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Current Research
Community-Based Participatory Research Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is a partnership between community members, representatives from community-based organizations, and academic researchers. The partnership equitably involves all members in all aspects of the research process. MCC is involved in community-based participatory projects: perinatal depression and HIV rapid testing. Currently, MCC is working closely with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on developing MCC's ability to examine the barriers to care in perinatal depression and with Drexel University on issues related to HIV rapid testing. Perinatal Depression MCC is screening new clients for perinatal depression and pilot-testing an intervention to prevent prenatal depression from developing into a Major Depressive episode. In conjunction with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, MCC is in the process of submitting a grant to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to examine the barriers which postpartum, low-income women with depressive symptoms face in accessing and utlizing mental health services. Criminal Justice MCC research staff are evaluating the Riverside MOMobile program to examine key outcomes of the program. During the start-up phase of the program, an implementation evaluation was conducted to document the facilitating factors, barriers, and unexpected consequences during this phase. An executive summary of this evaluation will soon be available. The research agenda in this area is examining the re-entry period for newly released women and how their "landing" in the community impacts their parenting and family. HIV Prevention: Rapid testing MCC's multi-faceted program serves women and families in Southwest Philadelphia and Delaware County. The evaluation will examine the effectiveness of training local community agencies to conduct HIV rapid testing and the ability of the program to impact safe sex and behavior.
New Frontier Community Health Workers (CHWs) are often asked to perform as research assistants but the effectiveness of CHWs in that role has yet to be studied in an in-depth manner. In order to increase knowledge related to research integrity—especially human subject protections—researchers at Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research are exploring the role that CHWs play in community-based participatory research and are collaborating with MCC by interviewing Family Advocates on their perceptions of their participation in research studies. “Research Extenders and Research Ethics: A New Frontier” is a two-year R01 grant funded through the National Institute of Nursing Research. Smoking Cessation MCC and Fox Chase Cancer Center have submitted an R01 grant to the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health to implement an innovative smoking cessation program as part of MOMobile services. The program will provide enhanced smoking cessation intervention and employ the use of technology by providing participants with a cellular phone which would be used for proactive counseling treatment and hotline support. Check back during 2007-2008 for grant updates. Phresh: Sexual Health and Communication Sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancy are at alarming rates among 18 to 25 year old African American and Puerto Rican individuals. Learning how men and women communicate reproductive values and negotiate barrier contraceptive use is the focus of Project PHRESH. The Family Planning Council is the Philadelphia representative of this CDC-funded project. MCC is collaborating on this study by actively recruiting respondents among its clients and their partners. For more information contact: Marjie Mogul, PhD Director of Research 215-989-3575
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