Current Projects
Real-Time Parenting Study
The Real-Time Parenting Study (RTPS) is a study for parents who have experienced stressful life events and their children ages 5-6. The study is designed to understand how parents’ experiences of stress influence their day-to-day interactions with their children by using short mobile phone surveys over two weeks.
Recruitment for RTPS is currently open! If you are interested in learning more or seeing if you are eligible for the study, you can go to https://bit.ly/realtimeparenting or contact us at (803) 470-3980 or reachlab@sc.edu.
Improving Health for Parents and Children Together (ImPACT) Study
The Improving Health for Parents and Children Together (ImPACT) Study aims to help parents deal with stress & learn ways to support their child’s healthy development. Parents with children aged 3 to 9 years old participate in a virtual one-on-one 12-week program, as well as take part in surveys and interviews.
Interested? Or have questions or comments?
Get in touch: impactstudy@sc.edu
Evaluation of a Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program
We are collaborating with a local community partner, Sistercare, to evaluate the impact of the Sistercare Teen Outreach Program.
Funding: College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina
Family Stress and Well-Being Study
In this study, we are using online data collection to evaluate latent profiles of major parental stressors and their associations with child and family functioning.
Funding: Office of the Vice President for Research, University of South Carolina
Recently Completed Projects
Parent & Child Well-Being Study
The Parent & Child Well-Being study was a community needs assessment of the strengths and challenges faced by parents dealing with major stressors to inform the development and implementation of a parent-based preventive intervention to improve child social-emotional and physical health.
Addressing the Needs of Parents Living with HIV
Preventing the Intergenerational Transmission of Risk
In the PATH study, we conducted a community-engaged, mixed-methods needs assessment of the unique challenges facing parents living with HIV, their adolescent children, and healthcare providers working with PLWH.
Funding: Community-Engaged Scholars Program
South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR001450, PI: Brady)
Role: Pilot Project PI
Targeting Parenting to Prevent HIV and Substance Use Among Trauma-Exposed Youth
The FACTS study gathered descriptive, mixed-methods data with trauma-exposed teens and their parents, to guide the future development of a trauma-informed, culturally relevant, family-based preventive intervention targeting parenting to reduce adolescents’ risk of substance abuse and HIV infection.
HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Trauma Training Program (HA-STTP)
University of California, Los Angeles
National Institute of Drug Abuse (R25DA035692; PI: Gail Wyatt, Ph.D.)
Role: HA-STTP Scholar
Team REACH
Building a Transdisciplinary Collaboration for Integrated HIV/PTSD Care to Address Mental Health and Risk Reduction
In the Team REACH (Resiliency, Engagement, and Accessibility for Comorbid HIV/PTSD Populations) study, we explored barriers and facilitators to transdisciplinary HIV/trauma clinical and research collaborations.
Funding:
Team Science Pilot Project Grant
South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR001450, PI: Brady)
Role: Pilot Project PI