About
Dr. Susana Mariscal is a community-engaged scholar with an active research agenda centered on the prevention of child maltreatment and promotion of resilience among children and families, particularly those who identify as Latinx. She has led several federally-funded projects that evaluate evidence-based services in community settings, and her work continues to explore the intersections between child maltreatment, domestic violence, and substance use.
Her current project “Strengthening Indiana Families”(SIF), in collaboration with Dr. Bryan Victor , focuses on the implementation and evaluation of a continuum of community-based services and supports designed to improve the safety and well-being of families in Central Indiana. Intended to prevent formal entry of children into foster care, SIF is being carried out in collaboration with a number of community partners including Firefly Children and Family Alliance, Indiana Department of Child Services, Indiana Department of Health, Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana, Prevent Child Abuse Indiana, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, and several local municipalities and agencies. Families and youth with experience in the foster care system are also integral to SIF’s design and implementation. The project is funded by a five-year, $2.84 million award from the Children’s Bureau in the U.S. Administration for Children & Families. Dr. Mariscal is also collaborating with these partners, the Indiana Child Fatalities Review Board, and multiple local child fatality review teams on the project, “Child Safety Forward.” This is a National Initiative to Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities and Injuries through a Collaborative, Community-Based Approach funded by a three-year, $750,000 award from the Office for Victims of Crime in the U.S. Department of Justice.
Education
PhD
Emphasis/Major: Social Work2013 - University of Kansas
Dissertation: Personal and Environmental Protective Factors Contributing to the Resilience of Latino Adolescents Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being II
MSW
Emphasis/Major: Social Work2006 - University of Kansas
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
Emphasis/Major: Higher Education2004 - Universidad Catolica Boliviana
Graduate Certificate in Research Methodology and Higher Education
Emphasis/Major: Higher Education2002 - UNESCO-Universidad Mayor de San Andrés
Licenciatura (Licentiate)
Emphasis/Major: Psychology1998 - Universidad Catolica Boliviana
Dissertation: Holistic Program to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Research Interests
Child maltreatment prevention; promotion of resilience among children exposed to interpersonal trauma; the intersections between child maltreatment, domestic violence, and substance use; youth aging out of foster care; strengths-based practice; social work practice with Latinx; intervention research; implementation science; research methods (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods).
Teaching Interests
Program design, program evaluation, grant writing, research, statistics, practice evaluation, human behavior in the social environment, and topics on children, youth, and families, particularly those who experienced trauma.
Awards and Honors
- Translating Research Into Practice Scholar of the Month
2023 - IUPUI Center for Translating Research Into Practice - Indiana University Trustees' Teaching Award
2022 - Indiana University Trustees - Outstanding Woman Leader
2021 - IUPUI - Office for Women - International Student Member, Chapter Award,
2013 - Phi Beta Delta, International Honor Society, Alpha Pi Chapter-University of Kansas - Liane V Davis Scholarship
2012 - School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas - Woman of Distinction
2011 - Emily Taylor Women and Gender Equity Resource Center, University of Kansas - Fulbright Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund Award
2011 - Fulbright Commission, Department of State - Clark Coan International Student Leadership Award
2008 - International Scholars and Students Services, University of Kansas - Outstanding International Woman Student of the Year
2006 - Emily Taylor Women and Gender Equity Resource Center, University of Kansas - LASPAU
2004 - Fulbright Commission, Department of State - Teaching Excellence Award
2002 - Universidad Catolica Boliviana - Bolivian representative for the signature of Foundation of the Latin-American Psychotherapy Federation
2000 - Department of Health - Academic Excellence Fellowship
1998 - Universidad Catolica Boliviana - Academic Excellence Fellowship
1997 - Universidad Catolica Boliviana
Publications
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2023). CHILD SAFETY FORWARD INDIANA RELEASES FINAL REPORT HIGHLIGHTING FINDINGS IN MULTI-YEAR EFFORT TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO REDUCE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN FOUR INDIANA COUNTIES. In Social Current. View Publication For CHILD SAFETY FORWARD INDIANA RELEASES FINAL REPORT HIGHLIGHTING FINDINGS IN MULTI-YEAR EFFORT TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO REDUCE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN FOUR INDIANA COUNTIES
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2023). A Public Health Approach to Reducing Child Fatalities in Indiana. In Social Current. View Publication For A Public Health Approach to Reducing Child Fatalities in Indiana
https://www.social-current.org/2023/11/a-public-health-approach-to-reducing-child-fatalities-in-indiana/#:~:text=For%20the%20first%20phase%20of,the%20state%2C%20along%20comparison%20counties.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., & Ames, J. (2023). Strengthening Indiana Families Semi-Annual Progress Report.
Semi-annual report submitted to U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
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Mariscal, E. S., Elliot, J. M., Smith, J., Chase, K., Victor, B., Liang, S., & Martin, G. (2023). Child Safety Forward Indiana Child Fatality Review Process and Recommendations’ “Secret Sauce”. In Presented to the Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice.
To identify barriers and facilitators of the child fatality review process and recommendations, this study used purposive sampling which resulted in a final sample of 28 participants from a variety of systems, including child welfare, public health, health, mental health, legal, and schools as well as a parent who lost a child in an unsafe sleep environment. Qualitative data were collected from child-serving professionals, using semi- structured interviews (n=19) and focus groups (n=9) between January 2020 and July 2022 (see Table 1). Participants were recruited from a variety of child-serving systems via email invitation through professional networks. Snowball sampling was also used (Patton, 2014). Interview and focus group transcripts were analyzed using constructivist thematic analysis.
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Mariscal, E. S., Elliot, J. M., Smith, J., Victor, B., Chase, K., Liang, S., & Martin, G. (2023). Child Safety Forward Indiana Needs Assessment: Qualitative Data Analysis Findings. In Presented to the Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice.
Most child deaths in the U.S. are caused by accidental and intentional injuries, and most of these deaths are preventable. Federal policies are increasingly moving toward a prevention framework in connection with child fatalities. The effectiveness of those prevention efforts rests not only on understanding the most common types of fatalities (e.g., sleep-related, etc.) but also the underlying determinants or causes of those fatalities and strategies for remediation prior to death. Professionals across systems serving children and families come into close contact with families that experience a preventable child fatality, providing them with rich insights into the context of what transpired. The purpose of the current study was therefore to explore the perspectives of multi-system professionals around the leading determinants of child maltreatment-related fatalities, and to identify a set of prevention strategies to be empirically tested. Electronic surveys (n=548), focus groups and interviews (n=99) were conducted with professionals from multiple systems, including child welfare, courts, mental health, public health, health, schools, and others. Through thematic analysis, we identified a set of determinants for preventable child fatalities at family, community, and systems levels. The family-level leading determinants were: unsafe infant sleep behaviors, intergenerational trauma and violence, isolation and lack of connections, victimization and lack of support related to suicides. At the community level, we identified four primary determinants: inaccessible resources and supports, lack of social support, community denial and lack of action, and barriers to accessing support. That is, families were either unable, unaware, or chose not to access services and resources that would mitigate fatality risk. At the systems level, child welfare factors included competency factors, delayed services, and worker and system bias. Cross-system factors included a lack of collaboration, coordination, and information sharing among local, regional and state agencies, unrealistic expectations of families, and lack of strategies to address & prevent fatalities-“how do we come together.” System factors also included necessary funding and policy changes and stigma issues that prevent families from seeking and receiving the supports they need (weakness). Stigma was also related to fears of the CWS. Proposed solutions to addressing the identified determinants included targeted interventions, enhanced community involvement in prevention efforts, and public awareness campaigns that deliver consistent safe sleep messaging to change parenting behaviors. This study has several implications for policy and practice.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Smith, J., Elliot, J. M., Commodore-Mensah, M., Lown, M., Chase, K., Ashby, P., Liang, S., Houston, A., & Martin, G. (2023). Child Safety Forward Indiana Final Report and Executive Summary. In Presented to the Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice.
This report is the culmination of an in-depth evaluation of the Child Safety Forward – Indiana (CSF) project carried out from October 2019 through June 2023. Here we detail the findings from 127 child fatality reviews conducted during the project period, along with documentation of the multiple ways that the CSF Indiana team has secured improvements to the child fatality review process in the State (See Appendix 2). We also provide a set of recommendations based on the evaluation that is intended to further enhance the capacity of Indiana communities to prevent child fatalities due to external injury (See Overview of findings). We hope that the report is useful to community members, prevention workers, and policymakers working hard each day to keep children safe.
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Victor, B., Mariscal, E. S., Commodore-Mensah, M., Smith, J., Chase, K., Martin, G., & Lown, M. (2023). Child Safety Forward Indiana: Child fatality retrospective review findings. In Presented to the Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice.
The data is from the Child Fatality Review (CFR) teams in Indiana, it reviewed overall 285 cases. This evaluation report focuses on the 127 cases corresponding to child death due to external injury. Table 1 below provides a detailed overview of these cases, both overall and by each of the four target counties that participated in Child Safety Forward (CSF) Indiana: Clark, Delaware, Grant, and Madison Counties. The overall numbers also include selected cases from Howard, Kosciusko, Lake, Bartholomew, and St. Joseph Counties which were reviewed by the state child fatality review team.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2023). Child Safety Forward Indiana After Action Review Report - Safe Sleep Messaging. In Submitted to US DOJ, OVC.
CSF Implementation Plan submitted to U.S. DOJ
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Mariscal, E. S. (2023). Child Safety Forward Indiana Impact Profile. In Submitted to US DOJ, OVC. View Publication For Child Safety Forward Indiana Impact Profile
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Sabina, C., Cardenas, I., Vasquez, D., Mariscal, E. S., & Cuevas, C. (2023). The Longitudinal Relationship between Social Support and Victimization among Latino Teens. Journal of Adolescence. Published.
First submitted to the Journal of Adolescent Health 9/22 - desk rejection (outside scope)
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Mariscal, E. S., & Smith, J. (2023). Child Safety Forward Indiana Dissemination Tracking. In Presented to the Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice.
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Smith, J., Houston, A., Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2023). Child Safety Forward Indiana - Safe Sleep Campaign materials. In Submitted to US DOJ, OVC.
CSF Implementation Plan submitted to U.S. DOJ
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Mariscal, E. S. (2023). Strengthening Indiana Families Impact Profile. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau (pp. https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/items/29acc579-56b1).
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B. G., Elliot, J. M., Smith, J. K., Ashirifi, G. D., & Commodore-Mensah, M. M. (2023). Community- and Systems-level Factors that Contribute to Foster Care Entry: Perspectives from Child-Serving Professionals. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 1-24. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2224771
Discussions around reasons for foster care entry primarily focus on family-level service needs. However, families exist within social environments that can either increase or reduce risk for foster care entry. This qualitative study draws on interviews (n = 27), focus groups (n = 7), and open-ended survey responses (n = 548) from child-serving professionals in Indiana to identify community- and systems-level factors contributing to entry. Through qualitative coding we identified eight themes at the community- and systems-levels that direct attention toward modifiable dimensions of the social environment that can serve as targets for policy and practice reform.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., & Ames, J. (2023). Strengthening Indiana Families Semi-Annual Progress Report.
Semi-annual report submitted to U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2023). Child Safety Forward Indiana After Action Review Report - State Law on Child Fatality Review Team Initiation. In Submitted to the US, OVC.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2022). Family Resource Center Expansion Using Strengthening Indiana Families Model - Potential Indiana County Comparison and Selection Recommendations. In Report presented to the Indiana Department of Child Services - Prevention Division.
County comparison documents submitted at the request of the Indiana Department of Child Services
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., & Ames, J. (2022). Strengthening Indiana Families Semi-Annual Progress Report.
Semi-annual report submitted to U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2022). Strengthening Indiana Families Mid Project Report. View Publication For Strengthening Indiana Families Mid Project Report
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2022). Child Safety Forward Indiana After Action Review Report - State Law on Sudden and Unexpected Infant Deaths Investigations.
CSF Implementation Plan submitted to U.S. DOJ
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2022). Strengthening Indiana Families Dissemination Plan.
SIF Dissemination Plan submitted to U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2022). Strengthening Indiana Families Semi-Annual Progress Report.
Semi-annual report submitted to U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Elliot, J. (2022). Marion County Family Recovery Court Final Evaluation Report.
MCFRC evaluation report submitted to SAMHSA
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Mariscal, E. S., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Dettlaff, A. J. (2022). Social work practice with Latinas/Latinos/Latinx (Issue 4th, pp. 923-932). Oxford University Press. View Publication For Social work practice with Latinas/Latinos/Latinx
Engaging in culturally sensitive social work practice with Latinx has never been more critical than it is in the current socio-political climate. This chapter provides an overview of Latinx social and demographic characteristics and a model for culturally sensitive social work practice that draws on decades of seminal work in the field of social work.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2022). Marion County Family Recovery Court Impact Profile. In Submitted to MCFRC staff.
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McCarthy, K. M., Mariscal, E. S., & Wahler, B. (2022). MSW Student Preparation to address Substance Use Disorders. Journal of Social Work Teaching, 42(1), 45-64. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/08841233.2021.2003923
Social work educators must prioritize effective preparation of MSW students for the pivotal roles they will play in supporting clients struggling with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs).
