Table 3 SHOW ongoing ancillary studies (as of fall 2010).
Study Name | Principal Investigator's Organization/Partner | Target Population | Period | Funding Source | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Studies adding questionnaires/measurements to SHOW participants | |||||
Caregiver strain and cellular aging | Department of PHS, UW | SHOW participants involved as caregivers | 2007-2009 | UW Center for Demography of Health & Aging | A questionnaire was added to address caregiver strain and biological samples provided to explore the association between caregiver strain and cellular aging. |
Genetic and environmental predictors of serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D | Department of PHS, UW | Random sample of white SHOW participants | 2009-2011 | Wisconsin Partnership Program - Medical Education Research Committee | Determinants of Vitamin D levels in a subsample of SHOW participants are studied using an additional questionnaire, analyzing blood samples, and assessing of skin pigmentation. |
Adult Oral Health Surveillance in Wisconsin | Wisconsin Department of Health Services | All SHOW participants | 2010-2011 | Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | A brief questionnaire and objective oral health screener exam were added to the core SHOW program to conduct oral health surveillance among Wisconsin adults. |
Studies collecting additional contextual information in SHOW communities | |||||
Assessing the nutrition environment in Wisconsin communities | Departments of PHS and Nutrition, UW | All SHOW participants | 2010-2011 | Wisconsin Partnership Program - Oversight and Advisory Committee | Contextual data regarding the availability of nutritional food items in groceries stores and restaurants is being gathered in communities surrounding SHOW participant households. |
Network for Health Equity in Wisconsin | Department of PHS, UW/UW Population Health Institute/Wisconsin Collaborative for Health Care Quality | All SHOW participants | 2009-2012 | National Institutes of Health-National Heart Lung and Blood Institute | SHOW individual level data is being integrated into a comprehensive network that will allow for the examination of cardiovascular and respiratory health disparities in the context of Wisconsin communities and provider level quality of care. |
Community-specific health assessments | |||||
Communities Putting Prevention to Work State-Coordinated Small City and Rural Areas - Nutrition and Physical Activity | La Crosse and Wood County Health Department/Wisconsin Department of Health Services | Target Intervention Communities: Counties | 2010-2012 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | SHOW's research infrastructure and resources are being shared as evaluation tools targeted to assess the impact of policy and environmental change interventions to increase physical activity and improve the nutrition environments in Wood County and La Crosse County |
Community Participatory Research | |||||
SHOW Community Advisory Board: Partners in Dissemination (Milwaukee) | Center for Urban Population Health/Social Development Commission, Milwaukee | African Americans, clients of the Social Development Commission in Milwaukee | 2010-2011 | Wisconsin Partnership Program | A community-academic partnership to actively involve the lay African American community in Milwaukee in the interpretation of population health data, dissemination of study findings and translation phases of the SHOW. |
Outside studies using SHOW resources | |||||
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PDBE) exposure from Wisconsin fish | Wisconsin Department of Health Services | Great Lakes Fisher Boat Captains | 2008 | US Environmental Protection Agency | SHOW infrastructure was used to collect additional biological samples and conduct in-home environmental sampling in a cohort of Wisconsin Great Lakes fisher-boat captains. |
Drinking Water Exposure Assessment and Validation for the National Children's Study (Disinfection By-Products) | Department of PHS, UW/National Children's Study/Faculty, | Follow-Up, female SHOW participants of reproductive age | 2010-2012 | National Institutes of Health - National Children's Study | A sub-sample of women of reproductive age who indicated being on chlorinated municipal drinking water supply will be followed-up; home tap water samples and biomarker data will be collected to ascertain amount of misclassification bias that would result if extant community water supply data alone were used to estimate exposures to disinfection by-products. |