Antibiotic Resistant Infections
Development of spatial analytical approaches to improve understanding of nosocomial and community-acquired, antibiotic-resistant infections.
Contextual Determinants of Adolescent Health-Risks
Investigation of the (1) contextual mediators of the association between neighborhood poverty and sexually transmitted infections (STI) in young women and to see if this accounts for the racial disparities in STI risk; and (2) to test the feasibility of using GPS-enabled cell phones to track adolescent girls and collect daily behavioral data.
Development of the Indiana-Ohio Center for Traumatic Amputation Rehabilitation Research
Investigation of quality of care issues for Vietnam-era amputee veterans. Qualitative and quantitative methods are used to assess courses of treatment and other critical health-related issues within a social and spatial context.
Environmental Risks of Obesity (PESERO) Project
Study of the physical and social environmental causes of overweight and obesity.
Health Education for the 21st Century, Phase II
Study of the associations between healthy literacy, neighborhood environment and risk of childhood obesity.
Indianapolis Quality of Life Information System
Development of actionable information on quality of life for Indianapolis and Central Indiana and engagement of individuals and organizations in an agenda-setting process to improve quality of life in the metropolitan area. See the QoL website at www.inqualityoflife.org. This project is being executed by the IUPUI Center of Centers consortium, which includes the Polis Center (IU School of Liberal Arts), the Indiana Business Research Center (Kelley School of Business), Indiana University Public Policy Institute (SPEA), and Center on Philanthropy.
Moving to Opportunity: Urban Neighborhoods and Health Behavior in Adolescents
Study of how the physical environment and neighborhood of an individual can predict their behavior and probability of contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI) or other health concerns, such as obesity.
Neighborhood Poverty Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Investigation of (1) whether there is an association between neighborhood poverty and STIs in adolescent and young women; (2) whether the association between neighborhood poverty and STIs among adolescent and young adult women is different by race/ethnicity; and (3) which contextual factors mediate the association between neighborhood poverty and STIs among adolescent and young women.
Physician Distribution and Health Outcomes
Analysis of spatial and temporal patterns of physician practice, in relation to medically underserved areas and health outcomes. These factors are modeled and can be predictive of physicians who will practice in primary care specialties and areas of medical under service.
Racial Differences in Contextual Mediators of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
(1) Assessment of whether STI testing varies by contextual factors among adolescent and young women; (2) investigation of which contextual factors mediate the association between neighborhood poverty and risk of STI and repeat STI among adolescent and young women; and (3) investigation of whether associations between contextual factors and risk of STI vary by race/ethnicity in adolescent and young women.
Space-Time Analysis of Adolescent Health-Risk Behaviors
Examination of the dynamic context, or the changing physical and social environments, as it relates to health-risk behaviors of adolescent young women by (a) employing Global Position Satellite (GPS) enabled cell phones to continuously track their movements for four one-week periods over the course of a year, and (b) using qualitative techniques to identify important contextual constructs to health-risk behaviors. See: Using GPS-enabled Cell Phones to Track the Travel Patterns of Adolescents
Studying the Child Overweight Epidemic with Natural Experiments
Study of the associations between obesity and changes in the built environment using natural experiments within clinical data. This is an extension of the work conducted through the Environmental Risks of Obesity (PESERO) Project.
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