Kathryn Krase
Biographic Data
| ID | 244181 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn Krase |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn |
| FAMILY NAME | Krase |
| SIGNATURE | KRASE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yeshiva University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6140-4223 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Collective Response to the 2020 Covid-19, Racial Injustice, and Political Polarization Triad
Creating a Standardized Instrument to Assess Adei Efforts in Social Work Programs
Purpose: Under the Council on Social Work Education 2022 Education and Policy Accreditation Standards, social work programs must have a systematic plan to “assess anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion (ADEI) efforts within the program's implicit curriculum”. This article outlines development, piloting, and related statistical analyses of the SWEAP ADEI Instrument. This standardized instrument is designed to facilitate student assessment of…
Knowledge Test Development for Use in Social Work Student Outcomes Assessment
Purpose: This article describes the process used to develop and pilot the Social Work Education Assessment Project (SWEAP) Curriculum instrument, a standardized multiple-choice test developed to assess student knowledge as it relates to each of the nine generalist practice competencies of the 2015 Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). Method: An expert panel evaluated instrument construct, …
Examining the Early Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Black/African American Adults
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed a disproportionate risk of the disease in communities of color. The present study explored the impact of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-reported adaptation and coping, compared by the race of the respondent. Results from an anonymous, cross-sectional, online survey administered in June 2020 found that Black/African American adult respondents were less likely than non- Black/African American adult re…
Exploring correlates of implicit curriculum for accreditation outcomes evaluation
When the focus of the accreditation process for social work programs in the United States shifted to competency-based student achievement in 2008 the overall student experience in a program seemed to be sidelined. Another shift in these standards in 2015 renewed attention on the student experience, through a required assessment of the implicit curriculum. This study examines student evaluation of the implicit curriculum of more than 50 undergradu…
Setting appropriate competency benchmarks to support successful social work program assessment
Mastering competence is a ‘cornerstone’ in the preparation of social work students for professional practice in the field. But who determines how competency is defined? And, ultimately, who gets to determine when a student achieves competence? These are important questions. This article relates the development and adoption of competency-based social work education to the reality programs face in documenting student achievement in an effort to sat…
Exploring the impact of gender on challenges and coping during the Covid-19 pandemic
Purpose Repercussions to everyday life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted certain segments of the population, including older adults, communities of color and women. The societal response to reduce the impact of the pandemic, including closing schools and working from home, has been experienced differentially by women. This study explored how individual challenges and coping mechanisms differed for women as compared to me…
Coping With and Adapting to Covid-19 in Rural United States and Canada
Guidelines aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 resulted in major changes in people’s lives. A cross-sectional online survey, completed by 1,405 adults in Canada and the United States in June 2020, found respondents from rural areas/small towns reported better coping and adjustment (i.e., less use of substances for support), less personal impact, less life disruption, and fewer challenges with transportation and health care, than urban and sub…
Micro, mezzo, and macro factors associated with coping in the early phase of Covid-19
Coping and adapting to crisis can be influenced by numerous factors on multiple levels. The experience during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic is no different. This article reports on the results of a cross-sectional, online survey administered to adults living in the United States and Canada in June 2020 (N = 1,405). Hierarchical multiple regression analysis found that respondent's age, support of family and friends, support of children's …
Exploring Factors Associated with Alcohol and/or Substance Use During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Political Efficacy in Social Workers Before and After 2016
Since 2016, members of communities traditionally prevented or discouraged from electoral politics have challenged barriers to political power. Social work’s current research base about political action reflects the pre- 2016 political landscape. Survey data collected between 2015 and 2019 examines ways social workers’ political engagement and efficacy reacted to this political environment. We examined political efficacy of social workers and stud…
Comparing Macro Influences on Individuals’ Initial Coping and Response to Covid-19 in Canada and USA
A Social Work Response to the Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act represents a reinvestment in primary care, with a focus on prevention of illness and remediation of the impacts of chronic diseases through a behavioral health framework. Licensed social work professionals, specifically those trained in behavioral health, are a natural fit to help implement these new approaches. Though there are many evidence-based interventions that will be helpful, two that come fr…
