University of South Carolina
Prevention Research Center

Center’s Web site*

First funded: 1993

 

Core Research Focus

Promoting health through physical activity.

 

Core Research Projects

Current (2004–2009)
Changing Policies and Environmental Conditions to Promote Physical Activity
Promoting physical activity through community education, local policies, and environmental improvements.
Principal Investigator:
Patricia Sharpe, pasharpe@sc.edu

Past (1998–2004)
Policy and Environmental Supports for Physical Activity

 

Special Interest Projects (SIPs) by Focus Area

Aging & Elderly Health
SIP# 13-2004	Healthy Aging Research Network
SIP# 08-2006	Prevention Research to Promote and Protect Brain Health

Cardiovascular Health
SIP# 05-1999	Identifying Factors That Promote Physical Activity Among Minority and Economically Disadvantaged Women

Cancer
SIP# 11-2001	Why Some Women Who Receive Abnormal Pap Test Results Do Not Return to Their Doctors

Community Health
SIP# 25-1999	Evaluation Guide Helps Communities Assess Programs on Health Disparities

Complementary Medicine
SIP# 06-2000	Treating Lethal and Debilitating Illnesses with Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Obesity & Overweight
SIP# 07-2000	Preventing Obesity in the United States

Oral Health
SIP# 02-2001	Prevention Research Centers’ Oral Health Network Supports Oral Health Research

Nutrition & Physical Activity for Adults
SIP# 04-1999	Identifying Social and Environmental Factors that Affect Physical Activity in Adults
SIP# 05-1999	Identifying Factors That Promote Physical Activity Among Minority and Economically Disadvantaged Women
SIP# 13-2000	Development of a Brief Physical Activity Questionnaire
SIP# 19-2001	Effects of Environment on Physical Activity and Nutrition
SIP# 20-2001	Surveying Adults’ Physical Activity and Weight Control Behaviors
SIP# 05-2004	Physical Activity Policy Research Network

Tobacco Prevention & Control
SIP# 16-1999	Network to Enhance Tobacco Control Activities

 

Contact Information

Center
University of South Carolina
Prevention Research Center
921 Assembly Street
Columbia, SC 29208

Principal Investigator/Director
Steven P. Hooker, PhD
Phone: (803) 777-0266
Fax: (803) 777-9007
E-mail: shooker@gwm.sc.edu

Associate Director
Delores Pluto, PhD
Phone: (803) 576-5994
Fax: (803) 777-9007
E-mail: dmpluto@sc.edu

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