Marva L Lewis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5507516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marva L Lewis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marva L |
| FAMILY NAME | Lewis |
| SIGNATURE | LEWIS M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tulane University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Interlocking theories and practice in treatment and recovery for women with opioid use disorders
The opioid epidemic has left pregnant and post-partum women in serious need of a specialized approach to ensure effective treatment interventions. It is challenging to provide services that effectively and holistically address maternal opioid misuse. Furthermore, the stigma or shame surrounding addiction during pregnancy often makes it difficult for women to seek care and for helping professionals to provide services without bias. The primary aim…
Call to action: Centering blackness and disrupting systemic racism in infant mental health research and academic publishing
The Infant Mental Health Journal is committed to ending systemic racism and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic publishing. IMHJ unequivocally denounces all forms of racism and white supremacy, including systemic racism in academic publishing. We commit to investigating and working to terminate the ways in which systemic racism has become normalized in academic publishing, including examining our practices and processes at IMHJ…
Using Hair-Combing Interactions to Enhance Relationships between Black Women and Girls Impacted by Homelessness
This mixed-methods study explored the intimate relationship between a homeless caregiver and her daughter as they participated in an 8-week, multiethnic hair-combing interaction (HCI) support group for women and children dealing with homelessness. The project used critical pedagogy and multicultural and feminist theories to create a collaborative, experiential learning environment. The mother in this case study reported increased well-being and s…
Creating Safe Spaces: A Community Health Worker-Academic Partnered Approach to Addressing Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a persistent public health problem in the United States, with an estimated one in three women experiencing rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner within her lifetime. Non-Hispanic Black women disproportionately experience IPV, but there has been limited success in implementing culturally appropriate prevention programs and services for members of this population. Community health workers…
White folks ain’t got hair like us”: African American Mother–Daughter Hair Stories and Racial Socialization
Limited research focuses on the memories that shape African American mother–daughter bonds and racial socialization. Informed by Marva L. Lewis’s hair-combing interaction paradigm that emphasizes the role of hair in African American mother–daughter relationships, this study analyzes qualitative data from 13 African American female college students to explore mother–daughter dynamics, race, and hair. Multiple experiential themes emerged in the dat…
Cultural Competence and Children's Mental Health Service Outcomes
This study describes the relationships between clients' perception of cultural competency of mental health providers and service outcomes. A study was conducted of a public children's mental health program that used a community-based, systems of care approach. Data from a subsample (N = 111) of families with youths (average age 12.3) and primarily African-American (81.5%) were analyzed for this study. Findings demonstrate statistically significan…
What are infants learning about race ? A look at a sample of infants from multiple racial groups
Little empirical knowledge exists about the importance of culture and the sociopolitical context of race's influence on the social development of infants and young children. In this article, we review current research on the transmission of race and culture to the developing child. Utilizing a historical theoretical framework proposed by Margaret Mahler and colleagues' (1975) theory of infant's development of a separate self, we will examine the …
Hair combing interactions: A new paradigm for research with African-American mothers
The hair combing interaction is proposed as a naturalistic observational research paradigm, within the conceptual framework of attachment theory, for understanding the socioemotional domains of African-American mother-child relationships. A pilot study of 11 mother-daughter dyads explores the validity of the hair combing context for assessing strategies of racial and gender socialization of children, evolving mother-child relationships, and the f…
Relationship assessment in infant mental health
Infant-caregiver relationships are the crucial context for infant development and psychopathology. Considerable evidence suggests that infants may construct qualitatively different relationships with different caregivers. For these reasons, infant-caregiver relationships should be a centerpiece of assessment in infant mental health. We advocate assessing infant relationships with all important caregivers in both clinic based and naturalistic sett…
Call to action: Centering blackness and disrupting systemic racism in infant mental health research and academic publishing
The Infant Mental Health Journal is committed to ending systemic racism and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic publishing. IMHJ unequivocally denounces all forms of racism and white supremacy, including systemic racism in academic publishing. We commit to investigating and working to terminate the ways in which systemic racism has become normalized in academic publishing, including examining our practices and processes at IMHJ…
White folks ain’t got hair like us”: African American Mother–Daughter Hair Stories and Racial Socialization
Limited research focuses on the memories that shape African American mother–daughter bonds and racial socialization. Informed by Marva L. Lewis’s hair-combing interaction paradigm that emphasizes the role of hair in African American mother–daughter relationships, this study analyzes qualitative data from 13 African American female college students to explore mother–daughter dynamics, race, and hair. Multiple experiential themes emerged in the dat…
Cultural Competence and Children's Mental Health Service Outcomes
