Department
of Health Behavior
UAB
School of Public Health
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Research
| Project Name | Funded by | Principal Investigator | Project Goal |
| The Effect of Genetic Information on Protective Behaviors (ACTIVE) | American Cancer Society | Jeff
Bellis
Principal Investigator |
The object is to determine whether individuals will respond differentially to risk estimates based on genetic information, as opposed to risk estimates based solely on family history of cancer. |
| Prevention of HIV Infection in Youth at Risk: Developing Community-level Strategies that Work | NIAID | Leslie
Clark
Principal Investigator |
This multi-site project is collecting data and developing HIV prevention intervention which will target 15-25 year old men who have sex with men. More specifically, Birmingham will target African-American men. |
| Epidemiological Research Studies of AIDS and HIV Infection | CDC | Leslie
Clark
Principal Investigator |
The purpose of this grant is to delay African American adolescents’ sexual initiation and encourage abstinence. |
| STD Prevention Fellowship | Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine | Leslie
Clark
Principal Investigator |
Two year fellowship to mentor behavioral scientist in research on STD risk in African Americans. |
| Smoking Cessation to Reduce Cervical Cancer Risk | NCI | Susan
L. Davies
Principal Investigator |
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of smoking cessation on progression from low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions to high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in female smokers. |
| HIV Prevention in African American Adolescent Females | NIMH | Susan
L. Davies
Principal Investigator |
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive theory-based intervention on sexual risk behaviors of African American adolescent females. |
| Using Social Networks to Reduce Risky Sex in HIV+ Women | NIMH | Susan
L. Davies
Principal Investigator |
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a theory-driven intervention in preventing transmission of HIV to uninfected partners as well as preventing reinfection in study participants. |
| Breast Cancer Surveillance Research in Colorado | NIH/NCI | Mark
B. Dignan
Principal Investigator |
The major goal of this subcontract, with the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, is the development of a surveillance system for mammography in the six-county Denver Metropolitan area. |
| Impact of Easy-to-Read Informed Consent Statements on Clinical Trials | NIH/NCI | Mark
B. Dignan
Principal Investigator |
The major goal of this project is to evaluate the impact of informed consent statements written in a language and format which can be easily duplicated by cooperative groups and IRBs for utilization in future clinical trials. |
| Improving Medical Student Communication with Low Literacy Adults | NIH/NCI | Mark
B. Dignan
Principal Investigator |
The major goal of this project is to instruct third year medical students on how to effectively communicate with populations with limited literacy skills regarding breast cancer screening. |
| Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Center | CDC | B.
Lee Green
Investigator |
The purpose of this project is to develop research, training, and risk reduction programs in the African American community to address the theme of Bridging the Gap between public health science and practice in risk reduction across the lifespan among African Americans and other underserved communities. |
| Mobility Among Older African Americans and Whites | NIH | B.
Lee Green
Investigator |
This research will test the hypothesis that subject-specific factors predict mobility among both African Americans and whites, and there are racial differences in potentially modifiable risk factors. |
| Factors Affecting the Recruitment of Minorities into Biomedical Trials or Research Studies | Northeastern Minority Oral Research Center | B.
