Jennifer C. Greenfield
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Greenfield's research focuses on the intersections of employment and informal care, seeking to identify policy strategies to support health and financial wellbeing among those who balance work and caring for loved ones at home. Greenfield has written, testified, and spoken publicly on topics such as paid leave, child care affordability, minimum wage policies, and impacts of federal policy changes on retirement and long term care accessibility. Recently, she has also engaged in research and public speaking about neurodivergence—especially ADHD, autism, and giftedness—in higher education. She often engages with community organizations to conduct and synthesize research for policy change.
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Assesses caregivers' employment and financial status, well-being (physical and mental health, caregiver strain, benefits of caregiving), access to workplace supports and covariates (e.g. caregiver demographics, health, social support, and service utilization).
Reviews the current state of long-term care policy in the United States, with a focus on how paying for care and providing care impact families' economic security in later life.
Discusses how families are more likely to experience preterm birth are also less likely to have access to paid leave and thus experience significant systemic barriers to involvement, especially when their newborns are hospitalized. Describes the research gap in this area and explores pathways by which social workers may ameliorate disparities in preterm birth outcomes through practice, policy, and research.
Examines how raising Colorado's minimum wage to 12 dollars an hour by 2020 would impact low-wage women and their families in Colorado. Pays attention to how the pay raise might impact childcare prices and access to public benefits.