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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Latino Fathers and Their Experience with Child Protective Services, Yadira Tejeda
Mental Health in Rural School-Age Youth: Examining Trends in Adverse Childhood Experiences, Positive Childhood Experiences, and Family Resilience from 2018-2023, Mary Katherine Shires
More Than Participation: Parent Engagement as a Pathway to Family Resilience in Autism Care, Cao Fang
Racism-Related Exposure and Racial Socialization Competency Among Black Parents of Young Children: The Moderating Role of Coping Self-Efficacy, Emani Maria Sargent
Social Connectedness among Older People Living with Dementia, Soobin Park
“We try to act so progressive”: A Multivariate and Interpretive Methods Study Examining Equity, Racialization and Interrelated Systems of Oppression and Privilege within HIV Service Organizations, Gregory Joseph Gross
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Bargaining Power, Gender Norms, and Intimate Partner Violence: An Examination of Latin American Countries, Deidi Olaya
Ecological Momentary Assessment of Mechanisms Linking Racial Discrimination and Substance Use in Black College Students, JaNiene Peoples
Old Frames on New Media: Health Misinformation in Black Digital Communities, Merriah Croston
Relationships between Household Economic Distress and Child Mental Health: Determinants, Mechanisms, and Interventions, Yuanyuan Yang
Supporting health equity in obesity prevention for women of reproductive age, Amanda Gilbert
The Hill We Climb: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Stress and Depression in a Community Sample, Akilah Collins-Anderson
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Comorbidity of disordered eating and depression: Examining intersectional inequities and cardiometabolic health consequences across the life course, Franklin Hunter McGuire
Dual-System Youth and Emancipating from Foster Care: Examining the Relations Between Delinquency, Independent Living Services, and Criminal Justice Involvement, Dylan Monahan Jones
Economic Behavior and HIV Risk Behavior Among Vulnerable Women: A Prospective Randomized Control Study in Southern Uganda, Joshua Kiyingi
Economic Empowerment of Young Women in Southern Uganda: An embedded mixed-methods Dissertation study, Josephine Nabayinda
Examining Mass Media, Depression Literacy, and Public Mental Health Stigma Among the Latinx Population Residing in Nontraditional Receiving Communities, Nancy Jacquelyn Pérez-Flores
Housing Insecurity and Suicidal Behavior Among Transgender and Gender-Expansive Young Adults, Eleni Margareta Gaveras
How Household Economic Stress Matters: Family Functioning and Child Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors, Jun-Hong Chen
Integrating health equity into implementation science to advance chronic disease prevention and control, Callie Walsh-Bailey
Lifecourse Patterns of Productive Engagement among Rural and Urban Older Adults, Peter C. Sun
Novel Applications of Syndemic Theory for Global Public Health: Considerations for Gender Based Violence and Mixed Methods Research, Luissa Vahedi
Optimizing Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Adolescents Living with HIV in Low and Middle-Income Settings, Samuel Kizito
Perspectives of Stress and Coping among Older, College-Educated African American Women, Jacquelyn Victoria Coats
Reimagining Parent and Family Engagement for African American Children and their Families, Dominique A. Horton
Toward Improving our Understanding of the Implementation of Mandated Reporting Policies, Maria Gandarilla Ocampo
Using Constructivist Grounded Theory to Generate Participatory Research Empowerment Guideposts (PREGs) for African American Communities to Address Racial Health Disparities, Helen Irene Thurman
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Climate Change and Farmer Mental Health: A Participatory and Systems-Based Approach, Christopher Weatherly
Examining Immigrant Experiences in Asset Building: Implications for Asset-Based Policies, Yingying Zeng
Examining the Role of Urban Policy, Built Environment, and Physical Activity in Mexico City, Eugen Resendiz Bontrud
Exploring the Complex Relationship Between Social Needs and Health, Rachel Catherine Garg
Parent and Child Wellbeing in a Humanitarian Context By Flora Cohen,, Flora Cohen
Prevalence, Sociocultural Risks and Protective Factors of Suicidal Behaviors: A Cross Sectional Study of Middle School Students in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, Enoch Kordjo Azasu
The Physical Health of People with Co-occurring Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders, Mark R. Hawes
“The Talk” The impact of police contact on youth reports of parental engagement in preparation for encounters with police among a racially diverse sample of youth, Ashley Nicole Jackson
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Choice and Opportunity: Examining Housing Relocation and Organizational Partnerships Within Federal Mixed-Income Community Development Initiatives, Andrew Scott Foell
Effectiveness of Community Development Organizations in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, Kyle Pitzer
Effect of Resource Curse on Child Well-being in Resource-rich States, Specifically in Post-Soviet States, Aytakin Huseynli
Identifying contextual and structural factors contributing to organizational sustainability in pediatric healthcare, Sara Malone