Exploring Child Welfare Workers’ Experiences with Neglect Cases
Child neglect continues to be a pressing concern in American society. However, child neglect is often found to be more difficult to assess than other forms of child maltreatment. This study explores how child welfare workers experience their day-to-day work with children and families, when neglect is the presenting concern. Convenience sampling was used to recruit former and current child welfare workers (N = 20). Three focus groups were conducte…
Comparing reports of suspected child maltreatment in states with and without Universal Mandated Reporting
Differences in Racially Disproportionate Reporting of Child Maltreatment Across Report Sources
Recent attention on disproportionate representation of African-American children in the child welfare system highlights the phenomenon in foster care, with less emphasis placed on the reporting stage. This study examines racial disproportionality and disparity in reports of suspected child maltreatment, across report source, and comparing state experiences. Geographic information systems (GIS) technology is used to report findings through maps. T…
Maternal Criminal Justice and Child Welfare Involvement
The National Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-Being was used to examine a sample of 1,735 children ages five to 15 years with child welfare involvement. This study analyzed the extent that maternal criminal justice involvement (MCJI) and other maternal and environmental risks increase the potential for children's internalizing and externalizing problems. MCJI was associated with maternal substance abuse, exposure to violence, and community adv…
The Development of an Evidence Based Assessment Protocol for Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S. Army
The importance of conducting evidence based assessment has been widely acknowledged by many professions, including social work. In this study, the U.S. Army, in partnership with University researchers, developed an evidence based assessment protocol to assist the individual social worker in conducting his/her assessment of intimate partner violence. The protocol development process involved posing answerable research questions about intimate part…
Differences in Racially Disproportionate Reporting of Child Maltreatment Across Report Sources
Recent attention on disproportionate representation of African-American children in the child welfare system highlights the phenomenon in foster care, with less emphasis placed on the reporting stage. This study examines racial disproportionality and disparity in reports of suspected child maltreatment, across report source, and comparing state experiences. Geographic information systems (GIS) technology is used to report findings through maps. T…
Exploring Child Welfare Workers’ Experiences with Neglect Cases
Child neglect continues to be a pressing concern in American society. However, child neglect is often found to be more difficult to assess than other forms of child maltreatment. This study explores how child welfare workers experience their day-to-day work with children and families, when neglect is the presenting concern. Convenience sampling was used to recruit former and current child welfare workers (N = 20). Three focus groups were conducte…
Comparing reports of suspected child maltreatment in states with and without Universal Mandated Reporting
Maternal Criminal Justice and Child Welfare Involvement
The National Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-Being was used to examine a sample of 1,735 children ages five to 15 years with child welfare involvement. This study analyzed the extent that maternal criminal justice involvement (MCJI) and other maternal and environmental risks increase the potential for children's internalizing and externalizing problems. MCJI was associated with maternal substance abuse, exposure to violence, and community adv…
The Development of an Evidence Based Assessment Protocol for Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S. Army
The importance of conducting evidence based assessment has been widely acknowledged by many professions, including social work. In this study, the U.S. Army, in partnership with University researchers, developed an evidence based assessment protocol to assist the individual social worker in conducting his/her assessment of intimate partner violence. The protocol development process involved posing answerable research questions about intimate part…
Differences in Racially Disproportionate Reporting of Child Maltreatment Across Report Sources
Recent attention on disproportionate representation of African-American children in the child welfare system highlights the phenomenon in foster care, with less emphasis placed on the reporting stage. This study examines racial disproportionality and disparity in reports of suspected child maltreatment, across report source, and comparing state experiences. Geographic information systems (GIS) technology is used to report findings through maps. T…
Maternal Criminal Justice and Child Welfare Involvement
The National Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-Being was used to examine a sample of 1,735 children ages five to 15 years with child welfare involvement. This study analyzed the extent that maternal criminal justice involvement (MCJI) and other maternal and environmental risks increase the potential for children's internalizing and externalizing problems. MCJI was associated with maternal substance abuse, exposure to violence, and community adv…
Exploring Child Welfare Workers’ Experiences with Neglect Cases
Child neglect continues to be a pressing concern in American society. However, child neglect is often found to be more difficult to assess than other forms of child maltreatment. This study explores how child welfare workers experience their day-to-day work with children and families, when neglect is the presenting concern. Convenience sampling was used to recruit former and current child welfare workers (N = 20). Three focus groups were conducte…
