NIMHD

This project will develop an innovative Transdisciplinary Research, Equity and Engagement Center for Advancing Behavioral Health (TREE Center) that will expand on the knowledge, research capacities and cross-sectoral collaborations established by the former NM CARES Health Disparities Center.

The overarching goals of the project are to (1) document impacts of relaxed restrictions for telemedicine and mHealth; and (2) assess implementation of MAT “take-homes” for people in substance use disorder treatment in rural, underserved, and minority communities in Arizona in the wake of COVID-19.

This project will develop a valid metric to estimate the true viral incidence and immunity prevalence in the community, examine the health disparities and social inequality, and monitor the epidemic over time as an operational surveillance system.

Given the specific need of pastors serving as informal first responders, this supplement seeks to refine the existing REJOICE intervention to provide pastors with skills to improve personal emotional wellness related to serving on the first-lines of the COVID-19 pandemic and build the capacity of pastors to adequately respond to the emotional needs of rural African Americans.

The goal of this study is to test the impact and cost-effectiveness of an intervention to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 transmission among justice-involved individuals recently released from incarceration.

The goal of the project is to adapt, implement and evaluate a multi-level intervention to mitigate the multi-dimensional toll of COVID-19 among Latino immigrant communities in Philadelphia.

There is a large and growing literature quantifying disparities in outcomes related to COVID-19, but less is known about how the pandemic has affected access to care as well as associated health outcomes among vulnerable populations.

This project aims to examine how COVID-19 has affected American Indian/Alaskan Native communities, including changes in sleep, risk-taking behaviors, mental health, routines, behaviors, and family/community dynamics.

This project examines ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic amplifies the socio-cultural stressors and health disparities experienced by Mexican-origin, low-income adolescents who are making the transition to young adulthood.

We have the opportunity to examine whether swift provision of housing at the community level mitigates the impact of COVID-19, as well as how doing so may affect the individual, social, and structural factors that contribute to consequences of COVID-19.