QOLI: Decreased quality of life and decreased health complication risk as an adult

Health Behavior: Unhealthy eating

Environmental Conditions: Interpersonal factors (low parental monitoring on children)

B) COI: Low-socioeconomic status San Antonio areas

C) Priority Population: Hispanics school-aged children ages 5-18

D) Aims:

#1 - Assess school-aged children awareness of healthy eating components daily intake

#2 Assess the current school programs progress on childhood obesity in school districts in San Antonio

#3 Advocate for additional school-based programs including meal planning at low costs to families

E) Community Partners:

Parents of Children & School Teachers - PP

School Districts (Northeast, Northside) - AI

Funding Agencies (San Antonio Food Bank, Grants) - RG

City of San Antonio, Bexar County District - AI

Healthy Kids, YMCA - AI

UT Health Physicians, University Hospital - RG

Farmers Markets - RG

School Health Advisory Board - PP (thanks Ashley!)

PP - Priority Population Advocate

AI - Adopter & Implementer

RG - Resource Group

Community of interest: Persons with HCV being released from incarceration in Los Angeles County (LAC) jails

Potential community partners: FQHC clinics and LAC community hospitals/clinics

Preliminary ideas for study aims: 1) Assess persistent gaps preventing post-incarceration linkage to care in LAC for HCV treatment among patients; 2) Assess knowledge among LAC providers for HCV treatment procedures

· Quality of life issues: Address Breast Cancer Disparities in Black Women, addressing non-medical drivers to health – social determinants of health.

· Health behavior: mammography screenings, treatment, supportive services and care

· Environmental conditions directly related to health issues: decreased access to care due to multi-barriers to care.

Priority population: Black community in Harris County, Texas

Preliminary proposal aims:

Aim 1: Coalition Building to Address Health Disparities and Advance Equity in Black Breast Cancer Disparities

Aim 2: To accelerate progress and align goals in Black breast cancer.

Community partners for your planning group:

Backbone Role:

·       SurviveHER: Breast cancer non-profit

·       The Rose: Screening

·       Texas Southern Breast Cancer Prevention Program: Academic

·       The Fountain of Praise: Faith-Based

·       MD Anderson: Academic and Research

·       Harris Health: Safety Net

·       Community Health Choice or Legacy: FQHC

• Quality of life issues: Poor mental health (i.e., anxiety, depression), poor physical health leading to pregnancy-related complications, and increased economic burden.

• Health behavior: factors such as not obtaining timely prenatal screening during the first and third trimesters and at delivery, engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors (i.e., multiple sexual partners, little or no condom use).

• Environmental conditions directly related to health issues: decreased access to healthcare services, trained healthcare professionals, or contraceptives

b.) Community of interest; Religious affiliations (i.e., Church) and community centers familiar to Hispanic populations

c.) Priority population; pregnant Hispanic mothers ages 18-35 years old residing in Houston, Texas

d) Preliminary ideas for community health promotion proposal aims:

Aim 1: Determine the pregnant Hispanic women's knowledge and awareness of congenital syphilis and necessary prenatal syphilis care/screening tests required during pregnancy after providing syphilis education at a local church or community center.

Aim 2: Assist pregnant Hispanic women and their families in scheduling timely prenatal syphilis screening tests.

Aim 3: Measuring, analyzing, and interpreting the number of pregnant Hispanic women who successfully received syphilis screening and treatment services.

e) Community partners for your planning group:

Healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals

Academic and Research Institutions

Texas Department of State Health Services

National-level Funding Agencies - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Coalition of STD Directors and Fetal Infant Morbidity Review Board

Faith-based institutions (Churches) and religious leaders/pastors

a) Health condition: Infant Sleep-Related Death (SUID)

• Quality of life issues: infant mortality and parental mental health (i.e., grief, depression)

• Health behavior: Adherence to the American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep practices (AAP recommends all babies sleep on their back, on a flat, firm, separate sleep surface such as play yard or crib, and to keep the baby’s sleep space free of blankets, bumpers, toys or other objects.)

