Linking research and public health practice : a review of CDC's program of centers for research and demonstration of health promotion and disease prevention

Linking research and public health practice : a review of CDC's program of centers for research and demonstration of health promotion and disease prevention / Michael A. Stoto, Lawrence W. Green, and Linda A. Bailey, editors.

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the CDC Centers for Research and Demonstration of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Other Authors: Stoto, Michael A., Green, Lawrence W., Bailey, Linda A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Medicine, Preventive > United States.
Health promotion > United States.
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
MEDICAL > Epidemiology.
Health promotion
Medicine, Preventive
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Linking Research and Public Health Practice
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE
  • A VISION FOR THE PREVENTION CENTERS RESEARCH PROGRAM
  • THE RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY THE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS
  • Innovation
  • Setting Priorities in the PRCs
  • Dissemination and Implementation Activities
  • MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF THE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM
  • Vision and Goals
  • Thematic Focus
  • CDC's Role in Networking, Communication, and Dissemination
  • Criteria for Evaluating Prevention Research CentersFunding for the PRC Program
  • SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  • 1 Introduction
  • HISTORY OF THE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM
  • GROWTH OF THE PRC PROGRAM
  • CDC'S REQUEST FOR A REVIEW OF THE PRC PROGRAM
  • Organization of the Study
  • Methodology for Reviewing the PRC Program
  • OVERALL IMPRESSIONS
  • ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRC PROGRAM
  • 2 A Vision for the Prevention Research Centers Program
  • THE CHALLENGE AHEAD
  • Purpose of the PRC Program
  • A Vision for the Future
  • A Focus on Risk Conditions and Social Determinants of HealthAn Orientation Toward the Community
  • Interdisciplinarity
  • A Means for Dissemination Research in Public Health
  • An Interactive Process for Establishing Research Priorities
  • A Role in Setting National Research Priorities
  • 3 The Research and Demonstration Projects Conducted by the Prevention Research Centers
  • INNOVATIONS
  • SETTING PRIORITIES IN THE PRCS
  • Criteria for Project Selection
  • Quality Control
  • Peer Review
  • Public Health Impact
  • Balance in Research Portfolios
  • DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIESPrevention Networks
  • Dissemination Research
  • SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  • 4 Management and Oversight of the Prevention Research Centers Program
  • VISION AND GOALS
  • Prevention Research
  • THEMATIC FOCUS
  • NETWORKING, COMMUNICATION, AND DISSEMINATION
  • Improved Communication and Interaction
  • Community Input
  • Dissemination Research
  • CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING PRCS
  • Progress Reports
  • Peer Review
  • FUNDING FOR THE PRC PROGRAM
  • Core Funding
  • Open Competition
  • Special Interest Projects
  • ""Allocation of Core Funds""""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Committee Biographies ""; ""Appendix B Charge to the Committee ""; ""Appendix C Protocol for Site Visits and Telephone Interviews, June 1996 ""; ""PROTOCOL FOR SITE VISIT TO CDC""; ""Appendix D The CDC Prevention Research Centers Program: A Decade of Achievement, 1986â€?1996, and an Agenda for the Decade â€?""; ""THE CDC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM: A DECADE OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1986-1996 AND AN AGENDA FOR THE DECADE AHEAD""; ""The Critical Need for “Prevention Researchâ€?""

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