Mary I Armstrong
Biographic Data
| ID | 5416690 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary I Armstrong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary I |
| FAMILY NAME | Armstrong |
| SIGNATURE | ARMSTRONG M I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0594-7036 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Development of ultra-rural Integrated Community Team for Older Persons service
The National Clinical Programme for Older Persons aims to promote high quality and holistic care, provided in the right place at the right time for the older adult. In simple terms, this means bringing care closer to where the older person lives, and some cases, into their homes. The national development of Integrated Care Teams for Older Persons based in local communities has been a key factor in provision of care aimed at supporting the older p…
Deciding to Leave Care Is Not Dropout
Emerging adults discontinue behavioral health treatment at rates ranging from 30% to 50%. This study explored dropout using semi-structured interviews ( N = 20). Participants were engaged in a group therapy program, Healthy Transitions. Findings revealed the lack of therapeutic relationship and logistical issues such as cost, transportation, and conflicting work schedules contributed to dropout. Participants indicated that alleviating logistical …
High cost child welfare cases
Continuing our organizational mission
This editorial explains the need for a new name for the American Orthopsychiatric Association (ORTHO). As ORTHO continues their work into the 21st century, they want to better reflect their global membership and focus, increasing the number of partnerships with individuals and organizations, and commitment to a just society. Therefore, ORTHO is changing their name to the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice. It is crucial to u…
Mental health service utilization and time to care
New frontiers in building mental, emotional and behavioral health in children and youth
The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA; 2010) has had tremendous influence on behavioral health in the United States (Alker & Chester, 2015). Shortly after its passage, the editors of this special section became interested in examining the provisions of the ACA related to care for mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in children and youth and synthesizing their implications in the context of other contemporary t…
It Takes a Village
The current evidence base for in-home services in child welfare is limited, with insufficient research on the use of in-home services among ethnically diverse populations. This article describes a case study examining the use of a community-defined practice and evidence approach to develop tribally based in-home service models with Alaska Native communities. The models were co-created by tribal elders, community members, and service providers, wi…
Development and Initial Findings of an Implementation Process Measure for Child Welfare System Change
This article describes a new measure designed to examine the process of implementation of child welfare systems change. The measure was developed to document the status of the interventions and strategies that are being implemented and the drivers that are being installed to achieve sustainable changes in systems. The measure was used in a Children’s Bureau-supported national effort to assess the ongoing implementation of 24 systems-change projec…
Profile of children placed in out-of-home care
Characteristics related to family involvement in youth residential mental health treatment
Recent changes in the child welfare system
Post‐secondary transitions of youth emancipated from foster care
This study investigated the extent to which K now H ow2 G o ( KH2Go ), a national college access campaign developed for first‐generation students in the USA , would resonate with youth who had aged out of foster care. Interviews were conducted with 27 youth who were enrolled in a post‐secondary programme following emancipation from foster care. We found KH2Go to have a close fit with the experiences of youth who had been in foster care. Four topi…
Receiving mandated therapeutic services
A Business Model for Managing System Change Through Strategic Financing and Performance Indicators
This article describes how a system of care operated by a county government agency used a fiscal crisis as the opportunity to reform its children's system. A cross‐system response to the crisis is outlined that includes a system of care framework coupled with a business model, inter‐departmental collaboration and leadership, the use of strategic reinvestment strategies, and a quality improvement system that focuses on key indicators. Implementati…
Peer contagion among youth in Medicaid-funded residential mental health treatment programs
After Out-of-Home Mental Health Treatment
Factors associated with exiting and reentry into out-of-home care under Community-Based Care in Florida
Pathways Between Social Support, Family Well Being, Quality of Parenting, and Child Resilience
The Impact of Managed Care on Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families
For more than a decade, the philosophy of community-based systems of care has guided the delivery of mental health services for children and adolescents served by publicly funded agencies. This philosophy supports system attributes that include a broad array of services; interagency collaboration; treatment in the least-restrictive setting; individualized services; family involvement; and services responsive to the needs of diverse ethnic and rac…
Post‐secondary transitions of youth emancipated from foster care
This study investigated the extent to which K now H ow2 G o ( KH2Go ), a national college access campaign developed for first‐generation students in the USA , would resonate with youth who had aged out of foster care. Interviews were conducted with 27 youth who were enrolled in a post‐secondary programme following emancipation from foster care. We found KH2Go to have a close fit with the experiences of youth who had been in foster care. Four topi…
Factors associated with exiting and reentry into out-of-home care under Community-Based Care in Florida
The Impact of Managed Care on Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families
For more than a decade, the philosophy of community-based systems of care has guided the delivery of mental health services for children and adolescents served by publicly funded agencies. This philosophy supports system attributes that include a broad array of services; interagency collaboration; treatment in the least-restrictive setting; individualized services; family involvement; and services responsive to the needs of diverse ethnic and rac…
Mental health service utilization and time to care
Profile of children placed in out-of-home care
Receiving mandated therapeutic services
