Mailing Information:

Contact Information:

University of Maryland

Phone: (410) 706.4409

School of Social Work

Fax: (410) 706.6046

525 West Redwood Street

E-mail: mbellin@ssw.umaryland.edu

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Room: 3E08

Education:

MSW, PhD; Virginia Commonwealth University

Expertise and Research Interests:

Child and Family Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Disability

Social Justice

Social Work Practice in Health Care

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Recent Publications:

Bellin, M. H. , Sawin, K. J. , Roux, G., Buran, C. F., & Brei, T. J. (2007). The experience of living with spina bifida part I: Self-concept and family relations in adolescent women with spina bifida. Rehabilitation Nursing, 32, 57-67.

Roux, G., Sawin, K. J., & Bellin, M. H., Buran, C. F., & Brei, T. J.  (2007). The experience of living with spina bifida part II: Peer relationships in adolescent women with spina bifida. Rehabilitation Nursing, 32, 112-119.

Bellin, M.H., & Kovacs, P.J. (2006). Fostering resilience in siblings of youths with a chronic health condition: A review of the literature. Health & Social Work, 31, 209- 216.

Kovacs, P. J., Bellin, M. H., & Fauri, D. (2006). Family-centered care: A resource for social work in end-of-life and palliative care. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, 2(1), 13-27.

Sawin, K. J., Bellin, M. H., Builta, L., Vassel, L., Buran, C. F., Brei, T. J., & Fastenau, P. S. (2006).  Cross-informant agreement between adolescents with myelomeningocele and their parents.  DevelopmentalMedicine & Child Neurology, 48, 188-194.

Oswald, D., Bodurtha, J. A., Willis, J., Broaddus, C., Tlustry, S., Bellin, M. H., & McCall, B. (2005). Defining underinsurance among children with special healthcare needs: A Virginia sample. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 9S, S67-S74.

Sawin, K. J., Bellin, M. H., Roux, G., Buran, C. F., Brei, T. J., & Fastenau, P. S. (2003).  The experience of parenting an adolescent with spina bifida. Rehabilitation Nursing, 28(6), 173-185.