Amy Vargo
Title: Faculty
Specialty: Child resiliency and social capital
Contact Information:
FMHI Department of Child and Family Studies
Phone: 813-974-5356
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Details:
Amy Vargo, M.A. is a faculty member in the Department of Child & Family Studies at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida and is pursuing her doctorate in Applied Anthropology. Her past evaluation and research efforts include child resiliency and social capital, the evaluation of Community-Based Care, infant and toddler mental health and service utilization, children with identified mental health needs within the child welfare system, teenage pregnancy prevention and intervention, quality of and access to HIV services for African Americans, and substance abuse treatment for women and children. Of particular interest methodologically are qualitative techniques and multiple levels of analysis (e.g., cultural norms vs. individual characteristics).
