Consultant and technical assistance nationally to state child welfare agencies in the areas of surveillance, research design, research methods, evaluation design, data collection methods, survey design, data analytics, data interpretation, and CQI
- Projects ranged from 3 months to 14 months and included working with states to build and enhance their data analytic and evaluation capacity. Focused on developing agency skills in an analytic framework and change management approach. Skill development included identifying the problem, developing a research question(s), identifying the research design, identification of the data elements needed for analysis, data analysis, quantitative and qualitative, identifying the intervention best matched to address the problem, implementing the intervention, measuring fidelity to the intervention, data analysis, and program evaluation to make adjustments where needed and evaluate the impact of the intervention. Also provided technical assistance on a range of data analytic methods inclusive of population epidemiological methods (i.e. odds ratio) and approaches. Provided consultation on developing a theory of change, development of a logic model as part of the analytic approach. Provided consultation on applying a public health model to child welfare, behavioral health, and juvenile justice with a focus on Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Prevention Framework and the Socio-Ecological Model and Social Determinants of Health.
2019 Caron, C., Kim, Kyeonghee. Longitudinal analysis and predictors of juvenile justice involvement among children in foster care. Oral presentation American Public Health Association, November 2019
2019 Caron, C. Kim, Kyeonghee Kim. Application of Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Prevention and Socio-Ecological Model in Child Welfare safety, removal and permanency rates by individual, family and community factors. Oral presentation accepted. Child Welfare Evaluation Summit, August 2019
2019 Caron, C. Invited panel presentation. Applying a Public Health Prevention Model in Child Welfare Program Planning and Evaluation, Organizational design and measuring impacts. Child Welfare Evaluation Summit, August 2019
2018 Caron, C. & Kim, Kyeonghee. Applying a public health framework in evaluating child welfare outcomes with a focus on disproportionality and social determinants of health. RI Health Equity Conference.
2017 Vidal, S., Prince, D., Connell, C., Caron, C., Kaufman, J., & Tebes, J. (2017, March). Maltreatment, family environment, and social risk factors: Determinants of the child welfare to juvenile justice transition among maltreated children and adolescents. Paper presented at the AP-LS Annual Conference (Seattle, Washington).
2016 Co-panel presenter on Live Web-stream to State Child Welfare Systems in “Applying a Public Health Framework and Data Analysis to Child Welfare Outcomes with focus on victims of sex trafficking in child welfare”.
2016 Co-presenter of “Predictive Analytics in Child Welfare” Webinar delivered to the National Child Welfare Gateway Agency.
2014 The U.S. Children’s Bureau National Webinar training (4, 2-hour webinar trainings) to all State Child Welfare Agencies. Topic: Implementing Research Methods, Program Planning and Evaluation in Child Welfare. Developed and presented to all U.S. State Child Welfare Agencies. JBS International Consultant for U.S. Children’s Bureau.
2014 The Prevalence of Psychotropic Medication Utilization in Child Welfare in RI. Center for Health Services and Care. Webinar.
2013 American Association of Public Welfare Attorneys (AAPWA) Annual Meeting. Newport, Rhode Island. Factors Predictive of Child Welfare Permanency Outcomes and the Prevalence of Psychotropic Medication in Child Welfare in RI.
2011 Summer meeting of Council of Juvenile Correction Administrators (CJCA). Florida. Longitudinal Analysis of Recidivism Rates, Predictors and Outcomes of Three Cohorts of Youth in the RI Juvenile Justice System.
