PhD students making an impact

Edwards, T., Hussain, A., Sato, C., King, J., Sani, M., & King, B (2020). Racial Disproportionality and Disparities for Black Families Involved with the Child Welfare System: A Scoping Review Protocol. Social Science Protocols.

Mohamud, F., Edwards, T., Anti-Boasiako, K., William, K., King, J., Igor, E., & King, B. (2021). Racial disparity in the Ontario child welfare system: Conceptualizing policies and practices that drive involvement for Black families. Children and Youth Services Review, 120, 105711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105711

Edwards, T., Sharpe, T., Bonomo, A., & Massaquoi, N. (in progress). Exploring Research on the Coping Strategies of Black Survivors of Homicide Victims: A Scoping Review Protocol. BMJ Open (Submitted).

Craig, S., McInroy, L., Goulden, A., & Eaton, A. (2021). Engaging the senses in qualitative research via multimodal coding: Triangulating transcript, audio, and video data in a study with sexual and gender minority youth. International Journal of Qualitative Research, 1-24.

Craig, S. L., McInroy, L. B., Goulden, A., Eaton, A. D., Kourgiantakis, T., Bogo, M., Adamson, K., Iacono, G., Gagliarda, L., Krasovec, T., Small, M. (2020). The health social work competency rating scale: Development of a tool for education and practice. Social Work Education: The International Journal, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2020.1768233

Goulden, A. (2021). A critical review of social work interventions and programs that support disabled youth with their sexual well-being. Journal of Social Work Practice, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2021.1914010

Goulden, A. (2020). Disability competency in social work education: Tools for practice teaching. Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 17(2), 61-77.

Smith Carrier, T., Goulden, A., Singh, R. (2021). Implementing universal design for learning in social work education: A strengths perspective. In F. Fovet (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Applying Universal Design for Learning Across Disciplines: Concepts, Case Studies, and Practical Implementation. IGI Global.

Ashcroft, R., Menear, M., Greenblatt, A., Silveira., J., Dahrouge, S., Sunderji, N., Emode, M., Booton, J., Muchenje, M., Cooper, R., Haughton, A., McKenzie, K. (2021). Patient perspectives on quality of care for depression and anxiety in primary health care teams: A qualitative study. Health Expectations. 2021 (Published Online First)

Mishna, F., Birze, A., Greenblatt, A., & Pepler, D. (2021). Looking Beyond Assumptions to Understand Relationship Dynamics in Bullying. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1248.

Lee, E., Greenblatt, A. & Hu, R. (revise and resubmit). A Knowledge Synthesis of Cross-Cultural Psychotherapy Research: A Critical Review. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Greenblatt, A. & Lee, E. (revise and resubmit). Optimism, Exercise, and Pink Ribbons: The “Making Up” of People with Breast Cancer. Sociology of Health and Illness.

Mishna, F., Birze, A., Greenblatt, A., & Khoury-Kassabri, M. (2020). Benchmarks and Bellwethers in Cyberbullying: the Relational Process of Telling. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 1-12.

Azzopardi, C., Greenblatt, A., Korczak, D. J., & Smith, T. D. (2020). Pediatric hospital screening for suicide risk in adolescents referred for maltreatment. Children and Youth Services Review, 119.

Mishna, F., Birza, A., Greenblatt, A., & Khoury-Kassabri, M. (2020). Benchmarks and Bellwethers in Cyberbullying: the Relational Process of Telling. International Journal of Bullying Prevention (online first).

Burnes, D., Syed, M., & Hsieh, J. (2020). Process Models to Understand Resident-to-Resident Aggression Among Residents with Dementia in Long-Term Care. Journal of Applied Gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464820955089

McDonald, L., Shnall, A., Hsieh, J., Sinha, S., Austen, A., Tamblyn Watts, L., White-Campbell, M., Mirza, R. M., & Klinger, C. (2020). The Invisible Epidemic: A Spotlight on the Opioid Crisis Among Seniors. Submitted to the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, November 2020.

Mirza, R. M., Relyea, E., Hsieh, J., Syed, M. A., Klinger, C., Mercer, K., Kirk, K., & McDonald, L. (2020). Financial Literacy and the Economic Experiences of Older Aboriginal Adults in Canada: A Scoping Review. Submitted to the Canadian Journal on Aging, December 2020.

Peng, S., Hull, J., Mousavi, Y., Mustafa, M., Papageorgiou, P., Hsieh, J., Klinger, C., & Mirza, R. M. (2020). Factors that Influence the Refusal or Failure to Receive the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in Older Adults: A Scoping Review of the Literature. Submitted to Journal of Aging and Health, December 2020.