Understanding what concerns MSW students have about working in the substance use field can highlight student training needs and inform learner-centered curricula. This qualitative
study explored anticipated concerns held by MSW students in the mental health and addiction focus area of a Midwest university. Thirty-four MSW students beginning their final year of
training answered an open-ended survey question regarding their concerns about addressing substance use in their future careers. Findings indicated that students were largely concerned about having sufficient competence, knowledge, and skills to effectively assist clients, particularly considering client self-determination. Students recognized the emotional
demands of the work, especially for those who have had personal substance use experiences, and the need for self-care. Students were also concerned about demands specific to
these clients and systemic barriers in the substance use field. Recommendations are presented for preparing students to manage these challenges. -
Mariscal, E. S., & Elliot, J. (2021). Marion County Family Recovery Court Annual Evaluation Report.
MCFRC evaluation report submitted to SAMHSA
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., & Angel, C. (2021). Strengthening Indiana Families Semi-Annual Progress Report.
Semi-annual report submitted to U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
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Sabina, C., Mariscal, E. S., & Cuevas, C. (2021). Psychological Functioning Among Latino Victims of Teen Dating Violence: The Role of Relational and Collective Resources. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1-30. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1177/08862605211044097
This study examined whether the relationship between teen dating violence(DV) and psychological functioning (depression, anxiety, and hostility) varied as a function of relational and collective resources (social support, familism, and school connectedness) among Latino teen victims of DV. Data came from a subset of youth who experienced DV (n = 95) from the Dating Violence Among Latinos Adolescents Study, a national survey of Latino teens aged 12-18 years old. Multivariate regression models showed that school connectedness was associated with lower depression and anxiety for DV victims. Additionally, five interactions were significant across depression, anxiety, and hostility: Three following a pattern of protective-enhancing (DV× School connectedness for depression and anxiety; DV × Social support for anxiety) and two following a pattern of vulnerability-reactive (DV × Familism for anxiety and hostility). School connectedness is an important protective factor for Latino teen victims of DV and one that can inform intervention efforts. Latino victims of DV benefit from high levels of school connectedness and social support, especially when DV is high. At high levels of DV familism is associated with a worsening of mental health. It is important to understand the nuances of how these resources work at varying levels of DV for intervention and prevention purposes.
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Sokol, R., Victor, B. G., Mariscal, E. S., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2021). Using Administrative Data to Uncover How Often and Why Supervisory Neglect Happens: Implications for Child Maltreatment Prevention. Child Abuse & Neglect, 122, 1-10. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105321
Background: Despite supervisory neglect being the most prevalent and fatal neglect sub-type, the most common reasons why caregivers are substantiated for this type of maltreatment remains unknown. Objective: Our study describes cases substantiated for supervisory neglect in a Midwestern state in an effort to inform prevention strategies against supervisory neglect Participants and setting: This study utilized state administrative data from substantiated child maltreatment investigations conducted between May 1st and October 31st, 2019 (N = 11,208).Methods: We first identified the substantiated investigations where supervisory neglect was present and established investigation-level correlates for these cases. We then selected a random sample of investigations with a substantiated allegation of supervisory neglect (n = 150) for a qualitative review of written investigative narratives to uncover the contextual factors of supervisory neglect and identify which factors frequently co-occur. Results: Supervisory neglect was the most common maltreatment type, present in 71% (n = 7945)of substantiated child welfare investigations. Our qualitative review of 150 randomly selected cases identified ten distinct, non-mutually exclusive contextual factors of supervisory neglect. Child exposure to domestic violence was the most prevalent contextual factor (45%), followed by caregiver’s substance-related problems (42%). Childhood exposure to domestic violence and caregiver’s substance-related problems was the most common co-occurrence of factors, present in18% of cases. Conclusions: Supervisory neglect accounts for the vast majority of child maltreatment incidents. To prevent the largest share of supervisory neglect cases, policy and programs are needed to address domestic violence and substance-related problems among caregivers.
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Hamby, S., & Mariscal, E. S. (2021). Next Steps in Untangling the Web of Violence: A Research Agenda. Child Maltreatment, 26(4), 470-475. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1177/10775595211034472
Social work educators must prioritize effective preparation of MSW students for the pivotal roles they will play in supporting clients struggling with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). Understanding what concerns MSW students have about working in the substance use field can highlight student training needs and inform learner-centered curricula. This qualitative study explored anticipated concerns held by MSW students in the mental health and addiction focus area of a Midwest university. Thirty-four MSW students beginning their final year of training answered an open-ended survey question regarding their concerns about addressing substance use in their future careers. Findings indicated that students were largely concerned about having sufficient competence, knowledge, and skills to effectively assist clients, particularly considering client self-determination. Students recognized the emotional demands of the work, especially for those who have had personal substance use experiences, and the need for self-care. Students were also concerned about demands specific to these clients and systemic barriers in the substance use field. Recommendations are presented for preparing students to manage these challenges.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2021). Child Safety Forward Indiana Before Action Review Report - Safe Sleep Messaging.
CSF Implementation Plan submitted to U.S. DOJ
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2021). Child Safety Forward Indiana After Action Review Report - State Law on Child Fatality Review Team Initiation.
CSF Implementation Plan submitted to U.S. DOJ
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2021). Strengthening Indiana Families Semi-Annual Progress Report.
Semi-annual report submitted to U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., & Angel, C. (2021). Strengthening Indiana Families Semi-Annual Progress Report.
Semi-annual report submitted to U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
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Victor, B. G., Rousson, A., Dalvi, H., Dalvi, C., & Mariscal, E. S. (2021). Substantiating caregivers for children’s exposure to domestic violence: An analysis of child welfare policies from across the United States. Child Maltreatment, 26(4), 452–463. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1177/10775595211002639
The purpose of this study was to examine the range of policy approaches used by child welfare systems in the United States to guide workers in classifying and substantiating child exposure to domestic violence (CEDV) as an actionable form of maltreatment. To that end, we conducted a qualitative document analysis of child protective services (CPS) policy manuals from all state-administered child welfare systems in the U.S. (N = 41). Our findings indicate that a majority of state-administered systems (71%) have adopted policy requiring workers to demonstrate that children have endured harm or the threat of harm before substantiating CEDV-related maltreatment. Many state systems (51%) also include policy directives that require workers to identify a primary aggressor during CPS investigations involving CEDV, while far fewer (36%) provide language that potentially exonerates survivors of domestic violence from being held accountable for failure to protect on the basis of their own victimization. Based on our findings and identification of policy exemplars, we offer a recommended set of quality policy indicators for states to consider in the formulation of their policy guidelines for substantiating children’s exposure to domestic violence that promotes the safety and wellbeing of both children and adult survivors of domestic violence.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2021). Child Safety Forward Indiana Implementation Plan.
CSF Implementation Plan submitted to U.S. DOJ
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2021). Child Safety Forward Indiana Sustainability Plan.
CSF Implementation Plan submitted to U.S. DOJ
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2021). Strengthening Indiana Families Evaluation Plan.
SIF Evaluation Plan submitted to U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
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Mariscal, E. S., Sabina, C., & Cuevas, C. (2021). Interpersonal Victimization of Latino Youth: A Latent Class Analysis. Journal of Family Violence, 36(1), 37-50. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-020-00175-z (doi: 10.1007/s10896-020-00175-z)
Purpose: This study identifies latent classes among Latino youth using a national sample and then compares these latent classes on demographic characteristics, mental health (depression, anxiety, and hostility), and delinquency. Method: We utilized data from the Dating Violence Among Latino Adolescents (DAVILA) study which surveyed 1,525 Latino teens and their caregivers across the USA by phone. Participants completed modified versions of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire and the Conflict Tactics Scales 2- Short Form. Results: A six-class solution was found. The six classes were Multiform Victimization by Multiple Perpetrators (n=184, 12.1%), Multiform Dating Violence (n=99, 6.5%), Multiform Victimization by Youth & Adults (n=236, 15.5%), Physical and Stalking victimization by Non-Family, especially Peers (n=127, 8.3%), Physical Violence Victimization by Juvenile Family Members (n=93, 6.1%) and Uninvolved (n=786; 51.5%). Classes differed on some demographic variables, hostility scores, and the rate of delinquency. Conclusions: Our findings provide further evidence regarding the heterogeneity of victimization experiences among Latino youth. LCA results also suggest that victimization occurs across a range of perpetrators, both inside and outside of the home. Three classes included a range of family and non-family perpetrators. Hostility and delinquency were central to differentiating the classes, indicating their relevance among polyvictimized Latino youth. This analysis provides further understanding of the various ways Latino youth experience victimization and what factors may differentiate the various groupings of victimization profiles.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2020). Marion County Family Recovery Court Annual Evaluation Report.
MCFRC evaluation report submitted to SAMHSA
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2020). Child Safety Forward Indiana Evaluation Plan.
CSF Evaluation Plan submitted to U.S. DOJ
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2020). Strengthening Indiana Families Semi-Annual Progress Report.
Semi-annual report submitted to U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Martin, G., Chase, K., & Smith, J. (2020). Child Safety Forward Indiana Data Summary.
CSF Data Summary submitted to U.S. DOJ
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2020). Strengthening Indiana Families Implementation Plan.
SIF Implementation Plan submitted to U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
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Parker, A., Johnson-Motoyama, M., Mariscal, E. S., & Guilamo-Ramos, V. (2020). Novel Service Delivery Approach to Address Reproductive Health Disparities within Immigrant Latino Communities in Geographic Hot Spots: An Implementation Study. Health and Social Work, 45(3), 155-163. https://doi.org/ https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlaa014
Latinx youths continue to have the highest rates of teenage births in the United States and are at increased risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. A community-based research partnership piloted Families Talking Together, a brief, parent-based sexual risk reduction program using a novel and culturally relevant approach. This mixed-methods study examined the feasibility and acceptability of Spanish-speaking promotoras de salud (that is, community health workers) as implementers of an evidence-based intervention (EBI) to reach underserved immigrant communities. Findings suggest that promotoras are capable of implementing the EBI with positive organizational, client, and implementation outcomes. Furthermore, promotoras hold particular promise for addressing reproductive health disparities as they are indigenous and trusted members of the community who can reach members of marginalized Latino populations.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. (2020). Strengthening Indiana Families Semi-Annual Progress Report.
Semi-annual report submitted to U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
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McCarthy, K. M., & Mariscal, E. S. (2020). Mental Health and Addiction Focus Area Evaluation (Vols. 42). Report prepared for the Indiana University School of Social Work – IUPUI.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2020). Resilience Following Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Other Violence: A Comparison of Latino and Non-Latino Youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 113(104975), 1-16. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104975
Childhood exposure to violence can have serious consequences for children’s social-emotional development and maltreatment risk. However, growing evidence suggests that these negative outcomes are not inevitable. In order to identify personal and environmental factors contributing to the resilience of youth involved with child welfare and exposed to IPV and other violence, and then compare these factors between Latino and non-Latino youth, this study examined data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being II corresponding to 601 youth ages 11 to 17.5 under child maltreatment investigation. Sequential structural equation modeling was used to examine the racial/ethnic differences in the relationship patterns between exposure to violence and personal and environmental protective factors on mental health, risky behaviors, and school engagement. Social and adaptive skills moderated the negative effects of youth-reported exposure to severe violence on mental health; caring adults moderated the negative effects of mother-reported IPV exposure on school engagement; and spirituality moderated the relationship between youth-reported mild violence and school engagement. Maternal monitoring had more positive effects on Latinos’ mental health than on “other” youth’s, despite stronger negative effects of exposure to mild violence were identified among Latinos. Findings from this study support the implementation of programs that prevent child maltreatment and IPV and enhance youth’s resilience by building connections (e.g., mentoring), developing personal strengths (e.g., social and adaptive skills), and enhancing parental monitoring among Latinos.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Martin, G., Chase, K., & Smith, J. (2020). Child Safety Forward Indiana Theory of Change. In Presented to the US Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime.
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McCarthy, K. M., & Mariscal, E. S. (2020). Mental Health and Addiction Focus Area Evaluation Report. Indiana University School of Social Work.
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Holmes, C., Levy, M., & Mariscal, E. S. (2018). A health research agenda guided by migratory and seasonal farmworkers and the providers who serve them. PCORI. View Publication For A health research agenda guided by migratory and seasonal farmworkers and the providers who serve them
This document shares the results of an almost two-year process to create a health research agenda specific to migratory and seasonal farmworkers. The purpose was to better understand what health outcomes are important to farmworkers in two Midwestern states and identify research and information gaps. A key strategy in accomplishing this work was not only to engage farmworkers in addition to providers, researchers and various other administrators but to do so in an active, direct and frequent manner, thus highlighting and elevating their voices and perspectives. This document is organized in that spirit.
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Carlson, L., Smith, G., Mariscal, E. S., Ko, E., Rapp, C., Holter, M., Fukui, S. S., & Kukla, M. (2018). The Comparative Effectiveness of a Model of Job Development versus Treatment as Usual . Best Practices in Mental Health, 14(2), 21-31. View Publication For The Comparative Effectiveness of a Model of Job Development versus Treatment as Usual.
Job development is critical to assisting people with serious disabilities to obtain jobs, but little is known about the actual methods that make job development effective. Using a post-only quasi-experimental design, this study examined the effects of the Conceptual Selling® method on the number of job development contacts and number of job placements. By controlling for employment specialists’ characteristics (age, length of time in current position, years of human service experience, and years of business experience), the authors determined that the employment specialists trained in the Conceptual Selling® method had more job development contacts per employer, leading to more effective job placements for employers contacted, than the control group.
