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BRIDGET FREISTHLER
College of Social Work
The Ohio State University
1947 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-2856
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley,
Berkeley, California, 2003.
Dissertation: Understanding the Spatial Relationship between
Child Maltreatment
and Alcohol Outlet Density. Chair: Lorraine Midanik. Committee
Members: Paul
J. Gruenewald, Julian Chow, John Radke.
A.M. Social Service Administration, University of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois, 1998
Specialization: Policy Analysis/Program Evaluation
B.S. Child Development and Family Studies with Distinction,
Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana, 1996
Specialization: Individual and Family Development
B.A. Psychology with Distinction, Honors Curriculum, Purdue
University, West Lafayette,
Indiana, 1996
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 – Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development,
College of Social
Work, Ohio State University
2016 – Professor (with tenure), College of Social Work, Ohio
State University
2015 – 2017 Professor (with tenure), Department of Social
Welfare, Luskin School of Public
Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles (on leave 2016 –
2017)
2015 – 2016 Visiting Professor, College of Social Work, Ohio
State University
2011 – 2015 Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of
Social Welfare, Luskin School
of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles
2011 – 2013 Faculty Fellow, Lewis Center for Regional Policy
Studies
2004 – 2011 Assistant Professor, Department of Social Welfare,
School of Public Affairs,
University of California, Los Angeles
2004 – 2016 Faculty Affiliate, California Center for Population
Research, UCLA
2005 – 2017 Affiliated Research Scientist, Prevention Research
Center, Pacific Institute for
Research and Evaluation, Oakland, CA
mailto:[email protected]
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2003 – 2004 Associate Research Scientist, Prevention Research
Center, Pacific Institute for
Research and Evaluation, Berkeley, CA
2000 – 2003 Research Associate, Prevention Research Center,
Pacific Institute for Research
and Evaluation, Berkeley, CA
FUNDED RESEARCH
Current:
Principal Investigator, Assessing Changes in Child Maltreatment
due to the Sacramento
Neighborhood Alcohol Prevention Project, National Institute of
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Grant Number R01-AA026850, $1,052,090.
Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Ohio Sobriety, Treatment,
and Reducing Trauma (START).
Subcontract from Public Children’s Services Association of Ohio.
Subcontract to OSU $100,000.
Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Ohio Sobriety, Treatment,
and Reducing Trauma (START).
Casey Family Programs. $40,000.
Principal Investigator, Evaluating STOP to Live: Preventing
Opioid Misuse among Children and
Teens with Special Needs. Amerisource Bergen Foundation.
$84,959.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Kathryn Maguire-Jack),
Empowering Communities to
Reduce Fatal Opioid Overdoses in Rural Ohio, Office of Minority
Health, Department of Health
and Human Services Grant Number CPIMP181169, $1,049,928.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Kathryn Maguire-Jack),
Enhancing Permanency in Children
and Families Program. Children’s Bureau, Administration for
Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services Grant Number 90CU0083.
$2,999,557.
Completed:
Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Christina Mair from
University of Pittsburgh), Safer
Alternative Drugs for Pain Management. Subcontract from Clinical
and Translational Science
Institute (CTSI) at the University of Pittsburgh Virginia
Kaufman Endowment Fund, $40,000.
Subcontract to OSU $12,996.
Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Ohio Sobriety, Treatment,
and Reducing Trauma (START).
Casey Family Programs. $20,000 (for implementation of web-based
tracking system).
Component Director, Maladaptive Parenting, Activity Spaces, and
the Substance Use
Environment, Research Component for Environmental Approaches to
Prevention Center Grant
(Paul J. Gruenewald, PI), Pacific Institute for Research and
Evaluation, Prevention Research
Center, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Grant
Number P60-AA006282
$1,541,667 (Component budget only) Subcontract to UCLA/OSU
$277,220.
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Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Trauma-Informed Training.
Subcontract from City of Long
Beach, California; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Program Youth Violence
Prevention Enhancement Project. $37,500.
Principal Investigator, Evaluating the Geography of Medical
Cannabis Dispensaries on Crime,
Price, and Use. National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant Number
R01-DA032715, $2,687,691.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Laura Abrams), Housing
Stability among Transition Age
Youth, UCLA Department of Social Welfare Anonymous Donor,
$20,000.
Principal Investigator, Expanding the DCFS Needs Portal to
Reduce Disparities in the Child
Welfare System and Drinking Contexts, Activity Spaces, and Child
Maltreatment among Black,
White, Latino, and Asian Parents. NIH National Center on
Minority Health and Health
Disparities, Loan Repayment Program Second Renewal, $10,299.
Principal Investigator, Transforming Child Welfare Practice
through Collaborative Research and
Training. California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC)
Practice/University Partnership
Grant, $250,000.
Principal Investigator, Evaluating a Pilot Intervention to
Reduce Disparities through Formalizing
Informal Support and The Role of the Substance Use Environment
in Child Maltreatment
Disproportionality. NIH National Center on Minority Health and
Health Disparities, Loan
Repayment Program Renewal, $26,117.
Principal Investigator, A Pilot Intervention to Reduce
Disparities through Formalizing Informal
Support: Developing a Web-Based Needs Portal. Ralph M. Parsons
Foundation, $10,000.
Principal Investigator, How Social Relationships Respond to
Changing Infrastructure: Pretest of
Effects on Neighborhood Life. John Randolph and Dora Haynes
Foundation, Faculty Fellowship,
$12,000.
Component Director, Social Mechanisms of Child Physical Abuse
and Neglect, Research
Component for Environmental Approaches to Prevention Center
Grant (Paul J. Gruenewald, PI),
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Prevention
Research Center, National Institute of
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Grant Number P60-AA006282
$1,341,667 (Component budget
only) Subcontract to UCLA $207,220.
Principal Investigator, Abusive and Neglectful Parenting
Practices: Do They Differ by
Race/Ethnicity? and Child Welfare Entry Points in California:
Where are the Racial Disparities?
NIH National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities,
Loan Repayment Program
$33,255.
Principal Investigator, Child Welfare Services Need and Access
to Supportive Services: A GIS
Analysis, UCLA Department of Social Welfare, Child and Family
Research Consortium Grant,
$20,000.
