Fussy Eater – Karen Zgoda, LMSW

August 7, 2009September 7, 2010

August 2009

My next SW 2.0 article for the New Social Worker titled "How Tweet it is: Social Tweeters," has been published here. Article titled "Sweet Treats for Summertime" published inNorth End Scene magazine.

September 10, 2008September 10, 2010

September 2008

Fussy Eater has been named a favorite site at outside.in!

August 10, 2008September 10, 2010

What a summer! It's been an eventful time, to say the least! Kate Silfen and I published an article together titled "Evidence-based practice and library instruction: An assessment of student reference lists" in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian. Here is a link to the official NASW, The New Social Worker magazine, & socialworkchat.org partnership …

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June 10, 2008September 10, 2010

June 2008

Fussy Eater is the #9 ranked blog on Urbanspoon Boston!

January 10, 2008September 10, 2010

January 2008

Working as a visiting lecturer at Salem State College. I'm teaching Research Methods to BSW students. After a snow day and a couple weeks of teaching, I'm finding it extremely fun to work with BSW students and help them develop their research interests. Working as a research assistant on the Charlestown Connects project, "a coordinated …

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Being ‘socially frail’ comes with health risks for older adults
Social frailty is a corollary to physical frailty, a set of vulnerabilities (including weakness, exhaustion, unintentional weight loss, slowness, and low physical activity) shown to increase the risk of falls, disability, hospitalization, poor surgical outcomes, admission to a nursing home, and earlier death in older adults. The post Being ‘socially frail’ c […]
Frequency of Physical Activity Done with a Companion: Changes Over Seven Years in Adults Aged 60+ Living in an Australian Capital City
Journal of Aging and Health, Ahead of Print. Objectives:This study examined how often adults 60+ years were physically active with a partner, close family, friends, and neighbors, over 7 years. Methods: Data from 2062 adults living in an Australian capital city were collected using a mail survey at four time points and analyzed using multinomial logistic […] […]
A pragmatic trial evaluating the effectiveness of web versus live training in functional behavior assessment and interventions among special educators
Abstract This study adopted a pragmatic trial with randomization to investigate the relative effectiveness of web versus live training on special educators’ competence and perceived skills in functional behavior assessments (FBA) and behavior interventions. Pragmatic trials seek to determine the effectiveness of an intervention in a real-world setting to ens […]
Evaluating caregivers arrangement of infant sleeping environments in the home
Abstract Sleep-related infant deaths are one of the top causes of infant mortality in the United States. A few behavior analytic studies have examined behavioral skills training to teach adults to arrange safe infant sleeping environments. These studies were conducted in an analogue environment, and no data were collected outside the training setting. The pu […]

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