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Holmes, C., Levy, M., & Mariscal, E. S. (2018). Serving Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers: Exploring Needed Healthcare Research and Information. PCORI. View Publication For Serving Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers: Exploring Needed Healthcare Research and Information
Staff at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare is working with community co-lead Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund in engaging various regional and national partners, providers, and agricultural farmworkers to increase our understanding of the barriers, facilitators, and motivators to health and healthcare for migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs). Results will inform a research agenda to help guide practice and research. The following summary provides highlights from two parallel surveys administered between June and October 2017 by researchers at the University of Kansas. The first survey was designed for direct service providers and the second one was for other key stakeholders, such as administrators, researchers, policy makers, and so forth. Snowball sampling was used, beginning with distribution to project partners and extending to their networks and others. Results from the perspective of providers of direct services/ supports to MSFWs are based on 36 surveys. Results from the perspective of other key stakeholders are based on 30 completed surveys. After capturing demographic information, respondents were asked four open-ended comments. The first three were designed to capture information on facilitators, barriers and motivators of MSFWs’ health seeking behaviors. The fourth question involved engagement of MSFWs in health care research. • Facilitators: What makes it easier for MSFWs to get the healthcare they need? • Barriers: What makes it harder? • Motivators: What encourages them to seek care? • Engagement: How can their voices be included in health care studies? As shown in the following table, access issues was the most commonly identified theme for facilitators and barriers by direct service providers and other key stakeholders alike. These issues involved the hours and location of services offered and transportation, among others. Access issues were also most commonly identified theme involving motivators for direct service providers. However, other key stakeholders identified patient-centered care as the top identified motivator, followed by access issues. There was more variation for the second most common theme among the four open ended question and by respondent group.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2018). Semi-annual Progress report for Regional Partnership Grant-III: Kansas Serves Substance Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2018). Semi Annual Progress report for Regional Partnership Grant-IV: Kansas Serves Native American Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Holmes, C., Levy, M., & Mariscal, E. S. (2018). Engaging Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in Identifying Motivators, Facilitators and Barriers to Health Care- Literature Review. PCORI. View Publication For Engaging Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in Identifying Motivators, Facilitators and Barriers to Health Care- Literature Review
The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare and its partners received a Eugene Washington Engagement contract for a project titled “Engaging Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in Healthcare Research”. The overarching purpose of the project is to increase knowledge about the health outcomes that are important to migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW), particularly those in the Midwest Stream, and how to better engage them as they access and receive healthcare. Our aim throughout the process is to identify facilitators, motivators, and barriers to engaging MSFW in healthcare and the research process; preferences regarding desired health outcomes; and information needed to help make healthcare decisions. Various activities to be undertaken during the 22-month project include an oral survey with farmworkers in the summer of 2018 and the development of a research agenda informed in part by MSFW input. The purpose of this targeted literature review is to inform project staff in the development of the summer survey and the research agenda. This document will explore existing literature on what MSFW say they want and need regarding their health and how best to engage this population in creating an initial research agenda centered on their interests. This brief review focuses specifically on two areas of interest related to project development and implementation: 1) What do MSFW report as motivators, barriers, and facilitators to health and health care? 2) What is currently known about engaging MSFW in health care research?
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Mariscal, E. S. (2017). Semi-annual Progress report for Regional Partnership Grant-III: Kansas Serves Substance Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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McDonald, T., & Mariscal, E. S. (2017). Semi-annual Progress report for Regional Partnership Grant-III: Kansas Serves Substance Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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McDonald, T., & Mariscal, E. S. (2016). Semi-annual Progress report for Regional Partnership Grant-III: Kansas Serves Substance Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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McDonald, T., & Mariscal, E. S. (2016). Semi-annual Progress report for Regional Partnership Grant-III: Kansas Serves Substance Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Johnson-Motoyama, M., Moses, M., Kann, T. K., Mariscal, E. S., Levy, M., Navarro, C., & Fite, P. J. (2016). Parent, Teacher, and School Stakeholder Perspectives on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programming for Latino Youth. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 37(6), 513-525.
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Mariscal, E. S., Dettlaff, A., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. S. (2016). Latino immigrant and refugee children and families . In Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families: Culturally Responsive Practice (p.109-152). (pp. 109-152). Columbia University Press.
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Johnson-Motoyama, M., Moses, M., Conrad-Hiebner, A., & Mariscal, E. S. (2016). Development, CAPTA Part C referral and services among young children in the US child welfare system: Implications for Latino children. Child Maltreatment, 21(3), 186-197.
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Akin, B., & Mariscal, E. S. (2015). Semi Annual Progress Report. Kansas Adoption Permanency Project. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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McDonald, T., & Mariscal, E. S. (2015). Semi-annual Progress report for Regional Partnership Grant-III: Kansas Serves Substance Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Mariscal, E. S., Akin, B. A., Lieberman, A. A., & Washington, D. (2015). Exploring the path from foster care to stable and lasting adoption: Perceptions of foster care alumni. Children and Youth Services Review, 55, 111-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.05.017
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Akin, B., & Mariscal, E. S. (2015). Semi Annual Progress Report. Kansas Adoption Permanency Project. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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McDonald, T., & Mariscal, E. S. (2015). Semi-annual Progress report for Regional Partnership Grant-III: Kansas Serves Substance Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Dettlaff, A., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Mariscal, E. S. (2015). Latino children and families. In Addressing racial disproportionality and disparities in human services (p. 71-105). Columbia University Press .
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Akin, B., & Mariscal, E. S. (2014). Semi Annual Progress Report. Kansas Adoption Permanency Project. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Akin, B., & Mariscal, E. S. (2014). Semi Annual Progress Report. Kansas Adoption Permanency Project. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Francis, A. P., Pulla, V., Clark, M., Mariscal, E. S., & Ponnuswami, I. (2014). Advancing social work in mental health through strengths-based practice. Primrose Hall.
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Mariscal, E. S., & , . (2014). The strengths perspective and the strengths model of case management: Enhancing the recovery of people with psychiatric disabilities. In Advancing social work in mental health through strengths based practice (p. 73-87). Primrose Hall Publishing Group.
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Akin, B. A., Mariscal, E. S., Bass, L., McArthur, V. B., Bhattarai, J., & Bruns, K. (2014). Implementation of an evidence-based intervention to reduce long-term foster care: Practitioner perceptions of key challenges and supports. Children and Youth Services Review, 46, 285-293. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.09.006
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McDonald, T. P., Mariscal, E. S., Yan, Y., & Brook, J. (2014). Substance use and abuse for youths in foster care: Results from the communities that care normative database. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 23(4), 262-268.
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Akin, B., & Mariscal, E. S. (2013). Psychiatric Hospitalization among the Pediatric Medicaid Population: The Role of Organizational Factors. In Submitted to the State of Kansas.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2013). Personal and Environmental Protective Factors Contributing to the Resilience of Latino Adolescents Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Wellbeing. University of Kansas.
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McDonald, T., Brook, J., Mariscal, E. S., & Yan, Y. (2012). Semi Annual progress report for Regional Partnership Grant: Kansas Serves Substance and Alcohol Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Del Granado, S., Mariscal, E. S., Santa Cruz, j, Torrico, K., & Rodriguez, Y. (2012). Fulbright Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund Award, Project: “Youth Creating a Shared Vision of Bolivia’s Future” . In Submitted to the U.S. Department of State.
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McDonald, T., Brook, J., Mariscal, E. S., & Yan, Y. (2012). Semi Annual progress report for Regional Partnership Grant: Kansas Serves Substance and Alcohol Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2012). Resilience and strengths among children exposed to intimate partner violence. In Papers in Strengths Based Practice (p. 191-201). Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
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McDonald, T., Brook, J., Mariscal, E. S., & Yan, Y. (2011). Semi Annual progress report for Regional Partnership Grant: Kansas Serves Substance and Alcohol Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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McDonald, T., Brook, J., Mariscal, E. S., & Yan, Y. (2011). Semi Annual progress report for Regional Partnership Grant: Kansas Serves Substance and Alcohol Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Fukui, S., Starnino, V. R., Mariscal, E. S., Davidson, L. J., Cook, K., Rapp, C. A., & Gowdy, E. A. (2011). Effect of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) participation on psychiatric symptoms, sense of hope, and recovery. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 34(3), 214.
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McDonald, T., Brook, J., Mariscal, E. S., & Yan, Y. (2010). Semi Annual progress report for Regional Partnership Grant: Kansas Serves Substance and Alcohol Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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McDonald, T., Brook, J., Mariscal, E. S., & Yan, Y. (2010). Semi Annual progress report for Regional Partnership Grant: Kansas Serves Substance and Alcohol Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Starnino, V. R., Mariscal, E. S., Holter, M. C., Davidson, L. J., Cook, K. S., Fukui, S., & Rapp, C. A. (2010). Outcomes of an illness self-management group using Wellness Recovery Action Planning. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 34(1), 57.
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McDonald, T., Brook, J., Mariscal, E. S., & Yan, Y. (2009). Semi Annual progress report for Regional Partnership Grant: Kansas Serves Substance and Alcohol Affected Families. In Submitted to the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2005). Learning about tenderness and well-being. Fundación La Paz.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Gutiierrez, B. (2003). Programa integral de prevencion del maltrato infantil por abuso sexual. Ajayu Organo De Difusion Cientifica Del Departamento De Psicologia UCBSP, 1(1), 75-94.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2000). Prevencion del abuso sexual infantil. Revista Ciencia Y Cultura, 8, 107-109.
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Sosa, T., Robles, E., Mariscal, E. S., Bigatti, S., Garduno, K., Medina, M., Rivera Espada, J., Bahamonde, R., Reiff, M., Fuentes, R., Gutierrez Gossweiler, A., Luna, A., Quinones Gamez, L., Santamaria Graff, C., & Acosta, J. IUPUI Latino Faculty and Staff Task Force. In IUPUI Diversity Equity and Inclusion.
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Yoon, S., Tomlinson, C., Wang, X., Duron, J., Mariscal, E. S., & Howell, K. Resilience following violence exposure among youth of color in the U.S.: A scoping review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse. Accepted.
Abstract accepted in August 2023. Paper submitted to journal on 2/13/24
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B. G., Elliot, J. M., Commodore-Mensah, M. M., Smith, J. K., & Ashirifi, G. D. Multi-System Recommendations to Prevent Foster Care Entry at the Community, System, and Structural Levels. Children and Youth Services Review. Accepted.
Background: Preventing foster care entry is a major priority for communities across the United States. Strategies for preventing entry have traditionally focused on mitigating individual- and family-level risk factors. While helpful, these approaches have generally failed to attend to the community, system, and structural dimensions of the social environment that can either increase or decrease the likelihood of placement into out of home care. Given their direct engagement with families, professionals in child-serving organizations are uniquely positioned to understand the range of factors that contribute to foster care entry and provide prevention recommendations that move beyond individual and family-level services. Such recommendations can help to facilitate important transformation of current approaches to child and family wellbeing.
Methods: This study employed qualitative methods to explore recommendations from child-serving professionals to prevent foster care entry at the community, system, and structural levels. It was conducted during the planning phase of a multiyear project evaluating primary prevention strategies for child maltreatment funded by the U.S. Children’s Bureau in the Administration for Children and Families, between 2020 and 2021. Data collection encompassed interviews (n = 27), focus groups (n = 7), and open-ended survey responses (n = 548) gathered from 614 child-serving professionals in various fields in [blinded], including child welfare, mental health, health, public health, early childhood, and schools, among others. Using thematic analysis, emergent themes were identified and divergent ideas within or between systems were also included.
Findings: Five themes consistently emerged at the community level that called for more supportive communities, increased availability and awareness of resources, stronger connections between neighbors, trauma-informed communities, and shared responsibility for prevention (public health approach to prevention). At the systems-level, recommendations focused on the child welfare system (CWS) and cross-system practice. Among the recommendations for the child welfare system, participants called for making the CWS more proactive, improving communication and family engagement, increasing consistency and transparency to reduce bias and increase public trust, and decreasing staff turnover, improving competency factors, and reducing bias. Participants strongly recommended increasing cross-system collaboration and coordination, improving communication and information sharing, integrating services for a holistic and tailored response to family needs, increasing accessibility and quality of services across systems, and improving cross-system training and competency. At the structural level, three themes emerged: reducing stigma, enacting family centered policies, and increasing funding. Participants recommended reducing stigma attached to help-seeking and service-receipt, implementing family-centered policies that would bolster prevention efforts (such as the child tax credit), and advocated for more financial resources to be allocated toward prevention and essential support structures, such as housing.
Discussion: Findings indicate the need to embrace a public health approach to child maltreatment prevention, highlighting multiple avenues for reshaping policies and practices, and advancing the ongoing shift toward a prevention framework within the U.S. child welfare systems. This study identifies specific dimensions of the social environment that could be the focus of reform aimed at improving wellbeing and support of children and families, by strengthening community supports and connection, reducing risks, and promoting family resilience.
Presentations
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Sabina, C., Elliot, J., & Ashirifi, G. (2024). Multi-system recommendations to prevent foster care entry at the community, system, and structural levels. Society for Work and Research.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Sabina, C., & Elliot, J. (2024). Community- and systems-level factors contributing to foster care entry: Perspectives from legal professionals. Society for Work and Research.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2024). Strengths-based prevention: Engaging community around violence and crime prevention. ASEZ- International Youth Volunteer Organization.
