Research and Practice
Faculty Active Research
| Project Name | Funded by | Principal Investigator | Project Goal |
| MOMS Program Making Our Mothers Stronger |
NIH | Susan L. Davies
Principal Investigator |
MOMS is a program to help mothers learn more about how they can deal with stress as they care for themselves and their children. |
| Re-setting Trajectories among At-risk Youth | Department of Justice Anti-Gang Initiative
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Susan L. Davies
Principal Investigator |
The COMPASS (Creating Opportunity Maps to Promote Achievement and Shared Success) Project aims to build on successful collaborations between academic researchers, law enforcement officials, libraries, parents, and adult mentors to strengthen positive identity and future aspirations among 6th-7th grade African American boys at risk for violence and delinquency |
| Center for AIDS Research Behavioral Science Core
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NIH | Susan L. Davies
Investigator |
The purpose of this project is to provide behavioral science training and expertise to other members of the CFAR and those individuals with whom they serve (e.g., students, researchers, practitioners). |
| Improving Partner Communication Regarding Sexually Transmitted Infections.
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Barkley Health Disparities Research Award UAB Minority Health Research Center | Susan L. Davies
Investigator |
This project aims to work through pediatric clinics to reach at-risk youth with a skill-building intervention to engage in sensitive discussions with partners about protective behaviors. |
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Healthy Passages: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health |
CDC |
Principal Investigator |
To assess a broad range of health behaviors including physical activity, nutrition, tobacco, alcohol and other drug use, intentional injury and violence and sexual behavior in order to develop effective policies and programs for improving the health of youth. Multiple determinants of youth health are the focus of this longitudinal cohort study. |
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Community Influences Transitions of Youth: CITY Health |
CDC |
Principal Investigator |
To investigate multi-level contributors to resilience, risk, and health outcomes among “emerging adults” aged 15 to 25 years who are transitioning from adolescent to adult roles while living in urban disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Birmingham-Hoover MSA. Understanding the factors that promote resilience under difficult environmental circumstances and developing strategies to enhance resilience and reduce risk during emerging adulthood may diminish the well documented “urban health penalty” and improve health and functional outcomes short- and longer-term in contextually challenged communities. |
| Douching Cessation with Biological Endpoints | NICHD | Diane Grimley
Principal Investigator |
The goals of the study are: (1) to develop, implement and conduct a douching cessation intervention for adolescents 14 to 19 years who douche and, (2) to determine the effects of douching on vaginal flora composition among douchers and a second comparison group of young women who have never douched |
| Cervical Cancer Prevention in Latina Immigrants
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NIH: NCI | Diane Grimley
Co-Principal Investigator |
This is a 5-year RCT to test the efficacy of a theory- based culturally relevant intervention focusing on primary and secondary prevention of cervical cancer among Latina immigrants. |
| HIV Prevention Intervention in the Primary Care Setting
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HRSA | Diane Grimley
Co-Principal Investigator |
The project targets HIV positive men-who-have-sex-with men (MSM) attending the UAB 1917 Clinic for primary care. The ACASI intervention delivered by the provider is designed to: increase condom use for specific sexual activities with main and other partners; decrease numbers of sexual partners among those reporting multiple partners; and, increase the frequency of HIV serostatus disclosure to sexual partners. |
| Risks Assessment of Long-Haul Truckers
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NIMH
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Diane Grimley
Co-Principal Investigator |
The goal of this study is to design a sustainable risk assessment and screening protocol of long distance truck drivers with the outcomes informing an HIV/STI intervention with this population. |
| Bodylove Radio Drama Dissemination Project | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Connie Kohler
Principal Investigator |
The 3-year project uses ‘entertainment education’ to teach radio listeners about diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease and their risk factors. 80 episodes of a radio serial drama called “Bodylove” were produced and broadcast in 15 radio stations in Alabama and evaluation is ongoing. |
| Evaluation of a Radio Drama to Reduce Diabetes Risk | The American Diabetes Association | Connie Kohler
Principal Investigator |
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a radio serial drama in teaching people about diabetes prevention and control when compared to a radio interview show. |
| Health Communication Unit | Center for the Study of Community Health | Connie Kohler Co-Director
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The Health Communications Unit works within the CSCH and with other investigators on campus to seek to improve health promotion messages |
| Flying Sparks | CDC Prevention Research Centers | Connie Kohler
Principal Investigator |
Flying Sparks is the Core Demonstration Research Project for UAB’s Center for the Study of Community Health, a CDC Prevention Research Center. We are testing the dissemination of the Community Health Tool Box in 20 rural Alabama Communities. |
| Dental Tobacco Control | NIDA | Connie Kohler
Investigator |
To evaluate a web-based continuing education program for dental professionals that promotes tobacco control in dental practices. |
| Recovery & Help-Seeking Processes in Problem Drinkers | NIH/NIAAA | Jalie Tucker
Principal Investigator |
The benefits of offering untreated problem drinkers a telephone-based daily self-monitoring support system for six months following a natural resolution attempt will be evaluated in a prospective study with a 2-year follow-up.
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| Telehealth Assessment of Risk Behaviors in Rural HIV+ Substance Users
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NIH/NIDA
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Jalie Tucker
Principal Investigator |
This method development study will evaluate the utility of a telephone-based Interactive Voice Response (IVR) self-monitoring system for use with poor rural HIV+ substance users to assess substance use, high risk sexual practices, and social and economic variables related to HIV-risk exposure opportunities |
| Youth Suicide Prevention: Establishing Early Intervention, Building Community Capacity and Increasing Public Awareness | SAMHSA (pending) |
Debra Hodges (ADPH) Principal Investigator |
The research aim is to reduce youth suicide in Central Alabama via three initiatives: a) Gatekeeper training, b) a youth suicide public information campaign, and c) specialized suicide prevention training for mental health professionals. The overarching goal is to serve as a model program for state-wide suicide prevention. |
| Community Child Health Network (CCHN) Phase II | NIH |
Co Principal Investigator |
CCHN Phase II is a community-academic partnered, 5 site prospective study of stress and resilience and their influences on maternal allostatic load (N=2400) as a mediator of birth outcomes, child health, and development. The overall goal is to advance knowledge that will help to design preventive interventions to reduce maternal, paternal, and child health disparities. |
