Current Projects 

 

Addressing Rural Cancer Disparities via Proactive Smoking Cessation Treatment within Primary Care: A Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Scalable Smoking Cessation Electronic Visit

• Project Period: 09/08/2022 - 08/31/2027
• Funder: Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)/NCI/NIH
• Project Purpose: This trial involves evaluation of a proactive smoking cessation intervention to address rural cancer disparities. Dr. Hung is a rural health expert and her work informed the conceptual model for the e-visit intervention. Dr. Hung serves as the primary rural health expert on this proposal and will assist with trial management and oversight. Aim 2 of this proposal involves implementation evaluation of the smoking cessation e-visit and examination of implementation cost is one component of this Aim.  

SC MIECHV Coordinated State Evaluation(CSE): Understanding Comprehensive, High-Quality Leadership (CHQL) and Implementation Quality in the SC MIECHV Program

• Project Period:  09/30/2022 - 09/29/2025
• Funder: Children's Trust of South Carolina/HRSA Maternal and Child Health 
• Project Purpose:  To conceptualize and measure comprehensive, high-quality leadership (CHQL) and to examine the association between CHQL and measures of implementation quality in the SC MIECHV home visiting program.

Upstate Healthy Start 2023 - 2028

• Project Period: 09/30/2023 - 09/29/2028
• Funder: Prisma Health - Midlands/HRSA/HHS
• Project Purpose: Conduct the local evaluation of Upstate Healthy Start in accordance with the most current Health Resources & Services Administration (“HRSA”) approved evaluation plan;