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Principal Investigator, Alcohol Availability, Alcohol Use and
Child Maltreatment. Pacific
Institute for Research and Evaluation, Prevention Research
Center, National Institute of Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism Grant Number 1-R21-AA015180, $387,907.
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND PROJECTS
2017 – Ohio Attorney General, Public Children’s Services
Association of Ohio, and
Casey Family Problems “Evaluation of Ohio START”
2013 – 2017 City of Long Beach, Development Services “Long Beach
Violence Prevention
Plan.” (with Tracy Colunga, Long Beach Development Services,
Neighborhood
Services Bureau)
2011 – 2016 Department of Children and Family Services, Torrance
Regional Office. “DCFS
Needs Portal: Formalizing Informal Support” (with Area Regional
Administrator
Rosa Tang)
2010 – 2011 Project Extra Mile. “Reducing the Density of Alcohol
Outlets: The Case of the
Campaign for LOCAL Control (Let Omaha Control its Alcohol
Landscape”)
(with Diane Riibe, Executive Director)
2006 – 2007 Casey Family Programs, “Neighborhood-Based
Prevention of Child Abuse and
Neglect” (with Mona Gil de Gibaja, Program Director)
2005 – 2007 City of Long Beach, Department of Health and Human
Services, “Supply and
Demand of Low Income Child Care in Long Beach Neighborhoods.”
(with Tracy
Colunga, Child Care Coordinator)
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in Refereed Journals:
Freisthler, B., Gruenewald, P.J., Treno, A.J., & Lee, J.
(2003). Evaluating alcohol access and the
alcohol environment in neighborhood areas. Alcoholism: Clinical
and Experimental Research,
27, 477-484.
Freisthler, B., Svare, G.M., & Harrison-Jay, S. (2003). It
was the best of times, it was the worst
of times: Young adult stepchildren talk about growing up in a
stepfamily. Journal of Divorce
and Remarriage, 38, 83-102.
Paschall, M.J. & Freisthler, B. (2003). Does heavy drinking
affect academic performance in
college? Findings from a prospective study of high achievers.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol,
64(4), 515-519.
Freisthler, B. (2004). A spatial analysis of social
disorganization, alcohol access, and rates of
child maltreatment in neighborhoods. Children and Youth Services
Review, 26(9), 803-819.
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Freisthler, B., Midanik, L.T., & Gruenewald, P.J. (2004).
Alcohol outlets and child physical
abuse and neglect: Applying routine activities theory to the
study of child maltreatment. Journal
of Studies on Alcohol, 65(5), 586-592.
Jay, S., Freisthler, B., & Svare, G.M. (2004). Drinking in
young adulthood: Is the stepparent a
risk factor? Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 41(3/4),
99-114.
Paschall, M.J., Freisthler, B., & Lipton, R.I. (2005).
Moderate alcohol use and depression in
young adulthood: Findings from a National Longitudinal Study.
American Journal of Public
Health, 95, 453-457.
Freisthler, B., LaScala, E.A., Gruenewald, P.J. & Treno,
A.J. (2005). An examination of drug
activity: Effects of neighborhood social organization on the
development of drug distribution
systems. Substance Use and Misuse 40(5), 671-686.
Parrish, M.M., Satariano, W.A., Freisthler, B., Feinberg, L.F.
& Adams, S. (2005). Older women
with breast cancer: Caregiving and the risk of depression – An
exploratory study. Social Work in
Health Care, 40(4), 41 - 59.
Freisthler, B., Gruenewald, P.J., Johnson, F.W., Treno, A.J.
& LaScala, E.A. (2005). An
exploratory study examining the spatial dynamics of illicit drug
availability and rates of drug
use. Journal of Drug Education, 35(1), 15-27.
Freisthler, B., Needell, B., & Gruenewald, P.J. (2005). Is
the physical availability of alcohol and
illicit drugs related to neighborhood rates of child
maltreatment? Child Abuse and Neglect,
29(9), 1049-1060.
Gruenewald, P.J., Freisthler, B., Remer, L., LaScala, E.A.,
& Treno, A. (2006). Ecological
models of alcohol outlets and violent assaults: Crime potentials
and geospatial analysis.
Addiction, 101, 666-677.
Freisthler, B., Merritt, D.H. & LaScala, E.A. (2006).
Understanding the ecology of child
maltreatment: A review of the literature and directions for
future research. Child Maltreatment,
11(3), 263-280.
Freisthler, B., Bruce, E., & Needell, B. (2007).
Understanding the geospatial relationship of
neighborhood characteristics and rates of maltreatment for
Black, Hispanic, and White children.
Social Work, 52, 7-16.
Freisthler, B., Lery, B., Gruenewald, P.J., & Chow, J.
(2006). Methods and challenges of
analyzing spatial data for social work problems: The case of
examining child maltreatment
geographically. Social Work Research, 30(4), 198-210.
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Reprinted in Grand Challenges for Society: Evidence-Based Social
Work Practice
(forthcoming). Bent-Goodley, T.B., Williams, J.H., Teasley, M.L.
& Gorin, S. (Eds.).
Washington DC: NASW Press.
Freisthler, B., Gruenewald, P.J., Remer, L.G., Lery, B. &
Needell, B. (2007). Exploring the
spatial dynamics of alcohol outlets and Child Protective
Services referrals, substantiations, and
foster care entries. Child Maltreatment, 12, 114-124.
Clapp, J.D., Holmes, M.R., Reed, M.B., Shillington, A.M.,
Freisthler, B. & Lange, J.E. (2007).
Measuring college students’ alcohol consumption in natural
drinking environments: Field
methodologies for bars and parties. Evaluation Review, 31,
469-489.
Svare, G.M., Jay, S.H., Bruce, E., Freisthler, B. & Miller,
L.S. (2007). Introducing simultaneous
equation modeling for social work research: A theoretical
approach to examining complex
social problems. Journal of Social Service Research, 34(2),
15-24.