Lee Green
Principal Investigator |
The purpose of this research is to pilot test a survey instrument that would assess reluctance by minorities to participate in clinical trials. |
| Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Center | CDC | Diane
Grimley
Principal Investigator |
The overall objective of this project is to determine the benefits of sustained efforts to build community capacity and to reduce risk factors within underserved communities. |
| STD Prevention in Managed Care Environments | NIH-NIAID | Diane
Grimley
Co-Principal Investigator |
This study involves the promotion of free urine screening for Chlamydia among adolescents 15 to 25 years of age in two local managed environments. |
| HIV/AIDS Operations Research Project (HORIZONS) | Population Health Counsel | Diane
Grimley
Co-Principal Investigator |
This international project is funded by the population council. It provides research ideas and leadership advice regarding STDs/HIV initiatives throughout the world. |
| A Targeted Intervention to Prevent Recurrent Urethritis | NIH-NIAID | Diane
Grimley
Principal Investigator |
The major goal of this project is to develop and test behavior change interventions based on the transtheoretical model to increase consistent condom use among heterosexual men diagnosed with urethritis at the Jefferson County STD Clinic |
| Smoking Cessation to Reduce Cervical Cancer Risk | NCI | Connie
Kohler
Investigator |
The 5-year clinical trail will evaluate the effect of a theory-based smoking cessation intervention on progression from low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) to high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) in female smokers with HPV. |
| Behavioral Analysis of Implementation of ACET Essential Components | CDC | Connie
Kohler
Principal Investigator |
The purpose of this study is to assess the extent to which TB program guidelines have been implemented, and the relationship of levels of implementation to reported program indices. |
| Health Communication Research Unit | Center for Health Promotion | Connie
Kohler
Investigator |
To seek to improve health promotion messages |
| Adult Smoking Cessation in Pediatric Practices - A Planning Proposal | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Connie
Kohler
Investigator |
The major goal of this project is to test the feasibility of implementing infrastructure for reimbursement of pediatricians who provide smoking cessation counseling to parents of their children. |
| AmeriCorps Health Access Evaluation | Cooper Green Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama | Connie
Kohler
Principal Investigator |
To evaluate the AmeriCorps Health Access program instituted at Cooper Green Hospital. |
| Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Center | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Center | Leavonne
Pulley
Investigator |
The purpose of this study is developing the UAB Consortium for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) to link together UAB units engaged in HPDP, other state HPDP advocates, and CDC and other funding agencies, creating the UAB Center for HPDP too support the activities of the Cortium and to undertake a number of specific demonstration projects, linkage activities, training, and supportive administrative activities. |
| SIP 25W Ethnicity and Attitudes to Hysterectomy and HRT | CDC | Leavonne
Pulley
Investigator |
The overall goal of SIP 25W is to examine the factors that influence women’s choices and how women approach decisions regarding hysterectomy, oophorectomy and hormone replacement therapy. |
| Peer Support Intervention for CVD Risk | CDC | Leavonne
Pulley
Investigator |
The purpose of this project is to develop, implement, and evaluate community health advisor (CHA)-based interventions to reduce CVD risk in rural African-American women, over 39 years. |
| Breast Cancer Control in Rural Minority Primary Care | NIH/NCI | Leavonne
Pulley
Investigator |
The purpose of this project is to develop, refine and evaluate a stepped-care progression of practice-based patient-outreach interventions designed to promote adherence to breast cancer screening recommendations among older, rural, African-American women. |
| Microbicide Acceptability Among Women @ High Risk of STD | ASPH/CDC | Leavonne
Pulley
Investigator |
The purpose of this study is to assess acceptability of microbicides, and psycho-social correlates of acceptability, among women initally recruited for an efficacy study of male and female condoms. |
| Behavioral Analysis of Implementation of ACET Essential Components | CDC | Leavonne
Pulley
Investigator |
The purpose of this study is to assess the extent to which TB program guidelines have been implemented, and the relationship of levels of implementation to reported program indices |
| Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | CDC | James
Raczynski
Principal Investigator |
The overall objective of this project is to determine the benefits of sustained efforts to build community capacity and to reduce risk factors within underserved communities. |
| Vanguard Clinical Centers for the Clinical Trial & Observational Study of the Women’s Health Initiative | NIH | James
Raczynski
Co-Principal Investigator |
The overall objective of the Clinical Trial & Observational Study is to ascertain the determinants and prevention of disease in women. |
| Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease | NHLBI | James
Raczynski
Principal Investigator |
The primary objective of this proposed multicenter tail is to evaluate the efficacy of psychosocial interventions for depression and social isolation in reducing cardiac-related morbidity and mortality of MI patients at high psychosocial risk. |
| SIP 18W: Peer Support Intervention for CVD Risk Among African-American Women | CDC | James
Raczynski
Co-Principal Investigator |
The purpose of the proposed 3-year project is to develop, implement and evaluate community health advisor-based interventions to reduce CVD risk in rural African American women, over 39 years. |
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