Catherine Kothari

Biographic Data

ID6215508
NAMECatherine Kothari
GIVEN NAMESCatherine
FAMILY NAMEKothari
SIGNATUREKOTHARI C
AFFILIATIONSWestern Michigan University
ORCID0000-0001-8072-8920
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS39
WORKS AS AUTHOR16
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Family Interviews Improve Health Service Recommendations in Mortality Review Process

    Open AccessCatherine Kothari, Fernando Ospina et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2025

  • The Relation of Maternal Psychosocial Risk Factors to Infant Safe Sleep Practices

    Open AccessKalani Gates, Summer Chahin et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2024

  • Barriers to Postpartum Care

    Open AccessKathleen Tierney, Nicole Pearce et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2023

  • Pilot test of a measure to assess clients’ perceptions of their home visitors

    Open AccessAmy Damashek, Ariel K Berman et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2023References: 34

    Home visiting services for caregivers of infants and young children have been found to be an effective method for promoting child development. Unfortunately, such services suffer from high rates of attrition, suggesting the need to identify factors related to client retention in services. Research has indicated that the client‐provider relationship is an important predictor of client retention in home visiting services; however, measures to asses…

  • Health and Health Care From the Perspective of Intimate Partner Violence Adult Female Victims in Shelters

    Pamela Wadsworth, Catherine Kothari et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2018

    Intimate partner violence (IPV) predicts poor health for victims and their children, but little is known about the perspective of victims. This study reports the perspectives of adult female IPV victims about the impact of IPV on their health and barriers of health care access for themselves and their children. The majority rated their health as good to excellent (69%). However, 83.5% indicated that IPV negatively affected their health; 53.5% had…

  • Perinatal Periods of Risk Analysis

    Open AccessCatherine L Kothari, Catherine Kothari et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2017

  • The interplay of race, socioeconomic status and neighborhood residence upon birth outcomes in a high black infant mortality community

    Open AccessCatherine Kothari, Rajib Paul et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2016

    This study examined the interrelationship of race and socioeconomic status (SES) upon infant birthweight at the individual and neighborhood levels within a Midwestern US county marked by high Black infant mortality. The study conducted a multi-level analysis utilizing individual birth records and census tract datasets from 2010, linked through a spatial join with ArcGIS 10.0. The maternal population of 2861 Black and White women delivering infant…

  • Intimate Partner Violence Associated with Postpartum Depression, Regardless of Socioeconomic Status

    Open AccessCatherine Kothari, Michael R Liepman et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2016

  • Does gender matter? Exploring mental health recovery court legal and health outcomes

    Open AccessCatherine L Kothari, Catherine Kothari et al.ARTICLEHealth & Justice2014

    BACKGROUND: Based upon therapeutic justice principles, mental health courts use legal leverage to improve access and compliance to treatment for defendants who are mentally ill. Justice-involved women have a higher prevalence of mental illness than men, and it plays a greater role in their criminal behavior. Despite this, studies examining whether women respond differently than men to mental health courts are lacking. Study goals were to examine …

  • Victim Participation in Intimate Partner Violence Prosecution

    Open AccessCatherine Cerulli, Catherine L Kothari et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2014Cited by: 2References: 8

    Are intimate partner violence (IPV) victims safer if they use the criminal justice system? Concerns about perpetrator retaliation, in the face of data that protection orders can reduce future harm, make it important to understand how victim utilization (calling 911, talking to the prosecutor, and proceeding with prosecution) affects subsequent safety. We hypothesized participation would improve victims’ safety, measured by decreases in subsequent…

  • In Our Voice

    Open AccessCatherine Cerulli, Nicole Trabold et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2014Cited by: 7References: 4

  • Improved Birth Weight for Black Infants

    Catherine L Kothari, Catherine Kothari et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2014Cited by: 3References: 43

    Objectives. We determined whether participation in Healthy Babies Healthy Start (HBHS), a maternal health program emphasizing racial equity and delivering services through case management home visitation, was associated with improved birth outcomes for Black women relative to White women. Methods. We used a matched-comparison posttest-only design in which we selected the comparison group using propensity score matching. Study data were generated …

  • Engaging With Criminal Prosecution

    Melissa E Dichter, Catherine Cerulli et al.ARTICLEWomen & Criminal Justice2011

    Despite more than a decade of policies that encourage prosecutors to proceed without the victim's input or actions in cases of intimate partner violence (IPV), prosecutors still often rely on the victim's participation to move a case forward. The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers and motivators influencing female IPV victims' engagement with the criminal justice system and their preferences regarding prosecution. Findings from fo…

  • The Impact of Children on Legal Actions Taken by Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence

    Open AccessKarin V Rhodes, Melissa E Dichter et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2011Cited by: 5References: 2

  • Assessing Maternal Risk for Fetal-Infant Mortality

    Open AccessCatherine L Kothari, Catherine Kothari et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2010

  • I Didn’t Want To Put Them Through That”

    Open AccessKarin V Rhodes, Catherine Cerulli et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2010Cited by: 22References: 4