Freisthler, B. & Weiss, R.E. (2008). Using Bayesian
space-time models to understand the
substance use environment and risk for being referred to Child
Protective Services. Substance
Use & Misuse Special Issue, 43(2), 239-251.
Gorman, D. & Freisthler, B. (2008). Introduction to Special
Issue. Substance Use & Misuse
Special Issue, 43(2), 155-158.
Craun, S.W. & Freisthler, B. (2008). Using tax parcels to
select a location-based sample:
An illustration that examines residents’ knowledge of sex
offenders in the neighborhood.
Evaluation Review, 32, 314-334.
Freisthler, B., Gruenewald, P.J. Ring, L. & LaScala, E.A.
(2008). An ecological assessment of
the population and environmental correlates of childhood
accident, assault and child abuse
injuries. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research,
32(11), 1969-1975.
Freisthler, B., Byrnes, H., & Gruenewald, P.J. (2009).
Alcohol outlet density, parental
monitoring, and youth deviance: A multilevel analysis. Children
and Youth Services Review, 31,
325-330.
Freisthler, B & Crampton, D. (2009). Introduction to
environment and child well-being. Children
and Youth Services Review, 31, 297-299.
Crampton, D.S. & Freisthler, B. (2009). Conclusion to
environment and child well-being.
Children and Youth Services Review, 31, 346-348.
Gruenewald, P.J., Freisthler, B., Remer, L., LaScala, E.A.,
Treno, A.J. & Ponick, W. R. (2010).
Ecological associations of alcohol outlets with underage and
young adult injuries. Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(3), 519-527.
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Abrams, L.S. & Freisthler, B. (2010). A spatial analysis of
risks and resources for reentry youth
in Los Angeles. Journal of the Society for Social Work and
Research, 1(1), 41-55.
Snyder, S.M. & Freisthler, B. (2011). Are non profit density
and non profit expenditures related
to youth deviance? Children and Youth Services Review, 33,
51-58.
Freisthler, B. (2011). Alcohol use, drinking venue utilization,
and child physical abuse: Results
from a pilot study. Journal of Family Violence, 26(3), 185 –
193.
Freisthler, B., Kepple, N.J., & Holmes, M.R. (2012). The
geography of drug market activities
and child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, 17(2), 144-152.
Kepple, N.J. & Freisthler, B. (2012). Exploring the
ecological association between crime and
medical marijuana dispensaries. Journal of Studies on Alcohol
and Drugs, 73, 523-530.
Freisthler, B. & Holmes, M.R. (2012). Explicating the social
mechanisms linking the ecology of
alcohol use behaviors to child maltreatment. Journal of
Sociology and Social Welfare, 39, 25-48.
Freisthler, B., Kepple, N.J., Sims, R., & Martin, S.E.
(2013). Evaluating medical marijuana
dispensary policies: Spatial methods for the study of
environmentally-based interventions.
American Journal of Community Psychology, 51, 278-288.
Lam, M., Klein, S., Freisthler, B., & Weiss, R. (2013).
Childcare center closures: Does nonprofit
status provide a comparative advantage? Children and Youth
Services Review, 35,525-534.
Freisthler, B. & Gruenewald, P.J. (2013). Where the
individual meets the ecological: A study of
parent drinking patterns, alcohol outlets and child physical
abuse. Alcoholism: Clinical and
Experimental Research, 27(6), 993-1000.
Freisthler, B. (2013). Need for and access to supportive
services in the Child Welfare System.
GeoJournal, 78(3), 429-441.
Lipperman-Kreda, S., Lee, J., Morrison, C., & Freisthler, B.
(2014). Availability of tobacco
products associated with use of marijuana cigars (blunts). Drug
and Alcohol Dependence, 134,
337-342.
Freisthler, B., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Kepple, N.J. (2014).
Inadequate child supervision: The
role of alcohol outlet density, parent drinking behaviors, and
social support. Children and Youth
Services Review, 43, 75-84. doi:
10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.05.002
Morrison, C., Gruenewald, P.J., Freisthler, B., Ponicki, W.R.,
and Remer, L.G. (2014). The
economic geography of medical marijuana dispensaries in
California. International Journal of
Drug Policy, 25, 508-515. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.12.009
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Freisthler, B., Holmes, M.R., & Price Wolf, J. (2014).The
dark side of social support:
Understanding the role of social support, drinking behaviors and
alcohol outlets for child
physical abuse. Child Abuse and Neglect, 38, 1106-1119. doi:
10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.03.011
Freisthler, B. & Gruenewald, P.J. (2014). Examining the
relationship between the physical
availability of medical marijuana and marijuana use across fifty
California cities. Drug and
Alcohol Dependence, 143, 244-250. doi:
10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.07.036
Kepple, N.J., Freisthler, B., Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2014). Bias
in child maltreatment self-
reports using Interactive Voice Response. Child Abuse &
Neglect, 38, 1694-1705. doi:
10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.04.001
Freisthler, B., Lipperman-Kreda, S., Bersamin, M., &
Gruenewald, P.J. (2014). Tracking the
when, where, and with whom of alcohol use: Integrating
ecological momentary assessment and
geospatial data to examine risk for alcohol-related problems.
Alcohol Research: Current
Reviews, 36, 29-38.
Tam, C. & Freisthler, B. (2015). An exploratory analysis of
acculturation, neighborhood, and
risk behaviors among children of Southeast Asian immigrants.
Child and Adolescent Social
Work, 32, 383-393. doi: 10.1007/s10560-014-0372-2
Mair, C., Freisthler, B., Ponicki, W.R., Gaidus, A. (2015). The
impacts of medical dispensary
and neighborhood ecology on marijuana abuse and dependence. Drug
and Alcohol Dependence,
154, 111 – 116. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.019
Freisthler, B., Price Wolf, J., Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2015).
Understanding the role of context-
specific drinking in neglectful parenting behaviors. Alcohol and
Alcoholism, 50, 542-550. doi:
10.1093/alcalc/agv031
Freisthler, B., Gruenewald, P.J., & Price Wolf, J. (2015).
