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  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Richard P. Barth is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research predominantly centers on social sciences, with a strong focus on psychology, encompassing 45 and 34 publications respectively. Within these fields, key sub-disciplines include clinical psychology, safety research, general health professions, sociology and political science, and pediatrics, perinatology and child health.

The primary topics explored in their work involve various aspects of child welfare and social issues. These include:

  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Family and Disability Support Research

Their recent papers reflect these areas of focus with notable publications such as:

  • Research to Consider While Effectively Re-Designing Child Welfare Services (2021), Research on Social Work Practice
  • Outcomes following child welfare services: what are they and do they differ for black children? (2020), Journal of Public Child Welfare
  • Are children oppressed? The timely importance of answering this question (2020), Children and Youth Services Review

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Melissa Jonson-Reid
  • Brett Drake
  • Antonio R. Garcia
  • Johanna K. P. Greeson
  • Jill Duerr Berrick

Richard P. Barth has published extensively in several venues, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Research on Social Work Practice
  • Journal of Public Child Welfare
  • Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services
  • Child Maltreatment

In 2016, Richard P. Barth received the distinction of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Mental health need and access to mental health services by youths involved with child welfare: a national survey.

    Barbara J. Burns;Susan D. Phillips;H Ryan Wagner;Richard P. Barth

  • A comparison of kinship foster homes and foster family homes: Implications for kinship foster care as family preservation

    Jill Duerr Berrick;Richard P. Barth;Barbara Needell

  • On their own: The experiences of youth after foster care

    Richard P. Barth

  • Reducing the risk: impact of a new curriculum on sexual risk-taking.

    Douglas Kirby;Richard P. Barth;Nancy Leland;Joyce V. Fetro

  • Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect with Parent Training: Evidence and Opportunities

    Richard P. Barth

  • Race and Child Welfare Services: Past Research and Future Directions.

    Mark E. Courtney;Richard P. Barth;J. D. Berrick;D. Brooks

  • Parent-Training Programs in Child Welfare Services: Planning for a More Evidence-Based Approach to Serving Biological Parents:

    Richard P. Barth;John Landsverk;Patricia Chamberlain;John B. Reid

  • Racial Bias in Child Protection? A Comparison of Competing Explanations Using National Data

    Brett Drake;Jennifer M. Jolley;Paul Lanier;John D. Fluke

  • Placement stability for children in out-of-home care: a longitudinal analysis.

    Daniel Webster;Richard P. Barth;Barbara Needell

  • From placement to prison: The path to adolescent incarceration from child welfare supervised foster or group care

    Melissa Jonson-Reid;Richard P. Barth

  • Developmental and behavioral needs and service use for young children in child welfare.

    Aubyn C. Stahmer;Laurel K. Leslie;Laurel K. Leslie;Laurel K. Leslie;Michael Hurlburt;Richard P. Barth

  • Contextual Predictors of Mental Health Service Use Among Children Open to Child Welfare

    Michael S. Hurlburt;Laurel K. Leslie;John Landsverk;Richard P. Barth

  • Pathways of Older Adolescents out of Foster Care: Implications for Independent Living Services

    Mark E. Courtney;Richard P. Barth

  • From maltreatment report to juvenile incarceration: the role of child welfare services.

    Melissa Jonson-Reid;Richard P Barth

  • Building Effective Post‐Adoption Services: What is the Empirical Foundation?*

    Richard P. Barth;Julie M. Miller

  • Children's voices: the perceptions of children in foster care.

    Mimi V. Chapman;Ariana Wall;Richard P. Barth

  • Beyond attachment theory and therapy: Towards sensitive and evidence-based interventions with foster and adoptive families in distress

    Richard P. Barth;Thomas M. Crea;Karen John;June Thoburn

  • Outpatient mental health services for children in foster care: a national perspective

    Laurel K Leslie;Michael S Hurlburt;John Landsverk;Richard Barth

  • Child Welfare Worker Characteristics and Job Satisfaction: A National Study

    Richard P. Barth;E. Christopher Lloyd;Sharon L. Christ;Mimi V. Chapman

  • Group Care and Young Children

    Jill Duerr Berrick;Richard P. Barth;Barbara Needell;Melissa Jonson-Reid

  • Within our reach: Breaking the cycle of disadvantage: By Lisbeth B. Schorr and Daniel Schorr New York: Doubleday, 1988, xxix + 398 pp., $18.95 (hardcover).

    Richard P. Barth

Frequent Co-Authors

Melissa Jonson-Reid
Melissa Jonson-Reid Washington University in St. Louis
Steven P. Schinke
Steven P. Schinke Columbia University
John S. Brekke
John S. Brekke University of Southern California
David J. Kolko
David J. Kolko University of Pittsburgh
Bruce F. Chorpita
Bruce F. Chorpita University of California, Los Angeles
Jeffrey L. Edleson
Jeffrey L. Edleson University of California, Berkeley
Jordan E. DeVylder
Jordan E. DeVylder Fordham University
Robert H. Bradley
Robert H. Bradley Arizona State University
Kathryn M. Edwards
Kathryn M. Edwards Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Marie R. Griffin
Marie R. Griffin Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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