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Home » Research Projects » African Americans

African Americans Projects

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An intersectional examination of early tobacco use among White and Black adolescents

Researcher(s):
  • Fiona Conway, Ph.D.
  • Adriana Espinosa, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions African Americans
Sponsors:National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2024

PODER: Promoting obesity prevention among children with developmental disabilities and families through engaged research

Researcher(s):
  • Sandy Magaña, Ph.D., MSW
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Topics:(dis) ability African Americans Latinx populations
Sponsors:NIDILRR U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
End Date2024

Achieving health equity: Improving the maternal postpartum access and outcomes of Black/African American women in Travis County

Researcher(s):
  • Michele A. Rountree, Ph.D.
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Topics:African Americans Disparities Health/Health care
Sponsors:St. David's Foundation
End Date2020

Changing the rates of misdiagnosis in psychiatry

Researcher(s):
  • Deborah Ann Cohen, Ph.D.
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Topics:African Americans Disparities Mental health
Sponsors:St. David's Foundation
End Date2020

K.I.S.S. (keep it safe and sexy) & Tell

Researcher(s):
  • Michele A. Rountree, Ph.D.
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Topics:African Americans Disparities Sexual health
Sponsors:Dell Medical School Center for Place-Based Initiatives
End Date2018

Longitudinal neighborhood poverty change and racial disparities in birth outcomes

Researcher(s):
  • Catherine Cubbin, Ph.D.
  • Shetal Vohra-Gupta, Ph.D., MSW
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Topics:African Americans Disparities Health/Health care
Sponsors:St. David's CHPR
End Date2018

Accessing young black MSM for HIV prevention through online social networking

Researcher(s):
  • Michele A. Rountree, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions African Americans Health/Health care
Sponsors:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
End Date2016

African American and Hispanic male youth perceptions of police officers who patrol in urban communities

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Topics:African Americans Interpersonal/Community violence Latinx populations
Sponsors:Office of the Vice President for Research The University of Texas at Austin
End Date2015

African-American Medicaid Managed Care

Researcher(s):
  • Rowena Fong, Ed.D.
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Topics:African Americans Disparities Health/Health care
Sponsors:Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHS)
End Date2012

Archives preservation of the Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane

Researcher(s):
  • King Davis, Ph.D.
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Topics:African Americans Mental health
Sponsors:Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
End Date2011

HIV/AIDS prevention intervention for African-American women exposed to intimate partner abuse

Researcher(s):
  • Michele A. Rountree, Ph.D.
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Topics:African Americans Health/Health care Interpersonal/Community violence
End Date2010

Brief intervention to reduce injury in minorities

Researcher(s):
  • Craig Field, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions African Americans Health/Health care Latinx populations
End Date2008
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