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Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research

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Lara S. Savas, PhD

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Associate Professor
[email protected]

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Department

Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences

Research Interests

Behavioral/Mental Health
Cancer
Cardiovascular and Chronic Diseases
Community Health Practice
Epidemiology
Health Education/Behavioral Sciences
Health Equity
Health Services/Outcomes Research
Program Evaluation
Social Determinants of Health
Women's Health

Contact

Email: [email protected] 
Phone: +1 (713) 500-9638

Current Projects

Salud en Mis Manos Dissemination and Implementation Assistance (SEMM-DIA)

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SEMM-DIA is an implementation support system for Salud en Mis Manos (SEMM), an evidence-based breast and cervical education and navigation program for Latinas. SEMM-DIA includes a set of implementation strategies to facilitate program implementation and maintenance.

For Our Children (Por Nuestros Hijos)

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For Our Children is a theory-based program designed to educate parents about the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), and motivate them to vaccinate their adolescent children. The program features bilingual (English/Spanish) resources for parents and an innovative interactive application for healthcare providers.

All for Them

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All for Them (AFT) is a multilevel multicomponent program that comprises three synergistic evidence-based strategies to effectively increase HPV vaccine initiation and completion among youth living in medically underserved areas.

Harris Saves

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Harris SAVES (SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence Survey) was a research project developed to better understand the prevalence and transmission of COVID-19 in Harris County, Texas.

Brief Interventions to Create Smoke-Free Home Policies in Low-Income Households

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The Smoke-Free Homes Program: Some Things are Better Outside (SFHs) is a minimally intensive program with three mailings and a single counseling telephone call, implemented in partnership with 2-1-1 social services information and referral (I&R) systems.

Implementation of Evidence-based Interventions to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in Texas Federally Qualified Health Centers

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The goal of this program is to increase Colorectal Cancer Screening through evidence-based interventions in Federally Qualified Health Centers to ultimately reduce Colorectal Cancer and related health disparities among African Americans and Hispanics.

Salud en Mis Manos (SEMM)

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A breast and cervical cancer prevention program across 31 counties in the Texas Gulf Coast. This community health worker delivered program is designed for Latinas 18 years and older and includes a class and follow-up health coach navigation calls.

Adolescent Vaccination Project: Multi-Component Interventions for Patients and Providers to Increase HPV Vaccination in a Network of Pediatric Clinics

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An initiative to increase initiation and completion of HPV vaccination among male and female patients at TCP, a network of over 50 clinics in the greater Houston area.

Adolescent Vaccination Program Implementation Tool (AVP-IT)

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The Adolescent Vaccination Program (AVP) is a multicomponent HPV vaccination program that targets healthcare providers and parents of pediatric patients ages 11-17.

RADx-Up

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Addressing COVID-19 Testing Disparities in Vulnerable Populations Using a Community Just in Time Adaptive Intervention.

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