Research Awards from Bringing Science Home
2012-2013 RESEARCH AWARDS FROM BRINGING SCIENCE HOME
- Just For Parents: Implementation, Intervention, Testing and Evaluation. This project, lead by Dr. Korey Hood in collaboration with Dr. Bill Polonsky of the Behavioral Diabetes Institute, tests the Just For Parents Assessment Tool and will create an intervention program for families living with diabetes. This project builds off previous BSH research
- Participatory Medicine using Social Media. Lead by Dr. Sally Coovert in USF Child Health, this project intersects psychology, clinical care and engineering to provide a modern approach to many delicate issues involving family functioning in life with chronic disease.
- Starting a New Dialogue in Diabetes Education. This project, lead by Dr. Barbara Anderson and Dr. Kimon Angelides, looks at reframing diabetes education with an eLearning, patient engagement platform. This system will be built in partnership with the new USF Healthy Living Center.
- SELECT: A New Approach to Medical School Curriculum with a Focus on Leadership, Community Learning and Engagement. This project, lead by Dr. Alicia Monroe and Dr. Kathy Bradley-Klug, has been nationally recognized for its innovative nature. The SELECT program strives to bring leadership, creativity and emotional intelligence to the education and development of tomorrow’s health professionals.
- Development of the Youth Health Resiliency Scale. Lead by Dr. Kathy Bradley-Klug, this project is working to develop an assessment scale to help professionals and caregivers better understand the current knowledge and resiliency factors for youth and young adults with chronic illness. Information gathered from this assessment tool will be used to empower youth and young adults with chronic health conditions to develop health skills as well as promote positive outcomes such as social connectedness and optimism.
To participate in the studies, please email Bringing Science Home at:
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2012 RESEARCH AWARDS FROM BRINGING SCIENCE HOME
Bringing Science Home is committed to research that focuses on living well with chronic disease. Our projects focus on positive psychology, the science of optimism, social support and daily living with disease.
1. Just for Spouses and Partners: Development of an Online Program to Understand and Address Emotional Distress in the Spouses and Partners of Adults with Type 1 Diabetes
Though rarely acknowledged or discussed, the spouses/partners of adults with type 1 diabetes often harbor a range of emotional issues. Anecdotal evidence suggests that diabetes-associated feelings of distress, worry, anger, depression and confusion are not uncommon among spouses and partners.
Spouse/partner’s distress, their sense of perceived burden, and their strategies for coping and dealing with diabetes-related marital conflict can influence their partner’s attitudes toward diabetes as well as their partner’s self-care behavior.
Bringing Science Home is proud to continue its investigation into distress with its partners The Behavioral Diabetes Institute and Dr. Bill Polonsky and Dr. Larry Fisher.
2. Development of a Health Understanding Tool for Teens with Chronic Health Conditions
This project will develop a survey and questionnaire designed to promote positive outcomes for youth and young adults with chronic illness. The domains of the questionnaire and survey will include health literacy, social support, problem solving and overall quality of life. Dr. Kathy Bradley-Klug and Dr. Emily Schaffer-Hudkins, experts in psychology, will guide the process and create tools that will be usable for both patients and professionals.
3. Cultivating Healthy Eating, Exercise and Relaxation
This study will evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness based cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing BMI and improving hyperglycemia, blood pressure, cholesterol, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, sleep and quality of life. This study is based in the USF Healthy Weight Clinic and is directed by Dr. Denise Edwards and Dr. Brian Knox.
4. SELECT: A New Approach to Medical School Curriculum with a Focus on Leadership, Community Learning and Engagement
This innovative approach to health education for medical students is being lead by Dr. Alicia Monroe and Dr. Kathy Bradley-Klug. Nationally recognized for its innovative nature, the SELECT program strives to bring leadership and creativity to the education and development of tomorrow’s health professionals. Bringing Science Home is responsible for the Clinical and Community engagement element of the curriculum. In this we teach about positive psychology, quality of life concepts, public health model application, collaboration and communication, and knowledge of the medical home concept and its application.
5. Qualitative Research to Understand Distress in Families Touched by Diabetes
Continuing a focus on distress and family dynamics, Nicole Johnson, MPH, MA and Stephanie Melton, PhD (c) will conduct focus groups and interviews to understand how the family unit functions in life with diabetes. The emphasis this year is on partners. Last year the team focused on caregivers.
6. Young Adults With Asthma and Allergies
This study looks at self-perceptions, intra and inter personal feelings of support and how life with asthma impacts well-being. Sara Spowart, MPA is conducting this survey based research to better understand the needs of this population of young adults.
