The Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity is proud to highlight the latest publication by our faculty members Patricia Markham Risica, Tayla Von Ash, and Shira Dunsiger, alongside their collaborators. Trajectories of Breastfeeding-Related Thoughts and Attitudes Among Low-Income Smoke-Exposed Pregnant Women: A Latent Class Growth Analysis, was recently published in the Journal of Human Lactation (Nov. 2024 issue).

On December 11, Dr. Alison Tovar, director of the Brown University School of Public Health’s Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, joined the Rhode Island Life Index 2024 launch event as a panelist to discuss the pressing issue of food insecurity.

NIH R01 Grant to Study Health Disparities and Empower Latina Women through Physical Activity and Mindfulness

von Ash, assistant professor of behavioral and social sciences, was awarded the NIH R01 grant, which totals $3.5M over five years.

Exploring the Intersection of Nature and Health: Highlights from the "Cells to Society" Conference at Brown University

Dr. Diana Grigsby-Toussaint selected to participate in Brown University's Faculty Leadership Program for the 2024-25 academic year.

Funded by a grant from the Center for Disease Control, Hughto's research on overdose prevention and harm reduction in Rhode Island and Massachusetts has released preliminary findings.

Boston Children’s Hospital, Brown University School of Public Health, Vital Village Networks, and Temple University’s Center for Public Health Law Research Selected for RWJF Grant to Strengthen Research, Methods, and Advocacy to Address Structural Racism

Dr. Akilah Dulin and colleagues have released a report providing policy recommendations intended to address a myriad of factors associated with racial disparities in Rhode Island's criminal justice system, as reported in the March 16, 2023 edition of The Providence Journal.

Part of the United Way of Rhode Island-funded State of Black Rhode Island report series, this most recent report presents criminal justice system data, reviews historical and current contexts, and presents policies to reduce the impact of the criminal justice system on Black Rhode Islanders.

Dr. Amy Nunn recently spoke with the Boston Globe about the presence of monkeypox in Rhode Island.

A recent study published in Preventative Medicine Reports highlighted an international effort to examine COVID-19's often overlooked impact on people's health behaviors. CHPHE's Diana Grigsby-Toussaint was among the study's key collaborators.

Brown University School of Public Health's Dr. Amy Nunn and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health colleague Dr. Lorraine Dean led research examining barriers to the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis drug known as PrEP. Poor uptake of the drug can be attributed to stigma, limited awareness, and lack of accessibility to health care and health insurance.

A collaboration between a wide array of Black community members throughout Rhode Island and faculty and students at Brown University has come together to conduct The State of Black Rhode Island Project.

Dr. Akilah Dulin and colleagues recently developed and evaluated the psychometric properties of long and short forms of the Multilevel Resilience Resource Measure for African American/Black Adults Living with HIV. These measures provide a comprehensive framework to examine resilience and HIV-related outcomes, and can inform resilience-building interventions to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. Read more about the Multilevel Resilience Resource Measure in AIDS and Behavior.

Dr. Alison Tovar shares her research interests and the experiences that have shaped her career.

Dr. Madina Agènor shares her research interests and the experiences that have shaped her career.

Combining research and ground work, CHPHE's Dr. Amy Nunn collaborates with Black pastors to reduce HIV infections and address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.

CHPHE'S Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology, discussed the intersection of racial and geographic inequities with marginalized populations' exposure to the effects of climate change, pollution, and their associated health effects, in a recent Healthline article.

CHPHE's Dr. Katie Biello and Dr. Jaclyn White Hughto weigh in on a new study examining how the pandemic has exacerbated already existing psychosocial and emotional issues that affect LGBTQIA+ individuals specifically.

CHPHE'S Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology, offered commentary on some of the reasons why communities of color are proportionally underrepresented among the population of people receiving vaccinations.

A new paper by CHPHE's Dr. Diana Grigsby-Toussaint and Dr. Antwan Jones (The George Washington University) asserts housing and the residential context where individuals live will be critical to understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect populations across the socioeconomic spectrum, but particularly for racial and ethnic minority and low-income groups in the US.