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Publications Authored by GrOW Team Members

OthEr Resources

  • Littlewood, K., Cooper, L., Carter, S., Rosenthal, M., Ward, C., Navarro, J., Demarco, S., & Pandey, A. (2022). Children’s Home Network Kinship Navigator Program Kin as Teachers 2.0: Early childhood intervention for kin. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, DOI: 10.1080/15350770.2022.2090479. To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/15350770.2022.2090479 

  • Spadola, C., Groton, D.B., Littlewood, K., Hilditch, C., Burke, B., & Bertisch, S.M. (2022). Sleep health education to promote public health: Attitudes and desired learning goals among social work students. Social Work in Public Health, DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2093304. To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2022.2093304 

  • Rahill, G.L., Joshi, M., Blanc, J., Littlewood, K., Salinas-Miranda, A., & Rice, C. (2022). Self-reported sleep disturbance patterns in urban Haitians: A latent class analysis, International Journal of Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2022.2041266

  • Quinn, R. D., Arnold, A., & Littlewood, K. A. (2022). The Transformative Nature of Community Engagement in the Arts. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Research Anthology on Service Learning and Community Engagement Teaching Practices. (3 Volume) (pp. 1446-1469). Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global. 

  • Rosenthal, M., Littlewood, K., Langosch, D., Cooper, L., Fedus, D. B., Devine, A., Pandey, A. (2022). GrOW National Study of Grandfamilies During COVID-19: Wave I and Wave II Results and Recommendations. GrandFamilies: The Contemporary Journal of Research, Practice and Policy, 7 (1). Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/grandfamilies/vol7/iss1/8

  • Hash, J.B., Alfano, C.A., Owens, J., Littlewood, K., Day, A., Pandey, A., Ordway, .R., Ward, T.M. (2021). Call to action: Prioritizing sleep health among US Children and youth residing in alternative care settings. Sleep Health,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2021.10.002 

  • Littlewood, K., Cooper, L., Yrlick, & A., Pandey, A. (2021). The Children’s Home Network Kinship Navigator Program Improves Family Protective Factors. Children and Youth Services Review, 126, 106046, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106046 

  • Littlewood, K., Cooper, L., Pandey, A. (2020). Safety and placement stability for the Children’s Home Network kinship navigator program. Child Abuse and Neglect, 106, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CHIABU.2020.104506 

  • Lutes, L., Cummings, D.M., Littlewood, K., Le, M.T., Kirian, K., Patil, S., Solar, C., Carraway, M., & Hambidge, B. (2020). Tailored Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention Produces Comparable Reductions in Regimen-Related Distress in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Regardless of Insulin Use: 12-Month Outcomes From the COMRADE Trial. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 44(6), 530-536. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JCJD.2020.05.016 

  • Spadola, C.E., Groton, D., Lopez, R.,  Burke, S.L., Hilditch, C.J., Pandey, A., Littlewood, K., Zhou, E.S., & Bertisch, S.M. (2020). Preliminary Impact of a Sleep Health Educational Module for Social Work Students, SLEEP, 43, (S1), A446. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/SLEEP/ZSAA056.1162 

  • Spadola, C.E., Groton, D., Lopez, R.,  Burke, S.L., Hilditch, C.J., Pandey, A., Littlewood, K., Zhou, E.S., & Bertisch, S.M. (2020). Investigating Social Workers’ Sleep Health Knowledge: Opportunities to Promote Sleep Health Among Underserved Populations, SLEEP, 43, (S1), A445. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/SLEEP/ZSAA056.1160 

  • Pandey, A., Cooper, L., Zrebiec, J., Spadola, C.E., Bennett, R.L., Rosenthal, M.M., & Littlewood, K. (2020). Adequate Sleep is Associated with Improved Diabetes Knowledge and HbA1c. SLEEP, 43(S1), A1044. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/SLEEP/ZSAA056.1040 

  • Pandey, A., Mereddy, S., Combs, D., Shetty, S., Patel, S.I., Mashaq, S., Seixas, A., Littlewood, K., Jean-Luis, G., & Parthasarathy, S. Socioeconomic Inequities in Adherence to Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Population-Level Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/JCM9020442

  • Cummings, D.M., Lutes, L.D., Littlewood, K., Solar, C., Carroway, M., Kirian, K., Patil, S., Adams, A., Ciszewski, S., Edwards, S., Edwards, S., Gatlin, P., & Hambidge, B. (2019). Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition/Psychosocial Research - Randomized Trial of a Tailored Cognitive Behavioral Intervention in Type 2 Diabetes with Comorbid Depressive and/or Regimen-related Distress Symptoms—12-Month Outcomes from COMRADE. Diabetes Care, 42, 1-8. Doi:10.2337/dc18-1841

  • Baugh, E., Ballard, S., Tyndall, L., Littlewood, K. & Nolan, M. (2019). The County Wide Dissemination of Triple P Parenting Program: An Implementation Study. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 13(1).

