Papers by Preston Britner
APA PsycNET Our Apologies! - The following features are not available with your current Browser c... more APA PsycNET Our Apologies! - The following features are not available with your current Browser configuration. - alerts user that their session is about to expire - display, print, save, export, and email selected records - get My ...
The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable, 1998
Under current legal standards, adolescents in the United States are presumed to be incompetent to... more Under current legal standards, adolescents in the United States are presumed to be incompetent to make medical decisions. A traditional conceptualization of children as the property of their parents has resulted in children under the age of majority not being recognized as persons in their own rights. 1 Although several recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have begun to extend constitutional rights to minors in some domains, in most domains, adolescents remain incompetent in the eyes of the Court. Thus, they are unable to enter into most medical treatment contracts. 2 One exception to the presumption of incompetence originated with the Supreme Court's decision in Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v Danforth, which first extended abortion rights to minors in the post-Roe v Wade (1973) era.? However, notwithstanding Danforth's holding that minors possess privacy rights regarding reproduction, Danforth also maintained that not all minors are competent t.
Infant mental health journal, 1996
... Mothers' resolution of their children's diagnosis: Organized patterns of caregiving... more ... Mothers' resolution of their children's diagnosis: Organized patterns of caregiving representations. Robert C. Pianta,; Robert S. Marvin,; Preston A. Britner,; Kathleen C. Borowitz. ... Grant Number: ROIHD26911; National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research. ...
Family Relations, Oct 1, 2002
J. M. Mercier, S. B. Garasky, and M. C. Shelley II (Eds.). (2000). Redefining Family Policy: Impl... more J. M. Mercier, S. B. Garasky, and M. C. Shelley II (Eds.). (2000). Redefining Family Policy: Implications for the 21st Century. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 286 pp. ISBN 0-8138-2590-3, $54.95. As the foreword says, this is a timely book: timely because of the change in the U.S. presidency and party, timely because of pending reauthorizations of family-focused legislation, and timely because key family policy books were written in the early 1990s and before. Thus, a new book on family policy is a valuable addition to the family policy literature as we enter the 21st century. For those who teach family policy courses or continuing education classes, the book will be useful. The introduction contains the case for the book and useful citations as well as an explanation of the book's organization. As the editors note, with changes both in family composition and in policy focused at family well-being, there is a need for current information-the general goal of the book. The opening chapter, "Family Policy at the End of the 20th Century," will be especially helpful to those learning about family policy for the first time and to those for whom this is a capstone review of federal policy in the last quarter of the 20th century. These 17 pages could stand alone as a monograph on federal family policy. The second chapter, "States' Political Cultures and Their Family Policies in the 1990s," reminds the reader that all politics are local, such that context is everything. The author shares a content analysis of legislative summaries from six states based on a typology of political cultures. These summaries demonstrate the differences in family policies enacted by state legislators as influenced by the prevailing political culture. Political culture-- or the values and attitudes held by people about government and other people-varies among a population. These attitudes constrain the kinds of policies supported by people living in different states and areas. The findings of this research will be especially helpful to understanding the challenge of agreeing on federal family policies, given differences among states and the representatives they send to Congress. In an attempt to contrast federal policy in the United States and with policy elsewhere, the editors include a chapter on family policy in Japan. Chapter 3 focuses on the policy process in that country and demonstrates the difference between official policy and informal ways of accomplishing family policy. The remaining chapters range from the use of ethnographic research to inform public policy through policies across the life span to final chapters on welfare reform. …
This chapter discusses the historical and current environmental factors influencing the family of... more This chapter discusses the historical and current environmental factors influencing the family of individuals with an autism spectrum disorder and relevant theories of family stress, coping, and resilience. Another important consideration is how the individual with an ASD views family functioning. Finally, the chapter provides strategies for professionals to incorporate into their work with families
The Journal of Primary Prevention, Nov 1, 2007
The papers in this issue of The Journal of Primary Prevention all present programs designed to pr... more The papers in this issue of The Journal of Primary Prevention all present programs designed to promote health or resilience in populations of defined risk. The populations are varied, as are the outcomes of interest. All of the papers present important lessons for improving the delivery of preventive services. Greenberg and his colleagues examine the early development of community teams in a specific university-community partnership project called PROSPER, which supports local teams in rural areas and small towns to implement evidencebased programs intended to support positive youth development and reduce early substance use. The authors identify barriers to successful long-term implementation of prevention programs and add to a small, but important, longitudinal research knowledge base related to community coalitions. Henry and Huizinga explore associations between truancy and several salient school-related risk and protective factors among a sample of youth who grew up in socially disorganized neighborhoods of Denver, CO. They demonstrate that several school-related risk and protective factors are associated with truancy. Perhaps most importantly, they identify that the two most robust predictors are school performance and involvement with delinquent peers; these two variables also form a synergistic relationship which is described in the paper. The authors use data from a large probability sample drawn from neighborhoods with high crime rates to identify key correlates of truancy. They also draw attention to the dearth of efficacious truancy prevention efforts in the U.S. in spite of the magnitude of the problem. Dillman Carpentier and her coauthors describe a culturally sensitive approach to engage Mexican origin families in a school-based, family-focused preventive intervention trial. They evaluated the approach by assessing enrollment and participation, as well as examining predictors of engagement at each stage. Incorporating traditional
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Children and Youth Services Review, 2010
Housing problems present barriers to family unity and reunification among families in the child w... more Housing problems present barriers to family unity and reunification among families in the child welfare system, yet few programs address both child welfare and housing needs. To date, the field lacks data for understanding families with dual vulnerabilities in these arenas and the programs that support them. This study aimed to address that gap by reporting the characteristics and outcomes of 1720 families referred to a Supportive Housing for Families (SHF) program over a 10-year period. This report describes client characteristics, progress, and outcomes at discharge. Positive shifts in employment and housing were evident across the entire sample. Clients who completed the program successfully had longer stays, were more likely to have a history of permanent housing and employment, and had higher initial and exit scores on a measure of environment of care. Higher client-staff involvement and service utilization were associated significantly with positive discharge, but not with procurement of permanent housing. This report provides initial endorsement for the SHF model and makes suggestions for program practice, future research, and policy. More research is critical if we are to understand the optimal mechanisms of support and change that lead to child safety and family self-sufficiency.
American Journal of Community Psychology, Aug 9, 2017
Highlights • Mixed methods, population survey of housing instability and homelessness. • Three-qu... more Highlights • Mixed methods, population survey of housing instability and homelessness. • Three-question screening tool intended to identify housing instability and homelessness. • Housing problems and homelessness were associated with outcome of child welfare investigations.
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