Julie S McCrae
Biographic Data
| ID | 5507399 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julie S McCrae |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julie S |
| FAMILY NAME | McCrae |
| SIGNATURE | MCCRAE J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Denver |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8113-7900 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Transportation Insecurity as a Critical Social Determinant of Health
A machine learning approach to healthcare needs and barriers using the 100% Community Survey of access to SDOH services
Background: Access to health care is a key social determinant of health, yet individual experiences of need and barriers-especially in rural and racially diverse regions-are often overlooked. Traditional models may miss complex sociodemographic and household patterns. This study applies machine learning (ML) to examine healthcare needs and access barriers among adults in New Mexico, a diverse state with high service needs. Objectives: (1) Identif…
Coordination challenges and promising practices for pediatric healthcare‐community partnerships
There have been delays integrating universal screening and referral for social needs in pediatric practice. The study investigated two frameworks for clinic‐based screen‐and‐refer practice in eight clinics. The frameworks depict different organizational strategies to bolster family access to community resources. We conducted semi‐structured interviews with healthcare and community partners at two timepoints ( n = 65) to investigate start‐up and o…
Beyond overwhelmed
Connecting older grandmothers raising grandchildren with community resources improves family resiliency, social support, and caregiver self-efficacy
Custodial grandparenting can be especially challenging for older grandmothers facing age specific issues. Kinship navigator programs are social service delivery programs intended to inform grandparents and other relatives raising children about available resources and services, provide information specific to their individual needs, and help families navigate service systems. Our study utilizes self-report data from one kinship navigator federal …
Trauma-Informed Resource Parent Training and the Impact on Knowledge Acquisition, Parenting Self-Efficacy, and Child Behavior Outcomes
This pilot study illustrates one state’s development, implementation, and outcomes of a trauma-informed curriculum called the Resource Parent Curriculum + CARE (RPC+). The RPC+ is an intensive co-trained curriculum intended to be trauma-informed and skills-based focused on ameliorating child behavior problems that are frequently the source of parenting stress and placement instability. This article will provide a literature review of child and ca…
Systematic Review of Social–Emotional Screening Instruments for Young Children in Child Welfare
Purpose: The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act requires child welfare agencies to have provisions in place to refer young children to early intervention services, yet the socioemotional health needs of children are often challenging to recognize and treat effectively. This study reviews the substantive and psychometric properties of screening instruments designed for children ages 10 and younger. Methods: Major social science databases, we…
Retention and job satisfaction of child welfare supervisors
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…
Who's on board? Child welfare worker reports of buy-in and readiness for organizational change
Directions for developmental screening in child welfare based on the ages and stages questionnaires
A racial comparison of Family Group Decision Making in the USA 1
This study examined Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) among a nationally representative sample of African‐American and White children investigated for maltreatment in the US. While FGDM was developed for work with ethnic minority families, there is no research on how this is being carried out in the US, where African‐American children are overrepresented in child welfare services. The study views racial differences in child, caregiver and maltr…
Aren't they just black kids? Biracial children in the child welfare system
In the USA, African‐American children are overrepresented in the child welfare system. However, little is known about the child welfare system experiences of biracial children, who are predominately both White and African‐American. To better understand this population, data from public child welfare in a US county were used to examine biracial children in the child welfare system. Results showed significant racial differences between children in …
School-age special education outcomes of infants and toddlers investigated for maltreatment
Changes in maltreated children’s emotional–behavioral problems following typically provided mental health services
Child welfare agencies serve as gate keepers for children's mental health services (MHS). Yet, the impact of offered services on behavioral outcomes has not been well studied. Data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) were examined to measure caregivers' reported change in children's emotional-behavioral problems. Over 600 children in three age groups were matched and problem levels compared across 3 years. Although…
Propensity Score Matching Strategies for Evaluating the Success of Child and Family Service Programs
This article presents propensity score matching as a method to implement randomized conditions to analyze service effects using nonexperimental data. Most social work research is challenged to implement randomized clinical trials, whereas administrative and survey data are often available and can provide valuable information about services received under naturalistic conditions. This article discusses the assumptions of this method and the analyt…
