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Changing the Narrative on Firearms Violence: A Community Collaborative Intervention
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Dr. Elizabeth Andrade is a Co-Investigator for the George Washington University “Changing the Narrative on Firearms Violence: A Community Collaborative Intervention” research project, and a member of three workgroups: 1. Community Engagement, 2. Policy, Implementation and Economics, and 3. Communication and Dissemination for the Community Firearm Violence Prevention Network.
Dr. Andrade is Assistant Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. Dr. Andrade is a behavioral scientist with expertise in health communications, community-based participatory research using mixed methods, and the planning, implementation, and evaluation of culturally and linguistically tailored public health interventions and campaigns. Her prevention research work has focused on addressing various non-communicable and communicable disease disparities, as well as using positive youth development approaches to reduce adolescent substance abuse, sexual risk, and interpersonal violence. Dr. Andrade’s work incorporates the use of innovative communication strategies and digital technologies to engage audiences and amplify the effects of risk communication efforts and interventions to improve health and behavior.
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