| Research Roundup |  Laura Redwine & Marilyn Stern (CFS/RMHC)
Social, Ethical, and Behavioral Implications (SEBI) Research on COVID-19 Testing among Rural Latino Migrants in Southwest Florida (MPI: Redwine and Stern). 3R34AT010661-02S1 Response to PA-20135
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
12/1/2019-11/30/2022
Amount: $906,807
Principal Investigators, Laura Redwine, PhD and Marilyn Stern, PhD received notification that their National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant application entitled, "Social, Ethical, and Behavioral Implications (SEBI) Research on COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Uptake among Rural Latinx Migrants in Southwest Florida" was awarded on November 18th, 2020. The total amount of this award is $906,807, which is funded as part of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics - Underserved Populations (RADx-UP), which is a consortium of 75 research groups across the USA. The RADx-UP initiative is funded through appropriations provided by the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, Public Law 116-139.
Our investigation will assess attitudes, barriers and facilitators that predict the willingness of rural Latinx migrants and immigrants of Southwest Florida to obtain testing for COVID-19 and/or vaccination. Based on the results of these assessments, in collaboration with rural Latinx migrants and immigrant community members we will formulate strategies that focus on increasing COVID-19 testing and/or vaccination. We will leverage our longstanding, strong community partnership with the Hispanic Services Council for data collection and development of community-based prevention marketing strategies to promote testing and vaccinations in this underserved and vulnerable population. |  Maria Carlo (CFS/Rightpath)
Effect of Bilingual vs Monolingual Methods of Explicit English Vocabulary Instruction on 4th Grade Spanish-Speaking English Learners (EL)
Sponsor: US Department of Education
7/1/2020-6/30/2024
Amount: $1,400,000
This four-year Exploration project will study different strategies for academic English vocabulary instruction and factors that impact academic language development among 4th grade Spanish-speaking English learners in Hillsborough County Public Schools. The study will test whether English vocabulary instruction methods that make strategic use of the child's first language are more effective than monolingual methods and will examine differences in rate of learning and retention.
Effects of Home and Classroom Practices on Language, Cognitive, and Social Development of Young Spanish-Speaking Dual Language Learners
Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center
7/1/2020-6/30/2025
Amount: $ 3,299,993 (subcontract to USF $244,843)
Young English learners (ELs) living in poverty are at risk for later reading difficulties and are less likely than their peers to encounter the level of responsive, extended conversations in their homes and preschools needed for school readiness. Furthermore, many types of dual language programs in U.S. schools operate in ways that delay regular exposure to English until later grades, rather than systematically teaching in ways that build on students' knowledge of their home language to accelerate English proficiency. The proposed project will evaluate a dual-language approach that: a) maintains and improves the home language of DLLs who speak mostly Spanish in their homes via parent coaching, and b) simultaneously coaches teachers to use an explicit cross-language transfer approach in which sophisticated concepts are introduced in Spanish before English. The expected outcome of this project is increased understanding of effective classroom instruction and family engagement approaches for DLLs' at risk of later reading difficulties. |
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On January 1, 2021 we lost a dear colleague and friend, Dr. Kathy Hyer. Kathy was Professor and Associate Director in the School of Aging Studies, Director of the Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging, and recent President of the Gerontological Society of America.
Denise Barnes, CARD Consultant since 2013, received the Member of the Year Superstar Award from the 
Khary Rigg's recent article titled "Opioid-Induced Hearing Loss and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Clinical Considerations for Audiologists and Recommendations for Future Research" was selected as a featured article by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Every month ASHA Journals select an article to highlight that is deemed to be important to the field of hearing healthcare. This particular article was selected for the practical guidance it provides audiologists to make more informed clinical decisions regarding patients with opioid-induced hearing loss and neonatal abstinence syndrome. 
The Fiscal Year 2018/2019 Baker Act annual report has been approved by DCF and is now available on the Baker Act Reporting Center website: https://www.usf.edu/cbcs/baker-act/ There were 210,992 involuntary (Baker Act) examinations in Fiscal Year 2018/2019. Slightly more than 1 in 6 (18%) involuntary examinations were for children (< 18), with 7% for adults 65 and older. 