Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 2021 - 2022 Annual Report

Annual Report

CHPDP Faculty

Fiorella Carlos Chavez, PhD Assistant Professor

Angela Chen, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC Associate Professor

Joseph Daniels, PhD Associate Professor

Rodney Joseph, PhD Assistant Professor

Chung Jung Mun, PhD Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Reifsnider, PhD, RN, WHNP, PHCNS-BC, FAANP, FAAN Nancy Melvin Endowed Professor

Alyssa Robillard, PhD, MCHES Associate Professor

Sunny Kim, PhD Associate Professor

Casey Holland, BS Administrative Specialist

Support

Shawn Youngstedt, PhD Professor

Addey Rascon, BS, CHES

Project Manager, Community Engagement

Gabriel Shaibi, PhD Director, Professor and Southwest Borderlands Scholar

Kelly Cue Davis, PhD Associate Professor

Felipe Gonzalez Castro, PhD, MSW Professor, Southwest Borderlands Scholar

Shelby Langer, PhD Associate Director, Associate Professor

Linda Larkey, PhD, CRTT Professor

Rebecca Lee, PhD Professor

Megan Petrov, PhD Associate Professor

Mission

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Mission

The Center for Health Promotion and Disease

Prevention is a collaborative transdisciplinary faculty that conduct translational research, training and outreach activities in close partnership with communities to improve health and prevent disease in vulnerable populations across the lifespan.

Administrative

Allocation of resources, governance, human resources, and coordination of activities across cores

Research

Conduct and disseminate extramurally-funded translational research focused on health promotion and disease prevention

Mentorship Community Engagement

Support the next generation of health promotion and disease prevention scientists

Engage local community members, agencies, and stakeholders to increase community collaborations and visibility

Letter from the Director

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The past year brought tremendous growth for the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (CHPDP). We welcomed four new faculty members (see page 14) and a new staff member (see page 12) to the family. In addition to new faces, we more than doubled our grant funding and exceeded the century mark for peer-reviewed publications (see page 6).

This growth reflects the work of dedicated teams collaborating to advance science while also making a difference in the community (see page 8). These teams include amazing staff and students who work tirelessly to advance our collective goals. Although research staff are often behind the scenes, they are the heart and soul of many of the projects in our center and we are grateful for their efforts.

Lastly, an important component of CHPDP’s mission is to train the next generation of health promotion and disease prevention scholars and we are fortunate to have a very talented group of post-doctoral fellows within the center (see page 11). Fellows work closely with faculty mentors to expand their research skills and build their capacity for conducting meaningful research. The goal for many post-doctoral fellows is to secure a faculty position and we are excited when they get to make this transition.

I invite you to read through our report and encourage you to reach out and get involved.

Sincerely,

Gabriel Shaibi, PhD Professor and Southwest Borderlands Scholar

Conference presentations

Faculy travelled to 16 states and 4 countries to present their research.

Dr. Angela Chen’s research travelled the furthest. Her paper titled “Comparing influence of peer, parent and media on Taiwanese youth and young adults’ body image between 2005 and 2015” was presented at the 7th International Nursing Research Conference of World Academy of Nursing Science in Taipei, Taiwan.

CHPDP faculty attended over 35 national and international conferences this year.

The Society of Behavioral Medicine 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions held in Baltimore, Maryland was the most popular conference, with 6 CHPDP faculty represented.

Dr. Fiorella Carlos Chavez with her poster “Against the Odds: Latino Migrant Farmworker Adolescents’ Perceptions of Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behavior” at the 2022 Society for Research on Adolescence conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dr. Megan Petrov’s poster “Post-birth feeding experiences are associated with actigraphy-assessed sleep patterns among newborns” at the 2022 SLEEP conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Faculy were excited to return to in-person conferences this year!

Project spotlight

Overall Impact of Projects - 2022

Featured faculty publications

International migration, work, and cultural values: A mixed-method exploration among Latino adolescents in U.S. agriculture. Carlos Chavez FL, Gonzales-Backen MA, Perez-Rueda AM. Family Relations. Read more.

A digital storytelling intervention for Vietnamese American mothers to promote their children’s HPV vaccination. Chen AC, Kim WS, Todd M, Larkey L. Cancer Prevention Research. Read more.

A skills-based HIV serostatus disclosure intervention for sexual minority men in South Africa: protocol for intervention adaptation and a pilot randomized controlled trial. Daniels J, Peters RPH, Medina-Marino A, Bongo C, Stephenson R. JMIR Research Protocols. Read more.

