Ben Goodman | Scholars@Duke

Ben Goodman
Research Scientist

Ben Goodman, PhD, is a research scientist at the Center for Child and Family Policy (CCFP) and a senior fellow at the Center for Child & Family Health at Duke University. He currently serves as the co-director of the Family Connects home visiting programs at CCFP: Durham Connects. In this capacity, he oversees program evaluation for all communities implementing Family Connects and leads the impact evaluation of two randomized control trials of the Family Connects program in Durham, N.C.:Community Prevention of Child Maltreatment and Low-Cost RCT Evaluation of a Universal Postnatal Nurse Home Visiting Program. In addition, he is evaluating the dissemination of the Family Connects model to four low-income, rural counties as part of the North Carolina Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant: Family Connects Evaluation.

Goodman received his doctorate in human development and family studies from The Pennsylvania State University and was a postdoctoral scholar at Penn State’s Prevention Research Center prior to joining the Center for Child and Family Policy.

His research interests focus broadly on the implementation and evaluation of home visiting programs to improve parent and child well-being, as well as the influence of stress and support on the quality of parent-child relationships, parents’ own well-being, and child development.

Research Interests:

Home Visiting
Early Childhood
Parenting
Program Evaluation

Education:

Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University - 2009

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Research Scientist, Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy

Contact Information

2024 West Main St., Erwin Mill Building, Bay C, Box 90539, Durham, NC 277080539
ben.goodman@duke.edu +1 919 668 4126

Research
Selected Grants
- Community Prevention of Child Maltreatment awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2023
- Building Primary Prevention Solutions 2019
- Universal Nurse Home Visiting in Low-Income, Rural Counties 2017
- Low-Cost RCT Evaluation of a Universal Postnatal Nurse Home Visiting Program 2014 - 2016
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Goodman, W. B., Dodge, K. A., Bai, Y., O’Donnell, K. J., & Murphy, R. A. (2019). Randomized controlled trial of Family Connects: Effects on child emergency medical care from birth to 24 months.. Dev Psychopathol, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419000889
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  - Dodge, K. A., & Goodman, W. B. (2019). Universal reach at birth: Family connects. Future of Children, 29(1), 41–60. https://doi.org/10.1353/foc.2019.0003
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  - Goodman, W. B., O’Donnell, K., Murphy, R. A., Dodge, K. A., & Duke University. (2019). Moving Beyond Program to Population Impact: Toward a Universal Early Childhood System of Care.. J Fam Theory Rev, 11(1), 112–126. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12302
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  - Berlin, L. J., Martoccio, T. L., Appleyard Carmody, K., Goodman, W. B., O’Donnell, K., Williams, J., … Dodge, K. A. (2017). Can typical US home visits affect infant attachment? Preliminary findings from a randomized trial of Healthy Families Durham.. Attach Hum Dev, 19(6), 559–579. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2017.1339359
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  - Dodge, K. A., Goodman, W. B., Murphy, R. A., O’Donnell, K., Sato, J., & Guptill, S. (2014). Implementation and randomized controlled trial evaluation of universal postnatal nurse home visiting.. Am J Public Health, 104 Suppl 1, S136–S143. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301361
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  - Dodge, K. A., Goodman, W. B., Murphy, R. A., O’Donnell, K., & Sato, J. (2013). Randomized controlled trial of universal postnatal nurse home visiting: impact on emergency care.. Pediatrics, 132 Suppl 2, S140–S146. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1021M
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  - Dodge, K. A., Goodman, W. B., Murphy, R., O’Donnell, K., & Sato, J. (2013). Toward Population Impact from Home Visiting.. Zero Three, 33(3), 17–23.
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  - Goodman, W. B., Crouter, A. C., Lanza, S. T., Cox, M. J., Vernon-Feagans, L., & The Family Life Project Key Investigators. (2011). Paternal Work Stress and Latent Profiles of Father-Infant Parenting Quality.. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 73(3), 588–604. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00826.x
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  - Goodman, W. B., Crouter, A. C., & The Family Life Project Key Investigators. (2009). Longitudinal Associations between Maternal Work Stress, Negative Work-Family Spillover, and Depressive Symptoms.. Family Relations, 58(3), 245–258. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00550.x
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  - Davis, K. D., Goodman, W. B., Pirretti, A. E., & Almeida, D. M. (2008). Nonstandard Work Schedules, Perceived Family Well-Being, and Daily Stressors.. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 70(4), 991–1003. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00541.x
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  - Goodman, W. B., Crouter, A. C., Lanza, S. T., & Cox, M. J. (2008). Paternal Work Characteristics and Father-Infant Interactions in Low-Income, Rural Families.. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 70(3), 640–653. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00511.
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  - Crouter, A. C., Lanza, S. T., Pirretti, A., Goodman, W. B., Neebe, E., & Key Family Life Project Investigators. (2006). The O*Net Jobs Classification System: A Primer for Family Researchers.. Family Relations, 55(4), 461–472. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00415.x
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- Reports
  - Goodman, B., Christopoulos, C., & Quinn, J. (2016). Evaluation of the Family Connects program in the North Carolina Early Learning Transformation Zone: Final report. Duke University.
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  - Goodman, B., Snead, A., Harrison, M., & Davis, K. D. (2009). The Hotel Work and Well-Being Project. The Pennsylvania State University.
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Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Reports