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Yvonne A. Unrau, Ph.D
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Publications (Books & Refereed Journal Articles)

BOOKS (click link to publisher)

Grinnell, Richard M., Jr., and Unrau, Yvonne A. Eds., (2010). Social work research and evaluation: Quantitative and qualitative approaches, 9th ed. New York, New York: Oxford University Press.

Grinnell, Richard M. Jr., Gabor, Peter A. and Unrau, Yvonne A.(2010). Program evaluation for social workers, 5th ed. New York: Oxford University Press.

Grinnell, Richard M. Jr., Unrau, Yvonne A., and Williams, Margaret, (2010). Research for BSW students. Peosta, IA: Eddie Bowers Publishing.

Weinbach, Robert W., Grinnell, Richard M., Jr., Taylor, Lynne M., and Unrau, Yvonne A. (1999). Applying research knowledge: A workbook for social work students, 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

JOURNAL ARTICLES & SELECT BOOK CHAPTERS (click link to PDF copy of article)

Unrau, Yvonne A., Font, Sarah A., & Rawls, Glinda. (in press). Readiness for college engagement among students who have aged out of foster care. Children and Youth Services Review.

Unrau, Yvonne A., Font, Sarah A., & Murphy, Sandra R. (in press). Placement moves of foster children as perceived by foster parents residing in urban and semi-urban communities. Journal of Public Child Welfare.

Unrau, Yvonne A., Hamilton, Ronicka, & Putney, Kristin. (2010). The challenge of retaining college students who grew up in foster care. Retention Success, April, 1-5.

Unrau, Yvonne A. (2010). From foster care to college: The Seita Scholars Program at Western Michigan University. Reclaiming Children and Youth, 20(2), 17-20.

Unrau, Yvonne A., Chambers, Ruth, Seita, John R., & Putney, Kristin S. (2010). Defining a foster care placement move: The perspective of adults who formerly lived in multiple out-of-home placements. Families in Society, 91(4), 426-432.

Unrau, Yvonne A., Seita, John R., & Putney, Kristin S. (2008). Former foster youth remember multiple placement moves: A journey of loss and hope. Children and Youth Services Review, 30(11), 1256-1266.

Unrau, Yvonne A. (2007). Research on placement moves: Seeking the perspective of foster children. Children and Youth Services Review, 29(1), 122-137.

Unrau, Yvonne A., Conrady-Brown, Michelle, Zosky, Diane, and Grinnell, Richard M., Jr. (2006). Connecting youth in foster care with needed mental health services: Lessons from research on help-seeking. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 3(2), 91-109.

Wehrmann, Kathryn C., Unrau, Yvonne A., and Martin, Judith A. (2006). United States. In M. Colton and M. Williams (Eds.) Global perspective on foster family care. Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing.

Unrau, Yvonne A., and Coleman, Heather D. (2006). Evaluating program outcomes as event histories. Administration in Social Work, 30 (1), 45-65.

Unrau, Yvonne A., and Grinnell, Richard M. Jr. (2005). Exploring out-of-home placement as a moderator of help-seeking behavior among adolescents who are high risk. Research on Social Work Practice, 15(5), 516-530.

Unrau, Yvonne A., and Grinnell, Richard M. Jr. (2005). The impact of social work research courses on research self-efficacy for social work students. Social Work Education, 24(6) 639-651.

Unrau, Yvonne A., and Wells, Michael A. (2005). Patterns of foster care service delivery. Children and Youth Services Review, 27(5), 511-531.

Adam, Najma, Zosky, Diane L., and Unrau, Yvonne A. (2004). Improving the research climate in social work curricula: Clarifying learning expectations across BSW and MSW research courses. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 24(3), 1-18.

Unrau, Yvonne A., Wells, Michael A. and Hartnett, Mary Ann (2004). Removing barriers to service delivery: An outcome evaluation of a 'remodelled' foster care programme. Adoption and Fostering, 28(2), 20-30.

Unrau, Yvonne A. and Beck Ann R. (2004). Increasing research self-efficacy among students in professional academic programs. Innovative Higher Education, 28(3), 187-194.

Bergquist, Kathleen Ja Sook, Campbell, Mary E. and Unrau, Yvonne A. (2003). Caucasian parents and Korean adoptees: A survey of parent's perceptions. Adoption Quarterly, 6(4), 41-58.

Sieppert, Jackie D. and Unrau, Yvonne A. (2003). Revisiting the Calgary evaluation project: A look at children's participation in family group converencing. Protecting Children, 18(1-2), 113-118.

Unrau, Yvonne A. and Wehrmann, Kathryn C. (2003). Comparing academic and practitioners perceptions on preparing BSW students for competent child welfare practice. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 8(2), 17-36.

Unrau, Yvonne A., Coleman, Heather D., and Stampley, Cheryl D. (2002). Qualitative research habits and the BSW student: Preparing competent generalist practitioners. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 7(2), 114-126.

Unrau, Yvonne A. (2001) Using exit interviews to illuminate outcomes in program logic models: A case example. Evaluation and Program Planning, 23(4), 353-361.

Coleman, Heather D., Unrau, Yvonne A. and Manyfingers, Brenda (2001). Revamping family preservation services for Native families. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 10(1), 49-68.

Sieppert, Jackie D., Hudson, Joe and Unrau, Yvonne A. (2000). Family group conferencing in child welfare: Lessons from a demonstration project. Families in Society, 81(4), 382-391.

Unrau, Yvonne A., and Coleman, Heather D. (1998). Understanding and interpreting polytomous logistic regression. Research on Social Work Practice, 8(2), 223-235.

Unrau, Yvonne A., and Coleman, Heather D. (1997). BSW students coding qualitative data: A teaching and research note. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 3(1), 97-107.

Unrau, Yvonne A. (1997). Predicting use of child welfare services after intensive family preservation services. Research on Social Work Practice, 7(1), 202-215.

Jenson, Jeffrey M., Jacobson, Maxine, Unrau, Yvonne A., and Lair-Robinson, Rick. (1996). Intervention for victims of child sexual abuse: An evaluation of the Children's Advocacy Model. Child and Adolescent Social Work, 13(2), 139-156.

Unrau, Yvonne A. (1995). Defining the black box of family preservation services. A conceptual framework for service delivery. Community Alternatives,7(2), 49-62.

Unrau, Yvonne A. (1993). Expanding the role of program evaluation in social welfare policy analysis. Evaluation Review, 17(6), 653-662.

Unrau, Yvonne A. (1993). A program logic model approach to conceptualizing social service programs. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 8(1), 117-134.

Unrau, Yvonne A., Grinnell, Richard M., Jr., and Stephens, Mike. (1992). Child related characteristics associated with preventing out-of-home child placement in home-based family-centered programs. Community Alternatives, 4(1), 49-65.

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