A Prevention Research Center funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2014. 9....

A Prevention Research Center funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Mission

To work in partnership with youth, people who work with youth, community residents, public policymakers and program administrators to help adolescents in Baltimore transition to healthy adult lifestyles

Organizational Structure

• Five Core Teams: – Community Engagement, Partnerships &

Technical Assistance (Phyllis Sharps, Chair) – Communication and Dissemination (David

Jernigan, Chair) – Training (Carlos Castillo-Salgado, Chair) – Evaluation (Anne Duggan, Chair), and – Research (Phil Leaf PI/Chair)

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Organizational Structure

• Proposed Creation of Three City-Wide Networks: – Youth Engaged Organizations – Youth Service Providers, – Policy Makers and Funders

• Academic Advisory Board – Chaired by Bob Blum

• Community Advisory Board • Youth Advisory Committee

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What we do

• Conduct high-quality applied prevention research in partnership with community constituencies and youth

• Improve public health practice affecting adolescents

• Apply and increase the knowledge and expertise of Johns Hopkins University and partners to address practical public health problems related to adolescents

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What we do

• Design, implement, evaluate, and disseminate cost-effective methods and strategies for promoting the health and well-being of adolescents

• Shorten the time lag between the development of prevention and health promotion strategies and their widespread application

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What we do • Showcase the application of effective prevention

and intervention practices and policies by partnering with the Mayor’s Office, Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore City Public Schools and other agencies and community constituencies – to understand how to increase the impact of an

evidence based program aimed at reducing the involvement of students in multiple health risk behaviors including substance use, violence and sexual risk-taking; and improve academic performance

New Projects with Student Opportunities

• Core Project – Implementation of Life Skills Training augmented by additional sexual health modules in BCPS (bmarsha2@jhu.edu) – Augmenting Annual Student Survey – Developing system for working with students to

problem solve with the student survey data

• Collaborations with Deputy Mayor for Health, Human Services, Education, and Youth (pleaf@jhu.edu)

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New Projects with Student Opportunities

• Baltimore City Opportunity Youth Collaborative (pleaf@jhu.edu)

• Collaborations with Holistic Life Foundation (pleaf@jhu.edu)

• Developing an adolescent health case study for the new Public Health Observatory (ccastil3@jhu.edu)

• Reducing Youth Exposure to Alcohol Marketing (djernigan@jhsph.edu) 9

New Projects with Student Opportunities

• Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN) - Collaborating Center (jgittels@jhsph.edu)

• Workplace Health Research Network (WHRN) – Collaborating Centers (ron.goetzel@truvenhealth.com)

• Physical Activity Policy and Evaluation Research Network Plus (PAPRN+): Coordinating Center (kpollack@jhsph.edu)

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Existing Projects with Student Opportunities

• Healthy Minds at Work (alatimor@jhu.edu) • Prevention in Churches (twilliams@jhu.edu) • The Faith Project (twilliams@jhu.edu) • Well-being of Adolescents in Vulnerable

Environments (bmarsha2@jhu.edu) • HONESTY Project (jacinda_dariotis@jhu.edu) • Cookshop Evaluation (bmarsha2@jhu.edu) • Dating Matters Implementation

(meghanrimelspach@jhu.edu) •Project Connect (meghanrimelspach@jhu.edu)

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How to reach us

www.jhsph.edu/adolescenthealth E4612

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Healthy Minds at Work

• Goal: to improve mental health status and outcomes for out-of-school youth in a setting that does not typically address health needs

• Youth 16-22 years old engaged in a multi-component program of mental health and educational activities (Screening, Peer Education, Counseling) streamlined and integrated into a community-based employment training program.

• Mental health, education, employment and incarceration outcomes were improved through Healthy Minds at Work.

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Student Opportunities: HMAW • Data (at baseline, 6- and 12-months) now available for

capstone projects and dissertation papers. – Individual characteristics, health and mental health measures – Access to and receipt of health services – Employment , incarceration and education measures

• Students interested in working with these data should contact

• Amanda Latimore (PFRH Faculty): alatimore@jhu.edu • Darius Tandon (PI): Darius Tandon

dtandon@northwestern.edu

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The HONESTY Project

• HOrmonal & NEurological Survey of Texting Youth • Goal: to examine adolescent (ages 18-25) decision-making

from biological (brain activity, hormones), psychological (personality, mental health), and social (attitudes, knowledge) perspectives; 1-year longitudinal study

• Currently collecting second in-person visit data • Investigators:

– Jacinda K. Dariotis (PI) – Devon Cross (Ugrad Research Assistant)

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Student Opportunities with HONESTY

• Visit 1 and 2 data

– Individual characteristics – Sexual and substance use behaviors – Health and mental health measures – Neuropsychological assessments

• Weekly text message data on behaviors • Student assistance is needed for analyses of time 1, time

2, and text messaging data as well as literature searches for papers and proposals

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CookShop Project

• Cookshop is a nutrition education program implemented by the Foodbank of New York City that targets low-income families to increase their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding healthy food consumption.

