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Sarah Cusworth Walker, PhD

Research Associate Professor, University of Washington
Verified email at uw.edu
Cited by 1362

Impact of school-based health center use on academic outcomes

SC Walker, SEU Kerns, AR Lyon, EJ Bruns… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to examine the effects of School-Based
Health Center (SBHC) use on academic outcomes for high school students, using a well-…

Adolescent use of school-based health centers and high school dropout

SEU Kerns, MD Pullmann, SC Walker… - … of Pediatrics & …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To determine the association between use of school-based health centers (SBHCs)
and school dropout. Design Quasi-experimental longitudinal analysis of a retrospective …

A research framework for understanding the practical impact of family involvement in the juvenile justice system: The juvenile justice family involvement model

SC Walker, AS Bishop, MD Pullmann… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Family involvement is recognized as a critical element of service planning for children’s mental
health, welfare and education. For the juvenile justice system, however, parents’ roles in …

The impact of pretrial juvenile detention on 12-month recidivism: A matched comparison study

SC Walker, JR Herting - Crime & Delinquency, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Pretrial detention, the use of detention to ensure youth attend court hearings, makes up 75%
of all juvenile detention admissions. Research investigating the impact of detainment on …

Principles in practice: A multistate study of gender-responsive reforms in the juvenile justice system

SC Walker, A Muno… - Crime & …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
There is currently widespread interest in gender-responsive programming within the juvenile
justice system. The research literature currently provides critical information about the …

Family integrated transitions: A promising program for juvenile offenders with co-occurring disorders

EJ Trupin, SEU Kerns, SC Walker… - Journal of Child & …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This study evaluates the impact of the Family Integrated Transitions (FIT) program on juvenile
recidivism. FIT is a family-based intervention for youths with co-occurring substance use …

[PDF][PDF] Alice in actuarial-land: Through the looking glass of changing Static-99 norms

…, A Frances, S Cusworth-Walker - Journal of the …, 2010 - academia.edu
The Static-99, an actuarial rating method, is employed to conduct sexual violence risk
assessment in legal contexts. The proponents of the Static-99 dismiss clinical judgment as not …

American Indian perspectives on evidence-based practice implementation: Results from a statewide tribal mental health gathering

SC Walker, R Whitener, EW Trupin… - Administration and Policy …, 2015 - Springer
Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) within American Indian and Alaskan
Natives communities is currently an area of debate and contention. There is considerable …

The consistencies and vagaries of the Washington state inventory of evidence-based practice: the definition of “evidence-based” in a policy context

SC Walker, AR Lyon, S Aos, EW Trupin - … and Policy in Mental Health and …, 2017 - Springer
As states increasingly establish the importance of evidence-based practice through policy and
funding mandates, the definition of evidence-based practice can have a significant impact …

The heterogeneity of treatment needs for justice-involved girls: A typology using latent class analysis

SC Walker, AS Bishop, PS Nurius… - Criminal Justice and …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Current efforts to identify the treatment needs of juveniles typically examine girls as a
homogeneous group and recommendations for gender-responsive services tend to generalize …