Jeffrey Waid
Biographic Data
| ID | 6024653 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey Waid |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Waid |
| SIGNATURE | WAID J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8432-5512 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A mixed-method study exploring the practice experiences and resource needs of a statewide service navigation workforce
Approaches to strengthen parental self-efficacy
Service Navigation Across Health and Human Services
Belonging mediates changes to resilience among separated siblings at camp-based reunification intervention
A multi-year study of camp-based reunification and the well-being of siblings separated by out-of-home care
Camp-based reunification is a developmentally informed approach to strengthen the relationships of siblings in out-of-home care. Little is known about the collective impact of these programs, or if there is a benefit to multiple camp experiences. To address this, data were collected from 2,260 youth who were campers at one of 16 sibling reunification programs in the U.S. or Australia between 2013-2019. Increases in resilience, decreases in siblin…
Sibling Separation
Sibling relationships of youth in foster care are often complicated as many youth are separated from their sibling(s) at one point or another. Quantitative studies have identified ways in which sibling placement influences youth outcomes. Fewer qualitative studies have been conducted to understand youth perspectives about their sibling relationships. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine sibling relationships and sibling separation…
Promoting health and social equity through family navigation to prevention and early intervention services
Telephone and web-mediated service navigation is a feasible and practical approach to supporting families in rapidly connecting to health and social care. Future research investigating the efficacy and implementation of Navigate Your Way in routine settings is indicated
Mental health targets in child maltreatment prevention programs
Connecting and engaging with health and social care
Early engagement with health care, mental health care, and social services can promote the well‐being of children and families. How practitioners can best support family engagement with these services however remains largely unknown. To address this gap in knowledge, data from a voluntary 12‐week telephone and web‐mediated family navigation preventive intervention called Navigate Your Way were subject to mixed‐methods analysis. Twenty‐nine caregi…
Preliminary evaluation of a multicomponent youth development program for siblings separated by foster care
A preliminary evaluation of a multicomponent youth development program for siblings in foster care was conducted prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pretest posttest measures of youth well-being were collected from sixteen youth, caregivers, and caseworkers over a six-month period. Caregivers reported increased internalizing and externalizing behaviors, sibling relationship difficulties, prosocial behavior, and resilience during the study …
Exploring mechanisms of change in a dyadic relationship intervention for siblings in foster care
There is increasing recognition of the potential for sibling relationships to promote the well-being of youth in out-of-home care. Efficacious interventions now exist to strengthen the sibling relationships for youth in out-of-home care, yet the processes through which these interventions work to enhance sibling relationships remains largely speculative. The current study therefore aimed to identify the critical components of an efficacious dyadi…
Levels of agreement between youth in out‐of‐home care and key adults' ratings of sibling and peer relationships
The current study utilized survey data to determine if respondent characteristics and inter‐rater agreement on measures of important relationships were associated with resilience among child welfare‐involved youth. Youth and key adults (e.g., caregivers or caseworkers) each completed a multidimensional survey of youth well‐being. Both responded to measures of sibling and peer relationships; youth also completed a brief resilience measure. Inter‐r…
Moving upstream
The role of siblings in the development of externalizing behaviors during childhood and adolescence
Siblings play a critical role in children’s behavioral development; yet sibling-focused assessment and intervention for youth behavior concerns are uncommon in social work practice settings. To address this research-to-practice gap a scoping review of research focused on siblings and the development of externalizing behaviors in childhood and adolescence was conducted. Forty-three empirical studies published between 1997 and 2017 were reviewed an…
Supporting family engagement with child and adolescent mental health services
A key challenge facing the mental health field is connecting children and families to services when symptoms first appear. Multiple barriers inhibit timely access to treatment, and interventions to resolve barriers to care are not common among health and social care organisations. To address this research-to-practice gap this study undertook a scoping review of the empirical literature aimed at identifying key factors in the social ecology of fam…
A Scoping Review of the Theory and Practice of Positive Youth Development
Adolescence is a period of development that is widely understood as a time of exploration, experimentation and engagement with risk behaviours. Prevention and intervention with adolescent youth require a nuanced understanding of the factors associated with adolescent risks and the ways in which youth acquire and master the skills needed to promote healthy development. To assist social workers in providing developmentally and contextually sensitiv…
Estimating the relational well-being of siblings separated by out-of-home care
This study utilized web-based data collection and latent profile analysis to visualize and describe the relational well-being of youth experiencing foster care-related sibling separation. Legally authorized representatives for 724 youth in seven states in the U.S.A. completed a brief electronic questionnaire assessing youth’s social competence, emotional competence, sibling warmth, and sibling interaction quality. Six profiles of relational well-…
Evaluating the impact of camp-based reunification on the resilience of siblings separated by foster care
Visualizing and describing foster care placement pathways
