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Richard P. Barth's Publications

Books

  • Barth, R. P., Brodzinsky, D., & Freundlich, M. (Eds.). (2000). Adoption and prenatal drug exposure: The research, policy and practice challenges. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America.
  • Pecora, P. J., Whittaker, J. K., Maluccio, A. N., & Barth, R. P. (2000). Child welfare challenge (2nd Edition). New York: Aldine De Gruyter.
  • Wulczyn, F., Barth, R.P., Yuan, Y.Y., Jones-Harden, B. & Landsverk, J. (2005). Evidence for child welfare policy reform. New York: Transaction De Gruyter.

 

Book Chapters

  • Barth, R. P. (2000). What works in permanency planning – adoption. In M. P. Kluger, G. Alexander & P. A. Curtis (Eds.), What works in child welfare? (pp. 217-226). Washington, DC: CWLA Press.
  • Barth, R.P., Goodhand, J.,& Dickinson, N.S. (2000). Reconciling competing values in the delivery of child welfare services under ASFA, MEPA and community-based child protection. In J. Zlotnick (Ed.). Changing paradigms of child welfare practice: Responding to opportunities and challenges. Washington, DC: US DHHS, ACF, ACYF, Children’s Bureau.
  • Barth, R. P. (2001). Adoption and residential care: Likely effects of current national policy. In Contributions to residential treatment (pp. 19-30). Washington, DC: The American Association of Children's Residential Centers.
  • Barth, R. P. (2001). Linking our circles. In L. Dominelli, W. Lorenz. and H. Soydan (Eds). Beyond racial divides: Ethnicities in social work practice. (pp. 137-146). London: Ashgate.
  • Barth, R. P., and Brooks, D. (2001). Outcomes for drug-exposed children eight years post-adoption. In R. Barth, D. Brodzinsky, and M. Freundlich, (Eds.). Adoption and prenatal drug exposure: The research, policy and practice challenges. (pp. 23-58). Washington, DC, Child Welfare League of America.
  • Barth, R. P. (2002). Abusive and neglecting parents and the care of their children. In S. Sugarman, M. A. Mason, A. Skolnick (Eds.), All our families: new policies for a new century. (pp. 265-284). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Barth, R. P., Brown, E. L., Cuccaro-Alamin, S., & Needell, B. (2002). Administrative data on the well-being of children on and off welfare. In R. Maynard (Ed.). Administrative data in the evaluation of welfare reform. (ppp 316-353). Washington, DC: National Academy of Science.
  • Barth, R. P. (2005). Models of disproportionality. In D.M. Derezotes, J. Poertner, & M. Testa (Eds.). Race matters: Examining the overrepresentation of African American children in the child welfare system. (pp. 25-46). Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America
  • Brooks, D., Simmel, C., Wind, L., & Barth, R. P. (2005). Contemporary adoption in the United States: Implications for the next wave of adoption theory, research, and practice. In D. Brodzinsky & J. Palacios (Eds.), Psychological Issues in Adoption: Theory, Research, And Application. (pp 1-26). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
  • Gibbons, C. B., Chapman, M. V., Barth, R. P., Kohl, P. L., Green, R. L., & Craig, C. (2005). Safety of children involved in the child welfare system. In K. Kendall-Tacket (Ed.). Victimization of children and youth: Patterns of Abuse, Response Strategies. Trenton, NJ: JAL.
  • Barth, R. P., & Price, A. (in press). Shared family care: Evidence from implementing an innovative child protection and family preservation program. In J. Scott & H. Ward (Eds.). Promoting the wellbeing of vulnerable children. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Articles