Examining the relationship between
marijuana use, medical marijuana dispensaries, and abusive and
neglectful parenting. Child
Abuse and Neglect, 49, 170-178. doi:
10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.07.008
Freisthler, B. & Maguire-Jack, K. (2015). Understanding the
interplay between neighborhood
structural factors, social processes, and alcohol outlets on
child physical abuse. Child
Maltreatment, 20(4), 268-277. doi: 10.1177/1077559515598000
Dellor, E., Lovato-Hermann, K., Price Wolf, J., Curry, S.R.,
Freisthler, B. (2015). Introducing
technology in child welfare referrals: A case study. Journal of
Technology in Human Services,
33, 330-344. doi: 10.1080/15228835.2015.1107520
Freisthler, B., Thomas, C.A., Curry, S.R., Price Wolf, J.
(2016). An alternative to residential
neighborhoods: An exploratory study of how activity spaces and
perception of neighborhood
social processes relate to maladaptive parenting. Child and
Youth Care Forum, 45(2), 259-277.
doi: 10.1007/s10566-015-9329-7
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Kepple, N.J., Mulholland, E., Freisthler, B. & Schaper, E.
(2016). Correlates of amount spent on
marijuana buds during a discrete purchase at medical marijuana
dispensaries: Results from a
pilot study. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 48(1), 50-55. doi:
10.1080/02791072.2015.1116719
Thomas, C. & Freisthler, B. (2016). Assessing sample bias
among venue-based respondents at
medical marijuana dispensaries. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs,
48(1), 56-62. doi:
10.1080/02791072.2015.1127450
Tam, C., Freisthler, B., Curry, S., Abrams, L.A. (2016). Where
are the beds? Housing locations
for transition age youth exiting public systems? Families in
Society, 97(2), 111-119. doi:
10.1606/1044-3894.2016.97.12
Tam, C.C., Abrams, L.A., Freisthler, B., & Ryan, J.P.
(2016). Juvenile justice sentencing: Do
gender and child welfare involvement matter? Children and Youth
Services Review, 64, 60-65.
doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.02.028
Thomas, C. & Freisthler, B. (2016). Examining the locations
of medical marijuana dispensaries
in Los Angeles. Drug and Alcohol Review, 35(3), 334-337. doi:
10.1111/dar.12325
Freisthler, B., Ponicki, W.R., Gaidus, A., & Gruenewald,
P.J. (2016). A Micro-Temporal
Geospatial Analysis of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Crime
in Long Beach California.
Addiction, 111(6), 1027-1035. doi: 10.1111/add.13301
Price Wolf, J. & Freisthler, B. (2016). Understanding the
roles of context, frequency, and
quantity of alcohol consumption in child physical abuse: Risks
for mothers and father. Journal of
Family Violence, 31, 359-548, doi: 10.1007/s10896-015-9795-6
Freisthler, B. & Price Wolf, J. (2016). Testing a social
mechanism: Does alcohol outlet density
moderate the relationship between drinking patterns and child
physical abuse? Violence and
Victims, 31(6), 1080-1099. doi:
10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-14-00183
Thurston, H., Freisthler, B., Bell, J., Tancredi, D., Romano,
P., Miyamoto, S., & Joseph, J.G.
(2017). The temporal-spatial distribution of seriously
maltreated children. Spatial and Spatio-
temporal Epidemiology, 20, 1-8. doi:
10.1016/j.sste.2016.12.004
Thurston, H., Freisthler, B., Bell, J., Tancredi, D., Romano,
P., Miyamoto, S., & Joseph, J.G.
(2017). Environmental and individual attributes associated with
child maltreatment resulting in
hospitalization or death. Child Abuse and Neglect, 67, 119-136.
doi:
10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.02.024
Enano, S., Freisthler, B., Perez-Johnson, D., &
Lovato-Hermann, K. (2017). Evaluating Parents
in Partnership: A preliminary study of a child welfare
intervention designed to increase rates of
reunification. Journal of Social Service Research, 43, 236-245.
doi:
10.1080/01488376.2016.1253634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.02.024
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Price Wolf, J., Freisthler, B., Kepple, N.J., & Chavez, R.
(2017).The places parents go:
Understanding the breadth, scope, and experiences of activity
spaces for parents. Geojournal, 82,
355-368. doi: 10.1007/s10708-015-9690-y
Kepple, N.J. & Freisthler, B. (2017) Place over traits?
Purchasing edibles from medical
marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, CA. Addictive Behaviors,
73, 1-3. doi:
10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.04.010
Lovato-Hermann, K., Dellor, E., Tam, C.C., Curry, S., &
Freisthler, B. (2017). Racial disparities
in service referrals for families in the child welfare system.
Journal of Public Child Welfare,
11(2), 133-149. doi: 10.1080/15548732.2016.1251372
Curry, S., van Dranaan, J., & Freisthler, B. (2017).
Perceptions and use of a web-based referral
system in child welfare: Differences by caseworker tenure.
Journal of Technology in Human
Services, 35(2), 152-168. doi: 10.1080/15228835.2017.1330725
Friend, K.B., Friese, B. & Freisthler, B. (2017). Special
issue of the Journal of Primary
Prevention: Research related to marijuana use and possession
policies. Journal of Primary
Prevention.
Freisthler, B., Gaidus, A., Tam, C., Ponicki, W.R., &
Gruenewald, P.J. (2017). From medical to
recreational marijuana sales: Marijuana outlets and crime in an
era of changing marijuana
legislation. Journal of Primary Prevention, 38, 249-263. doi:
10.1007/s10935-017-0472-9
Thomas, C. & Freisthler, B. (2017). Evaluating the change in
medical marijuana dispensary
locations in Los Angeles following the passage of local
legislation. Journal of Primary
Prevention, 38, 265-277. doi: 10.1007/s10935-017-0473-8
Freisthler, B., Price Wolf, J., Wiegmann, W., & Kepple, N.J.
