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Farrah Jacquez

Assistant Professor
Romance Languages and Literatures - Affiliate Faculty
Psychology - Tenure-Track Faculty
4150H EDWARDS 1 Edwards Center
513-556-5124
farrah.jacquez@uc.edu
https://sites.google.com/site/ucpitchlab/

Professional Summary

Current research projects focus on partnering with communities to develop child health interventions, particularly targeting obesity and mental health. Courses Dr. Jacquez teaches include Diversity & Health and Child Health Capstone.

Education

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN,.

M.A., University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN,.

B.A., Marshall University, Huntington, WV,.

Research Interests

Broadly, I&39;m interested in utilizing community-based research methods to address health disparities. In my research, I develop and evaluate prevention and intervention programs that are culturally and contextually appropriate for underserved communities. Current projects focus on obesity interventions for children and health of Latino families . For more information on my lab, please go to: https://sites.google.com/site/ucpitchlab/

Research Support

(Academic Investigator) Farrah Jacquez & Becky Basford, Increasing Physical Activity in a Rural Appalachian Community, CTSA Community Health Grant. $22,634. Date: 05/01/2010 to 04/30/2011. Status: Active.

(Co-Investigator) Characteristics of Newly-Immigrated, Spanish Speaking Latinos Who Use CCHMC’s Pediatric Emergency Department, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department. Date: 11/01/2009 to 10/31/2010.

(Co-Principal Investigator) Nancy Jennings, Farrah Jacquez, & Judy Murnan, Healthy Habits for Kids: A School-based Intervention to Improve Children’s Physical and Eating Habits. , 25,000. Date: 08/31/2009 to 09/01/2010.

(Academic Principal Investigator) Farrah Jacquez and the Adams County Health and Wellness Coalition, The Adams County Health and Wellness Coalition Community-based Healthy Eating Project , US Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2020. $9,200. Date: 12/01/2011 to 06/01/2011. Status: Active.

(Co-investigator) Mary Brydon-Miller, Lisa Vaughn, & Farrah Jacquez, Developing a Framework to Guide Structured Ethical Reflection in Community-Based Participatory Research Projects , Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST). $10,000. Date: 08/01/2011 to 08/01/2012. Status: Active.

(Principal Academic Investigator) Farrah Jacquez and the Cincinnati chapter of LULAC, LULAC Cincinnati’s Vision 20-20 for Success – A Community-Academic Partnership to Reduce Latino Dropout , Ford Foundation & National Office of the League of United Latin American Citizens. $25,000. Date: 07/01/2011 to 06/30/2013. Status: Active.

(Academic Investigator) Maria Piombo, Psy.D. & Farrah Jacquez, Ph.D., Exploring and eradicating barriers to accessing mental health services by providing a “bridge” with the Latino community, Center for Clinical and Translational Science & Training (CCTST). $10,000. Date: 03-2012 to 03-2013. Status: Active.

(Senior Personnel) Rachel Kallen (PI) and Heidi Kloos (Co-PI), Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Complex Psychological Systems, National Science Foundation. (NSF - 1263142); $320,577. Date: 08-2012 to 08-2015. Status: Active.

(Co-Principal Investigator) Farrah Jacquez (Co-PI) & Lisa Vaughn (Co-PI), A Social Ecological CBPR Approach for Addressing Latino Child Health Disparities, National Institute of Health; National Institute of Minority Health & Health Disparities. $1,070,124. Date: 01-2013 to 12-2015. Status: Denied.

(Co-Investigator) Melinda Butsch-Kovacic, Lisa Vaughn, & Farrah Jacquez, Building a Research Team to Study Culture and Resiliency in Vulnerable Youth, National Institutes of Health; . $478,260. Date: 09-2013 to 08-2015. Status: Pending.

(Academic Investigator) Farrah Jacquez, Adams County Health & Wellness Coalition Community Nutrition Education Program, Laura J. Musser Rural Initiative Grant. $25,000. Status: Pending.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Jacquez, Farrah, Stout, Stacey, Alvarez-Salvat, Rose, Fernandez, Michelle, Villa, Manuela, Sanchez, Janine, Eidson, Margaret, Nemery, Robin, & Delamater, Alan. (2008). Parent perspectives of diabetes management in schools. The Diabetes educator, 34(6), 996-1003.