  • Littllewood, K., Patil, S., Cummings, D.M., Lutes,  L., Hambidge, B., Carraway, M., Patil, S., Adams, A. Solar, C., Littlewood, K., Edwards, S., & Gatlin, P. (2018). Cognitive behavioral intervention produces comparable reductions in regimen-related distress in Insulin users and nonusers- Twelve month results from COMRADE. Diabetes, 67(S1), 804-P. DOI: 10.2337/db18-804-P 

  • Lutes, L., Cummings, D.M., Littlewood, K., Hambidge, B., Carraway, M., Patil, S., Adams, A. Solar, C., Edwards, S., & Gatlin, P. (2018). COMRADE: A randomized trial of an individually tailored integrated care intervention for uncontrolled type 2 diabetes with depression and/or distress in rural southeastern US. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 70, 8-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2018.04.007

  • Lutes, L., Cummings, D.M., Hambidge, B., Carraway, M., Patil, S., Adams, A. Solar, C., Littlewood, K., Edwards, S., & Gatlin, P. (2018). Randomized Control Trial of tailored cognitive behavioral intervention reduces regiment-related distresss-relationship to change in medication adherence and glycemic control at 12 month follow up. Diabetes, 67(S1), 886-P. DOI: 10.2337/db18-886-P

  • Pandey, A., Littlewood, K., Cooper, L., McCrae, J., Rosenthal, M., Day, A.G., & Hernandez. (2018). Connecting older grandmothers raising grandchildren with community resources improves family resiliency, social support and caregiver self-efficacy. Journal of Women & Aging, DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2018.1444940.

  • Cummings, D.M., Lutes, L., Hambidge, B., Carraway, M., Patil, S., Adams, A. Solar, C., Littlewood, K., Edwards, S., & Gatlin, P. (2018). Randomize trial of tailored cognitive behavioral intervention in Type 2 Diabetes with comorbid depressive and/or distress symptoms- Twelve month outcomes from COMRADE. Diabetes, 67(S1), 867-P. DOI: 10.2337/db18-867-P 

  • Crowe, A., Mullen, P.R., & Littlewood, K. (2018). Self-stigma, mental health literacy, and health outcomes in integrated care. Journal of Counseling and Development, 96(3), 267-277. DOI: 10.1002/jcad.12201

  • Pandey, A., Littlewood, K., Cooper, L., Rosenthal, M., Hernandez, L., & Day, A. (2018). Mixed methods study to explore attitudes and beliefs about sleep for clinicians, administrators and policy makers in child welfare. Sleep, 41(S1), A392. DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.1053

  • Pandey, A., Littlewood, K., Cooper, L., Rosenthal, M., Hernandez, L., & Day, A. (2018). Pragmatic approaches for integrating healthy sleep hygiene to promote chronic disease management. Sleep, 41(S1), A391. DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.1051

  • Lutes, L.D., Cummings, D.M., Littlewood, K., Dinatale, E. and Hambidge, B. (2017), A community health worker–delivered intervention in African American women with Type 2 Diabetes: A 12-month randomized trial. Obesity, 25, 1329-1335. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.21883

  • Cummings, D., Lutes, L. Littlewood, K., Solar, C., Hambidge, B., & Gatlin, P. (2017). Impact of distress reduction on behavioral correlates and A1C in African American women with uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes: Results from EMPOWER. Ethnicity & Disease, 27(2), 155-165. 

  • Ballard, B., Baugh, E., Tyndall, L., Nolan, M., & Littlewood, K. (2016). Framework for best practices in family life education: A case example. Family Relations, 65, 393–406, DOI:10.1111/fare.12200 

  • Baugh, E., Ballard, B., Tyndall, L., Littlewood, K., & Nolan, M. (2015). Balancing work and family: A pilot evaluation of an evidence-based parenting education program. Families In Society (96), 3, 165-172.

  • Kondrat, D., Swanke, J.R., Littlewood, K., & Strozier, A.S. (2015). Measuring Social Support among Kinship Caregivers: Confirming the Factor Structure of the Family Support Scale. Child Welfare 93(3), 93-110.

