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  • Parissa Jahromi Ballard, PhD

Parissa Jahromi Ballard, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Parissa Jahromi Ballard, PhD

Parissa Jahromi Ballard, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine

Research Interests

  • Adolescent
  • Mental Health
  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Community Engagement
  • Civic Engagement
  • Substance Use Prevention
  • pballard@wakehealth.edu
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Education
BAS, Wake Forest University, 2006
MA, Wake Forest University, 2017
Positions
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Assistant Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy
Departments and Affiliations
Family and Community Medicine
Social Sciences and Health Policy
Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
Center for Substance Use and Addiction

Research

  • Publications
  • Engaging Youth Advocates in Community-Based Participatory Research on Child Farmworker Health in North Carolina. Arnold TJ, Malki A, Leyva J, Ibarra J, Daniel SS, Ballard PJ, Sandberg JC, Quandt SA, Arcury TA. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2019; 13(2):191-199.
  • Prog Community Health Partnersh. Arnold TJ, Malki A, Leyva J, Ibarra J, Daniel SS, Ballard PJ, Sandberg JC, Quandt SA, Arcury TA. Engaging youth advocates in community-based participatory research on child farmworker health in North Carolina. 2019 Jan; 1; 2(13):191-9.
  • Youth & Society. Suleiman AB, Ballard PJ, Hoyt LT, Ozer EJ. Applying a developmental lens to youth-led participatory action research: a critical examination and integration of existing evidence. 2019 Jan; 1; :1-28.
  • Digital Media, Participatory Politics, and Positive Youth Development. Middaugh E, Clark LS, Ballard PJ. Pediatrics. 2017 Nov; 140(Suppl 2):S127-S131.
  • Action Civics for Promoting Civic Development: Main Effects of Program Participation and Differences by Project Characteristics. Ballard PJ, Cohen AK, Littenberg-Tobias J. Am J Community Psychol. 2016 12; 58(3-4):377-390.
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Research Interests

  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Civic Engagement
  • Community Engagement
  • Mental Health
  • Substance Use Prevention

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