{"id":1,"date":"2024-10-18T11:52:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/heal\/?page_id=1"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:14:34","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/heal\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Welcome to the Health Equity Across the Lifespan (HEAL) Lab!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The HEAL lab is dedicated to advancing research, advocacy, and education to support at-risk populations, improve access to mental health services, and foster equitable, culturally informed care across the lifespan. Our work focuses on understanding suicide risk factors, help-seeking intentions and behaviors, and the unique barriers faced by vulnerable populations. Through interdisciplinary, collaborative research, we aim to break down systemic obstacles and develop interventions that are both culturally responsive and grounded in anti-oppressive practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2024\/10\/1-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2024\/10\/1-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2024\/10\/1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2024\/10\/1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2024\/10\/1-1536x1023.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2024\/10\/1-135x90.png 135w, https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2024\/10\/1.png 1621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/heal\/current-projects\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9\">Current Projects<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We are actively conducting research in the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bachelor&#8217;s level certification to address the mental health provider shortage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crisis line use among undergraduate Latino men at elevated risk of suicide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online health-seeking behaviors among Black and Latine neurodivergent youth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Older adult mental health service use and suicide risk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knowledge and use of the 988 Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suicide risk among college students of Asian descent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help-seeking among college men of color at elevated risk of suicide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/00110000251352569\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/trace.tennessee.edu\/tsc\/vol6\/iss3\/8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read our latest publication!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Health Equity Across the Lifespan (HEAL) Lab! 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