Using Cumulative Risk to Screen for Mental Health Problems in Child Welfare
Objective: This study tests the hypothesis that information typically collected during a maltreatment investigation can be used to screen children for mental health problems. Method: Data are from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Cumulative risk scores were created for 3,022 children and compared to reports of clinical-level problems using standardized measures. Bivariate, multivariate, and sensitivity analyses were used. R…
Profile of children investigated for sexual abuse
Sexually abused children may have poor mental health because of their victimization as well as preexisting or co-occurring family problems. However, few studies consider psychopathology in relation to both abuse and other family experiences. This study uses data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) to create latent subgroups of 553 children investigated for sexual abuse. The study investigates children's psychologic…
Propensity Score Matching Strategies for Evaluating the Success of Child and Family Service Programs
This article presents propensity score matching as a method to implement randomized conditions to analyze service effects using nonexperimental data. Most social work research is challenged to implement randomized clinical trials, whereas administrative and survey data are often available and can provide valuable information about services received under naturalistic conditions. This article discusses the assumptions of this method and the analyt…
Who's on board? Child welfare worker reports of buy-in and readiness for organizational change
A racial comparison of Family Group Decision Making in the USA 1
This study examined Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) among a nationally representative sample of African‐American and White children investigated for maltreatment in the US. While FGDM was developed for work with ethnic minority families, there is no research on how this is being carried out in the US, where African‐American children are overrepresented in child welfare services. The study views racial differences in child, caregiver and maltr…
School-age special education outcomes of infants and toddlers investigated for maltreatment
Using Cumulative Risk to Screen for Mental Health Problems in Child Welfare
Objective: This study tests the hypothesis that information typically collected during a maltreatment investigation can be used to screen children for mental health problems. Method: Data are from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Cumulative risk scores were created for 3,022 children and compared to reports of clinical-level problems using standardized measures. Bivariate, multivariate, and sensitivity analyses were used. R…
Trauma-Informed Resource Parent Training and the Impact on Knowledge Acquisition, Parenting Self-Efficacy, and Child Behavior Outcomes
This pilot study illustrates one state’s development, implementation, and outcomes of a trauma-informed curriculum called the Resource Parent Curriculum + CARE (RPC+). The RPC+ is an intensive co-trained curriculum intended to be trauma-informed and skills-based focused on ameliorating child behavior problems that are frequently the source of parenting stress and placement instability. This article will provide a literature review of child and ca…
Retention and job satisfaction of child welfare supervisors
Directions for developmental screening in child welfare based on the ages and stages questionnaires
Systematic Review of Social–Emotional Screening Instruments for Young Children in Child Welfare
Purpose: The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act requires child welfare agencies to have provisions in place to refer young children to early intervention services, yet the socioemotional health needs of children are often challenging to recognize and treat effectively. This study reviews the substantive and psychometric properties of screening instruments designed for children ages 10 and younger. Methods: Major social science databases, we…
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…
Aren't they just black kids? Biracial children in the child welfare system
In the USA, African‐American children are overrepresented in the child welfare system. However, little is known about the child welfare system experiences of biracial children, who are predominately both White and African‐American. To better understand this population, data from public child welfare in a US county were used to examine biracial children in the child welfare system. Results showed significant racial differences between children in …
Profile of children investigated for sexual abuse
Sexually abused children may have poor mental health because of their victimization as well as preexisting or co-occurring family problems. However, few studies consider psychopathology in relation to both abuse and other family experiences. This study uses data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) to create latent subgroups of 553 children investigated for sexual abuse. The study investigates children's psychologic…
Propensity Score Matching Strategies for Evaluating the Success of Child and Family Service Programs
This article presents propensity score matching as a method to implement randomized conditions to analyze service effects using nonexperimental data. Most social work research is challenged to implement randomized clinical trials, whereas administrative and survey data are often available and can provide valuable information about services received under naturalistic conditions. This article discusses the assumptions of this method and the analyt…
