The National Cancer Institute has hosted a number of webinars on topics related to the Family, Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) study. Browse them below to learn more about the study and how to use its data and tools.
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Niall Bolger, Ph.D. , and Jean-Philippe (J-P) Laurenceau, Ph.D. , introduce viewers to cross-sectional, dyadic analysis using data from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) study. Dyadic data present analytic challenges because they have various sources of interdependence (e.g. non-independence between members of the dyad such as a parent and a child). Flexible analytic tools (e.g. path modeling, multilevel modeling) can accommodate these complexities. Viewers will gain introductory-level understanding of dyadic data analysis. Additional resources, such as sample code for preparing data files and conducting dyadic analyses are available on the FLASHE dyadic resources page.
Niall Bolger, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Columbia University
Jean-Philippe (J-P) Laurenceau, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Delaware
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This webinar discussed aspects of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-sponsored Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health and Eating (FLASHE) Study, including:
- Publicly available data sets and resources;
- methodology and dyadic features of the study design;
- example findings, such as correlates of health behavior and associations between parents and adolescents on psychosocial and behavioral variables; and
- opportunities for using FLASHE data.
Speaker:
Cape Fox Facilities Services contractor in support of the NCI Behavioral Research Program (BRP)
Discussants:
Linda Nebeling, PhD, MPH, RD, BRP, NCI
April Oh, PhD, MPH, BRP, NCI
Frank Perna, EDD, PhD, BRP, NCI
Erin Hennessy, PhD, MPH , Tufts University
Moderator:
Daniel Bornstein, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Science, The Citadel
Immediate Past Chair, Physical Activity Section, American Public Health Association
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This webinar provided information about new data resources for the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) study. Speakers discussed:
- The recently-released GeoFLASHE data set, neighborhood characteristics calculated for use with the FLASHE survey data.
- Two upcoming releases: An imputation data set for a set of variables in the parent physical activity survey, and a data set of derived variables for the adolescent motion study subsample.
Speakers:
Laura Dwyer, Ph.D.
Cape Fox Facilities Services contractor
in support of the NCI Behavioral Research Program (BRP)
Office of the Associate Director
Behavioral Research Program
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Youngwon Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Recreation
College of Health
University of Utah
Benmei Liu, Ph.D.
Mathematical Statistician
Statistical Research and Applications Branch
Surveillance Research Program
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Linda Nebeling, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.
Deputy Associate Director
Behavioral Research Program
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
April Oh, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Program Director
Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch
Behavioral Research Program
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
In this webinar, four teams will discuss their published scientific projects that used data from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) study and their experiences working with these publicly available datasets and resources. The webinar, which expands on prior webinars about the FLASHE study, will conclude with a “FLASHE FAQ” and brief updates from the NCI FLASHE team.
Date: September 26, 2019
Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. The effect of screen viewing duration and self-efficacy in limiting screen viewing on loneliness in adolescent-parent dyads: An application of the actor-partner interdependence model
Rumei Yang, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Lauri Linder, PhD, APRN, CPON
Associate Professor, University of Utah College of Nursing
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
3. Interpersonal effects of parents and adolescents on each other’s health behaviours: a dyadic extension of the theory of planned behavior
Keven Joyal-Desmarais, BA
PhD Candidate in Psychology
University of Minnesota
Alexander Rothman, PhD
Distinguished University Teaching Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
4. Prevalence and correlates of intentional outdoor and indoor tanning among adolescents in the United States: Findings from the FLASHE study
Zhaomeng Niu, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Jerod Stapleton, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
5. School contextual correlates of physical activity among a national adolescent sample
David Berrigan, PhD, MPH
Program Director
Health Behaviors Research Branch
NCI Behavioral Research Program
Lilian Perez, PhD, MPH
Policy Researcher
RAND Corporation
6. FLASHE FAQs
7. Q&A
Moderators:
Linda Nebeling, PhD, MPH, RD
Deputy Associate Director
NCI Behavioral Research Program
Laura Dwyer, PhD
Cape Fox Facilities Services contractor
in support of the NCI Behavioral Research Program
April Oh, PhD, MPH
Program Director
NCI Behavioral Research Program
