Interventions for Health Justice Research Lab, Smoking Cessation Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness, within the OSU College of Public Health; PI: Dr. Julianna Nemeth
Purpose/Mission of Organization
Project: Development of a contextually tailored and optimized smoking cessation intervention for homeless youth
Objective of project: Identify a set of smoking cessation intervention components and assess their implementation feasibility with a drop-in center for youth experiencing homelessness
Community partner: Star House, drop-in center for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness
Job Type
Applied Practice Experience
Job description
• Research Assistant with the Smoking Cessation Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness Workgroup
• Opportunity to assist with project implementation at the Star House
o Recruit, screen, obtain informed consent and interview participants
o Deliver parts of the intervention
o Tracking participants in an intervention study over time
o Collection of biospecimens
• Maintain research documents
• Opportunity to assist with qualitative data analysis
o Review focus group transcriptions in ATLAS.ti (qualitative analysis software)
o Code text according to specific research questions using structural codes
o Create in-depth codes to capture all aspects of community health center staff, allied health professionals and administrators’ perspectives
o Assist with verifying qualitative data findings
• Contribute to manuscript writing for ongoing projects
• Human subjects training and research analysis training will be provided
• Research Assistant may possibly split time between being remote and being at the Star House
• Compensation may be available
Qualifications
• Commitment to diversity. All applicants must have a commitment to the inclusion of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, trauma experiences, and ethnic backgrounds of youth and young adults experiencing homelessness
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work efficiently and independently
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Ability to work well with a team
• If assisting with project implementation, will need transportation to/from the Star House, a local homeless youth drop-in center
• Proficiency with Microsoft Teams preferred but not required
• Experience with qualitative data analysis preferred but not required
How should students apply
Email Wermert.7@osu.edu to begin the application process.
Number of students you are requesting
3
What semester are you requesting an Applied Practice Experience Student(s)?