This study describes the relationships between clients' perception of cultural competency of mental health providers and service outcomes. A study was conducted of a public children's mental health program that used a community-based, systems of care approach. Data from a subsample (N = 111) of families with youths (average age 12.3) and primarily African-American (81.5%) were analyzed for this study. Findings demonstrate statistically significan…
Using Hair-Combing Interactions to Enhance Relationships between Black Women and Girls Impacted by Homelessness
This mixed-methods study explored the intimate relationship between a homeless caregiver and her daughter as they participated in an 8-week, multiethnic hair-combing interaction (HCI) support group for women and children dealing with homelessness. The project used critical pedagogy and multicultural and feminist theories to create a collaborative, experiential learning environment. The mother in this case study reported increased well-being and s…
What are infants learning about race ? A look at a sample of infants from multiple racial groups
Little empirical knowledge exists about the importance of culture and the sociopolitical context of race's influence on the social development of infants and young children. In this article, we review current research on the transmission of race and culture to the developing child. Utilizing a historical theoretical framework proposed by Margaret Mahler and colleagues' (1975) theory of infant's development of a separate self, we will examine the …
Relationship assessment in infant mental health
Infant-caregiver relationships are the crucial context for infant development and psychopathology. Considerable evidence suggests that infants may construct qualitatively different relationships with different caregivers. For these reasons, infant-caregiver relationships should be a centerpiece of assessment in infant mental health. We advocate assessing infant relationships with all important caregivers in both clinic based and naturalistic sett…
Hair combing interactions: A new paradigm for research with African-American mothers
The hair combing interaction is proposed as a naturalistic observational research paradigm, within the conceptual framework of attachment theory, for understanding the socioemotional domains of African-American mother-child relationships. A pilot study of 11 mother-daughter dyads explores the validity of the hair combing context for assessing strategies of racial and gender socialization of children, evolving mother-child relationships, and the f…
What are infants learning about race ? A look at a sample of infants from multiple racial groups
Little empirical knowledge exists about the importance of culture and the sociopolitical context of race's influence on the social development of infants and young children. In this article, we review current research on the transmission of race and culture to the developing child. Utilizing a historical theoretical framework proposed by Margaret Mahler and colleagues' (1975) theory of infant's development of a separate self, we will examine the …
Cultural Competence and Children's Mental Health Service Outcomes
This study describes the relationships between clients' perception of cultural competency of mental health providers and service outcomes. A study was conducted of a public children's mental health program that used a community-based, systems of care approach. Data from a subsample (N = 111) of families with youths (average age 12.3) and primarily African-American (81.5%) were analyzed for this study. Findings demonstrate statistically significan…
Creating Safe Spaces: A Community Health Worker-Academic Partnered Approach to Addressing Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a persistent public health problem in the United States, with an estimated one in three women experiencing rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner within her lifetime. Non-Hispanic Black women disproportionately experience IPV, but there has been limited success in implementing culturally appropriate prevention programs and services for members of this population. Community health workers…
White folks ain’t got hair like us”: African American Mother–Daughter Hair Stories and Racial Socialization
Limited research focuses on the memories that shape African American mother–daughter bonds and racial socialization. Informed by Marva L. Lewis’s hair-combing interaction paradigm that emphasizes the role of hair in African American mother–daughter relationships, this study analyzes qualitative data from 13 African American female college students to explore mother–daughter dynamics, race, and hair. Multiple experiential themes emerged in the dat…
Using Hair-Combing Interactions to Enhance Relationships between Black Women and Girls Impacted by Homelessness
This mixed-methods study explored the intimate relationship between a homeless caregiver and her daughter as they participated in an 8-week, multiethnic hair-combing interaction (HCI) support group for women and children dealing with homelessness. The project used critical pedagogy and multicultural and feminist theories to create a collaborative, experiential learning environment. The mother in this case study reported increased well-being and s…
Interlocking theories and practice in treatment and recovery for women with opioid use disorders
The opioid epidemic has left pregnant and post-partum women in serious need of a specialized approach to ensure effective treatment interventions. It is challenging to provide services that effectively and holistically address maternal opioid misuse. Furthermore, the stigma or shame surrounding addiction during pregnancy often makes it difficult for women to seek care and for helping professionals to provide services without bias. The primary aim…
Call to action: Centering blackness and disrupting systemic racism in infant mental health research and academic publishing
The Infant Mental Health Journal is committed to ending systemic racism and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic publishing. IMHJ unequivocally denounces all forms of racism and white supremacy, including systemic racism in academic publishing. We commit to investigating and working to terminate the ways in which systemic racism has become normalized in academic publishing, including examining our practices and processes at IMHJ…
Psychology (9 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works)