 times more …
Children and youth in foster care: Disentangling the relationship between problem behaviors and number of placements
An Examination of Measurement Characteristics and Factorial Validity of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale
The present study investigated descriptive statistics for and factor validity of scores on the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) based on the responses of 295 high-risk postpartum women. The CTS2 yielded results for this sample similar to results obtained from a sample of college students in a previous study. Furthermore, confirmatory factor analytic results indicated that a five-factor model, specifying factors of Negotiation, Minor Psycholo…
Rapid Assessment with Qualitative Telephone Interviews: Lessons from an Evaluation of California’s Healthy Families Program & Medi-Cal for Children
California’s Healthy Families/Medi-Cal for Children (HF/MCC) program provides low- and no-cost health insurance to low-income children. In December 1999 and January 2000, 72 community-based organizations (CBOs) were contracted by California’s Department of Health Services (DHS) to supply culturally appropriate HF/MCC outreach and enrollment services. This article describes the incorporation of a qualitative telephone interview component for rapid…
Racial/ethnic disparities in mental health service use among children in foster care
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Utilization of Mental Health Services Among High-Risk Youths
OBJECTIVE: Racial and ethnic disparities in mental health service use have been identified as a major public health problem. However, the extent to which these disparities may be accounted for by other confounding sociodemographic or clinical predictors of service use (e.g., family income, functional impairment, caregiver strain) is relatively unexplored, especially for youth services. The goal of this study was to test for racial/ethnic disparit…
Child welfare as a gateway to domestic violence services
Assessment of Depressive Symptomatology in Young Maltreated Children
The present study examined the characteristics of a self-report measure of depression in young maltreated children. Two samples, Foster Care (N= 197) and Clinic Referred (N= 107), of maltreated children between the ages of 3- and 7-years, were administered the Preschool Symptom Self-Report (PRESS). In addition, a subsample of the foster and all of the clinic children between the ages of 4- and 7-years responded to Harter's measure of Perceived Co…
Developmental Services for Young Children in Foster Care: Assessment and Service Delivery
High rates of developmental delay in children in foster care make it important for the foster care system to provide early identification of developmental issues and facilitate intervention. This investigation examined the degree to which child welfare agencies encourage policies to assess children for developmental delay and link children to intervention agencies. Results indicate that half of counties studied have comprehensive developmental sc…
Prevention of Behavior Problems for Children in Foster Care: Outcomes and Mediation Effects
Intimate Partner Violence and Psychological Functioning in Latina Women
In this study, the researchers examined the associations among intimate partner violence and psychological functioning in 282 Latina women between 18 and 45 years. Participants were interviewed about demographic characteristics, experiences with physical, sexual, and psychological intimate partner violence, psychological symptoms, stressful life events, and childhood maltreatment. Physical violence was associated with symptoms of depression and h…
Substance involvement among youths in child welfare: The role of common and unique risk factors
This study examines risk factors for substance involvement for youths involved with the child welfare (CW) system. In addition to common risk factors examined in general population studies; this research examines risk factors unique to youths in the CW system, including age at entry into CW and number of out-of-home placements. Participants included 214 youths ages 13 to 18, randomly sampled from youths active to CW in San Diego County, Californi…
Practitioner Review: Children in foster care – vulnerabilities and evidence‐based interventions that promote resilience processes
Background: An increasing number of children are placed in foster care (i.e., a kin or nonkin family home other than the biological parent) due to experiences of physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological abuse, and/or neglect. Children in foster care are at increased risk for a host of negative outcomes encompassing emotional, behavioral, neurobiological, and social realms. Methods: Areas of risk and vulnerability among foster children are de…
State behavioral health agency website references to evidence-based program registers
Psychology (14 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (10 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Foster care (5 works)