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Leanne Whiteside-Mansell
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Former Director of the Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
Also affiliated: Medical University of South Carolina (2017); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2007–2019); National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (2015); Arkansas Children's Research Institute (2018); The Ohio State University (2018); Colorado State University (2018)
38 h-index
147 pubs
3,616 cited
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OverviewAI-generated summary
Leanne Whiteside-Mansell's research focuses on child development, parenting, and the impact of socioeconomic factors on child outcomes. Her work investigates the relationship between poverty and early childhood development, including an examination of growth problems in low birth weight preterm infants and their school-age outcomes.
Her research also explores parenting stress among low-income parents and the measurement of home environments for children. Whiteside-Mansell has published on the psychometric properties of parenting assessment tools and has examined the HOME Inventory in different cultural contexts. She has also studied the reliability and validity of instruments designed to measure the potential for child maltreatment.
With an h-index of 35 and over 3,200 citations across 139 publications, Whiteside-Mansell is recognized as a highly cited researcher. She leads a research group and maintains an active lab website. Her key collaborators at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences include James P. Selig, Dong Zhang, Lorraine McKelvey, and Geoffrey M. Curran.
Metrics
- h-index: 38
- Publications: 147
- Citations: 3,616
Positions
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Former Director of the Research and Evaluation Division (RED) publications 2000–2026University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institution web page
Selected Publications
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Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment: Collecting Data Virtually (2026)
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Risks of adverse childhood experiences on healthcare utilization and outcomes in early childhood (2023)
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Safety Baby Shower Intervention Improves Safe Sleep Knowledge and Self-Efficacy among Expectant Teens (2023)
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Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) before age 3: Evidence for the Family Map Inventory (2022)
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Engaging Families and Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences in Early Head Start (2022)
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Predictors of sustainment of two distinct nutrition and physical activity programs in early care and education (2022)
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Exploring Interrelatedness of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Infancy and Toddlerhood: Using Latent Class Approaches to Examine Developmental Outcomes (2022)
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Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial (2022)
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Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial (2021)
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Community Legal Systems: Targeting PrEP and HIV Education to Decrease Risk of HIV Transmission (2021)
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A mixed-methods protocol for identifying successful sustainability strategies for nutrition and physical activity interventions in childcare (2021)
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Assessing the Effect of a Pre-Birth Child Passenger Safety Educational Intervention on Appropriate Child Restraint Use (2020)
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Pester Power: Examining Children's Influence as an Active Intervention Ingredient (2020)
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HIV Stigma: A Clinical Provider Sample in the Southern U.S. (2020)
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Generations in Families Talking Safe Sleep (GIFTSS) (2020)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Lorraine McKelvey
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
40 shared publications
In database
- Parenting Stress of Low-Income Parents of Toddlers and Preschoolers: Psychometric Properties of a Short Form of the Parenting Stress Index
- Adverse experiences in infancy and toddlerhood: Relations to adaptive behavior and academic status in middle childhood
- Assessing adverse experiences from infancy through early childhood in home visiting programs
- Does the Quality of Stimulation and Support in the Home Environment Moderate the Effect of Early Education Programs?
- Validity of the Short Form of the Parenting Stress Index for Fathers of Toddlers
Showing 5 of 40 shared publications
Taren Swindle
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
37 shared publications
In database
- Assessing adverse experiences from infancy through early childhood in home visiting programs
- Technology Use and Interest Among Low-Income Parents of Young Children: Differences by Age Group and Ethnicity
- Facebook: The Use of Social Media to Engage Parents in a Preschool Obesity Prevention Curriculum
- Fidelity monitoring in complex interventions: a case study of the WISE intervention
- A mixed methods protocol for developing and testing implementation strategies for evidence-based obesity prevention in childcare: a cluster randomized hybrid type III trial
Showing 5 of 37 shared publications
Robert H. Bradley
Arizona State University (US)
21 shared publications
- Measuring the Home Environments of Children in Early Adolescence
- Life at Home: Same Time, Different Places — An Examination of the HOME Inventory in Different Cultures
- Adverse experiences in infancy and toddlerhood: Relations to adaptive behavior and academic status in middle childhood
- Parents' Socioemotional Investment in Children
- Parenting and Children's Behavior at 36 Months: Equivalence Between African American and European American Mother - Child Dyads
Showing 5 of 21 shared publications
Patti Bokony
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
13 shared publications
- Technology Use and Interest Among Low-Income Parents of Young Children: Differences by Age Group and Ethnicity
- The Family Map: Structured Family Interview to Identify Risks and Strengths in Head Start Families
- A Cross-Sectional Study of Early Childhood Educators’ Childhood and Current Food Insecurity and Dietary Intake
- Addressing the treatment needs of children affected by maternal addiction: challenges and solutions
- Supporting Family Engagement with Parents of Infants and Toddlers
Showing 5 of 13 shared publications
Nicola A. Conners‐Burrow
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
13 shared publications
- Assessing adverse experiences from infancy through early childhood in home visiting programs
- Growing Up in Violent Communities: Do Family Conflict and Gender Moderate Impacts on Adolescents’ Psychosocial Development?
