Past Research

 

Relationship functioning and gut microbiota composition among older adult couples: a pilot study to assess feasibility of recruitment and data collection
CHPDP Collaborator:

Shelby Langer

Funding:

Edson College Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging Faculty Scholar Award

Research Duration:

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Aims are to test feasibility of recruitment and data collection among 30 older adult spouse pairs and to examine intra- and inter-personal associations between indicators of relationship functioning (relationship satisfaction, communication, intimacy) and gut microbiota composition and diversity.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19): How can Nurses Prepare for Patient Care and Protect Their Own Health?
Principal Investigator:

Elizabeth Reifsnider

Funding:

ASU Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR)

Research Duration:

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This project aims to determine the professional quality of life, resilience, selfefficacy, and stress of nurses nationally and internationally during the pandemic. Findings will elucidate impacts of the virus on members of this critical work force. Knowledge gained will inform planning by healthcare leadership to promote resilience and self-efficacy among health care workers and also to prevent fatigue, burnout and illness.

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The Effect of Young Mens's Emotion Regulation Strategy Use on Intentions to Perpetrate Sexual Assault
Principal Investigator:

Mitch Kirwan

CHPDP Collaborator:

Kelly Cue Davis

Funding:

ASU Institute for Social Science Research

Research Duration:

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Research will examine which emotion regulation strategies may be associated with sexually aggressive intentions.

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COVID-19 Impacts on Sleep, Health Behaviors and Well-Being
Principal Investigator:

Megan Petrov

Funding:

ASU Institute of Social Sciences Research

Research Duration:

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This study aims to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic and the related social distancing measures may have affected sleep patterns, health behaviors, and well-being.

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Personalized web-based sexual assault prevention for service members
Principal Investigator:

Kelly Cue Davis

Funding:

Department of Defense Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program for the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)

Research Duration:

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This work will develop accessible and effective methods to prevent sexual assault among male and female service members; It will refine a research-based, computerized sexual assault prevention program, originally designed for college students, to meet the needs of military members.

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Development and Feasibility Testing of a Culture-Centric Digital Storytelling Intervention to Promote HPV Vaccination in Korean American Youths
Principal Investigator:

Sunny Kim

CHPDP Collaborator:

Angela Chia-Chen Chen (Co-Investigator)

Funding:

NIH/NIMHD

Research Duration:

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U54 Center Grant Project (PI: Marsiglia): To develop digital in-person stories from KA immigrant mothers about HPV vaccination of their children and examine the feasibility and the preliminary effectiveness of the digital storytelling intervention among 50 KA mothers of unvaccinated boys and girls aged 11-14.

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Circadian Acclimatization of Performance, Sleep, and 6-sulphatoxymelatonin Using Multiple Phase-Shifting Stimuli
Principal Investigator:

Shawn Youngstedt

Funding:

Department of Defense (CDMRP)

Research Duration:

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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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Physical Activity in Underserved Populations: Using Epidemiologic Assessments to Inform Sustainable Intervention
Principal Investigator:

Ylitalo

CHPDP Collaborator:

Rebecca E. Lee

Funding:

National Institute on Aging (NIH)

Research Duration:

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Physical activity (PA), including regular exercise, prevents weight gain, delays functional limitations, and improves cardiovascular function, yet one in three Americans is inactive.

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Acceptability and Feasibility of a Culturally Relevant Smartphone-delivered Physical Activity Intervention among Midlife African American Women
Principal Investigator:

Rodney Joseph

Funding:

ASU Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR)

Research Duration:

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This project will examine the acceptability and feasibility of Smart Walk, a culturally relevant and theory-based Smartphone application developed to deliver a physical activity intervention for African American women aged 50-65. 

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