FAITH (Facilitating Advance Care Planning In Communities of FaiTH)
PIs: C. Campbell, I. Williams – University of Virginia, L. Campbell – ECU
Proposes to increase the rates of Advance Directive completion, appointment of a health care decision-maker, and distribution of the Advance Directive to health care providers, among members of the Richmond, Virginia African American faith community. Providing ongoing consultation regarding recruitment and retention, and cultural tailoring of advance care planning intervention for improving rates of completing advanced directives.
Reducing Disparities with Literacy-Adapted Psychosocial Treatments for Chronic Pain: A Comparative Trial
PI: Beverly Thorn, U Alabama—Tuscaloosa; Co-I: Lisa Campbell, ECU
This project conducted a comparative trial of two efficacious chronic pain interventions compared to standard medical treatment as usual. The interventions were tailored to be accessible to low-literacy populations. The Campbell Lab provided treatment integrity monitoring.
THESES
Gender and Racial Identity, Smoking Norms, and Smoking Behaviors among College-Aged African American Women
- Shelly Thornton’s Master’s Thesis: This project sought to examine gender and racial influences in smoking behavior guided by the SIT framework. More specifically, the purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which African American women identify with their race and gender, examine perceived gender and racial smoking norms, determine whether gender and race-related smoking norms predict smoking behavior, and determine whether identity and norms predicted smoking behavior.
Formal Sex Education on Consent, Sexual Assault, and IPV: An Evaluation of Students’ Experiences and Subsequent Attitudes/Behaviors
- Emma Muscari’s Master’s Thesis: This project examined the relation between perceived helpfulness of formal sex education (on consent, sexual assault, and IPV) and sexual assault and IPV victimization and perpetration risk among a sample of first-year college students. Participants were also asked open-ended questions about how consent, sexual assault, and IPV were covered in their formal sex education as well as what information they wish had been taught or covered.
The Influence of Acculturative Discrepancies on Negative Affect, Drinking to Cope, and Drinking Behavior in Latinas
- Michelle Ruiz’s Master’s Thesis: This project examined whether acculturative discrepancies, a term used in this study to capture discrepancies in self-perception that may arise as a result of the acculturation process, were predictive of negative affect, maladaptive coping, and alcohol use in college age Latinas. In line with self-discrepancy theory (SDT), acculturative discrepancies were examined in relation to both friends and family.
eHealth Literacy, Medical Mistrust, and Cervical Cancer Prevention Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors among African American Women
- Angela Johnson’s Master’s Thesis: This project examined the different relationships between the perception of eHealth literacy, medical mistrust, CC knowledge, beliefs, and prevention behaviors among African American Women (AAW). This project used a mixed-method design guided by two complementary frameworks: Black Feminist Thought and Health Skills Literacy. Participants were asked open-ended questions about their unique lived experiences as AAW, including familial conversations and perceived media influence related to CC prevention behaviors.
DISSERTATIONS
Building a Biopsychosocial-spiritual Model for Predicting Adherence among Cancer Survivors
- Juliann Stalls’ Dissertation: This project involved assessing a set of biological, psychological, social, and spiritual contributors to adherence behaviors among cancer survivors, within a cultural framework, to determine which factors best explain variance in three specific adherence domains. These included healthy lifestyle behaviors, medication adherence, and adherence to follow-up care.
Examining preventive health care utilization in Black college women through a Black Feminist-Womanist Lens
- Juinell Williams’ Dissertation: This study employed Black Feminist Thought to better understand the degree to which predisposing, need, and enabling factors predict preventive healthcare utilization using a mixed methods approach. Results of this study may help us to better understand preventive healthcare utilization among Black female college students and to identify ways to decrease existing disparities in health care utilization that can contribute to worse health outcomes.
Examining a Culturally Informed Model of Mental Health Care Utilization among Latinx College Students
- Michelle Ruiz’s Dissertation: The purpose of this study is to develop and examine a culturally informed model of mental health care utilization more applicable to Latinxs by including indicators of acculturation and related variables at each level (e.g., predisposing, enabling, and need factors) of the Behavioral Model of Health Service Use (BMHSU).
Using a Sexual & Gender Minority Health Disparities Framework to Examine Multi-level Influences on Bisexual College Women’s Sexual Health Communication about HIV
- Emma Muscari’s Dissertation: This project assesses the multi-level factors that could affect health outcomes for bisexual women. It will examine how bisexual women communicate with their partners about HIV-related sexual health, using a mixed-methods approach.
Using a Black Feminist Lens to Examine Black Maternal Intent to Vaccinate their Children against Human Papillomavirus
- Angela Johnson’s Dissertation: This project seeks to examine cultural and health influences on Black maternal perspective that may affect intent to vaccinate their children against Human Papillomavirus (HPV). This mixed-method design is guided by two complementary frameworks: Health Belief Model and Black Feminist Thought. Participants were asked closed and open-ended questions regarding their unique experiences that shape their health beliefs, including perception of HPV with respect to severity, susceptibility, benefits and barriers to the HPV vaccine, medical mistrust, experiences with gendered racial microaggressions, collectivistic beliefs, and religiosity. A better understanding of unique factors that shape Black maternal perspectives may help to develop culturally tailored interventions to increase HPV vaccination uptake and reduce preventable HPV-related cancers.