CORICA (COmmunity Research In CAncer) - aims to build infrastructure to reduce cancer disparities among low-income communities of color by conducting community-based research focusing on cancer screening, obesity, tobacco, nutrition, and physical activity. (Bastani, Yancey, Maxwell, Harding, Simon, Berman, Glenn, McCarthy, Morales, Wong)
Cancer Control Among Korean Church Attendees - uses a group randomized experiment to test the effectiveness of a culturally tailored small group intervention to increase cancer prevention behavior in Korean church attendees in Los Angeles county. (Bastani, Taylor, Glenn, Maxwell, Jo, Wong)
Latino Prostate Cancer Study - evaluate the effect of an informational session designed to increase informed decision-making regarding prostate cancer screening in a community sample of Latino men 50-70 years of age. (Bastani, Glenn, Morales, Wong, Gallardo, Myers)
Breast Cancer Educational Programs - develop tailored educational materials about breast health, breast cancer, and breast health advocacy for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing women. (Berman, Jo)
Tobacco Prevention and Control Programs of Research: School-based Anti-Tobacco Programs for Deaf/HH Youth - investigating the determinants of cigarette smoking in diverse populations, such as deaf youth. (Berman)
Post-trial HIV Vaccines: Receptivity, Risk & Disparities - assess intentions to adopt HIV vaccines, barriers to and motivators for adoption, and to assess likely changes in HIV risk behaviors, examine levels of intention adopt post-trial vaccines and to change HIV risk behaviors. (Cunningham)
Intervention for Outreach and Access to Care in the Underserved with HIV - evaluate a program that provides HIV testing, counseling, and care referral services to underserved populations in LA and to develop an enhanced case-management intervention for underserved persons living with HIV. (Cunningham)
Improving Health Habits: Self-care priorities - an intervention to increase intake of fruits and vegetables, decrease TV watching, increase daily physical activity for low-income, mostly immigrant Latinos. (Gelberg, McCarthy)
Improving Health Habits in Impoverished Populations - training of community-living promotoras to provide face-to-face health promotion lifestyle counseling to patients attending QueensCare community clinics in Los Angeles, to boost patient self-efficacy for sustaining healthful changes in diet and physical activity among low-income, mostly immigrant Latino population. (Gelberg, McCarthy)
South Asian Women with Breast Cancer: What are their needs? - using in-depth interviews to understand the concrete and psychosocial needs of South Asian breast cancer survivors, a unique and understudied population. (Glenn, Surani, Bastani)
Understanding Decision Making About Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer Risk - to understand potential barriers and facilitators to interest in genetic testing for breast cancer risk among ethnic minority women with a special focus on issues related to family. (Glenn, Bastani)
Women’s Attitudes towards Microbicides and Clinical Trials - In a cohort of 200 ethnically diverse population of women in Los Angeles who will be interviewed and tested for STIs including HIV, and 30 women who participate in in-depth qualitative interviews, this study will investigate vaginal and rectal commercial lubricant use; cultural, interpersonal and individual issues that influence the practice of lubricant use; frequency and distribution of high risk sexual behaviors; feasibility of conducting a microbicide trial in this population as measured by the incidence of STIs and HIV, participant retention, and attitudes toward study related procedures. (Gorbach)
Formative Research to Inform the Development of Educational Messages for Women with High Risk Human Papilloma Virus Infection and Their Partners - in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Health Department’s STD Program’s support for monitoring prevalence of human papillomavirus infection among women attending facilities providing health services, qualitative and quantitative research was conducted for the development of educational messages for women with high risk human papillomavirus infection and their sexual partners. (Gorbach)
AANCART (Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness Research and Training) - aims to build infrastructure to reduce cancer disparities among Asian populations (Southern California and sites nationally) through training and awareness activities. (Kagawa-Singer, Bastani)
Identifying Cultural Tailoring Strategies of Southeast Asian America Breast & Cervical Cancer Navigators -
identify how community navigators address cultural differences to effectively navigate heretofore hard-to-reach low-income Southeast Asian (SEA) women (Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese) in Los Angeles and Orange County to obtain breast health care services; long term goal is to test the effectiveness and impact of a navigation training curriculum in other Asian American and Pacific Islander groups. (Kagawa Singer)
Increasing Adherence to Follow-up of Breast Abnormalities in Low-Income Korean American Women - uses a culturally tailored intervention, evaluated in a randomized controlled trial for Korean women who have received mammograms through the NBCCED program. (Maxwell, Jo, Bastani)
Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening among Filipino Americans - evaluate in a randomized trial a small group intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening among Filipino Americans. (Maxwell, Bastani, Danao)
Analysis of California Tobacco Use Prevention Education Data - examines school- and individual-level influences on ethnic differences in adolescent tobacco use and to examine if presence of tobacco retailers around schools influences student tobacco use. (McCarthy, Mistry)
Pathways of How Socioeconomic Context Affects Teen Smoking - examines potential mechanisms of how the socioeconomic environment within California neighborhoods and counties influence teen smoking. (Mistry, McCarthy)
Social Disparities in Health Among Latinos - Earlier research has shown that social gradients in health for Latinos in the U.S. are weak or flat compared with those for other ethnic groups. This project will investigate why Latinos have weaker social gradients in health. (Pebley)
Do socio-ecological variables influence cancer screening behaviors? A multi-level modeling study using the California Health Interview Survey - examines whether socio-ecological predictors have an effect on population-based cancer screening behaviors, specifically for breast, cervix, colorectal and prostate cancers. Study seeks to understand the relationship between individual and socio-ecological variables and to determine if and to what extent these socio-ecological variables mediate individual decisions to seek preventive cancer screening services, particularly among ethnic minority populations. (Ponce, Bastani)
CalTrans Stair Study - in cooperation with Georgia Tech University, the research is designed to find out whether new stairwell design on one side of the Cal Trans building in downtown Los Angeles influences employees’ physical activity levels and other health-related behaviors. (Yancey, McCarthy)
PAC (Professional Athletes Council) - represents a unique fusion of popular culture and science to promote physical and mental fitness. A public private partnership Instant Recess engages the fitness and health care industries with public schools and state/local health departments to make prolonged sitting no longer socially acceptable. The “centerpiece” intervention of Lift Off!s is a brief structured exercise bouts involving simple aerobic/resistance movements to music. (Yancey, McCarthy)
REACH US (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the US) - The UCLA REACH US Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Health Disparities (CEED) focuses on dissemination activities and training to achieve sustainable change at the level of key organizations in at-risk communities, and simultaneously spark advocacy to influence policies and regulations at the local, state and national levels to promote healthy eating and active living, focusing on the African American, Latino, Asian, and Pacific Islander populations. (Yancey, Bastani, Glenn, Mistry, McCarthy, Maxwell, Mojica)
WORKING (Working Out Regularly Keeps Individuals Nurtured and Going) - through a community partnership between the UCLA School of Public Health and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, WORKING engages health and social services employees in identifying and testing strategies to integrate physical activity and healthy eating into their workplaces. (Yancey, Bastani, McCarthy, Glenn, Maxwell)
Lift Off! 10-Minute Physical Activity Breaks - Examining the feasibility and efficacy of integrating brief bouts of structured exercise into daily organizational routine. These activity breaks are designed to change socio-cultural norms to increase moderate regular physical activity participation. For more information and materials, please visit http://toniyancey.com/liftoff/ (Yancey)
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