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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 Image: Dancing
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.

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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. Image: Nursing research



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
Image: NurseThis 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.


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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 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.Image: Coach Program

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