Health Promotion

Research within the field of Health Promotion at our college centers on identifying best health practices, policies, and programs to improve or maintain the population’s health.

Research Projects in Health Promotion

State Office of Rural Health Grant
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Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention and Health Promotion/Arizona Prevention Research Center
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Scott Carvajal

Improving Parent and Child Outcomes through Visit Coaching: A Pilot Study
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Christina Cutshaw

Mental Health in the public health curricula of ASPH schools
Researchers
Christina Cutshaw

Texting Teens about Wellness and Skin Cancer
Researchers
Robin Harris

Evaluation Pima County Communities Putting Prevention to Work
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Maia Ingram

Communities Putting Prevention to Work Evaluation Team
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Maia Ingram

Women's Health Initiative Extension
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Cynthia Thomson, David O. Garcia, Melanie Hingle, Zhao Chen

Clinical study of disposition and biological activity of Limonene
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Iman Hakim

The Health of Migrant Farmworkers in Sonora and a model of social responsibility
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Jill Guernsey de Zapien, Cecilia Rosales

Head Start Healthy Families Curriculum
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Jill Guernsey de Zapien

Honoring Your Gift
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Sheila Parker

CDC Hypertension/Stroke Promotora Curriculum
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Jill Guernsey de Zapien

Cosechando Salud Evaluation
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Maia Ingram

Arizona NP, CNM, and NP Healthcare Workforce
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SONRISA: A Community-based Depression Curriculum for Hispanics along the U.S. - Mexico Border
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Exploratory Centers of Excellence (P20): Center for American Indian Resilience
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NIH/NIMHD Exploratory Centers of Excellence (P20)
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John Ehiri

REACH Su ComunidadConsortium (RSC)
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Martha Moore-Monroy

Identifying Community-based solutions to improve insecticide treated bednet compliance
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Kacey Ernst

Meta Salud (formerly Camino a la Salud)
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Cecilia Rosales, Jill Guernsey de Zapien

Functional Calibration
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Adherence to latent TB infection among at-risk populations (TXT4MED)
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Melanie Bell, Lynn Gerald

Stress and Asthma in public schools
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Lynn Gerald

Feasibility of Latent TB screening among migrant farmworkers on the border
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The Cost Effectiveness of School-Based Supervised Asthma Therapy
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Lynn Gerald, Joe Gerald, Dean Billheimer, Scott Carvajal, Conrad Clemens

American Lung Association Airways Clinical Research Center (ALA-ACRC)
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Lynn Gerald

A Community Toolkit to Improve Asthma Care for Rural Children
Researchers
Lynn Gerald

Plan4Health: Rural Cycling Hub
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Martha Moore-Monroy

Arizona Smokers' Helpline
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Cynthia Thomson, Nicole Yuan, Leila Barraza, John Ehiri

Examining Sleep and Social Rhythms as Mechanisms for Weight Gain After Job Loss
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Patricia Haynes, Cynthia Thomson

A Gender- and Culturally-Sensitive Weight Loss Intervention to Reduce Incidence of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Hispanic Males
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David O. Garcia, Melanie Bell

Whole Community, Inclusive, Emergency Planning
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Jeff Burgess

Employee Tobacco Cessation Program – WebPT
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Cynthia Thomson

Juntos Por La Salud
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Cecilia Rosales

Employee Tobacco Cessation Program
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Cynthia Thomson, Melanie Bell

Creating a Tailored Lifestyle Intervention for Midlife Mexican American Men
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David O. Garcia

Employee Tobacco Cessation Program - Insteel Industries, Inc.
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Cynthia Thomson

Employee Tobacco Cessation Program - Phoenix Children's Hospital
Researchers
Cynthia Thomson

Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (AzFlex)
Researchers
Daniel Derksen

Cooperative Agreement to Support Navigators in Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Marketplaces (AzCRH Navigator Consortium)
Researchers
Daniel Derksen

Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (AzSHIP)
Researchers
Leila Barraza

Developing a Gender- and Culturally-Sensitive Weight Loss Intervention for Hispanic Males
Researchers
David O. Garcia

Advancing the Development of Precision Prevention Therapeutic Lifestyle Interventions to Prevent NAFLD and HCC in Mexican-Origin Men
Researchers
David O. Garcia

Connecting Healthy Women
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Francisco Garcia

Long-term impact of foodborne illness: burdens, costs and public health
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Kristen Pogreba-Brown, Erika Austhof

Testing the Effects of Shift Demands on Mood, Sedentary Activity, and Caffeine Intake in 911 Telecommunications
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Patricia Haynes

Testing the Feasibility of a Novel Smoking Cessation Intervention by Timing Quit Dates to Menstrual Phase in a Quitline Setting
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Melanie Bell

The Nosotros Network: Community Outreach to Increase Awareness and Engagement in Health Disparities Research and Initiatives
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David O. Garcia, Cynthia Thomson, Jennifer Hatcher, David Marrero, Melanie Bell

Nurtured Heart Approach® Study
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Velia Leybas Nuño, Denise Roe, Bridget Murphy

Household POU Filters: Tools for Long-term, Large Volume Monitoring of Tap Water Quality and Human Health Risks
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Kelly Reynolds, Marc Verhougstraete

Developing the business case for patient navigation
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Patrick Wightman

Title V Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment
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John Ehiri, Priscilla Magrath, Martha Moore-Monroy, Velia Leybas Nuño, Nicole Yuan

Surveillance of Xenophobia: Driving Factors and Magnitude of Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racial Tension in the Time of COVID-19
Researchers
Kacey Ernst, Zhao Chen

Salud Sin Fronteras
Researchers
Adriana Maldonado, David O. Garcia

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