Past Research

 

Development and Pilot Test of a Culture-Centric Digital Storytelling Intervention to Promote HPV Vaccination in Vietnamese American Youth
Principal Investigator:

Angela Chia-Chen Chen

CHPDP Collaborator:

Sunny Kim (PI)

Funding:

Oncology Nursing Foundation

Research Duration:

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This project will develop culturally and linguistically congruent digital stories with VA mothers of HPV vaccinated boys. 

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Men's Sexual Risk Behaviors: Alcohol, Sexual Aggression, and Emotional Factors
Principal Investigator:

Kelly Cue Davis

Funding:

NIH

Research Duration:

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Recent research finds condom use resistance is common among young adults and young men's alcohol intoxication and sexual aggression history are predictive of greater condom use resistance and other sexual risk behaviors. This research will address the public health concern of men's sexual risk behaviors, evaluate the role of emotional processes in men's alcohol-related sexual risk, and use multiple methods to gather data to develop and inform prevention and intervention programs. 

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Alcohol and Violence Prevention for College Students
Principal Investigator:

Gilmore

CHPDP Collaborator:

Kelly Cue Davis

Funding:

NIH/NIAAA

Research Duration:

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The goal of this Planning Grant (R34) is to conduct a 2-stage pilot of a behavioral intervention for heavy episodic drinking and violence among college students. 

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The Influence of Immigration and Societal Integration on the Physical Activity Behaviors of First generation U.S. Latina Immigrants
Principal Investigator:

Rodney Joseph

Funding:

CONHI Pilot Project Award Program

Research Duration:

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This study aims to examine how this group's immigration experiences influence their availability to and perception of physical activity. 

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Using Game to Promote HPV Vaccination among Adolescent
Principal Investigator:

Angela Chia-Chen Chen

CHPDP Collaborator:

Felipe Castro

Research Duration:

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Exploring physical activity opportunities for adolescents in secondary schools in Antigua
Principal Investigator:

Lévesque

CHPDP Collaborator:

Rebecca E. Lee

Funding:

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Research Duration:

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The objective of the planning activity is to provide a forum for researchers and knowledge-users from Canada, the US and Antigua to discuss emerging issues related to the declining levels of physical activity (PA) among youth in Antigua and to identify research questions that will form the basis of future research activities. 

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Diversity Supplement: Couple communication in cancer: a multi-method examination
Principal Investigator:

Laura Porter

CHPDP Collaborator:

Shelby Langer (MPI)

Funding:

NIH

Research Duration:

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Diversity supplement for R01 CA201179, Couple communication in cancer: a multi-method examination, to support Katherine Ramos, PhD. (2018-2020)

Diversity supplement for 3R01 CA201179-05S1, Couple communication in cancer: a multi-method examination, to support Katherine Ramos, PhD. (2020-2022)

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Understanding the 24-Hour Activity Cycle in Latino Youth at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Principal Investigator:

Erica Soltero

Funding:

SIRC U54 Investigator Development Core Pilot Program

Research Duration:

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The purpose of this study is to examine wake time activities (physical activity and sedentary behaviors) and sleep and the association among these behaviors with diabetes risk in obese Latino adolescents and young adults. This study will also use an integrated mixed methods approach to combine quantitative activity data with qualitative data collected through in-depth interviews to identify sociocultural determinants of wake time activities and sleep.

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Linking Active Transportation Use and Neighborhood Walkability to Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Hispanic Mothers
Principal Investigator:

Elizabeth Lorenzo

CHPDP Collaborator:

Rebecca Lee and Colleen Keller

Funding:

NIH/NINR

Research Duration:

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This study will inform physical activity interventions for Hispanic and Latina mothers, who are among the least physically active and at high risk of poor cardiometabolic health, to decrease cardiometabolic risk factors, inform best practice, and advocate for policy changes to enhance the health of undeserved communities.

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Food Environment Measurement with People with Mobility Impairments
Principal Investigator:

Rebecca E. Lee

Funding:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

Research Duration:

-

People with mobility impairments (PMI) are disproportionately affected by diet-related health-compromising conditions such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and some cancers compared to those without mobility impairments. PMI anecdotally report numerous barriers in the physical and social environment that lead to poor dietary habits; however, currently, there is no clear guiding model or specific instrument to operationalize barriers and environmental factors that impact dietary habits in PMI. This study will aim to address this gap by using a comprehensive, theoretically and consumer-guided, ecological and dynamic approach to identifying ecologic factors that contribute to dietary habits in PMI.

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