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 , Ph.D., Social Welfare Research Scientist Prevention Research Center Los Angeles, California
Phone: (310) 206-1602
Fax: (310) 206-7564
Email: bfreisthler@prev.org
Dr. Bridget Freisthler has been associated with the Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation since 2000. She received her A.M. (MSW equivalent) from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration in 1998 and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2003. Professor Freisthler’s research focuses on how environmental structure and processes impact child development and maltreatment. She is particularly interested in how the substance use environment (e.g., alcohol outlet density) is related to both parental substance use behaviors and the perpetration of child abuse and neglect. Dr. Freisthler incorporates the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), spatial statistics, and spatial econometrics in understanding how social problems vary across geographic areas, such as neighborhoods, and identifying those areas in a community which are at risk for developing or already experiencing high levels of social problems based on a growing understanding of neighborhood ecologies.
Currently she is an Assistant Professor at UCLA’s Department of Social Welfare and Principal Investigator of a NIAAA-funded study examining the role of alcohol use and alcohol outlet density on child maltreatment for a sample of young adult parents. Previously at PRC, she worked on two projects that utilized environmental prevention strategies to reduce alcohol-related problems (e.g., assaults, alcohol overdoses) in ethnic-minority communities and on college campuses.
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Published Literature
- Need for and access to supportive services in the child welfare system, GeoJournal (2012). Author(s): Freisthler, B.
- Alcohol outlet density, parental monitoring, and adolescent deviance: A multilevel analysis, Children and Youth Services Review (2009). Author(s): Freisthler, B.; Byrnes, H. F.; and Gruenewald, P. J.
- Ecological Associations of Alcohol Outlets With Underage and Young Adult Injuries, Alcohol Clin Exp Res (2009). Author(s): Freisthler, B.; Remer, L.; LaScala, E. A.; Gruenewald, P. J.; Ponicki, W. R.; and Treno, A. J.
- An ecological assessment of the population and environmental correlates of childhood accident, assault, and child abuse injuries, Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research (2008). Author(s): Freisthler, B.; LaScala, E. A.; Gruenewald, P. J.; and Ring, L.
- Exploring the spatial dynamics of alcohol outlets and Child Protective Services referrals, substantiations, and foster care entries, Child Maltreatment (2007). Author(s): Freisthler, B.; Needell, B.; Gruenewald, P. J.; Remer, L. G.; and Lery, B.
- Introducing simultaneous equation modeling for social work research: A theoretical approach to examining complex social problems, Journal of Social Service Research (2007). Author(s): Freisthler, Bridget; Svare, Gloria Messick; Jay, Sydney; and Bruce, Emily J.
- Understanding the geospatial relationship of neighborhood characteristics and rates of maltreatment for black, hispanic, and white children, Social Work (2007). Author(s): Freisthler, B.; Needell, B.; and Bruce, E.
- Ecological models of alcohol outlets and violent assaults: crime potentials and geospatial analysis, Addiction (2006). Author(s): Gruenewald, P. J.; Freisthler, B.; Remer, L.; LaScala, E. A.; and Treno, A.
- An examination of drug activity: effects of neighborhood social organization on the develoment of drug distribution systems, Substance Use & Misuse (2005). Author(s): Freisthler, Bridget; LaScala, Elizabeth A.; Gruenewald, Paul J.; and Treno, Andrew J.
- An exploratory study examining the spatial dynamics of illicit drug availability and rates of drug use, Journal of Drug Education (2005). Author(s): Freisthler, Bridget; Gruenewald, Paul J.; Johnson, Fred W.; Treno, Andrew J.; and LaScala, Elizabeth A.
- Application of evidence-based approaches to community interventions, in Preventing Harmful Substance Use: The Evidence Base for Policy and Practice. (2005). Author(s): Treno, Andrew J.; Lee, Juliet P.; Freisthler, Bridget; Remer, Lillian G.; and Gruenewald, Paul J.
- Is the physical availability of alcohol and illicit drugs related to neighborhood rates of child maltreatment?, Child Abuse and Neglect (2005). Author(s): Freisthler, B.; Needell, B.; and Gruenewald, P.J.
- Moderate alcohol use and depression in young adults: findings from a national longitudinal study, American Journal of Public Health (2005). Author(s): Paschall, Mallie J.; Freisthler, Bridget; and Lipton, Robert I.
- Poplulation ecologies of drug use, drinking and related problems, in Preventing Harmful Substance Use: The Evidence Base for Policy and Practice (2005). Author(s): LaScala, E.; Freisthler, B.; and Gruenewald, P.J.
- Social ecology and the invention of new regulatory strategies for preventing drug and alcohol problems, in Preventing Harmful Substance Use: The Evidence Base for Policy and Practice (2005). Author(s): Freisthler, B.; and Gruenewald, P.J.
- Alcohol Outlets and Child Physical Abuse and Neglect: Applying Routine Activities Theory to the Study of Child Maltreatment, (2004). Author(s): Freisthler, Bridget; Midanik, Lorraine T.; and Gruenewald, Paul J.
- Does heavy drinking affect academic performance in college? Findings from a prospective study of high achievers, Journal of Studies on Alcohol (2003). Author(s): Paschall, Mallie J.; and Freisthler, Bridget
- Evaluating Alcohol Access and the Alcohol Environment in Neighborhood Areas, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (2003). Author(s): Freisthler, Bridget; Gruenewald, Paul J.; Treno, Andrew J.; and Lee, Juliet
- It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times: Young Adult Stepchildren Talk About Growing Up in a Stepfamily, Journal of Divorce & Remarriage (2003). Author(s): Freisthler, Bridget; Svare, Gloria Messick; and Harrison-Jay, Sydney
- Ecological Associations of Alcohol Outlets With Underage and Young Adult Injuries, Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research. Author(s): Freisthler, B.; Remer, L.; LaScala, E. A.; Gruenewald, P. J.; Ponicki, W. R.; and Treno, A. J.
- Ecological Associations of Alcohol Outlets With Underage and Young Adult Injuries, Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research. Author(s): Freisthler, B.; Remer, L.; LaScala, E. A.; Gruenewald, P. J.; Ponicki, W. R.; and Treno, A. J.
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