To participate in the studies, please email Bringing Science Home at:
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2011 RESEARCH AWARDS FROM BRINGING SCIENCE HOME
Bringing Science Home is committed to research that directly impacts and involves people who live with chronic conditions. We have sponsored six projects that focus on how people with chronic conditions live their lives and the needs they have.
1. People Centered Technology
- •“The Design and Development of a Patient Centric Diabetes Management System”
This project will design a comprehensive patient-centric tool, completely customizable and tailored around the individual’s condition, needs, goals, and desires. Laura Barnes, PhD, Anthanasios Tsalatsanis, PhD, Ambuj Kumar, PhD and Benjamin Djulbegovic, MD, PhD, Division of Evidence Based Medicine
2. Helping Parents
- •“Parent Perspectives on Life with a Child with Diabetes”
This research study is designed to gain feedback from parents of youth and young adults with Type 1 Diabetes to understand their perceptions of living with diabetes and their need sas parents. Information from this research will guide product and program development. Recruitment Flyer Carol Bryant, PhD, College of Public Health, Nicole Johnson, MPH, MA, Bringing Science Home, and Stephanie Melton, PhD(c), MPH, Department of Anthropology
3. Creating New Care Teams
- •“Diabetes Change for Life”
Bringing Science Home will fund a clinical study that uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, along with intensive behavior based education, and a creative team approach to prevent the progression of pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Denise Edwards, MD, Healthy Weight Clinic, Department of Pediatrics
4. Reaching Out To College Students
- •“Creating Connections between Adolescent Health and Adult Medicine: Transitions for Undergraduate Students with Health Challenges”
This project will involve a needs assessment to determine the strengths and weaknesses of current USF services for undergraduate students with health challenges. Kay Perrin, PhD, College of Public Health and Alan Kent, PhD, AVP for Student Health and Wellness in Student Affairs at USF
5. Measuring Distress: Family Centered Therapeutic Relationships
- •Bringing Science Home has entered into a consulting relationship with these world-renowned psychologists to investigate the needs of families coping with life with chronic conditions. It is a look in to the experience of caregivers and a journey toward creating a system of care that embraces the family experience with disease. Part of the effort will include building distress in diabetes instruments to assess family coping. William Polonsky, PhD, CDE and Larry Fisher, PhD, Behavioral Diabetes Institute
To participate in the studies, please email Bringing Science Home at:
2010 Research Awards from Bringing Science Home
Bringing Science Home is committed to research that directly impacts and involves people who live with chronic conditions. We have sponsored six projects that focus on how people with chronic conditions live their lives and the needs they have.
1. People Centered Technology
- “The Design and Development of a Patient Centric Diabetes Management System”
This project will design a comprehensive patient-centric tool, completely customizable and tailored around the individual’s condition, needs, goals, and desires.
Laura Barnes, PhD, Anthanasios Tsalatsanis, PhD, Ambuj Kumar, PhD and Benjamin Djulbegovic, MD, PhD, Division of Evidence Based Medicine
2. Helping Parents
- “Parent Perspectives on Life with a Child with Diabetes”
This research study is designed to gain feedback from parents of youth and young adults with Type 1 Diabetes to understand their perceptions of living with diabetes and their need sas parents. Information from this research will guide product and program development.
Carol Bryant, PhD, College of Public Health, Nicole Johnson, MPH, MA, Bringing Science Home, and Stephanie Melton, PhD(c), MPH, Department of Anthropology
3. Creating New Care Teams
- “Diabetes Change for Life”
Bringing Science Home will fund a clinical study that uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, along with intensive behavior based education, and a creative team approach to prevent the progression of pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.
Denise Edwards, MD, Healthy Weight Clinic, Department of Pediatrics
4. Reaching Out To College Students
- “Creating Connections between Adolescent Health and Adult Medicine: Transitions for Undergraduate Students with Health Challenges”
This project will involve a needs assessment to determine the strengths and weaknesses of current USF services for undergraduate students with health challenges.
Kay Perrin, PhD, College of Public Health and Alan Kent, PhD, AVP for Student Health and Wellness in Student Affairs at USF
5. Measuring Distress: Family Centered Therapeutic Relationships
- Bringing Science Home has entered into a consulting relationship with these world-renowned psychologists to investigate the needs of families coping with life with chronic conditions. It is a look in to the experience of caregivers and a journey toward creating a system of care that embraces the family experience with disease. Part of the effort will include building distress in diabetes instruments to assess family coping.
William Polonsky, PhD, CDE and Larry Fisher, PhD, Behavioral Diabetes Institute
To participate in the studies, please email Bringing Science Home at:
