PARC Pilot Research Grants Awarded
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Year 14 (7/1/07 to 6/30/08)
An Empirical Study on Behavioral Responses to AIDS
Principal Investigator: DePaula, Aureo
Aims:
To examine how people's perceptions about local rates of infection, about their own or
their spouse's HIV status, and their perceived risk of infection affects their behavior with regard to decisions
to get tested for HIV, to engage in extramarital affairs, and to use barrier methods of contraception.
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Is Physical Activity a Viable Intervention to Lower the Risk of Dementia
Principal Investigator: Jedrziewski, Kathryn
Aims:
To examine the relationship between physical activity and risk of Alzheimer's and other dementias, between physical activity and change in cognitive function from baseline to follow up, between dose of physical activity and risk of dementia as well as change in cognitive function; and to explore the effecitvebness of various types of physical activity on cognitive health
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A population-based study of the transmission and diversification of HIV-1 using molecular genetic and complete sexual network data
Principal Investigator: Kohler, Hans-Peter and Helleringer, Stephane
Aims:
The specific aims of this project include: Create the first large-scale complete-sexual-network
study with detailed phylogenetic data in sub-Saharan Africa; Use the molecular-genotype data to establish chains
of HIV infection; and investigate the impact of sexua network structures on the rate at which
recombinant forms of the virus, dual infections as well as superinfections, emerge within a population.
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Age Variation in the Relationship between Health Literacy and Self-Rated Health
Principal Investigator: Park, Hyunjoon
Aims:
To test two hypotheses using data from a
nationally representative sample of 18,102 American adults (NAAL): 1) health literacy is positively associated with self-rated health for
both men and women, net of various covariates; 2) the effect of health literacy on self-rated health increases by age for
both men and women.
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The Effects of Nutrition and Disease on Child Growth and Adult Health
Principal Investigator: Preston, Samuel and Margolis, Rachel
Aims:
To investigate the extent to
which the impact of childhood disease and nutrition on adult outcomes can be captured by the more commonly-available data on height
and lower leg length.
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