Kimberly DuMont
Biographic Data
| ID | 6092473 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kimberly DuMont |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kimberly |
| FAMILY NAME | DuMont |
| SIGNATURE | DUMONT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York State Office of Children and Family Services |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-8947-3395 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Strategies for utilizing research findings for policy, program design and practice in child and family social services: A synthesis of the literature
Research and knowledge gaps in child welfare in the United States: A national survey of agency staff, allied disciplines, tribal leaders, and people who have experienced child welfare
This article provides the results of a survey of individuals with varied experience in child welfare, including constituents who have experienced child welfare; caseworkers, managers, and other direct service providers; policymakers and judges; Native American experts, advocates, researchers, and program evaluators. Survey respondents were asked to identify research questions that need to be addressed to support youth and families and to prioriti…
Intergenerational transmission of child abuse and neglect: Real or detection bias?
Abuse from generation to generation? Parents who were abused as children are thought more likely to abuse their own children. Widom et al. compared reports from parents, from children, and from child protective service agency records gathered on the same families and on matched controls. They observed different findings depending on which information they used. Increases in sexual abuse and neglect relative to controls were reported by children o…
A method for estimating child poverty rates, projections for the short-term and the relationship between child poverty and child care subsidy receipt at the county level
Risk and protective factors for child neglect during early childhood: A cross-study comparison
Healthy Families New York (HFNY) randomized trial: Effects on early child abuse and neglect
A Prospective Investigation of Major Depressive Disorder and Comorbidity in Abused and Neglected Children Grown Up
CONTEXT: Few prospective longitudinal studies have examined the relationship between abuse or neglect in childhood and depression in adulthood. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether abused and neglected children were at elevated risk of major depressive disorder (MDD) and psychiatric comorbidity, compared with matched control subjects, when followed up into young adulthood. DESIGN: Prospective cohort design study. SETTING: Midwestern metropolitan count…
Predictors of resilience in abused and neglected children grown-up: The role of individual and neighborhood characteristics
The case for prospective longitudinal studies in child maltreatment research: Commentary on Dube, Williamson, Thompson, Felitti, and Anda (2004)
Contextual Factors Affecting the Organizational Commitment of Diverse Police Officers: A Levels of Analysis Perspective
This study examined the relationship of contextual factors to organizational commitment among 372 police officers in 13 police commands in New York City's public housing projects. Setting‐level variables were formed by aggregating officers' perceptions of management support and fairness and management sensitivity to diversity within commands and within three subgroups formed by gender and ethnicity. Individual‐level measures were deviations from …
The Relationship Between Health and Human Services and the Personal Goal‐Directed Activities of Persons Living with Aids
This study evaluates the relationship between the social climate from different services and the personal goal‐directed activities of 224 individuals with AIDS. The study's results supported the main hypothesis that “recipient” and “participatory” service involvement uniquely influence personal goal‐directed activities, even after considering individuals with AIDS' physical symptoms, psychological distress, income, and recruitment site. Income an…
New York City's 1993 child immunization day: Planning, costs, and results
OBJECTIVES. This study evaluates New York City's Child Immunization Day (1993), with emphasis on the cost and effects of a mass campaign and the use of strategies from developing nations in an inner-city context. METHODS. The methodology was designed to (1) document the planning and implementation process, (2) analyze the number and characteristics of children in the target group, and (3) estimate costs. RESULTS. Neither the social mobilization n…
Using focus groups to facilitate culturally anchored research
Scholars have acknowledged the need to anchor scientific knowledge about social and psychological processes in the norms, values, and experiences of the partticular population under study. This article describes how focus groups can be incorporated into the planning stages of a research pogram to facilitate these goals. After a brief overview of teh central components of focus group research, and example from a program of research involving dual‐…
Using focus groups to facilitate culturally anchored research
Scholars have acknowledged the need to anchor scientific knowledge about social and psychological processes in the norms, values, and experiences of the partticular population under study. This article describes how focus groups can be incorporated into the planning stages of a research pogram to facilitate these goals. After a brief overview of teh central components of focus group research, and example from a program of research involving dual‐…
Risk and protective factors for child neglect during early childhood: A cross-study comparison
Contextual Factors Affecting the Organizational Commitment of Diverse Police Officers: A Levels of Analysis Perspective
This study examined the relationship of contextual factors to organizational commitment among 372 police officers in 13 police commands in New York City's public housing projects. Setting‐level variables were formed by aggregating officers' perceptions of management support and fairness and management sensitivity to diversity within commands and within three subgroups formed by gender and ethnicity. Individual‐level measures were deviations from …
Research and knowledge gaps in child welfare in the United States: A national survey of agency staff, allied disciplines, tribal leaders, and people who have experienced child welfare
