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• Category: blog
  • KDHRC Travel Series: HLAA 2018
• Category: Events
  • Insights in your Inbox
  • AVOID Evaluation
  • NACDD Showcase 2020
  • KDHRC launched AVOID- our Anti-Vaping Online Information Dissemination program for middle and high school students
  • AVOID Scientific Panel on Youth Vaping
  • KDHRC celebrated 13 years of research & communication
  • WSB-TV interview for AVOID
  • KDHRC attends the National Institutes of Health Tobacco Regulatory Science Meeting (NIHTRSM)
  • Traveling focus groups for the Maryland Department of Health’s Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control
  • Kristen Holtz, KDHRC President, works with Atlanta Public School Board to update drug and alcohol policy to include specific vaping products
  • KDHRC published in the British Medical Journal for FDA campaign efforts
  • AVOID Vaping Fast Facts Webinar
  • KDHRC researchers published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • KDHRC attends NCTOH
  • KDHRC attends CADCA Mid Year to gain program development insight from leaders in the anti-drug community
  • KDHRC Staffers Present at Georgia Public Health Associations’s 90th Annual Meeting
  • KDHRC supplies drug prevention resources for North Dakota school administrators conference
  • KDHRC attends PALS training hosted by Lupus Therapeutics
  • KDHRC launches fourth year of support to ACR’s CDC co-op, kicks-off VERA.
  • KDHRC staffers named to Board of Directors for state hearing loss organization.
  • KDHRC launches monthly newsletter
  • KDH Research and Communication anuncian orgullosamente el lanzamiento de Dientes Fuertes, Vida Sana, un programa de entrenamiento para promotores que realizan actividades de salud dental para niños de familias latinas con bajo ingresos.
  • KDHRC announces launch of Dientes Fuertes, Vida Sana (Strong Teeth, Healthy Life).
  • FDA launches first-ever national teen vaping prevention campaign with Surgeon General Jerome Adams and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb
  • Teen tobacco prevention campaign, The Real Cost, saves more than $31 billion in smoking-related costs.
  • KDHRC licenses oral health program for promotores training.
  • KDHRC granted advocate status from The National Afterschool Association.
  • KDHRC publishes brief that explores characteristics of staffers most likely to benefit from TPC.
  • KDHRC publishes a research brief on the effectiveness of Todo Promotores Clearinghouse.
  • KDHRC launches Todo Promotores Clearinghouse (TPC).
  • KDHRC accepts invitation to NIH’s SBIR CAP program
  • KDHRC researcher presents at The UNITY Conference 2017
  • National lupus awareness campaign for Latino and African American women launches
  • Project PENCIL: educational support for children with chronic illnesses
  • Research Brief – Student’s Attitudes on Science
  • Acknowledged for outstanding public health training
• Category: Uncategorized
  • The importance of research that’s human-centered—and adaptable
  • Virtual focus groups — lessons learned
  • Researcher receives promotion, now Senior Research Associate
  • Presenting the dangers of vaping to local school faculty and staff
  • KDHRC receives Puentes Fast Track Funding from NIH
  • KDHRC receives Cochlear Implant University Phase 2 funding from NIH
  • KDHRC attends and exhibits at CADCA MidYear in Orlando
  • KDHRC presents on cochlear implant program at Healthy Aging Summit in Washington D.C.
  • Laura Gover and Nicole Wanty attend AG Bell’s 2018 Convention in Scottsdale, KDHRC exhibits
  • Laura Gover and Nicole Wanty attend Hearing Loss Association of America’s 2018 Convention in Minneapolis, Nicole presents on RCCI.
  • Dr. Kristen Holtz presents on lupus awareness campaign at the 2018 USF Social Marketing Conference in Clearwater, FL
  • Dr. Kristen Holtz presents on lupus awareness campaign at the 2018 USF Social Marketing Conference in Clearwater, FL
  • KDHRC completes CAP program through NIH
  • Laura Gover and Nicole Wanty present and attend GA Bell’s Semi-Annual Chapter Meeting
  • KDHRC publishes a research brief on the effectiveness of online and in-person training on lupus for promotores.
  • KDHRC attends and exhibits at the National RX Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta
  • Volunteering at GA Bell’s Hispanic Action Group Meeting.
  • KDHRC reaches science teachers at NSTA.
  • KDHRC returns from Washington, DC following their second NIH commercialization presentation.
  • Leveraging CADCA’s Leadership forum for anti-vaping focus groups.
  • Becoming change agents.
  • KDHRC staffers Rosa Smith and Debra Kozlowski attend the GA State of Latinos conference in Atlanta.
  • KDH Research & Communication se complace en anunciar el lanzamiento del programa Todo Promotores Clearinghouse
  • Promoting Project PENCIL at Atlanta’s Back to School Bash
  • Research, accounting assistants join KDHRC
  • KDHRC receives funding for youth e-cigarette prevention toolkit
  • KDHRC celebrates its 10th anniversary!
  • KDHRC introduces two new research assistants
  • KDHRC receives funding from NIH for RCCI
  • The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities funds KDHRC
  • The SecuRx website receives a Digital Health AwardSM
  • KDHRC researcher presents at national community health worker conference
  • KDHRC researcher speaks at regional oral health summit
  • KDHRC announces location of new corporate headquarters
  • KDHRC program receives award from the Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA)
  • KDHRC researchers present at the Society for Public Health Education’s annual meeting
  • KDHRC researcher presents at the Plain Talk Conferenc

