Faculty Projects
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![]() Chiara Acquati |
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Cancer Care and Health-Related Quality of Life of Racial and Ethnic Minority Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer End Date: Sponsor: This study will further understanding of the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has on the cancer care received by non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic women by assessing differential rates of cancer care disruption and health-related quality of life and by examining how proximal, intermediate, and distal determinants of disparities differentially contribute to these outcomes. |
Chiara Acquati |
Young Clinicians Research Grant End Date: Sponsor: |
![]() Samira Ali |
Gilead - Compass Initiative 2021-2023 Sustain Compass Coordinating Center Phase Two End Date Sponsor: Working to address HIV/AIDS in The South by focusing on mental health, trauma-informed care, substance use (especially harm reduction and the opioid epidemic) and wellness in the context of HIV/AIDS. We work collaboratively to build capacity among organizations, institutions, and other entities to reduce HIV/AIDS disparities in care and advance equities in the Southern United States. |
![]() Nicole Bromfield |
Pilot Study: Advancing a Knowledge Base of Children in Street Situations in Namibia End Date: Sponsor: |
![]() Jodi Berger Cardoso |
Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers End Date: Sponsor: A formative research study to evaluate feasibility and acceptability for families seperated by migration. |
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upEND Transition End Date: Sponsor:
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Robin Gearing |
Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
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Robin Gearing |
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![]() Sheara Jennings |
Project HYPE 3.0 End Date: Sponsor: HYPE is an acronym for Helping Youth Prevent Engaging in risky behaviors. These two federally funded projects are designed to equip minority youth (Black and Hispanic/LatinX), ages 15-19, with the knowledge and skills needed to prevent teen pregnancy, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections including HIV, and other related risky behaviors; and to promote healthy relationships. |
Sheara Jennings |
Project HYPE Evaluation End Date: |
Sheara Jennings |
Teens Making A Choice (TMAC) End Date: Sponsor:
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![]() Charles Lea |
The Best Starts For Kids End Date: Sponsor: A key goal of this project is to identify indicators of “success” for programs that positively improve youth health, well-being, and educational outcomes – such as cultural identity development, leadership skills, positive relationships, and social and civic values. |
![]() McClain Sampson |
Equity in Perinatal Health: A Healthy Start Initiative
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The Healthy Start initiative is a direct services program aimed at reducing racial disparities in maternal and infant birth outcomes by targeting communities in Houston with infant mortality rates twice the rate of the national average. Through coordinated care case management with mothers, community based health education, a consortium of stakeholders and a fatherhood involvement program, Healthy Start delivers evidence-based strategies to improve the lives of women, infants and fathers during pregnancy and beyond. Research related to Healthy Start tracks the effectiveness of the home visit curriculum and seeks to examine effectiveness of care coordination between case management and medical care.
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McClain Sampson |
Healthy Start Initiative Supplement: Healthy Infants End Date: Sponsor: |
McClain Sampson |
Healthy Start Initiative Supplement: Community-Based Doulas End Date: Sponsor: |
McClain Sampson |
GLOBE: Team Training for Behavioral Health End Date: Sponsor: GLOBE is part of a nationwide program to increase the number of clinical behavioral health provides who are competent in working in integrated healthcare with interprofessional medical teams. The program delivers advance training to social work and counseling psychology students through curriculum and workshops. Research related to GLOBE explores the effectiveness of the behavioral health training program and improvement in clinical skills for service delivery to co-occurring mental health and physical health conditions. |
![]() Christina Miyawaki |
Caregiver-Provided Life Review For Persons with Dementia in Care Facilities
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Christina Miyawaki |
RAPID Supplement: Caregiver-Provided Life Review for Persons with Dementia in Care Facilities End Date: Sponsor: Alzheimer's Association
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![]() Monit Cheung |
Child Welfare Education Project
End Date: Sponsor: This project provides students a stipend so that their tuition, books and costs of studying in the Master of Social Work program can be covered. Also included are child welfare-oriented classes and field internships, special seminars and workshops focused on child welfare issues to enhance the educational experience, staff assistance to give focused advising and field internship support, and employment in Children's Protective Services (CPS) after graduation. |
![]() Aabha Brown |
Building Hate Crime Response Capacity in Community Based Organizations
End Date: Sponsor: This research will expand understanding of the ways in which community based organizations respond to hate crimes as well as support victims of hate crimes. This project is designed to gain knowledge and engage with community members to understand their perspectives which is fundamental to indetifying opportunities for change. Through this research we aim to design training that will assist in building organizational response capacity to hate crimes in our local community. |
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The Impact of Social Networks on Mental Health Decision-Making Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care End Date: Sponsor: Youth that age out of the foster care system often discontinue mental health services as they exit. This study uses mixed methods data collection, including social network analysis, to understand how youth make decisions about where to seek support for mental health problems after leaving foster care.
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Center for Urban Transformation Partnership End Date: Sponsor: |
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Building Civic Engagement in the Post-Harvey Context: Exploring Facilitators and Barriers to Civic Activity in Four Hurricane-Affected Communities in Houston End Date: Sponsor: A community-based participatory research project using qualitative methods to explore how communities experience civic engagement, what residents perceive as facilitators and barriers to civic engagement, and how their experiences with crisis and recovery from a natural disaster shape civic engagement. |
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Reducing Civic Inequality: Facilitators and Barriers to AAPI Youth Civic Engagement End Date: Sponsor:
This project uses a “community-based participatory research” (CBPR) design to prioritize AAPI youth voice, as a youth research team will work alongside UH GCSW researchers to conduct focus groups with diverse ethnic groups of AAPI teenagers. Findings from this project will address a substantial research gap, build understanding of AAPI youth under-representation in civic involvement, and identify specific youth-driven and youth-focused practices to promote civic engagement among this growing U.S. population. |