Sexual
Minority Youth Action Research Project
Project Coordinator:
Kevin Trimell Jones, M.Ed.
Grant:
CT State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
The Sexual Minority Youth Action Research
Project of the Youth Action Research
Institute, trains lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
questioning (LGBTQ) youth of color and their allies to use research
as a tool for addressing issues of concern and importance to
them, their communities and schools. Teams of Community Youth
Researchers conduct research on the availability of, and access
to, support systems for urban, primarily minority, LGBTQ youth
in two urban areas of Connecticut.
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Diffusing Youth-Based
Participatory Action Research for Prevention Model
Project Staff:
Victor Pacheco, B.F.A., Prevention Research Educator
Grant:
Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
(DMHAS)
Dates of Study:
Ongoing
A project of the Institute for Community
Research's Youth Action Research
Institute (YARI), the Diffusing Youth-Based Participatory
Action Research for Prevention project is piloting and creating
an abbreviated curriculum and implementation manual designed
for youth-serving organizations. This project explores how
ICR's theory-driven substance abuse prevention model, which
uses a participatory action research (PAR) training process
as the basis for youth risk-prevention and education through
skill-building, empowerment and problem-solving, can be shortened
and adapted for use by youth workers in different settings
and with different urban populations.
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Improving Access to
Mental Health Services for Older Hartford Residents
Research Method: Basic
Research
Principal Investigators: Jean
J. Schensul, Ph.D. (PI), Kim Radda, M.A., R.N. (Co-PI), Julie
Robison Ph.D., Braceland Center (Site PI), Carmen Reyes, M.P.A.,
NCAAA (Site PI)
Grant: Patrick and Catherine
Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation 01-201
Partners: Braceland Center
for Mental Health and Aging, North Central Area Agency on
Aging (NCAAA), Hartford Housing Authority, Hartford Hospital
Dates of Study: 2001-2004
This study identifies predictors and prevalence
of clinical depression and anxiety among individuals age 50+,
living in public and private senior housing in Hartford, CT
. The study uses indepth interviews to identify barriers and
facilitators to clinical care, community coping strategies
and resources and culturally based definitions of depression/anxiety.
Information about these areas will assist in promoting culturally
appropriate services, thus improving access to, and efficacy
of, mental health services for low income older adults of
diverse ethnic/cultural backgrounds.
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Effects of Partner Violence
Victimization in Drug Using Women (SAVA II)
Research Method: Basic
Research
Principal Investigators: Merrill
Singer, Ph.D. (PI), Margaret R. Weeks, Ph.D. (Co-PI)
Grant: National Institute
on Drug Abuse 1 R01 DA13140 - Lead grantee: Hispanic Health
Council
Partners: Hispanic Health
Council, Institute for Community Research
Dates of Study: 2000-2003
This three-year project, led by the Hispanic
Health Council, examines the relationship between drug use,
partner violence victimization, and HIV risk among inner city
women. The study investigates how partner violence impacts
frequency of drug use, readiness for drug treatment, drug-related
sexual risk for HIV and other STDs, and actions to leave abusive
relationships.
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