  • Barth, R. P. and Jonson-Reid, M. (2000). Outcomes after child welfare services. Children and Youth Services Review, 22, 787-810.
  • Becker, M., & Barth, R. P. (2000) Power Through Choices: Evaluation of a pregnancy prevention program for foster youth. Child Welfare, 79, 269-284.
  • Frasch, K. M., Brooks, D., & Barth, R. P. (2000). Openness and contact in foster care adoptions: An eight-year follow-up. Family Relations, 49, 435-445.
  • Jonson-Reid, M., & Barth, R. P. (2000). From maltreatment report to juvenile incarceration: The role of child welfare services. Child Abuse and Neglect, 24, 505-520.
  • Jonson-Reid, M., & Barth, R. P. (2000). From placement to prison: The path to adolescent incarceration from child welfare supervised foster or group care. Children and Youth Services Review, 22, 493-515.
  • Lawrence-Karski, R., & Barth, R. P. (2000). Models of state budget allocation in child welfare services. Administration in Social Work, 24, 45-66.
  • Simmons, B., Allphin, S., & Barth, R. P. (2000). The changing face of public adoption practice. Adoption Quarterly, 3, 43-62.
  • Webster, D., Barth, R. P., & Needell, B. (2000). Placement stability for children in out-of-home care: A longitudinal analysis. Child Welfare, 79, 614-632.
  • Allphin, S., Simmons, B., & Barth, R. P. (2001). Adoption of foster children: How much does it cost public agencies. Children and Youth Services Review, 23, 865-892.
  • Barth, R. P. (2001). Policy implications of foster family characteristics. Family Relations, 50, 16-19.
  • Barth, R. P. (2001). Research outcomes of prenatal substance exposure and the need to review policies and procedures regarding child abuse reporting. Child Welfare, 80, 275,-296.
  • Barth, R. P., & Miller, J. (2001). Building effective post-adoption services: What are the empirical foundations? Family Relations, 49, 447-455.
  • Simmel, C., Brooks, D., Barth, R. P., & Hinshaw, S. (2001). Prevalence of externalizing symptomatology in an adoptive sample: Linkages between pre-adoption risk factors and post-adoption outcomes. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 29, 57-69.
  • Barth, R. P. (2002). Outcomes of adoption and what they tell us about designing adoption services. Adoption Quaterly, 6, 45-60.
  • Barth, R. P., Webster, D. II, & Lee, S. (2002). Adoption of American Indian children: Implications for implementing the Indian Child Welfare And Adoption And Safe Families acts. Children and Youth Services Review, 24, 139-158.
  • Brooks, D. B., Allen, J., & Barth, R. P. (2002). Adoptions services use, helpfulness, and need: A comparison of public and private agency and independent adoptive families. Children and Youth Services Review, 24, 213-238.
  • Brooks, D. B., James, S. & Barth, R. P. (2002). Preferred characteristics of children in need of adoption: Is there a demand for available foster children? Social Service Review, 76, 575-602.
  • Kerman, B., Wildfire, J., & Barth, R. P. (2002). Outcomes for young adults who experienced foster care. Children & Youth Services Review, 24, 319-344.
  • The NSCAW Research Group. (2002). Methodological lessons from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being: The first three years of the USA’s first national probability study of children and families investigated for abuse and neglect. Children and Youth Services Review, 24, 513-543.
  • Barth, R.P., Wildfire, J., Lee, C.K., & Gibbs, D. (2003). Adoption subsidy dynamics. Adoption Quarterly, 7(2), 3-27.
  • Chapman, M. V., Gibbons, C. B., Barth, R. P., McCrae, J. S., & the NSCAW Research Group. (2003). Parent views of in-home services: What predicts satisfaction with child welfare workers? Child Welfare. 82, 571-596.
  • Jonson-Reid, M., & Barth, R. P. (2003). Probation foster care as an outcome for children exiting child welfare foster care. Social Work, 48, 348-361.
  • Leslie, L. K., Landsverk, J., Barth, R. P., Hurlburt, M. S., Rolls, J. A., & Goldin, D. (2003). Predictors of outpatient mental health services in a national sample of children in foster care. Pediatric Research, 53(4), 67A-79A.
  • Barth, R.P. (2004). Residential care is a costly and overused service with poor outcomes. Residential Group Care Quarterly, 5(1), 10-13.
  • Burns, B.J., Phillips, S.D., Wagner, H.R., Barth, .R.P, Kolko, D.J., Campbell,Y., and Landsverk, J. (2004). Mental health need and access to mental health services by youth involved with child welfare: A National Survey. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43, 960-970.
  • Chapman, M. V., Wall, A., Barth, R. P., & the NSCAW Research Group. (2004). Children's voices: The perceptions of children in foster care. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 74, 345-352.
  • Hazen, A. L., Connelly, C. D., Kelleher, K., Landsverk, J., & Barth, R. P. (2004). Intimate partner violence among female caregivers of children reported for child maltreatment. Child Abuse and Neglect, 28, 301-319.
  • Hurlburt, M. Leslie, L.K., Landsverk, J. Barth, R.P., Burns, B.J., Gibbons, R., Slymen, D. & Zhang, J.J. (2004). Contextual predictors of mental health service use among a cohort of children open to child welfare services. Archives of General Psychiatry, 61, 1217-1224
  • Kelleher, K. J., Gardner, W. P., Hazen, A. L., Barth, R. P., & Connelly, C. (2004). Severe partner violence and parenting among women: A national survey. Pediatric Research, 55(4), 205A-215A.
  • Kerman, B., Barth, R. P., & Wildfire, J. (2004). Characteristics and costs of post-emancipation support services for children receiving Casey Family Service. Child Welfare, 83, 239-262.
  • Leslie, L. K., Hurlburt, M., Landsverk, J., Barth, R. P. & Slyman, D. J. (2004). Outpatient mental health services for children in foster care: A national perspective. Child Abuse and Neglect, 28, 697-712.
  • Phillips, S., Burns, B. J., Wagner, H. R., & Barth, R. P. (2004). Parental arrest and children involved with child welfare services agencies. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 74, 174–186.
  • Mitchell, L. B., Barth, R. P., Green, R., Wall, A., Biemer, P., Berrick, J. D., Webb, M. B. & the NSCAW Research Group. (2005). Child welfare reform in the United States: Findings from the local agency survey. Child Welfare. 84, 5-14.
  • Barth, R. P. (2005). Residential care: From here to eternity. International Journal of Social Welfare, 14, 158-162.
  • Wall, A. E., & Barth, R. P. (2005). Aggressive and delinquent behavior of maltreated adolescents: Risk factors and gender differences. Stress, Trauma, and Crisis: An International Journal, 8, 1-24.
  • Wulczyn, F., Barth, R.P., Yuan, Y.Y., Jones-Harden, B. & Landsverk, J. (2005). Evidence for child welfare policy reform. New York: Transaction De Gruyter.

