Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, College of Health and Human Performance

Contact Info

bair23@ecu.edu

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Co-investigator Network

Rong Bai

member of

selected publications

article
- Black women's experiences with professional accompaniment at prenatal appointments. Ethnicity and Health. 28:61-77. 2023
- Black women's experiences with professional accompaniment at prenatal appointments. Ethnicity & Health. 28. 2023
- Child and state factors in positive permanency: a multi-level survival analysis. Journal of Public Child Welfare. 17. 2023
- Children removed for inadequate housing are less likely to be reunified than peers: analysis from AFCARS data. Journal of Public Child Welfare. 2023
- Evaluation of a Medical Center Staff Bystander Intervention Training for No-Hit-Zones: An Innovative Strategy to Change Social Norms Regarding Physical Punishment. Research in Human Development. 20:65-79. 2023
- Exploring Adherence to Client Treatment Recommendations in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics. Research on Social Work Practice. 34. 2023
- Living apart after adoption or guardianship: Perspectives of adoptive parents and guardians. Children and Youth Services Review. 1-12. 2023
- Longitudinal Evaluation of the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics with Adoptive Families in Tennessee. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work. 20:1004-1025. 2023
- State policies on child maltreatment and racial disproportionality. Children and Youth Services Review. 151. 2023
- Collaborative fidelity assessment planning for the evaluation of a community-based maltreatment prevention model: The family success network (FSN). Children and Youth Services Review. 137. 2022
- Exploring the Association Between Housing Insecurity and Child Welfare Involvement: A Systematic Review. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. 39. 2022
- Families with Black Caregivers Were More Likely to Reunify? Explaining Findings from a RCT for Families who are Housing-unstable and Have Children in Foster Care.. Child Welfare. 100. 2022
- "I felt like it would've been perfect, if they hadn't been rushing": Black women's childbirth experiences with medical providers when accompanied by perinatal support professionals. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 77:4131-4141. 2021
- Differences Between U.S. Workers With Asthma by Paid Sick Leave Status: An Analysis of the 2018 National Health Interview Survey. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice. 21. 2020
- Family critical time intervention with housing unstable, child welfare-involved families: Service providers' and families' experiences with the phases. Children and Youth Services Review. 119. 2020
- Housing instability and child welfare: Examining the delivery of innovative services in the context of a randomized controlled trial. Children and Youth Services Review. 108. 2020
- Implementing housing first with families and young adults: challenges and progress toward self-sufficiency. Children and Youth Services Review. 96:34-46. 2019
- Pursuing collaboration to improve services for child welfare-involved housing unstable families. Children and Youth Services Review. 104. 2019
- Ministries of Catholic Sisters in the Diocese of Cleveland: Assessing Capacity and Opportunity in Period of Transition. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. 14:2-18. 2018
chapter
- Navigating the Crossroads of Child Welfare Involvement and Housing Insecurity: Reimagining Support for Vulnerable Families. NYU Press. 2024

presentations

presentation

principal investigator on

Does Permanent Supportive Housing Address Racial Disparity? Assessing the Long-term Impacts on Homeless Families with Children in Foster Care awarded by William T. Grant Foundation 2024 - 2026
Parenting Strategies among Youth Aging out of Foster Care awarded by Society for Research in Child Development 2024 - 2026

investigator on

Understanding and Improving Foster Parent and Kinship Care Recruitment and Retention in North Carolina awarded by North Carolina Policy Collaboratory 2025

education and training

M.S.W. in Social Work, Case Western Reserve University
MNO in Nonprofit Management, Case Western Reserve University
Ph.D. in Social Welfare, Case Western Reserve University

awards and honors

American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) Mentoring Program, conferred by American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), 2023