I was invited by an international youth volunteer organization with projects and representation in 43 countries to discuss strengths-based prevention and how my research on violence prevention connects with crime prevention.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Sabina, C., Elliot, J., Commodore- Mensah, M., & Ames, J. (2024). Prevention recommendations from the child-serving workforce: Toward a strengths-based public health approach to prevention. Life Paths Research Center.
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Flores, Y., Weber, M., Restrepo, M., Valencia, V., Mora, A., Agorde, E., Elliot, J., Mariscal, E. S., & Sabina, C. (2024). Scoping Review on Resilience after Exposure to Macro-Level Violence among Youth in Latin America. Life Paths Research Center.
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Commodore-Mensah, M., Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., & Elliot, J. (2024). Transforming child fatality prevention through collaboration across prevention initiatives. Life Paths Research Center.
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Dorado, J., & Mariscal, E. S. (2024). From Feel Good Inc. to Feeling Good: Unveiling strengths through music, film, and art. Life Paths Research Center, Nashville, TN United States.
This workshop will use video clips, music, lyrics, and art prompts to tap into the transformational power of visual and narrative to foster resilience through hands-on exercises. Using A Window Between Worlds (AWBW), a trauma-informed program that promotes empowerment and healing through art, we will invite participants to build community and connection and explore values and feelings to discover and mobilize strengths and enhance their resilience. Finally, we will conclude with a reflective exploration set to the backdrop of "All of You" (Encanto, Disney).
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Mariscal, E. S., Smith, J., Martin, G., Chase, K., & Victor, B. G. (2023). Multi-system perspectives on child fatality determinants and prevention strategies. Society for Social Work Research .
Background and purpose: The majority of child deaths in the United States are caused by accidental and intentional injuries, and most of these deaths are preventable. As a result, federal policies and many child welfare organizations have increasingly moved toward a primary and secondary prevention framework in connection with child fatalities. The effectiveness of those prevention efforts rests not only on understanding the most common types of fatalities (e.g., sleep-related, maltreatment-related, etc.) but also the underlying determinants or causes of those fatalities and strategies for remediation prior to death. Professionals across systems serving children and families come into close contact with families that experience a preventable child fatality, providing them with rich insights into the context of what transpired. The purpose of the current study was therefore to explore the perspectives of multi-system professionals around the leading determinants of child maltreatment-related fatalities, and to identify a set of prevention strategies to be empirically tested.
Methods: Data for the current study were obtained through 48 semi-structured interviews and 7 focus groups with a total of 78 participants across the following systems: child fatality review teams, child welfare agencies, public health, health, mental health, early education, youth agencies, schools, and youth and parents with lived experience in the child welfare system. Participants worked at leadership, supervisory, and frontline levels. Experience working with the child welfare system ranged from 4 years to 39 years. Text data from interview and focus group transcripts were assessed using constructivist thematic analysis.
Findings: Through inductive analysis, we identified a set of determinants for preventable child fatalities at family, community, and systems levels. The seven identified family-level determinants that contribute to preventable child fatalities were: unsafe infant sleep behaviors, substance misuse, mental health issues, domestic violence, caregiver stress, lack of parenting and coping skills, and lack of adequate childcare and social support. At the community level, we identified three primary determinants: inaccessible resources and supports, poor quality of services, and environmental barriers to accessing support. That is, families were either unable, unaware, or chose not to access services and resources that would mitigate fatality risk. At the systems level, a lack of collaboration and coordination among local, regional and state agencies was the main determinant identified. Proposed solutions to addressing the identified determinants included targeted interventions, enhanced community involvement in prevention efforts, and public awareness campaigns that deliver consistent safe sleep messaging to change parenting behaviors.
Conclusions and implications: Our findings highlight the urgent need to enhance the collaboration and coordination across systems and develop an integrated and comprehensive service continuum based in a public health approach that provide destigmatized supports, resources, and connection to families to prevent child fatalities. Beyond addressing service gaps, it is necessary to design and implement culturally responsive targeted interventions and a statewide safe sleep campaign that addresses information deficits and promotes behavioral change. Promoting family-strengthening policies and family-supportive attitudes in communities are also necessary for a paradigm shift in child and family services and to help all children realize their potential.
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Graham, E., Mariscal, E. S., Morales, V., Kelly, J., Victor, B., Cote, A., Lang, J., & Marshall, T. (2023). Panel Discussion on Sustainability: Relationships, resources, and results. U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Kelly, J., Robinson, H., Runkle, S., Whitman, J., & Ames, J. (2023). Community and system-level factors that contribute to foster care entry and strategies to resolve them: Collaborative, primary prevention approaches from Indiana. Administration for Children and Families, Children’s Bureau.
Indiana is part of the nationwide shift toward prevention through community collaborations. Strengthening Indiana Families, funded by a Community Collaborations Grant from the Federal Administration for Children and Families, identified many community and system factors contributing to foster care entry (e.g., access barriers, resource deficits, stigma, cross-system coordination, etc.). These findings informed the implementation of four family resource centers, a community-tailored one-stop-shop to build on family strengths and provide needed resources before maltreatment occurs. Further, Indiana has built an extensive network of federal, state, local and private partnerships, essential to the implementation of statewide child maltreatment prevention efforts. This session will discuss findings regarding community and system risk factors, protective factors and resilience, and Indiana’s progress in moving towards a child and family wellbeing system through its primary prevention focus.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Ames, J., & Chandler, C. (2023). Strengthening Indiana Families Project Impact and Future. U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
This presentation includes Strengthening Indiana Families project’s strategies, achievements, impact, evaluation updates, and future steps, including sustainability and expansion of Family Resource Centers
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., & Chandler, C. (2023). If I knew then what I know now: Highlighting Project Lessons Learned. U.S. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families.
"If I knew then, what I know now" includes an overview of Strengthening Indiana Families strategies, challenges and achievements and highlights lessons learned through the implementation of our macro, mezzo, and micro system approaches.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2023). Strategies to develop resilience in your academic journey: Lessons from Andean spirituality. IUSSW.
Academic life can be challenging, with potential negative effects on mental health and overall wellbeing. It is easy to get discouraged when facing obstacles and setbacks, especially when you experience imposter syndrome and/or academic bullying. As you prepare to advance in your journey, it is important to develop resilience-enhancing strengths and resources to overcome these challenges. Andean spirituality, and the construct of Ajayu (soul) in particular, offers a unique framework and strategies to develop resilience throughout your academic journey.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2023). Ajayu: Becoming a Resilient Scholar. Life Paths Research Center.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B. G., Commodore-Mensah, M., & Elliot, J. (2023). Strengths-based primary child maltreatment prevention: An example from Indiana. Life Paths Research Center.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2023). Surface pressure: Tapping into your resilience, calling your Ajayu, and making time count. Life Paths Research Center.
Surface pressure: Tapping into your resilience, calling your Ajayu, and making time count
Have you felt a “pressure like a tick, tick, tick ’til it’s ready to blow?” (Disney’s Encanto). This workshop is for you. We are always running, we are always busy, and work-life balance seems to be a fantasy. Managing expectations, time, and daily hassles can be difficult. People from minoritized communities face these challenges and more, particularly in academia. In short, we have less time than we think- so how do we make our time count? This workshop will explore art and narrative strategies for tapping into resilience and making time count while incorporating strengths and Andean spirituality perspectives.
Participants will explore the power of art and narrative in processing trauma and building resilience through hands-on exercises. I will invite participants to create using A Window Between Worlds (AWBW), a trauma-informed program that promotes empowerment and healing through art, and incorporate narrative elements, to enhance protective factors, foster a sense of community and connection, and awaken their inner Phoenix bird.
This workshop will integrate Andean cultural and spiritual perspectives, inviting participants to develop a sense of connection, belonging, and balance, redefine expectations, foster resilience, and make time count through a new lens. Participants will have the opportunity to share their own experiences, mobilize their strengths, and learn from one another in a supportive and collaborative environment.
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Smith, J., Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., & Houston, A. (2023). Impacting policy around child fatalities: Lessons learned from Child Safety Forward Indiana. Prevent Child Abuse America, Baltimore, MD United States.
Child Safety Forward Indiana (CSF) is one of five demonstration sites aimed to reduce child abuse and neglect fatalities. Providing data-informed recommendations, solutions to barriers, and seizing opportunities allowed us to impact policy on child fatalities review teams and SUID investigations.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Robinson, H., & Kelly, J. (2023). Working together: Collaboration and integration are essential to strengths-based prevention. Prevent Child Abuse America, Baltimore, MD United States.
This panel will describe how Indiana is part of the nationwide shift toward prevention through community collaborations using a strengths-based approach, integrating various efforts, tailoring responses to needs, using digital campaigns, aligning funding, and gaining champions’ support.
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Kelly, J., Robinson, H., Mariscal, E. S., Ames, J., Morales, V., Weaver, T., Commodore-Mensah, M., & Ashirifi, G. (2023). Implementing, expanding, and sustaining strengths-based primary child maltreatment prevention through community collaboration. Indiana Association of Resources and Child Advocacy.
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Smith, J., Mariscal, E. S., Houston, A., Lown, M., , ., Commodore-Mensah, M., & Asad, Z. (2023). Telling parent stories as part of a data-informed community-driven infant safe sleep campaign: Lessons from Indiana. American Evaluation Association.
This study examines the development and implementation of an infant safe sleep campaign aimed at reducing Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) rates in Indiana, as part of the evaluation of the Child Safety Forward Indiana project. The study used a mixed-methods approach, analyzing data from child fatality reviews to identify factors contributing to sleep-related infant deaths (N=528 SUIDs) and from focus groups with parents exploring safe sleep messaging and their perceptions and experiences regarding safe sleep practices. A five-year retrospective review of SUIDs indicated that Non-Hispanic Black infants were overrepresented (35%); more than half of the deaths occurred while infants were sleeping in adult beds and a third occurred while the infant was napping. SUIDs are preventable through consistent safe sleep practices. However, the study found that many caregivers, despite having received safe sleep education, choose not to engage in these practices. Participants identified mistrust of agencies and ads as the main reasons. They stated that they would listen and connect to parent stories. Thus, a safe sleep campaign was designed and implemented, integrating these findings in imagery and messaging. The campaign includes videos telling stories of parents who lost a child in unsafe sleep environments, which has been seen over 1.5 million times. This study also highlights the importance of using evidence-based recommendations and culturally responsive approaches in designing safe sleep interventions, providing valuable lessons learned around prevention strategies to improve infant health outcomes so that all children fulfill their promise.
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Mariscal, S., Victor, B., Kelly, J., Robinson, H., & Ames, J. (2023). Strengths-Based Primary Prevention: Working Together to Improve Family Wellbeing and Social Support (SIF). IUPUI Center for Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP) , Indianapolis, IN United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw3eqC5Gm4&feature=youtu.be
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Mariscal, E. S. (2023). Fortaleciendo mi legado mientras me curo del corazon. Latino Health Organization.
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Phillips, S., Davis, R., Templeman, A., Pinsoneault, L., Smith, J., & Mariscal, E. S. (2022). Child Safety Forward: A National Initiative to Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities and Injuries through a Collaborative, Community-Based Approach. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Child Abuse and Neglect.
1)Overview of Within our Reach and the federal Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF)2)Purpose of Child Safety Forward3)Introduction to five demonstration sites and TA team4)Highlight evaluation findings5)Indiana’s implementation strategy and lessons learned
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Smith, J., Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., & Houston, A. (2022). Interview with Child Safety Forward Sacramento and Hartford. USDOJ Office for Victims of Crima.
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Smith, J., Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., & Houston, A. (2022). Interview with Child Safety Forward Indiana. USDOJ Office for Victims of Crima.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B. G., Martin, G., Kelly, J. A., Chandler, C., & , . (2022). Fostering family resilience and protective factors for child maltreatment and fatality prevention through community collaborations. Indiana Association of Resources and Child Advocacy, Indianapolis.
This workshop describes the nationwide shift toward a proactive approach in child welfare, as evidenced in recent policy. It will provide an overview of the role of resilience and protective factors in prevention. A panel of multi-system partners will then discuss their work related to Indiana prevention initiatives, focusing on Strengthening Indiana Families and Child Safety Forward, community collaborations between the Indiana University School of Social Work, state agencies, non-profits, and individuals with lived experience in the child welfare system.
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Cull, M., Davis, R., Georgi, K., Mariscal, E. S., Smith, J., Victor, B., Lane, V., & Dyton, R. (2022). The necessity of psychological safety: A roadmap to shift power to community. Social Current, Baltimore, MD United States.
Panel on how creating psychological safety in our team work supported our success around the implementation of Child Safety Forward (research project)
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Martin, G., Smith, J., Chase, K., & Houston, A. (2022). Child Safety Forward Indiana: lessons learned. USDOJ Office for Victims of Crime.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Kelly, J., & Chandler, C. (2022). Promoting equity and community engagement in child maltreatment prevention. Children’s Bureau - USDHHS Administration for Children and Families.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Kelly, J., Weaver, T., Chandler, C., Armes, A., & Lakey, B. (2022). Strengthening Indiana Families family engagement and lessons learned. Children’s Bureau - USDHHS Administration for Children and Families.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Kelly, J., Weaver, T., Chandler, C., Armes, A., & Lakey, B. (2022). Strengthening Indiana Families updates and race equity activities. Children’s Bureau - USDHHS Administration for Children and Families.