Landing Pages

• POPD
• Genetics for Kids
• Attitude Boost
• Familias Fuertes

Teams

• Kristen Holtz, PhD
• Eric Twombly, PhD
• Nicole (Nikki) Wanty, MA
• Dexter Cooper, MPH
• Morgan Fleming, MPH
• Jordan Hartley, MPH
• Ciara Long, MPH
• Annie McNeill, MPH
• Grace Mikus, MPH, CHES
• Ginger Moff
• Joseph Peters, MPA
• Andrew Simkus, MSc
• Melissa Wicker, MPH CHES

Publications

• Evaluating a Health-Equity Centered Oral Health Training for Community Health Workers
• Assessing AVOID: A Prevention Program to Curb Youth Vaping
• Testing the Effectiveness of Dientes, Fuertes, Vida Sana: A Promotores Training Program that Aims to Reduce Latino Childhood Tooth Decay in Low-Income Families
• Effectiveness of Online and In-Person Training on Lupus Assessment for Promotores at Latino-Serving Health Nonprofits
• Who Benefits the Most from the Todo Promotores Clearinghouse?
• A Tool to Help Staffers Formulate, Implement, and Evaluate Promotores Programs at Latino- Serving Nonprofit Organizations: How Effective is the Todo Promotores Clearinghouse?
• Boosting Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes About Science
• Evaluating an Effort to Improve Parents’ Ability to Obtain Educational Services For Their Chronically Ill Children: Lessons from Project PENCIL
• Assessing a Program to Improve Teachers’ Ability to Effectively Implement Educational Accommodations for Chronically Ill Learners: Lessons from Project PENCIL
• Building Knowledge and Positive Attitudes as a Basis for Social Acceptance for Children with Cochlear Implants
• The Evaluation Results of a Public Health Tool to Help Teachers Effectively Accommodate and Teach Children with Cochlear Implants in Mainstream Classrooms
• An Intergenerational Approach to Improve the Health Literacy Skills of Families
• Identifying and Overcoming Challenges to the Effective Implementation of Promotores Programs by Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations
• The Evaluation of Tier Two’s Tag It Activity, Part of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
• Exploring the Geographical Diffusion of Prescription Drug Misuse by Teens
• Exploring the Use of the Internet by Caregivers of People with Autism Spectrum Disorders to Obtain Caregiving Information
• Resonant Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Messages for Teens
• Resonant Messages to Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse by Teens
• Using Promotores Programs to Improve Latino Health Outcomes: Implementation Challenges for Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations
• Minimizing Institutional and Instructional Barriers to Increase Students’ Health Literacy Through Genetics Education
• Recommendations to Prevent Teen Misuse of Prescription Drugs
• Using Science-Based Education to Prevent Drug an Alcohol Abuse by Elementary School Students
• How Attitudes Affect Student Learning About Drugs of Abuse
• Mandates and Recommendations for Public Health Materials to Improve Health Literacy
• A Science Education Curriculum to Curb Youth Drug Use: Implications for Practice and Public Policy
• A Preliminary Evaluation of the Effects of a Science-Education Curriculum on Changes in Knowledge of Drugs in Youth
• Evaluation of a Peer-Focused Intervention to Increase Knowledge and Foster Positive Attitudes Toward Children with Tourette Syndrome
• Multimedia Science Education on Drugs of Abuse: A Preliminary Evaluation of Effectiveness for Adolescents
• The Power of Positive Attitudes: Student Outcomes on a Science Education Curriculum About Drugs of Abuse
• The Impact of Peer-Education on Classroom Outcomes for Children with Tourette Syndrome

Ready-Made Programs

• Latinas con Lupus, Promotores con Información
• AVOID: Anti-Vaping Online Information Dissemination
• Dientes Fuertes, Vida Sana
• Cochlear Implant University
• Genetics for Kids
• En Familia
• Cochlear Implant School Toolkit
• Project Pencil
• POP-D: Proper Use of Prescription Drugs
• Cochlear Implant Support Center
• Attitude Boost
• Todo Promotores Clearinghouse
• SecuRx
• Familias Fuertes

Programs

• Maryland Anti-Vaping
• Ossining Coalition
• Dientes Fuertes, Vida Sana
• Puentes (“Bridges”)
• The Cochlear Implant Support Center
• Above the Influence
• Arthritis Toolkit
• Materials to Increase Minority Involvement in Clinical Trials
• The Real Cost
• The Cochlear Implant School Toolkit
• Grassroots Lupus Awareness Campaign
• Genetics for Kids
• Anti-Vaping Online Information Dissemination (AVOID)
• Cochlear Implant University (CIU)
• Community Health Worker Lupus Clinical Trials Training (LuCTT)
• Medical Dental Integration
• Lupus Engagement through Activity and Digital Resources (LEADR)
• POP-D: Proper Use of Prescription Drugs
• Project PENCIL
• Latinas con Lupus
• Todo Promotores Clearinghouse (TPC)
• Patient Advocates for Lupus Studies (PALS)
• Vision and Eye Health
• Attitude Boost
• En Familia: Families
• Familias Fuertes
• SecuRx

Case Studies

• The Real Cost
• The Lupus Initiative
• Medical Dental Integration (MDI)
• Latinas con Lupus, Promotores con Información (LLPI)
• AVOID: Anti-Vaping Online Information Dissemination