This paper introduces a flowchart-based methodology for describing the movement of foster youth in and out of placements of differing types and durations. This longitudinal methodology is designed to be sufficiently simple to appeal to policymakers and administrators seeking to chart the movement of groups of youth over time and the sequencing of their placements, and sufficiently descriptive to be of use to researchers seeking to predict the pla…
Harnessing the potential of administrative data to inform child welfare programming with dynamic visualization methodologies
Sibling relationships of youth in foster care
A longitudinal analysis of school discipline events among youth in foster care
An exploration of family challenges and service needs during the post-adoption period
Foster home integration as a temporal indicator of relational well-being
Validation of a Measure of Foster Home Integration for Foster Youth
The PHI is a reliable and valid scale that measures youth perspectives of inclusion in the foster home and relationships with their foster care provider. This scale quickly gathers youth perspectives and differentiates between youth who have more versus less significant needs. Implications for research and social work practice are discussed
Sibling relationships of youth in foster care
Intervening to improve outcomes for siblings in foster care
Foster care placement change
Moving upstream
A longitudinal analysis of school discipline events among youth in foster care
An exploration of family challenges and service needs during the post-adoption period
Foster home integration as a temporal indicator of relational well-being
Connecting and engaging with health and social care
Early engagement with health care, mental health care, and social services can promote the well‐being of children and families. How practitioners can best support family engagement with these services however remains largely unknown. To address this gap in knowledge, data from a voluntary 12‐week telephone and web‐mediated family navigation preventive intervention called Navigate Your Way were subject to mixed‐methods analysis. Twenty‐nine caregi…
Evaluating the impact of camp-based reunification on the resilience of siblings separated by foster care
Exploring mechanisms of change in a dyadic relationship intervention for siblings in foster care
There is increasing recognition of the potential for sibling relationships to promote the well-being of youth in out-of-home care. Efficacious interventions now exist to strengthen the sibling relationships for youth in out-of-home care, yet the processes through which these interventions work to enhance sibling relationships remains largely speculative. The current study therefore aimed to identify the critical components of an efficacious dyadi…
Visualizing and describing foster care placement pathways
This paper introduces a flowchart-based methodology for describing the movement of foster youth in and out of placements of differing types and durations. This longitudinal methodology is designed to be sufficiently simple to appeal to policymakers and administrators seeking to chart the movement of groups of youth over time and the sequencing of their placements, and sufficiently descriptive to be of use to researchers seeking to predict the pla…
Validation of a Measure of Foster Home Integration for Foster Youth
The PHI is a reliable and valid scale that measures youth perspectives of inclusion in the foster home and relationships with their foster care provider. This scale quickly gathers youth perspectives and differentiates between youth who have more versus less significant needs. Implications for research and social work practice are discussed
Sibling Separation
Sibling relationships of youth in foster care are often complicated as many youth are separated from their sibling(s) at one point or another. Quantitative studies have identified ways in which sibling placement influences youth outcomes. Fewer qualitative studies have been conducted to understand youth perspectives about their sibling relationships. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine sibling relationships and sibling separation…
Levels of agreement between youth in out‐of‐home care and key adults' ratings of sibling and peer relationships
The current study utilized survey data to determine if respondent characteristics and inter‐rater agreement on measures of important relationships were associated with resilience among child welfare‐involved youth. Youth and key adults (e.g., caregivers or caseworkers) each completed a multidimensional survey of youth well‐being. Both responded to measures of sibling and peer relationships; youth also completed a brief resilience measure. Inter‐r…
Estimating the relational well-being of siblings separated by out-of-home care
This study utilized web-based data collection and latent profile analysis to visualize and describe the relational well-being of youth experiencing foster care-related sibling separation. Legally authorized representatives for 724 youth in seven states in the U.S.A. completed a brief electronic questionnaire assessing youth’s social competence, emotional competence, sibling warmth, and sibling interaction quality. Six profiles of relational well-…
Intervening to improve outcomes for siblings in foster care
Validation of a Measure of Foster Home Integration for Foster Youth
The PHI is a reliable and valid scale that measures youth perspectives of inclusion in the foster home and relationships with their foster care provider. This scale quickly gathers youth perspectives and differentiates between youth who have more versus less significant needs. Implications for research and social work practice are discussed
Foster care placement change
Foster home integration as a temporal indicator of relational well-being
Visualizing and describing foster care placement pathways
This paper introduces a flowchart-based methodology for describing the movement of foster youth in and out of placements of differing types and durations. This longitudinal methodology is designed to be sufficiently simple to appeal to policymakers and administrators seeking to chart the movement of groups of youth over time and the sequencing of their placements, and sufficiently descriptive to be of use to researchers seeking to predict the pla…
Harnessing the potential of administrative data to inform child welfare programming with dynamic visualization methodologies
Sibling relationships of youth in foster care
