Dr. Parissa J. Ballard, PhD

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Wake Forest School of Medicine

Studies Substance Abuse
Studies Substance abuse
2 reported clinical trials
3 drugs studied

Affiliated Hospitals

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Wake Forest School Of Medicine

Clinical Trials Parissa J. Ballard, PhD is currently running

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Civic Engagement Intervention

for Mental Health Wellness

The purpose of this research is to understand how participating or not participating in an action civics curriculum may affect the health and wellbeing of young people. Participants will be chosen from students who attend certain schools that choose to participate in the action civics curriculum. Participation in this research involves completing surveys during class time in the Spring and Fall 2021-2022 semesters and then completing online surveys outside of class in the future.
Recruiting1 award N/A2 criteria
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Youth Engagement Strategy

for Opioid Use Disorder

Phase 1 will consist of a small pilot Open Trial (OT). The objective of Phase 1 is to develop an organization-level Youth Engagement (YE) prevention strategy and implement it in a community-based organization to test feasibility and acceptability in an open trial with one organization. This will include developing a manual for systematically incorporating YE into prevention efforts in community settings. Phase 2 will consist of a small pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). Four prevention organizations will be randomized either to include Youth Engagement in prevention efforts (treatment) or not (control). The study team will attempt to match the treatment and control groups on relevant characteristics such as geographic location (e.g., urban, rural), population served (e.g., church-based, school-based), and/or prior Youth Engagement involvement. The objective of the second phase of this study is to evaluate the preliminary effectiveness of YE as a prevention strategy for opioid misuse in a small pilot randomized control trial (RCT). This pilot study will examine the effects of the YE prevention strategy on (a) organization-level outcomes, such as perceived value added to prevention programming and (b) individual-level outcomes such as personal skills and attitudes as well as knowledge and attitudes about substances including opioids. Up to 15 leaders/staff and 45 youth/young adults (60 people overall) will be recruited for the study.
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More about Parissa J. Ballard, PhD

Clinical Trial Related4 years of experience running clinical trials · Led 2 trials as a Principal Investigator · 2 Active Clinical Trials
Treatments Parissa J. Ballard, PhD has experience with
  • Organization-level Youth Engagement Prevention Strategy
  • Participating In Action Civics Program
  • Participating In Generation Citizen's Action Civics Program

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