Dr. Susan Letteney
Assistant Professor
Department of Social Sciences
Social Work Program
AC–3A06
(718) 262-2614
letteney@york.cuny.edu
 
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  • SW 203
  • SW 360
  • SW 400


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  • Focus: Social Workers & HIV


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    GRANTS

    5/02-4/03 PSC-CUNY
    Planning for the Continuous Care of Children in HIV Affected Families.

    5/02-4/03 PIAF
    Social Worker’s Knowledge, Attitudes & Behavior: Future Care & Custody Planning For HIV Affected Families.

    4/01-4/02 PSC-CUNY
    The Relationship of Social Support and Mood to HIV Disclosure Within Families.

    4/01-4/02 PIAF
    Supplement to above.

    1993-2000 Ryan White
    The Women’s Project: Harm Reduction for HIV Positive, Chemically Dependent Women.

    1995-2000 NYSDOH
    Families In Transition: Permanency Planning for HIV-Affected Families.

    1997-1999 Liz Claiborne
    Early Support Group Project.

    PUBLICATIONS

    Letteney, S. (2002). Issues confronting HIV-affected families. Social Work Today (February 18), p. 22-23.

    Letteney, S. (2000). How do I tell my children? HIV, IV drugs, and disclosure. The Counselor, (March/April), 13-17.

    Beckerman, N., Letteney, S., & Lorber, K. (2000). Couples of mixed HIV status: Key emotional issues. Social Work in Health Care, 31 (4), 25-41.

    PRESENTATIONS

    Demas, P., Lee, S., Letteney, S., Allison, S., Simoni, J., Becker, L., Porricolo, M., Burton-Goode, J., & New, M. (2002). Issues facing children infected with HIV and their caregivers. Presented in Poster Session at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.

    Letteney, S. (2001). Deconstructing stigma: The role of perceived stigma in the disclosure patterns of HIV seropositive mothers. Paper presented at the New York State Social Work Education Association 34th Annual Conference, Albany, NY.

    Franchi, D., Krauss, B., Letteney, S., & Silverman, F. (2000). Future care and custody: Constants and changes in a half-decade of program experience with HIV-affected families. Paper presented at the Eighth Annual National Institute of Mental Health Conference, “The Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS,” Chicago, IL.

    Krauss, B.J., Franchi, D., Letteney, S., & Silverman, F. (1999). Caregiver contact and cultural sensitivity as predictors of successful future care and custody planning with HIV seropositive families [Abstract]. F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, R. Robinson, & C. Clark (Eds.), Summary of Conference Proceedings: Children and families in an era of rapid change (p. 530). Washington, DC: Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

    Silverman, F., Franchi, D., Krauss, B., & Letteney, S. (1999). The referral problems of HIV positive parents: Influence on accessing permanency planning. Presented in Poster Session at the Seventh Annual National Institute of Mental Health Conference, “The Role of the Family in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS,” Philadelphia, PA.

    Letteney, S. (1998). Disclosure of HIV status from seropositive mothers to their children: Implications for social work policy and practice. Paper presented at the Yeshiva University Wurzweiler School of Social Work Conference, “HIV and Diversity,” New York, NY.

    Krauss, B.J., Franchi, D., Letteney, S., & Silverman, F. (1998). Caregiver contact and cultural sensitivity as predictors of successful future care and custody planning with HIV seropositive families. Presented in Poster Session at “Children and Families in an Era of Rapid Change,” Head Start’s Fourth National Research Conference, Washington, DC.

    Letteney, S. (1996). Disclosure of HIV serostatus from mothers to children:
    Influencing factors. Paper presented at the 124th Annual Meeting and Exposition of The American Public Health Association, New York, NY.

    Letteney, S. (1996). Women and harm reduction. Seminar presented at Gay Men’s Health Crisis “Substance Use Counseling and Education and HIV Prevention Forum,” New York, NY.

    Silverman, F., Franchi, D., Letteney, S., & Krauss, B. (1996). Permanency planning for HIV infected mothers and their children: Strengthening families and building new ones. Paper presented at the Association for the Care of Children’s Health 31st Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

    Watkins, S., Franchi, D., Krauss, B., Silverman, F., Letteney, S. (1996).
    A hospital/community program for permanency planning in HIV-affected families. Presented in Poster Session at the XI-th International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    Letteney, S., Krauss, B.J., Silverman, F., Franchi, D., & Watkins, S. (1995). The role of outreach workers in serving HIV affected families: A professional/peer model of outreach. Paper presented at the Yeshiva University Wurzweiler School of Social Work, “HIV and Diversity,” Conference, New York, NY.

    Letteney, S. (1995). A program model for reaching high-risk women on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Paper presented at the Harm Reduction Coalition Northeast Conference, “Drugs, Sex and Harm Reduction,” New York, NY.

    Krauss, B.J., Letteney, S., Silverman, F., Franchi, D., & Watkins, S. (1995). Families in Transition-Permanency planning for HIV affected families, a hospital/community collaboration. Presented in Poster Session at the Third Annual National Institute of Mental Health Research Conference, “The Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS,” Chantilly, VA.
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