Brenda D Smith

Biographic Data

ID3819795
NAMEBrenda D Smith
GIVEN NAMESBrenda D
FAMILY NAMESmith
SIGNATURESMITH B D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Alabama
ORCID0000-0001-6716-2483
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS23
TOTAL CITATIONS192
WORKS AS AUTHOR23
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX6

  • A Message from the New Co-Editors-in-Chief

    Open AccessLeah P Cheatham, Brenda D SmithARTICLEChild and Adolescent Social Work…2025

  • Are county-level child welfare vulnerability and protective factors associated with child welfare involvement

    Brenda D Smith, Kun Wang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2025References: 10

  • Enhancing Supports for Novice Workers in Child Welfare

    Open AccessNatasha L Smith, Angela M Smith et al.ARTICLEFamilies in Society The Journal…2024

    Coaching in child welfare settings shows promise as a supplement to traditional agency-based supervision. This study investigates the perceived benefits and challenges of an innovative coaching model for social work students with child welfare internships. Focus groups were conducted with student interns, former interns, and coaches. Focus group participants perceived coaching as helpful for professional development and influential in decisions t…

  • Practicing up

    Brenda D Smith, Heather Headley ResendezARTICLESocial Work Education2024

    Social workers often practice in challenging organizational contexts that hinder the ability to uphold social work values and ethics and empower clients. This article introduces the concept of ‘practicing up,’ defined as the ability to communicate effectively and persuasively with people in power, and to act with courage on behalf of clients. The article presents an argument that social work education should intentionally include content on pract…

  • Older adults' online activities and cognition

    Open AccessKun Wang, Xiayu Summer Chen et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2024Cited by: 2References: 49

  • A national study of child maltreatment reporting at the county level

    Open AccessBrenda D Smith, Qingyi Li et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2021Cited by: 3References: 43

  • Do surprisingly low child maltreatment rates in rural southern counties reflect lower rates of substantiation

    Open AccessBrenda D Smith, Tracy D Pressley et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2019Cited by: 2References: 56

  • How can county-level maltreatment report rates better inform child welfare practice

    Open AccessBrenda D Smith, Emma Sophia Kay et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2017Cited by: 2References: 27

  • Reproductive Justice

    Brenda D SmithARTICLESocial Work2017Cited by: 7References: 2

    Reproductive rights are at risk in many parts of the United States. To inspire social workers to act, this article begins by defining and describing the concepts of reproductive rights and reproductive justice. Next, it summarizes threats to reproductive rights in five areas: preventing pregnancy, terminating pregnancy, pregnancy loss, personhood measures, and drug use during pregnancy. Applying John Kingdon's policy streams framework, the articl…

  • Child Welfare Research and Training

    Open AccessBrenda D Smith, Vikki L VandiverARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2016References: 5

    In this response to David Stoesz’ critique, “The Child Welfare Cartel,” the authors agree that child welfare research and training must be improved. The authors disagree, however, with Stoesz’ critique of social work education, his assessment of the most-needed forms of child welfare research, and his depiction of the goals and activities of the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI). Rather than contributing to child welfare challeng…

  • Do child welfare job preview videos reflect evidence on retention and turnover

    Open AccessBrenda D Smith, Caroline Prichard et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2016References: 37

  • Association of caregiver social support with the safety, permanency, and well-being of children in child welfare

    Open AccessKhushmand Rajendran, Brenda D Smith et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2015Cited by: 7References: 39

  • Building Cultural Competence in the Child Welfare Workforce

    Catherine Lawrence, Monna Zuckerman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2012Cited by: 2References: 3

    Cultural competence training has been suggested as one way to help address the over-representation of children of color in the child welfare system. This article describes findings from a mixed-methods study of specialized training in cultural competence knowledge, attitudes, and skills for experienced caseworkers in public child welfare. Results indicate training participants had statistically significant increases in knowledge across all topic …

  • Integrated substance abuse and child welfare services for women

    Open AccessJeanne C Marsh, Brenda D Smith et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2011

  • Transferring training to child welfare practice

    Open AccessJunqing Liu, Brenda D SmithARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2011References: 28

  • Methamphetamine Use and Child Welfare

    Brenda D SmithARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2008Cited by: 1References: 1

    Methamphetamine use among parents has received considerable attention in recent years. Child welfare officials have reported unique and especially severe consequences to children exposed to parental methamphetamine use. In response, polices and practices addressing parental methamphetamine use are being formed throughout the country. This review summarizes the state of knowledge on prevalence of parental methamphetamine use, its effects on childr…

  • Outcomes in residential treatment for youth

    Open AccessBrenda D Smith, David E Duffee et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2008Cited by: 6References: 47

  • Multi-level influences on the practice of inter-agency collaboration in child welfare and substance abuse treatment

    Open AccessBrenda D Smith, Cristina Mogro-Wilson et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2007Cited by: 14References: 23

  • Fixing Families

    Open AccessBrenda D SmithARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2007

  • Job retention in child welfare

    Open AccessBrenda D SmithARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2005Cited by: 44References: 33

  • After Parental Rights are Terminated

    Open AccessBrenda D SmithARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2003Cited by: 17

  • Child Welfare Practice in Organizational and Institutional Context

    Brenda D Smith, S Donovan et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review2003Cited by: 85References: 11

    Child welfare policy changes have intensified the need for effective child welfare practice, yet little is known about the everyday practices of frontline child welfare caseworkers. Based in Michael Lipsky’s theory of street‐level bureaucracy, this study explores child welfare practice through interviews with frontline caseworkers and observations in juvenile court. The study suggests that best practices in child welfare are compromised not only …

  • Increasing access and providing social services to improve drug abuse treatment for women with children

    Open AccessJeanne C Marsh, Thomas A D'Aunno et al.ARTICLEAddiction2000

    Aims. To assess the impact of a substance abuse treatment program for women with children designed to increase access to treatment through transportation, outreach and child‐care services. Also, to assess the impact of using access services on the use of other services and on treatment effectiveness. Design. A quasi‐experimental non‐equivalent control group design was used with path analysis to examine the impact of participation in an enhanced s…