Kourgiantakis, T., Hu, R., Ramsundarsingh, S., Lung, Y., & West, K. (Accepted). Virtual Practice Fridays:  Responding to Disruptions Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Field and Classroom. Journal of  Social Work Education.

Lee, E., Kourgiantakis, T., & Hu, R. (Accepted). Teaching a Socially Just and Culturally Competent Practice (SJCCP)  Online: Pedagogical Challenges and Lessons Learned during the Pandemic. Journal of Social Work  Education.

Tsang, T., Leung, V., Tan, W., Chuang, D., & Hu, R. (Accepted). Decentring the Majority-Minority Paradigm: A  Multi-Dimensional Conceptualization of Inter-Ethnic Relations Based on a Study of Chinese  Canadians. Journal of International Migration and Integration.

Tsang, A. K. T., Leung, V. W. Y., Tan, W., Chuang, D-M., & Hu, R. (2021). Decentring the Majority–Minority  Paradigm: A Multidimensional Conceptualization of Inter-ethnic Relations Based on a Study of Chinese Canadians. Journal of International Migration and Integration. doi:10.1007/s12134-021-00826-0

Hu, R., Xue, J., & Wang, X. (2021). Migrant Women’s Help-Seeking Decisions and Use of Support Resources  for Intimate Partner Violence in China. Violence Against Women. doi:10.1177/10778012211000133

Lee, E., Kourgiantakis, T., & Hu, R. (2021). Developing Holistic Competence in Cross-Cultural Social Work  Practice: Simulation-Based Learning Optimized by Blended Learning. Social Work Education.  doi:10.1080/02615479.2021.1892055

Xue, J., Hu, R., Zhang, W., Zhao, Y., Zhang, B., Liu, N., Li, S.-C., & Logan, J. (2021). Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality  as a Tool for Studying Bystander Behaviors in Interpersonal Violence: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical  Internet Research, 23(2), e25322.

Hu, R., Xue, J, & Han, Z. (2020). School bullying victimization and perpetration among Chinese children and adolescents: A latent class approach. Children and Youth Services Review. 105709.  doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105709

Xue, J., Chen, J., Chen, C., Hu, R., & Zhu, T. (2020). The Hidden Pandemic of Family Violence During COVID-19:  Unsupervised Learning of Tweets. J Med Internet Res, 22(11), e24361. doi:10.2196/24361

Lin, K., Hu, R., Wang, X., & Xue, J. (2020). Female Same-Sex Bidirectional Intimate Partner Violence in China.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi:10.1177/0886260520959624

Xue, J., Chen, J., Hu, R., Chen, C., Zheng, C., Su, Y., Zhu, T. (2020). Twitter discussions and emotions about COVID-19 pandemic: a machine learning approach. Journal of Medical Internet Research. doi:10.2196/20550

Hu, R. Problematizing the educational messaging on sex trafficking in the “end-demand” movement in the  United States: The (mis)representations of “victims” (under review)

Hu, R. Does night-shift work increase interpersonal violence in the Canadian workplace? A gender-specific propensity score matching approach. (under review)

Macy, R., Eckhardt, A., Wretman, C., Hu, R., Kim, J., Wang, X., Bombeeck, C. Developing Evaluation Approaches for Anti-Human Trafficking Services. (under review)

Lee, E., Greenblatt, A., Hu, R. A Knowledge Synthesis of Cross-Cultural Psychotherapy Research: A Critical Review. (minor revision)

Davison, K., Hyland, C., Lin, S., Tong, H., Kobayashi, K. M., Mora-Almanza, J. G., & Fuller-Thomson, E. (2020). Nutrition Factors Are Associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Immigrant and Canadian-Born Adults: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Current Developments in Nutrition, 4 (Supplement_2), 18-18

Davison, K., Hyland, C., Lin, S., Tong, H., Kobayashi, K. M., MoraAlmanza, J. G., & Fuller-Thomson, E. (November 2019). Determinants of PostTraumatic Stress Disorder in Participants of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. North American Primary Care Research Group. c.

Davison, K., Hyland, C., Lin, S., Tong, H., Kobayashi, K. M., Mora-Almanza, J. G., & Fuller-Thomson, E. (2020). Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mid-age and older adults differs by immigrant status and ethnicity, nutrition, and health characteristics in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Kourgiantakis, T., Sewell, K., Lee, E. & Kirvan, A. (2021). Assessment of Mental Health, Addictions, and Suicide Risk: Developing Competence in MSW Students in the Classroom. Social Work in Mental Health.

