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Von
Nebbitt ,
Ph.D. Phone #:
(202) 806-4720 Substantive Areas: Mental, physical and behavioral health of urban African American children and adolescents, Urban contextual effects on health outcomes among African American adolescents Research Interests: The relationship between neighborhood risk and protective factors and health outcomes among adolescents; the role of parents in adolescents’ peer affiliations; the effects of internalized symptoms on externalized behaviors Practice Experience: Group work with adolescents, service coordination and case management, program development, grant writing and public administration and management Teaching Experiences: Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Community and Organizational Practice & Community Organizing Dr. Nebbitt received his B.A. in Sociology from St. Louis University. Dr. Nebbitt earned his MSW and PhD from George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Nebbitt has published and presented research on outcomes among runaway and homeless youth, environmental correlates and mental health symptom among urban African American adolescents, and the effects of the urban context on involvement in antisocial behavior among African American adolescents. Recent Publications: Thompson, S. J., Pollio, D. E., Constantine, J., Reid, D., & Nebbitt, V. E. (2002). Short- term Outcomes For Youth Receiving Runaway and Homeless Shelter Services. Research on Social Work Practice
Nebbitt, V. E., & Lombe, M. (in press). Environmental Correlates of Depressive Symptoms among African American Adolescents living in public housing. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Special Issue on African American Mental Health
Nebbitt, V. E., & Lombe, M., Environmental Correlates of Depressive Symptoms among African American Adolescents living in public housing. In Hall & Bennett (Eds.) Human Behavior in the Social Environment. in press. Hawthorn Publishing Company: New York, NY
Nebbitt, V. E., House, L., Thompson, S., & Pollio, D. (in press). Successful Transition of Runaway and Homeless Youth from Shelter Care. Journal of Child and Family Studies
Lindsey, M. A. & Nebbitt, V. E. “African American Youth.” In, C. Clauss-Ehlers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology. In press. Springer Publishing Company: New York, NY. Williams, J. H., Davis, L. E., Johnson, S., Williams, T., Saunders, J., & Nebbitt, V. E. (in press). The Relation of Substance Use Correlates to Academic Success among African-American High School Students. Social Work Research |
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