Paul Sacco
Biographic Data
| ID | 229160 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Sacco |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Sacco |
| SIGNATURE | SACCO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2800-9571 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Long term Outcomes of Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Fellowships: Evidence from Three BHWET Grantees
Purpose: This study evaluates outcomes from the behavioral health workforce education and training (BHWET) program in social work. Method: An online survey was sent to all BHWET alumni from three programs ( n = 537). Rates of social work practice, licensure, and practice in high-need areas were calculated. Models assessed outcome disparities (i.e., race, gender, and age). Latent class analysis (LCA) characterized subpopulations by practice patter…
Assessing prioritization of a good death across Brazil, Italy, Japan, and the United States: A psychometric evaluation
Empirically vetted measures capturing individual priorities for a good death are lacking. This study assessed the measurement properties, measurement invariance, and internal consistency reliability of a prospective measure, Prioritization of a Good Death Index. We used data from a probability sample ( N = 4,239) of the general public in Brazil ( n = 1,233), Italy ( n = 1,000), Japan ( n = 1,000), and the United States ( n = 1,006). We assessed a…
Practice Makes Perfect: MSW Students Reflect on Skill-Based Teaching Methods in Clinical Social Work Education
). Focus groups included masters of social work students (N = 40) from six universities in the United States. Students were, on average, 34 years of age (range 21 to 58) with 75% female, 20% male, and two non-binary students. Students identified as White (50%), Latinx/Latine (20%), Black (12.5%), and multi-racial (12.2%). A framework-guided content analysis was used, and revealed four broad themes: 1) classroom-based opportunities for practice ob…
Pre-training SBIRT knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of social work students and medical residents
Substance misuse is a major ongoing public health issue. SBIRT is a helpful tool for assessing and identifying at-risk substance use. Evaluation of SBIRT trainings demonstrate post- training changes, however, baseline differences in SBIRT knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors by different health professionals are relatively understudied. Baseline knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and behaviors were compared between medical residents (n = 466) and s…
Risk of acute care incidents for people treated for opioid use disorder with extended-release naltrexone and buprenorphine
Buprenorphine treatment has an established history of reducing opioid overdoses; however, extended-release naltrexone does not have the same track record. This study evaluates the risk of patients with opioid use disorder experiencing an acute-care incident treated with extended-release naltrexone compared to those treated with buprenorphine. A generalized estimating equation was used to estimate the association of days in treatment with extended…
Time Use and Well-Being in Family and Other Unpaid Caregivers of Older Adults
The profiles acknowledge the diverse experiences of caregivers, underscoring the significance of granting them greater latitude in balancing eldercare responsibilities and personal life for enhanced well-being
The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data
Influential psychological theories hypothesize that people consume alcohol in response to the experience of both negative and positive emotions. Despite two decades of daily diary and ecological momentary assessment research, it remains unclear whether people consume more alcohol on days they experience higher negative and positive affect in everyday life. In this preregistered meta-analysis, we synthesized the evidence for these daily associatio…
The Effects of Caregiver Social Support and Depressive Symptoms on Child Medication Adherence and Asthma Control
Factors that contribute to stigma toward opioid users among social work students
This study aimed to understand contributing factors of stigma toward people with opioid use disorder (OUD). We conducted a randomized factorial survey with Masters in Social Work (MSW) students (n = 70). Students received four vignettes describing a person with OUD, yielding a total of 275 vignettes for analysis. We tested whether stigma differed according to the characteristics of people with OUD. We found significantly more stigmatizing attitud…
Validation of the Substance Abuse Scale of the Personal and Relationships Profile
There have been limited measurement studies of the substance abuse scale of the Personal and Relationships Profile (PRP) and the impact of social desirability on alcohol and drug use reporting. This study aimed to (a) model the factor structure of the eight-item substance abuse scale of the PRP and (b) examine the relationship of substance use factors with sociodemographic variables—race, income, age, marital status—and social desirability on sub…
Psychometric evaluation of the child attitude toward illness scale—sibling version
The Child Attitude Toward Illness Scale (CATIS) is an established measure of how CSHCN perceive the impact of chronic conditions on their lives. We tested the psychometric properties of the CATIS adapted for use with siblings (CATIS-S) of youths with spina bifida (SB), a complex congenital birth defect. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) tested the factor structure of the CATIS-S in a sample of 208 adolescent siblings of youths with SB. Construct…
Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Depression, Antisocial Behavior, Alcohol Use, and Gambling during Emerging Adulthood
Gambling in Emerging Adulthood: The Role of Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, Antisocial Behaviors, and Alcohol Use
Enhancing Treatment Access Through “Safe Stations”
Racial and ethnic differences in patterns of adolescent tobacco users: A latent class analysis
SBIRT Training in Social Work Education: Evaluating Change Using Standardized Patient Simulation
A grand challenge for social work is addressing widespread public health problems of alcohol misuse. MSW students (n = 83) received Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) training through didactic sessions, role plays, and pre–post videotaped standardized patient (SP) interactions. SBIRT knowledge, self-reported practice behaviors, and confidence were assessed at pretest, 30 days, and 6 months posttest. Videos were coded…
Developmental Relations Between Alcohol and Aggressive Behavior Among Adolescents: Neighborhood and Sociodemographic Correlates
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Gambling: Results From a National Survey
Pathological gambling disorder and problem gambling are addictive disorders with severe consequences for individuals, families, and society. Knowledge about associations between childhood adverse experiences (i.e., physical, sexual, and emotional abuse) and gambling pathology in adulthood is limited. Using data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC), associations between adverse childhood experiences and…
Alcohol-Related Diagnoses in Hospital Admissions for All Causes Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Trends and Cohort Differences From 1993 to 2010
Rates of alcohol-related admissions are increasing among adults above age 45, which may be a function of cohort effects. Training the health care workforce is crucial to respond to this trend
Understanding older adults' attitudes and beliefs about drinking: Perspectives of residents in congregate living
Drinking motives may change as adults age, yet few studies in the United States of America have examined older adults' perspectives about their own drinking habits. The current study explored beliefs and attitudes of alcohol use of retired adults residing in a congregate care setting in the Baltimore/Washington DC metro area. Individual interviews were conducted with a sub-sample of 11 individuals who participated in a daily diary study on alcoho…
Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Among Heterosexual Identified Men and Women Who Have Same-Sex Partners or Same-Sex Attraction: Results from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and…
Correlates of Caregiver Burden Among Family Caregivers of Older Korean Americans
Interventions to reduce caregiver burden in KA caregivers may be more effective if they include approaches specifically designed to build family support, improve family agreement, and increase caregivers' self-efficacy
Changes in Parental Assets and Children's Educational Outcomes
Several countries, including Canada, Singapore and the United Kingdom, have enacted asset-based policies for children in recent years. The premise underlying these policies is that increases in assets lead to improvement in various child outcomes over time. But little existing research examines this premise from a dynamic perspective. Using data from the NLSY79 mother and child datasets, two parallel process latent growth curve models are estimat…
Institutional Care and International Adoption: Letter to the Editor
A cross-sectional survey of upper and lower limb strength in boys and girls during childhood and adolescence
Changes in height and weight during childhood and adolescence are well documented, yet there is comparatively little comprehensive information about muscular development during this time. In a cross-sectional survey standing height, body weight and isometric strength of the elbow flexor and quadriceps muscles have been measured in 267 boys and 284 girls aged from 5 to 17 years. All the children were from private London schools. The mean heights a…
Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Among Heterosexual Identified Men and Women Who Have Same-Sex Partners or Same-Sex Attraction: Results from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and…
The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data
Influential psychological theories hypothesize that people consume alcohol in response to the experience of both negative and positive emotions. Despite two decades of daily diary and ecological momentary assessment research, it remains unclear whether people consume more alcohol on days they experience higher negative and positive affect in everyday life. In this preregistered meta-analysis, we synthesized the evidence for these daily associatio…
Changes in Parental Assets and Children's Educational Outcomes
Several countries, including Canada, Singapore and the United Kingdom, have enacted asset-based policies for children in recent years. The premise underlying these policies is that increases in assets lead to improvement in various child outcomes over time. But little existing research examines this premise from a dynamic perspective. Using data from the NLSY79 mother and child datasets, two parallel process latent growth curve models are estimat…
Understanding older adults' attitudes and beliefs about drinking: Perspectives of residents in congregate living
