community-based participatory research

Dr. Andrew Case

September 28, 2018 by Andrew Case
department: Psychological Science

Andrew CaseAssistant Professor
Department of Psychological Science

My work focuses broadly on issues of equity related to race and ethnicity. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] Through basic and applied research, I seek to: (a) identify the causes of health disparities as well as other racial disparities in r life outcomes; and, (b) support community-driven strategies that reduce these disparities. One line of my current research is focused on examining community and societal risk factors (e.g., poverty and discrimination) that underlie the disproportionate disease burden experienced by African Americans in reference to cardiovascular disease. A second line of my research utilizes ethnographic and community-based participatory research to address factors within organizations and communities that underlie racial disparities in health and life outcomes. Current investigations focus on empowerment as an anti-poverty strategy and empowering counterspaces as a means reducing juvenile offending and incarceration among racial minority youth.
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keywords: community engagementcommunity healthcommunity-based participatory researchhealth disparitiesrace and socioeconomic status

Dr. Jim Cook

September 28, 2018 by Jim Cook
department: Psychological Science

Jim CookProfessor
Department of Psychological Science

My area of research is community psychology, which focuses on changing systems and settings to better meet the needs of individuals and families. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] With a strong emphasis on community-based participatory research (CBPR), my faculty and student colleagues and I work with community groups as partners. We work together to develop research questions, collect data, and use the knowledge gained to improve the community. Examples of current partnerships (with Ryan Kilmer) include: evaluation of a major children’s mental health initiative; evaluation of family support programs within both mental health and child protective services (CPS); pilot efforts to improve social workers’ ability to identify and meet the mental health needs of youth in CPS; evaluating efforts to increase school readiness and skills for young children. Through working with these programs to evaluate their impact, we help them improve their ability to help children and families.
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keywords: community engagementcommunity healthcommunity-based participatory researchmental health

Dr. Ryan Kilmer

September 28, 2018 by Ryan Kilmer
department: Psychological Science

Ryan KilmerProfessor
Department of Psychological Science

A child clinical-community psychologist, my interests center around children and families and: (a) factors influencing the development of children at-risk for emotional, behavioral, and/or academic difficulties, particularly risk and resilience and youngsters’ adjustment to trauma; and (b) the use of evaluation research to guide system change, program refinement, service delivery, and policy. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] One recent effort involved a multi-year partnership with our local school system’s pre-kindergarten program and office of research, analytics, and evaluation. We worked to increase their capacity to collect, manage, and use data to better support teacher coaching, teacher differentiated instruction, teacher curricula implementation, and research capacity.
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keywords: behavioral healthclinical researchcommunity engagementcommunity healthcommunity-based participatory researchhealth policy

Dr. Nicole Peterson

September 28, 2018 by Nicole Peterson
department: Anthropology

Associate Professor

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Dr. Nicole Peterson

Department of Anthropology

I am a sociocultural, environmental, and applied anthropologist who works at the intersection of culture and food. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] I have examined how fishing communities adapt to changing economic, environmental, and political contexts in Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, how agriculturalists in Ethiopia adapt to changing climates, and how and why Charlotteans experience food insecurity. I have collaborated with a variety of organizations on these projects as a way to ensure the research questions and outcomes are relevant for policies of non-profit organizations, government agencies, and research participants. My undergraduate and graduate students are also collaborators on the long-term research project on Charlotte food systems through class projects, internships, and thesis research.
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keywords: community engagementcommunity-based participatory researchfood justice

Dr. Teresa Scheid

September 28, 2018 by Teresa Scheid
department: Sociology

Teresa ScheidProfessor
Department of Sociology

I am a full professor in the Department of Sociology with joint appointments in Public Policy and Health Services Research. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] I also work with doctoral students in Public Health and Health Psychology. My research focuses on the organization and delivery of mental health services and the work of mental health and HIV providers. I have examined the impact of a number of legislative mandates including outpatient commitment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and state level efforts to reform mental health care. I have worked collaboratively with local agencies to develop and conduct cross-training workshops to help integrate mental health, substance use, and physical healthcare, and have been involved in a number of community based initiatives designed to integrate diverse systems of care for minority populations living with HIV/AIDS (see my 2015 book, Comprehensive Care for HIV/AIDS: Community-Based Strategies). I am senior editor (with Eric Wright) of the “Handbook for the Study of Mental Health: Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems”, and am currently working on a book on community mental health care. I advise doctoral students across all of the health related graduate programs on campus, and have worked with them to get their work published (including a recent book with Stephany De Scisciolo, “Reducing Race Differences in Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising: The Case for Regulation”). I have also served as Executive Director of the Health Academy, the first UNC-C Academy, which is designed to foster collaborations across campus as well as within the community.
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keywords: community-based participatory researchhealth policyhealth systems and organizationsmental health