• Environmental conditions directly related to health issues: lack of access to approved safe sleep surfaces like a crib

b) Community/Priority Population: Broward County, Florida; Parents of Children under the age of 1.

c) Study Aim Idea:

Aim 1 - To assess the process of safe sleep crib distribution for low-income parents to decrease rates of infant sleep-related deaths

Aim 2 - To study wether access to crib increase parental adherence to safe sleep practices

d) Community partners for your planning group:

• Parents of Infants (PP)

• OBGYN/Pediatricians (AI)

• Birthing Hospital Representatives (AI)

• Federally qualified health centers (AI)

• WIC offices (R)

• Baby & Me Business Owners (R)

• Parenting Program Leaders (R)

• Daycare Center Directors (AI)

• Grassroot Organizations: Broward Healthy Start Coalition, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, Children Services Council, and Broward County Health Department (R)

R= Resource Group

AI = Potential adopter/implementer group

PP = Priority population group/their advocates

• lung cancer - lack of screening

b) community of interest

• Harris Health System Clinics/population served by this health system

c) priority population

• Spanish-speaking patients

d) Aims

• to understand the reasons why eligible individuals do not get screened for lung cancer

Potential community partners for your planning group

• resource group:

  investigators from MD Anderson

• implementer group:

  clinic staff at Harris Health System

• priority population:

  Spanish-speaking patients eligible for lung cancer screening

QOL: Difficulty engaging in physical activity/exercise, reliant on glucose monitoring and insulin injections

Health Behavior: consuming high carbohydrate meals; lack of 150 mins/wk of physical activity

Environmental Conditions: Lack of family education on disease; availability to fast food restaurants

COI/ Priority Population: Hispanic population in 45–64-year-olds in Houston East End

Aim Ideas:

1. Assess knowledge and awareness of low carbohydrate meals among adults living with type 2 diabetes in the East End.

2. Reduce the average HbA1c by 1% among adult living with type 2 diabetes in Houston East End

3. To increase family knowledge and awareness to support family members diabetic friendly diet.

Community Partners:

Community Clinics:

Legacy Community Health

BakerRipley East End

YMCA

Local store-Fiesta/HEB

Local restaurant-Arandas; Ninfas

LULAC

• Increase moderate physical activity and decrease food insecurity of women with gestational diabetes using Food Is Medicine & Rx for Physical Activity

b) Community of interest

• pregnant adolescent Latinas in clinical settings in Austin, Texas

c). Potential community partners

• Planned Parenthood

• WIC clinics

• pregnant adolescent Latina women in Austin, Texas

• Central Texas Food Bank

• Austin Parks & Recreation Community Centers

Study aim brainstorm:

1) assess F/V intake

2) assess type and amount of PA

3) provide access to affordable F/V options and PA

• Health behavior: increasing mental health services, which are culturally sensitive

• Environmental conditions: issues with accessibility

• Other conditions: cultural norms and stigma

Priority population: South Asian youth (13-21) in Dallas, Texas

Proposal aim:

1. advance research on mental health specific to this population

2. identify barriers

3. increase mental health advocacy and initiatives specific to the population needs

Community partnership: local faith based organizations, YMCA, outpatient clinics

• Health condition: prenatal care screening and related maternal mortality cases. 

• Quality of life issue: pregnancy-related maternal morbidity and disabilities. 

• Health behavior: adherence to prenatal screening.

• Environmental condition directly related to health issue: Maternity care desert.

  
  

Proposal aim:

• Identify gaps and address these gaps

• Decrease maternal morbidity and mortality

Community partnerships:

1. Hospitals, 

2. Clinics,

3. Private practice providers,

4. Birth centers,

5. Louisiana health department,

6. LaPQC (Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative) agency.

7. HHS- funding agency

Target population:

AA women or lower SES aged 16-42 in Louisiana

type 2 = developing intervention,

type 3 = disseminating strategies

Study Aim: To explore trends in diagnosis and treatment recommendations for Postpartum Depression by NPs

Health Condition: Postpartum Depression

Community: birthing people in the US, current professional diagnosis of postpartum depression, current care under an NP, birthing age, etc.

Potential Partners: Black Maternal Health Caucus, U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, state health departments, hospitals (with and without DEIA-related initiatives)