Faculty Publications
Submissions from 2023
Self-Harm: Warning Signs, Risk Factors, and Prevention, Alina Baltazar
Best Practices in Sampling, Genevieve Boucaud, Kepha Pondi, and Shannon Trecartin
Trauma-Informed Academic Partnership, Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
Submissions from 2022
The Impact of Sexual Abuse on Children, Alina Baltazar
Relational Health and Wellness: Maintaining a Healthy Balance between your Ministry and your Family, Claudio Consuegra, Pamela Consuegra, Cesar de Leon, and Alina Baltazar
Shifting our Lens: Practical Trauma-informed Approaches for Educators, Charity Garcia, Ingrid Weiss Slikkers, and Tara Bailey
We Talkin' Spaces: Ep.5 w/ Dr. Ingrid Slikkers, Ricco Ruiz and Ingrid Slikkers
Depression and Suicidality: Risk and Protective Factors Found in LGBTQ+ Millennials Raised Seventh-day Adventist, Shannon M. Trecartin, Curtis J. VanderWaal, David Sedlacek, and René Drumm
Submissions from 2021
Family Resilience: Being Refined by the Fire, Alina M. Baltazar
Living up to Adventist standards: The role religiosity plays in wellness behaviors of Adventist college students, Alina M. Baltazar
Building Resilience in Children and Youth, Alina M. Baltazar and Gary Hopkins
At-Risk Behaviors on the Rise During this Pandemic, Alina M. Baltazar, Duane C. McBride, Gary L. Hopkins, and Peter N. Landless
Restoration for a Traumatized World, Katelyn Campbell Weakley and Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
Health Beliefs, Behavior, Spiritual Growth, and Salvation in a Global Population of Seventh‑day Adventists, Duane C. McBride, Karl G. D. Bailey, Peter Landless, Alina M. Baltazar, David J. B. Trim, and Galina Stele
Hope Through Resiliency, Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
Overcoming Trauma, Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Ingrid Weiss Slikkers and Erick Pena
Recognizing and Preventing Elder Abuse, Shannon M. Trecartin and Allison Sauceda
Being Needed, Cared for, and Present: Belonging and Disability in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in North America, Shannon M. Trecartin, Mikelle Wile, Terrance P. Trecartin, and Petr Činčala
Submissions from 2020
How to Improve the Mental Health of your Children, Alina M. Baltazar
Strategies for ourselves and our students, Alina M. Baltazar, Charity Hannah Garcia, and Ingrid Slikkers
Transitioning Role of Parents in Binge Drinking in the Context of Alcohol Abstinent Religiosity Among Christian College Students, Alina M. Baltazar, Duane C. McBride, Barbara Ames, and Richard J. Griffore
North American Division: Report Global Church Member Survey 2017-2018, Petr A. Činčala
Trans-European Division Report: Global Church Member Survey 2017-2018, Petr A. Činčala, Shannon M. Trecartin, and Audrey Andersson
Southern Asia Division Report: Global Church Member Survey 2017-2018, Petr A. Činčala, Shannon M. Trecartin, and Vara Deepati
Northern-Asian Pacific Division Report: Global Church Member Survey 2017-2018, Petr A. Činčala, Shannon M. Trecartin, Gustavo Emanoel, and Christie Chui-Shan Chow
Euro-Asian Division Report: Global Church Member Survey 2017-2018, Petr A. Činčala, Pavel Zubkov, Dmitry Fokin, and Shannon M. Trecartin
“Life Is Getting Better”: Understanding Stabilizing Factors in Conservative Christian Families Post-Coming Out, René D. Drumm, David Sedlacek, Curtis J. VanderWaal Dr., Shannon M. Trecartin, and Nancy Carbonell
Prophetic Adventism and Healthcare Justice, Ingrid Slikkers, David R. Williams, Nia Johnson, Debbie Ann-Marie M8chel, and Nicholas P. Miller
Submissions from 2019
Parenting adolescents in today’s world, Alina M. Baltazar
Use of Alcohol: Not Safe at Any Level, Alina M. Baltazar
First Mission Outpost: The Family, Alina M. Baltazar and Silvia Bacchiocchi
Research Advocacy: Afro-Caribbean Immigrant Women Living with HIV, Krista Cooper
When You Get that Student: Trauma-informed Restorative Responses, Charity Hannah Garcia, Katelyn Campbell, Ingrid Slikkers, and Margaret D. Howell
Submissions from 2018
2017-2018 Global Church Member Survey Concerning the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Reach the World 2015-2020 Strategic Plan Meta-Analysis: Final Report, Karl G. D. Bailey, Duane C. McBride, Shannon M. Trecartin, Alina M. Baltazar, Petr Činčala, and Rene Drumm
Religiosity's Relationship with Binge Drinking and Weekly Alcohol Use among Students Attending an Alcohol-abstinent Christian University, Alina M. Baltazar
Uplifting the Non-Custodial Parent, Alina M. Baltazar
