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Vincent Francisco, Ph.D.

Department of Public Health Education University of North Carolina at Greensboro
PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
(336)-334-5520 (office)
(336) 334-3238 (fax)
vincent_francisco@uncg.edu

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M.A. University of Kansas in Human Development.

Ph.D. University of Kansas in Child and Developmental Psychology.

Dr. Vincent T. Francisco is Associate Professor with the Department of Public Health Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is Director of the doctoral program (DrPH) in community health. Dr. Francisco is primarily interested in research in community development, especially for the enhancement of community integration and support, and work toward empowerment of marginalized groups. He has considerable experience in the research and evaluation of community-based intervention programs focusing on adolescent development, reduction of risk for HIV/AIDS, teen substance abuse, assaultive violence, teen parenthood, and chronic/cardiovascular diseases. He also has considerable experience provision of technical support for the development of coalitions.

In his current position, Dr. Francisco works with members of ethnic minority communities and the general population to prevent a variety of problems in living. Dr. Francisco has experience in applied (participatory) community research, and in providing technical assistance and support for universal and targeted initiatives with communities including native Hawaiian and Asian American communities, Native American reservations such as with the Jicarilla Apache Tribe, African American communities such as mid-south Chicago (Bronzeville), as well as immigrant communities in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. Dr. Francisco has worked with foundations, federal and state governmental agencies, and local community groups to affect health problems and economic disparities in the general population through the development of community prevention initiatives. These initiatives include such diverse areas as primary prevention for juvenile justice, youth and community development, and support for Healthy Cities initiatives.

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