Our Research

Current

R21 TW011361- 01 

  • Implement a culturally-relevant version of Gabby in all ten districts of Lesotho
  • Adapt the Gabby system to function on mobile Android devices
  • Conduct focus groups of health workers and potential users at district hospitals
  • Assess site readiness for implementation at 10 district hospitals
  • Examine the implementation and effectiveness outcomes across sites
  • Disseminate results to the IT, clinical, health services, global health and public health research and policy communities through presentations and publication in academic and consumer publications

AHRQ-1R18HS025131-01

  • Recruiting six Healthy Start sites and six Community Health Centers with Federally Qualified Health Center designation as implementation sites
  • Conduct site-level needs and resource assessments to guide implementation efforts
  • Perform training at each site around implementation of the Gabby system into the clinical workflow of the 12 sites
  • Assemble a preliminary, revised, and final Gabby Implementation toolkit
  • Analyze each step of the implementation process and broadly disseminate the results of this work to the information technology, clinical, and health services research communities

NIMHD – R01 MD006213

  • Enrolled 531 participants
  • Study lasted one year
  • Currently following up with enrolled participants*

Past

W.K. Kellogg Foundation- P3024018

  • Extend the existing system to include the ability for the agent to counsel across multiple PCC risks and to extend the long-term family planning content
  • Refine and complete development of the Gabby Preconception Care System
  • Conduct qualitative testing of the new and revised content.

AHRQ – HHSA290200600012I, TO #7

  • 24 participants involved in pilot study; 15 involved in usability testing and 9 used Gabby system for 2 months
  • Both took risk assessment
  • Published in the American Journal of Health Promotion

HRSA Bureau of MCH – R40 MC21510

  • Enrolled 100 participants, received baseline and 6 month data from 80 participants
  • Participants enrolled nation-wide
  • Preliminary results have showed that interventions resolved an average of 3 more risks that controls
  • Published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

HRSA Bureau of MCH – R40 MC21510 Administrative Supplement

  • Literature review of Preconception Care for Men
  • Development of Preconception Risk Assessment for Men
  • Focus Groups and Pilot Testing