School of Medicine

Community and Population Medicine

 

Research

 

Research in the Section of Community and Population Health adheres to the principles of Community Partnered Participatory Research (CPPR)1. CPPR emphasizes equity, transparency, and community representation co-leadership in all phases of research. Our partnered research to date has sought to develop interventions that improve health outcomes and resilience while addressing adverse risk factors in under-resourced communities and among populations facing physical or behavioral health and healthcare inequities.

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ADDITIONAL RESEARCH 

  • Veteran-Informed Safety Intervention and Outreach Network (VISION)
  • Preventing Firearm Suicides among Rural Veterans by Engaging Military Caregivers
  • Identifying and Disseminating Strategies for Improving Access to Health Care Among Unstably Housed Veterans in Rural Areas
  • Assessing the Needs of Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Veteran-Engaged Qualitative Approach
  • Formerly Incarcerated Representation and Expression Experience (FREE) Photovoice Study
  • Louisiana Community Health Worker Institute

CPPRN

The Community and Partnered Participatory Research (CPPRN) is a network driven by equal partnerships between patients, community members, and researchers to develop a behavioral health data registry for conducting research based on the priorities of communities, patients, and caregivers. Funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

Goal of CPPRN:

The goal of CPPRN is to address persistent racial/ethnic disparities (primarily involving African Americans and Latinos) among adults and adolescents at risk for behavioral health conditions. CPPRN aims to accomplish this goal by:

  • Developing policies with stakeholders via the CPPR approach and community relationships developed through longstanding community relationships.
  • Create a reproducible approach to participatory research infrastructure development involving patients, caregivers, clinicians, and community stakeholders.
  • Develop research and data infrastructure using a partnered working group process with collaborative decision making.

CPPRN Principles:

  • Trust
  • Respect
  • Transparency
  • Strength-based
  • Power and knowledge sharing
  • Co-leadership by community members, patients, and researchers
  • Building skills and knowledge among all participants
  • Co-ownership of all products including data

CPPRN Publications and Presentations:

  1. Pollock, M. J., Wennerstrom, A., True, G., Everett, A., Sugarman, O., Haywood, C., Johnson, A., Meyers, D., Sato, J., Wells, K. B., Arevian, A. C., Massimi, M., Berry, J., Riefberg, L., Onyewuenyi, N., & Springgate, B. (2019). Preparedness and Community Resilience in Disaster-Prone Areas: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations in South Louisiana, 2018. American Journal of Public Health, 109(S4), S309–S315.

  2. Arevian, A. C., Springgate, B., Jones, F., Starks, S. L., Chung, B., Wennerstrom, A., … Wells, K. B. (2018). The Community and Patient Partnered Research Network (CPPRN): Application of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research to Promote Behavioral Health Equity. Ethnicity & Disease. https://doi.org/10.18865/ed.28.S2.295
     
  3. Mango, J. D., Griffith, K., Kacsits, O., Plaia, M., Santostefano, A., Flores, J., … Williams, P. (2018). Commentary - Community Partner Experiences in CPPR: What Participation in Partnered Research Can Mean to Community and Patient Stakeholders. Ethnicity & Disease. https://doi.org/10.18865/ed.28.S2.311
     
  4. Keegan, R., Grover, L. T., Patron, D., Sugarman, O. K., Griffith, K., Sonnier, S., … Wennerstrom, A. (2018). Case Study of Resilient Baton Rouge: Applying Depression Collaborative Care and Community Planning to Disaster Recovery. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061208
     
  5. Sugarman, O.,Griffith, K., Arevian, A., Chung, B., Haywood, C., Jones, F., Jones, L., ...Wells, K. (2018, November). Building the Community and Patient Partnered Research Network. Poster Presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA
     
  6. Kemp, B., Warren, R., Rock, B., Sugarman, O., Springgate, B., The CPPRN Executive Committee. (2019, April). The CPPRN: Catalyzing Community Partnership in Research. Poster session presented at Xavier University Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans, LA.

RADD

Resilience Against Depression Disparities (RADD) is a community-patient partnered intervention tailored to meet the mental health needs of LGBTQ persons. The overall goal of this research study is to determine whether a community-health worker-led, 7-session class to teach adults skills to improve mood can improve depression outcomes over and above evidence-based depression care agency trainings for LGBTQ+ adults. Funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

RADD Presentations and Publications:

  1. Vargas, S. M., Wennerstrom, A., Alfaro, N., Belin, T., Griffith, K., Haywood, C., Jones, F., Lunn, M. R., Meyers, D., Miranda, J., Obedin-Maliver, J., Pollock, M., Sherbourne, C. D., Springgate, B. F., Sugarman, O. K., Rey, E., Williams, C., Williams, P., & Chung, B. (2019). Resilience Against Depression Disparities (RADD): A protocol for a randomised comparative effectiveness trial for depression among predominantly low-income, racial/ethnic, sexual and gender minorities. BMJ Open, 9(10), e031099. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031099

  2. Pollock, M., Wennerstrom, A., Sugarman, O. K., Borden, S., Jones, F., Vargas, S. M., Jeanne Miranda, Chung, B., & Springgate, B. F. (2019). Examining depression outcomes amongst LGBTQ+ People of Color in New Orleans: Preliminary results of a community-partnered participatory research, randomized effectiveness trial. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Medical Research Days.

