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Dr. Desmond Runyan has headed the medical school's Department of Social Medicine and headed the state's system to evaluate abused and battered children. All the while, he treated the youngest patients shuttled into UNC-CH.

"It's such a privilege to be able to care for patients and their families," Runyan says. "Plus, I get to have stand-up comedians walk into my office. Kids have such charm and humor and spirit." Read more…

Dr. Jonathan Kotch, MD, MPH, MA, FAAP, professor of maternal and child health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been a vocal and determined proponent of strengthening legislation and policies to protect children, especially in North Carolina. Read more…

 

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  • Appleyard, K., Yang, C., & Runyan, D., (In press). Delineating the maladaptive pathways of child maltreatment: A mediated moderation analysis of the roles of self-perception and social support. Development and Psychopathology. (A)

  • Briggs, E.C., Thompson, R., Ostrowski, S., & Lekwauwa, R. (In press). The psychological, health, behavioral and economic costs of child abuse and neglect. Chapter in Violence Against Women and Children: Consensus, Critical analyses, and Emergent Priorities, Volume 1: Mapping the Terrain. (R)

  • Dubowitz, H., (In press) Child Protection Around the World: Similarities and Differences, Advances and Challenges. International Journal of Child Health & Human Development. (R)

  • Dubowitz, H., & DePanfilis, D. (In press). Child Welfare in the United States: In Theory and Practice. International Journal of Child Health & Human Development. (R)

  • Graham, J.C., English, D.J., Litrownik, A.J., Thompson, R., Briggs, E.C., & Bangdiwala, S.I. (In press). Maltreatment Chronicity Defined with Reference to Development: Extension of the Social Adaptation Outcomes Findings to Peer Relations. Journal of Family Violence. (L)
  • Litrownik, A.J., & Wolfe, D.A. (in press). Introduction: Promising Methodologies in Child Abuse and Neglect Research. Child Abuse & Neglect (Special Topics). (L)
  • MacKenzie, M., Lee, L-C., & Kotch, J. B. (In press). Toward a cumulative ecological risk model for the etiology of child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment. (L)
  • Nooner, K., Litrownik, A., Thompson, R., Margolis, B., English, D., Knight, E., Everson, M., & Roesch, S. (In press). Latent Class Analysis of New Youth Self-Report Measures of Physical and Sexual Abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect. (L)
  • Roesch , S.C. , Villodas, M., & Villodas, F. (In press). Latent Class/Profile Analysis in Maltreatment Research: A Commentary on Noonan et al., Pears et al., and Looking Beyond. Child Abuse & Neglect. (R)
  • Thompson, R., & Whimper, L.A. (in press). Witnessed family violence and reading level in early adolescence. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma. (L)
  • Thompson, R., Tabone, J.K., Litrownik, A.J., Briggs, E.C., Hussey, J.M., English, D.J., & Dubowitz, H. (In press). Early adolescent risk behavior outcomes of childhood externalizing behavioral trajectories. Journal of Early Adolescence. (L)
  • Thompson, R., Briggs, E. C., & LaTouche, S. A. (In press). Psychology of African American children: Strengths and challenges. Chapter in Mental Health Across Racial Groups: Lifespan Perspectives. (R)
  • Thompson, R., Litrownik, A.J., Weisbart, C., Kotch, J.B., English, D.J., & Everson, M.D. (In press). Adolescent Outcomes Associated with Early Maltreatment and Exposure to Violence: The Role of Early Suicidal Ideation. International Journal of Adolescent Health, 2010;3(1):00-00. (L)
  • Van Tilburg, M.A., Runyan, D.K., Zolotor, A.J., Graham, J.C., Dubowitz, H., Litrownik, A., Flaherty, E., Chitkara, D.K., & Whitehead, W.E. (In press). Are unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms related to maltreatment in a prospective study of children? Annals of Family Medicine. (L)
2010 ( linked through internal website)
  • Yonas, M.A., Lewis, T., Hussey, J.M., Thompson, R., Newton, R., English, D., & Dubowitz, H. (2010). Perceptions of Neighborhood Collective Efficacy Moderate the Impact of Maltreatment on Aggression. Child Maltreatment, 15(1), 37-47. (L)
2009 ( linked through internal website)
  • Starr, R.H., Jr. & Dubowitz, H. (2009.). Social Withdrawal and Isolation. In B. Carey, A. Crocker, E. Elias, H. Feldman, and W. Coleman (eds.) Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (4 th Ed.), Saunders Elsevier. (R)
2008 ( linked through internal website)
2007 ( linked through internal website)
  • Dubowitz, H. (2007). Understanding and addressing the “neglect of neglect:” Digging into the molehill. Child Abuse and Neglect, 31(6), 603-606. Epub 2007 May 31. (R)
  • Dubowitz, H., & Bennett, S. (2007). Physical Abuse and Neglect of Children: Key Health Issues. Lancet, 369(9576), 1891-1899. (R)

