This $496,319.00 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports research to understand family relationships and mental health among Latinx sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescents and their parents. The study aims to: 1) adapt and validate an adolescent-report measure of parental acceptance for Latinx SGM youth, 2) examine how family relationships predict mental health for...
This $708,048 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports research to evaluate the implementation of Community Health Worker (CHW)-delivered evidence-based transdiagnostic mental health treatment in Spanish for Latine parents. The project aims to: 1) refine the transdiagnostic Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) for cultural relevance with Latine parents, 2) assess...
This Project Grant award of $1,901,976 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports a community-driven modeling approach to identify policy and community-level interventions to address the impact of structural racism and discrimination on adolescent substance use and mental health. The project aims to: 1) develop a theoretical model of the systems driving adolescent substance use and mental health...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $275,766 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA #93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports the development of a proof-of-concept for HealthYU-Latinx, a technology-based solution designed to improve health literacy for Latinx secondary school students and their families. The funding will enable the creation of a web/mobile-based, self-paced curriculum featuring animated videos, live...
This $122,796 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will enable Dr. Petruzzi of American University to develop a culturally-adapted, multi-level intervention to improve perinatal mental health outcomes among Latina women in Texas. The key objectives are to: 1) conduct a community assessment to identify mental health and social needs, 2) combine and culturally/linguistically adapt...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA Program 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants provides $740,023 to fund the "Latino Youth and Family Empowerment Study - III (LYFE-III): Bringing to Scale a Culturally-Adapted and Evidence-Based Intervention for Latino Families" project. The primary objectives are to: 1) Adapt the existing "Nuestras Familias" intervention to an online format to increase accessibility for underserved...
This federal Project Grant award of $147,912 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, will fund a multi-level study examining the link between fear of deportation and mental health outcomes among Latinx young adults. The study aims to assess how systemic inflammation may mediate the relationship between fear of deportation and depression/anxiety, as well as identify risk and...
This $160,687 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund a study to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a Spanish-language version of the "Unstuck and On Target" executive functioning intervention for Spanish-speaking neurodivergent children and their families in Mexico and Colorado. The key products or services to be delivered include piloting the Spanish...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $867,858 to Northwest Prevention Science Inc., a small woman-owned business, to culturally adapt the Family Check-Up Online (FCU Online) digital health intervention for Hispanic families. The key goals of this 1-year project are to: 1) conduct interviews with parents and community leaders to inform the cultural adaptation of the...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants will fund a $196,992 research project to adapt and test the feasibility and acceptability of a brief form of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (BIPT-A) delivered by youth mentors in community centers to prevent suicide among Latinx youth. The project aims to: 1) adapt BIPT-A for delivery by lay providers (youth mentors) in community centers, 2) train youth mentors in the adapted...
This Project Grant award of $960,120 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will support the development, piloting, and evaluation of a culturally tailored, motivational interviewing-based intervention for Latinx adolescents from mixed-status families. The key goals of this intervention are to: (1) increase youth discussions of mental health needs with caregivers or other adults, (2) reduce stigma of mental health treatment, (3) increase mental health literacy, and (4) increase mental health treatment engagement. The award will be used to conduct research to explore facilitators and barriers to these goals, as well as to pilot the intervention with 32 Latinx teens. This work aims to address the high rates of depressive symptoms in this population and the additional barriers they face in accessing mental health care. The grant will provide the awardee, the Regents of the University of Michigan, the opportunity to enhance their expertise in intervention development, implementation science, and community-based participatory research methods.