Using Cumulative Risk to Screen for Mental Health Problems in Child Welfare
Objective: This study tests the hypothesis that information typically collected during a maltreatment investigation can be used to screen children for mental health problems. Method: Data are from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Cumulative risk scores were created for 3,022 children and compared to reports of clinical-level problems using standardized measures. Bivariate, multivariate, and sensitivity analyses were used. R…
A racial comparison of Family Group Decision Making in the USA 1
This study examined Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) among a nationally representative sample of African‐American and White children investigated for maltreatment in the US. While FGDM was developed for work with ethnic minority families, there is no research on how this is being carried out in the US, where African‐American children are overrepresented in child welfare services. The study views racial differences in child, caregiver and maltr…
Aren't they just black kids? Biracial children in the child welfare system
In the USA, African‐American children are overrepresented in the child welfare system. However, little is known about the child welfare system experiences of biracial children, who are predominately both White and African‐American. To better understand this population, data from public child welfare in a US county were used to examine biracial children in the child welfare system. Results showed significant racial differences between children in …
School-age special education outcomes of infants and toddlers investigated for maltreatment
Changes in maltreated children’s emotional–behavioral problems following typically provided mental health services
Child welfare agencies serve as gate keepers for children's mental health services (MHS). Yet, the impact of offered services on behavioral outcomes has not been well studied. Data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) were examined to measure caregivers' reported change in children's emotional-behavioral problems. Over 600 children in three age groups were matched and problem levels compared across 3 years. Although…
Directions for developmental screening in child welfare based on the ages and stages questionnaires
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…
Who's on board? Child welfare worker reports of buy-in and readiness for organizational change
Retention and job satisfaction of child welfare supervisors
Trauma-Informed Resource Parent Training and the Impact on Knowledge Acquisition, Parenting Self-Efficacy, and Child Behavior Outcomes
This pilot study illustrates one state’s development, implementation, and outcomes of a trauma-informed curriculum called the Resource Parent Curriculum + CARE (RPC+). The RPC+ is an intensive co-trained curriculum intended to be trauma-informed and skills-based focused on ameliorating child behavior problems that are frequently the source of parenting stress and placement instability. This article will provide a literature review of child and ca…
Systematic Review of Social–Emotional Screening Instruments for Young Children in Child Welfare
Purpose: The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act requires child welfare agencies to have provisions in place to refer young children to early intervention services, yet the socioemotional health needs of children are often challenging to recognize and treat effectively. This study reviews the substantive and psychometric properties of screening instruments designed for children ages 10 and younger. Methods: Major social science databases, we…
Connecting older grandmothers raising grandchildren with community resources improves family resiliency, social support, and caregiver self-efficacy
Custodial grandparenting can be especially challenging for older grandmothers facing age specific issues. Kinship navigator programs are social service delivery programs intended to inform grandparents and other relatives raising children about available resources and services, provide information specific to their individual needs, and help families navigate service systems. Our study utilizes self-report data from one kinship navigator federal …
Beyond overwhelmed
Coordination challenges and promising practices for pediatric healthcare‐community partnerships
There have been delays integrating universal screening and referral for social needs in pediatric practice. The study investigated two frameworks for clinic‐based screen‐and‐refer practice in eight clinics. The frameworks depict different organizational strategies to bolster family access to community resources. We conducted semi‐structured interviews with healthcare and community partners at two timepoints ( n = 65) to investigate start‐up and o…
A machine learning approach to healthcare needs and barriers using the 100% Community Survey of access to SDOH services
Background: Access to health care is a key social determinant of health, yet individual experiences of need and barriers-especially in rural and racially diverse regions-are often overlooked. Traditional models may miss complex sociodemographic and household patterns. This study applies machine learning (ML) to examine healthcare needs and access barriers among adults in New Mexico, a diverse state with high service needs. Objectives: (1) Identif…
Transportation Insecurity as a Critical Social Determinant of Health
Psychology (15 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (11 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Welfare (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works)