Publications

Ewell Foster, C., Finkelstein, S., Epstein, D., & King, C. A. (2025). Suicidal thinking and behavior in youth: Prevention, intervention, and implications for child and adolescent health. In P. E. Shah & M. H. Bornstein (Eds.), APA handbook of pediatric psychology, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, and developmental science: Pediatric psychology and developmental-behavioral pediatrics: Clinical applications of developmental science (pp. 573–594). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000414-024

Ewell Foster, C.J., Smith, T., Magness, C.S., Arango, A., Czyz, E., Finkelstein, S., Hong, V., Kettley, J., & King, C.A. (2025). Collaborative safety planning with youth during a suicide-related emergency: Developmental and family considerations. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 10(1), 90-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2024.2344475

Ewell Foster, C.J., Magness, C.S., Derwin, S., Kahsay, E., Smith, T., Rivara, F.P., Massey, L., & King, C.A. (2024). Store safely: A firearm injury prevention strategy for rural families. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 48(4), 247-258. https://doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000276

Ewell Foster, C.J., Derwin, S., Bornheimer, L.A., Magness, C.S., Kahsay, E., Eis, M., Verdugo, J.L., Smith, T., Massey, L., Rivara, F.P., & King, C.A. (2024). Firearm safe storage in rural families: Community perspectives about ownership and safety messaging. Health Promotion Practice, 25(1), 33-48. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399231166418

Magness, C.S., Stern, K., Burnside, A., Masterson, D., Finkelstein, S., Kramer, A., Smith, P.K., Ewell Foster, C.J. (2023). Changes in gatekeeper beliefs following ASIST and relation to subsequent gatekeeper suicide prevention behaviors. Community Mental Health Journal, 59(5), 1013-1020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-022-01084-9

Wexler, L., Flaherty, A.A., Begum, F., White, L., Kouassi, L., Wisnieski, D., Davis, A., & Ewell Foster, C.J. (2023). Describing meanings and practices related to firearms, safety, and household storage in rural Alaska Native communities. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 47(1), 30-40. https://doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000207 

Ewell Foster, C.J., Magness, C.S., Czyz, E., Kahsay, E., Martindale, J., Hong, V., Baker, E., Cavataio, I., Colombini, G., Kettley, J., Smith, P.K., King, C.A. (2022). Predictors of parent behavioral engagement in youth suicide discharge recommendations: Implications for family-centered crisis interventions. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 53(6), 1240-1251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01176-9

Kahsay, E., Magness, C.S., Persky, S., Smith, P.K., & Ewell Foster, C.J. (2020). Suicide prevention training in the child welfare workforce: Knowledge, attitudes, and practice patterns prior to and following safeTALK training. Child Welfare, 98(1), 95-114. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48623681 

King, C.A, Arango, A., Kramer, A., Busby, D., Czyz, E., Ewell Foster, C.J., & Gillespie, B.W. (2019). Association of the Youth-Nominated Support Team intervention for suicidal adolescents with 11- to 14- year mortality outcomes. JAMA Psychiatry, 76(5), 492-498. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.4358 

Ewell Foster, C.J., Horwitz, A., Thomas, A., Opperman, K., Gipson, P., Burnside, A., Stone, D.M., & King, C.A. (2017). Connectedness to family, school, peers, and community in socially vulnerable adolescents. Children and Youth Services Review, 81, 321-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.08.011