The Rhode Island Persian Gulf War State Survey of Gulf War Veterans
PI: Brig. General Richard Valente;
Funder: Rhode Island Persian Gulf War Information and Relief Commission
Mailed survey of the health needs of Gulf War Veterans in Rhode Island.

Needs Assessment Survey of Community-Dwelling Elders on Medicaid:
PI: Susan Allen, PhD, Brown University
Funder: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
Telephone interviews of health needs of more than 600 community dwelling seniors in the Rhode Island State Medicaid program.

A Computer Adaptive Test to Measure Community Reintegration:
PI: Linda Resnik, PhD, Brown University and Veterans Administration
Funder: Veterans Administration
Development of a computer-assisted personal interview and participant tracking system for a field study of approximately 500 homeless, employed, and Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans.

Variations in Health Needs of Breast Cancer Survivors:
PI: Ulrike Boehmer, PhD, Boston University
Funder: American Cancer Institute
Telephone survey of quality of life and care experiences of 1170 breast cancer survivors and persons who support them.

Shaping Long-Term Care in America:
PI: Vincent Mor, PhD, Brown University
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Mixed-method (mail, internet, telephone) survey of attitudes and practices of 4379 long-term care providers; and mixed-method (mail and telephone) survey of state officials about long-term care policies.

The New England Family Study: Fifty Year Post-Perinatal Follow-up for Life Course Effects on Aging:
PI: Erick Loucks, PhD, Brown University, Stephen Buka, PhD, Brown University, and Charles Eaton, MD, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Recruitment of 400 adults about early life determinants of adult health and aging.

Social Networks and Care Planning for Women with Cancer:
PI: Melissa Clark, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health
In-person interviews with 200 women with metastatic or recurrent breast or gynecologic cancer about their medical decision-making and the people who have been involved in supporting them during their cancer diagnosis.

Regular Mammography Screening: The Realities for Women with Disabilities:
PI: Melissa Clark, PhD
Funder: Susan G. Komen Foundation
Telephone interviews of 200 women with and without disabilities about their experiences with mammography adherence.

Comprehensive Cancer Screening among Unmarried Women:
PI: Melissa Clark, PhD
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Randomized trial of three modes of collecting data (self-administered mailed questionnaire, computer-assisted telephone interview, computer-assisted self-interview) among 600 heterosexual and sexual minority women about their experiences with breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening.

Methods for Analysis of Decision Related Communication in Outpatient Care:
PI: Ira Wilson, MD and M. Barton Laws, PhD
Funder: PCORI
Participant tracking system for study of [placeholder]

Improving the Self-Report of Medication Adherence Problems in HIV:
PI: Ira Wilson, MD
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Mixed method (self-administered mailed questionnaire and computer-assisted telephone interview) survey of [placeholder]

Evidence 2 Success:
PI: Richard Catalano, PhD, University of Washington
Funder: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Household-based listing, enumeration, and in-person interviews of 1600 parents of young children in Providence, RI neighborhoods.

Initiation and Progression through Early Drinking Milestones in Underage Drinkers:
PI: Kristina Jackson, PhD, Brown University
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Completed telephone follow-up reminders for a study of adolescents and their parents/guardians regarding alcohol use and other high risk behaviors.

Family Evaluation of Hospice Care:
PI: Joan Teno, MD, Brown University
Funder: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Evaluation of hospice experiences through telephone and self-administered surveys of caregivers.

Neighborhood Characteristics, Health and Health Services:
PI: Patrick Vivier, MD, PhD, Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Brown University
Funder: Dupont Healthy Communities Initiative
Longitudinal study of effects of physical and social environment on the use of health services of mothers and children; data collection involved in-person recruitment of 1030 women 1-2 days post-partum followed by telephone interviews at 7 and 13 months post-partum.

The Brown/Hasbro Healthy Communities Initiative:
PI: Patrick Vivier, MD, PhD, Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Brown University
Funder: Dupont Healthy Communities Initiative
In-person survey of approximately 400 parents/guardians of children 0-12 years of age regarding factors affecting health status and health services of children; participants recruited through a low-income ambulatory care clinic.