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Appendix D The CDC Prevention Research Centers Program
Pages 87-100

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From page 87...
... Appendix D The CDC Prevention Research Centers Program A Decade of Achievement, :1986-:1996, and an Agenda for the Decacle Ahead 1 This appendix reproduces a report prepared in 1996 by the CDC Prevention Research Center directors, under the leadership of Darwin Labarthe.
From page 88...
... ~ Program's success is a consequenoe of the joint efforts of CDC state and local heals departments. and their natural partners-the schools of public health and other academic health cent Collecd~rdy, this collaboridve program of research demonst~don.
From page 89...
... in a close intention between the Uoiver~y and the commonly developed directly through this Program. · The Pimento Rewarm ~-,n~ have mulUpUed the Investment ~ researeb project by being resourceful and highly effective in ladling core funds to develop proposals for independent prc~rendon March support; the number of predation research projects being undertaken as a ~ is well above that possible with the limited core funding available to date.' These achievements and May others indicate the present capacity of the Prevention Research Centers Program to fulfill it'; Con of Oh and demonstration of head pmmodon "d disease prevention.
From page 90...
... The Prevc~don Rt$ea~h Ccaters am hop insure that c~pe~t~s for health cue are contained vrbacver possible by prevention of costly illness and disunity, "d that c~pendi~rcs for pre~8On are he on cost~ffective evaluations of the intervention In short, the need for prevention fib is now more critical than corer before Expanded support will allow He Prevention Retouch Centers to: · add conR~dy to l~no~rledge of effecdve health promotion and ~ prevention Ma for the health beet of the public, helping to Thieve the measurable objectives of the Ion's blueprint for action. Healthy People 2000; · expand the profe~onsl capacity to conduct pre~oll "search and split its re - ~ in communities throughout the nation: · broaden and ~ the Uses Song Model, Abe Ad local health agencies and academic health centers to improve the ideation, evaloadon, and application of measures for health promotion and disease prevention and lasure that preventfon r_ch series its critical role complementary to labotato~ and padent-onented investigations, as part of the full spectrum of biomedical and community health research
From page 91...
... in 1986. This report illustrates the Programs achievements in its first 10 years, 1986-1996, and proposes an agenda for its further development over the next 10 years.
From page 92...
... · Additional successes include expanded training capacity for public health professionals; broadened partnerships among components of CDC. the Prevention Research Centers.
From page 93...
... conducting prevention research in areas identified in the National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives: · expanding education and training resources in prevention research; · broadening collaborations between the Prevention Research Centers and CDC; · forging new linkages for prevention research at local, regional and national levels4; and · leveraging core support to increase research capacity.
From page 94...
... The special role of the Prevention Research Centers in training of public health professionals has been recognized by the Association of Schools of Public Health. which has utilized the Centers for selection and placement of its graduate public health interns; this approach capitalizes on the strengthened linkages of these Centers with the health departments where interns are placed.
From page 95...
... the need for prevention research is now more critical than ever before. Expanded support will allow the Prevention Research Centers to: 95 · add continuously to knowledge of effective health promotion and disease prevention strategies for the health benefit of the public, helping to achieve the measurable objectives of the Public Health Service blueprint, Healthy People 2000; expand the professional capacity to conduct prevention research and apply its results in communities throughout the nation; · broaden and strengthen the linkages among federal, state and local health agencies and academic health centers needed to improve the identification, evaluation, and application of measures for health promotion and disease prevention; and .
From page 96...
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From page 97...
... 1984. 3 ED a detailed appendix to this report, the 13 currently funded Prevention Research Centers are characterized individually.
From page 98...
... Additional successes include expanded training capacity for public health professionals; broadened partnerships among components of CDC, the Prevention Research Centers. state and local health departments, and communities; and multiplication of the investment in prevention research by effective use of core funds awarded through the Program.
From page 99...
... Prevention Priority Panels should be appointed by CDC and the network of Prevention Research Centers on a biennial basis to review science and policy on specific questions of national importance in health promotion and disease prevention, including gaps in current policies, needs for legislative initiatives, or priorities for further research.


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