Illinois Prevention Research Center
Goal
To promote healthful behaviors and prevent disease in Illinois communities.
Abstract
The Illinois Prevention Research Center (IPRC) of the University of Illinois at Chicago has a primary mission to conduct research, translate research into practice, and measure the real-world effectiveness and dissemination of health promotion and disease prevention interventions. The IPRC’s research focus is on community-based approaches to engage ethnic minority populations in the adoption of health behaviors for the prevention of chronic disease. The IPRC’s activities concentrate in six areas and aim specifically to:
- Maintain collaborative relationships through an active and engaged Community Advisory Board with our community partners in southwest Chicago.
- Use existing population surveillance surveys to identify health targets and to monitor changes in the health risk profile of our collaborating community over time.
- Conduct community participatory research to evaluate the effectiveness and maintenance of evidence-based interventions that promote healthful diet and physical activity.
- Provide technical assistance to community-based organizations for needs assessment and program evaluation.
- Provide continuing education training in evidence-based public health practice.
- Disseminate effective intervention protocols and research findings to the public health community, local, state, and national policy-makers, and the research community.
Research Partner(s)
Latino Organization of the Southwest
AMA Orthopedic Shoes
American Diabetes Foundation
American Medical Association
BlueCross Blue Shield of Illinois
Chicago Department of Public Health
Chicago Park District
Chicago South East Diabetes Community Action Coalition
Edward N. Hurley Elementary School
Gage Park High School
Healthy Chicago Lawn
Holy Cross Hospital
Hurley Elementary School
Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois Public Health Association
Metropolitan Family Services
Mid-America Public Health Training Center at the UIC School of Public Health
Nabisco
National Kidney Foundation of Illinois
Thresholds, Inc.
University of Illinois College of Dentistry
West Communities YMCA
Affiliated Center/Program
Related publications
Anderson L, Lang J, LoGerfo J, Sharkey J, Belansky E, Bryant L, Prohaska T, Altpeter M, Marshall V, Satariano W, Ivery S, Bayles C, Pluto D, Wilcox S, Goins T. The Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2006 Jan;3(1):A17.
Blissmer B, Riebe D, Dye G, Ruggiero L, Greene G, Caldwell M. Health-related quality of life following a clinical weight loss intervention among overweight and obese adults: intervention and 24 month follow-up effects. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2006 Jul 17;4:43.
Glasser M, Peters K, MacDowell M. Rural Illinois hospital chief executive officers' perceptions of provider shortages and issues in rural recruitment and retention. J Rural Health. 2006;22(1): 59-62.
Koerber A, Peters KE, Kaste LM, Lopez E, Noorullah K, Torres I, Crawford JM. The views of dentists, nurses and nutritionists on the association between diabetes and periodontal disease: a qualitative study in a Latino community. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 2006;66(3):212-215.
Peters K, Baldyga W, Lampiris L, Jensen J, Koerber A, Kaste L, Levy S. Addressing rural health disparities in Illinois: oral health. Public Health Practice in Illinois. 2006;6(2):59-67.