Tiffany, Jennifer Sarah
Director, HIV/AIDS Education Presearch
research and scholarship focus
Connectedness, youth participation, and HIV risk reduction
among marginalized youth. This community-based
participatory research partnership includes the New York State
Department of Health AIDS Institute, the New York City Department
of Youth and Community Development, and eight community-based
after-school programs in New York City. It is funded by a research
grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research. Our
objective is to study the interactions between youth connectedness,
characteristics of highly engaged program participation and HIV
risk reduction. Conducting community-based participatory research
on these relationships will enhance our ability to design
interventions that will stem the impact of HIV/AIDS on young
people. This study will contribute to promoting the health of young
people and to the reduction of health disparities, risk factors,
and risk exposures related to HIV/AIDS.
Independent Living Survey. This collaborative
study of homelessness and housing insecurity among Tompkins County
youth involves Cornell's Family Life Development Center, the
Learning Web/Youth Outreach Program, and many currently and
formerly homeless youth researchers. During early 2007, youth
interviewed Tompkins County young people who were living
independently and facing housing insecurity. Cornell students
assisted with data entry and analysis, and teams of youth, service
providers and university partners conducted numerous presentations
throughout the county based on the survey findings and aimed at
program and policy improvement.
International participatory action research to mobilize
youth responses to HIV/AIDS. Follow-up to UNICEF's global
What Every Adolescent has a Right to Know initiative.
Youth and Adult Leaders for Program Excellence.
Funded by Hatch Grant Program, Cornell University, College of Human
Ecology. October 2005 - September 2008.
Assets Coming Together (ACT) for Youth. Evaluation
efforts within the ACT for Youth initiative track the integration
and institutionalization of positive youth development strategies
by Coalitions for Community Change and youth-serving programs
funded by the New York State Department of Health.
primary investigator of
- "TALKING WITH KIDS ABOUT HIV/AIDS" PARENT HIV EDUCATION PROJECT | Research Grant
- CONNECTEDNESS, PARTICIPATION AND HIV RISK REDUCTION AMONG MARGINALIZED YOUTH | Research Grant
domestic geographic focus
- New York State | state
affiliations
academic staff in
- Family Life Development Center | research center
other Cornell affiliations
- Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center (BLCC) | research center
service
outreach focus
Jennifer Tiffany directs the
'Talking with Kids about HIV/AIDS Parent HIV Education
Project, funded by the New York State Department of Health. The
project has received numerous awards, including the New York State
Department of Health AIDS Institute Distinguished Service Award for
the Provision of HIV Prevention Services (2000), the United States
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary's Award for
Excellence in Community Health Promotion (1994) and the New York
State Department of Health AIDS Institute HIV/AIDS Materials
Development Award for Merit (1994). Implemented throughout
New York
State
, this adult peer education project has been adapted by
community educators in many other states and countries. The project
was designated a
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
Program of Excellence by the United States Department of
Agriculture in 2001.
Jennifer Tiffany serves as the Research and Evaluation
Coordinator of the Assets Coming Together (ACT) for Youth Center
of Excellence
current professional activities
Jennifer Tiffany's work centers on youth participation and community-based HIV/AIDS education, with a particular focus on intergenerational communication. Her HIV/AIDS related research includes a study funded by the National Institutes of Health to examine the relationships among social connectedness, highly engaged program participation, and HIV risk reduction among 13-17 year olds in New York City. Her research and outreach efforts both build upon participatory action research and community-based participatory research methods as well as participatory approaches to planning, program and resource materials design, and evaluation.
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
Maglajlic, R. A. and Tiffany, J. S., (2006). Participatory action research with youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Journal of Community Practice special issue on Youth Participation and Community Change, 14(1-2), pp. 163-181.
Powers, J. L. and Tiffany, J. S. (2006). Engaging youth in participatory research and evaluation. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Supplement, pp. 79-87.
Tiffany, J. S. (2006). Respondent-driven sampling in participatory research contexts: Participant-driven recruitment. Journal of Urban Health, 83(7) pp. 113-124.
