Dina J Wilke
Biographic Data
| ID | 4176753 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dina J Wilke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dina J |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilke |
| SIGNATURE | WILKE D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1334-4841 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
An investigation of factors impacting job stress-related presenteeism among child welfare workers
Patience and protocol: Advice to newly hired child welfare workers from experienced colleagues regarding challenging cases
This study examined advice experienced child welfare workers offer to newly hired colleagues for managing exceptionally challenging cases, guided by the Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) model. Using data from the Florida Study of Professionals for Safe Families, researchers analyzed quantitative and qualitative responses from workers with approximately three years of tenure. Over 75% identified procedural demands of the case as more challenging than …
Early Career Provider Stigma Trajectories Among Child Protective Services Workers
CaseAIM: Child Welfare Workers’ Experiences Using Information and Communication Technology for Case Management Services
The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance child welfare services provides innovative tools and support for child welfare workers to manage caseloads effectively. This study used the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to understand case managers' experiences with the CaseAIM mobile app, a tool that supports workload efficiency through documentation, case access, support, and transportation. Thematic analysis of intervie…
The Importance of Job Demands and Supports: Promoting Retention Among Child Welfare Workers
What makes a case difficult: Definitions from child welfare workers and implications for workload and caseload management
This study examines child welfare worker definitions of difficult cases and how definitions change over time. Seven waves of child welfare worker responses to survey questions asking what makes a case particularly difficult were collected over 3.5 years. Findings identified eight general difficult categories: case attributes, parent/caregiver issues, case tasks, children’s issues, uncooperative/non-compliant clients, communication/logistical issu…
Examining Employment Outcomes of Recently Hired, Older Workers in the Child Welfare Workforce
Older workers represent a growing proportion of the child welfare workforce. Yet little research examines employment outcomes of this population. This study used data from the first two waves of the Florida Study of Professionals for Safe Families, a longitudinal study of 1,500 newly hired child welfare workers. Workers 50 and older had lower odds of job retention compared to younger adults. However, older workers reported less burnout and second…
Extent, trajectory, and determinants of child welfare turnover and exit destinations
What else is there to say? Reflections of newly-hired child welfare workers by retention status
Covid-19’s Social Ecological Impacts on Health and Human Services Worker Well-being
Health and human services workers (HHS; e.g., child welfare, physical and mental healthcare) engage with clients facing heightened vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under typical circumstances, HHS workers face a host of challenges in carrying out their job responsibilities such as high caseloads and burnout, and now navigate new challenges such as social distancing protocols and protecting their own health and that of their families an…
Timing and Predictors of Frontline Worker Departures From Child Welfare: A Survival Analysis
Objective: High caseworker turnover is a central disrupter of an efficient, effective child welfare system. Considerable literature exists about intentions to leave a child welfare agency or position. Less is known about actual departure and departure timing from the field of child welfare. Drawing from the theory of embeddedness, this study uses Cox survival analysis to examine child welfare exits, personal and support characteristics that shape…
Development and validation of the supervision practice in human services scale
This paper reports on the development and validation of a scale to measure supervision practice in human service agencies. Supervision in human services is designed to provide management, mediation, professional development, and personal support to workers. The Supervision Practices in Human Services scale (SPHS) captures a range of supervisory practices from productive to abusive behaviours. The SPHS had strong psychometric properties. It includ…
Understanding the Effects of Client Violence on the Health of Child Protection Services Workers
Objective: Most child protection services (CPS) workers encounter client violence—physical and nonphysical violence initiated by clients—in their jobs, and such violence often harms worker health. Using the work-stress framework, this study aimed to understand the characteristics of client violence and how they affect worker health. Method: We conducted in-depth interviews with a statewide sample of CPS workers in Florida who have a range of expo…
Assessing the relationship between client-perpetrated violence and intentions to leave child welfare
Using a sample of 705 early-career child welfare workers, client-perpetrated violence (CPV), a form of workplace violence, was examined to determine whether CPV experiences differ by worker responsibilities and demographic characteristics and how CPV influences workers’ intent to leave their child welfare positions. Results showed that protective investigators experienced more nonphysical violence (being yelled at or cursed at), while those provi…
Predictors of Early Departure among Recently Hired Child Welfare Workers
Child welfare workforce turnover has been well studied, although there is limited understanding of factors related to the timing of departure. This study examines predictors of early job departure among newly hired child welfare workers. Data come from the first two waves of a longitudinal study. The sample for this analysis included 1,257 respondents. Hierarchical logistical regression was used to investigate worker characteristics and organizat…
Getting Everyone on the Same Page”: Child Welfare Workers’ Collaboration Challenges on Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence
A Multi-Level Conceptual Model to Examine Child Welfare Worker Turnover and Retention Decisions
