CSDE Affiliate Anna Zamora-Kapoor, along with co-authors, recently published an article in BMC Public Health examining implementation outcomes of a culturally adapted diabetes self-management education intervention. Employing a convergent parallel mixed-methods design, they evaluate acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, feasibility, fidelity, and sustainability for a diabetes self-management education intervention delivered by peer educators to Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders residing in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Based on respondent reports on the relevance of the educational materials, strategies to manage blood glucose, hands-on activities, cultural aspects of the program, including the stories and analogies used to convey information, and appreciation of the group format and peer educators, they conclude that a culturally tailored, peer educator approach to diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) is feasible. To read the article click here.
CSDE Affiliate Alexes Harris Guest Edits UW’s Viewpoint Magazine
CSDE Affiliate Alexes Harris guest edited UW’s Viewpoint Magazine to raise up voices in our community who can imagine an anti racist future for UW. These are powerful and wise voices from all across campus and campus experiences. Included among the visionaries is CSDE Affiliate LaShawnda Pittman who writes about the powerful connection between research and praxis. Take time to learn from all of them!
Read Newsletter from Maternal and Pediatric Infectious Disease Branch at NICHD
If you conduct research on maternal and pediatric infectious disease, you might visit NICHD‘s MIPD branch website and sign up for its newsletter. MPIDB supports domestic and international research, as well as research training and career development programs related to the epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, transmission, treatment, and prevention of HIV infection and its complications in infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant and nonpregnant women. As the HIV epidemic has evolved and other infectious diseases have emerged in the United States and globally, the branch has ensured that its funded research reflects these changes and addresses important opportunities and gaps as they arise, including HIV-associated co-infections such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, and malaria. To meet the needs and ongoing challenges of other significant infectious diseases, MPIDB coordinates research on the epidemiology, natural history, pathogenesis, transmission, treatment, and prevention of congenital infections, such as Zika virus and cytomegalovirus; emerging infectious diseases, such as COVID-19; and vaccine-preventable disease in infants, children, adolescents, and women. As always, please do reach out to CSDE if you would like support in submitting a grant to this branch. Feel free to send a note to Sara Curran (scurran@uw.edu) or Scott Kelly (kellysr@uw.edu) with your inquiries.
Returning to a New Mexican Labor Market? Regional Variation in the Economic Incorporation of Return Migrants from the U.S. to Mexico
At the CSDE seminar on November 6th, Dr. Claudia Masferrer will present “Returning to a New Mexican Labor Market? Regional Variation in the Economic Incorporation of Return Migrants from the U.S. to Mexico”. The talk will discuss the economic outcomes of return and U.S. born migrants to Mexico and compare those outcomes to previous cohorts of migrants, using data from the 2000 and 2010 Mexican Censuses and a 2015 Intercensal Survey. Dr. Masferrer is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Seminar Migration, Inequality, and Public Policies at El Colegio de México and an Adjunct Professor at McGill University. Her research examines the relationships between migration, immigrant integration, family dynamics, and policy contexts to provide policy-relevant insights into issues surrounding migration and family wellbeing.
Register for Dr. Masferrer’s Zoom seminar here. This quarter, CSDE is recording the seminar series and posting the links on its website. Visit our site here.
After the seminar, CSDE trainee Maria Vignau Loria will facilitate a graduate student discussion with Dr. Masferrer. RSVP by emailing her at mvl4@uw.edu.