(2017). Drug use, the drug
environment, and child physical abuse and neglect. Child
Maltreatment, 22, 245-255. doi:
10.1177/1077559517711042
Freisthler, B., Kepple, N.J., Price Wolf, J., Curry, S.R.,
Gregoire, T. (2017). Substance use
behaviors by parents and the decision to substantiate child
physical abuse and neglect by
caseworkers. Children and Youth Services Review, 79, 576-583.
doi:
10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.07.014
Berg, C.J., Henriken, L. Cavazos-Rehg, P., Schauer, G.L., &
Freisthler, B. (2017). The
development and pilot testing of the Marijuana Retail
Surveillance Tool (MRST): Assessing
marketing and point-of-sale practices among recreational
marijuana retailers. Health Education
Reports, 32(6) 465-472. doi: 10.1093/her/cyx071
Marco, M., Freisthler, B., Gracia, E., Lopez-Quilez, A., &
Lila, M. (2017). Neighborhood
alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related calls-for-service: A
spatio-temporal analysis in a wet
drinking country. ISPRS International Journal of
Geo-Information, 6, 380. doi:
10.3390/ijgi6120380
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Berg, C.J., Henriken, L. Cavazos-Rehg, P., Haardoerfer, R.,
& Freisthler, B. (2018). The
emerging marijuana retail environment: Key lessons learned from
tobacco and alcohol retail
research. Addictive Behaviors, 81, 26-31. doi:
10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.01.040
Freisthler, B. & Cooke, A. (2018). Do characteristics of
marijuana use correspond to overall
health levels for medical marijuana patients? Journal of
Substance Use, 23, 307-311. doi:
10.1080/14659891.2017.1394383
Berg, C.J., Dossontos, E., Henriken, L. Cavazos-Rehg, P.,
Schauer, G.L., & Freisthler, B. (2018).
Marketing and point-of-sale practices among recreational
marijuana retailers: Establishing
reliability and generalizability of a surveillance tool.
Prevention Medicine Reports, 11, 37-41.
doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.05.010
Dellor, E. & Freisthler, B. (2018). Predicting adoption
dissolutions for children involved in the
child welfare system. Journal of Child Custody, 15, 136-146.
doi:
10.1080/15379418.2018.1460001
Cooke, A., Freisthler, B., & Mulholland, E. (2018).
Examination of market segmentation among
medical marijuana dispensaries. Substance Use & Misuse, 53,
1463-1467.doi:
10.1080/10826084.2017.1413391
Kepple, N.J. & Freisthler, B. Who's buying what and how
much? Correlates of purchase
behaviors from medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles,
California. Available online
November 2018, Journal of Primary Prevention. doi:
10.1007/s10935-018-0528-5
Freisthler, B. & Kepple, N.J. Types of substance use and
punitive parenting: A preliminary
exploration. Accepted for publication March 2018, Journal of
Social Work Practice in the
Addictions.
Price Wolf, J., Kepple, N.J., & Freisthler, B. Weighing the
evidence: Understanding the role of
parental substance use in child welfare substantiation
decisions. Accepted for publication March
2018, Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions.
Book Chapters:
Freisthler, B. & Gruenewald, P.J. (2005). Social ecology and
the invention of new regulatory
strategies for preventing drug and alcohol problems. In T.
Stockwell, P.J. Gruenewald, J.W.
Toumbourou, & W. Loxley (Eds.) Preventing harmful substance
use: The evidence base for
policy and practice, pp. 291-306. New York: John Wiley.
LaScala, E.A., Freisthler, B. & Gruenewald, P.J. (2005).
Population ecologies of drug use,
drinking and related problems. In T. Stockwell, P.J. Gruenewald,
J.W. Toumbourou, & W.
Loxley (Eds.) Preventing harmful substance use: The evidence
base for policy and practice. , pp.
67-78 New York: John Wiley.
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Treno, A.J., Lee, J.P., Freisthler, B., Remer, L., &
Gruenewald, P.J. (2005). Application of
evidence-based approaches to community interventions. In T.
Stockwell, P.J. Gruenewald, J.W.
Toumbourou, & W. Loxley (Eds.) Preventing harmful substance
use: The evidence base for
policy and practice, pp. 177-189. New York: John Wiley.
Banerjee, A., LaScala, E., Gruenewald, P.J., Freisthler, B.,
Treno, A., & Remer, L.G. (2008).
Social disorganization, alcohol and other drug markets and
violence: A space-time model of
community structure. In Y.F. Thomas, D. Richardson and I. Cheung
(eds.) Geography and Drug
Addiction, pp. 117-130. New York, NY: Springer.
REPORTS
Lee, J.P., Gruenewald, P.J., Treno, A.J., & Freisthler, B.
(2003). Preventing Minority Drinking
Problems Final Report. Berkeley, CA: Prevention Research
Center.
Freisthler, B. (2007). Child Welfare Services Need and Access to
Supportive Services: A GIS
Analysis Final Report. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of
Social Welfare.
Ramirez, R., Nguyen, D., Cannon, C., Carmona, M., &
Freisthler, B., (2008). Demonstration
Project Report: A Campaign to Reduce Impaired Driving Through
Retail-Oriented Enforcement
in Washington State. Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration.
Ramirez, R., Freisthler, B., Nguyen, D., & Carmona, M.
(2008). Demonstration Project Report:
A Campaign to Reduce Youth Access to Alcohol in Ohio Through the
Use of Enforcement and
Media. Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
Abrams, L. S., Daughtery, J., & Freisthler, B. (2011). The
Los Angeles County Young Offender
Reentry Blueprint. U.S. Department of Labor and the Los Angeles
Commission on Community
and Senior Services.
Freisthler, B., Abrams, L.S., Harley, J., & Curry, S. (2012)
Housing Stability among Transition
Age Youth: Interim Report. Los Angeles, CA. UCLA Luskin School
of Public Affairs,
Department of Social Welfare.
Freisthler, B. (2013). How Social Relationships Respond to
Changing Infrastructure: Pretest of
Effects on Neighborhood Life Final Report. Los Angeles, CA. John
Randolph and Dora Haynes
Foundation.
Freisthler, B., Dellor, E., Rivas, A., Enano, S.,
Lovato-Hermann, K. & Pei, F. (2016). Safe Long
Beach: Safe Families Enhancement Project Final Evaluation
Report. Columbus, OH: Author.