  • Dubowitz, H. (2007). Fatal Child Neglect. In R. Alexander (Ed.) Child Fatality Review Teams. G.W. Publishers. (R)
  • Lane, W. G., Dubowitz, H., Feigelman, S., Kim, J., Prescott, L., Meyer, W., & Tracy, J.K. (2007). Screening for Parental Substance Abuse in Pediatric Primary Care. Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7(6), 458-462. (R)
  • Theodore, A., Runyan, D., & Chang, J. J. (2007). Measuring the Risk of Physical Neglect in a Population-Based Sample. Child Maltreatment, 12, 96-105. (R)
2006 ( linked through internal website)
2005 ( linked through internal website)
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1999 ( linked through internal website)
1998 ( linked through internal website)
1997 ( linked through internal website)
  • Gaudin, J., & Dubowitz, H. (1997). Family Functioning in Neglectful Families: Recent Research. In J. D. Berrick, R. Barth, and N. Gilbert (Eds.), Child Welfare Research Review: Volume II. NY: Columbia University Press, 28-62. (R)

  • Hutcheson, J. J., Black, M. M., Talley, M., Dubowitz, H., Berenson-Howard, J. B., Starr, R. H. Jr., & Thompson, B. S. (1997). Risk Status and Home Intervention Among Children with Failure-to-Thrive: Follow-up at Age 4. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 22(5), 651-668. (L)

  • Kotch, J. B., Browne, D. C., Ringwalt, C. L., Dufort, V., Ruina, E., Stewart, P. W., & Jung, J. W. (1997). Stress, Social Support, and Substantiated Maltreatment in the Second and Third Years of Life. Child Abuse & Neglect, 21(11), 1025-1037. (L)

  • Mackner, L. M., Starr, R. H. Jr., & Black, M. M. (1997). The Cumulative Effect of Neglect and Failure to Thrive on Cognitive Functioning. Child Abuse & Neglect, 21(7), 691-700. (L)

  • Schneider, M. W., & Curtis, P. A. (1997). The Capella Project: Collecting Data in a War Zone. In Proceedings of 5 th Annual Cultural Impact Conference: Promoting Healthy Families and Community Support Systems. Chicago, IL. (L)

  • Taussig, H. N., & Litrownik, A. J. (1997). Self- and Other-Directed Destructive Behaviors: Assessment and Relationship to Type of Abuse. Child Maltreatment, 2(2), 172-182. (R)

  • Taussig, H. N., & Litrownik, A. J. (1997). Methodological Issues in Classifying Maltreatment: an Examination of “Protective Issue” Children. In G. Kaufman-Kantor & J. Jasinski (Eds.) Out of the Darkness: Contemporary Perspectives on Family Violence. Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 136-147. (R)

1996 ( linked through internal website)
  • Black, M. M., & Nitz, K. (1996). Grandmother Co-Residence, Parenting, and Child Development Among Urban Teen Mothers. Journal of Adolescent Health, 18(3), 218-226. (L)

  • Black, M. M., Hutcheson, J. J., Dubowitz, H., Starr, R. H., Jr., & Berenson-Howard, J. (1996). The Roots of Competence: Mother-Child Interaction Among Low-Income, African-American Families. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 17(3), 367-391. (L)

  • Blumberg, E., Landsverk, J., Ellis-Macleod, E., Ganger, W., & Culver, S. (1996). Use of the Public Mental Health System by Children in Foster Care: Client Characteristics and Service Use Patterns. TheJournal of Mental Health Administration, 23 (4), 389-405. (R)

  • Curtis, P. A., Schneider, M. W, & Lunghofer, L. (1996). Child Maltreatment and Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs: Some Preliminary Findings. 8 th Annual Research & Training Center Conference Proceedings, pp. 325-329. Dept. of Child and Family Studies, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. (L)

  • Garland, A. F., Landsverk, J., Hough, R. L., & Ellis-MacLeod, E. (1996). Type of Maltreatment as a Predictor of Mental Health Service Use for Children in Foster Care. Child Abuse & Neglect, 20 (8), 675-688. (L)

  • Hall, L. A., Kotch, J. B., Browne, D., & Rayens, M. K. (1996). Self-Esteem as a Mediator of the Effects of Stressors and Social Resources on Depressive Symptoms in Postpartum Mothers. Nursing Research, 45 (4), 231-238. (L)

  • Hutcheson, J. J., & Black, M. M., (1996). Psychometric Properties of the Parenting Stress Index in a Sample of Low-Income African American Mothers of Infants and Toddlers. Early Education and Development. 7(4), 381-400. (R)

