Stephanie Begun

University of Toronto

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Kimberly Bender

University of Denver

Anamika Barman‐Adhikari

University of Denver

Katie Massey Combs

Colorado School of Public Health

Kristin M. Ferguson

Arizona State University

Kimberly McKay

Temple University

Sarah Munro

University of Washington

Shanna K. Kattari

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Ashley Vandermorris

Hospital for Sick Children

Krysta Cooke

University of Toronto

Eric Rice

University of Southern California

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University of Denver

University of British Columbia

Arizona State University

University of Southern California

Community Based Research Centre

Dalhousie University

Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

Women's Health Research Institute

B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre

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'It is Medicine': Narratives of Healing from the Aotearoa Digital Storytelling as Indigenous Media Project (ADSIMP)

Psychology and Developing Societies (2014)

Rafael Beltrán Llavador Stephanie Begun

Recently, narrative has emerged as an important concept in interrupting the transmission of intergenerational trauma in Indigenous communities. For many Indigenous peoples, narrative in the form of storytelling is a fundamental traditional cultural practice. This article presents findings from a community-based digital storytelling (DS) workshop that focused on eliciting stories of resiliency amidst historical trauma (HT) in the Māori community. The principal investigator worked with Māori community members to create digital stories focused on cultural strengths. Post-workshop in-depth interviews were then conducted to explore participant experiences in the workshop. Analyses of narratives reveal the importance of language to name and define HT, describe the transformative nature of the DS workshop and reaffirm the great promise that DS demonstrates as a healing tool in the disruption of HT in future work with Indigenous communities.

Aotearoa

Digital Storytelling

Transformative Learning

10.1177/0971333614549137

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Examining sources of Social Support and Depression Prevention Among Pregnant Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Outcomes of a Seven-City Study

Journal of Prevention (2022)

Shannon M. Canfield Hsun-Ta Hsu Stephanie Begun Anamika Barman‐Adhikari Jama Shelton

Depression

History of depression

10.1007/s10935-022-00673-4

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94. Exploring Inequities in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Youth-Led Study in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (2023)

Ashley Vandermorris Stephanie Begun Hilary K. Brown Britt McKinnon Alène Toulany

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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

10.1016/j.jpag.2023.01.237

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Enhancing Risk Detection Among Homeless Youth: A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Promising Pilot Intervention

Journal of Interpersonal Violence (2016)

Kimberly Bender Anne P. DePrince Stephanie Begun Jessica Hathaway Badiah Haffejee

Homeless youth frequently experience victimization, and youth with histories of trauma often fail to detect danger risks, making them vulnerable to subsequent victimization. The current study describes a pilot test of a skills-based intervention designed to improve risk detection among homeless youth through focusing attention to internal, interpersonal, and environmental cues. Youth aged 18 to 21 years ( N = 74) were recruited from a shelter and randomly assigned to receive usual case management services or usual services plus a 3-day manualized risk detection intervention. Pretest and posttest interviews assessed youths' risk detection abilities through vignettes describing risky situations and asking youth to identify risk cues present. Separate 2 (intervention vs. control) × 2 (pretest vs. posttest) mixed ANOVAs found significant interaction effects, as intervention youth significantly improved in overall risk detection compared with control youth. Post hoc subgroup analyses found the intervention had a greater effect for youth without previous experiences of indirect victimization than those with previous indirect victimization experiences.

Brief intervention

10.1177/0886260516633208

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PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL WORK VOLUME 10 (SPRING 2014)

Tamika C. Baldwin Janet N. Vaughn Candace M. Cotton Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi Stephanie Begun

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Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (2019)

O-Obs-Mfm-Md- Nimrah O-Obs Gyn- Kamala O. P. Aggarwal Md- Allaire O. N. Allen

10.1016/s1701-2163(19)30342-1

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“Getting pregnant might make me seem more normal to them”: Attitudes, experiences, and gendered nuances regarding pregnancy and parenting among youths experiencing homelessness

Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services (2019)

Stephanie Begun Michaela Torrie Katie Massey Combs Cressida Frey

Homelessness among youths exacerbates an array of challenging life experiences, notable examples of which are pregnancy and parenting. Research is lacking on young men's attitudes and experiences, and also the influences which homeless youths' gender identities and sexualities may have on their pregnancy and parenting outcomes and trajectories. This study qualitatively explores gender differentials, including youths' gender identities and sexual orientations, with regard to their attitudes and experiences of pregnancy and parenting while homeless. Qualitative data were obtained from interviews with a diverse sample of 30 female, male, and transgender homeless youths, ages 18 to 21. Findings revealed that topics of pregnancy and parenting represent a wide range of complexities, different standards, and threats for homeless youths. Although pregnancy is often viewed positively within this community, it is received and experienced differently for each gender and sexuality. Results demonstrate that youths' unimpeded access to and knowledge of all available reproductive and sexual health care services is essential. These services must be designed and delivered for youths of all gender identities and sexual orientations. Interventions and resources on parenting and co-parenting, particularly models that more inclusively engage a greater diversity of young parents' involvement, are also urgently needed.

10.1080/10538720.2019.1633453

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PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL WORK VOLUME 11 (FALL 2015)

Deirdre Lanesskog Megan S. Paceley Sung‐wan Kang Emily Lux Kristen A. Prock

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Beta Testing in Social Work

Research on Social Work Practice (2016)

Dorian E. Traube Stephanie Begun Robin Petering Marilyn L. Flynn

The field of social work does not currently have a widely adopted method for expediting innovations into micro- or macropractice. Although it is common in fields such as engineering and business to have formal processes for accelerating scientific advances into consumer markets, few comparable mechanisms exist in the social sciences or social services. Given that beta testing is successfully used to scale innovation in business and engineering, why is there no method for beta testing in social work? Could this be the reason that innovations in social work practice remain decades behind scientific research findings? This article explores reasons for the scarcity of options for scaling innovation in the field of social work and proposes a method for shortening development cycles for social work innovations to ensure that advances reach consumers—and ultimately improve their lives—more quickly.

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10.1177/1049731516659142

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Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Homeless Young Adults: The Importance of Victimization Experiences in Childhood and Once Homeless

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (2017)

Yeonwoo Kim Kimberly Bender Kristin M. Ferguson Stephanie Begun Diana M. DiNitto

Homelessness itself is traumatic, and more than half of homeless young adults have also experienced abuse as children and/or victimization while homeless. These experiences increase the likelihood of developing trauma-related symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Few studies have, however, examined correlates of trauma and PTSD to identify targets for prevention and intervention. We used multinomial logistic regression to assess whether child abuse, victimization once homeless, features of homelessness (duration and transience), and personal resilience (self-efficacy and social connectedness) were associated with trauma and PTSD among 600 homeless young adults. Compared with those who had not experienced trauma, those who had were more likely to have been physically and/or sexually abused in childhood and physically victimized once homeless. Compared with those who had not experienced trauma, those who had experienced trauma and met criteria for PTSD were more likely to have been physically and/or sexually abused in childhood and physically and/or sexually victimized once homeless, and to have lower self-efficacy and social connectedness. Attention should be paid to these correlates of trauma and PTSD in developing and refining trauma-informed prevention and intervention approaches.

Social Connectedness

10.1177/1063426617710239

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