Evaluation & Applied Research
The Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships has a broad portfolio of evaluation and research activities that reflect a history of successful collaboration and performance on statewide and local initiatives. Evaluation/research topics include chronic illnesses, nutrition, adolescent pregnancy prevention, impact of diet on health and weight management, health access for uninsured adults, substance use, and environmental factors in the home affecting the incidence of asthma. This work has involved a variety of communities including immigrants and refugees, low income families, and uninsured adults.
Staff:
Kenneth Gruber
Specific Activities:
Current projects include evaluation and applied research relating to:
- Implementation of integrated health care to uninsured adults (Cone Health Foundation)
- Implementation of treatment of co-occurring disorders among uninsured adults (Cone Health Foundation)
- Services development of a health network (GCCN) for uninsured adults (Guilford Community Care Network)
- Impact of a rapid response/syringe exchange program (GCSTOP) on opioid use overdose (Guilford County Solution to the Opioid Problem https://gcstop.uncg.edu/)
- Housing as a health issue (Cottage Grove Collaborative, Greensboro Housing Coalition, City of Greensboro, Cone Health, Center for Health and Community Studies https://chcs.uncg.edu)
- Application of a patient navigation approach to improve engagement and service delivery to youth (and their families) in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare system with mental health and/or substance use diagnoses (NC-DHHS)
- Implementation of a services coordination model (High Fidelity Wraparound) designed to address the needs of youth requiring intensive treatment services relating to mental health and substance issue (NC-DHHS)
The Center has the capacity to assist with design, implementation and conduct of small to moderate size evaluations and applied research projects. We specialize in working with organizations and projects that prefer a “hands-on” approach to address their information collection, data analysis, and application of findings needs. We can assist with grant applications, reports, and training related to data collection, analysis, and application of findings.
