Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
Profile
Lara S. Savas, PhD
Associate Professor
[email protected]
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)
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)
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
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.
Brief Interventions to Create Smoke-Free Home Policies in Low-Income Households
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.
Harris Saves
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.
Implementation of Evidence-based Interventions to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in Texas Federally Qualified Health Centers
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)
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
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)
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
Addressing COVID-19 Testing Disparities in Vulnerable Populations Using a Community Just in Time Adaptive Intervention.