A longitudinal analysis of school discipline events among youth in foster care
An exploration of family challenges and service needs during the post-adoption period
Evaluating the impact of camp-based reunification on the resilience of siblings separated by foster care
The role of siblings in the development of externalizing behaviors during childhood and adolescence
Siblings play a critical role in children’s behavioral development; yet sibling-focused assessment and intervention for youth behavior concerns are uncommon in social work practice settings. To address this research-to-practice gap a scoping review of research focused on siblings and the development of externalizing behaviors in childhood and adolescence was conducted. Forty-three empirical studies published between 1997 and 2017 were reviewed an…
Supporting family engagement with child and adolescent mental health services
A key challenge facing the mental health field is connecting children and families to services when symptoms first appear. Multiple barriers inhibit timely access to treatment, and interventions to resolve barriers to care are not common among health and social care organisations. To address this research-to-practice gap this study undertook a scoping review of the empirical literature aimed at identifying key factors in the social ecology of fam…
A Scoping Review of the Theory and Practice of Positive Youth Development
Adolescence is a period of development that is widely understood as a time of exploration, experimentation and engagement with risk behaviours. Prevention and intervention with adolescent youth require a nuanced understanding of the factors associated with adolescent risks and the ways in which youth acquire and master the skills needed to promote healthy development. To assist social workers in providing developmentally and contextually sensitiv…
Estimating the relational well-being of siblings separated by out-of-home care
This study utilized web-based data collection and latent profile analysis to visualize and describe the relational well-being of youth experiencing foster care-related sibling separation. Legally authorized representatives for 724 youth in seven states in the U.S.A. completed a brief electronic questionnaire assessing youth’s social competence, emotional competence, sibling warmth, and sibling interaction quality. Six profiles of relational well-…
Preliminary evaluation of a multicomponent youth development program for siblings separated by foster care
A preliminary evaluation of a multicomponent youth development program for siblings in foster care was conducted prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pretest posttest measures of youth well-being were collected from sixteen youth, caregivers, and caseworkers over a six-month period. Caregivers reported increased internalizing and externalizing behaviors, sibling relationship difficulties, prosocial behavior, and resilience during the study …
Exploring mechanisms of change in a dyadic relationship intervention for siblings in foster care
There is increasing recognition of the potential for sibling relationships to promote the well-being of youth in out-of-home care. Efficacious interventions now exist to strengthen the sibling relationships for youth in out-of-home care, yet the processes through which these interventions work to enhance sibling relationships remains largely speculative. The current study therefore aimed to identify the critical components of an efficacious dyadi…
Levels of agreement between youth in out‐of‐home care and key adults' ratings of sibling and peer relationships
The current study utilized survey data to determine if respondent characteristics and inter‐rater agreement on measures of important relationships were associated with resilience among child welfare‐involved youth. Youth and key adults (e.g., caregivers or caseworkers) each completed a multidimensional survey of youth well‐being. Both responded to measures of sibling and peer relationships; youth also completed a brief resilience measure. Inter‐r…
Moving upstream
Promoting health and social equity through family navigation to prevention and early intervention services
Telephone and web-mediated service navigation is a feasible and practical approach to supporting families in rapidly connecting to health and social care. Future research investigating the efficacy and implementation of Navigate Your Way in routine settings is indicated
Mental health targets in child maltreatment prevention programs
Connecting and engaging with health and social care
Early engagement with health care, mental health care, and social services can promote the well‐being of children and families. How practitioners can best support family engagement with these services however remains largely unknown. To address this gap in knowledge, data from a voluntary 12‐week telephone and web‐mediated family navigation preventive intervention called Navigate Your Way were subject to mixed‐methods analysis. Twenty‐nine caregi…
A multi-year study of camp-based reunification and the well-being of siblings separated by out-of-home care
Camp-based reunification is a developmentally informed approach to strengthen the relationships of siblings in out-of-home care. Little is known about the collective impact of these programs, or if there is a benefit to multiple camp experiences. To address this, data were collected from 2,260 youth who were campers at one of 16 sibling reunification programs in the U.S. or Australia between 2013-2019. Increases in resilience, decreases in siblin…
Sibling Separation
Sibling relationships of youth in foster care are often complicated as many youth are separated from their sibling(s) at one point or another. Quantitative studies have identified ways in which sibling placement influences youth outcomes. Fewer qualitative studies have been conducted to understand youth perspectives about their sibling relationships. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine sibling relationships and sibling separation…
Belonging mediates changes to resilience among separated siblings at camp-based reunification intervention
A mixed-method study exploring the practice experiences and resource needs of a statewide service navigation workforce
Psychology (21 works) · Medicine (20 works) · Nursing (18 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (17 works) · Developmental psychology (17 works) · Foster care (12 works) · Sibling (12 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works)