The University of Iowa

Prevention Research Center

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UI Prevention Research Center Seeks Proposals for Pilot Research Projects

The University of Iowa Prevention Research Center for Rural Health (PRC-RH) is accepting research proposals for pilot project funding. Applications will be accepted through Feb. 13.

Any faculty member, research scientist, doctoral candidate, or post-doctoral trainee at the UI, the University of Northern Iowa, or Iowa State University with an interest in conducting research on health promotion in rural settings is encouraged to apply.

Projects will begin in March and run for 12 months. The maximum amount of funding is $20,000 per project.

The mission of the PRC-RH is to improve community health by enhancing community capacity for health promotion in rural Iowa and the rural Midwest. The center accomplishes this by establishing community partnerships and conducting research on community health.

For more specific information on the grants or the submission procedure click here

 

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Keokuk County Court House, Sigourney Iowa. Home of the Community Health Action Partnership (CHAP), one of the PRC-RH's community partners. 

The University of Iowa Prevention Research Center for Rural Health (PRC-RH) was first funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) in 2002. The Center received it's most recent five-year funding award in March 2010 of $4.7 million. The 37 Prevention Research Centers, designated by the CDC, constitute a network of academic, community, and public health partners that conducts applied public health research. PRCs create health promotion and disease prevention strategies that work and can bring long-term benefits to communities. PRCs also offer training and technical assistance to the public health community.

The PRC-RH is within the Department of Community and Behavioral Health in the College of Public Health. The PRC-RH conducts community-based projects aimed at promoting the health and well-being of rural Iowans. Our mission is to improve the health of rural communities in Iowa and the Midwest. We will accomplish this by establishing and maintaining community partnerships, conducting research on health issues of mutual interest, and leveraging our collective resources in the most effective ways possible.   

Edith Parker , Department Head and professor of community and behavioral health, serves as the center's director. Kathleen Janz, UI professor of health and sport studies, and Linda Snetselaar, UI professor of epidemiology, are the center's associate directors.                   

                             

 
 

 
         
 

PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER FOR RURAL HEALTH- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA - COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH

105 RIVER STREET, N440 CPHB- IOWA CITY, IA 52242 - Phone: 319-335-8350 Fax: 319-384-4106