Serhal, E., Kirvan, A., Sanches, M., & Crawford, A. (2020). Client Satisfaction and Experience with Telepsychiatry: Development and Validation of a Survey using Clinical Quality Domains. Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Ashcroft, R., Donnelly, C., Dancey, M., Gill, S., Lam, S., Kourgiantakis, T., Adamson, K., Verrilli, D., Dolovich, L., Kirvan, A., Mehta, K., Sur, D., & Brown, J.B. Primary care teams’ experiences of delivering mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. BMC Family Practice. (under review)

Sockalingam, S., Kirvan, A., Pereira, C., Rajaratnam, T., Elzein, Y., Serhal E., & Crawford, A. The Role of Tele-Education in Advancing Mental Health Quality of Care: A Content Analysis of Project ECHO Recommendations. Journal of Telemedicine and e-health. (under review)

Katz, E., Kirvan, A., Tufford, L., & Bogo, M. Teaching Note – _Using Embodied Mindfulness to Teach the Competency of Reflective Practice to MSW Social Work Students. Journal of Social Work Education. (under review)

Fallon, B., Lefebvre, R., Collin-Vézina, D., Houston, Em., Joh-Carnella, N., Malti, T., Filippelli, J., Schumaker, K., Manel, W., Kartusch, M., Cash, S. (2020). Screening for economic hardship for child welfare-involved families during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid partnership response. Child Abuse & Neglect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104706

Fallon, B., Lefebvre, R., Joh-Carnella, N., Trocmé, N., & Carradine, J. (2020). Major findings from the Ontario incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect 2018. Child Abuse & Neglect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104778

Fallon, B., Filippelli, J., Joh-Carnella, N., Collin-Vézina, D., Lefebvre, R., Moody, B., Trocmé, N., & Quinn, A. (2020). An examination of past trends in school reports to child welfare: Considerations for reported child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment. doi: 10.1177/1077559520979588

Joh-Carnella, N., Fallon, B., Lefebvre, R., Lindberg, D., & Davidson, L. (revised and re-submitted). Caregiver drug use in Ontario child welfare investigations: The need for coordinated intervention. Child Abuse & Neglect.

Lenz, T., & Shier. M. (2021). Supporting Transformational Social Innovation through Nonprofit and Local Government Relations: A Scoping Review. Human Services Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance. doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2021.1887033

Zhao, K., O’Connor, C., Lenz, T., & Fang, L. (submitted). Conceptualizing Anti-Asian racism in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action for social workers.

King, B., Black, T., Fallon, B., & Lung, Y. (2021). The role of risk in child welfare decision-making: A prospective cohort examination of families transferred to ongoing child protection services after an investigation. Children and Youth Services Review, 125, 105983.

Tong, H., Lung, Y., Lin, S., Kobayashi, K. M., Davison, K. M., Agbeyaka, S., & Fuller-Thomson, E. (2020). Refugee status is associated with double the odds of psychological distress in mid-to-late life: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 0020764020971003.

Lung, Y., Chang, S.-S., Hsu, C-Y., Wu, S-C., Chen, C. Y., Chen, W. J. (2020) Residential socioeconomic environments and substance use in Taiwan: a comparison of areca nut, alcohol, and tobacco. Substance use & misuse, 55(12), 2025-2034.

Fuller-Thomson, E., Lung, Y., West, K. J., Keyes, C. L. M., Baiden, P. (2020) Optimal baseline mental health associated with 4.7 month delay in all-cause mortality: Lessons learned from 18 years of follow-up of the Canadian national population health survey. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 136, 110176.

Lin, S. L., (2021) Access to health care among racialized immigrants to Canada in later life: A theoretical and empirical synthesis, Aging & Society, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20001841

Lin, S. L., (2021). Social work indigenization in Mainland China: Towards a state-led decolonizing framework, Journal of Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017320981707

Hongmei T., Lung. Y., Lin, S. L., Kobayashi K., Davison, K. M., Fuller-Thomson E (2020). Refugee Status is Associated with Double the Odds of Psychological Distress in mid-to-late life: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)Canadian Refugees, International Journal of Social Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764020971003

Davison, K. M., Lin, S. L., Kobayashi K., Hongmei T., Fuller-Thomson, E. (2020).Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in older adults differs by immigrant status and ethnicity, nutrition, and health characteristics in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-02003-7

Lee, E., Kourgiantakis, T., Lyons, O., & Prescott-Cornejo, A. (2021). (In press) A trauma-informed approach in Canadian mental health policies: A systematic mapping review. Health Policy, S0168851021001068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.04.008

Sicora A, Taylor BJ, Alfandari R, Enosh G, Helm D, Killick C, Lyons O, Mullineux J, Przeperski J, Rölver M & Whittaker A (in press) Using intuition in social work decision making. European Journal of Social Work. (accepted 02apr21)

McNeil, S. (2021). Epistemology, social work, and substance use. British Journal of Social Work, 51(1), 357-374.