There is little disagreement about the importance of a healthy stable workforce in promoting effective provision of child welfare services. This review proposes a multi-level conceptual model of child welfare workforce turnover combining traditional individual and organizational impacts with factors associated with community context. Identified gaps in the literature along with a related research agenda are reviewed. Also presented is an overview…
Recruitment and retention of child welfare workers in longitudinal research: Successful strategies from the Florida Study of Professionals for Safe Families
A Peer-Facilitated Intervention to Reduce Risky Drinking Among Fraternity and Sorority Members
Results from a pilot study of a peer-facilitated brief motivational interview using personalized normative feedback with members of fraternities and sororities are presented. Eight fraternity and sorority houses were randomly selected and then randomized into treatment or control conditions. Quantitative data testing intervention efficacy indicated no differences between treatment and control group 30 days postintervention on measures of alcohol …
Are Collaborations Enough? Professionals’ Knowledge of Victim Services
Service providers must be aware of community resources to make referrals, and yet studies have found providers to be less knowledgeable of services other than their own. This article describes a survey of 279 domestic violence, victim assistance, law enforcement, legal professionals, public health, and mental health professionals who were asked about a range of services for victims of domestic violence. Results indicated that groups had less know…
Gender Differences in the Nature of the Intimate Partner Violence and Effects of Perpetrator Arrest on Revictimization
Does Police Intervention in Intimate Partner Violence Work? Estimating the Impact of Batterer Arrest in Reducing Revictimization
A variety of societal interventions in intimate partner violence have been established for decades, including the police actively arresting perpetrators. However, it is difficult to find consistent study results to show if arrest is effective. Moreover, there are far fewer studies on victims than on perpetrators. This study utilized the National Crime Victimization Survey to examine if victims whose partners were arrested were less revictimized t…
Enhancing Web‐based Courses through a Mutual Aid Framework
Students taking a class together belong to a group where members typically develop a sense of connection to each other by engaging in mutual support and assistance through shared experiences and knowledge. Some have argued that the lack of face‐to‐face interaction precludes such processes and prevents the effective teaching of social work in an online environment. When online students were asked what they liked most and least about their classes,…
The Nature and Impact of Domestic Violence Across Age Cohorts
This study examined the nature and extent of domestic violence and its impact on psychosocial functioning among women of different age groups. No differences were found across age groups in the severity of violence, nature of injuries, use of alcohol or drugs at the time of the incident, attribution of blame, likelihood to report violence, or rates of childhood physical abuse and depression. However, the older women were more likely to have exper…
How Has the Violence Against Women Act Affected the Response of the Criminal Justice System to Domestic Violence
This study uses an interrupted time series design to examine the association between the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) and several different dimensions of the criminal justice system's involvement in violence against women. These include examining the domestic violence incidence rate, and rates of police notification, arrest, and judicial authorities' involvement. Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey from 1992 to 2003 is …
A Multi-Level Conceptual Model to Examine Child Welfare Worker Turnover and Retention Decisions
There is little disagreement about the importance of a healthy stable workforce in promoting effective provision of child welfare services. This review proposes a multi-level conceptual model of child welfare workforce turnover combining traditional individual and organizational impacts with factors associated with community context. Identified gaps in the literature along with a related research agenda are reviewed. Also presented is an overview…
Getting Everyone on the Same Page”: Child Welfare Workers’ Collaboration Challenges on Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence
Predictors of Early Departure among Recently Hired Child Welfare Workers
Child welfare workforce turnover has been well studied, although there is limited understanding of factors related to the timing of departure. This study examines predictors of early job departure among newly hired child welfare workers. Data come from the first two waves of a longitudinal study. The sample for this analysis included 1,257 respondents. Hierarchical logistical regression was used to investigate worker characteristics and organizat…
Gender Differences in the Nature of the Intimate Partner Violence and Effects of Perpetrator Arrest on Revictimization
Recruitment and retention of child welfare workers in longitudinal research: Successful strategies from the Florida Study of Professionals for Safe Families
The Nature and Impact of Domestic Violence Across Age Cohorts
This study examined the nature and extent of domestic violence and its impact on psychosocial functioning among women of different age groups. No differences were found across age groups in the severity of violence, nature of injuries, use of alcohol or drugs at the time of the incident, attribution of blame, likelihood to report violence, or rates of childhood physical abuse and depression. However, the older women were more likely to have exper…
Extent, trajectory, and determinants of child welfare turnover and exit destinations
Enhancing Web‐based Courses through a Mutual Aid Framework
Students taking a class together belong to a group where members typically develop a sense of connection to each other by engaging in mutual support and assistance through shared experiences and knowledge. Some have argued that the lack of face‐to‐face interaction precludes such processes and prevents the effective teaching of social work in an online environment. When online students were asked what they liked most and least about their classes,…