The interplay of sexual arousal and power-related emotions in men’s alcohol-involved sexual aggression intentions. Davis KC, Neilson EC, Kirwan M, Bird ER, Eldridge N, George WH, Stappenbeck CA. Journal of Sex Research. Read more.

Nurses’ resilience in the face of coronavirus (COVID-19): an international view. Jo S, Kurt S, Bennett JA, Mayer K, Pituch KA, Simpson V, Skibiski J, Takagi E, Karaaslan MM, Ozluk B, Reifsnider E. Nursing & Health Sciences. Read more.

Cardiometabolic risk factors among insufficiently active African American women with obesity: baseline findings from Smart Walk. Joseph RP, Ainsworth BE, Vega-Lopez S, Adams MA, Todd M, Gaesser GA, Keller C. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Read more.

Feasibility of a digital storytelling intervention for hematopoietic cell transplant patients. Kim W, Langer SL, Todd M, Larkey L, Jo S, Bangerter L, Khera N. Journal of Cancer Education. Read more.

Couple communication in cancer: a multi-method examination. Langer SL, Romano JM, Keefe F, Baucom D, Struman TJ, Syrjala KL, et al. Frontiers in Psychology. Read more.

Randomized controlled trial of storytelling vs didactic education effects on dietary colorectal cancer risk behaviors among Latinxs. Larkey LK, Smith LL, Kim WS, Gonzalez J, Thompson CA. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Read more.

Sustainability via Active Garden Education: the sustainability action plan model and process. Lee RE, Szeszulski J, Lorenzo E, Arriola A, Bruening M, Estabrooks PA, Hill JL, O’Connor TM, Shaibi GQ, Soltero EG, Todd M. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Read more.

Trajectories and individual differences in pain, emotional distress, and prescription opioid misuse during the COVID-19 pandemic: a one-year longitudinal study. Mun CJ, Campbell CM, McGill LS, Wegener ST, Aaron RV. Journal of Pain. Read more.

Protocol of the Snuggle Bug/Acurrucadito Study: a longitudinal study investigating the influences of sleep-wake patterns and gut microbiome development in infancy on rapid weight gain, an early risk factor for obesity. Petrov ME, Jiao N, Panchanathan SS, Reifsnider E, Coonrod DV, Liu L, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Gu H, Davidson LA, Chapkin RS, Whisner CM. BMC Pediatrics. Read more.

Structural inequities, HIV community-based organizations, and the end of the HIV epidemic. Robillard AG, Julious C, Smallwood S, Douglas M, Gaddist B, Singleton T. American Journal of Public Health. Read more.

Examining 24-hour activity and sleep behaviors and related determinants in Latino adolescents and young adults with obesity. Soltero EG, Navabi N, Vander Wyst KB, Hernandez E, Castro FG, Ayers SL, Mendez J, Shaibi GQ. Health Education & Behavior. Read more.

Bright light treatment of combat-related PTSD: a randomized controlled trial. Youngstedt SD, Kline CE, Reynolds AM, Crowley SK, Burch JB, Khan N, Han S. Military Medicine. Read more.

Trainee productivity

The aim of our mentoring program is to support the next generation of health promotion and disease prevention scientists. Faculty mentor a wide range of trainees, ranging from high school students to Postdoctoral Research Fellows. Emphasis is placed on developing and submitting competitive research proposals, and advancing the scholar’s academic portfolio through presentations at scientific conferences and publications in the peer-reviewed literature.

45 peer-reviewed publications

Trainee Presentations and Publications

167 trainees

43 abstracts and presentations

Mattingly J, Petrov ME, Joseph RP. (April 2022). Feasibility of measuring daily physical activity and gender roles among adult couples. Poster presentation at the Society of Behavioral Medicine 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Baltimore, MD.

Hammett JF, Davis KC. Greater perceptions of economic deprivation in childhood are associated with more sexual risk behaviors in adulthood via younger age of sexual initiation. Journal of Psychosexual Health. 2022;4(3):185-188.

Peña A, Kim JY, Reyes JA, Vander Wyst KB, Ayers SL, Olson ML, Williams AN, Shaibi GQ. Changes in OGTT-derived biomarkers in response to lifestyle intervention among Latino adolescents with obesity. Pediatric Obesity. 2021;3:e12867.

Kirwan M, Davis KC, Stappenbeck CA, & George WH. (No vember 2021). The effect of childhood trauma, sexual sensation seeking, state and trait impulsivity, state anxiety, and alcohol consumption on intentions to use coercive condom use resis tance. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality annual conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Martin D, Tanner L, Larkey L, Kim S. (April, 2022). Viewing cancer survivor stories: changes in psychological distress. Poster presentation at the 55th Annual Western Institute of Nursing Conference, Portland, OR.