This article provides the results of a survey of individuals with varied experience in child welfare, including constituents who have experienced child welfare; caseworkers, managers, and other direct service providers; policymakers and judges; Native American experts, advocates, researchers, and program evaluators. Survey respondents were asked to identify research questions that need to be addressed to support youth and families and to prioriti…
New York City's 1993 child immunization day: Planning, costs, and results
OBJECTIVES. This study evaluates New York City's Child Immunization Day (1993), with emphasis on the cost and effects of a mass campaign and the use of strategies from developing nations in an inner-city context. METHODS. The methodology was designed to (1) document the planning and implementation process, (2) analyze the number and characteristics of children in the target group, and (3) estimate costs. RESULTS. Neither the social mobilization n…
The Relationship Between Health and Human Services and the Personal Goal‐Directed Activities of Persons Living with Aids
This study evaluates the relationship between the social climate from different services and the personal goal‐directed activities of 224 individuals with AIDS. The study's results supported the main hypothesis that “recipient” and “participatory” service involvement uniquely influence personal goal‐directed activities, even after considering individuals with AIDS' physical symptoms, psychological distress, income, and recruitment site. Income an…
Using focus groups to facilitate culturally anchored research
Scholars have acknowledged the need to anchor scientific knowledge about social and psychological processes in the norms, values, and experiences of the partticular population under study. This article describes how focus groups can be incorporated into the planning stages of a research pogram to facilitate these goals. After a brief overview of teh central components of focus group research, and example from a program of research involving dual‐…
New York City's 1993 child immunization day: Planning, costs, and results
OBJECTIVES. This study evaluates New York City's Child Immunization Day (1993), with emphasis on the cost and effects of a mass campaign and the use of strategies from developing nations in an inner-city context. METHODS. The methodology was designed to (1) document the planning and implementation process, (2) analyze the number and characteristics of children in the target group, and (3) estimate costs. RESULTS. Neither the social mobilization n…
Contextual Factors Affecting the Organizational Commitment of Diverse Police Officers: A Levels of Analysis Perspective
This study examined the relationship of contextual factors to organizational commitment among 372 police officers in 13 police commands in New York City's public housing projects. Setting‐level variables were formed by aggregating officers' perceptions of management support and fairness and management sensitivity to diversity within commands and within three subgroups formed by gender and ethnicity. Individual‐level measures were deviations from …
The Relationship Between Health and Human Services and the Personal Goal‐Directed Activities of Persons Living with Aids
This study evaluates the relationship between the social climate from different services and the personal goal‐directed activities of 224 individuals with AIDS. The study's results supported the main hypothesis that “recipient” and “participatory” service involvement uniquely influence personal goal‐directed activities, even after considering individuals with AIDS' physical symptoms, psychological distress, income, and recruitment site. Income an…
The case for prospective longitudinal studies in child maltreatment research: Commentary on Dube, Williamson, Thompson, Felitti, and Anda (2004)
A Prospective Investigation of Major Depressive Disorder and Comorbidity in Abused and Neglected Children Grown Up
CONTEXT: Few prospective longitudinal studies have examined the relationship between abuse or neglect in childhood and depression in adulthood. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether abused and neglected children were at elevated risk of major depressive disorder (MDD) and psychiatric comorbidity, compared with matched control subjects, when followed up into young adulthood. DESIGN: Prospective cohort design study. SETTING: Midwestern metropolitan count…
Predictors of resilience in abused and neglected children grown-up: The role of individual and neighborhood characteristics
Healthy Families New York (HFNY) randomized trial: Effects on early child abuse and neglect
Risk and protective factors for child neglect during early childhood: A cross-study comparison
A method for estimating child poverty rates, projections for the short-term and the relationship between child poverty and child care subsidy receipt at the county level
Intergenerational transmission of child abuse and neglect: Real or detection bias?
Abuse from generation to generation? Parents who were abused as children are thought more likely to abuse their own children. Widom et al. compared reports from parents, from children, and from child protective service agency records gathered on the same families and on matched controls. They observed different findings depending on which information they used. Increases in sexual abuse and neglect relative to controls were reported by children o…
Research and knowledge gaps in child welfare in the United States: A national survey of agency staff, allied disciplines, tribal leaders, and people who have experienced child welfare
This article provides the results of a survey of individuals with varied experience in child welfare, including constituents who have experienced child welfare; caseworkers, managers, and other direct service providers; policymakers and judges; Native American experts, advocates, researchers, and program evaluators. Survey respondents were asked to identify research questions that need to be addressed to support youth and families and to prioriti…
Strategies for utilizing research findings for policy, program design and practice in child and family social services: A synthesis of the literature
Medicine (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (7 works) · Neglect (6 works) · Poison control (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Child abuse (5 works) · Suicide prevention (5 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (4 works)