RESEARCH PROJECT WEBSITES
A+ Asthma Rural Study
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a
school-based asthma educational intervention on the quality of life of rural
elementary school children with asthma.
Arts Based
Anti-Violence Program
This project further develops and evaluates an existing Historic East
Baltimore (HEBCAC) anti-violence Summer Theatre Project to involve students
from five middle schools in Baltimore and Washington, DC in a year round
after-school mentoring and arts based anti-violence program. Additionally, a
school-wide culture (attitudes and behavior) change initiative will be
implemented and evaluated.
Breastfeeding Support Team
This website highlights a research study examining the costs of
promoting breastfeeding. A randomized controlled trial testing an
intervention to increase the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding among
low-income women during the first six months of their infants' lives is
being conducted. 
Comprehensive Hypertension
Care in Young Urban Black Men
The study shows that personalized care and attention given by a
research team can lower high blood pressure significantly in urban, black
men. The study is significant because it targets some of the most vulnerable
African American men who are at high risk for the effects of uncontrolled
blood pressure such as stroke, heart failure and kidney failure. Additional
social, economic, environmental and educational burdens make it difficult
for members of this population to participate in regular medical care or
make behavioral changes for health improvement.
Domestic Violence Enhanced Home
Visitation Intervention (DOVE) Project
This
study will rigorously test the effectiveness of an innovative intervention,
which has the potential to improve the health of a significant number of
women who experience intimate partner violence during pregnancy.
The FACT Study - Fatigue and
Cancer Treatment
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to determine the
effects of a nurse-directed, home-based walking exercise program to mitigate
fatigue and maintain physical functioning during adjuvant therapy for
breast, prostate and colo-rectal cancer patients.
Homicide Research Study
The primary aim of this study is to identify factors that identify
women who are at high risk for homicide. This site also provides information
on the Danger Assessment instrument.
Korean American Study
The primary purpose of this web site is to share data and information
on Korean American health research.
Patient and Family Decision Making in Critical Illness
These studies examine how patients make decisions during critical
illnesses - facing a terminal illnesses, donating a kidney, or adhering to
immunosuppressive therapy.
Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
This program of research focuses on the primary and secondary prevention
of cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of both men and women in
the US. Several funded projects including a randomized clinical trial of
nurse case management to control cholesterol, a study of barriers to and
facilitators of cardiac rehabilitation for women, and a randomized
controlled trial of soy and lipoproteins in postmenopausal women, are
highlighted.
