Temple University School of Social Administration

Thu, 08/24/2006 - 4:08pm — Karin Eyrich
Temple University’s School of Social Administration (SSA) is located in North Philadelphia (at the corner of Broad and Cecil B Moore Ave).  Faculty at the school conduct research in a variety of practice and policy areas and teach approximately 800 BSW and MSW students.
SSA is dedicated to societal transformations to eliminate social, political, and economic injustices for poor and oppressed populations and to advance the quality of life for all through:
  • Education emphasizing the discovery of knowledge, use of critical inquiry, and exertion of professional ethics to guide solution seeking and action taking to effect social change among professional social workers in front-line, supervisory, managerial, and leadership positions.
  • Research and scholarship to advance applied knowledge and generate evidence based strategies to resolve problems occurring between people and their social environments at local, state, national, and global levels.
  • Public service to aid the dissemination of knowledge and evidence based strategies.
  • Responding to the needs of constituents through collaborations and partnerships with communities, agencies, and organizations.
SSA has six centers/institutes as well, including the Center for Social Policy and Community Development (CSPCD), Institute for Africana Social Work, Family Reunion Institute, Multicultural Training and Research Institute, Center for Intervention and Practice Research, and Institute on Protective Services.
Dr. Karin Eyrich, an Assistant Professor at SSA, and Dr. John Trudeau, Director of CSPCD, are partnering with the Office of Emergency Shelter Services (OESS) to evaluate the use of technology in homeless services implemented by OESS, funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Technology Opportunities Program.
Dr. Eyrich is interested in the research and evaluation of homeless populations, especially in the areas of intervention, social support, substance abuse, and mental illness.  Some of Dr. Eyrich’s papers/publications are listed below.  You may contact her to receive copies of them.  Her email address is keyrich@temple.edu, and her phone number is (215) 204-1217.

Complete Drafts of Papers in Progress:

Eyrich, K.M., Cacciola, J.S., Carise, D., McLellan, A.T., & Lynch, K.  Homelessness and poverty in a substance abuse treatment-seeking sample.

Eyrich, K.M., Callahan, C.L., & Cottler, L.B.  Does the use of subjective versus objective definitions of homelessness matter?

Eyrich, K.M., Kim, J., Thompson, S.J., Pollio, D.E., & North, C.S.  Modeling multisector service use in a homeless population.

Published, Peer-Reviewed Papers on Homelessness:
Pollio, D.E., North, C.S., Foster, D.A., Eyrich, K.M., & Sptiznagel, E.L. (2006).  A comparison of agency-based and self-report methods of measuring services across an urban environment by a drug-abusing homeless population.  International Journal on Methods in Psychiatric Research, 15(1), 46-56.
North, C.S., Pollio, D.E., Perron, B., Eyrich, K.M., & Spitznagel, E.L. (2005).  The role of organizational characteristics in determining patterns of utilization of services for substance abuse, mental health, and shelter by homeless people.  Journal of Drug Issues, 35(3), 575-591.
Thompson, S.J, Pollio, D.E., Eyrich, K.M., North, C.S., & Bradbury, E. (2004).  Mechanisms of Successfully Exiting Homelessness.  Evaluation and Program Planning, 27, 423-431.
North, C.S, Eyrich, K.M., Pollio, D.E., Cottler, L.B., & Spitznagel, E.L. (2004).  The homeless supplement to the Diagnostic Interview Schedule:  Test-retest analyses.  International Journal on Methods in Psychiatric Research, 13(3), 184-191.
North, C.S., Eyrich, K.M., & Pollio, D.E. (2004). Are rates of psychiatric disorders changing over time in the homeless population?  American Journal of Public Health, 94(1), 103-108.
Pollio, D.E., North, C.S., Eyrich, K.M., Foster, D.A., & Sptiznagel, E.L. (2003).  Modeling service access in a homeless population.  Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 35(4), 487-495.
Eyrich, K.M., Pollio, D.E., & North, C.S. (2003).  An exploration of alienation and replacement theories of social support in homelessness.  Social Work Research, 27(4), 222-231.
 

Link to Center for Social Policy and Community Development




http://www.temple.edu/ssa/