Systematic Review of the Physical Home Environment and the Relationship to Psychological Well-being Among Community-dwelling Older Adults, Shannon Trecartin and Sherry Cummings
Seventh-day Adventist Opinions on Same-sex Attraction and Same-sex Unions, Curtis VanderWaal, John Gavin, and Wiliam W. Ellis
Marijuana Liberalization Policies: The Importance of Evaluating the Impact of State Laws in the U.S., Curtis VanderWaal, Rosalie Pacula, Jamie Chriqui, Yvonne M. Terry-McElrath, and Frank J. Chaloupka
Submissions from 2017
2016 Healthy Eating and Activity Report: Benton Harbor-St. Joseph YMCA Findings, Curtis VanderWaal
Ages & Stages Evaluation Report: January – June 2017, Curtis VanderWaal
Get READY Evaluation Report, Curtis VanderWaal and Lauren Lauren
2017 Healthy Eating and Activity Report, Curtis VanderWaal and Michael J. VanderWaal
Submissions from 2016
Sex, Drugs and Alcohol: What Adventist College Students Say about the Role of Parents and Religion, Alina M. Baltazar, Duane C. McBride, Curtis J. VanderWaal, and Kathryn Conopio
Mental Health and Ageing: The United States, Sherry M. Cummings and Shannon M. Trecartin
Public Policy and Illicit Drugs, Duane C. McBride, Yvonne M. Terry-McElrath, and Curtis VanderWaal
Ages & stages evaluation report: January - December 2015, Curtis VanderWaal
Get READY Evaluation Report, Curtis VanderWaal
Worksite Wellness Evaluation Report, Curtis VanderWaal
Niles Riverfront Trail Use Evaluation Report, Curtis VanderWaal, Nitasha Isaac, Rebecca Wright, and Lauren Lane
Girls on the Run 2016 evaluation report, Curtis VanderWaal and Laura Lane
Submissions from 2015
Social Work Practice in Community Mental Health Centers, Sherry M. Cummings, Kimberly M. Cassie, and Shannon Trecartin
The Revised 28-Item Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale (R28REMS): Examining the Factorial Structure for Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Asian Young Adults, Shandra Forrest-Bank, Jeffrey M. Jenson, and Shannon Trecartin
Extracurricular Screen Time among Idaho Youth: Prevalence and Association with Psychological Distress, Peter C. Gleason, Gary Hopkins, Megan Eagan, Curtis VanderWaal, Jonathan Duffy, and Duane McBride
Disability and the Church: Removing Barriers to the Kingdom of God, Shannon Trecartin and Terry P. Trescartin
Impact of Parents and Teachers on School Bullying among Elementary and Middle School Girls, Curtis VanderWaal, Gary Hopkins, Lianne Wynne, Alina Baltazar, and Duane McBride
Pastors as Gatekeepers: Congregational Encounters with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues, Curtis VanderWaal, Andrea Opei, and Edwin I. Hernandez
Alcohol and Drug Addiction: Healing the Hurting Church, Curtis VanderWaal, David Sedlacek, and H L. Diaz
Submissions from 2014
Best of What We Know About the Prevention of Addictions Application and Prevention in Your Area of the World, A. Baltazar, Curtis VanderWaal, Duane McBride, and Hopkins
Correlates of Depression and Anxiety Among Older Public Housing Residents, Sheery M. Cummings, Shannon M. Trecartin, and Lyle Cooper
Faith Perspectives on Building Strong Volunteer Programs, John Gavin, Curtis J. VanderWaal Dr., and W. Ellis
Frequent Family Dinners Protect Our Children, Duane C. McBride, Alina M. Baltazar, Gary Hopkins, and Kathryn Conopio
"God Just Brought Me Through It": Spiritual Coping Strategies for Resilience Among Intimate Partner Violence Survivors, Shannon Trecartin, Rene Drumm, Marciana Popescu, Laurie Cooper, Marge Seifert, Tricia Foster, and Carole Kilcher
Role of clergy, churches and communities in collaborative recovery and relapse prevention, Curtis VanderWaal
Sex, substance use, and religious behaviors on a conservative Christian campus, M. VanderWaal, Duane McBride, H. Helm, and Curtis VanderWaal
Bullying behaviors and correlates among elementary and middle school girls in Berrien County, Michigan, E Wynne and Curtis VanderWaal
Submissions from 2013
Protecting youth from health risk behaviors, Alina Baltazar, K. Conopio, J. Moreno, and G. Hopkins
Adventist college student perceptions of health risk behaviors, A. Baltazar, Curtis VanderWaal, and K. Conopio
Right in our own backyard: The role of volunteering on church attendance and retention among Seventh-day Adventist faculty and staff, J. Gavin, W. Ellis, and Curtis VanderWaal
The abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs., Gary Hopkins, Alina Baltazar, and Duane C. McBride
The Use and Effectiveness of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Pain in Sickle Cell Anemia, Suvankar Majumdar, Wendy Thompson, Naveed Ahmad, Catherine Gordon, and Clifton Addison
