Abstract

The University Texas Prevention Research Center (UTPRC) is collaborating with community partners to impact child and adolescent health in Harris County, a large diverse urban area The UTPRC's mission for the next five years is: Impacting child and adolescent health through a collaboration of academic, public health, and community partnerships engaged in scholarly, community-based prevention research, research translation, and education. In collaboration with our Community Advisory Group (CAG), a logic model for the UTPRC was developed addressing critical components impacting child and adolescent health. In addition national, regional, and local health priorities and health disparities for children and adolescents, research projects, training activities, communication activities, dissemination activities, and an evaluation plan were identified. The UTPRC will conduct the core research project, Dissemination of Effective HIV, STI, and Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Harris County Middle Schools, a community-based participatory project that is disseminating effective programs targeting 22 school districts in the county. This project will be conducted in collaboration with the CAG and other stakeholders and will make a substantial contribution to policy and intervention development locally as well as nationally.

Public Health Relevance

The Center provides support for research and demonstration projects, the diffusion of effective health promotion programs to health and education agencies, and the provision of training to health agency professionals to develop and evaluate effective health promotion programs locally and nationally.

  Funding Agency

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 #
5U48DP001949-02
Application #
7924799
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCD1-ZDQ (15))
Program Officer
Sims, Joyner
Project Start
2009-09-30
Project End
2014-09-29
Budget Start
2010-09-30
Budget End
2011-09-29
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2010
Total Cost
$2,062,843
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Department
Type
DUNS #
800771594
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77225

  Publications

Kegler, Michelle C; Liang, Shuting; Weiner, Bryan J et al. (2018) Measuring Constructs of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research in the Context of Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Federally Qualified Health Center. Health Serv Res 53:4178-4203
Fernandez, Maria E; Walker, Timothy J; Weiner, Bryan J et al. (2018) Developing measures to assess constructs from the Inner Setting domain of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Implement Sci 13:52
Ribisl, Kurt M; Fernandez, Maria E; Friedman, Daniela B et al. (2017) Impact of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network: Accelerating the Translation of Research Into Practice. Am J Prev Med 52:S233-S240
Hernandez, Belinda F; Peskin, Melissa F; Shegog, Ross et al. (2017) iCHAMPSS: Usability and Psychosocial Impact for Increasing Implementation of Sexual Health Education. Health Promot Pract 18:366-380
Leeman, Jennifer; Calancie, Larissa; Kegler, Michelle C et al. (2017) Developing Theory to Guide Building Practitioners' Capacity to Implement Evidence-Based Interventions. Health Educ Behav 44:59-69
Markham, Christine M; Craig Rushing, Stephanie; Jessen, Cornelia et al. (2016) Internet-Based Delivery of Evidence-Based Health Promotion Programs Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: A Case Study. JMIR Res Protoc 5:e225
Le, Yen-Chi L; McFall, Stephanie L; Byrd, Theresa L et al. (2016) Is ""Active Surveillance"" an Acceptable Alternative?: A Qualitative Study of Couples' Decision Making about Early-Stage, Localized Prostate Cancer. Narrat Inq Bioeth 6:51-61
Volk, Robert J; Kinsman, Gianna T; Le, Yen-Chi L et al. (2015) Designing Normative Messages About Active Surveillance for Men With Localized Prostate Cancer. J Health Commun 20:1014-20
Leeman, Jennifer; Calancie, Larissa; Hartman, Marieke A et al. (2015) What strategies are used to build practitioners' capacity to implement community-based interventions and are they effective?: a systematic review. Implement Sci 10:80
McFall, Stephanie L; Mullen, Patricia D; Byrd, Theresa L et al. (2015) Treatment decisions for localized prostate cancer: a concept mapping approach. Health Expect 18:2079-90

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