Deborah K. Padgett
Professor of Social Work
BA Univ of Kentucky; MA Flordia State University; PhD University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee; MPH Columbia University
deborah.padgett@nyu.edu |
bio
Dr. Padgett has a doctoral degree in anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and post-doctoral training in public health and psychiatric epidemiology at Columbia University and Duke University, respectively. She is nationally known for her advocacy and practice of qualitative and mixed methods in research. She is the editor of The Handbook of Ethnicity, Aging, and Mental Health (1995) and The Qualitative Research Experience (2004), author of Qualitative Methods in Social Work Research (1998; 2nd edition forthcoming in 2008), and co-author of Program Evaluation (4th ed., 2005). Dr. Padgett has published extensively on mental health needs and service use of the homeless mentally ill, older women, ethnic groups and children/adolescents.
Dr. Padgett was co-principal investigator on two NIMH-funded grants and an NCI-funded mixed methods study of African-American women and breast cancer screening; she was also national Co-Director of the Screening Adherence Follow-up (SAFe) project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1997-2001). She is currently Principal Investigator of The New York Services Study, a $1.4 million qualitative study of dual diagnosed homeless funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. The NYSS (2004-2009) is designed to elicit consumer perspectives on recovery and services for homelessness, mental illness and substance abuse.
Dr. Padgett was a charter member of the National Program Committee of the John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program. Her expertise in qualitative methods has led to invitations to speak at several NIH-sponsored training institutes and grant proposal reviews. Dr. Padgett has also been an active mentor of other researchers and has served on numerous journal editorial boards. Recently, she has been teaching courses on socio-behavioral health and qualitative/field methods in NYU’s Global Public Health program.
Dr. Padgett has been active in SSWR since its inception and served as a Board Member (2002-2007) and President (2004-2006). She received an unprecedented honor in 2006 when SSWR announced the “Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Fellowship” in recognition of her contributions.
selected recent publications
- Vourlekis, B., Ell, K. & Padgett, D.K. (2005). Evidence-based assessment in case management to improve abnormal cancer screen follow-up. Health and Social Work, 30, 98-106.
- Padgett, D.K., Gulcur, L., & Tsemberis, S.(2006). Housing first services for the psychiatrically disabled homeless with co-occurring substance abuse. Research on Social Work Practice, 16, 74-83.
- Freundlich, M., Avery, R.J., & Padgett, D.K. (2007). Preparation of youth in congregate care for independent living. Child and Family Social Work, 12, 64-72.
- Padgett, D.K., Hawkins, R.L., Abrams, C., & Davis, A. (2006). In their own words: Trauma and substance abuse in the lives of formerly homeless women with serious mental illness. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(1), 461-467.
- Padgett, D.K. (2007). Ontological security in the third decade of the ‘homelessness crisis’ in the United States. Social Science & Medicine, 64, 1925-1936.
- Henwood, B. & Padgett, D.K.(2007) The self-medication hypothesis revisited. American Journal on Addictions, 16 (3), 160-165.
- Freundlich, M., Avery, R.J., & Padgett, D.K (2007). Care or scare: The safety of youth in congregate care in New York City. Child Abuse and Neglect. 31(2), 173-186.
- Padgett, D.K. (in press). Qualitative Methods. In the Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th Ed., T. Mizrahi and L. Davis, Editors. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Padgett, D.K. (in press). Advocacy Research. In The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications.