Prevention Matters: CDC PRC Announcements - October 2018, Issue 4

In this issue:

• EVENTS and NEWS
• THEMATIC NETWORK NEWS / PUBLICATIONS
• HONORS and AWARDS
• CDC PRC SPECIAL INTEREST PROJECT RESEARCH

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EVENTS and NEWS

The Office of the Surgeon General, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), plans to develop and produce a report on the link between investments in community health and community and other measures of well-being and economic prosperity. CDC has issued a notice in the Federal Register seeking comments. The deadline is November 5.

The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) will host the Tobacco Control Science Evidence Academy from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. EST November 16, presenting the latest evidence and research about new tobacco products, tobacco regulation, and smoking cessation efforts. The goal of the event is to inform public health professionals, policy makers, researchers, and clinicians of the most up-to-date research and bridge the gap between research and practice.

Now there is one place to view all the latest federal, state, and local bills on healthy food and nutrition policies. Tune in to a webinar at noon EST on December 10, to learn more. The Nutrition and Obesity, Policy Research, and Evaluation Network (NOPREN) webinar will feature the U Conn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity and the Healthy Food Policy Project team. Presenters will discuss their comprehensive databases of legislation tracking state, federal, and local policies on obesity and diet-related diseases in areas such as healthy food access, breastfeeding, farms and gardens, school nutrition and physical activity, food assistance programs, marketing and advertising to children, menu and package labeling, and food and beverage taxes.

     Click https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/160208781

     Dial 1 (312) 757-3119; enter access code 160-208-781.

The University of Rochester PRC: National Center for Deaf Health Research launched a novel American Sign Language video library featuring over 30 videos about STIs, HIV, and safe sex. The video library is a product of the Rochester Prevention Research Center: National Center for Deaf Health Research, and was funded by a grant from the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute to raise awareness in state deaf communities about accessible sexual health and HIV information, and HIV testing and care, as well as a Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Center grant from CDC. The project is deaf-led and community-driven with deaf script-writers, translators, actors, film crew, and post-production crew. They adapted all content from CDC source material. 

The University of Pennsylvania PRC published “Reducing Overuse of Cervical Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review” in Preventive Medicine, and “E-Cigarettes, Incentives, and Drugs for Smoking Cessation” in the New England Journal of Medicine.

THEMATIC NETWORK NEWS

A new study in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development describes the potential impact of policy, systems, and environmental-level initiatives led by food policy councils. The Prevention Research Centers, through the Nutrition and Obesity, Policy Research, and Evaluation Network (NOPREN) Food Policy Council Working Group, supported this paper.

The NOPREN and Physical Activity Policy Research Network Plus (PAPRN+) School Wellness Working Group published a research brief on Wellness Teams Work: A Guide for Putting Wellness Policies into Practice in Schools. The authors provide a summary of evidence supporting the importance of active school wellness teams in promoting wellness policy implementation in schools.

HONORS and AWARDS

Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, of the University of Pennsylvania Prevention Research Center was named to the Clarivate Analytics 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list. During the last decade she has produced multiple highly cited papers, ranking in the top 1% by citations for a publication field and year. Few researchers earn this distinction.

CDC PRC SPECIAL INTEREST PROJECT RESEARCH

Case Western Reserve University’s PRC has developed two new toolkits:

• Promoting Shared Use: A Resource Guide for Improving Physical Activity Opportunities, in conjunction with the Safe Routes to School National Partnership. Public and private property owners can use this resource to fill a need in their community for recreational facilities and increase opportunities for physical activity and programming.
• Measuring Social Networks in Food Habits, which brings together all of the documents needed to conduct a social network-based health intervention. This is a model for other studies that combine qualitative and social network data to inform public health interventions.

Check out the Clinical Neurology News article on Case Western’s SMART study, “Self-Management Intervention for Epilepsy Achieves Health Improvements.”

To increase awareness for people living with a chronic health condition, CDC and its partners created Self-Management Education: Learn More. Feel Better. The campaign aims to raise awareness of self-management education as a strategy for reducing symptoms, improving quality of life, and encouraging people to find a program that fits their life.