Child and Family Health
Chair: Yelena Wu, PhD
Co-Chair: Danae Dinkel, PhD
Outgoing Chair: Helena Laroche, MD
Description/Mission Statement
The Child and Family Health Special Interest Group (SIG) is
- An interdisciplinary forum for SBM members concerned with the well-being of children, adolescents, young adults, and families.
- SIG interests:
- bridging biological, cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social functioning of children and adolescents
- understanding and intervening on the contextual, social, and ecological influences of child health and development
- SIG research and service topics:
- promote maternal and child health
- improve pregnancy and birth outcomes
- prevent childhood illness and injury
- foster family adjustment to chronic illnesses and physical conditions that affect the family unit
- SIG aims:
- advance and disseminate knowledge
- foster professional networks to produce high-quality collaborative research
- enhance the health and well-being of children, adolescents and families
Advisory Board Members
- Laura Caccavale, PhD, LCP
- Angela Caldwell, PhD, OTR/L, CLT
- Carolyn Bates, PhD
- Lisette Jacobson, PhD, MPA, MA
- Danae Dinkel, PhD
- Calissa Leslie-Miller, MS
- David Fedele, PhD, ABPP
- Madison Weinstock, PhD
- Alyssa Button, PhD
- Keith Brazendale, PhD
- Jennifer Mandelbaum, PhD, MPH
- Melanie Bean, PhD
- Lindsay Stager, MA
Advisory Board Consultants
- Nataliya Zelikovsky, PhD
- Pam Behrman, PhD
- Biswadeep Dhar, PhD
SIG Subcommittees
1. Webinars
The CHF SIG Webinar sub-committee develops and implements 1-2 webinars a year. This involves meeting with the committee to plan the webinars, solicit expert volunteers to contribute to webinars, coordinate with SBM leadership on hosting the webinar and looking for opportunities to network with other SIGs.
Contacts:
David Fedele, Ph.D., ABPP dfedele@phhp.ufl.edu
Carolyn R. Bates, PhD cbates4@kumc.edu
2022-23 Webinars:
Dyadic Analyses in Behavioral Research: An Introduction to Methodology and Application
Using Social Media to Advocate for Women, Children, and Families
2. Healthy Living/ Outlook articles
This subcommittee focuses on writing:
- Healthy living articles which are aimed toward the public and proudly displayed on the SBM website. We must write at least one but we often write more.
- Outlook articles: An article for the SBM outlook newsletter aimed at our peers. We write one a year.
Both are short and we usually write in teams so you are never alone. No experience necessary! Great for twitter feeds.
Contacts:
Lindsay Stager MA lmstager@uab.edu
Helena Laroche MD hhlaroche@cmh.edu
CFH SIG Healthy Living articles
- Helping Kids Get the Sleep They Need
- Tips for Parenting Healthy Habits in Kids with Mental Health Challenges
- Parenting Practices to Develop Healthy Habits for Kids
- Grandparents as Champions for Health Promotion
CFH SIG Outlook articles
3. Policy Briefs
This subcommittee develops position statements related to current policy decisions. This includes developing actionable recommendations for policymakers, forming authorship teams to draft policy briefs, seeking endorsements from related organizations, and disseminating published policy statements on social media and to legislative aids.
Contacts:
Elizabeth Adams, PhD; elizabeth-adams@sc.edu
Pam Behrman, PhD; pam.behrman@mountsaintvincent.edu
Lisette Jacobson, PhD; ljacobson@kumc.edu
Keith Brazendale, PhD; keith.brazendale@ucf.edu
4. Social Media
The CFH social media sub-committee focuses on promoting research and educational opportunities for our SIG members.
Contacts:
Danae Dinkel, PhD dmdinkel@unomaha.edu
Follow the CFH SIG on Twitter @SBMChildFamSIG
Recent Award Winners
Student Abstract Award
Danyel Smith
Stretch your SNAP: Stakeholder Perspectives of an Innovative HealthyIncentive Program (SNAP+) in Arlington, VA
Mary Quattlebaum
Systematic Review of Family-Based Interventions IntegratingResilience Components to Improve Black Youth Health Outcomes
Member Abstract Award
Stephen J. Lepore, PhD
Reducing child tobacco smoke exposure by increasing smoking urge coping skills and protective behaviors in mothers who smoke
Early Career Diversity Award
Amy Egbert, PhD
Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut
Her research aims to identify how individual- andenvironmental-level factors interact to contribute toobesity and dysregulated eating in youth.
Child and Family Health Lifetime Achievement Award
Dawn Wilson PhD
Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Group at the University of South Carolina
President of SBM in 2014
Her research focuses on developing theory-based interventions for health promotion and disease prevention in low-income, ethnic minority adolescents and their families.
SIG Chair History
2005 Melissa Alderfer, PhD
2006 Melissa Alderfer, PhD
2007 Melissa Alderfer, PhD
2008 Melissa Alderfer, PhD
2009 Melissa Alderfer, PhD
2010 Melissa Alderfer, PhD
2011 Kenneth Tercyak, PhD
2012 Kenneth Tercyak, PhD
2013 Kenneth Tercyak, PhD
2014 Bernard Fuemmeler, PhD
2015 Bernard Fuemmeler, PhD
2016 Nataliya Zelikovsky, PhD
2017 Pamela Behrman, PhD
2018 Lisette Jacobson, PhD
2019 Danielle Wiscenka, PhD
2020 Sabrina Ford, PhD
2021 Melanie Bean, PhD
2022 Elizabeth Adams, PhD
2023 Helena Laroche MD
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