SBIR-STTR Award

Standardization Of The Hispanic Stress Inventory 2
Award last edited on: 2/5/13

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
NIH : NIMHD
Total Award Amount
$1,119,064
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
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Principal Investigator
Richard C Cervantes

Company Information

Behavioral Assessment Inc (AKA: BAI)

291 South La Cienega Boulevard Suite 304
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
   (310) 652-6449
   aistrategies@aol.com
   www.bai-eval.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 33
County: Los Angeles

Phase I

Contract Number: 1R43MD004792-01A1
Start Date: 9/30/09    Completed: 9/29/10
Phase I year
2009
Phase I Amount
$132,876
This Phase I study aims to establish the basis for re-standardizing the Hispanic Stress Inventory (HSI). The HSI original version was developed nearly two decades ago. A new version will have more utility for clinicians and researchers through item update and revision of factor-derived subscales. We propose to implement a multi-site, multi- method design and to conduct focus groups of both clinical and non-clinical adult samples (n=144) which will include language and ethnic subgroups of Hispanics, and will include a small subsample of returning Hispanic war veterans. The purpose of this Phase I study is to determine the feasibility of re-standardizing the original HSI. The investigator proposes to: (a) convene an expert panel of Hispanic researchers and clinicians to critically review the original HSI and to identify gaps relevant to current contextual and cultural conditions, and (b) to implement focus group methodology to identify salient conceptual psychosocial stress domains for both immigrant and non- immigrant Hispanic adults. Results from this study will guide the development of a draft version of the HSI-2 to be used in a large national re-standardization study in Phase II.

Public Health Relevance:
BAI's Hispanic Stress Inventory (H.S.I.), developed nearly two decades ago responded to a large market of mental health professionals, youth services professionals, and researchers who were demanding culturally relevant assessment tools to aid in the clinical process of diagnosing and treatment planning of stress-related psychosocial disorders in the Hispanic population. . A new version of the H.S.I. will have more utility for clinicians and researchers through item update and revision of factor- derived subscales. BAI proposes to review the original H.S.I. to identify gaps relevant to current contextual and cultural conditions, and to implement focus group methodology to identify psychosocial stress domains for both immigrant and non-immigrant Hispanic adults, including war veterans. Results from this study will guide the development of a draft version of the HSI-2 to be used in a large national re- standardization study in Phase II and will include screening for cultural based Hispanic veteran re- adjustment stress.

Public Health Relevance Statement:
Narrative BAI's Hispanic Stress Inventory (H.S.I.), developed nearly two decades ago responded to a large market of mental health professionals, youth services professionals, and researchers who were demanding culturally relevant assessment tools to aid in the clinical process of diagnosing and treatment planning of stress-related psychosocial disorders in the Hispanic population. . A new version of the H.S.I. will have more utility for clinicians and researchers through item update and revision of factor- derived subscales. BAI proposes to review the original H.S.I. to identify gaps relevant to current contextual and cultural conditions, and to implement focus group methodology to identify psychosocial stress domains for both immigrant and non-immigrant Hispanic adults, including war veterans. Results from this study will guide the development of a draft version of the HSI-2 to be used in a large national re- standardization study in Phase II and will include screening for cultural based Hispanic veteran re- adjustment stress.

Project Terms:
21+ years old; Adult; Clinical; Clinical Trials, Phase I; Clinical Trials, Phase II; Data; Detection; Development; Diagnosis; Diagnostic; Disease; Disorder; Doctor of Philosophy; Early-Stage Clinical Trials; Equilibrium; Equipment and supply inventories; Ethnic Origin; Ethnicity; Ethnicity aspects; Event; Focus Groups; Group Interviews; Health Care Professional; Health Care Research; Health Professional; Health Services Evaluation; Health Services Research; Health profession; Healthcare Research; Healthcare professional; Healthcare worker; Hispanic Populations; Hispanics; Hispanics or Latinos; Human, Adult; Immigrant; Interview; Inventory; Investigators; Language; Latino Population; Length of Life; Longevity; Marketing; Medical Care Research; Mental Health; Mental Hygiene; Method LOINC Axis 6; Methodology; Methods; Needs Assessment; Ph.D.; PhD; Phase; Phase 1 Clinical Trials; Phase 2 Clinical Trials; Phase I Clinical Trials; Phase I Study; Phase II Clinical Trials; Principal Investigator; Process; Psychological Health; Psychological Stress; Psychosocial Stress; Readability; Research; Research Personnel; Researchers; SBIR; SBIRS (R43/44); SUBGP; Sampling; Screening procedure; Series; Services; Site; Small Business Innovation Research; Small Business Innovation Research Grant; Spanish Origin; Specific qualifier value; Specified; Standardization; Stratification; Stress; Subgroup; Translating; Translatings; Trauma; Update; Veterans; War; Youth; Youth 10-21; abstracting; adult human (21+); balance; balance function; base; design; designing; disease/disorder; hispanic community; improved; language translation; life span; lifespan; phase 1 study; phase 1 trial; phase 2 study; phase 2 trial; phase I trial; phase II trial; protocol, phase I; protocol, phase II; psychosocial; screening; screenings; services research; stressor; study, phase II; tool; treatment planning

Phase II

Contract Number: 2R44MD004792-02
Start Date: 7/13/11    Completed: 6/30/13
Phase II year
2011
(last award dollars: 2012)
Phase II Amount
$986,188

This Phase II study will utilize a multi-trait/multi-method research design. Our research design will include data collection tasks in 4 research sites that represent the diversity of the national Hispanic adult population: Los Angeles, Miami, El Paso, and Boston. The total research sample will consist of 2,400 Hispanics, ages 18 and older. A cross sectional, quota based sampling design will be used in 3 distinct developmentally distinct target samples, including a) college aged adults, b) parents, and c) seniors over 60. A cross-sectional survey will be implemented in the 4 research sites. This research responds to the growth in the Hispanic population along with a large market of mental health clinicians, primary health care providers and researchers as well as educators, counselors and criminal justice professionals who are demanding culturally relevant assessment tools for the screening and early diagnosing of stress in the Hispanic population. Recent trends in health reform and emphasis on prevention of health and behavioral health problems will necessitate the use of better screening and diagnostic tools, particularly for minority groups who previously have had low access to such preventive services. High stress levels put Hispanic adults at-risk for a wide range of behavioral health problems. Our research will improve the technology of stress assessment in this vulnerable population in several ways. The Hispanic Stress Inventory (Version 2) will provide evidence that will convince the mental health and other health care professional customers that the product is scientifically proven and culturally relevant and an instrument they can depend on. Our research brings an important, and under researched perspective to the development of assessment technologies that will stimulate the development of similar screening inventories in other populations characterized by high immigration and high health disparities.

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