Lihong Ou, a PhD student mentored by Dr. Angela Chen, was awarded an Edson College PhD Program Seed Grant for Spring 2022 and presented multiple posters at the 2022 Western Istitue of Nursing conference.

Weiqi Chen, an Edson College PhD Program student mentored by Dr. Kelly Davis, won a Research Society on Alcoholism Student Merit Award.

Robert Santana, a PhD student mentored by Dr. Rebecca Lee, received a PhD program Fellowship Award for his project titled “TaiChi and Qi Gong for Women with Mobility Impairing Disabilities

Nana Jiao, a PhD student mentored by Dr. Megan Petrov, was awarded an Edson College PhD Program Seed Grant in Fall of 2021. She also gave an oral presentation titled “The relationships between the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, parent insomnia, infant temperment, and infant sleep: A path analysis” at the national SLEEP 2022 conference.

Armando Peña, PhD, former student of Dr. Gabriel Shaibi, gave an oral presentation titled “Effects of a Diabetes Prevention Program among Latino Youth with Prediabetes” at the 82nd American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.

Nana Jiao presenting at the SLEEP 2022 conference.

Dr. Armando Peña presenting at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.

Post-Doc Spotlight

Julia Hammett, PhD

Dr. Julia Hammett is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, where she works with Dr. Kelly Cue Davis. She holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from San Diego State University. Dr. Hammett’s research focuses on risk factors of intimate partner aggression among couples from low-income communities. She is particularly interested in sociocultural and economic predictors, such as stress and financial strain, as well psychological factors, such as emotion regulation, and the effect of alcohol on these issues. Dr. Hammett recently won a Research Society on Alcoholism Junior Investigator Meeting Award.

Mitch Kirwan, PhD

Dr. Mitch Kirwan is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation. He earned his bachelor’s degree in neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and received his PhD from Oakland University. Dr. Kirwan’s research focuses on emotion-regulation and sexual assault perpetration. He is currently working with Dr. Kelly Davis on Project MASTER, an NIH-funded grant which is an alcohol-administration study looking at how alcohol, emotion regulation, and condom-use negation affects intentions of sexual assault perpetration. He also received an ASU Institute for Social Sciences Research seed grant for his project titled “The Effect of Young Mens’s Emotion Regulation Strategy Use on Intentions to Perpetrate Sexual Assault.”

Machele Anderson, PhD, MS

Dr. Machele Anderson is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation. She earned her PhD in Human Development and Family Science from Oklahoma State University in December 2021. She began her work with ASU in April 2022. She is passionate about child development, researching and writing, and intervention strategies to assist underserved youth and families. Her dissertation work was on childhood experiences, adult attachment styles, and maternal outcomes. Dr. Anderson has five publications on substance use among pregnant mothers, fear of deportation outcomes among Hispanic and Latino youth, and the influence of language fluency on parent school participation. Her postdoctoral work will be in collaboration with her mentor, Dr. Rebecca Lee, focusing on health behavior interventions with Hispanic and Latino preschoolers and families.

Ashley M. Ruiz, PhD, RN

Dr. Ashley M. Ruiz is a Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Her current research focuses on examining the healthcare response to sexual assault in partnership with Black and Indigenous women sexual assault survivors. Her interest in this research resulted from her time as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ashley completed her doctoral degree at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, where she focused on advancing feminist theory in nursing science for the purposes of providing a theoretical foundation for addressing the problem of violence against women, particularly for Black and Indigenous women. Ultimately, Ashley seeks to incorporate anti-oppressive practices into current and future nursing education, research, and policy to best create a cultural paradigm shift that supports women’s healing trajectories, and ultimately could also prevent the occurrence of sexual assault against Black women within the communities of which they are a part.

Dara James, PhD

Dr. Dara James, a Postdoctoral Fellow mentored by Dr. Linda Larkey, received a 2-year National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program (LRP) award through the National Institutes on Aging (NIA). The LRP is a highly competitive program “designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professional into biomedical and biobehavioral research careers” by repaying qualified educational debt. Dr. James’ research project, titled “Prolonged nightly fasting in aging adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI): A pilot study to explore changes in neurocognitive function,” aims to understand if intermittent fasting can improve cognitive function and well-being among adults with MCI. In addition, Dr. James recently accepted an Assistant Professor and Research Faculty position in the College of Nursing at the University of South Alabama.