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McCarthy, K. M., Mariscal, E. S., & Johnson, N. (2022). Exploring the relationship between MSW student wellness and preparation for assisting individuals who misuse substances. Life Paths Research Center.
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Mariscal, E. S., Banyard, V., Davis, J., Corbin, S., Smith, L., Storer, H., & Edwards, M. (2022). Lessons: A new story-based session. Life Paths Research Center.
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Victor, B. G., Rousson, A., Henry, C., Dalvi, H., & Mariscal, E. S. (2022). Child Welfare Policies Guiding the Substantiation of Childhood Exposure to Domestic Violence: A National Analysis and Recommendations. Society for Social Work Research, , United States.
Background and purpose: Because childhood exposure to domestic violence (CEDV) is known to potentially harm children, child welfare systems frequently respond to reports of CEDV and construe such exposure as maltreatment. In the United States, however, jurisdictions vary in their conceptualization/classification of various forms of child abuse and neglect. To date, our knowledge is limited in terms of whether and when workers are instructed to substantiate CEDV as a form of maltreatment and which caregiver(s) to hold responsible. Thus, the first aim of the current study was to describe the range of policy approaches used by state-level child welfare systems for substantiating CEDV as maltreatment and the guidance provided to workers for holding caregivers responsible. The second aim of the study was to then evaluate the extent to which those policy approaches aligned with emerging best practices in this area. More specifically, we assessed whether identified policy approaches used a substantiation standard that required workers to demonstrate that children had been harmed by CEDV, whether workers were instructed to identify a primary aggressor/perpetrator in DV-related cases, and whether the state’s policy protected DV survivors from being substantiated in connection with their own victimization.Methods: In this study we employed qualitative document analysis, a method that combines content and thematic analyses to systematically summarize categories of interest within written materials. Data were drawn from the child protective services manuals of all state-administered child welfare systems in the U.S. (N = 41). Manuals were downloaded or obtained through public records requests, and then converted into machine-readable documents to facilitate identification of relevant passages through a structured text search. Relevant data from each manual was then reviewed independently by two reviewers who deductively and inductively established a set of codes that were subsequently tested and refined. Based on our analysis and prior research, we then established four quality policy indicators for assessing the alignment of each state’s policy with emerging best practices.
Findings: Nearly three-fourths (71%) of state-administered child welfare systems have adopted a policy approach that requires workers to demonstrate that children have endured harm or the threat of harm before substantiating CEDV as maltreatment. A majority of state-administered systems (51%) also instruct workers to identify a primary aggressor during CPS investigations involving CEDV, while far fewer (37%) provide language that potentially exonerates DV survivors from responsibility for failure to protect on the basis of their own victimization. Just one state – Oregon – met all four quality policy indicators.
Conclusions and implications: While the widespread use of a “harm or threat of harm” standard was encouraging, more troubling was the limited adoption of CPS policy designed to ensure that DV perpetrators are solely held responsible for the harm generated by their use of abusive tactics. This study – and the set of policy exemplars identified – may be useful to child welfare administrators, organizers and advocates in appraising their current CPS policy related to CEDV, and making revisions intended to promote the safety and wellbeing of children and adult DV survivors.
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Sabina, C., Mariscal, E. S., & Cuevas, C. (2022). Interpersonal Victimization of Latino Youth: A Latent Class Analysis. Society for Social Work Research .
Background and Purpose: Using data from a national sample of Latino youth 12-18 years old, this study identifies latent classes of violence victimization and then compares these classes on mental health, delinquency, and demographic characteristics. The data offers unique benefits: 1) a particular focus on Latinos which allows examination of an understudied group, 2) inclusion of 23 violent acts spanning physical, sexual, psychological, and stalking violence, and 3) identification of perpetrators for each of these acts within the categories of dating partners, peers, youth family members, adult family members, and strangers. Latent class analysis is a useful person-centered approach for examining victimization profiles
Methods: We used data from the Dating Violence Among Latino Adolescents (DAVILA) study, which surveyed 1,525 Latino teens and their caregivers across the U.S. by phone. Instruments included modified versions of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire and the Conflict Tactics Scales 2- Short Form. The Frequency of Delinquent Behavior was used to measure self-reported delinquent behavior in the previous year and the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) scale assessed psychiatric symptoms. Latent class analysis was conducted including nine variables corresponding to victimization type (physical, sexual, stalking, and psychological) and relationship to perpetrator (dating partner, adult non-family member, peer non-family member, juvenile family member, and adult family member). Multinomial logistic regression was used to compare latent classes on demographics, mental health (e.g., anxiety, depression, and hostility), and delinquency.
Results: A six-class latent class solution was found. The six classes were I) Multiform Victimization by Multiple Perpetrators (n = 184, 12.1%), II) Multiform Dating Violence (n = 99, 6.5%), III) Multiform Victimization by Youth & Adults (n = 236, 15.5%), IV) Physical victimization by Non-Family, especially Peers (n = 127, 8.3%), V) Physical Violence Victimization by Juvenile Family Members (n = 93, 6.1%), and VI) Uninvolved (n = 786; 51.5%). Classes were significantly different on some demographic variables, hostility, and delinquency. Using the Uninvolved class as reference, youth in classes I, II, III, and V were more likely to have higher hostility scores. Using the Uninvolved class as reference, youth in classes I, II, III, and IV were more likely to engage in physical delinquency compare to the involved classes. Youth in classes I, II and III were more likely to engage in drug delinquency compared to the Uninvolved class. Lastly, those in class I were more likely to engage in property delinquency than those in the Uninvolved class.
Conclusions and Implications: Our findings provide evidence of the heterogeneity of Latino youth victimization experiences. None of the classes centered on only one victimization type or one perpetrator. LCA results also indicate that youth victimization occurs across a range of family and non-family perpetrators, as shown in three latent classes. Delinquency and hostility were key to differentiating the classes, which highlights their relevance among poly-victimized Latino youth. Considering the heterogeneity of victimization experiences, it is important to implement prevention and intervention programs that adequately target the different victimization profiles and needs of Latino youth. Other practice and policy implications will be discussed.
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Victor, B., Mariscal, E. S., Stigdon, T., & Crone, A. (2021). Strengthening Indiana Families. National Family Resource Network.
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Chase, K., Smith, J., Ashirifi, G., & Mariscal, E. S. (2021). Child Fatality Review and Family Resource Centers: A Comprehensive Community Based Approach to Identifying, Targeting, and Preventing Child Fatalities in Indiana. Indiana Department of Health.
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Crone, A., Ashirifi, G., Mariscal, E. S., & , . (2021). Overview of Strengthening Indiana Families. Indiana Youth Services Association.
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Sabina, C., Mariscal, E. S., & Cuevas, C. (2021). The connection between bias victimization and interpersonal violence among Latino adults. APA.
While the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control
model the connections between various forms of violence, little research has
examined how interpersonal victimization among Latinos and how it is related
to bias victimizations. This study provides estimates of interpersonal violence
(physical, sexual, stalking, threats, and witnessed violence) and then explores
the overlap between bias victimization (hate crime and non-criminal bias
victimization) and interpersonal victimization. Participants (N = 910) from
three cities in the United States (San Diego, Houston, Boston) were queried
about experiences with bias and interpersonal victimization as part of the
Understanding and Measuring Bias Victimization against Latinos study.
Lifetime victimization was self-reported using the Bias Victimization
Questionnaire for Latinos and the Lifetime Trauma and Victimization History
Instrument. Overall, the rate of interpersonal violence was 45% (28%
physical, 18% sexual, 22% threats, 19% witness, 10% stalk) and rate of bias
victimization was 53% (28% hate crime, 50% non-criminal bias event). The
rate of bias victimization was higher among those who experienced
interpersonal victimization (46%) than those who did not (14%), leading to a
risk ratio of 2.49. Threats, the most associated with bias victimization,
showed that the rate of bias victimization was higher among those who
experienced threats (87%) compared to those who did not (43%), leading to
a risk ratio of 4.35. Non-criminal bias events (RR = 2.27, CI = 1.93, 2.68)
particularly appeared to be more associated with interpersonal violence than
hate crimes (RR = 1.58, CI = 1.44, 1.74). Findings point to the high levels of
victimization and to the confluence of risk; such that interpersonal
victimization status confers additional risk for bias victimization. The
mechanisms for these pathways should be explored, specifically the
deleterious effects of minority status.
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Mariscal, E. S., Crone, A., Martin, G., Chase, K., & Smith, J. (2021). Child maltreatment prevention initiatives in Indiana. Children’s Justice Act Taskforce .
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Pinsoneault, L., Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B. G., Martin, G., Chase, K., & Smith, J. (2021). Enhancing prevention through developmental evaluation tools: A methodological overview of examples from multi-system collaborations designed to prevent child maltreatment and reduce fatalities in Indiana. Prevent Child Abuse America .
Developmental evaluation has emerged as an important tool for improving the effectiveness of public health initiatives in the United States. Distinct from process and outcome evaluations, development evaluation helps to promote real-time, strategic decision-making along with project innovation and adaptation in complex and changing environments. In this session, we begin with a description of the benefits derived from integrating developmental evaluation into prevention projects, noting how such integration provides important tools for project planning, progress monitoring, and decision-making cycles to address wicked problems and enhance individual- and community-level protective factors with a particularly focus on issues of equity. A panel of multi-system partners will then discuss the importance of developmental evaluation in their work related to Strengthening Indiana Families and Child Safety Forward Indiana, two coordinated community collaboration initiatives led by the Indiana University School of Social Work, state agencies, non-profits, and individuals with lived experience in the child welfare system.
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Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B., Kelly, J., & Crone, A. (2021). Child maltreatment prevention initiatives in Indiana. Child Welfare Improvement Committee.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2021). Transforming Prevention: Community Collaborations to Strengthen and Support Families. Children’s Bureau.
In 2018 and 2019 ACYF funded a series of 5-year, community-based projects designed to bolster family-integrated services, build strategic community-based partnerships with philanthropic, business and non-profit organizations, and streamline coordinated efforts with education, government, public health, law enforcement, public housing, legal, and judicial organizations to meet the needs of families before a crisis occurs. Each of these efforts were unique and focused on primary prevention. Learn more about these sites and their work.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. G. (2021). Overview of Strengthening Indiana Families Project. Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana.
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Graham, E., Mariscal, E. S., Scala, J., Northburg, D., Zeitz, A., & Clark, L. (2021). Pandemic in review - Impacts and positive outcomes. Children’s Bureau - USDHHS Administration for Children and Families.
Grantees will share significant impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to their programs to include sharing adaptations, unexpected positive outcomes or silver linings. In addition, a facilitated discussion regarding anticipated impacts grantees may have to deal with in the future.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2021). Strengthening Indiana Families updates. Children’s Bureau - USDHHS Administration for Children and Families.
Grantees will share project updates
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Mariscal, E. S., Diaz, V., Medina, M., & Bigatti, S. (2021). Your Life, Your Story: Community partnership to enhance resilience among Latino youth. Life Path Research Center, Nashville, TN United States.
Your Life, Your Story (YLYS), is a community-based, multicomponent and interdisciplinary program to enhance resilience among Latino youth implemented through a strong community partnership. This program resulted from community-based participatory research that emerged as a response to the 2010 Indiana Minority Health Coalition report, which identified higher suicide and depression rates among Indiana’s Latino high-school students, compared to non-Latino White peers. YLYS consists of a week-long summer day camp for Latinos ages 12-18. Guided by the tenets of Positive Youth Development, our YLYS components develop intrapersonal and interpersonal protective factors among Latino youth through an arts-based program that follows a story-telling framework. In 2019, the 6th year of the program, there were 37 YLYS participants, 13 girls and 24 boys. On average, they were 13.8 years old and about half of the participants were at least in 8th grade. We assessed depression, hope, and resilience before and after YLYS participation. Significant gender differences were found in depression scores at pretest. Significant pre-test-posttest differences showed increases in hope and resilience scores but no change in depression scores. Qualitative findings corroborated these improvements. Practice implications will be discussed
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Mariscal, E. S. (2021). On awakening my inner Phoenix: How embracing my indigenous spirituality supported my healing process. Life Path Research Center, , United States.
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Sabina, C., & Mariscal, E. S. (2021). Social support and acculturation among Latino youth with victimization experiences: Findings from a national survey. Life Path Research Center, Nashville, TN United States.
