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Department of Family and Preventive Medicine: Community Research

Community Research

UAMS’ Department of Family and Preventive Medicine Research and Evaluation Division (DFPM RED) focuses on family and environmental factors linked with poor health, growth, and psychosocial development. We conduct research to test theoretical models, collaborate with community partners to implement and evaluate interventions, train on research-based curriculum, and translate those models into community settings.

Community Collaboration

We partner with communities and community organizations to implement and evaluate programs intended to improve outcomes.

RED projects map July 2019

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Training and Transitional Research

Many of our projects take research-based knowledge and translate it into practice. Our training programs target professionals in community-based settings such as early care and education, mental health, home visits, shelters, and substance abuse treatment.

Research-Based Early Childhood Professional Development (Link)

See how our programs link to the Teaching Pyramid (PNG file)

Program Evaluation

We collaborate with community agencies to provide process and outcome evaluation of the implementation of interventions.

Research and Development

We develop new tools and interventions, test basic science hypotheses, and explore applied research questions.

Research & Evaluation (Link)

We Are Very Active!

COVID-19 Resources

My Teacher Wears a Mask

Our new social story, My Teacher Wears a Mask, was created to help address any potential fear or apprehension experienced by young children due to new guidance related to teachers’ use of protective masks.

Coping with COVID

This is a resource for center administrators using the 10 Components of Trauma-Informed Care to support children during/after COVID crisis.

Coping With COVID (PDF download)

Arkansas Health and Education Hotline

DCCECE staff have been working at the Arkansas Health and Education Hotline to answer incoming calls from Child Care Centers who are experiencing a COVID related issue. The staff at the hotline are able to guide them through the next steps they need to take when they’ve had a positive case or a probable close contact.

If providers need help or have had a positive case, please direct them to the hotline 1-833-504-0155.

RED News

Nicola Edge Named Vice-Chair

Nicola Edge, PhD was recently named Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine (DFPM). Dr. Edge joined the UAMS faculty in 2000 in the Department of Pediatrics. In 2010, her primary academic appointment was moved to the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, where she was promoted to Professor in 2018 […]

Remembering and Honoring Leanne Whiteside-Mansell

Dear Friends of the UAMS Research and Evaluation Division, It is with heavy hearts that we share the loss of our colleague, mentor, and friend, Leanne Whiteside-Mansell, Ed.D., on December 18, 2022.   Dr. Whiteside-Mansell joined the UAMS faculty in 1999 and directed the Research and Evaluation Division (RED) in the Department of Family and […]

We Inspire… New Research!

Researchers from Ohio State University and Appalachian State University recently published a pilot study that examined the feasibility of WISE in an intergenerational setting. The paper, entitled Extending the Together, We Inspire Smart Eating Curriculum to Intergenerational Nutrition Education: A Pilot Study offers a unique opportunity to have the results of DFPM-RED’s research-based work inform […]