Poverty, Child Maltreatment and Adverse Childhood Experiences – Just Comorbidities?, Darejan Dvalishvili
Protecting Native Motherhood: A Longitudinal Investigation of Interpersonal Violence Among Alaska Native Women, Autumn Asher
Social Capital and Mental Health among Chinese Older Adults, Yuekang Li
The Cost of Child Support: Policy Design and Father Identity, Lara Markovitz
Trauma Exposures Across the Life Course for Individuals Who Experience Incarceration, Maria Morrison
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Examining Mental Health in Northern Haiti, Michael Galvin
Exploring contextual differences in environment and policy strategies to promote physical activity in disadvantaged communities, Natalicio Hector Serrano
Exploring the Service Utilization of Formerly Incarcerated Persons with Substance Use Disorders, Sara Beeler-Stinn
“I’m not dark, I’m not light… I’m medium!”: The Colorism Experiences of Adolescent African American Girls, Maya Williams
Patterns and Trends Among Intimate Partner Homicide Cases: An Analysis by Victim’s Sex and Race/ethnicity, Shih-Ying Cheng
Racial Disparities in U.S. Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Diagnosis and Survival, Xiaoyan Wang
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Wealth and Health, Sicong Sun
Racism-Based Trauma and Policing among Black Emerging Adults, Robert Motley
The Potential of Mental Health Policy Implementation: Methods and Applications, Meagan Renee Pilar
Utilization Patterns of Community-based Mental Health Services Among school-going Adolescent girls in Southwestern Uganda., William Byansi
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
A Case Study of the Experiences of Black Female Faculty at Research-intensive Schools of Social Work, Lashawnda N. Fields
A Public Health Examination of the Discipline Gap, Karishma Furtado
Dismantling of Obesity-Related Policies, Alexandra Borosova Morshed
Lifestyle Behaviors and Racial Differences in Dementia, Roger Wong
Maintaining Natural Recovery from Prescription Opioid Use Disorder, Christina Drymon
Sustainable Diets for Planetary Health: A study of Indigenous Based Agri-food Systems in a Community of the Central Highlands of Ecuador, Carlos Andres Gallegos-Riofrio
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
A Formative Assessment of the Vulnerability Context of Three Indigenous Communities in Rural Ecuador for Improved Intervention Design, Ivy Blackmore
Case Termination Reasons by Case Characteristics and Child Welfare Involvement, Ellie Suzanne Wideman
Caseworker Turnover in Foster Care Services: Problem or Symptom? A System Dynamics Approach, Marian Joan Stahlschmidt
Individual and Social Network Influences on Potential Use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention Among Adult Black Women, Whitney Chivonne Sewell
Neighborhood Environment, Social Participation, and Well-Being among Older Adults in the U.S., Yi Wang
Participatory Institutions of Forest Management in the Uttarakhand Hills of India: Processes of Emergence and Change, Richa Joshi
Promoting Child Behavioral Health in Homeless Services: A Community-Based System Dynamics Approach, Katherine Marcal
Risk Factors for Loneliness and Social Isolation among Black Older Adults, Harry O. Chatters Taylor
Scaling-up Child and Youth Mental Health Services: Assessing Coverage of a County-wide Initiative, Cole Douglas Hooley
Social Engagement Among Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Conversion to Dementia, Takashi Amano
Subtypes of Neglect in Relation to Reporting Practices, Safety Outcomes among Known Cases, and Risk and Protective Factors, Chien-Jen Chiang
Trajectories and Patterns of Wealth in Later Life: Implications for Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Health, Yu-Chih Chen
“You Have to Want It”: A Pervasive Mental Model of Addiction Recovery and Its Implications for Sustaining Change, Erin Stringfellow
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study of the Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative, 2009-2015, Raven E. Ross
Does Privatization Matter? An Exploration of Foster Care Permanency Outcomes, Allison Early Dunnigan
Examining the Influence of Financial Well-being on Black Adolescent Socioemotional Outcomes, Andrae Banks
Maternal Health and Child Malnutrition among Migrant Households Engaged in Construction Work (Ahmedabad, India), Divya Ravindranath
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Surgical Approach and Postoperative Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Hysterectomy for Benign Gynecologic Conditions, Lisa Marie Pollack
Self-Employment in Later Life: Implications for Financial, Physical, and Mental Well-Being, Cal Halvorsen
The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration, Intervention and Faith, Maxine Davis
Three Essays on Taxation and Child Maltreatment, Michael Patrick Mclaughlin
Understanding Adolescent Physical Activity in the Early Nutrition Transitioning Country of Haiti, Haley V. Becker
Violence Exposure and Pathways to HIV Risk Behaviors in Black and White Young Men who have Sex with Men, Donald Robert Gerke
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
A Context and Stakeholder Focused Exploration of the Sustainability of Local Organizations in Development, Brad Tucker
How Do Environmental Changes and Shared Cultural Experiences Impact the Health of Indigenous Peoples in South Louisiana?, Shanondora M. Billiot