Victimization, particularly poly-victimization, represents a threat to youth’s neuro-social-emotional development. It is important to examine different types of victimization and perpetrators to identify common typologies and their characteristics, in order to develop targeted prevention and intervention efforts. To identify typologies among Latino youth, we conducted a series of latent class analyses (LCA) using a national sample of 1,525 Latino teens (Dating Violence Among Latino Adolescents- DAVILA study). Then, we compared these latent classes on mental health (depression, anxiety, and hostility), perceived social support, acculturation, and demographic characteristics. We identified a six-class solution: Multiform Victimization by Multiple Perpetrators, Multiform Dating Violence, Multiform Victimization (psychological+) by Youth & Adults, Physical victimization by Non-Family, especially Peers, Physical Violence Victimization by Juvenile Family Members and Uninvolved Youth. Classes differed on hostility scores, perceived social support (from partner and family, not friends), acculturation, and some demographic variables. Our findings provide evidence regarding the heterogeneity of victimization experiences among Latino youth, suggesting that victimization occurs inside and outside the home, across a range of perpetrators. Hostility, perceived social support, and acculturation provided further information about the classes, indicating their relevance among poly-victimized Latino youth. Our findings can inform intervention and prevention efforts targeting Latino youth. (Canceled due to Covid-19)
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Mariscal, E. S. (2021). Social Work’s Role in Preventing Child Fatalities and Maltreatment: Examples from Across Indiana. IU School of Social Work Alumni , Virtual.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2021). Latino perspective on mentoring and services. Life Paths Research Center.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2021). Longitudinal associations between social support and victimization among Latino youth. Society for Social Work Research, , United States.
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Chase, K., Martin, G., Mariscal, E. S., Victor, B. G., Smith, J., & Gwin, C. (2020). Child Safety Forward Indiana Implementation Plan. Child Safety Forward, DOJ - Alliance for strong families and communities.
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McCarthy, K. M., Mariscal, E. S., & Wahler, B. (2020). MSW Student Concerns about Addressing Substance Use Disorders in their Future Careers. Council of Social Work Education, Denver, CO United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2020). Andean spirituality, community, and resilience: Culturally-sensitive social work practice with indigenous Latinx. Council for Social Work Education, Denver, CO United States.
Andean spirituality, community, and resilience: Culturally-sensitive social work practice with indigenous Latinx
Proposal
Resilience results from the dynamic interplay between risk and protective factors, interpreted through a cultural lens (Benard, 2004; Masten, 2015). Although several resilience theories have identified spirituality as a protective factor (Benard, 2004; Saleebey, 2001), the definition of spirituality can be expanded to incorporate indigenous Latinx views. Commonly identified protective factors related to spirituality include hope, sense of purpose, goal direction, achievement motivation, optimism, faith, morality, and religion (Benard, 2004; Luthar, Ciccheti & Becker, 2000; Masten, 2015, Werner & Smith, 2001; Wolin & Wolin, 1993). The process of meaning making, embedded in culture, is the most human of strengths, making it possible to transform pain and suffering into a rewarding life (Frankl, 1963).
Latinx spirituality is often linked with Christian religious beliefs and practices. However, Andean spirituality is holistic and encompasses a rich worldview, a way of “being”, instead of a manifestation of cultural beliefs, traditions, and practices (Mariscal, 2007). Andean spirituality is based on the idea of community and reciprocity (Albo, 1988). It involves community with humans, with nature, with the dead, with the ultimate or supernatural that lives in syncretic harmony with Christianity. For Aymaras, an individual is part of these communities, part of a whole, and bears responsibility to maintain or restore balance (Albo, 1988; Koster, 1992; Miranda & Del Carpio, 2006). To understand this worldview from social work theories, we will discuss Canda & Furman’s (2012) concept of spirituality-as-a-whole. In this theory, spirituality involves the total process of human development, including the bio-psycho-social model of the person-in-environment, a sense of integrity, responsibility, and connection with other people, beings, nature, and the ulterior (however defined) (Canda, Furman & Canda, 2019). We will also integrate concepts from deep ecology (Coates, 2003) and Wilber’s Great Nest of Being (Wilber, 2003).
Thus, we will use the holistic worldview of Andean spirituality to inform and expand our understanding of resilience among Latinx. By tapping into these holistic worldview of reciprocity and community at multiple levels, we unveil spirituality’s deeply transformative nature as a protective factor that encompasses (e.g., sense of purpose, morality, hope, meaning, and expectations), environmental (e.g., connectedness to people, beings, and the universe, spiritual and religious practices), turning-point effects (e.g., oceanic, near-death, and spiritual experiences) (Canda, Furman & Canda, 2019; Mariscal, 2007; Meuche, 2015; Mitchell, 2017; Santarpia, Ricci, Meuche, Gamberini & Destandau, 2018) and the person-in-environment engaged in community with all-environment- as an active and responsible part of the whole (e.g., responsibility toward nature and the future from a global perspective, political involvement, indigenous lore and wisdom). This presentation will recognize indigenous Latinx influences on mainstream Latinx culture and engage the audience in discussions about indigenous Latinx cultural strengths, challenges faced, and strategies to foster resilience. This presentation will address implications regarding culturally-sensitive practice with indigenous Latinx, which involve their spirituality, worldview, wisdom, and cultural strengths and extend beyond individual practice to community and climate change policy advocacy, as their spirituality reflects their community with others, with nature, with the dead, and with the ultimate.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Martin, G. (2020). Risk factors associated with child maltreatment-related fatalities: Data-informed target population for prevention. Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2020). Fostering resilience among Latinx children exposed to intimate partner violence. National Latino Network, Virtual.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Martin, G. (2020). Risk factors associated with child fatalities and recurring victimization-related child injuries in Indiana: Selecting a data-informed target population for child maltreatment prevention. The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, New Orleans, LA United States.
Since 2013, the number of children in out-of-home care has increased 70%, with a rate of 13 per 1,000 children, twice the national rate. In 2017, Indiana ranked third in the nation in child maltreatment-related fatalities with a rate of 4.96 per 1,000 children (N=78), twice the national rate and a 278.6% increase since 2013 (Children’s Bureau, 2019). In addition to secondary child welfare administrative data, we examined data corresponding to child deaths due to external injury and undetermined causes to identify cases not known to child protective services. While Indiana’s rate was 98.9 deaths per 100,000 children, the top three counties had rates of 152.8 (Clark), 137.3 (Grant), and 128.9 (Delaware) per 100,000 children. Child risk factors included age, race, and urbanicity, with infants (37%) youth ages 15-17 (28%), white children (82%), and children in urban areas (77.5%) being particularly affected. These counties had higher childhood poverty and foster care entry rates due to neglect, parental substance abuse, and parental incarceration than national rates. Some system-level factors were also identified (e.g., policies, cross-system, and workforce). Using data to identify a particularly vulnerable group who will receive targeted prevention efforts is important to reduce child fatalities and improve child safety. Withdrawn due to Covid-19
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Sabina, C., Mariscal, E. S., & Cuevas, C. (2020). Interpersonal victimization of Latino youth: A latent class - Withdrawn due to COVID-19. APA, Washington, DC United States.
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Mariscal, E. S., Diaz, V., Medina, M., & Bigatti, S. (2020). Your Life, Your Story: Community partnership to enhance resilience among Latino youth. Life Path Research Center, Nashville, TN United States.
Your Life, Your Story (YLYS), is a community-based, multicomponent and interdisciplinary program to enhance resilience among Latino youth implemented through a strong community partnership. This program resulted from community-based participatory research that emerged as a response to the 2010 Indiana Minority Health Coalition report, which identified higher suicide and depression rates among Indiana’s Latino high-school students, compared to non-Latino White peers. YLYS consists of a week-long summer day camp for Latinos ages 12-18. Guided by the tenets of Positive Youth Development, our YLYS components develop intrapersonal and interpersonal protective factors among Latino youth through an arts-based program that follows a story-telling framework. In 2019, the 6th year of the program, there were 37 YLYS participants, 13 girls and 24 boys. On average, they were 13.8 years old and about half of the participants were at least in 8th grade. We assessed depression, hope, and resilience before and after YLYS participation. Significant gender differences were found in depression scores at pretest. Significant pre-test-posttest differences showed increases in hope and resilience scores but no change in depression scores. Qualitative findings corroborated these improvements. Practice implications will be discussed (Canceled due to Covid-19)
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Mariscal, E. S. (2020). On awakening my inner Phoenix: How embracing my indigenous spirituality supported my healing process. Life Path Research Center, Nashville, TN United States.
(Canceled due to Covid-19)
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Sabina, C., & Mariscal, E. S. (2020). Social support and acculturation among Latino youth with victimization experiences: Findings from a national survey. Life Path Research Center, Nashville, TN United States.
Victimization, particularly poly-victimization, represents a threat to youth’s neuro-social-emotional development. It is important to examine different types of victimization and perpetrators to identify common typologies and their characteristics, in order to develop targeted prevention and intervention efforts. To identify typologies among Latino youth, we conducted a series of latent class analyses (LCA) using a national sample of 1,525 Latino teens (Dating Violence Among Latino Adolescents- DAVILA study). Then, we compared these latent classes on mental health (depression, anxiety, and hostility), perceived social support, acculturation, and demographic characteristics. We identified a six-class solution: Multiform Victimization by Multiple Perpetrators, Multiform Dating Violence, Multiform Victimization (psychological+) by Youth & Adults, Physical victimization by Non-Family, especially Peers, Physical Violence Victimization by Juvenile Family Members and Uninvolved Youth. Classes differed on hostility scores, perceived social support (from partner and family, not friends), acculturation, and some demographic variables. Our findings provide evidence regarding the heterogeneity of victimization experiences among Latino youth, suggesting that victimization occurs inside and outside the home, across a range of perpetrators. Hostility, perceived social support, and acculturation provided further information about the classes, indicating their relevance among poly-victimized Latino youth. Our findings can inform intervention and prevention efforts targeting Latino youth. (Canceled due to Covid-19)
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Mariscal, E. S. (2020). External funding. Indiana University School of Education, Indiapolis, IN United States.
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Mariscal, E. S., McCarthy, K. M., & Barbosa, I. (2020). Student Engagement Rosters: Enhancing student well-being and developing pathways to student success. Indiana University- Center for Teaching and Learning, Indianapolis, IN United States.
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Sabina, C., & Mariscal, E. S. (2020). Protective Factors among Latino victims of Teen Dating Violence: Findings from a National Survey. Society for Social Work Research, Washington, DC United States.
Teen dating violence (TDV) is a critical problem that affects between 9% and 38% Latino teens in the U.S., with consequences on their mental health, physical well-being, and academic achievement. These negative outcomes are exacerbated when youth experience multiple victimization. However, the negative consequences of TDV are not inevitable. A growing body of literature has focused on resilience and differential outcomes that emerge in the interplay between risk and protective factors. Yet, there is a gap in the literature regarding Latino youth. Thus, the objective of this study is to examine the buffering effects of environmental protective factors (e.g., school connectedness, social support, and familism) on the relationship between TDV and psychological functioning (i.e., depression, anxiety, and hostility) among Latino adolescents.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Victor, B. G. (2019). Strengthening Indiana Families: Primary Child Maltreatment Prevention through Community Collaboration. Center for Translating Research into Practice, Indianapolis, IN United States.
Dr. Susana Mariscal is a community-engaged scholar with an active research agenda centered on the prevention of child maltreatment and promotion of resilience among children and families, particularly those who identify as Latinx. She has led several federally-funded projects that evaluate evidence-based services in community settings, and her work continues to explore the intersections between child maltreatment, domestic violence, and substance use.
Her current project “Strengthening Indiana Families” (SIF), in collaboration with Dr. Bryan Victor, focuses on the implementation and evaluation of a continuum of community-based services and supports designed to improve the safety and well-being of families in East Central Indiana. Intended to prevent formal entry of children into foster care, SIF is being carried out in collaboration with a number of community partners including the Indiana Department of Child Services, Indiana State Department of Health, Children’s Bureau, Inc., Prevent Child Abuse Indiana, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, and local municipalities and agencies. Families and youth with experience in the foster care system will also be integral to SIF’s design and implementation. The project is funded by a five-year, $2.74 million award from the Children’s Bureau in the U.S. Administration for Children & Families.
Dr. Mariscal’s work to prevent child maltreatment and strengthen Indiana families is another example of how IUPUI faculty are TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2019). Resilience among Latino children and youth exposed to Intimate Partner Violence. National Latino Network, Washington, DC United States.
The focus of this presentation was prevention. By providing adequate services to children and youth exposed to domestic violence, we promote their healing and understanding that violence and love should not coexist. This way, we can disrupt the inter-generational cycle of violence and actually prevent domestic violence as well as several forms of childhood victimization in future generations.
At the end of this meeting, all participants voted on the research agenda for national Latino network, which influences legislation and funding recommendations. Unanimously, we voted to focus on prevention.
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Campbell, A., Mariscal, E. S., & Ponkrandt, R. (2019). Stuck in the middle with you: Risks of harm for children and pets in domestically violent homes. Prevent Child Abuse Indiana, Indianapolis, United States.
Consequences of childhood exposure to domestic violence.
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Bigatti, S. M., Mariscal, E. S., & Medina, M. A. (2019). Where do we go from here? Healing psychic trauma in Latinx communities in the post-Trump era. Indiana State Department of Mental Health and Addictions, Indianapolis, IN United States.
This is a hopeful session, instead of focusing on the damage currently being done to this community, it will imagine the work that can be done, even now so that the damage is short-lived. We begin with a brief presentation of the scientific evidence regarding what is happening and possible solutions. This will be followed by a panel and an audience discussion of what is being done locally, and what can be done now and as we approach the post-Trump era. Focus will be on the Latinx community but also on the greater community that contributes to the trauma either by supporting the growing racism or by inaction against it.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2019). Awakening the inner phoenix bird: Expanding our understanding of the role of spirituality in the development of resilience. Life Path Research Center, Nashville, TN United States.
