Results for "Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations"

The mission of the St. David’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations is to improve the health of underserved people through applied research.

Website: http://www.utexas.edu/nursing/chpr/

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Faculty

Heather A Becker

Affiliated Departments:
School of Nursing
Research Interests:

health; disability services; the health of people with disabilities and chronic health conditions; cancer survivorship; program accreditation; program evaluation.

Lori K Holleran Steiker

Affiliated Departments:
School of Social Work, School of Undergraduate Studies
Research Interests:

substance use/misuse, addiction, youth risk prevention, harm reduction and opioid response, culturally grounded social work practice, adult and adolescent substance services, social work with groups

Sharon Horner

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Women's and Gender Studies, School of Nursing
Research Interests:

Families with children who have chronic illnesses; school-aged children with asthma; improving asthma management by parents and children; health promotion and risk prevention among school age and early adolescent…

Yolanda Padilla

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Population Research Center, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Social Work, School of Undergraduate Studies
Research Interests:

Dr. Padilla investigates racial and ethnic disparities in health and well-being in the United States, particularly among Latino populations. Her research examines the consequences of poverty for Latino children and…

James Pennebaker

Affiliated Departments:
Psychology
Research Interests:

Language, text analysis, and social behavior; Expressive writing and coping with upheavals; How individuals, groups, and cultures respond to traumatic events; Health, psychosomatics, stress, and emotions

Lynn Rew

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Women's and Gender Studies, School of Nursing
Research Interests:

Sexual health of adolescents
Health behaviors of adolescents
Homeless youth
Transgender children and adolescents

Gayle M Timmerman

Affiliated Departments:
Dell Medical School, School of Nursing, School of Nursing
Research Interests:

Program of research focuses on health promotion with a specific focus on developing knowledge about the relationships between eating patterns and weight in women. Long term goal is to use a theoretical basis for the…

Mary Velasquez

Affiliated Departments:
School of Social Work
Research Interests:

Development and implementation of interventions using the Transtheoretical Model of Change and Motivational Interviewing, health behavior interventions including HIV prevention, prenatal health, alcohol and other…