- Low-Level Symptoms of Depression in Mothers of Young Children are Associated with Behavior Problems in Middle Childhood
- Triple Risk: Do Difficult Temperament and Family Conflict Increase the Likelihood of Behavioral Maladjustment in Children Born Low Birth Weight and Preterm?
- Moderators of the Relationship Between Maternal Substance Abuse Symptoms and Preschool Children’s Behavioral Outcomes
Showing 5 of 13 shared publications
James P. Selig
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
13 shared publications
In database
- Foundations for screening adverse childhood experiences: Exploring patterns of exposure through infancy and toddlerhood
- Fidelity monitoring in complex interventions: a case study of the WISE intervention
- Adverse Childhood Experiences of Urban and Rural Preschool Children in Poverty
- Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial
- Assessing Mothers' and Fathers' Authoritarian Attitudes: The Psychometric Properties of a Brief Survey
Showing 5 of 13 shared publications
Danya Johnson
Stephens College
10 shared publications
In database
- School Bonding in Early Adolescence
- Supporting Family Engagement with Parents of Infants and Toddlers
- Maternal Low- and High-Depressive Symptoms and Safety Concerns for Low-Income Preschool Children
- Protecting Young Children: Identifying Family Substance Use and Risks in the Home
- Head Start and Unintended Injury: The Use of the Family Map Interview to Document Risk
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Wendy L. Ward
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
9 shared publications
In database
- Technology Use and Interest Among Low-Income Parents of Young Children: Differences by Age Group and Ethnicity
- Facebook: The Use of Social Media to Engage Parents in a Preschool Obesity Prevention Curriculum
- A Cross-Sectional Study of Early Childhood Educators’ Childhood and Current Food Insecurity and Dietary Intake
- School Bonding in Early Adolescence
- Maternal Depression: Relationship to Food Insecurity and Preschooler Fruit/Vegetable Consumption
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Mary E. Aitken
Memorial Hermann (US)
9 shared publications
- Grandmothers’ Beliefs and Practices in Infant Safe Sleep
- Assessment of Safe Sleep: Validation of the Parent Newborn Sleep Safety Survey
- Head Start and Unintended Injury: The Use of the Family Map Interview to Document Risk
- Safety Baby Shower Intervention Improves Safe Sleep Knowledge and Self-Efficacy among Expectant Teens
- Field assessment of a safe sleep instrument using smartphone technology
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Kathleen Barrett
8 shared publications
- Impact of Prenatal and/or Postnatal Growth Problems in Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants on School-Age Outcomes: An 8-Year Longitudinal Evaluation
- Evolution of obesity in a low birth weight cohort
- Developmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants With Neonatal Hypoglycemia
- Growing Up in Violent Communities: Do Family Conflict and Gender Moderate Impacts on Adolescents’ Psychosocial Development?
- Impact of intraventricular hemorrhage on cognitive and behavioral outcomes at 18 years of age in low birth weight preterm infants
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Nicola A. Conners
University of Memphis (US)
8 shared publications
- Measuring the potential for child maltreatment: The reliability and validity of the Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory—2
- Substance abuse treatment for mothers: Treatment outcomes and the impact of length of stay
- A comprehensive substance abuse treatment program for women and their children: an initial evaluation
- The Family Map: Structured Family Interview to Identify Risks and Strengths in Head Start Families
- The Development and Evaluation of an Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for Women and Children
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Samantha H. Mullins
Arkansas Children's Hospital
8 shared publications
In database
- Grandmothers’ Beliefs and Practices in Infant Safe Sleep
- Assessment of Safe Sleep: Validation of the Parent Newborn Sleep Safety Survey
- Safety Baby Shower Intervention Improves Safe Sleep Knowledge and Self-Efficacy among Expectant Teens
- Field assessment of a safe sleep instrument using smartphone technology
- Automatic Assessment of Infant Sleep Safety Using Semantic Segmentation
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Beverly Miller
Arkansas Children's Hospital
6 shared publications
In database
- Grandmothers’ Beliefs and Practices in Infant Safe Sleep
- Assessment of Safe Sleep: Validation of the Parent Newborn Sleep Safety Survey
- Safety Baby Shower Intervention Improves Safe Sleep Knowledge and Self-Efficacy among Expectant Teens
- Generations in Families Talking Safe Sleep (GIFTSS)
- 79 Field assessment of safe sleep instrument using smartphone technology
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Rosemary Nabaweesi
Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
6 shared publications
- Grandmothers’ Beliefs and Practices in Infant Safe Sleep
- Assessment of Safe Sleep: Validation of the Parent Newborn Sleep Safety Survey
- Field assessment of a safe sleep instrument using smartphone technology
- Automatic Assessment of Infant Sleep Safety Using Semantic Segmentation
- 79 Field assessment of safe sleep instrument using smartphone technology
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Susan L. Johnson
University of Colorado Anschutz (US)
6 shared publications
- A mixed methods protocol for developing and testing implementation strategies for evidence-based obesity prevention in childcare: a cluster randomized hybrid type III trial
- A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Barriers and Facilitators to Evidence-Based Practices for Obesity Prevention in Head Start
- Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial
- Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial
- Predictors of sustainment of two distinct nutrition and physical activity programs in early care and education
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
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