University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Center’s Web site*First funded: 1986
Core Research Focus
Reducing the risk for obesity among rural, low-income and minority women by improving their dietary practices, increasing their physical activity, and empowering them to make life changes.
Core Research Projects
Current (2004–2009)
HOPE Works: Health, Opportunities, Partnerships, Empowerment
Increasing opportunities for residents to achieve positive health
changes and improve the quality of their lives.
Principal Investigator:
Marci Campbell,
marci_campbell@unc.edu
Past (1990-2004)
Health Works for
Women
Special Interest Projects (SIPs) by Focus Area
Aging &
Elderly Health | |
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SIP# 13-2004 | Healthy Aging Research Network |
SIP# 08-2006 | Prevention Research to Promote and Protect Brain Health |
Arthritis | |
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SIP# 04-2000 | Complementary and Alterative Medicine Use by People with Arthritis or Other Rheumatic Conditions |
Asthma | |
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SIP# 23-2001 | School and Work Absences Due to Asthma |
Cardiovascular Health | |
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SIP# 05-1999 | Identifying Factors That Promote Physical Activity Among Minority and Economically Disadvantaged Women |
SIP# 09-2000 | Effect of Fitness and Overweight on Risk for Death |
SIP# 16-2001 | Reducing the Risks of Heart Disease for People with Low-Income |
SIP# 16-2002 | Selecting Indicators to Measure Decreases in Heart Disease |
SIP# 09-2005 | Cardiovascular Health Intervention Research and Translation Network |
Community Health | |
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SIP# 09-1999 | Assessing and Improving Children’s Oral Health |
HIV/AIDS & STD Prevention | |
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SIP# 07-1999 | Recommendations for Screening and Counseling for HIV at Dentist Offices |
SIP# 13-2001 | Study to Help Reduce Death and Transmission Rates Among HIV-Infected Mothers |
SIP# 26-2004 | Assessing HIV Infection and Breastfeeding: Intervention for Maternal and Infant Health |
Nutrition & Physical Activity
for Adults | |
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SIP# 05-1999 | Identifying Factors That Promote Physical Activity Among Minority and Economically Disadvantaged Women |
SIP# 15-2001 | Nutrition Training Course for Public Health Practitioners |
SIP# 21-2001 | Barriers to Fruit and Vegetable Consumption for Certain Ethnic Groups |
SIP# 05-2004 | Physical Activity Policy Research Network |
SIP# 10-2007 | Physical Activity Policy Research Network — Exploring How Local Policies Promote and Increase Physical Activity |
Nutrition & Physical Activity
for Youth | |
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SIP# 05-2000 | Relation Between Environment and Activity |
SIP# 16-2005 | Evaluating the Effectiveness of NAP SACC in Preventing Overweight Among Preschoolers |
SIP# 10-2007 | Physical Activity Policy Research Network — Exploring How Local Policies Promote and Increase Physical Activity |
Obesity &
Overweight | |
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SIP# 07-2000 | Preventing Obesity in the United States |
SIP# 10-2004 | Creating a Center of Excellence in Public Health Training and Intervention Research Translation for WISEWOMAN and Obesity Prevention Programs |
Oral Health | |
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SIP# 07-1999 | Recommendations for Screening and Counseling for HIV at Dentist Offices |
SIP# 09-1999 | Assessing and Improving Children’s Oral Health |
SIP# 02-2001 | Oral Health Network Supports Oral Health Research |
School Health | |
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SIP# 14-1999 | Educating School Administrators About Coordinated School Health Programs |
SIP# 09-2002 | Evaluation of a Community-Based Walk-to-School Program |
Tobacco
Prevention & Control | |
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SIP# 16-1999 | Network to Enhance Tobacco Control Activities |
SIP# 18-1999 | National Training Center Established to Teach Tobacco Prevention Strategies |
Contact Information
Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
1700 Airport Road, Room 217
Campus Box 7426
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7426
Director
Alice S. Ammerman, DrPH, RD
Phone: (919) 966-6082
Fax: (919) 966-6264
E-mail: Alice_Ammerman@unc.edu
Deputy Director for Research and Operations
Wanda Hunter, MPH
Phone: (919) 966-6034
Fax: (919) 966-6264
E-mail: Wanda_Hunter@unc.edu
Deputy Director for Research Development and Administration
Amanda Briggs, MPH
Phone: (919) 966-6037
E-mail: Amanda_Briggs@unc.edu
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- Page last reviewed: December 10, 2007
- Page last updated: December 10, 2007
- Content source: Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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