{"id":226,"date":"2025-08-28T17:27:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/phpl\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:49:11","slug":"research-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/phpl\/research-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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– Contextually Responsive Implementation of Place-Activation Interventions for Promoting Physical Activity in Low-Income Urban Communities (CEA)<\/summary>\n
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This comprehensive and community-engaged mixed-methods study is designed to design, test, and scale strategies for improving physical activity outcomes in disadvantaged urban settings. It leverages Mexico\u2019s ongoing investment in public space renovations to inform public health action both locally and for U.S.-based Latin American communities. PIs Deborah Salvo, PhD, and Alejandra Jauregui, PhD, are leading this study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purpose of the Study<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Physical inactivity is a major public health challenge and a critical contributor to obesity, diabetes, and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Low-income urban populations face multiple barriers to physical activity, including limited access to safe, high-quality leisure spaces. This study seeks to accelerate the uptake of evidence-based place-activation interventions\u2014community-engaged, multisectoral strategies for optimizing the use of renovated public open spaces\u2014to reduce the burden of physical inactivity and related chronic diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. To adapt evidence-based place-activation interventions for use in low-income urban communities in Mexico through mixed-methods approaches (surveys, interviews, and focus groups).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. To conduct a hybrid III group-randomized controlled trial testing active dissemination and implementation methods for improving the reach, adoption, and sustainability of place-based EBIs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. To use community-engaged and participatory approaches (GIS interviews, co-creation workshops, and concept mapping) to evaluate the long-term maintenance and scalability of place-activation EBIs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    This research is funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, grant number R01MD019155.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

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    – Active Middle School Communities Project (AMSC)<\/summary>\n
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    In collaboration with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin, \u201cCo-Creating and Implementing Contextually Responsive Physical Activity Interventions with Low-Income Adolescents\u201d also known as the \u201cActive Middle School Communities Project\u201d is a comprehensive and community-engaged mixed methods study to design and test strategies for improving community-wide and individual-level physical activity outcomes in middle school neighborhoods. PIs Deborah Salvo, PhD, and Deanna Hoelscher, PhD, RDN, LD, CNS, FISBNPA, are leading this study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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