What makes a case difficult: Definitions from child welfare workers and implications for workload and caseload management
This study examines child welfare worker definitions of difficult cases and how definitions change over time. Seven waves of child welfare worker responses to survey questions asking what makes a case particularly difficult were collected over 3.5 years. Findings identified eight general difficult categories: case attributes, parent/caregiver issues, case tasks, children’s issues, uncooperative/non-compliant clients, communication/logistical issu…
What else is there to say? Reflections of newly-hired child welfare workers by retention status
Understanding the Effects of Client Violence on the Health of Child Protection Services Workers
Objective: Most child protection services (CPS) workers encounter client violence—physical and nonphysical violence initiated by clients—in their jobs, and such violence often harms worker health. Using the work-stress framework, this study aimed to understand the characteristics of client violence and how they affect worker health. Method: We conducted in-depth interviews with a statewide sample of CPS workers in Florida who have a range of expo…
Are Collaborations Enough? Professionals’ Knowledge of Victim Services
Service providers must be aware of community resources to make referrals, and yet studies have found providers to be less knowledgeable of services other than their own. This article describes a survey of 279 domestic violence, victim assistance, law enforcement, legal professionals, public health, and mental health professionals who were asked about a range of services for victims of domestic violence. Results indicated that groups had less know…
How Has the Violence Against Women Act Affected the Response of the Criminal Justice System to Domestic Violence
This study uses an interrupted time series design to examine the association between the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) and several different dimensions of the criminal justice system's involvement in violence against women. These include examining the domestic violence incidence rate, and rates of police notification, arrest, and judicial authorities' involvement. Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey from 1992 to 2003 is …
An Ecological Model of Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Neglect: Issues, Analyses, and Recommendations
This study examined an ecological model of maternal substance abuse and child neglect. Data are presented that identified an interplay among family history, interpersonal risk factors, current family functioning, and community networks in examinations of child neglect in a sample of substance-abusing women entering treatment
Predicting Suicide Ideation for Substance Users: The Role of Self-Esteem, Abstinence, and Attendance at 12-Step Meetings
This study tested if a three-way interaction between gender, abstinence, and self-esteem could predict the occurrence of suicidal thoughts in a sample of drug users who are one year post-treatment. It was expected that those who resolved their drug and alcohol problems and had higher self-esteem would have a lower risk of suicide ideation than those who had resolved their drug and alcohol problems (e.g. were abstinent) and had lower self-esteem, …
The Nature and Impact of Domestic Violence Across Age Cohorts
This study examined the nature and extent of domestic violence and its impact on psychosocial functioning among women of different age groups. No differences were found across age groups in the severity of violence, nature of injuries, use of alcohol or drugs at the time of the incident, attribution of blame, likelihood to report violence, or rates of childhood physical abuse and depression. However, the older women were more likely to have exper…
How Has the Violence Against Women Act Affected the Response of the Criminal Justice System to Domestic Violence
This study uses an interrupted time series design to examine the association between the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) and several different dimensions of the criminal justice system's involvement in violence against women. These include examining the domestic violence incidence rate, and rates of police notification, arrest, and judicial authorities' involvement. Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey from 1992 to 2003 is …
Enhancing Web‐based Courses through a Mutual Aid Framework
Students taking a class together belong to a group where members typically develop a sense of connection to each other by engaging in mutual support and assistance through shared experiences and knowledge. Some have argued that the lack of face‐to‐face interaction precludes such processes and prevents the effective teaching of social work in an online environment. When online students were asked what they liked most and least about their classes,…
Gender Differences in the Nature of the Intimate Partner Violence and Effects of Perpetrator Arrest on Revictimization
Does Police Intervention in Intimate Partner Violence Work? Estimating the Impact of Batterer Arrest in Reducing Revictimization
A variety of societal interventions in intimate partner violence have been established for decades, including the police actively arresting perpetrators. However, it is difficult to find consistent study results to show if arrest is effective. Moreover, there are far fewer studies on victims than on perpetrators. This study utilized the National Crime Victimization Survey to examine if victims whose partners were arrested were less revictimized t…
A Peer-Facilitated Intervention to Reduce Risky Drinking Among Fraternity and Sorority Members
Results from a pilot study of a peer-facilitated brief motivational interview using personalized normative feedback with members of fraternities and sororities are presented. Eight fraternity and sorority houses were randomly selected and then randomized into treatment or control conditions. Quantitative data testing intervention efficacy indicated no differences between treatment and control group 30 days postintervention on measures of alcohol …
Are Collaborations Enough? Professionals’ Knowledge of Victim Services
Service providers must be aware of community resources to make referrals, and yet studies have found providers to be less knowledgeable of services other than their own. This article describes a survey of 279 domestic violence, victim assistance, law enforcement, legal professionals, public health, and mental health professionals who were asked about a range of services for victims of domestic violence. Results indicated that groups had less know…
