No abstract

Perspective taking is conceptualized as the ability to consider or adopt the perspective of another individual who is perceived to be in need; it has shown mixed results in stereotype reduction and intergroup attitude change across many social science disciplines. The inconsistent results raise concerns about the robustness of the perspective-taking phenomenon. The present study uses p-curve analysis to examine whether evidential value existed among two sets of published experimental studies where perspective taking was operationalized in two different paradigms. Despite low statistical power, we found that both sets of studies revealed some evidential value of the effects of perspective taking. The theoretical and methodological implications of perspective-taking studies are discussed as well.

This research informs refinement of a culture-specific intervention prioritizing indigenous Mayans. We highlight how community-based research and engagement enhance community health promotion.

The public health human power is one of the most diverse in race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, and sexual orientation. Another area of diversity is the disciplinary background of its workers. Environmental, behavioral, biostatistical, health education, epidemiological, and health policy practitioners converge into the Master of Public Health (MPH) track offerings of our MPH program. The applied community-based participatory research class is a third semester course that is taken only after students have completed the core curriculum. We explain the design and organization of this course, to offer it as a model of interdisciplinary approaches, with experiential, learn-by-doing components that can be replicated and incorporated into public health research methods, as well as to share our own methodological crossovers with mixed methods and theoretical models in our public health research together. Semistructured interviews were applied to elicit feedback from MPH graduates who took the course, and describe the utility of the class. We learned that the MPH graduates found the class useful for short-and medium-term research outcomes.

Objective: The Southern region of the United States (US) experiences higher HIV related disparities, majority of new HIV infections are transmitted by individuals who are unaware of their status. African Americans constitute 44% of HIV diagnosis in the US, and African American gay and bisexual men accounted for the largest number of new HIV diagnosis in 2016. Methods: Data from nine southern states in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2016 was analyzed using logistic regression.Results: We found Individuals less likely to test for HIV included: heterosexuals, married individuals, living in a nonMetropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), others (retirees, students and homemakers), older than 65 years and/or with less than high school education.Conclusion: Amid finite resources, interventions for HIV testing among African Americans should focus more on theseindividuals who are less likely to be aware of their HIV status, further contributing to new HIV infections.