  • Littlewood, K., Cummings, D.M., Lutes, L., Solar, C. (2015). Psychometric Properties of the Family Support Scale Adapted for African American Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (FSS-A T2DM). Ethnicity & Disease, 25, 193-199.

  • Littlewood, K. (2015). Kinship Services Network Program: Five year evaluation of family support and case management for informal kinship families, Children and Youth Services Review, 52, 184-191. Retrieved at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.10.008  

  • Littlewood, K. A. (2014). Grandfamilies Outcome Workgroup’s (GrOW) review of grandfamilies support groups: An examination of concepts, goals, outcomes and measures. GrandFamilies: The Contemporary Journal of Research, Practice and Policy, 1(1), 32-55. 

  • Cummings, D.M., Lutes, L., Littlewood, K., DiNatale, E., Hambidge, B., Schulman, K., & Morisky, D.E. (2014). Regimen Related Distress, Medication Adherence, and Glycemic Control in Rural African American Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 48(8), 970-977. 

  • Littlewood, K., Strozier, A., & Whittington, D. (2014). Kin as Teachers: An Early Intervention for kinship families, Children and Youth Services Review, 38, 1-9.

  • Cummings, D., Lutes, L., Littlewood, K., Dinatale, E., Hambidge, B., & Schulman, K. (2013). EMPOWER: A randomized trial using community health workers to deliver a small-changes lifestyle intervention program in African American women with Type 2 diabetes: Design, rationale, and baseline characteristics. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 36, 147-153. 

  • Littlewood, K., Swanke, J., Strozier, A., & Kondrat, D. (2013). Measuring social support among kinship caregivers: Validity and reliability of the Family Support Scale. Child Welfare, 91(6), 23-40.

  • Alexander-Bratcher, K., & Littlewood, K. (2012). Spotlight on the safety net: A community collaboration at the Lucille W. Gorham Intergenerational Community Center. North Carolina Medical Journal, 73(5), 410-415. 

  • Littlewood, K. & Strozier, A. (2009).  Learning about Leaders:  Exploring and measuring leadership qualities in grandparents and other relatives raising children.  The Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 8, 1-24. 

  • Littlewood, K., & Strozier, A. (2009). Florida Kinship Center. The Journal of Intergenerational Relationships: Special Issue on Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children, 7(2/3), 306-310.

  • Strozier, A., & Krisman, K. (2007). Capturing caregiver data: An examination of kinship care custodial arrangements. Children and Youth Services Review, 29(2), 226-246.

  • Strozier, A., McGrew, L., Krisman, K., & Smith, A. (2005). Kinship Care Connection: The analysis of a school-based intervention for kinship caregivers, the children in their care, and the schools.  Children and Youth Services Review, 27, 1011-1029.

  • Smith, A., Krisman, K., Strozier, A., Marley, M. (2004). Breaking through the bars: Exploring the experiences of addicted incarcerated parents whose children are cared for by relatives. Families in Society, 85, 187-196.

    BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Quinn, R., Arnold, A., Littlewood, K. (2020). The Transformative Nature of Community Engagement in the Arts in A Zimmerman (Ed.), Preparing Students for Community-Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education https://www.igi-global.com/book/preparing-students-community-engaged-scholarship/235710

  • Cooper, L., & Littlewood, K. (2015). Child Welfare/Temporary Assistance to Needy Families: Florida. Kinship Interedisciplinary Navigation Technologicaly Advanced Model (KIN-Tech) in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties in Florida. In Gerald Wallace, Liliana Hernandez, L., & Julie Trinnen (Eds.) Kinship Navigators: Profiles of Family Connections Projects from 2012-2015. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America Press.

  • Gleeson, J. P., Strozier, A., & Littlewood, K. (2011). Coparenting in multigenerational family systems: Clinical and policy implications. In James P. McHale & Kristin M. Lindahl (Eds.) Coparenting: A conceptual and clinical examination of family systems. (pp. 269-288). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Presentations by GrOW Team Members

  • Workshop with Crowd Sourcing on the Opioid Epidemic and Immigration for Kincare Families, presented by Larry Cooper and Deborah Langosch, Brookdale RAPP Conference, NJ, October 26, 2018.

  • Ambiguous Loss and Self-Care with Crowd Sourcing Exercise, presented by Deborah Langosch, CCCCNY Plattsburgh, NY, January 17, 2020.

  • National Grandfamilies and COVID 19 Survey Results, New York State data, presented by Kerry Littlewood, Deborah Langosch, and Larry Cooper, NYC Kincare Task Force, August 12, 2020.