A Multi-Level Conceptual Model to Examine Child Welfare Worker Turnover and Retention Decisions
There is little disagreement about the importance of a healthy stable workforce in promoting effective provision of child welfare services. This review proposes a multi-level conceptual model of child welfare workforce turnover combining traditional individual and organizational impacts with factors associated with community context. Identified gaps in the literature along with a related research agenda are reviewed. Also presented is an overview…
Recruitment and retention of child welfare workers in longitudinal research: Successful strategies from the Florida Study of Professionals for Safe Families
Getting Everyone on the Same Page”: Child Welfare Workers’ Collaboration Challenges on Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence
Predictors of Early Departure among Recently Hired Child Welfare Workers
Child welfare workforce turnover has been well studied, although there is limited understanding of factors related to the timing of departure. This study examines predictors of early job departure among newly hired child welfare workers. Data come from the first two waves of a longitudinal study. The sample for this analysis included 1,257 respondents. Hierarchical logistical regression was used to investigate worker characteristics and organizat…
Understanding the Effects of Client Violence on the Health of Child Protection Services Workers
Objective: Most child protection services (CPS) workers encounter client violence—physical and nonphysical violence initiated by clients—in their jobs, and such violence often harms worker health. Using the work-stress framework, this study aimed to understand the characteristics of client violence and how they affect worker health. Method: We conducted in-depth interviews with a statewide sample of CPS workers in Florida who have a range of expo…
Assessing the relationship between client-perpetrated violence and intentions to leave child welfare
Using a sample of 705 early-career child welfare workers, client-perpetrated violence (CPV), a form of workplace violence, was examined to determine whether CPV experiences differ by worker responsibilities and demographic characteristics and how CPV influences workers’ intent to leave their child welfare positions. Results showed that protective investigators experienced more nonphysical violence (being yelled at or cursed at), while those provi…
Covid-19’s Social Ecological Impacts on Health and Human Services Worker Well-being
Health and human services workers (HHS; e.g., child welfare, physical and mental healthcare) engage with clients facing heightened vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under typical circumstances, HHS workers face a host of challenges in carrying out their job responsibilities such as high caseloads and burnout, and now navigate new challenges such as social distancing protocols and protecting their own health and that of their families an…
Timing and Predictors of Frontline Worker Departures From Child Welfare: A Survival Analysis
Objective: High caseworker turnover is a central disrupter of an efficient, effective child welfare system. Considerable literature exists about intentions to leave a child welfare agency or position. Less is known about actual departure and departure timing from the field of child welfare. Drawing from the theory of embeddedness, this study uses Cox survival analysis to examine child welfare exits, personal and support characteristics that shape…
Development and validation of the supervision practice in human services scale
This paper reports on the development and validation of a scale to measure supervision practice in human service agencies. Supervision in human services is designed to provide management, mediation, professional development, and personal support to workers. The Supervision Practices in Human Services scale (SPHS) captures a range of supervisory practices from productive to abusive behaviours. The SPHS had strong psychometric properties. It includ…
The Importance of Job Demands and Supports: Promoting Retention Among Child Welfare Workers
What makes a case difficult: Definitions from child welfare workers and implications for workload and caseload management
This study examines child welfare worker definitions of difficult cases and how definitions change over time. Seven waves of child welfare worker responses to survey questions asking what makes a case particularly difficult were collected over 3.5 years. Findings identified eight general difficult categories: case attributes, parent/caregiver issues, case tasks, children’s issues, uncooperative/non-compliant clients, communication/logistical issu…
Examining Employment Outcomes of Recently Hired, Older Workers in the Child Welfare Workforce
Older workers represent a growing proportion of the child welfare workforce. Yet little research examines employment outcomes of this population. This study used data from the first two waves of the Florida Study of Professionals for Safe Families, a longitudinal study of 1,500 newly hired child welfare workers. Workers 50 and older had lower odds of job retention compared to younger adults. However, older workers reported less burnout and second…
Extent, trajectory, and determinants of child welfare turnover and exit destinations
What else is there to say? Reflections of newly-hired child welfare workers by retention status
CaseAIM: Child Welfare Workers’ Experiences Using Information and Communication Technology for Case Management Services
The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance child welfare services provides innovative tools and support for child welfare workers to manage caseloads effectively. This study used the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to understand case managers' experiences with the CaseAIM mobile app, a tool that supports workload efficiency through documentation, case access, support, and transportation. Thematic analysis of intervie…
Early Career Provider Stigma Trajectories Among Child Protective Services Workers
Psychology (22 works) · Medicine (20 works) · Political science (14 works) · Welfare (14 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (12 works) · Poison control (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works)