Morgan E. Braxton, PhD, RN

Dr. Morgan E. Braxton is a Postdoctoral Fellow with Edson College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation. She earned her PhD in nursing from East Carolina University. She is a certified pediatric nurse, and is passionate about child health, caring for underserved populations, and health equity. Her dissertation work was on childhood malnutrition in Guatemala within the context of the Social Determinants of Health. Her post-doctoral work will be in collaboration with her mentor, Dr. Gabriel Shaibi at ASU Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, focusing on culturally-adapted diabetes prevention among Latino adolescents.

Introducing...

Addey Rascon BS, CHES Project Manager, Community Engagement

A: I am a rare Arizona native who grew up in rural Maricopa and Casa Grande. My husband’s military career required we move 18 times, coast to coast and many places in between. I channeled the adversity of consistent geographic relocations and refocused on volunteering, primarily in the realm of health, nutrition and physical activity, and finally achieving my BS in Public Health. My first position out of school was at a YMCA in Washington DC as one of their first Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Coaches. Being on the ground floor for this work was both exciting and rewarding! During that time, I also worked for the region’s largest health system in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club translating health curriculum for an afterschool program for immigrant children. In 2012, my husband’s retirement from the military brought us back to Arizona and me back to the YMCA where I resumed my work in the DPP as the Director of the National DPP program. Most recently I worked as the Diabetes Program Manager and the Cancer Prevention and Control Office Chief with the state health department. Much of the work focused on prevention and community engagement, which peaked my interest for this position with the CHPDP.

A: My title is Project Manager of Community Engagement. Though I work within the CHPDP, one of the goals of my position is to cross-pollinate and collaborate on a deeper level with the other centers at Edson College. Many researchers at Edson College already work together on multiple projects, continued intentional collaboration will strengthen these connections and expand relationships into the communities and neighborhoods which will ensure the needs and reach will be met a higher level. It is critical that community-based organizations, state and local governments, and research entities speak the same language, collaborate as a team on grants and coordinate work with communities. These aligned activities will lead to greater collective impact. I am most excited about aligning interdisciplinary teams of experts to move research forward and build necessary relationships with community members. Our community members are the true experts, they should be central to the research and policy and should inform how the work of Edson College affects their individual community.

Q: Can you expand a little on why is it important to “weave” research and community relationships together? What is the main goal when doing so?

A: We’d like to focus on aligning services and programming with the needs of vulnerable populations across Maricopa County and other identified areas by using research to guide and implement action items with high impact strategies that promote health and healthy communities. Bringing everyone together is the only way to know and meet the needs of any population or community. Perspective, experience, expertise, and real life need to merge in order to meet this goal.

A: Over the course of my career, I’ve always kept chronic disease prevention; specifically, diabetes and cancer prevention and the communities that are most affected in the center of my focus. I have worked collaboratively with Edson College over the course of 10 years in various roles focusing on diabetes prevention, so when this opportunity opened up – I did not hesitate. While I enjoyed working at the state level, I felt that I was getting farther away from the community. The position, the various research, the team and the “why” all aligned with my past, present and future goals. I feel research can be so impactful but, like public health, the initiatives implemented today will likely not be seen for another generation. However, being a part of a team that work to identify, implement and sustain change so we can see the needle move sooner is exciting!

Q: Hello Addey and welcome to the CHPDP! Could you start off by telling us about yourself?

Q: What “drew” you to this position?

Q: What is your new role within the CHPDP?

Outreach and Engagement

Enable faculty, staff and students to lead elements of projects, ask for iterative feedback alongside community for meaningful impact.

Examine who is and is not at the table! Who is or is not benefiting from this work and is this work equitable?

ASU

Make learning a routine process by integrating collaborative learning activities and ongoing reflection into the work.

Identification of research and integration among the ASU community and the communities we serve.

Identify and build upon priorities that address health disparities and their root causes.

Engage residents in the research process before selecting strategies, including their feedback in assessment and prioritizing each stage of the research.

Statewide Impact

Strategic partnership among chronic disease priorities and populations.

County Allignment

Strategic partnership among county stakeholders.

Consider health equity goals across state and local health departments to best align and distribute resources to researchers at Edson and within the community.

Center Innovation

Innovative collaboration in alignment with community members, local leaders and change makers.

Involve residents most impacted by the work in the decision making process and how the resources are to be used or implemented in the community.

Edson Collaboration

What skills, partnerships and health factors do we need to develop synergy around?

Outreach and Engagement

City Investment

What bridges can be built to connect cities across multiple collaborators?

Ensure diverse leaders share responsibility for prioritizing and planning along with the community members.

Community Engagement

Who are the experts and what is their story?

Catalog all resources, shared lessons, partnerships and assets so that they can be shared among other centers and partners of work.

