Audrey L Begun
Biographic Data
| ID | 5943516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Audrey L Begun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Audrey L |
| FAMILY NAME | Begun |
| SIGNATURE | BEGUN A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1672-0315 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Developing Your Program’s Substance Misuse Minor/Concentration
A meaningful body of literature promotes greater exposure of social work students to educational content concerning substance misuse. This EndNotes piece identifies the rationale for social work programs to develop undergraduate minors and graduate concentrations in this area. We provide suggestions for social work educators and program administrators developing a substance misuse minor, concentration, or course sequence appropriate to their stat…
Introduction to the Special Issue: Implementing the Grand Challenge of Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Misuse and Its Consequences
The Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative, launched by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) in 2012, identified a series of 12 broad social work challenges. Each ch
Niaaa and the Global Challenge: An Interview with Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Murray, Director, Global Alcohol Research Program, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol…
Considering the Language We Use: Well Worth the Effort
Early in my career, much of my scholarship, teaching, and professional service revolved around addressing the challenges of social work and interdisciplinary practice with families whose children
Lost Childhood: Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family , by Emerald Yea, Inc./Young Broadcasting of San Francisco, Inc., and Foo Foo Dust , by Gina Levy and Eric Johnson, New Day Films
Diverging from the journal's traditional book review structure, the editorial team includes the review of two films that might be of interest to readers of this special issue on children with paren
CATCH Court: A Novel Approach to “Treatment as Alternative to Incarceration” for Women Engaged in Prostitution and Substance Abuse
Judge Paul Herbert asks each woman on the day's docket: “How long have you been clean today?” “238 days, Sir.” Applause. “That's great! Everyone here is proud of you,” he responds. “186 days, Your
Using a Lifecourse Context for Exploring Alcohol Change Attempts and Treatment Efforts Among Individuals With Alcohol Dependency
This article explores the importance of incorporating past attempts at changing one's drinking during current assessment and treatment processes, as well as when interpreting research outcomes. It is hypothesized that the current change efforts might be influenced by the change attempts that individuals have experienced over the lifecourse or “career” of their alcohol use disorders. In addition to formal treatment efforts, previous attempts might…
Developing Effective Social Work University--Community Research Collaborations
In many instances, departments of social work in universities and community-based social services agencies have common interests in improving professional practice and advancing knowledge in the profession. Effective university-community research collaborations can help partners achieve these goals jointly, but to be effective these collaborative partnerships require considerable effort and understanding by all partners involved. This article pro…
Implementing Substance Abuse Screening and Brief Motivational Intervention With Women in Jail
This article presents a social work in-reach model for identifying women's substance abuse service needs while in jail and increasing their motivation and abilities to obtain services on reentry to the community. The authors describe important aspects of the Women and Jails Project and its development that can help inform social work practice in this area. Data are reported on the first 1,091 women participating in the project. Specific issues an…
Participant recruitment in intervention research: Scientific integrity and cost‐effective strategies
The success of any intervention study is dependent on the ability of investigators to recruit and retain appropriate and sufficient numbers of research participants. Yet, investigators sometimes overestimate their ability to address the methodological issue of participant recruitment. This is detrimental to scientific integrity and especially challenging when a study's recruitment resources are limited. This article describes the research recruit…
Characteristics of the Safe At Home Instrument for Assessing Readiness to Change Intimate Partner Violence
Objective: This article describes the development, factor structure, concurrent validity, and predictive validity of the Safe At Home instrument, a 35-item self-report measure designed for social work assessment of individuals' readiness to change their intimate partner violence behaviors. Method: Multisite data (five sites, a total of 1,359 men at intake) addressed questions concerning instrument properties. Results: Initial exploratory factor a…
A Measure of Critical Thinking About Practice
This article describes a measure that assesses ability to think critically about whether to adopt a treatment method. The measure is called PRIDE1 (Principles of Reasoning, Inference, Decision-Making and Evaluation). PRIDE1 takes about 80 minutes to administer an emotional audiovisual argument and to obtain written responses. Scoring each response takes expertenced raters from 2 to 10 minutes. Pearson's r interrater reliability on 5 trials range …
Developing Effective Social Work University--Community Research Collaborations
In many instances, departments of social work in universities and community-based social services agencies have common interests in improving professional practice and advancing knowledge in the profession. Effective university-community research collaborations can help partners achieve these goals jointly, but to be effective these collaborative partnerships require considerable effort and understanding by all partners involved. This article pro…
Participant recruitment in intervention research: Scientific integrity and cost‐effective strategies
The success of any intervention study is dependent on the ability of investigators to recruit and retain appropriate and sufficient numbers of research participants. Yet, investigators sometimes overestimate their ability to address the methodological issue of participant recruitment. This is detrimental to scientific integrity and especially challenging when a study's recruitment resources are limited. This article describes the research recruit…
