Scholarship

 

Focus

Filipino American health, women’s health, sexual and reproductive health, contraception, sexual education, disparities in women’s health, vulnerable populations, and Asian American health

 

Research Projects

1. Women’s Health and Mental Health Needs Assessment for FilAm Women in (SNJ Pinay Study)

   PI: Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos

   Collaborators: Rowan University and Philippine Community of Southern NJ

   Grant: South Jersey Institute of Population Health (Awarded, $25,000)

2. Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Among Urban Young Adult Women in the Philippines

   PI: Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos   Collaborator: Filipino Young Leaders Program (FYLPRO)

   Grant: Global Health Seed Grant (Awarded, $10,000)

3. Transfer of Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge and Intergenerational Communication between Titas, Aunts, and Aunties and Pamangkins (TITA Dyad Study)

   PI: Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos

   Grant: Chancellor’s Grant for Assistant Professor Development (Awarded, $19,100)

4. Contraceptive Understanding Among Filipino American Women of Reproductive Age (UNAWA Study)

   PI: Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos

   Grant: The Philippine Nurses Association of America (Awarded, $2,500)

5. Intergenerational Communication About Sexual and Reproductive Health

   Among Filipino American Titas, Aunts, and Aunties (TITA Study)

   PI: Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos

   Grant: Sigma Theta Tau Eta Mu Chapter (Awarded, $1,000)

 

Completed Research Projects

1. Sexual and Reproductive Health Among College-Age Filipina American Women

   PI: Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos   |   Co-Investigator: Cynthia Ayres

   Grantor: Rutgers University Provost Catalyst Grant (Awarded, $5,000)

2. Pregnant nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and perceptions of risk related to occupational exposure to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection

   PI: Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos   |   Co-Investigator: Cynthia Ayres and Angela Kelly