Cole, David A, Jacquez, Farrah M, Truss, Alanna E, Pineda, Ashley Q, Weitlauf, Amy S, Tilghman-Osborne, Carlos E, Felton, Julia W, & Maxwell, Melissa A (2009). Gender differences in the longitudinal structure of cognitive diatheses for depression in children and adolescents. Journal of clinical psychology, 65(12), 1312-26.

Dallaire, Danielle H, Pineda, Ashley Q, Cole, David A, Ciesla, Jeffrey A, Jacquez, Farrah, Lagrange, Beth, & Bruce, Alanna E (2006). Relation of positive and negative parenting to children's depressive symptoms. Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53, 35(2), 313-22.

Bruce, Alanna E, Cole, David A, Dallaire, Danielle H, Jacquez, Farrah M, Pineda, Ashley Q, & LaGrange, Beth (2006). Relations of parenting and negative life events to cognitive diatheses for depression in children. Journal of abnormal child psychology, 34(3), 321-33.

Jacquez, Farrah, Cole, David A, & Searle, Barbara (2004). Self-perceived competence as a mediator between maternal feedback and depressive symptoms in adolescents. Journal of abnormal child psychology, 32(4), 355-67.

Cole, David A, Tram, Jane M, Martin, Joan M, Hoffman, Kit B, Ruiz, Mark D, Jacquez, Farrah M, & Maschman, Tracy L (2002). Individual differences in the emergence of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents: a longitudinal investigation of parent and child reports. Journal of abnormal psychology, 111(1), 156-65.

Cole, D A, Maxwell, S E, Martin, J M, Peeke, L G, Seroczynski, A D, Tram, J M, Hoffman, K B, Ruiz, M D, Jacquez, F, & Maschman, T. (2001). The development of multiple domains of child and adolescent self-concept: a cohort sequential longitudinal design. Child development, 72(6), 1723-46.

Cole, D. A., Ciesla, J., Dallaire, D., Jacquez, F., Pineda, A., LaGrange, B., Bruce, A., Folmer, A., Tilghman-Osborne, C., & Felton, J. (2008). Emergence of attibutional style and its relation to depressive symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117, 16-31.

Cole, D. A., Jacquez, F., & Maschman, T. L. (2001). Social origins of depressive cognitions: A longitudinal study of self-perceived competence in children. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 25, 377-395.

Dallaire, D.H., Cole, D.A., Smith, T.M., Ciesla, J.A., LaGrange, B., Jacquez, F.M., Pineda, A.Q., Truss, A.E., & Folmer, A.S. (2008). Predicting children's depressive symptoms from community and individual risk factors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37, 830-846.

Vaughn, L. M., Jacquez, F. M., & Baker, R. C. (2009). Cultural health attributions, beliefs, and practices: effects on healthcare and medical education. The Open Medical Education Journal, 2, 64-74.

Cole, D.A., Jacquez, F. M., LaGrange, B., Pineda, A., Truss, A. B., & Folmer, A. S. (2011). A longitudinal study of cognitive risks for depressive symptoms in children and young adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence , 31, 782-816.

Vaughn, L. M., Jacquez, F., Zhao, J., & Lang, M.(2011).Partnering with students to explore the health needs of an ethnically diverse, low-resource school: an innovative large group assessment approach. Contemporary Topics in Family and Community Health, 34, 72-84.

Valenzuela, J., Jacquez, F. M., Pendery, R., Niemes, L., Huddleston, D. & Mitchell, M. (2011). The Impact of a Community-based Activity and Nutrition Program for Children. Journal of Intervention and Prevention in the Community, 39, 182-193.

Vaughn, L. M., McLinden, D., Jacquez, F. M., Slater, S., Crosby, L., & Mitchell, M. (2011). Understanding the Social Networks of Parents of Children with Sickle Cell Disease. Journal of the Poor and Underserved, 22(3), 1014-1029.

LaGrange, B., Cole, D. A., Jacquez, F. M., Ciesla, J., Dallaire, D., Pineda, A., Truss, A., Weitlauf, A., Tilghman-Osborne, C., & Felton, J. (2011). Disentangling the Prospective Relations between Cognitive Style and Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120(3), 511-527.

Vaughn, L. M. & Jacquez, F. M. (2012). Characteristics of newly-immigrated, Spanish speaking Latinos who use the pediatric emergency department: preliminary findings in a secondary migration city. Pediatric Emergency Care, 28(4), 345-50.

