Nancy K Young

Biographic Data

ID2533579
NAMENancy K Young
GIVEN NAMESNancy K
FAMILY NAMEYoung
SIGNATUREYOUNG N K
AFFILIATIONSFutures Group (United States)
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • Assessing values within collaborative interventions for families with parental substance use and child welfare involvement

    Ruth A Huebner, Yueqi Yan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Social Work2021

    Effective intervention for families with parental substance use disorders (SUD) and child maltreatment requires multiple agencies to collaborate on system changes to deliver family-centered services. The Collaborative Values Inventory (CVI) was designed for use in multi-system interventions to facilitate understanding of differences in beliefs among professionals. This study reports on significant revisions to the CVI and the psychometrics of the…

  • The Regional Partnership Grant (RPG) Program

    Sharon Boles, Nancy K Young et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2012Cited by: 1

    This article reviews the accomplishments of the 53 Regional Partnerships Grants (RPGs), representing the broadest federal program ever launched to increase the well-being, permanency, and safety outcomes of children who were in or at risk of being placed in out-of-home placement as a result of a parent's or caregiver's methamphetamine or other substance abuse. While not designed as a cross-site evaluation, the collaborative achievements from data…

  • World War II and the Postwar Years in America

    William H Young, Nancy K YoungBOOKWorld War II and the Postwar…2010

    More than 150 articles provide a revealing look at one of the most tempestuous decades in recent American history, describing the everyday activities of Americans as they dealt first with war, and then a difficult transition to peace and prosperity. The two-volumeWorld War II and the Postwar Years in America: A Historical and Cultural Encyclopediacontains over 175 articles describing everyday life on the American home front during World War II an…

  • Parental Substance Use Disorders and Child Maltreatment

    Open AccessNancy K Young, Sharon Boles et al.ARTICLEChild Maltreatment2007

    There are relatively few empirically sound studies or nationally representative data on the number of children in Child Welfare Services (CWS) who are affected by their parents' substance abuse or dependence. The two systems that could systematically monitor this population, CWS and substance abuse treatment, are not required to capture the data elements that would identify families in both systems. The studies that are based on CWS populations o…

  • Medication assisted drug treatment and child well-being

    Open AccessLena Lundgren, Lena M Lundgren et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2007References: 71

  • Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs on Children

    Nancy K YoungARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs1997

    Children are affected by alcohol and other drug use along three primary paths: in utero through the mother's use, environmentally through both family and community influences, and through their own use. Children who are prenatally exposed are put at risk both through physiological insults and through caregiving deficits in their immediate family. The number of cases of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) in the western world has been estimated at 0.33 c…

  • A Weekly Drop-in Group For Socially Isolated People

    Sandra Peeters, Nancy K Young et al.ARTICLEAustralian Social Work1987Cited by: 1

    This descriptive evaluation spans the first fifteen months of a weekly drop-in group which was set up in a community based agency to meet the needs of socially isolated people from deprived and/or institutionalised backgrounds for whom there were no other appropriate supports