POC researchers often work across many projects. Our publications provide you a snapshot of some of their projects. While not exhaustive, these briefs and research papers will provide you with great insights and important research findings.

If you cannot find information on a specific research project that POC was involved with, contact us and we can try to direct you to the information you need.

System reform

Evaluation of the Impact of Enhanced Parental Legal Representation on the Timing of Permanency

This article evaluates the impact of an enhanced parental legal representation program on the timing of permanency outcomes for 12,104 children who entered court-supervised out-of-home care in Washington State for the first time between 2004 and 2007.
Publication Dec 31, 2012
Mental health

Diurnal Cortisol Rhythms Among Latino Immigrants in Oregon, USA

This study measures cortisol levels in Latino immigrant farmworkers in Oregon and compares measures of stress against the general population. Preliminary results suggest chronic stress plays a role in health risk among the Latino immigrant population.
Publication Dec 31, 2012
Mental health

Child and Adolescent Affective and Behavioral Distress and Elevated Adult Body Mass Index

Utilizing data from a 20-year longitudinal study, this article examines the relationship between symptoms of conduct disorder, ADHD, and depression during late childhood and mid-adolescence and body mass index (BMI) during emerging adulthood.
Publication Dec 31, 2012
Incarcerated parents/corrections

Characteristics of Incarcerated Fathers & Mothers

This article examines differences between incarcerated mothers, incarcerated fathers, and their families on factors that might be important to consider when creating the content and process of preventive intervention programs.
Publication Dec 31, 2012
Mentoring

Parent Engagement/Mentoring Models in Washington State

This report provides a brief overview of four parent engagement/mentoring models (Icebreaker meeting, Parent to Parent Program, Parent Mentoring Program, and Parent Partners Program) currently being implemented in Washington State.
Report Dec 18, 2012
Courts

Timing of Permanency Exits from Out-of-Home Care

Using DSHS data for children entering out-of-home care for the first time between 2001 and 2007, this study examines how involvement in the dependency court process is related to the timing of reunification, adoption, or guardianship in Washington State.
Publication Dec 31, 2011
System reform

Review of Fostering Accountability: Using Evidence to Guide and Improve Child Welfare Policy

This review of the book Fostering Accountability concludes that the editors provide child welfare administrators with a cogent and comprehensive description of how results-oriented accountability might be implemented in a modern child welfare agency.
Publication Dec 31, 2011
Parenting

Time in US residency and social, behavioral, & emotional adjustment of Latino immigrant families

Using data from the Adolescent Latino Acculturation Study, this article discusses factors contributing to the social, behavioral, and emotional adjustment of young immigrants to life in the U.S.
Publication Dec 31, 2011
Mental health

School Attendance Problems & Youth Psychopathology: Structural Cross-Lagged Regression Models...

This study finds that middle school students with greater absenteeism at the start of the study tended toward increased depression and behavior problems after a year.
Publication Dec 31, 2011
Incarcerated parents/corrections

Parental Incarceration During Childhood, Family Context, & Youth Problem Behavior Across Adolescence

This study compares adolescents who had had an incarcerated parent to those who did not across four areas: family social advantage, parent health, the family parenting strategies, and youth externalizing behavior and delinquency.
Publication Dec 31, 2011

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