Family dinners and substance use and sexual activity in a prohibitionist university population, Duane McBride, Gary Hopkins, Alina Baltazar, Curtis VanderWaal, and Kathryn Cinipio
Factors Influencing the Use of Complementary Alternative Methods (CAM) in Patients Attending an Adult Sickle Cell Clinic in Jackson, Mississippi., Wendy E. Thompson Dr and Clifton C. Addison
Smurfing in Small Toxic Meth Labs: Impact of State Methamphetamine Precursor Policies, Curtis VanderWaal
The Relationships between Volunteering and Religious Behaviors among Seventh-day Adventist Faculty & Staff: Preliminary Findings, Curtis VanderWaal, J. Gavin, A. Mayer, and W. Ellis
Yielding to temptation: How should we deal with students who try alcohol or drugs?, Curtis J. VanderWaal Dr., M. D. Howell, Desiree Davis, and A. R. Opel
Balancing Justice and Mercy: Redemptive Ways of Dealing With Adolescent Substance Abuse, Curtis J. VanderWall, Alissa R. Mayer, Krista Cooper, and Laura Racovita-Szilagyi
Submissions from 2012
Parental Influence on Inhalant Use, Alina Baltazar, Gary Hopkins, Duane C. McBride, Curtis J. VanderWaal Dr., Sara Pepper, and Sarah Mackey
Risk and Protective Factors in Students Use of Alcohol and Engaging in Sexual Activity., Alina Baltazar, Gary Hopkins, Curt VanderWaal, and Duane McBride
“My Body is God’s Temple”: Self-Identified Reasons for Not Engaging in Risk Behaviors Among Adventist Young Adults, A. Baltazar, Curtis VanderWaal, Duane McBride, and Gary Hopkins
Checking the Political Pulse of the University: Findings from the 2012 SDA Religion and Social Issues Survey, J Gavin, W Ellis, and Curtis VanderWaal
Parental & Religiosity Influences on Alcohol Use & Sexual Behaviors Among Christian College Students., Duane McBride and Alina Baltazar
Family Dinners and Victimization, Duane McBride, Alina Baltazar, R. Chelbegean, Gary Hopkins, and Jerome Thayer
The gatekeepers: Clergy involvement in referrals and collaboration with mental health and substance abuse professionals, Curtis J. VanderWaal Dr., E. I. Hernandez, and A. R. Sandman
Submissions from 2011
State Methamphetamine Precursor Policies and Changes in Small Toxic Lab Methamphetamine Production, Duane C. McBride, Yvonne Terry-McElrath, Jamie Chriqui, Jean O'Connor, Curtis VanderWaal, and Karen Mattson
The Role of African American Clergy in Reducing Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disparities and Increasing Treatment Linkages for Congregants, Curtis VanderWaal, E. Hernandez, P. Ippel, A. Sandman, and D. Sedlacek
Church Chat: The Role of Pastors in Providing Church Members with Education, Support and Referrals to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Services, Curtis VanderWaal, P. Ippel, B. Guydon, C. Reynolds, and A. Sandman
Submissions from 2010
Internet Pornography Use in the Context of External and Internal Religiosity, Alina Baltazar, Herb Helm, Duane McBride, Gary Hopkins, and John Stevens
Project Get Connected: An African American Church-Community Collaboration to Improve Mental Health Education, Support and Referrals, Ann-Marie Jones and Curtis VanderWaal
Community Collaboration, the Development of State Methamphetamine Precursor Chemical Laws, and Changes in State Small Toxic Lab Production. International Society for the Study of Drug Policy, Duane McBride, Curtis VanderWaal, Y. Terry-McElrath, J. Chriqui, and J. O’Connor
The DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative: Executive Summary, Curtis VanderWaal and R Eardley
Clergy involvement in congregants’ substance abuse problems and treatment referrals, Curtis VanderWaal, Edwin Hernandez, David Sedlacek, and Alix Sandman
The Role of Gatekeeping in Maintaining Program Integrity, Curtis VanderWaal, Ann-Marie Jones, and David Sedlacek
The MSW Portfolio: Integrating Competencies and Practice Behaviors, Jan Wrenn and Curtis VanderWaal
Submissions from 2009
The Relationship Between State Methamphetamine Precursor Laws and Trends in Small Toxic Lab Seizures, Duane McBride, Yvonne Terry-McElrath, Jamie Chriqui, J. O’Connor, and Curtis VanderWaal
Social services in Seventh-day Adventist congregations: Integrating the Unruh and Sider framework, D. Royo, T. Elliott, K. Nelson, and Curtis VanderWaal
Prosecutor Reported Marijuana Case Dispositions and Community Youth Marijuana-Related Attitudes and Behaviors., Yvonne Terry-McElrath, Duane McBride, Jamie Chriqui, Patrick O’Malley, and Curtis VanderWaal
Why can't we all get along? Interdisciplinary research teams in mixed-methods studies, Curtis VanderWaal
Assessment of MSW Learning: Refinements in the Use of Portfolios, Jan Wrenn and Curtis VanderWaal