Vaughn, L. M., Nabors, L., Pelley, T., Hampton, R. R., Jacquez, F. M., & Mahabee-Gittens, E. M. (2012). Obesity Screening in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Emergency Care, 28(6), 548-552.

Vaughn, L. M., Wagner, E., Jacquez, F. M. (2013). Community-based participatory research in child health. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 38(1), 48-51.

Under Review Publications

Vaughn, L. M., Jacquez, F. M., Bolling, C. F., & Young, B. B. (under review). Adapting Action Research to the Healthcare Setting—Community-Based Participatory Research. In Brydon-Miller, M. (Ed.), Action Research at the University of Cincinnati.

Book Chapters

Delamater, A. M., Jacquez, F. M., & Patino-Fernandez, A. M. (2009). Type 2 Diabetes in Youth. In O'Donohue, W. & Tolle, L. (Eds.), Behavioral Approaches to Chronic Disease in Adolescence New York: Springer.

Seroczynski, A. D., Jacquez, F. M., & Cole, D. A. (2003). Depression and suicide during adolescence. In Adams, G. R. & Berzonsky, M. (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook on Adolescence (pp. 550-572). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Encyclopedia Articles

Jacquez, F. M. & Raglin, W. (in press). Family Aggregation. In Gelman, M. & Turner, J. R. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. New York, New York: Springer.

Introductions

Vaughn, L. M. & Jacquez, F. M. (2011). Pediatric prevention and intervention in the community. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 39, 177-181.

In Press

Jacquez, F. M., Vaughn, L. M. & Wagner, E. (in press). Youth as partners, participants, or passive recipients: A review of children and adolescents in community-based participatory research (CBPR). American Journal of Community Psychology. [Link]

Vaughn, L. M., Jacquez, F. M., & McLinden, D. (in press). The Use of Concept Mapping to Identify Community-Driven Intervention Strategies for Physical and Mental Health. Health Promotion Practice.

Jacquez, F. M. & Creque, S. (in press). Community-partnered needs assessment: a strategy to teach college students about health disparities. Journal of Intervention and Prevention in the Community.

Invited Presentations

Farrah Jacquez (07/07/2011). Mobilizing the Village: Community-based Participatory Research . Health Psychology Summer Institute, University of Southern Maine,; Portland, ME.

Farrah Jacquez and Becky Basford (04-2011). The Adams County Health and Wellness Coalition: A Community-Academic Partnership to Address Obesity in Rural Children. Appalachian Health Summit, University of Kentucky; Lexington, KY.

Seifer, S., Gust, S., Jacquez, F.M., Brentley, A., Parr, W., Ludke. R. (04-2011). Grand Rounds Panel Discussion: The Why and How of Sustaining Community-Academic Health Research Partnerships. Grand Rounds, University of Cincinnati Medical School.

Farrah Jacquez (02-2011). Principles, Pitfalls, and Profits of Community-Based Participatory Research. Family Medicine Residency Training Program Meeting, UC Medical School.

Norris, K., Jones, L., Ludke, R., Jacquez, F., & Lang, M. (10-2011). Panel Discussion: Building on Assets to Improve Health in Our Communities.. Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST) Community Forum, United Way of Greater Cincinnati; Cincinnati OH.

Jacquez, F.M., Topmiller, M., & Vaughn, L.M. (08-2012). Jacquez, F. M., Topmiller, M., & Vaughn, L. M. (2012, August). A Picture of Latino Health in Ohio: Results from a 2011 LULAC Convention Health Survey. Ohio Latino Health Summit; Columbus, OH.. Ohio Latino Health Summit, Columbus, OH.

Poster Presentations

Raglin, W.*, Jacquez, F.M., & Vaughn, L.M. (06/18/2010). The Development of the Mental Health Cultural Health Attributions Questionnaire. Society for the Study of Ethnic Minority Issues Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.

Raglin, W.*, Jacquez, F., & Vaughn, L. (02-2011). Do Cultural Attributions contribute to mental health disparities? . Third Annual Minority Health in the Midwest Conference, Chicago, IL.

Jacquez, F., Vaughn, L., & Lang, M. (03-2011). Understanding the Health of Minority and Immigrant Youth Via a Participatory School-Wide Needs Assessment. . Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Health Behavior, Hilton Head, SC.

Raglin, W., Jacquez, F.M. & Vaughn, L.M. (02-2012). Raglin, W.*, Jacquez, F., & Vaughn, L. (February, 2012). A qualitative analysis of racial and ethnic differences in mental health attributions. Poster presented at the 4th Annual Minority Health in the Midwest Conference, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.. , .

