Jennifer N Perloff
Biographic Data
| ID | 5509195 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer N Perloff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer N |
| FAMILY NAME | Perloff |
| SIGNATURE | PERLOFF J N |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Building Collaborative Capacity: Promoting Interdisciplinary Teamwork in the Absence of Formal Teams
BACKGROUND: Contradictory findings about the effectiveness of health care teams may relate to the actual structure of teams-loose rather than formal-and the nature of decision making-hierarchical rather than egalitarian. We introduce the concept of collaborative capacity-the likelihood that providers, no matter how brief their exchange, will collaborate as if they were members of an egalitarian team even in the absence of a formal team structure.…
Role of kin and nonkin support in the mental health of low-income women
Data from the Worcester Family Research Project were analyzed to determine whether social support processes are altered by poverty and whether kin and nonkin support are differentially related to mental health in low-income mothers. The authors found that conflict with family and friends predicted adverse mental health and more strongly predicted these outcomes than emotional and instrumental support. Moreover, sibling conflict was a stronger pre…
Prevalence of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Homeless and Low-Income Housed Mothers
OBJECTIVE: This study compared the prevalence of DSM-III-R disorders among homeless and low-income housed mothers with the prevalence of these disorders among all women in the National Comorbidity Survey. METHOD: The authors used an unmatched case-control design for assessing 220 homeless and 216 housed mothers receiving public assistance. RESULTS: Homeless and housed mothers had similar rates of psychiatric and substance use disorders. Both grou…
Fathers of children on welfare: Their impact on child well-being
Although it is generally assumed that fathers are absent from the lives of children being raised on AFDC, evidence from a case-control study in Worcester, Massachusetts, suggests that there is considerable father-child contact. In addition, multivariate modeling indicates that contact with fathers had a modest beneficial effect on children's behavior. Based on these study findings, negative traits of fathers (e.g., substance abuse, physical viole…
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Fathers of children on welfare: Their impact on child well-being
Although it is generally assumed that fathers are absent from the lives of children being raised on AFDC, evidence from a case-control study in Worcester, Massachusetts, suggests that there is considerable father-child contact. In addition, multivariate modeling indicates that contact with fathers had a modest beneficial effect on children's behavior. Based on these study findings, negative traits of fathers (e.g., substance abuse, physical viole…
Prevalence of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Homeless and Low-Income Housed Mothers
OBJECTIVE: This study compared the prevalence of DSM-III-R disorders among homeless and low-income housed mothers with the prevalence of these disorders among all women in the National Comorbidity Survey. METHOD: The authors used an unmatched case-control design for assessing 220 homeless and 216 housed mothers receiving public assistance. RESULTS: Homeless and housed mothers had similar rates of psychiatric and substance use disorders. Both grou…
Role of kin and nonkin support in the mental health of low-income women
Data from the Worcester Family Research Project were analyzed to determine whether social support processes are altered by poverty and whether kin and nonkin support are differentially related to mental health in low-income mothers. The authors found that conflict with family and friends predicted adverse mental health and more strongly predicted these outcomes than emotional and instrumental support. Moreover, sibling conflict was a stronger pre…
Building Collaborative Capacity: Promoting Interdisciplinary Teamwork in the Absence of Formal Teams
BACKGROUND: Contradictory findings about the effectiveness of health care teams may relate to the actual structure of teams-loose rather than formal-and the nature of decision making-hierarchical rather than egalitarian. We introduce the concept of collaborative capacity-the likelihood that providers, no matter how brief their exchange, will collaborate as if they were members of an egalitarian team even in the absence of a formal team structure.…
Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (2 works) · Low income (2 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (2 works) · Mental health (2 works)