McNeil, S. (2021). Understanding substance use stigma. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 21(1), 83-96.

Strike, C., Robinson, S., Guta, A., Tana, D., O’Leary, B., Cooper, C., Upshur, R., Chan Carusone, S. (2020) Illicit drug use while admitted to hospital: patient and health care provider perspectives. PlosOne 15 (3):e0229713.

Craig, S.L., Eaton, A.D., Kirkland, A., Egag, E., Pascoe, R., King, K., & Krishnan, S. (under review). Towards an integrative self: A digital photo elicitation study of intersectional sexual and gender minority youth using constructivist grounded theory.

Craig, S. L., Leung, V. W., Pascoe, R., Pang, N., Iacono, G., Austin, A., & Dillon, F. (2021). AFFIRM Online: Utilising an Affirmative Cognitive–Behavioural Digital Intervention to Improve Mental Health, Access, and Engagement among LGBTQA+ Youth and Young Adults. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(4), 1541.

Craig, S. L., Iacono, G., Pascoe, R., & Austin, A. (2021). Adapting clinical skills to telehealth: Applications of affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy with LGBTQ+ youth. Clinical Social Work Journal, 1-13.

Craig, S. L., Leung, V.W.Y, Pascoe, R., Pang, N.,Iacono, G., Austin, A., & Dillon, F. (2021). AFFIRM Online: Utilizing an affirmative cognitive-behavioural digital intervention to improve mental health, access and engagement among LGBTQA+ youth and young adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Iacono, G., Craig, S. L., & Pascoe, R. (2021). Critical reflections and reflexivity on responding to the needs of LGBTQ+ youth in a global pandemic. Qualitative Social Work, 20(1-2), 479-486.

Craig, S. L., Iacono, G., & Pascoe, R. (2020). The Delivery of Technology-Mediated Affirmative Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Groups to LGBTQ+ Youth During a Pandemic: A Practice Innovation. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.

Craig S. L., Eaton A. D., Pascoe R., Egag E., McInroy L. B., Fang L., Austin A., Dentato M. P. (2020). QueerVIEW: Protocol for a technology-mediated qualitative photo elicitation study with sexual and gender minority youth in Ontario, Canada. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(11), e20547.

Edwards, T., Hussain, A., Sato, C., King, J., Saini, M., & King, B. (2020). Exploring Racial Disproportionalities and Disparities for Black Families Involved with the Child Welfare System: A Scoping Review Protocol. Social Science Protocols, 3(2020), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.7565/ssp.v3.4949

Kikulwe, D., Sato, C., & Agyei, J. The educational, familial and cultural experiences of Black children-in-care in Ontario: A critical analysis of the Assessment and Action Record (AAR) documentation. International Network on Youth Integration. [revise and resubmit].

Leung, V. W. Y., Tan, W., Chuang, D. M., Tsang, A. K. T., & Lai, D. W. L. (in press, 2021). A multi-dimensional approach to explore ethnic matching experiences among Chinese practitioners in the Greater Toronto Area. The British Journal of Social Work.

Tsang, A. K. T., Leung, V. W. Y., Tan, W., Chuang, D. M., & Hu, R. (2021). Decentring the majority-minority paradigm: A multi-dimensional conceptualization of inter-ethnic relations based on a study of Chinese Canadians. Journal of International Migration and Integration. Advance online publication. doi:10.1007/s12134-021-00826-0 o

Yu, Z., Tan, W., & Niu, L. (2021). The experiences of the Good Companions Response Team during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China: A multi-professional team led by social workers. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 31(1-2), 132-138. doi:10.1080/02185385.2020.1854843

Zhao, K., Tan, W., & Tsang, A. K. T. (2020). Review of and reflection on online mental health resources in Wuhan, China amid the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of social workers. (under review)

Shier, M. L., & Turpin, A. (2021). Trauma informed organizational dynamics and client outcomes in concurrent disorder treatment. Research on Social Work Practice, in press.

Shier, M. L., Turpin, A., Nicholas, D., & Graham, J.R. (2021). Organizational dynamics predicting social service worker experiences with direct and indirect violence when engaged with service users. British Journal of Social Work, in press.