Resilience results from the dynamic interplay between risk and protective factors, interpreted through a cultural lens (Masten, 2001). Although several resilience studies have identified spirituality and related strengths as personal protective factors, a comprehensive definition of spirituality may broaden our understanding of resilience. This presentation integrates resilience theories developed by Saleebey (2001), Benard (2004), and Wolin (1993), which include protective factors related to spirituality, such as hope, sense of purpose, goal direction, achievement motivation, educational aspirations, optimism, faith, morality, and religion. This presentation also provides a quick overview of spirituality models from deep ecology and Canda and Furman (1999). For deep ecology, spirituality involves a sense of interconnectedness with all life and interdependence of all things, which includes a process of spiritual transformation and reflects a transition from a modern to a holistic and inclusive worldview (Coates, 2003). Deep ecology involves environmental awareness, spiritually sensitiveness, and political involvement (Besthorn, 2007). Canda and Furman (1999) propose definitions of spirituality from both a holistic perspective and spirituality as an aspect. While spirituality as an aspect encompasses similar strengths to those found in resilience literature, this model includes spiritual drives, experiences, functions, and development. Spirituality as a whole involves the total process of human development, including the bio-psycho-social model of the person-in-environment, a sense of integrity, responsibility, and connection with other people, beings, nature, and the ulterior (however defined). Both spirituality models expand the construct of resilience and unveil its deeply transformative nature as a protective factor that encompasses personal (e.g., sense of purpose, morality, hope, meaning, and expectations), environmental (e.g., connectedness to people, beings, and the universe, spiritual and religious practices), turning-point effects (e.g., oceanic, near-death, and spiritual experiences) and the person-in-environment as a whole (e.g., responsibility toward nature and the future from a global perspective, political involvement, indigenous lore and wisdom).
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Mariscal, E. S. (2019). Resilience among youth exposed to intimate partner violence. Life path Research Center, Nashville, TN United States.
Research has suggested that childhood exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) can have serious consequences on children’s neuro-social-emotional development as well as increased risk for child maltreatment. Although growing evidence indicates that these negative outcomes are not inevitable when protective factors are mobilized, little research exists regarding the protective factors contributing to the resilience of Latinx youth exposed to IPV. These youth face increased vulnerability due to additional risk factors: cultural (i.e., familismo, machismo, and marianismo), social (i.e., inequality), and political (i.e., citizenship status, social policy, and service delivery issues).
Resilience results from the dynamic interplay between risk and protective factors, which should be interpreted through a cultural lens. This presentation combines resilience theories developed by Saleebey (2001), Masten (2001), and Benard (2004), identifying three protective factors: personal, environmental, and turning-point effects. Research has identified several personal protective factors among these youth, including child’s easy temperament, cognitive functioning (i.e., understanding IPV is not their fault), and resistance strategies (i.e., creating physical/mental escapes, safety planning, protecting mother/siblings, and detaching from batterer). Among Latinx, perseverance and spirituality were identified. Environmental protective factors among Latinx included having close relationships with their mothers, schools as safe haven, cultural pride, mentor relationships, support networks (i.e., extended family), and community involvement. Turning-point effects among Latinx included attending college and turn-around experiences. Results from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being-II identified two significant moderators. Social skills moderated the relationship between exposure to IPV and mental health, whereas the presence of caring adults moderated the negative effects of IPV on school engagement. Among Latinx, maternal monitoring had better effects on mental health, when compared to “other” youth.
The current social-political climate and challenges navigating service delivery systems affect the provision of services to Latinx youth exposed to IPV. Practice and policy implications will be discussed.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2019). Promoting resilience among Latinx children exposed to intimate partner violence. Life path Research Center, Miami, FL United States.
Childhood exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) can have serious consequences on children’s overall neurological-social-emotional development as well as heightened risk for child maltreatment, depending on the nature and chronicity of exposure, type, available resources, and child’s developmental stage and level of involvement (Graham-Bermann & Perkins, 2010). Although a growing body of evidence indicates that these negative outcomes are not inevitable when protective factors are fostered, little research exists regarding the protective factors contributing to the resilience of Latinx children exposed to IPV. Estimates indicate that between 3 and 10 million of Latinx children are exposed to IPV every year in the U.S., who youth face increased vulnerability due to additional risk factors: cultural (i.e., machismo, and marianismo), social (i.e., inequality), and political (i.e., citizenship status, social policy, and service delivery issues) (Mariscal, 2013). We will discuss the diversity among Latinx families by describing IPV prevalence and risk factors identified among immigrants from different Latin American countries.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Sabina, C. (2019). Panel on Latino Sexual Assault and Child Sexual Abuse. Indiana Latino Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Indianapolis, United States.
I connected with Dr. Chiara Sabina from the University of Delaware. We have collaborated in manuscripts.
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Mariscal, E. S., Smalley, E., Jost, L., Self, B., & Killingsworth, A. (2018). Effective local adaptations for the local implementation of EBPs. Children’s Bureau, Washington, DC United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2018). Latina social workers. University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2018). Violence against women and children in LatinAmerica: Pathways to Resilience. Latin American Graduate Organization, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Parker, A., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Mariscal, E. S. (2018). Community Health Workers Addressing Reproductive Health Disparities in Immigrant Latino Communities. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.
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Liming, K., & Mariscal, E. S. (2018). Substance Use Disorder Treatment Prevalence and Patterns among Parents of Young Children in Foster Care. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.
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Mariscal, E. S., Stephenson, L., & McArthur, V. (2017). Turnover in child welfare. Children’s Bureau, Washington, DC United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2017). Resilience among Latino families: Community and Connection. Resilient KC- , Kansas City, KS United States.
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Moon, J., & Mariscal, E. S. (2017). The Effects of Afterschool Interventions on the Socio-Emotional Development of Racial and Ethnic Minority Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2016). Services provided by the Kansas Serves Substance Affected Families. Department for Children and Families, Topeka, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S., Byers, K., Yan, Y., & Liming, K. (2016). Ready, set, go! Planning strategies to adopt and install a parenting program for substance-affected families. Child Welfare League of America 2016 National Conference, Annaheim, CA United States.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Byers, K. (2016). Early Childhood Intervention: Implementation Strategies and Challenges. Children’s Bureau, Washington, DC United States.
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Byers, K., Yan, Y., Mariscal, E. S., & McDonald, T. (2016). Barriers to Reunification and Overrepresentation of Young Children Affected By Parental Substance Abuse: Selecting a Data-Informed Child Welfare Target Population. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2015). The Kansas Independence Website. Children’s Bureau Region VII, Topeka, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2015). Latinos in Higher Education: Barriers and Facilitators,. University of Kansas, Hispanic American Leadership Organization, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2015). Supports and challenges to the successful adoption of youth with trauma-related and behavioral health needs. Resilient KC- , Kansas City, MO United States.
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Mariscal, E. S., Akin, B., & Lieberman, A. (2015). A multi-informant view on the supports and challenges for adoptive families of children with mental health and trauma-related needs. Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2014). University of Kansas, Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center:, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Akin, B., Mariscal, E. S., Bass, L., & Burgess McArthur, V. (2014). A Multidimensional Approach to the Implementation of an Evidence-based Intervention to Reduce Long-term Foster Care: Practitioner, Administrator, and Researcher Perceptions of Key Facilitators and Challenges. Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College New York City, New York, NY United States.
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Akin, B., Mariscal, E. S., Bass, L., & Burgess McArthur, V. (2014). Implementing an Evidence-Based Intervention to Reduce Long-Term Foster Care: Practitioner Perceptions of Key Challenges and Supports. Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX United States.
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Johnson-Motoyama, M., Moses, M., Koloroutis, T., & Mariscal, E. S. (2014). Parent perspectives on the prevention of unintended pregnancy and STDs among Latino adolescents. Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2014). Personal and Environmental Protective Factors Contributing to the Resilience of Latino Adolescents Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II). Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX United States.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Pulla, V. (2012). Introduction to the Strengths Perspective in social work: theoretical and practical considerations. Brisbane Strengths Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2012). Resilience and strengths among children exposed to IPV. Brisbane Strengths Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2012). The Kansas Independence Website: KIW interactive map: Available mental health resources, resource pages, transition guide. Transition for youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance Task Force, Topeka, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2012). Fostering resilience among children exposed to intimate partner violence: The role of schools and teachers. Kennedy Elementary School, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2012). Ideas to promote resilience among children exposed to intimate partner violence. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Yan, Y., Mariscal, E. S., Brook, J., & McDonald, T. (2011). Findings from the Kansas Serves Substance Affected Families Project. Children’s Service League, Topeka, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2011). Script, camera, action: Writing my story. Kansas Youth Advisory Council , Topeka, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2011). The Kansas Independence Website. Children’s Bureau Region VII, Topeka, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2011). The Kansas Independence Website: KIW interactive map: Available mental health resources, resource pages, transition guide. Transition for youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance Task Force, Topeka, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Yan, Y. (2011). Substance use among foster youth- Findings from the Communities that Care Survey. Foster Club, Denver, CO United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2010). The Kansas Independence Website. Kansas Youth Advisory Council , Topeka, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2010). The Kansas Independence Website use statistics, feedback, and incentives. Kansas Department for Children and Families, Topeka, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2010). The Kansas Independence Website: KIW interactive map: Available mental health resources, resource pages, transition guide. Transition for youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance Task Force, Topeka, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S., & Evans, M. (2010). Using the Internet to Provide Resources to Foster Youth: The Kansas Independence Website. Foster Club, Chicago, IL United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2009). Fostering Resilience in Children Exposed to Domestic Violence. Council on Social Work Education , San Antonio, TX United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2009). The Kansas Independence Website contents, interactive map. Kansas Department for Children and Families, Topeka, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2009). The Kansas Independence Website use statistics, feedback, and incentives. Kansas Department for Children and Families, Topeka, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2009). Graduate Students Needs and Resources,. University of Kansas, Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center:, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2009). Relating to professors in the U.S. University of Kansas, Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center:, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Fukui, S., Starnino, V., Mariscal, E. S., & Holter, M. (2009). Impact of Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) participation on symptomatology and recovery attitudes. Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2008). Strategies to enhance resilience in children exposed to domestic violence. Women’s Transitional Care Services, Inc, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2008). Positive Youth Development and Welfare through Strengths and Spirituality Resiliency and spirituality in youth. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2008). Cultural strengths in Latino families, Culture-based Strengths of Clients in Practice Conference. The Youngstown State University, Youngstown , OH United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2008). Resilience in Latina teenagers in the school system. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2007). Searching for Harmony in the Bolivian Andes: Aymara shamanism, University of Kansas. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2007). Strategies to enhance resilience in children exposed to domestic violence. Women’s Transitional Care Services, Inc, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2006). Creating an environment of respect and love,. Academy for children. El Centro, Inc., Kansas City, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2006). Resilience and strengths perspective. Women’s Transitional Care Services, Inc, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2006). Strategies to enhance resilience in children exposed to domestic violence. Women’s Transitional Care Services, Inc, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2006). Domestic Violence against Latinas. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2006). Domestic Violence in Bolivia. Kansas Coalition against Sexual and Domestic Violence, Lawrence, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2005). Keeping our children safe. El Centro, Inc. The Keeler Women’s Center, Kansas City, KS United States.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2003). Sexuality and affection. National Episcopal Conference of Education, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2002). Child abuse from a systemic perspective. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, School of Psychology, La Paz, Bolivia.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2002). Child maltreatment in schools. Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2002). Sexual juvenile delinquency. Universidad San Francisco de Asis, La Paz, Bolivia.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2001). Self-esteem and women. Women’s Hospital. Psychological Services, La Paz, Bolivia.
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Mariscal, E. S. (2000). Bolivian psychologists’ needs. The World Council for Psychotherapy, Santiago, Chile.
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Mariscal, E. S. (1999). Child maltreatment: Connections between child sexual abuse and physical abuse. Bolivian Institute of Family Therapy , La Paz, Bolivia.
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Mariscal, E. S. (1999). Child sexual abuse prevention. Family and community Division H.A.M., Children and Adolescent Defense (District 6) , La Paz, Bolivia.
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Mariscal, E. S. (1998). Child sexual abuse prevention. Family and community Division H.A.M., Children and Adolescent Defense (District 6) , La Paz, Bolivia.
Contract Fellowship Grants
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Understanding Latina Experiences with Victimization, Intersectionality, and Discrimination (LAT-VIDA).
