Evolved Caregiving

Holistic Approaches for Innovative Care

Our comprehensive approach to population health means ensuring that caregivers and first responders have the social and technical support to optimize their efforts among all communities.

Integrating caregivers into the medical design process along with innovative engineering improves outcomes with new treatment models and technologies, while optimizing effectiveness of medical personnel themselves.

While we leverage advanced methods to assess and improve health technologies, we at the same time seek to deeply understand and better the communications that guide and enhance efficacy of health interactions. Below is a rotating selection of our standout investigators in these areas.

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• Selected Publications

  • Callaghan, G., Follette, W. (2020). Interpersonal Behavior Therapy (IBT), Functional Assessment, and the Value of Principle-Driven Behavioral Case Conceptualizations. The Psychological Record, 70.

    Diwan S., et al. (2023). Evaluation of a culturally adapted reminiscence therapy intervention: Improving mood, family and community connectedness in Spanish- and Vietnamese-speaking older adults. Transcultural Psychiatry. 60(6).

    Worthen, M., et al., (2019). The transformative and emancipatory potential of participatory evaluation: Reflections from a multi-methods participatory action research study with war-affected young mothers. Oxford Development Studies.

    Zulman, D., Haverfield M., Shaw, J., et al. (2020). Practices to Foster Physician Presence and Connection With Patients in the Clinical Encounter. JAMA. 323(1).

• Award Highlights

  • Maffini, Pham, Mahendra, Capriotti, “Healthy Development Community Clinic: Wellness for Children, Youth, & Families” — NIH, 2022

    Haverfield, Interprofessional Agreement — VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Quality Improvement Resource Center (QuIRC), 2024

    Worthen, De Bourbon, "SCC-CIVIC-FA Track B: Participatory Action Research to Enhance Equity and Prevent Moral Injury in Community Paramedicine" — NSF, 2023

• Affiliates

  • CSU Social Science Research and Instructional Center

    CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care

    Healthy Development Community Clinic

    Human Rights Institute

    Institute for Nursing Research and Practice

    Timpany Center

Featured Faculty

Glenn Callaghan
Professor of Psychology
Interpersonal Behavior Therapy, Contextual Behavioral Science, Functional Analysis and Assessment, Functional Analytic Psychotherapy, Idiographic Assessment
ORCID: 0000-0001-7354-2810

Matthew Capriotti
Associate Professor of Psychology
Behavioral, Non-Drug Treatments for Chronic Tic Disorders, Tourette Syndrome, LGBTQ+ Mental and Physical Health
ORCID: 0000-0003-0825-2926

Sadhna Diwan
Professor of Social Work
Aging, Mental Health, Health Promotion, Multicultural Populations
ORCID: 0000-0002-9811-3120

Marie Haverfield
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Interpersonal Communication, Health Communication, Family Communication, Resilience, Substance Use, Patient-Provider Relationship, Implementation Science, Veterans
ORCID: 0000-0003-2949-0229

Miranda Worthen
Professor of Public Health and Recreation
Participatory Action Research, Moral Injury, Alternative Response Programs, Mental Health
ORCID: 0000-0002-6494-7098

Potential collaborators and members of the media may contact us at officeofresearch@aotai-tech.com.