Paper Presentations

Jacquez, F. M., Villa, M., Formoso, D., Patino-Fernandez, A. M., Sanchez, J. Nemery, R. & Delamater, A. . A community-based overweight intervention program for low-income Latino children.. National Conference in Child Health Psychology, Miami, FL. 04-2008.

Delamater, A., Jacquez, F. M., Villa, M., Patiño-Fernández, A. M., & Sanchez, J. . A community-based family intervention for overweight low-income Hispanic children. . Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario CANADA. 08-2009.

Sharp, M., Jacquez, F., Sonnenberg, E., & Wallace, B. . Losing Control and Liking It: Service Learning Myths Debunked. . Best Practices for Scholarly Teaching Conference, University of Cincinnati. 11-2010.

Hall, W., Jacquez, F., Sharp, M., & Sonnenberg, E., & Woeste, M. J. . Design for and Learn from Diversity: Strategies to Shape the Classroom and Beyond. UC Diversity Conference, University of Cincinnati. 04-2011.

Jacquez, F.M. & Vaughn, L.M.. Jacquez, F. & Vaughn, L. (2012, February). Beyond SES: The Role of Race and Ethnicity in Sociobehavioral Barriers to Healthcare. Presentation at the Minority Health in the Midwest Conference, Chicago, IL.. Minority Health in the Midwest, Chicago, IL. 02-2012.

Symposia

Jacquez, F.M., Sonnenberg, E., Sharp, M. & Wallace, B. (11/03/2010). Losing Control and Liking It: Service Learning Myths Debunked. Best Practices in Scholarly Teaching Conference, Cincinnati, OH.

Honors & Awards

Giving Voice to Immigrant Children: Community-Engaged Teaching, Research, and Service at UC, University of Cincinnati Faculty Development Council, 04/01/2010 to 04/01/2011.

Health Needs Assessment at the Academy for Multi-lingual Immersion Studies, Ohio Campus Compact Pay It Forward Grant, 12/15/2009 to 03/15/2010.

Addressing Health Disparities through Service Learning, Ohio Campus Compact Pay It Forward Grant, 12/15/2010 to 03/15/2011.

Addressing Health Disparities among Latinos in Greater Cincinnati, Ohio Campus Compact Pay It Forward Grant, 12-2011 to 03-2012.

Academic-Community Research Partnership Award, Center for Clinical & Translational Science & Training (CCTST), 11-2012.

Health Equity Leadership Institute (HELI) Scholar, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at the University of Wisconsin; Madison, WI, 06-2012.

Service

Member, Diversity Committee, 08/01/2008.

Member, Introduction to Psychology Committee, 08/01/2008.

Member, Merit Committee, 11/01/2010 to 12/31/2010.

Co-Chair, Society of Pediatric Psychology Task Force on Children in the Media, 09/15/2008 to 12/01/2011.

Committee Chair, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) University Relations, 05/01/2010 to 12/31/2011.

Member, Center for Community Engagement Service Learning Advisory Board, .

Co-Chair, Action Research Center Research Committee, .

Member, Latino Health Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati .

Co-Chair, Center for Clinical and Translational Science & Training (CCTST) Community-Engaged Research, 01-2011.

Member, Hamilton County Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Board 09-2011.

Committee Member, City of Cincinnati Human Services Advisory Board, 06-2012.

Post Graduate Training & Education

2006-2008, Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, FL.

Board Certifications & Licenses

Ohio State Board of Psychology, Licensed Psychologist, 04/15/2009.

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

American Psychological Association Division 54: Society for Pediatric Psychology.

American Psychological Association Division 53: Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

American Psychological Association.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health.

11-2012 Society for Community Research & Action (SCRA).

Courses Taught

34-PSYC-103 INTRO PSYCH III.

15-PSYC-334 DIVERSITY & HEALTH .

15-PSYC-888 CLINICAL PRACTICUM.

34-PSYC-103 INTRO PSYCH III.

PSY 334, Diversity and Health.

PSY 888, Cliinical Practicum.

PSY 888, Clinical Practicum.

PSY 271, Special Topics - Diversity and Health.

34-PSYC-103 INTRO PSYCH III.

PSY 334-001, Diversity & Health.

PSY 550 , Research Capstone - Child Health.

PSY 888, Clinical Practicum.