Development and Initial Findings of an Implementation Process Measure for Child Welfare System Change
This article describes a new measure designed to examine the process of implementation of child welfare systems change. The measure was developed to document the status of the interventions and strategies that are being implemented and the drivers that are being installed to achieve sustainable changes in systems. The measure was used in a Children’s Bureau-supported national effort to assess the ongoing implementation of 24 systems-change projec…
Recent changes in the child welfare system
High cost child welfare cases
A Business Model for Managing System Change Through Strategic Financing and Performance Indicators
This article describes how a system of care operated by a county government agency used a fiscal crisis as the opportunity to reform its children's system. A cross‐system response to the crisis is outlined that includes a system of care framework coupled with a business model, inter‐departmental collaboration and leadership, the use of strategic reinvestment strategies, and a quality improvement system that focuses on key indicators. Implementati…
Characteristics related to family involvement in youth residential mental health treatment
Peer contagion among youth in Medicaid-funded residential mental health treatment programs
After Out-of-Home Mental Health Treatment
The Impact of Managed Care on Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families
For more than a decade, the philosophy of community-based systems of care has guided the delivery of mental health services for children and adolescents served by publicly funded agencies. This philosophy supports system attributes that include a broad array of services; interagency collaboration; treatment in the least-restrictive setting; individualized services; family involvement; and services responsive to the needs of diverse ethnic and rac…
Pathways Between Social Support, Family Well Being, Quality of Parenting, and Child Resilience
Factors associated with exiting and reentry into out-of-home care under Community-Based Care in Florida
Peer contagion among youth in Medicaid-funded residential mental health treatment programs
After Out-of-Home Mental Health Treatment
Post‐secondary transitions of youth emancipated from foster care
This study investigated the extent to which K now H ow2 G o ( KH2Go ), a national college access campaign developed for first‐generation students in the USA , would resonate with youth who had aged out of foster care. Interviews were conducted with 27 youth who were enrolled in a post‐secondary programme following emancipation from foster care. We found KH2Go to have a close fit with the experiences of youth who had been in foster care. Four topi…
Receiving mandated therapeutic services
A Business Model for Managing System Change Through Strategic Financing and Performance Indicators
This article describes how a system of care operated by a county government agency used a fiscal crisis as the opportunity to reform its children's system. A cross‐system response to the crisis is outlined that includes a system of care framework coupled with a business model, inter‐departmental collaboration and leadership, the use of strategic reinvestment strategies, and a quality improvement system that focuses on key indicators. Implementati…
Characteristics related to family involvement in youth residential mental health treatment
Recent changes in the child welfare system
Development and Initial Findings of an Implementation Process Measure for Child Welfare System Change
This article describes a new measure designed to examine the process of implementation of child welfare systems change. The measure was developed to document the status of the interventions and strategies that are being implemented and the drivers that are being installed to achieve sustainable changes in systems. The measure was used in a Children’s Bureau-supported national effort to assess the ongoing implementation of 24 systems-change projec…
Profile of children placed in out-of-home care
It Takes a Village
The current evidence base for in-home services in child welfare is limited, with insufficient research on the use of in-home services among ethnically diverse populations. This article describes a case study examining the use of a community-defined practice and evidence approach to develop tribally based in-home service models with Alaska Native communities. The models were co-created by tribal elders, community members, and service providers, wi…
Mental health service utilization and time to care
New frontiers in building mental, emotional and behavioral health in children and youth
The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA; 2010) has had tremendous influence on behavioral health in the United States (Alker & Chester, 2015). Shortly after its passage, the editors of this special section became interested in examining the provisions of the ACA related to care for mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in children and youth and synthesizing their implications in the context of other contemporary t…
Continuing our organizational mission
This editorial explains the need for a new name for the American Orthopsychiatric Association (ORTHO). As ORTHO continues their work into the 21st century, they want to better reflect their global membership and focus, increasing the number of partnerships with individuals and organizations, and commitment to a just society. Therefore, ORTHO is changing their name to the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice. It is crucial to u…
High cost child welfare cases
Deciding to Leave Care Is Not Dropout
Emerging adults discontinue behavioral health treatment at rates ranging from 30% to 50%. This study explored dropout using semi-structured interviews ( N = 20). Participants were engaged in a group therapy program, Healthy Transitions. Findings revealed the lack of therapeutic relationship and logistical issues such as cost, transportation, and conflicting work schedules contributed to dropout. Participants indicated that alleviating logistical …
Development of ultra-rural Integrated Community Team for Older Persons service
The National Clinical Programme for Older Persons aims to promote high quality and holistic care, provided in the right place at the right time for the older adult. In simple terms, this means bringing care closer to where the older person lives, and some cases, into their homes. The national development of Integrated Care Teams for Older Persons based in local communities has been a key factor in provision of care aimed at supporting the older p…
Medicine (16 works) · Nursing (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (10 works) · Business (8 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (8 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Welfare (7 works) · Foster care (6 works)