EVENTS and NEWS

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Community Preventive Services Task Force has released the newest set of obesity reviews related to school nutrition and physical activity. A matrix summarizes obesity reviews with associated recommendations and findings from 2016 and 2018. The Task Force provides evidence-based findings and recommendations about community preventive services, programs, and other interventions aimed at improving population health. These findings are listed in The Community Guide.

The University of California, San Francisco PRC will present its core research project at the 2019 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta March 18-21. The title of the presentation is Adapting, Implementing, and Evaluating an Evidence-Informed Intervention to Improve Engagement in Care among Black MSM Living with HIV in Alameda County, CA.

Case Western Reserve University PRC’s core research, FreshLink, is sharing its evidence-based community ambassador model through training opportunities locally and nationally this year. FreshLink ambassadors are community champions who provide their neighbors with a social connection to local resources. The first training takes place March 22 as part of the Annual Ohio Farmers Market Network conference in Dublin, Ohio. The FreshLink team then heads to Tucson on May 1 to partner with the University of Arizona PRC in training its network of community partners.

If your PRC is interested in attending an upcoming FreshLink Ambassador training, visit http://www.prchn.org/PHASE4FreshLinkProgramDissemination.aspx.

The University of Washington PRC’s Barbara Baquero, PhD, will present a webinar April 11 on Addressing Health Disparities for Latinos in Rural America: Implications for the Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions. Join the webinar from 10 to 11 a.m. PST.

The National Institutes of Health will present Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services, June 19-20. The free workshop will focus on the three leading causes of death in the United States: cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Attendees can participate in person in Bethesda, Maryland, or by webcast. Registration is required.

THEMATIC NETWORK NEWS / PUBLICATIONS

The University of Washington PRC published Partnerships to Improve Blood Pressure Control: How Communities and Clinics Work Together, a research brief from a recent study on Community-Clinical Partnerships in Hypertension Control.

The Oregon Health & Science University PRC published Things Are Changing So Fast: Integrative Technology for Preserving Cognitive Health and Community History (The Gerontologist).

The University of South Florida PRC’s recent publications include I Have Most of My Asthma under Control and I Know How My Asthma Acts: Users’ Perceptions of Asthma Self-Management Mobile App Tailored for Adolescents (Health Informatics Journal).

The Johns Hopkins University PRC collaborated with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Health to create a new guide to adolescent development. The guide, Adolescent Development Explained, includes special emphasis on the physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and moral changes young people go through during adolescence. It is available as a free PDF download. Print copies will also be available later this year.

HONORS and AWARDS

The University of Arizona PRC’s Cecilia Rosales, MD, Associate Dean of Phoenix Programs at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and colleagues accepted the Ohtli Award from the Mexican government in recognition of a national program to increase access to health services among low-income and immigrant Mexican populations in the United States. The award recognizes distinguished individuals of Mexican or Latino origin whose efforts have contributed significantly to the well-being, prosperity, and empowerment of Mexican communities abroad.

CDC PRC SPECIAL INTEREST PROJECT RESEARCH

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences PRC announces new toolkits, including Take Control: A Lay Health Advisor, Stepped Care Program To Help Persons with High Blood Pressure, designed to address the high rate of uncontrolled hypertension and overcome many of these barriers.