Current Grants
2008-10
Project Title: Adolescents Committed To Improvement of Nutrition and physical activity (ACTION)
1 R21 HL092533-0
Project Description: Cooperative project between various main campus and HSC campus departments within UNM. The major goal of this project is to create, implement and evaluate a culturally relevant and age-appropriate obesity intervention for School-Based Health Centers to help decrease the risk of adolescent metabolic syndrome development.
Awarding Agency: NIH/NHLBI
Amount: $175,000, Project Period: 4/1/08-3/31/10
Principal Investigator: Alberta Kong, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Investigator, 5% effort
Past Grants
2005-06
Project Title: Fear appeal advertising and consumer response.
Project Description: The purpose of the project was to examine the effects of fear appeal messages in a radio spot on the multidimensional structure of arousal, attitude, and behavioral intention of consumers.
Awarding Agency: Research Allocation Committee, University of New Mexico.
Amount: $3,902, Project Period: 1-year award.
Principal investigator, Olaf Werder.
2008
Project Title: University of Southern Denmark Teaching/Research Collaboration Exchange Travel Grant.
Project Description: The purpose of this exchange is to critically examine examples of health communication that take place cross-culturally in advertising, health campaigns as well as in various healthcare practices from the Danish and US perspectives. In addition, a joint seminar is taught on location in Denmark.
Awarding Agency: Office of International Programs and Studies
Amount: $1,500, Project Period: May 08
2008-09
Project Title: Culture's influence on health policy: A systemic analysis of health literacy levels in Denmark and the United States.
Project Description: The purpose of the project was to examine whether health literacy problems are culture-bound, ,i.e. whether certain cultures are better equipped to deal with the literacy problem.
Awarding Agency: Research Allocation Committee, University of New Mexico.
Amount: $6,219, Project Period: 1-year award.
Principal investigator: Olaf Werder
2008
Project Title: Evaluating the NM Mental Health Stigma Reduction Campaign
Project Description: Cooperative project between Dept. of C&J faculty and UNM HSC campus departments. The primary goal of the proposed study is to design the evaluation and analyze the data of a planned mental health stigma campaign the Behavioral Health Services Division of the NM Human Service Department is preparing for Winter 07/08.
Awarding Agency: New Mexico Human Service Department
Amount: $7,500, Project Period: 7/1/07-9/30/08
Principal Investigator: John Oetzel, PhD, M.P.H.
Co-Investigator, 10% effort