Freisthler, B., Hutzel, M., Bunger, A., Collins, A.,
Maguire-Jack, K.. & Yoon, S. (2018). Ohio
START: Interim Evaluation Report February 2018. Columbus, OH:
Author.
Freisthler, B., Bunger, A., Hutzel, M., Machenheimer, C.,
Maguire-Jack, K.. & Yoon, S. (2018).
Ohio START: Interim Evaluation Report October 2018. Columbus,
OH: Author.
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PRESENTATIONS
Freisthler, B. “Substance use behaviors by parents and the
decision to substantiate child physical
abuse and neglect by caseworkers” Webinar presented to Canada
Practice and Research Together
(PART), March 27, 2018.
Freisthler, B. “Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and the Local
Ecology” Invited Presentation at
the Prevention Action Alliance Coalitions Rising Conference,
March 19, 2018.
Freisthler, B., Dellor, E., Lovato-Hermann, K. & Pei, F.
“Assessing the Effectiveness of City-
Wide Trauma-Informed Trainings.” Paper presented at the Society
for Social Work and Research
annual meeting, Washington, D.C., January 10 – 14, 2018.
Freisthler, B. & Maguire-Jack, K. “How Opioid Overdoses are
Affecting Rates of Child Abuse
and Neglect in Ohio.” Paper presented at the Society for Social
Work and Research annual
meeting, Washington, D.C., January 10 – 14, 2018.
Freisthler, B. “DCFS Needs Portal” Demonstation presented at
Grand Challenge to Harnass
Technology for Social Good Conference, Los Angeles, CA, April 27
-28, 2017.
Freisthler, B. “Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and the Local
Ecology” Invited Presentation to
Los Angeles County Office of Marijuana, March 29, 2017.
Freisthler, B. “Environmental Approaches to Prevention: Applying
Lessons from Alcohol and
Tobabacco to Marijuana” Invited Presentation to the Los Angeles
County Commission on
Alcohol and Other Drugs, March 8, 2017.
Freisthler, B., Price Wolf, J., Kepple, N.J., & Curry, S.R.
“Does Legal vs. Illegal Drug Use
Affect the Decision to Substantiate Child Abuse or Neglect among
Social Work Professionals?”
Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research
annual meeting, New Orleans, LA,
January 11 – 15, 2017.
Freisthler, B. & Price Wolf, J. “Alcohol Use and Harm to
Children by Parents and Other Adults”
Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research
annual meeting, New Orleans, LA,
January 11 – 15, 2017.
Freisthler, B. “Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and the Local
Ecology” Invited Presentation to
Los Angeles County Supervisor District 6 Meeting, August, 26,
2016.
Freisthler, B & Friese, B. (co-trainers) “Preventing and
Reducing Marijuana Use by Washington
Youth” Training provided to Washington State Department of
Health, Lacey, WA, June 29,
2016.
Freisthler, B. & Price Wolf, J. “Alcohol Use and Harm to
Children by Parents and Other Adults”
Poster presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism annual
meeting, New Orleans, LA, June
25 – 29, 2016.
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Freisthler, B. & Cooke, A. “Do patterns of medical marijuana
use correspond to overall health
levels?” Paper present at College on Problems of Drug Dependence
annual meeting, Palm
Springs, CA, June 11 – 16, 2016.
Freisthler, B., Ponicki, W.R., Gaidus, A., & Gruenewald,
P.J. “Assessing the Longitudinal
Relationship between Crime and Medical Marijuana Dispensaries.”
Poster presented at
Marijuana and Cannabinoids: A Neuroscience Research Summit,
Bethesda, MD, March 22 – 23,
2016.
Freisthler, B., Weigmann, W., Price Wolf, J. & Kepple, N.J.
Understanding the Interplay
between the Drug Environment, Drug Use, and Child Physical
Abuse. Paper presented at the
Society for Social Work and Research annual meeting, Washington,
D.C., January, 13 – 17,
2016.
Freisthler, B., Thomas, C., Curry, S.R., & Price Wolf, J.
Moving Beyond Residential
Neighborhoods: An Exploratory Study of how Activity Spaces and
Neighborhood Social
Processes relate to Maladaptive Parenting. Paper presented at
the Society for Social Work and
Research annual meeting, Washington, D.C., January, 13 – 17,
2016.
Freisthler, B., Huckle, T., & Price Wolf, J.
“Context-specific drinking by parents and harm to
children by racial/ethnic groups.” Paper presented at the Kettil
Bruun Society Alcohol’s Harms
to Others meeting, Helsinki, Finland, September 16 – 19,
2015
Freisthler, B., Ponicki, W.R., Gaidus, A., & Gruenewald,
P.J. “Assessing the Longitudinal
Relationship between Crime and Medical Marijuana Dispensaries.”
Paper presented at the
Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Washington,
D.C., May 26 – 29, 2015.
Freisthler, B., Gruenewald, P.J., Price-Wolf, J. “Examining the
Relationship between Marijuana
Use and Abusive and Neglectful Parenting: Lessons for Marijuana
Legalization.” Paper
presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting,
Washington, D.C., May 26 –
29, 2015.
Freisthler, B. “Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and the Local
Ecology” Invited presentation to
the Long Beach Police Department, April 25, 2016.
Freisthler, B. “Local Community-Based Approaches to Prevent
Child Maltreatment: Rethinking
the Paradigm.” Invited presentation at the Mid-Year Meeting for
the Doris Duke Fellowships for
the Promotion of Child Well-Being conference on “Partnering to
Prevent Maltreatment &
Improve Child Well-being on the West Coast: Innovative
Approaches and Multiple Lenses to
Knowledge Generation,” Los Angeles, CA, March 25 – 27, 2015.
Freisthler, B., Gruenewald, P.J., Price-Wolf, J. “Examining the
Relationship between Marijuana
Use and Abusive and Neglectful Parenting: Lessons for Marijuana
Legalization.” Paper
presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, LA,
January 15 – 18, 2015.
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Freisthler, B., Price Wolf, J., Johnson-Motoyama, M.
“Understanding the Role of Context-
Specific Drinking in Neglectful Parenting Behaviors.” Paper
presented at the Research Society
on Alcoholism Annual Meeting, Bellevue, WA, June 21 – 24,
2014.