Drinking motives may change as adults age, yet few studies in the United States of America have examined older adults' perspectives about their own drinking habits. The current study explored beliefs and attitudes of alcohol use of retired adults residing in a congregate care setting in the Baltimore/Washington DC metro area. Individual interviews were conducted with a sub-sample of 11 individuals who participated in a daily diary study on alcoho…
Racial and ethnic differences in patterns of adolescent tobacco users: A latent class analysis
Correlates of Caregiver Burden Among Family Caregivers of Older Korean Americans
Interventions to reduce caregiver burden in KA caregivers may be more effective if they include approaches specifically designed to build family support, improve family agreement, and increase caregivers' self-efficacy
Validation of the Substance Abuse Scale of the Personal and Relationships Profile
There have been limited measurement studies of the substance abuse scale of the Personal and Relationships Profile (PRP) and the impact of social desirability on alcohol and drug use reporting. This study aimed to (a) model the factor structure of the eight-item substance abuse scale of the PRP and (b) examine the relationship of substance use factors with sociodemographic variables—race, income, age, marital status—and social desirability on sub…
Alcohol-Related Diagnoses in Hospital Admissions for All Causes Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Trends and Cohort Differences From 1993 to 2010
Rates of alcohol-related admissions are increasing among adults above age 45, which may be a function of cohort effects. Training the health care workforce is crucial to respond to this trend
A cross-sectional survey of upper and lower limb strength in boys and girls during childhood and adolescence
Changes in height and weight during childhood and adolescence are well documented, yet there is comparatively little comprehensive information about muscular development during this time. In a cross-sectional survey standing height, body weight and isometric strength of the elbow flexor and quadriceps muscles have been measured in 267 boys and 284 girls aged from 5 to 17 years. All the children were from private London schools. The mean heights a…
Institutional Care and International Adoption: Letter to the Editor
Correlates of Caregiver Burden Among Family Caregivers of Older Korean Americans
Interventions to reduce caregiver burden in KA caregivers may be more effective if they include approaches specifically designed to build family support, improve family agreement, and increase caregivers' self-efficacy
Changes in Parental Assets and Children's Educational Outcomes
Several countries, including Canada, Singapore and the United Kingdom, have enacted asset-based policies for children in recent years. The premise underlying these policies is that increases in assets lead to improvement in various child outcomes over time. But little existing research examines this premise from a dynamic perspective. Using data from the NLSY79 mother and child datasets, two parallel process latent growth curve models are estimat…
Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Among Heterosexual Identified Men and Women Who Have Same-Sex Partners or Same-Sex Attraction: Results from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and…
Developmental Relations Between Alcohol and Aggressive Behavior Among Adolescents: Neighborhood and Sociodemographic Correlates
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Gambling: Results From a National Survey
Pathological gambling disorder and problem gambling are addictive disorders with severe consequences for individuals, families, and society. Knowledge about associations between childhood adverse experiences (i.e., physical, sexual, and emotional abuse) and gambling pathology in adulthood is limited. Using data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC), associations between adverse childhood experiences and…
Alcohol-Related Diagnoses in Hospital Admissions for All Causes Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Trends and Cohort Differences From 1993 to 2010
Rates of alcohol-related admissions are increasing among adults above age 45, which may be a function of cohort effects. Training the health care workforce is crucial to respond to this trend
Understanding older adults' attitudes and beliefs about drinking: Perspectives of residents in congregate living
Drinking motives may change as adults age, yet few studies in the United States of America have examined older adults' perspectives about their own drinking habits. The current study explored beliefs and attitudes of alcohol use of retired adults residing in a congregate care setting in the Baltimore/Washington DC metro area. Individual interviews were conducted with a sub-sample of 11 individuals who participated in a daily diary study on alcoho…
SBIRT Training in Social Work Education: Evaluating Change Using Standardized Patient Simulation
A grand challenge for social work is addressing widespread public health problems of alcohol misuse. MSW students (n = 83) received Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) training through didactic sessions, role plays, and pre–post videotaped standardized patient (SP) interactions. SBIRT knowledge, self-reported practice behaviors, and confidence were assessed at pretest, 30 days, and 6 months posttest. Videos were coded…
Enhancing Treatment Access Through “Safe Stations”
Racial and ethnic differences in patterns of adolescent tobacco users: A latent class analysis
Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Depression, Antisocial Behavior, Alcohol Use, and Gambling during Emerging Adulthood
