Research

The faculty of the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health are actively involved in many research projects.   Currently funded projects include:

Pilot grant Harsohena Kaur   (PI) 11/06- 10/08
Viking's Childrens Fund, University of Minnesota  
Preventing Childhood Obesity through Computer-Tailored Guidance to Parents
Project goal: To develop and test an interactive computer system to collect data from parents related to their child¿s eating and activity patterns which will lead to the generation of a printed handout containing tailored recommendations for childhood obesity prevention for parents of pre-school children, and to pilot test the intervention to evaluate its feasibility, acceptability and impact. 

HRSA Borowsky (PI) 9/04-6/07
Physician Faculty Development in Primary Care
Health Resources and Services Administration, 9/04 - 6/07, Principal Investigator.
A training program designed to prepare a cadre of pediatric clinician researchers for leadership roles in the Academic sector through the development of functional capabilities in research, education, program development, outcomes evaluation, policy and advocacy, with a focus on serving children from historically underserved communities.

Minnesota Legislature Anne Kelly 1996-2005
U Special Kids
A critical focus of the U Special Kids program is to avoid repeated, costly hospitalizations through early management of acute illnesses utilizing pre-planned treatment instructions, telephone triage, home visits and close collaboration with core specialists.

T01 DP000112 Beringer (PI) 9/30/2004-9/29/2007
CDC
Adolescent Health Protection Research Training
The purpose of this program is to prepare scientists with the capacity to conduct public health research that advances evidence-based programs, practices, and policies for addressing health disparities and improving the health of all adolescents.

Sieving (Co-PI) 10/2003-9/2006
CDC/AAMC
Religiosity and Adolescent Sexual Behaviors
Study goal: to examine longitudinal relationship between religious practices and beliefs and teen sexual behaviors, using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth.

S360A020212 Kyle (PI); NcNeely (SubCon) 10/1/02-9/30/05
US DOE
Minneapolis Public Schools Dropout Prevention Project
Project Goal: to strengthen and expand school dropout prevention initiatives by assisting school re-entry for those who have dropped out, making school relevant, and retaining at-risk students, with a special emphasis on teen parents.