Background and Mission. The Prevention Research Center in St. Louis (PRC-StL) is comprised of community, practice, and academic partners. The PRC-StL is a joint collaboration between the Saint Louis University School of Public Health and Washington University (Schools of Medicine and Social Work), providing a rich environment for a successful research center. Its mission is to prevent chronic diseases and improve population health by adapting, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating evidence-based interventions. Developmental Process. The PRC-StL currently houses 12 active projects, with total funding of $16.4 million. Through a recent strategic planning process, the PRC-StL has identified key themes for this proposal including the need to build capacity among a variety of partners, the importance of evidence-based approaches, and a priority on dissemination research. Key PRC-StL partners include the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, community-based coalitions addressing chronic disease prevention in rural Missouri, and a variety of academic collaborators. Essential Activities. The PRC-StL will focus on five key areas: 1) infrastructure activities will develop and continually enhance the core capacities of the PRC-StL to maintain the multidisciplinary expertise to conduct state-of-the-art activities in prevention research;2) community engagement and partnership activities that will foster and enhance collaboration among partners (academic, practice, and community) to increase our capacity for adapting, implementing, evaluating and disseminating evidence-based interventions in community settings;3) efforts in communication and dissemination will ensure that new prevention research findings, methods, and intervention tools generated by the PRC-StL and other centers are proactively and systematically promoted for adoption and use by researchers, practitioners, community members, and policy makers;4) training activities wil

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Chronic Disease Prev and Health Promo (NCCDPHP)
Type
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers (U48)
Project #
5U48DP001903-03
Application #
8139826
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCD1-AWI (09))
Program Officer
Sims, Joyner
Project Start
2009-09-30
Project End
2014-09-29
Budget Start
2011-09-30
Budget End
2012-09-29
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
$1,617,911
Indirect Cost
Name
Saint Louis University
Department
Public Health & Prev Medicine
Type
Schools of Public Health
DUNS #
050220722
City
Saint Louis
State
MO
Country
United States
Zip Code
63103
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