Research Projects

Project Description The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families (Center) is a research hub to generate evidence and support programs and policy to better serve low-income Hispanic children and families. Areas of research focus include poverty reduction and economic self-sufficiency; family stability; and early care and education. A key part of the Center’s mission…

This project expands reach, builds capacity, and scales up evidence-based programs offering positive youth development and sexuality education to address health disparities in the most vulnerable areas across rural Eastern North Carolina.

Project Description Midlife Health in the Rural South (Midlife HiRS) aims to recruit residents of eastern North Carolina (NC) to participate in a baseline survey and short follow-up surveys about health and life experiences. The goal of this study is to understand risk and resilience related to health and well-being during the midlife years (30-55…

Project Description The Spencer Foundation awarded the Durham Public Schools Foundation (DPSF) a Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) grant to build on longstanding collaborations among DPSF, Durham Public Schools (DPS), and Duke University to examine the implementation and impact of the Growing Together (GT) Initiative. GT is a transformational new process for student assignment launched in the…