 

Articles in Press

  • Barth, R.P. (in press). Foster care is more cost-effective than shelter care: Serious questions continue to be raised about the utility of group care use in child welfare services. Child Abuse and Neglect.
  • Barth, R.P., Gibbons, C. & Guo, S. (in press). Substance abuse treatment and the recurrence of maltreatment among caregivers with children living at home: A propensity score analysis. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
  • Barth, R. P., Green, R., Wall, A., Webb, M. B., Gibbons, C., & Craig, C. D. (in press). Characteristics of out-of-home caregiving environments provided under child welfare services. Child Welfare.
  • Barth, R.P. Landsverk, J., Chamberlain, P., Reid, J., Rolls, J., Hurburt, M., Farmer, E., James, S., McCabe, K., & Kohl, P. (in press). Parent training in child welfare services: Planning for a more evidence based approach to serving biological parents. Research on Social Work Practice.
  • Barth, R.P., Lee, C., Wildfire, J., & Guo, S. (in press). Estimating costs of foster care vs.adoption using propensity score matching. Social Service Review.
  • Barth, R.P. , Wildfire, J., Green, R. L. (in press). Placement into foster care and the interplay of urbanicity, child behavior problems, and poverty. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
  • Barth, R.P., Wulczyn, F. & Crea, T. (in press). Adoption from foster care since the Adoption and Safe Families Act. Journal of Law and Social Policy.
  • Casanueva, C., Foshee, V., & Barth, R. P. (in press). Intimate partner violence as a risk factor for children’s use of the emergency room and injuries. Children & Youth Services Review.
  • Gibbs, D., Barth, R.P. & Houts, R. (in press). Family characteristics and dynamics among families receiving post-adoption services. Families in Society.
  • Connelly, C. D., Hazen, A.L., Jeffrey H. Coben, J.H., Kelleher, K.J., Barth, R.P. & Landsverk, J.A. (in press). Persistence of intimate partner violence among families referred to child welfare. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
  • Guo, S., Barth, R. P., & Gibbons, C. (in press). Propensity score matching strategies for evaluating substance abuse services for child welfare clients. Children and Youth Services Review.
  • Hurlburt, M., Barth, R.P., Leslie, L.K., Kolko, D., & Rolls, J. (in press). Training on mental health issues for staff and caregivers in child welfare. Journal of Social Services Research.
  • Kohl, P.L., Barth, R.P., Hazen, A., & Landsverk, J. (in press). Child welfare as a gateway to Domestic Violence Services. Child and Youth Services Review.
  • Kohl,P.L., Edleson, J.L., English, D. J. & Barth, R.P. (in press). Domestic violence and pathways into child welfare services: findings from the national survey of child and adolescent well-being. Children & Youth Services Review.
  • Landsverk, J., Kelleher, K., Burns, B., Leslie, L., Hurlburt, M., Slymen, D., Rolls, J., Barth, R., Fairbank, J. & Kolko, D. (in press). Overview, design, and field experience of caring for children in child welfare: A national study of the impact of organization and financing policy on mental health service provision. Journal of Social Services Research.
  • Libby, A. M. L., Orton, H. D., Barth, R. P., Webb, M. B., Burns, B. J., Wood, P., Spicer, P. (in press). Mental health and substance abuse services to parents of children involved with child welfare: A comparative national study of American Indians. American Journal of Public Health.
  • Stahmer, A. C., Leslie, L. K., Hurlburt, M., Barth, R. P., Webb, M. B., Landsverk, J., Zhang, J. (in press). Developmental and behavioral needs and service use for young children in child welfare. Pediatrics.
  • McCrae, J. S., Barth, R. P., & NSCAW Research Group. (in press). Maltreatment types and risk related to post-investigative child welfare services. Child Abuse and Neglect.
  • Sangalang, B. S., Barth, R.P. & Painter, J. (in press). First birth outcomes and timing of second births: A statewide case management program for adolescent mothers. Health and Social Work.
  • Smith, K. C., Kelleher, K. J., Barth, R. P., Coben, J. H., Hazen, A. L., Connelly, C. D. (in press). Overview of the Family Violence Services Study. Children and Youth Services Review.
  • Stahmer, A. C., Leslie, L. K., Hurlburt, M., Barth, R. P., Webb, M. B., Landsverk, J., & Zhang, J. (in press). Development and behavioral needs as predictors of service use for young children in child welfare. Pediatrics.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
           
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