Date Completed: 1/26/09
Faculty Name: Connie L Kohler, DrPH
UAB Department: Health Behavior
UAB School: Public Health
Campus Address: Ryals 227
Campus Zip: 0022
Telephone: 934-6020
Email Address: ckohler@uab.edu
Fax: 934-9325
Research Program Area: Cancer Control and Population Science
Project Title: Health Communication interventions to prevent smoking, promote physical activity and healthy eating
Project Status: Already up-and-running
Proposed Start Date: April 13
Proposed End Date: August 28
Number of Weeks of Internship: 16
Number of Interns: 2
Other faculty, staff, or graduate students who may help supervise intern: Yu Mei Schoenberger
Expected Number of Work Hours Per Week: Negotiable
Expected Work Schedule for Intern: Flexible, intern can largely set his or her own schedule
Category of Research: Community-Based or Field Research
Cancer Research: Nutrition,Obesity,Screening, Tobacco
Project Description: The UAB Center for the Study of Community Health (CSCH) is a CDC Prevention Research Center. The core research project, Flying Sparks, builds upon the Center's previous ten years of community health promotion research, which was focused on reducing the health risks and disparities in Alabama's underserved, rural, and predominantly African-American communities. The purpose of the Flying Sparks project is to determine the factors affecting adoption of the Center's previously-tested Community Health Advisor-based chronic disease intervention which was packaged as the Community Health Tool Box and widely disseminated to twenty communities in seven counties in the Black Belt region of Alabama. Currently, the project has expanded to collect Blood Glucose and BMI and to use the CHA networks to translate the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) findings into additional community interventions.
Intern's Anticipated Duties:
Duty 1: Assist with implementation of the program, including outreach activities in the community
Duty 2: Assist with data collection (community surveys and archival data)
Duty 3: Data entry and analysis; assist in manuscript preparation
Preceptor will provide intern with access to the following: office or desk space; computer and printer; supplies needed to complete project; equipment needed to complete the project
Likelihood of authoring publications: Very Likely
Background, education, experience, or expertise preferred: Behavioral Science/Psychiatry; Questionnaire Development; Cancer Rates, Trends and Statistics; Scientific Writing Skills; Interview Skills; Basic Knowledge of Statistics and Data Management; Literature Review Skills; Manuscript Preparation; Minorities and Health
This faculty member has been a CaRES Preceptor for three or more summers.
Intern 1: Naomi Chen Intern 2: Jeralyn Powell Intern 3: Rebecca Daubert