Comparing reports of suspected child maltreatment in states with and without Universal Mandated Reporting
A Social Work Response to the Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act represents a reinvestment in primary care, with a focus on prevention of illness and remediation of the impacts of chronic diseases through a behavioral health framework. Licensed social work professionals, specifically those trained in behavioral health, are a natural fit to help implement these new approaches. Though there are many evidence-based interventions that will be helpful, two that come fr…
Coping With and Adapting to Covid-19 in Rural United States and Canada
Guidelines aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 resulted in major changes in people’s lives. A cross-sectional online survey, completed by 1,405 adults in Canada and the United States in June 2020, found respondents from rural areas/small towns reported better coping and adjustment (i.e., less use of substances for support), less personal impact, less life disruption, and fewer challenges with transportation and health care, than urban and sub…
Micro, mezzo, and macro factors associated with coping in the early phase of Covid-19
Coping and adapting to crisis can be influenced by numerous factors on multiple levels. The experience during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic is no different. This article reports on the results of a cross-sectional, online survey administered to adults living in the United States and Canada in June 2020 (N = 1,405). Hierarchical multiple regression analysis found that respondent's age, support of family and friends, support of children's …
Exploring Factors Associated with Alcohol and/or Substance Use During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Political Efficacy in Social Workers Before and After 2016
Since 2016, members of communities traditionally prevented or discouraged from electoral politics have challenged barriers to political power. Social work’s current research base about political action reflects the pre- 2016 political landscape. Survey data collected between 2015 and 2019 examines ways social workers’ political engagement and efficacy reacted to this political environment. We examined political efficacy of social workers and stud…
Comparing Macro Influences on Individuals’ Initial Coping and Response to Covid-19 in Canada and USA
Exploring correlates of implicit curriculum for accreditation outcomes evaluation
When the focus of the accreditation process for social work programs in the United States shifted to competency-based student achievement in 2008 the overall student experience in a program seemed to be sidelined. Another shift in these standards in 2015 renewed attention on the student experience, through a required assessment of the implicit curriculum. This study examines student evaluation of the implicit curriculum of more than 50 undergradu…
Setting appropriate competency benchmarks to support successful social work program assessment
Mastering competence is a ‘cornerstone’ in the preparation of social work students for professional practice in the field. But who determines how competency is defined? And, ultimately, who gets to determine when a student achieves competence? These are important questions. This article relates the development and adoption of competency-based social work education to the reality programs face in documenting student achievement in an effort to sat…
Exploring the impact of gender on challenges and coping during the Covid-19 pandemic
Purpose Repercussions to everyday life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted certain segments of the population, including older adults, communities of color and women. The societal response to reduce the impact of the pandemic, including closing schools and working from home, has been experienced differentially by women. This study explored how individual challenges and coping mechanisms differed for women as compared to me…
Knowledge Test Development for Use in Social Work Student Outcomes Assessment
Purpose: This article describes the process used to develop and pilot the Social Work Education Assessment Project (SWEAP) Curriculum instrument, a standardized multiple-choice test developed to assess student knowledge as it relates to each of the nine generalist practice competencies of the 2015 Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). Method: An expert panel evaluated instrument construct, …
Examining the Early Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Black/African American Adults
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed a disproportionate risk of the disease in communities of color. The present study explored the impact of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-reported adaptation and coping, compared by the race of the respondent. Results from an anonymous, cross-sectional, online survey administered in June 2020 found that Black/African American adult respondents were less likely than non- Black/African American adult re…
Creating a Standardized Instrument to Assess Adei Efforts in Social Work Programs
Purpose: Under the Council on Social Work Education 2022 Education and Policy Accreditation Standards, social work programs must have a systematic plan to “assess anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion (ADEI) efforts within the program's implicit curriculum”. This article outlines development, piloting, and related statistical analyses of the SWEAP ADEI Instrument. This standardized instrument is designed to facilitate student assessment of…
Collective Response to the 2020 Covid-19, Racial Injustice, and Political Polarization Triad
Psychology (17 works) · Medicine (16 works) · Political science (13 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Pandemic (6 works)