Biography
Dr. Copeland is an associate professor in the School of Social Work and Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, the associate director of the Public Health Social Work Training Program, and faculty affiliate in the Center for Minority Health at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health. She also co-directs the Center for Minority Health’s Cultural Competency, Health Literacy, and Participatory Research Core. She is Co-Director of the Faculty Diversity Seminar, Office of the Provost & Senior Vice Chancellor.
Dr. Copeland received her BSW (1977) from Livingstone College, her MSW (1978), MPH (1988), and PhD (1989) from the University of Pittsburgh.
Selected Publications
Copeland, V.C. & Butler, J. (2008). “Reconceptualizing Access: Using a Cultural Competence Approach to Improve Access to Mental Health Services for African American Women”. Social Work and Public Health, Vol. 23, #2.
Copeland, V.C. & Henry, B.N. (2008). Maternal and Child Health. Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th Edition.Oxford Press: New York. Volume 3, p.192-195.
Watzlaf, V., Copeland, V.C., Columbus, M. (2007). Enhancing Interdisciplinary Communication: Electronic Health Record Technology for Health and Rehabilitation Students. In Diversity Across the Curriculum, Jerome Branche, John Mullennix, and Ellen R. Cohn (Eds). Anker Publishing Company, Inc. Chapter 34, 200-205.
Copeland, V.C. (2006). Disparities in Mental Health Service Utilization among Low-Income African American Adolescents: Closing the Gap by Enhancing Practitioner’s Competence” Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, Volume 23, #4, August, 407-431(25).
Copeland, V.C. (2005). “African Americans: Disparities in Health Care Access and Utilization.” Health and Social Work, Vol. 30, #3, 265-270.
Copeland, V.C. (2005). “Physicians and Social Workers: Collaborating for 100 Years.” Bulletin: Allegheny County Medical Society. Vol. 94, #8, 380-385.
Copeland, V.C., Koeske, G., Greeno, C. (2004). “Child and Mother Client Satisfaction Scores Regarding Mental Health Services: Race, Age, and Gender.” Research on Social Work Practice. Volume 14, Number 6, 434-442.
Copeland, V.C., Scholle, S., Binko, J.A (2003). “Patient Satisfaction: Views of Doctor-Patient Relationships from African American Women.” Journal of Health and Social Policy. Volume 17, #2, pp. 35-47.
Wexler, S. & Copeland, V.C. (2003). “Combating Family Poverty: A Review of the American Welfare System,” in Wallace, H.M., Green, G., Jaros, K.,(Eds), Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century, 2nd Ed. Boston: Jones & Bartlett. Unit 2, Article 1, pp. 119-137.
Wilkinson, D.S., Rounds, K.A., and Copeland, V.C., (2002). “Infusing Public Health Content into Foundation and Advanced Social Work Courses.” Journal of Teaching in Social Work, Volume 22, Number 3/4
Stork, E., Scholle, S., Greeno, C., Copeland, V.C., Kelleher, K. (2001). “Monitoring and Enforcing Cultural Competence in Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Care.” Mental Health Services Research Volume 3, Number 3.