Aubrey Spriggs, M.A., Senior Research Analyst, joined the Center for Home Care Policy and Research in February 2000. At the Center, Ms. Spriggs has worked on five projects: one examining the effects of social support on physical and mental health outcomes of black elder home care patients; one investigating the individual and interactive effects of formal and informal health care on physical and mental health outcomes of elderly home care patients; one examining family and staff satisfaction with the Children's and Family Service Division of VNSNY; one evaluating process and outcomes of VNSNY's Early Head Start Program; and one evaluating palliative care processes at VNSNY.
Ms. Spriggs is a graduate of Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy and received her Master of Social Service Administration with a concentration in Family Support from the University of Chicago. Before joining VNSNY, Ms. Spriggs worked with Family Support America in Chicago. There she coordinated a research/publication project examining best practices in family support program start-up and development. She also has provided technical assistance to violence prevention programs, and social work/ psychological services to children, adolescents and families.
Journal Articles
Navaie-Waliser, M., Potere, J.C., & Spriggs, A.L. 2003
Family satisfaction survey: Division of children's and family
services.
New York: Visiting Nurse Service of New
York.
Navaie-Waliser, M., Spriggs, A, Feldman, P.H. 2002.
Informal Caregivers as Long-Term Care Providers: Differential Experiences by Gender.
Medical Care, 40(12):
1249-1259.
Spriggs, A. 1999.
How to maintain family
involvement.
America's Family Support Magazine, 18:
34-35.
Spriggs, A. 1998.
The effects of identity on
residential segregation.
The Advocate's Forum, 5: 16-17.
Books
Ahsan, N., Kelly, J., and Spriggs, A., eds. 2000.
Family Support Centers: A Program Manager's Toolkit.
Chicago: Family Resource Coalition of America.