Gambling in Emerging Adulthood: The Role of Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, Antisocial Behaviors, and Alcohol Use
Psychometric evaluation of the child attitude toward illness scale—sibling version
The Child Attitude Toward Illness Scale (CATIS) is an established measure of how CSHCN perceive the impact of chronic conditions on their lives. We tested the psychometric properties of the CATIS adapted for use with siblings (CATIS-S) of youths with spina bifida (SB), a complex congenital birth defect. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) tested the factor structure of the CATIS-S in a sample of 208 adolescent siblings of youths with SB. Construct…
Validation of the Substance Abuse Scale of the Personal and Relationships Profile
There have been limited measurement studies of the substance abuse scale of the Personal and Relationships Profile (PRP) and the impact of social desirability on alcohol and drug use reporting. This study aimed to (a) model the factor structure of the eight-item substance abuse scale of the PRP and (b) examine the relationship of substance use factors with sociodemographic variables—race, income, age, marital status—and social desirability on sub…
The Effects of Caregiver Social Support and Depressive Symptoms on Child Medication Adherence and Asthma Control
Factors that contribute to stigma toward opioid users among social work students
This study aimed to understand contributing factors of stigma toward people with opioid use disorder (OUD). We conducted a randomized factorial survey with Masters in Social Work (MSW) students (n = 70). Students received four vignettes describing a person with OUD, yielding a total of 275 vignettes for analysis. We tested whether stigma differed according to the characteristics of people with OUD. We found significantly more stigmatizing attitud…
Practice Makes Perfect: MSW Students Reflect on Skill-Based Teaching Methods in Clinical Social Work Education
). Focus groups included masters of social work students (N = 40) from six universities in the United States. Students were, on average, 34 years of age (range 21 to 58) with 75% female, 20% male, and two non-binary students. Students identified as White (50%), Latinx/Latine (20%), Black (12.5%), and multi-racial (12.2%). A framework-guided content analysis was used, and revealed four broad themes: 1) classroom-based opportunities for practice ob…
Pre-training SBIRT knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of social work students and medical residents
Substance misuse is a major ongoing public health issue. SBIRT is a helpful tool for assessing and identifying at-risk substance use. Evaluation of SBIRT trainings demonstrate post- training changes, however, baseline differences in SBIRT knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors by different health professionals are relatively understudied. Baseline knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and behaviors were compared between medical residents (n = 466) and s…
Risk of acute care incidents for people treated for opioid use disorder with extended-release naltrexone and buprenorphine
Buprenorphine treatment has an established history of reducing opioid overdoses; however, extended-release naltrexone does not have the same track record. This study evaluates the risk of patients with opioid use disorder experiencing an acute-care incident treated with extended-release naltrexone compared to those treated with buprenorphine. A generalized estimating equation was used to estimate the association of days in treatment with extended…
Time Use and Well-Being in Family and Other Unpaid Caregivers of Older Adults
The profiles acknowledge the diverse experiences of caregivers, underscoring the significance of granting them greater latitude in balancing eldercare responsibilities and personal life for enhanced well-being
The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data
Influential psychological theories hypothesize that people consume alcohol in response to the experience of both negative and positive emotions. Despite two decades of daily diary and ecological momentary assessment research, it remains unclear whether people consume more alcohol on days they experience higher negative and positive affect in everyday life. In this preregistered meta-analysis, we synthesized the evidence for these daily associatio…
Assessing prioritization of a good death across Brazil, Italy, Japan, and the United States: A psychometric evaluation
Empirically vetted measures capturing individual priorities for a good death are lacking. This study assessed the measurement properties, measurement invariance, and internal consistency reliability of a prospective measure, Prioritization of a Good Death Index. We used data from a probability sample ( N = 4,239) of the general public in Brazil ( n = 1,233), Italy ( n = 1,000), Japan ( n = 1,000), and the United States ( n = 1,006). We assessed a…
Long term Outcomes of Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Fellowships: Evidence from Three BHWET Grantees
Purpose: This study evaluates outcomes from the behavioral health workforce education and training (BHWET) program in social work. Method: An online survey was sent to all BHWET alumni from three programs ( n = 537). Rates of social work practice, licensure, and practice in high-need areas were calculated. Models assessed outcome disparities (i.e., race, gender, and age). Latent class analysis (LCA) characterized subpopulations by practice patter…
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