• Goal: to conduct a process evaluation and a longitudinal impact evaluation of two Cookshop projects: Cookshop Classroom and Cookshop Families, which target early elementary school students and their parents in the NYC public schools

• Investigators: – Kristin Mmari, Beth Marshall, Susan Gross, David Paige, and

Marycatharine Augustyn

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Student Opportunities with CookShop

• We currently have data from matched parent child dyads, teachers trained to implement Cookshop, school administrators, and food service staff.

• Qualitative data includes in-depth interviews, focus groups, and cafeteria observations recorded through digital photography. – The quantitative data includes multiple surveys

collected through IPADS (iforms). • Contact: Beth Marshall at bmarsha2@jhu.edu

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WAVE

• Well-being of Adolescents in Vulnerable Environments • Goal: to examine how disadvantaged adolescents in

different urban environments define the meaning of health and ill health, and to describe where adolescents go for health information and services, as well as the barriers they face in seeking or accessing help.

• Five sites: Baltimore, Johannesburg, Shanghai, Delhi, and Ibadan

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Student Opportunities with WAVE

• Previously collected qualitative data with young people aged 15-19 years and the adults who work with them from all sites for analysis – Contact: Kristin Mmari (kmmari1@jhu.edu) if interested.

• Survey data (collected through respondent driven sampling) is currently available on all sites. Opportunities are available for data analysis. – Contact: Beth Marshall (bmarsha2@jhu.edu) if interested.

FAITH Study • Partnership with Sisters Together and Reaching (STAR)

• Goal: to understand the influence on adolescents of youth ministers within African American churches located in low income, urban communities with disproportionately high rates of teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and STD infections

• Qualitative Data from Nine Local Churches – In-depth interviews from senior pastors and youth ministers and

Focus groups from parents and youth – Topics discuss include: Issues faced by teenage congregants,

influence of faith leaders, characteristics of faith-based sexual health programs, barriers and facilitators of program implementation

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PiC Project • Goal: to better understand how, if at all, churches

can address HIV prevention among men who have sex with Men (MSM)

• In-depth interviews with 30 young adult (ages 18-25) African American MSM living in Baltimore, MD

• Topics discussed include: sexual health and behaviors, church experiences, family relations, social support, recommendations for involving MSM in faith-based HIV prevention

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Student Opportunities with FAITH Study and PiC Project

• Students needed to analyze and interpret qualitative data – Basic knowledge of Atlas.ti requested, but not required – All data has been transcribed and coded

• Opportunities to develop Capstones, Master’s Essays and peer-reviewed publications – Background knowledge in faith-based research not required – Papers need not be linked to faith-based topics

• This is a PAID Research Assistant Position

• Contact: Terri Williams (twilliams@jhu.edu)

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Dating Matters

• This project focuses on the prevention of teen dating violence. We work in partnership with the CDC, the Baltimore City Health Department, and Ogilvy.

• The Center works with a group of high school students, who manage the social media face of the project and create community support through outreach and events.

Student Opportunities • Unpaid, flexible amount of time • Students can work with the young people on the

implementation of the social media and community outreach. – Contact: Meghan Rimelspach meghanrimelspach@jhu.edu

Project Connect •This project focuses on connecting young men in Baltimore

with sexual and reproductive healthcare through the development and dissemination of a clinical guide.

• Investigators: Arik Marcell, Freya Sonenstein, Jacky Jennings, Renata Sanders, Kathleen Page

Student Opportunities •Paid research assistant, 12-18 hrs per week •Proficiency with data analysis including coding, recoding,

and running frequencies as well as conducting literature reviews and strong writing skills desired. Preference will be given to individuals who can commit to working on the project for a full year or more.

• Contact: Meghan Rimelspach meghanrimelspach@jhu.edu

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