Freisthler, B. "Context Matters: Understanding the Interplay
Between Parent Drinking, Alcohol
Outlets, and Child Physical Abuse and Neglect" Presented at the
American Psychological
Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, July 31 - August 4,
2013
Freisthler, B. & Gruenewald, P. “Medical Marijuana
Dispensaries and Marijuana Use: Evidence
from 50 Cities in California.” Paper presented at the College on
Problems of Drug Dependence
annual meeting, June 15 – June 20, 2013.
Freisthler, B. & Thomas, C. “Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
and the Local Ecology.” Paper
presented at the American Association of Geographers Annual
Conference, Los Angeles, CA,
April 9 – April 13, 2013.
Freisthler, B. “Alcohol impacts on various social problems,
including child maltreatment,
violence, and juvenile delinquency.” Paper presented at the
Alcohol Policy 16 conference,
Washington, DC, April 3 – April 5, 2013.
Freisthler, B. “Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and the Local
Ecology: Results from a Pilot
Study.” Invited presentation to the Alcohol Research Group,
Emeryville, CA, September 11,
2012.
Freisthler, B. “Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and the Local
Ecology.” Paper presented at The
Social Ecology of Substance Use: Theories, Models, Methods and
Applications satellite meeting
of the Research Society on Alcoholism, June 26, 2012.
Freisthler, B. “Neighborhood Needs Portal: A Potential Child
Welfare Intervention for Reducing
Disparities through Formalizing Informal Social Support.”
Invited presentation to University of
Toronto Factor-Inwentash School of Social Work, Toronto, Canada,
March 18, 2012.
Freisthler, B. “GIS Basics” and “Spatial Data Analysis.” Invited
workshop present to University
of Denver School of Social Work, Denver, CO, February 8,
2012.
Freisthler, B. & Williams, N.J. “The Geography of Drug
Market Activities and Child
Maltreatment” Poster presented at American Professional Society
on the Abuse of Children
Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, July 13 – July 16,
2011.
Freisthler, B. & Williams, N.J. “The Geography of Drug
Market Activities and Child
Maltreatment” Paper presented at Society for Prevention Research
Annual Conference,
Washington, D.C. May 31 – June 3, 2011.
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Freisthler, B. “Evaluating Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Policies: Spatial Methods for the Study
of Geographically-Based Policies.” Invited presentation at the
California Center for Population
Research Speaker Series, Los Angeles, CA, January 26, 2011.
Freisthler, B. “GIS to Policy Change” Paper presented at
Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws
Conference, 12th Annual National Conference, Anaheim, CA August
18 – 20, 2010.
Freisthler, B. “Spatial Relationships between the Substance Use
Environment and Child
Maltreatment” Invited paper presentation at National Summit on
Interpersonal Violence and
Abuse Across the Lifespan: Forging a Shared Agenda, Dallas, TX,
February 24 – 26, 2010.
Freisthler, B. “Understanding the Ecology of Child Maltreatment”
Invited paper presented at the
UC Davis National Child Abuse and Neglect Conference,
Sacramento, CA, September 21 – 24,
2009.
Freisthler, B. “Social Mechanisms of Alcohol Use and Child
Maltreatment” Paper presented at
Research Society on Alcohol Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, June
20 – 24, 2009.
Freisthler, B. “Drugs and Drug Trafficking Impact on America’s
Youth” Panel participant at
Keeping the Promise to our Children Conference, Washington, DC,
June 9, 2009.
Freisthler, B. “Child Abuse Prevention: Opportunities for
Neighborhood-Based Efforts.” Invited
paper presented at The Help Group Distinguished Lecturer Series
on Child Abuse Prevention
and Intervention, Sherman Oaks, CA, April 24, 2009.
Freisthler, B. “Spatial Relationships between the Substance Use
Environment and Child
Maltreatment.” Presented at the Eastern North American of the
International Biometric Society,
San Antonio, TX, March 15 – 19.
Freisthler, B. “Geography of Emancipation” Paper presented at
UCLA School of Public Affairs
Forum: Aging out of foster care: An uncharted journey, Los
Angeles, CA, February 7, 2009.
Freisthler, B. “Alcohol use, drinking location, and child
maltreatment: Results from a pilot
study.” Poster presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism
annual meeting, Washington,
DC, June 27 – July 3, 2008.
Freisthler, B. “Using non-administrative units to denote
"neighborhood": An example from a
child abuse neighborhood-based prevention effort.” Paper
presented at the Community
Geography and Small Area Analysis satellite meeting of the
Research Society on Alcoholism,
Chicago, IL, July 7, 2007.
Freisthler, B. “Defining “neighborhoods” within a “community:”
Implications for designing
interventions.” Poster presented at the Society for Community
Research and Action, June 7 –
10, 2007.
Freisthler, B. “Defining “neighborhoods” within a “community:”
Implications for designing
interventions.” Paper presented at the Society for Prevention
Research annual meeting,
Washington, DC, May 30 – June 1, 2007
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Freisthler, B. “The geography of child welfare: How community
systems affect children’s lives.”
Paper presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism annual
meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 24
– 28, 2006.
Freisthler, B. & Waller, M.W. “Parent alcohol consumption
patterns and the perpetration of child
physical abuse and neglect.” Poster presented at the Research
Society on Alcoholism annual
meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 24 – 28, 2006.
Freisthler, B., Bruce, B., & Needell, B. “Children of color
and child maltreatment: The role of
neighborhood structure in preventing disparities in the Child
Welfare System.” Paper presented
at the Society for Prevention Research annual meeting, San
Antonio, TX, May 30 – June 1,
2006.
Freisthler, B. “Understanding the spatial relationship of supply
and demand between locations of
substance abuse treatment services and child welfare
populations.” Paper presented at the
National Institute of Drug Abuse and American Association of
Geographers Symposium on
Geography and Drug Addiction, Chicago, IL, March 8, 2006.
Freisthler, B. & Stewart, K.G. “The shop on the corner: How
outlet location affects alcohol
problems” Workshop presented at the Underage Drinking
Enforcement Training Center annual
National Leadership Conference, Tucson, AZ, August 17 – 20,
2005.
