Research Interests

Dr. Carswell has knowledge and experience regarding community and environmental factors and their relationship to the incidence and prevalence of youth and adult involvement in health-compromising behaviors in urban communities.  He has assisted in the development and evaluation of preventive intervention programs aimed at preventing and/or reducing the involvement of urban African American youth in risky behaviors and delinquent activities.  Dr. Carswell is a recent recipient of a NIH K Award (K99/R00) that examines the extent to which specific risk and protective factors predict both perceptions of HIV risk and participation in risky sexual behaviors among high-risk African American youth.  In addition, he is a recent recipient of a NIH Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Award and a former recipient of a NIH Minority Investigator Fellowship Award.

Selected Publications

Hanlon, T. E., Simon, B. D., O'Grady, K. E., Carswell, S. B., & Callaman, J. M. (in press). The effectiveness of an after-school program targeting urban African American youth. Education and Urban Society.

Carswell, S. B., & Carswell, M. A. (2007). Meeting the physical, psychological, and social needs of African Americans following a disaster. In Marsella, A., Johnson, J., Watson, P., & Gryczynski, J. (Eds.), Ethnocultural Perspectives on Disaster and Trauma: Foundations, Issues, and Applications. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, pp. 39-71.

Carswell, S. B. (2007). Delinquency among African American youth: Parental attachment, socioeconomic status, and peer relationships. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC.

Hanlon, T. E., Carswell, S. B., & Rose, M. (2007). Research on the caretaking of children of incarcerated parents: Findings and their service delivery implications. Children and Youth Services Review, 29(3), 348-362.

Hanlon, T. E., Bateman, R. W., O’Grady, K. E., Simon, B. D., & Carswell, S. B. (2004). Antecedents and correlates of deviant activity in urban youth manifesting behavioral problems. Journal of Primary Prevention, 24, 285-310.

Battjes, R. J. & Carswell, S. B. (2002). Federal drug abuse treatment research priorities. In Leukfield, C., Tims, F., & Farabee, D. (Eds.), Clinical and Policy Responses to Drug Offenders. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, pp. 348-361.

Hanlon, T. E., Bateman, R. W., Simon, B. D., O’Grady, K. E., & Carswell, S. B. (2002). An early community-based intervention for the prevention of substance abuse and other delinquent behavior. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 31, 459-471.