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The CSULB RIMI Project and Center for Health Equity Research is pleased to bring Dr. Sally Stevens to the Cal State Long Beach campus. Dr. Stevens will present data from 226 substance using adult women enrolled in a sexual health education project between 2008 and 2013. Participants included women who had at least one child under the age of 18 years. Demographic, substance use, and traumatic loss data with regard to mothering will be presented - highlighting differences across race/ethnic groups. The link between historical and intergenerational trauma and substance abuse will be illuminated along with social policies that perpetuate such traumatic experiences. Recommendations for effectively intervening at the individual, family and policy levels will also be discussed.

The Psychology Colloquium andThe CSULB RIMI ProjectHealth Disparities Research Seminar Series

Dr. Ferrell is a Professor and Research Scientist at City of Hope in Los Angeles.

Faculty : Class attendance is welcomed!

Funding for this seminar was made possible by award number 1P20MD003942-03 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.  The views expressed by the speaker do not necessarily reflect the official views of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities or the National Institutes of Health.

Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN has been in oncology nursing for 33 years and has focused her clinical expertise and research in pain management, quality of life, and palliative care.  Dr. Ferrell is a Professor and Research Scientist at City of Hope in Los Angeles.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and she has over 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals and texts.  She is Principal Investigator of a Program Project funded by the National Cancer Institute on “Palliative Care for Quality of Life and Symptom Concerns in Lung Cancer” and Principal Investigator of the “End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)” project.  Dr. Ferrell is a member of the National Cancer Policy Forum and was Chairperson of the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care.

The Psychology Colloquium andThe CSULB RIMI ProjectHealth Disparities Research Seminar Series

Roshan Bastani, Ph. D.Professor of Health Services and Associate Dean for Research, UCLA School of Public Health

Faculty : Class attendance is welcomed!

Funding for this seminar was made possible by award number 1P20MD003942-03 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.  The views expressed by the speaker do not necessarily reflect the official views of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities or the National Institutes of Health.

Roshan Bastani is Professor of Health Services and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Public Health, Co-Director of the Center to Eliminate Health Disparities, and Associate Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research. She is a social/health psychologist whose main research interest is the study of access to health care among low-income, ethnic minority and other underserved groups, focusing on efficacy testing of patient and health care system directed interventions to improve access. Her research includes a randomized experiment studying follow-up diagnostic and treatment services for indigent minority women with serious breast abnormalities; a study of factors related to hepatitis B screening; experimental assessment of an intervention related to decision making and prostate cancer screening; and community-based intervention targeting ethnic disparities in tobacco use, obesity, and cancer screening.

Social Networks and HealthThomas W. Valente, PhDProfessor, Department of Preventive MedicineKeck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaDr. Valente’s book Social Network and Health: Models, Methods, & Applications will be provided for all attendees. Analyzing Network Data: An Introduction with UCINETRobert A. Hanneman, PhDProfessor and ChairDepartment of Sociology University of California, RiversideParticipation in day one, Social Networks, is highly recommended for those planning to attend day two. Laptop (Windows System only) needed for day two. Lunch will be provided each day-Please indicate dietary restrictions when RSVP. 

Dr. Olga Korosteleva,Associate ProfessorDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, CSULB

A review/discussion of linear regression models with emphasis on using such statistical software packages as SAS and SPSS. There will be time for questions and discussion at the end.

Dr. Olga Korosteleva,Associate ProfessorDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, CSULB

Have you ever wanted to test if the means of several groups were the same or not? Then analysis of variance (ANOVA) is what you need. This presentation will discuss how to test whether several means are the same in designs with one factor as well as two factors using such statistical software packages as SAS and SPSS. There will be time for questions and discussion at the end.

The Psychology Colloquium & the CSULB RIMI projectHealth Equity research seminar series

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How is Culture Operationalizedfor Practice and Research?

Marjorie Kagawa Singer, PhD, MA, MN, RN, FAANProfessorUCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Asian American Studies Department

RECOMMENDED READINGS

• Kagawa Singer M, Valdez Dadia A, Yu M, and Surbone A. “Cancer, Culture, and Health Disparities: Time to Chart a New Course?” CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians 2010; 60:12-39.
• Kagawa Singer M. “Applying the concept of culture to reduce health disparities through health behavior research.” Preventive Medicine 2012; 55: 356-361

An Introduction to Diary Methods(Includes: Introduction to M-Plus)     

Dr. Jean-Philippe Laurenceau

ProfessorDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Delaware

The Psychology Colloquium &The CSULB RIMI project Health disparities research seminar seriesPresent

Two Approaches to Understanding HIV Risk in Minority Women

Dr. Grace Reynolds. CSULB Department of Health Care Administration

Funding for this seminar was made possible by award number 5P20MD003942-02  from the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities.The views expressed by the speaker do not necessarily reflect the official views of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities or the National Institutes of Health.