Kate Guastaferro
Kate Guastaferro
Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Director of the Center for the Advancement and Dissemination of Intervention Optimization
Director of the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Program
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Professional overview
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Kate Guastaferro, PhD is an intervention scientist by training, her work is devoted to the development, optimization, implementation and evaluation of effective, efficient, affordable and scalable interventions with high public health impact. She is an expert in the multiphase optimization (MOST) strategy and her expertise is in parent-focused, multicomponent behavioral interventions to prevent child maltreatment. Dr. Guastaferro co-led a statewide trial focused on the coordinated implementation of three evidence-base child sexual abuse prevention programs; included in this trial was the parent-focused child sexual abuse program that she developed, piloted and evaluated. Her current work is focused on the integration of intervention optimization into the prevention of child maltreatment.
Prior to joining NYU, Dr. Guastaferro was an assistant research professor in human development and family studies at the Pennsylvania State University, and an affiliate of its Prevention Research Center and Child Maltreatment Solutions Network. In 2020, she was awarded the Victoria S. Levin Award for Early Career Success in Young Children’s Mental Health Research from the Society for Research in Child Development. She has been published in Child Maltreatment, Translational Behavioral Medicine, and the American Journal of Public Health.
Dr. Guastaferro received her PhD and MPH from Georgia State University’s School of Public Health, and her BA in anthropology from Boston University. She also completed a year of postdoctoral training at the Pennsylvania State University.
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Education
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Prevention and Methodology Training Program (T32 DA017629), The Pennsylvania State UniversityPhD Public Health, Georgia State UniversityMPH Health Promotion, Georgia State UniversityBA Anthropology, Boston University
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Honors and awards
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Victoria S. Levin Award, Society for Research on Child Development (2020)NIH Loan Repayment Program Award: Toward the Optimization of Behavioral Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment (201820192020)Public Health Achievement Award, Georgia State University (2016)Scarlet Key Honor Society, Boston University (2008)
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Publications
Publications
The Smart Parents Study
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Failed retrieving data.Theatre testing a sexual and reproductive health program for Latina teens and their female caregivers: A mixed methods study.
Failed retrieving data.Universal parent-focused child sexual abuse prevention : A quasi-experimental protocol
Failed retrieving data.Validation of a new tool to assess parents' practical implementation of behavioral strategies for child sexual abuse prevention
Failed retrieving data.A to Z and not just “K:” Considerations for Applying the Multiphase Optimization Strategy in Your Career Development Award.
Failed retrieving data.Adapting a selective parent-focused child sexual abuse prevention curriculum for a universal audience: A pilot study
Failed retrieving data.Adaptive Interventions: Innovations in Intervention and Experimental Design.
Failed retrieving data.An Innovative Approach to Reducing Second Hand Smoke Exposure and Child Maltreatment Risk: The Smoke-Free Home SafeCare Curriculum.
Failed retrieving data.Applying the resource management principle to achieve community engagement and experimental rigor in the multiphase optimization streategy framework
Failed retrieving data.Association between child maltreatment and substance use disorder across emerging adulthood
Failed retrieving data.Child maltreatment types by age: Implications for prevention
Failed retrieving data.Cultural and Family Influences on Parents’ Child Sexual Abuse-Related Awareness and Protective Behaviors.
Failed retrieving data.Enhancing Assessment of Child Maltreatment Risk in Research: Integrating Measures of Food Insecurity.
Failed retrieving data.Family structure and children's risk of child protective services re-reports
Failed retrieving data.Firearm screening and secure storage counseling among home visiting providers: A cross-sectional survey of SafeCare® providers in the U.S.
Failed retrieving data.HIV Prevention in Foster Care Youths: Time for a Refocus
Failed retrieving data.Household family type and children’s risk of child protective services re-reports
Failed retrieving data.Implementing a Sexual and Reproductive Health Workshop for Latina Teens and their Female Caregivers: Findings from Theater Testing and Piloting.
Failed retrieving data.Increasing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in primary care: A study protocol for a multi-level intervention using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) framework
Failed retrieving data.Integrating implementaiton science and intervention optimization
Failed retrieving data.Intervention optimization: A paradigm shift and its potential implications for clinical psychology
Failed retrieving data.Intervention Optimization: A Paradigm Shift and Its Potential Implications for Clinical Psychology
Failed retrieving data.Maximizing Impact: Expanding the Reach of Child Maltreatment Prevention Interventions
Failed retrieving data.Maximizing the reach of universal child sexual abuse prevention: Protocol for an equivalence trial
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