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): Chiara Sabina
Consultant: E. Susana Mariscal -
EMPOWER
E. Susana Mariscal -
Strengthening Indiana Families - Year 5
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): E. Susana Mariscal
Co-PD/PI: Bryan Victor -
The Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH)
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): Devon Hensel
Co-PD/PI: Mary Ott
Consultant: E. Susana Mariscal -
Strengthening Indiana Families - Year 4
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): E. Susana Mariscal
Co-PD/PI: Bryan Victor -
OVCFY2019 Reducing Child Fatalities and Recurring Child Injuries Caused by Crime Victimization
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): E. Susana Mariscal -
Supplemental funding for activities to advance Race equity and inclusion in Community Collaborations Grant
E. Susana Mariscal
Bryan Victor -
Strengthening Indiana Families - Year 3
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): E. Susana Mariscal
Co-PD/PI: Bryan Victor -
Online Paraprofessional Training: Focusing on Children, Youth & Transitional-Aged Youth with Behavioral Health Needs in Indiana (OPT-IN)
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): Jessica Lee
Co-PD/PI: Edward Fitz Gerald
Supporting Personnel: Joan Carlson
Supporting Personnel: Erika Galyean
Supporting Personnel: John Keesler
Supporting Personnel: David Wilkerson
Supporting Personnel: Samantha Wolfe-Taylor
Supporting Personnel: Christian Deck
Consultant: Betty Walton
Consultant: E. Susana Mariscal
Consultant: Silvia Bigatti
Consultant: Patricia Howes -
OVCFY2019 Reducing Child Fatalities and Recurring Child Injuries Caused by Crime Victimization
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): Erika Mariscal del Villar
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): E. Susana Mariscal -
Marion County Family Recovery Court Enhanced Services Evaluation
E. Susana Mariscal -
Strengthening Indiana Families - Year 2
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): E. Susana Mariscal
Co-PD/PI: Bryan Victor -
Marion County Family Recovery Court Evaluation
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): E. Susana Mariscal -
Strengthening Indiana Families
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): Erika Mariscal del Villar
Co-PD/PI: Bryan Victor
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): E. Susana Mariscal -
EMPOWER
E. Susana Mariscal -
Kansas Serves Native American Families
E. Susana Mariscal -
Families Talking Together
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): Michelle Johnson-Motoyama
Consultant: E. Susana Mariscal -
Kansas Serves Substance Affected Families
E. Susana Mariscal -
Youth Creating a Shared Vision of Bolivia’s Future
E. Susana Mariscal -
Learning about tenderness
E. Susana Mariscal
Clinical Services
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Trainer of facilitators of A Window Between Worlds
2021 - Domestic violence agencies and Family Resource Centers -
Social Work Supervisor
2019 - IUPUI Student Outreach Clinic
Institutional Services
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Committee Member
2020 - Achievement and Engagement Council -
Committee Member
2020 - IUPUI Faculty Council - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee - Subcommittee on P&T DEI -
Committee Member
2019 - BSW Curriculum Committee -
Committee Member
2018 - Diversity Committee -
Committee Member
2018 - Faculty Senate -
Committee Member
2018 - Latino Faculty and Staff Council -
Committee Member
2018 - IUSSW- Children, Youth, and Families Focus Area -
Student Advisor/Mentor
2018 - IUSSW - international and Latinx students -
Committee Member
2018 - Global Affairs Workgroup -
Other
2018 - Latinx Student Recruitment -
Committee Member
2020 - Faculty Senate - Grading Equity subcommittee -
Committee Member
2018 - MSW Curriculum Committee -
Committee Member
2021 - Search committee: IUSSW Grants Manager -
Committee Chair
2019 - Latino Faculty Staff CouncilProvide oversight and coordination for the LFSC activities, in collaboration with the rest of the board. We are developing a mission and a vision statement. We have developed a new structure for the council, tapping into our members' strengths. -
Committee Member
2019 - Enhance teaching and learning - Strategic Planning Subcommittee -
Committee Member
2019 - Raising visibility - Strategic Planning Subcommittee -
Committee Member
2019 - Director of Faculty Development & Diversity Education - Search CommitteeAs co-chair of the Latino Faculty Staff Council and as a member of the IUPUI faculty senate diversity, equity, and inclusion committee, I was invited to participate in the presentations/selection of the Candidates for Director of Faculty Development & Diversity Education. This role is critical to increase the recruitment, selection, and hiring of a more inclusive, equitable, and diverse workforce at IUPUI. -
Committee Member
2019 - WET: A DACAmented journey - Subcommittee -
Committee Member
2019 - Director of Multicultural Academic Relations - Search CommitteeAs co-chair of the Latino Faculty Staff Council, I was invited to participate in the presentations/selection of the Director of Multicultural Academic Relations. This role is critical since it was created to support the leadership, members, and future members of the faculty/staff affinity councils and interest group at IUPUI. -
Other
2019 - BSW AdmissionsReview and recommend a decision regarding BSW student admissions. -
Other
2019 - Opioid Data to Action: Consultation on survey for evaluation -
Organizer/Coordinator
2020 - Facilitators and barriers to IUSSW students' academic success, sense of belonging, and wellbeingDr. Katie McCarthy and I led a group of IUSSW faculty and staff to conduct surveys and focus groups with students across IUSSW programs and campuses to explore factors that facilitators and barriers to their academic success, sense of belonging, and wellbeing.
Our team also includes Devina Jani, Aisha Smiley, Michin Hong, and Joan Carlson. We also received support from Yvonne Fitzgerald, Carol Hostetter, Susan Glassburn, Serretta Gordon, Curtis Williamson, and potentially Carlene Quinn, Jewel Mosley, and Valerie Decker. -
Committee Member
2023 - IUPUI Latina/o Staff and Faculty Task ForceTask force to study and make recommendations for the success of Latinos on our campus -
Committee Chair
2023 - Latine Student Wellbeing Subcommittee -
Other
2023 - IUSSW Field Office -
Other
2023 - IUSSW Global Office
Licensure
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Licenciatura en Psicologia
Universidad Catolica Boliviana, Colegio Boliviano de PsicologosThis license allows me to practice Psychology, including clinical practice, indefinitely across Bolivia.
Media Appearance
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Family resource centers support Indiana families to prevent child maltreatment
2022 - IU impact
Read the Story Family resource centers support Indiana families to prevent child maltreatment -
Disney’s Encanto and intergenerational trauma
2022 - National Public Radio (NPR)- All IN
Read the Story Disney’s Encanto and intergenerational trauma -
Preventing child fatalities is possible and Hoosiers are leading the way
2022 - The Indianapolis Star
Read the Story Preventing child fatalities is possible and Hoosiers are leading the way -
Fun fall event introduces county to Family Resource Center
2021 - The Herald Bulletin
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'Up to us to keep kids safe': Child abuse can be hard to prove, experts say
2021 - WRTV - abc
Read the Story 'Up to us to keep kids safe': Child abuse can be hard to prove, experts say -
New Tipton center aims to keep families connected
2021 - Kokomo Tribune
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New Family Resource Center opens in Muncie
2021 - Star Press
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New Family Resource Center Opens to Support Families in Muncie and Delaware County
2021 - Muncie Journal
Read the Story New Family Resource Center Opens to Support Families in Muncie and Delaware County -
Preventing child maltreatment in Indiana focus of new social work program
2020 - IU News
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Strengthening Indiana Families
2020 - Network (IUSSW
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Program to reunite families disrupted by substance use exceeding expectations
2018 - KU news
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PCORI funds shared decision-making, patient care access studies.
2018 - Patient engagement hit
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KU researchers looking to engage migrant workers on health care needs in new project
2017 - The University Daily Kansan
Read the Story KU researchers looking to engage migrant workers on health care needs in new project -
$2.9m grant to serve state's most vulnerable children affected by substance abuse
2014 - KU News
Read the Story $2.9m grant to serve state's most vulnerable children affected by substance abuse -
Marriage: love and independence
2003 - La razon, national newspaper -
Soul Conversations
2003 - Radio Catolica -
Child maltreatment is at the root of many social problems
2002 - La razon, national newspaper -
Child sexual abuse prevention
2001 - ATB- News
Memberships
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Resilience Portfolio Consortium
2023 to Present -
Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work
2022 to Present -
Life Paths Research Center - Affiliated Research Scientist
2021 to Present -
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
2020 to Present -
Center on Immigration & Child Welfare
2019 to Present -
Latino Social Workers Organization
2018 to Present -
Council on Social Work Education
2017 to Present -
Association of Latino/Latina Social Work Educators
2009 to Present -
Golden Key International Honour Society
2009 to Present -
Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society
2009 to Present -
Society for Social Work and Research
2009 to Present -
Fulbright Alumni Association
2006 to Present -
Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work Students (Mu Psi Chapter)
2005 to Present -
Latin-American Federation of Psychotherapy
2000 to Present -
Bolivian Association of Humanistic-Existential Psychology
1998 to Present -
Bolivian Psychological Association
1998 to Present
Professional Services
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Committee Member
2023 to Present - National Family Support Network Evaluation CommitteeFounded in 2011, the National Family Support Network (NFSN) is a membership-based organization comprised of state Networks of two or more Family Resource Centers, working together within a collective impact framework to ensure coordinated quality support for families. As the United States’ coordinating body for Family Resource Center Networks, the NFSN currently has 41 member networks, comprised of more than 3,000 Family Support and Strengthening organizations, representing the great geographical and demographic diversity of the nation.
https://www.nationalfamilysupportnetwork.org/committees
Congress staffers attending one of our meetings asked about our research and the evidence on the impact FRCs are having. -
Other
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Mentor
2023 to 2023 - Esperanza United Latin@ Leadership Fellowshttps://esperanzaunited.org/en/esperanza-united-is-proud-to-announce-our-2023-latina-leader-fellows/
2023 Latina Leader Fellows provides training, professional development, and networking opportunities for Latina women pursuing careers in research and/or policy advocacy. This program matched ten mentors with ten paid fellows who represent eight states and are completing research and policy projects this summer to kick-start their careers.
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Task Force Member
2022 to 2023 - Indiana Thriving Families Safer Children - Indiana Department of Child Services -
Reviewer, Conference Paper
2022 to 2024 - ResilienceConReview candidates for fellowships and make recommendations
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Committee Member
2022 to Present - Esperanza United Research Advisory CouncilEsperanza United (formerly National Latino Network for Healthy Families) provides technical assistance to domestic violence agencies providing services to Latina/o/x/es
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Other
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Consultant
2021 to 2021 - ACES Indiana Coalition -
Other
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Consultant- technical assistance on child maltreatment prevention (implementation and evaluation)
2021 to Present - Indiana Department of Child Services - Prevention Division -
Committee Member
2021 to Present - Life Paths Research Center-ResilienceCon Organizing Committeehttps://www.lifepathsresearch.org/resiliencecon/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3eufstO2_AIVCClMCh26WgMuEAAYASAAEgJs9_D_BwE
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Reviewer, Journal Article
2021 to Present - Child Maltreatment -
Other
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Technical assistance on Family Resource Centers Implementation
2021 to 2021 - Michigan Children's Trust Fund -
Reviewer, Grant Proposal
2021 to 2021 - U.S. Department of Justice -
Reviewer, Journal Article
2021 to Present - Violence Against Women -
Reviewer, Journal Article
2021 to Present - Psychology of Violence -
Reviewer, Journal Article
2020 to 2021 - Journal of Family Violence -
Committee Member
2020 to 2023 - Center on Immigration and Child Welfare -
Task Force Member
2020 to 2022 - Statewide Framework for Child Maltreatment Prevention Taskforce- Indiana Department of Child Services -
Reviewer, Journal Article
2020 to 2020 - Indiana Department of Child ServicesCoaching data analysts and providing peer-review feedback
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Reviewer, Journal Article
2020 to 2021 - Women's Health (Journal) -
Member
2019 to Present - Esperanza United Policy-Research Roundtable (former National Latino Network for Healthy Families)https://esperanzaunited.org/en/research-and-policy-roundtable/
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Other
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Consultant and Technical Assistance on Family Resource Center Implementation
2019 to Present - Community Prevention Initiatives in Indiana (Rush County Community Foundation, Collaborative Wayne Co., Collaborative Elkhart Co., Systems of Care Jay Co.) -
Reviewer, Journal Article
2018 to Present - Advances in Social Work -
Reviewer, Journal Article
2017 to 2018 - Reflections -
Reviewer, Journal Article
2014 to 2018 - Public Child Welfare -
Reviewer, Journal Article
2014 to 2018 - SAGE Special Issue -
Reviewer, Journal Article
2014 to 2021 - Child and Youth Services Review -
Editor, Book
2013 to 2014 - Advancing Social Work in Mental Health through Strengths Based Practice -
Reviewer, Conference Paper
to 2023 - Evaluation 2023 - American Evaluation Conference
Public Services
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Guest Speaker
2023 to 2023 - Latino Health Organization -
Board Member
2019 to 2021 - Indiana Youth Services Association (IYSA)Board member and Program Committee member. There are several areas of overlap regarding resilience, positive youth development, interpersonal trauma, and adverse childhood experiences.
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Committee Member
2019 to 2020 - Marion County Family Recovery Court -
Other
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Group facilitator
2019 to 2019 - Your life your story: Latino youth summer camp to enhance resilienceI am collaborating with IUPUI faculty, including Silvia Bigatti (School of Public Health) and Monica Medina (School of Education) who invited me to implement a week-long summer camp that is a resilience program for Latinx youth in Indianapolis. They are collaborating with Latinx-serving community agencies and staff. I will facilitate a couple of group sessions. We will publish a manuscript on this program and its evaluation
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Guest Speaker
to 2019 - Prevent Child Abuse Indiana -
Guest Speaker
to 2018 - Indiana Latino Coalition against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Trainings
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Children exposed to domestic violence - resilience program
2005 to 2006 - The Willow, Lawrence, KS, United StatesPracticum experience that focused on the development and evaluation of a resilience program for children exposed to domestic violence.
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Domestic Violence Program - Children's Program
2004 to 2005 - El Centro, Inc., Kansas City, KS, United StatesPracticum to support the Domestic Violence Program by developing a children's program and providing bilingual services to the Latinx community
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Graduate Specialization in Family Therapy and Supervision
1997 to 1999 - Bolivian Institute of Family Therapy “Elizabeth Sotelo de Méndez”, La Paz, Bolivia