  3. Pollock, M., Sugarman, O., Borden, S., Jones, F., Springgate, S., Chung, B. (May, 2019) LGBTQ+ Depression Disparities and Resilience. Poster Presentation at LGBTQ Health Conference. Atlanta, GA.

  4. Pollock, M., Wennerstrom, A., Sugarman, O., Borden, S., Jones, F., Vargas, S., Miranda, J. Chung, B., Springgate, B. (2019, April) Examining depression outcomes amongst LGBTQ+ People of Color in New Orleans: Preliminary results of a community-partnered, participatory research, randomized comparative effectiveness trial. Podium presentation at Xavier University Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans, LA.

  5. Pollock, M., Wennerstrom, A., Sugarman, O., Borden, S., Jones, F., Vargas, S., Miranda, J. Chung, B., Springgate, B. (2019, April) Examining depression outcomes amongst LGBTQ+ People of Color in New Orleans: Preliminary results of a community-partnered, participatory research, randomized comparative effectiveness trial. Poster session presented at Xavier University Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans, LA. 

  6. Vargas, S.M., Williams, M., Griffith, K., Gamez, D., Williams, C., Pollock, M., Chung, B., Huey, S. J., & Miranda, J. (October, 2018). The cultural-adaptation of a community-partnered study on multiple types of discrimination, stress, and depression. Poster presented at the annual Conference of Ford Fellows, Newport Beach, CA.   

  7. Pollock, M., Kacsits, O., Griffith, K., Chung, B., & Springgate, B. (January, 2018). Resilience Against Depression Disparities – Addressing Mental Health and Resiliency in the LGBTQ+ Community. Poster session at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Medical Research Days, New Orleans, LA.

C-LEARN

Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN) is a community-academic partnership focused on learning how to enhance resilience in communities affected by disasters and climate change. We are engaging urban and rural communities in South Louisiana to test approaches to improve community and individual resilience. We will test both training and coalition approaches to promote community resilience, while also assessing the added value of mobile technology-based resources and tools for individuals. Funded by the National Academies of Sciences and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Gulf Research Project.

C-LEARN Presentations and Publications:

  1. Acoie J, Augustine LA, Birch T, Gotfryd E, Rodriguez LJ, Savannah SB, Springgate B. Chapter 10 – Strengthening the Response to Disasters and Trauma. Community Resilience: Equitable Practices for an Uncertain Future. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Anticipated Publication February 2021.

  2. Palinkas, LA, Springgate, BF, Sugarman, OK, Hancock, J, Wennerstrom, A, Haywood, C, Meyers, D, Johnson, A, Polk, M, Pesson, CL, Seay, JE, Stallard, CN, & Wells, KB. (2021). A rapid assessment of disaster preparedness needs and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(2), 425. 

  3. Palinkas LA, Springgate BF, Sugarman OK, et al. A Rapid Assessment of Community and Organizational Needs and Resources during the COVID-19 Pandemic. New Orleans, LA; 2021. https://www.c-learn.org/publications.

  4. Everett, A., Sugarman, O., Wennerstrom, A., Pollock, M., True, G., Haywood, C., Meyers, D., Raines, A., Wells, K., Johnson, A., Arevian, A. C., Sato, J., & Springgate, B. (2019). Community-informed strategies to address trauma and enhance resilience in climate-affected communities. Traumatology. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000225

  5. ​Pollock, M. J., Wennerstrom, A., True, G., Everett, A., Sugarman, O., Haywood, C., . . . Springgate, B. (2019). Preparedness and Community Resilience in Disaster-Prone Areas: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations in South Louisiana, 2018. Am J Public Health, 109(S4), S309-S315. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2019.305152

  6. Springgate, B. F., Arevian, A. C., Wennerstrom, A., Johnson, A. J., Eisenman, D. P., Sugarman, O. K., . . . Wells, K. B. (2018). Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN): Study Protocol with Participatory Planning for a Randomized, Comparative Effectiveness Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 15(8). doi:10.3390/ijerph15081683

  7. Everett A, Wennerstrom A, Pollock M, Sugarman O, Sato J, Johnson A, Haywood C, Meyers D, Polk M, Arevian A, Wells K, True G, Springgate B. Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN): Developing Models to Support Resilience in Communities at Risk of Climate-Change-Associated Disasters. American Public Health Association. November 2019. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  8. Szklarski, E., Pollock, M., Wennerstrom, A., Springgate, B.,True, G., Everette, A., Sugarman, O., C-LEARN Leadership Council. (2019, January). Community perspectives of disaster resilience priorities affecting social determinants of behavioral health in Southeast Louisiana. Poster Presentation at LSUHSC-NO Medical Research Day 2019 at University Medical Center - New Orleans, LA.

  9. Springgate B. Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN). National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf Research Program Panel Discussion. Robert Wood Johnson Culture of Health Conference. March 8, 2019. Woodlands, TX.

  10. Springgate, B. Resilience and Mental Health Infrastructure and Training Post-Katrina, Keynote. Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy’s 11th Health Disparities Conference. April 2018. New Orleans, LA.

  11. Springgate, B. Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network – Gulf of Mexico Alliance, All Hands Conference. June 13, 2018. St. Petersburg, FL.

  12. Springgate, B. Disasters, climate change, and mental health. In: APREBA Annual Conference. 2018. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

  13. Springgate, B. Climate change and health. In: American College of Physicians National Meeting. 2018. New Orleans, LA.

 

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