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Fact Sheets

Prevention Research Centers Promoting Practice-Based Research
At A Glance 2008

What are special interest projects? (PDF-143K)

What are thematic networks? (PDF-133K)

Twenty Years of Progress in Prevention Research
Summary sheet on PRC history, 2004

The following fact sheets (in Portable Document Format [PDF]) highlight some of the research Prevention Research Centers conduct on specific topics.

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Journal Articles and Conference Abstracts

Lessons Learned from Engaging Partners in Evaluation
A journal article in Preventing Chronic Disease, "Engaging Partners to Initiate Evaluation Efforts: Tactics Used and Lessons Learned From the Prevention Research Centers Program," explains methods used and lessons learned from involving PRC Program stakeholders in the planning and development of a national program evaluation and PRC Program logic model.

An Article on PRC Program's Trust Project
"Community-Institutional Partnerships: Understanding Trust Among Partners" reports on the methods and findings of the trust project. It is available online through Health Education and Behavior.* 

Next Steps in Community-based Participatory Research
An article in the June 2007 issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, “Community-based Participatory Research: Necessary Next Steps,” suggests that the PRC Program's national assessment may contribute to defining a standard set of competencies and resources required for effective community-based participatory research.

School-Based Programs: Lessons Learned from CATCH, Planet Health, and Not-On-Tobacco
An article in the April 2007 issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, “School-Based Programs: Lessons Learned from CATCH, Planet Health, and Not-On-Tobacco,” describes features of three successful school health promotion programs developed by PRCs and the lessons learned from development and dissemination.

Article Assesses the Impact of Prevention Research Through Peer-Reviewed Publications
An article, "Assessing Prevention Research Impact: A Bibliometric Analysis,"* in the March 2006 issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine* describes a process for assessing the scientific impact of the PRCs on public health prevention research.

Using Concept Mapping to Develop a Logic Model
An article, “Using Concept Mapping to Develop a Logic Model for the Prevention Research Centers Program,” in the January 2006 issue of Preventing Chronic Disease describes the PRCs’ process of involving stakeholders in developing a logic model for a national program.

Innovation in Adolescent Health Research: Collaborating to Study Multiple Risk and Protective Factors
This paper presents recommendations on adolescent health research from a September 2005 panel discussion jointly hosted by the Prevention Research Centers Program and the Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention.

Contributions to Updating the Public Health Workforce
An article, “Prevention Research Centers: Contributions to Updating the Public Health Workforce Through Training” in Preventing Chronic Disease highlights several training programs PRCs offer.

CDC Partners with Communities for Prevention Research
Article originally published in Atlanta Medicine: Journal of the Medical Association of Atlanta. Issue 3, Volume 76, 2002 (Reprinted with permission)

Community Prevention Research in Women's Health
Abstracts of PRC conference presentations, 2000

Prevention Research Centers Begin a New Era (PDF–313K)
Chronic Disease Notes and Reports, 12(1), Winter 1999

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Reports

Addendum to Taking Research to Practice: An Exploratory Meeting (PDF-33K)
This 3-page summary adds to the report documenting a meeting convened by the Directors of Health Promotion and Education and the Prevention Research Centers Program in July 2006. In June 2007, a subsequent meeting was convened as a session at the National Conference on Health Education and Health Promotion in Seattle, Washington. Practitioners, who were under-represented in the original meeting, were invited to share their thoughts on issues discussed at the original meeting.

Summary Report of Taking Research to Practice: An Exploratory Meeting (PDF-113K)
This report summarizes the discussions, issues raised, and recommendations made at a meeting convened by the Directors of Health Promotion and Education and the Prevention Research Centers Program on July 21, 2006.

Linking Research and Public Health Practice*
A Review of CDC’s Program of Centers for Research and Demonstration of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine, 1997

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News Articles

Researchers Sharing Prevention Lessons With Their Communities
Article originally published in The Nation's Health, newsletter of the American Public Health Association.* October 2004 (Reprinted with permission)

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