1995 ( linked through internal website)
  • Black, M. M. (1995). Failure to Thrive: Strategies for Evaluation and Intervention. School Psychology Review, 24, 169-183. (R)

  • Black, M. M., Dubowitz, H., Hutcheson, J., Berenson-Howard, J., & Starr, R. H., Jr. (1995). A Randomized Clinical Trial of Home Intervention Among Children with Failure to Thrive. Pediatrics, 95 (6), 807-814. (L)

  • Curtis, P. A., Schneider, M. W., & Calica, R. H. (1995). The Capella Project: Potential Impact on Public Child Welfare Policy and Practices. Proceedings of the Eighth National Round Table on Risk Assessment, San Francisco. Washington, DC: American Public Welfare Association. (L)

  • English, D. J. (1995). Cultural Issues Related to the Assessment of Child Abuse and Neglect. Contemporary Group Care, Practice, Research and Evaluation, 5(1), 31-35. (R)

  • Harrington, D., Dubowitz, H., Black, M. M., & Binder, A. (1995). Maternal Substance Use and Neglectful Parenting: Relationships with Children’s Development. Journal of Child Clinical Psychology, 24, 258-263. (L)

  • Kotch, J. B., Browne, D. C., Ringwalt, C. L., Stewart, P. W., Ruina, E., Holt, K., Lowman, B., & Jung, J.-W. (1995). Risk of Child Abuse or Neglect in a Cohort of Low-Income Children. Child Abuse & Neglect, 19(9), 1115-1130. (L)

  • Socolar, R., Runyan, D. K., & Amaya-Jackson, L. (1995). Methodological and Ethical Issues Related to Studying Child Maltreatment. Journal of Family Issues, 16(5), 565-586. (L)

1994 ( linked through internal website)
  • Black, M. M., Hutcheson, J., Dubowitz, H., & Berenson-Howard, J. (1994). Parenting Style and Developmental Status Among Children with Non-Organic Failure to Thrive. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 19 (6), 689-707. (L)

  • Black, M. M., Nair, P., & Harrington, D. (1994). Maternal HIV Infection: Parenting and Early Child Development. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 19 (5), 595-616. (L)

  • Dubowitz, H. (1994). Neglecting the Neglect of Neglect. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 9(4), 556-560. (R)

  • Dubowitz, H., & Black, M. (1994). Child Neglect. In R.M. Reece (Ed.), Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management, Lea and Febiger, Malvern, PA, 279-297. (R)

  • English, D. (1994). Risk Assessment: What do We Know? Findings from Three Research Studies on Children Reported to Child Protective Services, Proceedings of Children in the Shadows: The Fate of Children in Neglecting Families . Minneapolis, MN: University of the Minnesota, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare. (L)

  • Harris, M. J., & Kotch, J. B. (1994). Unintentional Infant Injuries: Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Factors. Public Health Nursing, 11 (2), 90-97. (L)

1993 ( linked through internal website)
  • Dubowitz, H., Black, M., Starr, R., & Zuravin, S. (1993). A Conceptual Definition of Child Neglect. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 20 (1), 8-26. (R)

  • Hutcheson, J. J., Black, M. M., & Starr, R. H. Jr. (1993). Developmental Differences in Interactional Characteristics of Mothers and Their Children with Failure-to-Thrive. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, (18)4, 453-466. (R)

1992 ( linked through internal website)
  • Curtis, P., & Schneider, M. (1992). Problems of Recruitment and Retention of Research Subjects for Longitudinal Studies. Ninth International Congress of Child Abuse and Neglect, Congress Proceedings. (L)
1991 ( linked through internal website)
  • McKenry, P. C., Kotch, J. B., & Browne, D. H. (1991). Correlates of Dysfunctional Parenting Attitudes Among Low-Income Adolescent Mothers. Journal of Adolescent Research, 6, 212-233. (L)

Dissertations from 1997-2009 ( linked through internal website)
  • The effects of child maltreatment and environmental stability on children’s trajectories of aggressive behavior from 4 – 12 years of age. Wiley, Tisha R.A. University of Illinois at Chicago; 2009. (L)

  • The relationships between episodes of parental incarceration and students’ psycho-social and educational outcomes: An analysis of risk factors. Cox, Meghan. 155 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Temple University; 2009. AAT 3359630. (A)

  • A typology for families at risk for child maltreatment. Foster, Rachel Erin. 118 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2008. AAT 3315699. (L)

  • Developmental trajectories of externalizing behavior problems among maltreated children. Kim, Jiyoung. 171 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. The University of Chicago; 2008. AAT3322598. (L)

  • Pathways from child maltreatment to juvenile delinquency: Sexualized behaviors and loneliness. Pelaez Merrick, Melissa Teresa. 109 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego; 2008. AAT 3306501. (L)

