The Behavioral and Community Sciences Core offers services to researchers and community partners who are conducting, or who are interested in conducting, behavioral and community science studies in the areas of HIV prevention and treatment.
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Services
Services
- Developing researcher's skills in established and innovative methodologies in behavioral and community sciences through methodological seminars, in-depth workshops, trainings, and individual consultations with experts focusing on qualitative and mixed methods research, implementation science designs and methods, advanced quantitative analytical techniques, and mHealth research tools.
- Cultivating collaborations between community stakeholders and HIV researchers to create meaningful and sustained partnerships, assisting with the recruitment of hard-to-reach populations, supporting networks of researchers and community members, and providing capacity-building opportunities.
- Advancing HIV-related behavioral and community science in priority areas of stigma reduction, faith and spiritual community collaborations and initiatives, uptake and adherence for new HIV prevention technologies, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and engagement in HIV care. Specific forums bring together multidisciplinary researchers and community members to collaborate on research addressing these priority areas for ending HIV.
Events
Events
For a PDF of any past presentation or to submit an idea for a seminar or training, email Samantha Whitfield.
To watch the presentation from our most recent seminar - Qualitative Research Methods Seminar Series: Conducting Focus Groups, please click here.
Join a listserv for more information:
Behavioral and Community Sciences Core
Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Network
Faith and Spirituality Research Network
Qualitative & Mixed Methods
Qualitative & Mixed Methods
NVivo qualitative coding software is now FREE university-wide! To find the most recent version of NVivo (NVivo 12) on school-issued, UAB IT-maintained computers, IT has installed a new Software Center with applications to download without higher administrative privileges or specialized requests. If you do not have access to Software Center (or if you need to request a license code for an older version of NVivo or any other software) follow this link to request desired software or call 6-5555 to be walked through getting the software.
| The UAB Schools of Health Professions and Nursing are offering a completely online graduate certificate program in mixed methods research open to doctoral and post-master students, instructors, researchers, and practitioners. The program requires 5 courses and can be completed in 3 to 5 semesters. Current doctoral students may apply by contacting mmrgradcert@uab.edu For more program information download this flyer and visit the certificate website on the School of Health Professions page. |
Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Courses at UAB
- School of Public Health Course
Course Leader:
Dr. Janet Turan, Professor, Health Care Organization and Policy
Fall Semesters
- School of Nursing/School of Health Professions Courses
Course Leader:
Dr. Nataliya V. Ivankova, Associate Professor
Health Services Administration, School of Health Professions
Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care, School of Nursing
For more information email Dr. Ivankova
Click here for all SHP/SON courses currently offered
Qualitative Resources
Qualitative Data Analysis Software Packages |
Transcription Services |
Qualitative Research Services |
| NVivo ATLAS.ti Dedoose HyperRESEARCH |
Landmark Associates, Inc. - offers Spanish services At Home Typing Service - offers Spanish services Same Day Transcription |
ResearchTalk The Odom Institute at UNC Qualitative Health Research Consultants, LLC |
To request qualitative and mixed methods expertise from our core staff, complete our CORE SERVICES REQUEST FORM
Partners & Collaborators
Partners & Collaborators
Community-based studies require effective academic-community partnerships. The Core employs a Community Engagement Coordinator who works with the Jefferson County HIV/AIDS Community Coalition and provides leadership and training on building these relationships. Click on the map below for information on the Core's partnering community-based organizations and the services they offer.
UAB Center for the Study of Community Health (CSCH)
The CSCH is a University-Wide Research Infrastructure Center housing the CDC-funded UAB Prevention Research Center and its Core Research project CITY Health, which involves HIV testing. CSCH projects/services will be coordinated with Core J services to reduce redundancies and maximize resources.
Deep South Network for Cancer Control / UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jefferson County Department of Health
Alabama Department of Public Health
Faith & Spirituality
The Behavioral and Community Sciences Core Faith and Spirituality Research Network (FSRN) aims to support and extend faith and spirituality based efforts to address HIV and health disparity needs of the community. Such needs include cancer, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and stress, expanding upon resources within the community, and utilizing research to improve the health and well-being of the community members from a community faith and spirituality-based perspective.
FSRN Activities
- Research and community-based meetings, seminars, and collaborations on HIV and faith and spirituality
- Networking undergraduate and graduate students interested in conducting research in HIV and faith and spirituality
- Social Justice Imperative Birmingham Faith Leader Town Hall: “Moving Faith from Awareness to Engagement to Ending HIV” with The Black and HIV, an NAACP Clinton Global Health Initiative
- Community Forum on Faith and Spirituality “Ideas, Opportunities, and New Directions for Faith-Based Community HIV Initiatives: Bringing Together Researchers and the Community”
- Partnering with the faith-based community on HIV educational training
- Inter-CFAR Faith and Spirituality Network Research and Planning Workshops
More Information: 
Edward Jackson
(205) 603-7542
Robin Lanzi
(205) 975-8071
Join the Faith and Spirituality Research Network listserv.
Contact
Contact
For more information, join one of our listservs:
Behavioral and Community Sciences Core
Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Network
Faith and Spirituality Research Network
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