Freisthler, B. “The environment and children’s welfare: How
alcohol availability and parent
drinking affect child abuse and neglect.” Paper presented at the
Community Geography and
Small Area Analysis satellite meeting of the Research Society on
Alcoholism, Santa Barbara,
CA, June 25, 2005.
Freisthler, B., Gruenewald, P.J., Remer, L.G., Lery, B., &
Needell, B. “Examining child abuse
and neglect over time and space” Poster presented at the
Research Society on Alcoholism annual
meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, June 25 – 30, 2005. (Finalist for
Enoch Gordis Research
Recognition Awards for Junior Investigators)
Freisthler, B., Gruenewald, P.J., Remer, L.G., Lery, B.,
Needell, B. “Examining child abuse and
neglect over time and space” Paper presented at the American
Professional Society on the Abuse
of Children annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 15 – 18,
2005.
Freisthler, B. “Alcohol outlet density, parental monitoring, and
adolescent deviance: A
multilevel analysis” Paper presented at the Kettil Bruun Society
for Social and Epidemiological
Research on Alcohol annual meeting, Riverside, CA, May 30 – June
3, 2005.
Freisthler, B., Gruenewald, P.J., Remer, L.G., Lery, B., &
Needell, B. “Examining child abuse
and neglect over time and space” Paper presented at the Kettil
Bruun Society for Social and
Epidemiological Research on Alcohol annual meeting, Riverside,
CA, May 30 – June 3, 2005.
Freisthler, B. & Gruenewald, P.J. “Geographic distribution
of alcohol outlets and chronic
conditions for youth and young adults” Poster presented at the
Research Society on Alcoholism
annual meeting, Vancouver, Canada, June 26-30, 2004.
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Freisthler, B. & Baraban, E. “Do community-based substance
abuse resources impact child
maltreatment rates?” Presented at the Society for Prevention
Research annual meeting as part of
"Safety, Permanency, and Well-being: Research on Outcomes in
Children's Welfare Services"
symposium. Quebec City, May 26 – 28, 2004.
Freisthler, B., Lery, B., Chow, J. & Gruenewald, P.J.
“Spatial data analysis workshop.”
Workshop presented at the Society for Social Work and Research
annual meeting. New Orleans,
LA, January 15 – 18, 2004.
Freisthler, B., Needell, B., & Gruenewald, P.J. “The role of
social disorganization and drug and
alcohol availability in neighborhood rates of child
maltreatment.” Poster presented at the Society
for Social Work and Research annual meeting. New Orleans, LA,
January 15 – 18, 2004.
Freisthler, B. “Multilevel modeling, path analysis and related
structural equation approaches to
complex causal relationships.” Invited workshop presented at the
NIEHS Health Disparities
Grantee Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 20, 2003.
Freisthler, B. & Gruenewald, P.J. “Ecological modeling and
alcohol outlets: Persons, places and
assaults.” Presented at the American Public Health Association
annual meeting. San Francisco,
CA, November 15 – 19, 2003.
Freisthler, B. “Neighborhoods and child maltreatment: Do alcohol
outlets matter?” Poster
presented at the American Public Health Association annual
meeting. San Francisco, CA,
November 15 – 19, 2003.
Freisthler, B., Needell, B., & Gruenewald, P.J. “The role of
social organization and drug and
alcohol availability on neighborhood rates of child
maltreatment.” Presented at the Society for
Prevention Research annual meeting, Washington, DC, June 12 –14,
2003.
Freisthler, B., Treno, A.J., & Gruenewald, P.J. “The role of
information management in
community alcohol intervention efforts: The Sacramento
Neighborhood Alcohol Prevention
Project (SNAPP) management information system.” Poster presented
at the Research Society on
Alcoholism annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, June 22-28,
2001.
Freisthler, B. & Treno, A.J. “Information management in
community alcohol intervention
efforts.” Presented at the Society for Prevention Research
annual meeting, Washington, D.C.,
May 31-June 2, 2001.
Freisthler, B. “The Relationship of Life Satisfaction, Social
Support, and Family Type Among
Young Adults.” Poster presented at the Society for Social Work
Research annual meeting.
Charleston, SC, January 29-31, 2000.
PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES
2017 – APSAC Child Policy Center Expert Analysis Committee,
Opioids and Child
Welfare
2017 – Reviewer, Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and
Experimentation
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2016 Reviewer, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Master Tobacco
Settlement
Research Projects
2015 – Standing Committee Member, National Institutes of Health,
Behavior Genetics
and Epidemiology (BGES) Study Section
2014 – 2015 Ad hoc Grant reviewer for National Institutes of
Health, Social Sciences and
Population Studies (SSPA) Panel A
2013 – Consulting Editor, Social Work Research
2013 – 2014 Mail Reviewer, National Institutes of Health,
Understanding and Promoting
Health Literacy Special Study Section
2012 – 2013 Ad hoc Grant reviewer for National Institutes of
Health, Behavior Genetics and
Epidemiology (BGES) Study Section
2012 Ad hoc Grant reviewer for National Institutes of Health,
Social Sciences and
Population Studies (SSPS) Second Panel
2011 Grant reviewer for the Health Research Council of New
Zealand
2010 – 2013 Editorial Board, International Journal of Population
Research
2008 – Editorial Board, Child Maltreatment
Reviewer for Journal of Family Violence, Alcoholism: Clinical
and Experimental Research,
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Psychology of Addictive
Behaviors, Journal of Urban
Health, Child Maltreatment, Child Abuse & Neglect, American
Journal of Public Health,
Substance Use and Misuse, Children and Youth Services Review,
Addiction, Drug and Alcohol
Dependence, Public Health Reports, Research on Social Work
Practice
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Research Society on Alcoholism, 2004 to
present
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2004 to
present
Society for Social Work and Research, 2002 to present
Society for Prevention Research, 2002 to present HONORS Fellow
of the Society for Social Work and Research, 2017
Phi Beta Kappa
Finalist, Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Awards for Junior
Investigators, Research Society
on Alcoholism, 2005