Shier, M. L., Turpin, A., Nicholas, D., & Graham, J.R. (2021). Supervisor-worker relationship dynamics for workplace violence prevention. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, 45(2), 109-124.

Turpin, A., Shier, M. L., & Scowen, K. (2020). Assessing impact on mental health service accessibility and stigma in a nonprofit social enterprise: A case study mixed-methods approach. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 12(1), 1-25.

Fuller-Thomson, E., Lung, Y., West, K., Keyes, C., & Baiden, P. (2020). Suboptimal baseline mental health associated with 4-month premature all-cause mortality: Lessons learned from 18 years of follow-up of the Canadian National Population Health Survey. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.

Sriharan, A., West, K. J., Almost, J., & Hamza, A. (2021). COVID-19-Related Occupational Burnout and Moral Distress among Nurses: A Rapid Scoping Review. Nursing Leadership.

Kourgiantakis, T., Hu, R., Ramsundarsingh, S., Lung, Y., & West, K. (2021). Virtual Practice Fridays: Responding to Disruptions Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic in Field and Classroom. Journal of Social Work Education.

West, K., & Greenblatt, A. Neighborhood violence and obesogenic health behaviors: A scoping review. [IN PROGRESS]

West, K., Lee, E., & Cameron, R. (TBC). Epistemic injustice and Indigenous interpretations of dementia. [IN PROGRESS]

Adamson, K., & West, K. A competency framework for communicating research evidence in therapeutic relationships. [IN PROGRESS]

Adamson, K., & West. K. Teaching note: Using simulation-based learning to develop competencies for communicating research evidence in social work practice. [IN PROGRESS]

Sakamoto, I., West, K., Khan, M., & Cooke, K. Using peer-to-peer simulation/forum theatre in the development of mezzo-/macro-level social work practice competencies. [IN PROGRESS] 

Edwards, T., Sharpe, T., Bonomo, A., & Massaquoi, N. (in progress). Exploring Research on the Coping Strategies of Black Survivors of Homicide Victims: A Scoping Review Protocol. BMJ Open (Submitted).

Goulden, A. (2021). A critical review of social work interventions and programs that support disabled youth with their sexual well-being. Journal of Social Work Practice, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2021.1914010

Goulden, A. (2020). Disability competency in social work education: Tools for practice teaching. Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 17(2), 61-77.

Greenblatt, A. & Lee, E. (revise and resubmit). Optimism, Exercise, and Pink Ribbons: The “Making Up” of People with Breast Cancer. Sociology of Health and Illness.

Hu, R., Xue, J., & Wang, X. (2021). Migrant Women’s Help-Seeking Decisions and Use of Support Resources  for Intimate Partner Violence in China. Violence Against Women. doi:10.1177/10778012211000133

Hu, R., Xue, J, & Han, Z. (2020). School bullying victimization and perpetration among Chinese children and adolescents: A latent class approach. Children and Youth Services Review. 105709.  doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105709

Hu, R. Problematizing the educational messaging on sex trafficking in the “end-demand” movement in the  United States: The (mis)representations of “victims” (under review)

Hu, R. Does night-shift work increase interpersonal violence in the Canadian workplace? A gender-specific propensity score matching approach. (under review)

Lenz, T., & Shier. M. (2021). Supporting Transformational Social Innovation through Nonprofit and Local Government Relations: A Scoping Review. Human Services Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance. doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2021.1887033

Lung, Y., Chang, S.-S., Hsu, C-Y., Wu, S-C., Chen, C. Y., Chen, W. J. (2020) Residential socioeconomic environments and substance use in Taiwan: a comparison of areca nut, alcohol, and tobacco. Substance use & misuse, 55(12), 2025-2034.

Lin, S. L., (2021) Access to health care among racialized immigrants to Canada in later life: A theoretical and empirical synthesis, Aging & Society, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20001841

Lin, S. L., (2021). Social work indigenization in Mainland China: Towards a state-led decolonizing framework, Journal of Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017320981707

McNeil, S. (2021). Epistemology, social work, and substance use. British Journal of Social Work, 51(1), 357-374.

McNeil, S. (2021). Understanding substance use stigma. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 21(1), 83-96.

Turpin, A., Shier, M. L., & Scowen, K. (2020). Assessing impact on mental health service accessibility and stigma in a nonprofit social enterprise: A case study mixed-methods approach. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 12(1), 1-25.

West, K., & Greenblatt, A. Neighborhood violence and obesogenic health behaviors: A scoping review. [IN PROGRESS]

West, K., Lee, E., & Cameron, R. (TBC). Epistemic injustice and Indigenous interpretations of dementia. [IN PROGRESS]