Bianchi, A., Bishara, D., Enekwe, P., Frost, B., Kastning, A., Tiffany, J. S. et al. (2003).Friends inviting friends: Participant-driven recruitment in an HIV prevention research project, Community Youth Development Journal 4(1), pp. 26-31.
Tiffany, J. S. (2001). Insights from a plant closing: Dislocated workers and economic development planning. Planners Network Journal. Summer 2001.
Krauss, B. J., Tiffany, J. S. and Goldsamt, L. (1997). Research Notes: Parent and pre-adolescent training for HIV prevention in a high seroprevalence neighborhood. Royal Tropical Institute AIDS/STD Health Promotion Exchange/Sexual Health Exchange. 1, 10-12.
Tiffany, J. S. (1996). Notes on welfare reform. Community and Rural Development Institute Newsletter. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Tiffany, J. S. (1992). Talking with kids about AIDS. Family Life Educator, 10 (4).
Buchanan, R., Olsfeldt, R., Tobias, D., Tiffany, J. S., and Ziegler, J. (1990) Medicaid coverage of AIDS related care: Attitudes of state legislators serving on health-related committees. AIDS & Public Policy Journal, 6(3).
Buchanan, R., Olsfeldt, R., Tobias, D., Tiffany, J. S., and Ziegler, J. (1990). Sources of AIDS information: A survey of state legislators' serving on health-related committees, New England Journal of Human Services, 10(3).
SELECTED EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS AND VIDEOS
Tiffany, J.S. (2007) Participatory learning with the HIV/AIDS Education project, Cornell University Public Service Center 2007 Anthology on Service Learning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Tiffany, J. S. and Young, S. (2004). Involving Parents as Partners in Youth Development. Practice Matters Issue #2. Assets Coming Together for Youth Upstate Center of Excellence, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Cornell University RTK Working Group (2003). Participatory Action Research in the Context of the What Every Adolescent Has a Right to Know (RTK) Initiative: Participatory Action Research Toolkit, Cornell University/UNICEF RTK Initiative, Ithaca, NY. (Also available in CD ROM format: Right to Know: Global Portfolio UNICEF (2003).
Cornell University RTK Working Group (2002). Participatory action research in the context of the what every adolescent has a right to know (RTK) Initiative: Core Concepts and Methods, Cornell University/UNICEF RTK Initiative, Ithaca, NY. (Also available in CD ROM format: UNICEF (2003). Right to Know: Global Portfolio.)
Parent HIV/AIDS Education Project (1992). Talking with kids about AIDS: Facilitating key activities. Cornell University Media Services, 58 minute video. Ithaca, NY.
Tiffany, J. S., Tobias, D., Raqib, A. and Ziegler, J. (Second edition 1993, first edition 1991; Spanish edition published 1993). Talking with kids about AIDS resource manual and teaching guide. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Maglajlic, R. A. and Tiffany, J. S. (2006) with the Bosnia-Herzegovina UNICEF RTK PAR Team participatory action research with youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Chapter in B. Checkoway and L. Guttierez (eds). Youth Participation and Community Change. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Krauss, B. J., Godfrey, C., Yee, D., Goldsampt, L., Tiffany, J. S., and Almeyda, L., et al, (2000). Saving our children from a silent epidemic: The PATH Program for Parents and Preadolescents. Chapter in W. Pequegnat and J. Szapocznik (Eds.) Working with families in the era of HIV/AIDS. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Tiffany, J. S. (1994). Involving parents and families in HIV education. Chapter in M. Quakenbush and Clark (eds.) The HIV Challenge. Santa Cruz, CA: ETR Associates.
Tiffany, J. S. (1981). The equal opportunity trap. Chapter in W. Chapkis (ed.), Loaded questions: Women in the military. Amsterdam, Netherlands and Washington, DC: Transnational Institute/Institute for Policy Studies.
THESIS AND DISSERTATION
Tiffany, J. S. (2004). Lives, livelihoods, and economic development planning: The impact of the Rubbermaid plant closing on dislocated workers in Cortland, NY. Doctoral Dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Tiffany, J. S. (2004). Working paper: Cortland's Rubbermaid Plant. Dissertation-based Working paper distributed