Characteristics of the Safe At Home Instrument for Assessing Readiness to Change Intimate Partner Violence
Objective: This article describes the development, factor structure, concurrent validity, and predictive validity of the Safe At Home instrument, a 35-item self-report measure designed for social work assessment of individuals' readiness to change their intimate partner violence behaviors. Method: Multisite data (five sites, a total of 1,359 men at intake) addressed questions concerning instrument properties. Results: Initial exploratory factor a…
A Measure of Critical Thinking About Practice
This article describes a measure that assesses ability to think critically about whether to adopt a treatment method. The measure is called PRIDE1 (Principles of Reasoning, Inference, Decision-Making and Evaluation). PRIDE1 takes about 80 minutes to administer an emotional audiovisual argument and to obtain written responses. Scoring each response takes expertenced raters from 2 to 10 minutes. Pearson's r interrater reliability on 5 trials range …
A Measure of Critical Thinking About Practice
This article describes a measure that assesses ability to think critically about whether to adopt a treatment method. The measure is called PRIDE1 (Principles of Reasoning, Inference, Decision-Making and Evaluation). PRIDE1 takes about 80 minutes to administer an emotional audiovisual argument and to obtain written responses. Scoring each response takes expertenced raters from 2 to 10 minutes. Pearson's r interrater reliability on 5 trials range …
Characteristics of the Safe At Home Instrument for Assessing Readiness to Change Intimate Partner Violence
Objective: This article describes the development, factor structure, concurrent validity, and predictive validity of the Safe At Home instrument, a 35-item self-report measure designed for social work assessment of individuals' readiness to change their intimate partner violence behaviors. Method: Multisite data (five sites, a total of 1,359 men at intake) addressed questions concerning instrument properties. Results: Initial exploratory factor a…
Participant recruitment in intervention research: Scientific integrity and cost‐effective strategies
The success of any intervention study is dependent on the ability of investigators to recruit and retain appropriate and sufficient numbers of research participants. Yet, investigators sometimes overestimate their ability to address the methodological issue of participant recruitment. This is detrimental to scientific integrity and especially challenging when a study's recruitment resources are limited. This article describes the research recruit…
Implementing Substance Abuse Screening and Brief Motivational Intervention With Women in Jail
This article presents a social work in-reach model for identifying women's substance abuse service needs while in jail and increasing their motivation and abilities to obtain services on reentry to the community. The authors describe important aspects of the Women and Jails Project and its development that can help inform social work practice in this area. Data are reported on the first 1,091 women participating in the project. Specific issues an…
Developing Effective Social Work University--Community Research Collaborations
In many instances, departments of social work in universities and community-based social services agencies have common interests in improving professional practice and advancing knowledge in the profession. Effective university-community research collaborations can help partners achieve these goals jointly, but to be effective these collaborative partnerships require considerable effort and understanding by all partners involved. This article pro…
Using a Lifecourse Context for Exploring Alcohol Change Attempts and Treatment Efforts Among Individuals With Alcohol Dependency
This article explores the importance of incorporating past attempts at changing one's drinking during current assessment and treatment processes, as well as when interpreting research outcomes. It is hypothesized that the current change efforts might be influenced by the change attempts that individuals have experienced over the lifecourse or “career” of their alcohol use disorders. In addition to formal treatment efforts, previous attempts might…
CATCH Court: A Novel Approach to “Treatment as Alternative to Incarceration” for Women Engaged in Prostitution and Substance Abuse
Judge Paul Herbert asks each woman on the day's docket: “How long have you been clean today?” “238 days, Sir.” Applause. “That's great! Everyone here is proud of you,” he responds. “186 days, Your
Lost Childhood: Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family , by Emerald Yea, Inc./Young Broadcasting of San Francisco, Inc., and Foo Foo Dust , by Gina Levy and Eric Johnson, New Day Films
Diverging from the journal's traditional book review structure, the editorial team includes the review of two films that might be of interest to readers of this special issue on children with paren
Considering the Language We Use: Well Worth the Effort
Early in my career, much of my scholarship, teaching, and professional service revolved around addressing the challenges of social work and interdisciplinary practice with families whose children
Introduction to the Special Issue: Implementing the Grand Challenge of Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Misuse and Its Consequences
The Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative, launched by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) in 2012, identified a series of 12 broad social work challenges. Each ch
Niaaa and the Global Challenge: An Interview with Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Murray, Director, Global Alcohol Research Program, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol…
Developing Your Program’s Substance Misuse Minor/Concentration
A meaningful body of literature promotes greater exposure of social work students to educational content concerning substance misuse. This EndNotes piece identifies the rationale for social work programs to develop undergraduate minors and graduate concentrations in this area. We provide suggestions for social work educators and program administrators developing a substance misuse minor, concentration, or course sequence appropriate to their stat…
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