AHRQ Awards $4.5 Million To Create Clinical Preventive Services Research Centers

AHRQ Awards $4.5 Million to Create Clinical Preventive Services Research Centers
AHRQ has awarded three-year grants totaling $4.5 million to support research in three centers that will focus on improving clinical preventive services and practices such as screening, counseling and use of preventive medications for patients.  The project will be led by three universities and includes a separate award for coordination and evaluation of the research.  The grants funding these centers comes from the Prevention and Public Health Fund, part of the Affordable Care Act, and is designed to expand and sustain the capacity to prevent disease, detect it early and manage conditions before they become severe.  States and communities also receive funding to promote healthy living.  Through this initiative, the National Prevention Strategy was established to establish priorities for knowledge and implementation of preventive health.  Each center will conduct research projects during the three-year grant, including pilot and exploratory projects affecting children, the elderly, minorities, those with disabilities and those who receive health care in rural and inner city settings.  The centers will be located at the following institutions:
Northwestern University, Chicago - Award: $1.4 millionUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Award: $1.5 millionUniversity of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus - Award: $1.5 million        
In addition, Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA, has received an award to help coordinate and evaluate the research being conducted at the three centers.  Select to read our press release.
AHRQ Awards $4.5 Million To Create Clinical Preventive Services Research Centers