  • Socioemotional outcomes of children sexually abused during early childhood. Becker, Jennifer L. 123 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Florida International University, 2008. AAT 3325595. (A)

  • The effect of maternal childhood abuse on parenting attitude and behavior. Esaki, Nina. 124 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. State University of New York at Albany, 2008. AAT3312245. (A)

  • Verbal abuse by parents who maltreat or are at-risk for maltreatment of children: Predictors and interventions. Lange, Richard Theodore. 212 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, 2008. AAT 3344806. (A)
  • Latent class analysis of new self-report measures of physical and sexual abuse. Nooner, Kate Brody. 119 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3258389. (L)
  • Doing well and doing poorly in care: Caregivers’ attachment status and other risk and resilience predictors of children’s outcomes in kinship, foster, and adoptive placements. McCarthy, Gael D.E. 170 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Smith College School for Social Work; 2006. Publication Number: AAT 3248940. (R)
  • Family structure and use of corporal punishment by low income mothers.
    Mitchell, Lorelei Beth. 253 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, Berkeley; 2005. Publication Number: AAT 3211454. (A)

  • The impact of intellectual functioning and adverse life events on the psychosocial development of maltreated children. Romney, Stephanie C. 113 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego; 2005. Publication Number: AAT 3208618. (L)

  • A longitudinal study of the impact of individual, familial, and community violence on child behavioral outcomes. Sparacio, Charlene Wojnowski. 95 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Institute for Clinical Social Work ( Chicago); 2004. Publication number: AAT3139799 (L)

  • The combined effects of maltreatment and subsequent foster care placement in early childhood. Washington, Tracee A. 124 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of Michigan; 2004. Publication Number: AAT 3137960. (A)

  • Child victims of family violence: Behavioral and social outcomes. Watts-English, Tiffany. 139 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2004. Publication Number: AAT 3156214. (L)

  • Lifetime patterns of maternal substance abuse as a predictor of child maltreatment and child developmental outcomes. Bizzarro, Michael Robert. 215 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Institute for Clinical Social Work ( Chicago); 2003. Publication number: AAT3107345. (L)

  • Intergenerational transmission of abuse. Marotta, Susana. 143 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Institute for Clinical Social Work ( Chicago); 2003. Publication number: AAT3107350. (R)

  • Testing a prototypic approach to scale reduction: Improving efficiency in assessment. Bohlig, E. Michael. 259 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2002. Publication Number: AAT 3046965. (L)

  • Physical health of maltreated children shortly after entry into foster care: Assessment and prediction of documented medical problems and caregiver-reported health status. Mitchell, Barbara E. 93 pages: [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego; 2002. Publication Number: AAT 3044789. (L)

  • Predictors of posttraumatic stress symptomatology in Hispanic versus non-Hispanic maltreated children. Canez, Idalia E. 81 pages [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University; 2000. Publication Number: AAT 9974115. (L)

  • The relationship between maternal history of victimization, current social supports, and abusive parenting behaviors: A Winnicottian perspective. Mirabella-Beck, Jean. 207 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Institute for Clinical Social Work ( Chicago); 1999. Publication number: AAT 9946644. (L)

  • Maternal depression, history of loss, and history of abuse: Impact on attachment among high risk preschoolers. Binder, A. [PsyD. dissertation]. Illinois School of Professional Psychology; 1998. (L)

  • Risk behaviors in maltreated adolescents. Taussig, Heather Nicole. 166 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University; 1998. Publication Number: AAT 9828983. (R)

  • The impact of early life experiences on subsequent adaptive and problem behaviors in maltreated children. Fees, Melissa Soza. 119 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University; 1997. Publication Number: AAT 9820842. (L)

  • Relationships between child maltreatment, maternal report of depressive symptoms and parent-child interactions. O’Connell, Katharine Dunson. 152 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. DePaul University; 1996. Publication number: AAT 9710716. (R)

Reference Notations

LONGSCAN (L) = A publication that uses LONGSCAN data or that used LONGSCAN funds/resources/salary support in development.

NEGLECT (N) = A publication that uses NEGLECT data or that used NEGLECT funds/resources/salary support in development.

ARCHIVE (A) = A publication that uses data from one of the LONGSCAN datasets archived at the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN).

Adolescent Pregnancy & Birth Outcomes Among Maltreated Youth (COL) = A publication that uses LONGSCAN data with analysis support coming from this adjunct project funded by the CDC.

LONGSCAN or NEGLECT-Related (R) = A publication that is related to an investigator's work on LONGSCAN or NEGLECT; however is not a direct LONGSCAN/NEGLECT product/effort. A publication that is informed significantly by LONGSCAN or NEGLECT; or on which salary support was partially provided from LONGSCAN or NEGLECT funding.

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