Target communication across each collaboration and partnership to ensure that each goal is aligned and efforts are evenly distributed and ensure message is cohesive and effective.

Empower community and partnership leaders to become healthy community champions and influence to each member decision making.

Listen to the lived experiences of the community, its members and partners.Engage residents, including youth, in assessment, research and evaluation activities, including discussions about results.

Year in review

2021

Fall

The CHPDP welcomed four new faculty members:

Fiorella Carlos Chavez, Assistant

Professor - Fiorella applies qualitative and mixed-methodologies to understand the implications of culture, family and work-life related stressors on Latino migrant youth’ health and development.

Joseph Daniels, Associate ProfessorJoseph’s research focuses on developing interventions to improve HIV, TB and cancer treatment outcomes for MSM and men globally. He has expertise in implementation science, global health, mHealth and community-based participatory research methods.

Chung Jung Mun, Assistant ProfessorChung directs the Biobehavioral Pain, Addiction, Sleep, and Momentary Experience (Bi-PAS ME) Research Laboratory and is a clinical psychologist with research interest in understanding the biobehavioral mechanisms of development of and coping with chronic pain and opioid use disorder, as well as their treatment and prevention employing mobile and wearable technology.

Alyssa Robillard, Associate ProfessorAlyssa studies health equity using a socialecological framework to understand and address inequalities, with a focus on HIV among groups where the burden of disease is comparatively higher and the web of social and structural determinants more complex. She examines community-engaged approaches using storytelling to promote health.

Drs. Sunny Kim and Shawn Youngstedt began on their sabbaticals.

Dr. Shelby Langer was named Associate Director of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Dr. Kelly Davis was named Senior Director of Research Education and Training, and Director of the PhD Program for Edson College.

Dr. Gabriel Shaibi was named Senior Director of Research Collaborations for Edson College.

Drs. Megan Petrov and Shawn Youngstedt spoke with ASU News about the value of sleep, how it works, and how important it is to your health. Read more here!

Dr. Gabriel Shaibi’s new grant “Preventing Diabetes in Latino Families” focused on community-based diabetes prevention research was featured by ASU News. Read the article here!

Dr. Joseph Daniel’s research was cited and discussed in the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society Gender-Affirming Healthcare Guideline for South Africa.

Dr. Elizabeth Reifsnider was inducted as the President of the Southern Nursing Research Society for 2022-24.

Dr. Chung Jung Mun was elected Chair of the Sleep and Pain Special Interest Group (SIG) at the U.S. Association for the Study of Pain.

Dr. Linda Larkey received an Edson Discovery Pilot Award for Dementia Caregiving. Her project titled “Feasibility Study of a Novel mHealth Intervention to Build Resilience and Reduce Burden for Family Caregivers of AD Patients” will test the feasibility of helping family members caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease with a daily practice that uses a device to help focus and calm the nervous system and shift to positive, caring emotions. Read more about the project here!

2022 Spring

Dr. Shelby Langer was named Chair-Elect of the Cancer Significant Interest Group (SIG) within the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

Dr. Kelly Davis’ stealthing research was cited in H.R. 7920 The Stealthing Act of 2022 introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives on May 31, 2022.

Dr. Alyssa Robillard was awarded the HIV Challenge Grant for Phases 1 and 2 by the Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health. Her project is titled “Social Media Serial Stories to Promote HIV Testing as a Gateway to PrEP for Black Women”.

Dr. Rebecca Lee received supplemental funding for her NIH-funded Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics — Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) grant, “Back to ECE Safely with SAGE: Reducing COVID-19 Transmission in Hispanic and Low-income Preschoolers”.

Summer

Dr. Megan Petrov and Matthew Buman were awarded the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation Strategic Research Award for their project titled “An App-Based, Precision Medicine Approach to Optimize Long-Term CPAP Adherence and Quality of Life”. The grant will leverage existing data from their SleepWell24 feasibility trial which developed and studied a smartphone application for patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Read more about the project here!

Drs. Angela Chen (PI) and Elizabeth Reifsnider (Co-I) received new funding from the Merck Investigator Studies Program (MISP) for their project titled “A pilot randomized controlled study to examine preliminary effectiveness of game-based interventions in promoting vaccination among vulnerable youth”. Read more about the project here!

Dr. Rodney Joseph was awarded an ASU Institute of Social Science Research Seed Grant for his project titled “Development of Culturally Tailored Muscle-Strengthening Intervention to Reduce Cardiometabolic Disease Risk among African American Women: A Mixed Method Study”. The goal of the award is to develop a culturally tailored musclestrengthening physical activity intervention for African American women.