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Faculty Profiles

ALLAN V. KAUFMAN, Professor

 
akaufman@sw.ua.edu
(205) 348-3941

Degrees:
• B.A., Hunter College of the City University of New York
• M.S.W., Adelphi University
• Ph.D., Florida State University

Field of interest:
Aging; social support; care-giving; research methodology

Selected Publications:

Scogin, F., Morthland, M., Kaufman, A.V., Burgio, L., Chaplin, W., & Kong, G. (2008). Improving quality of life in diverse rural older adults:  A randomized trial of a psychological treatment.  Psychology and Aging, 22(4), 657-665.

Kaufman, A.V., Scogin, F.R., Burgio, L.D., Morthland, M.P., & Ford, B.K. (2007). Providing mental health services to older people living in rural communities. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 48(3-4), 349-365.

Kaufman, A.V., & Tang, M. (2007). Gerontological social work. In D.M. DiNitto & C.A. McNeece (Eds.), Social work issues and opportunities in a challenging profession, (3rd ed., pp. 361-283). Chicago: Lyceum Books, Inc.

Kosberg, J.I., Kaufman, A.V., Burgio, L.D., Leeper, J.D., & Sun, F. (2007). Family caregiving to those with dementia in rural Alabama:  Racial similarities and differences. Journal of Aging and Health, 19(1), 3-21.


Kosberg, J. I., & Kaufman, A. V. (2002, February 15). Gerontological social work: Issues and imperatives for education and practice. Electronic Journal of Social Work, 1, (1), Article 9.

Kaufman, A. V., Scogin, F. R., Malone Beach, E. E., Baumhover, L. A., & McKendree-Smith, N. (2000). Home delivered mental health services for aged rural home health care recipients. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 19 (4), 460-475.

MacNeil, G., Stewart, J. C., & Kaufman, A. V. (2000). Social support as a potential moderator of adolescent delinquent behaviors. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 17(5), 361- 379.

MacNeil, G., Dressler, W. W., & Kaufman, A. V. (2000). Ethnic differences in risk factors associated with substance use in adolescence. In N. N. Singh, J. P. Leung, & A. N. Singh (Eds.), International perspectives on child and adolescent mental health: Selected proceedings of the first International Conference on Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Hong Kong, June 1998. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, Chapter 7, pp. 109-124.