Prevention Matters: CDC PRC Announcements - February 2019, Issue 5

February 5, 2019, Issue 5 Prevention Matters CDC PRC Announcements

In this issue: EVENTS and NEWS THEMATIC NETWORK NEWS / PUBLICATIONS HONORS and AWARDS CDC PRC SPECIAL INTEREST PROJECT RESEARCH EVENTS and NEWS University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PRC developed Go NAPSACC, which this year will be in 20 states working to improve the health of young children. Recently updated, Go NAPSACC is an online tool that helps child care programs create environments for healthy eating and physical activity in children. Alabama, Illinois, and Indiana recently joined this initiative, while Connecticut, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, and Texas have committed to join in 2019. Some 1,500 child-care programs serving more than 73,000 children have used Go NAPSACC. Case Western Reserve University PRC’s core research, FreshLink, will cohost a national webinarwith the U.S. nonprofit Wholesome Wave Feb. 27 from 2-3 p.m. EST to introduce the FreshLink Ambassador model, which connects Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program customers to local farmers' markets to improve community health. See this Freshlink Ambassador video for an inspiring look at the program. University of Pennsylvania PRC Director Kevin Volpp is teaching an online course, Behavioral Economics and Decision Making through the Medical Ethics & Health Policy Online Education Center beginning Feb. 5. THEMATIC NETWORK NEWS / PUBLICATIONS The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network published Reducing Overuse of Cervical Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review (Preventive Medicine) The University of South Florida PRC’s recent publications include Using system dynamics modeling to evaluate a community-based social marketing framework: A computer simulation study (Journal of Social Marketing), showing how a social marketing framework can help community coalitions change their orientation from program development to policy development. The University of Pennsylvania PRC’s recent publications include: Using Behavioral Economics to Encourage Parent Behavior Change: Opportunities to Improve Clinical Effectiveness (Academic Pediatrics) Latent profile analysis of young adolescents’ physical activity across locations on schooldays (Journal of Transport & Health) #digital hood: Engagement with Risk Content on Social Media among Black and Hispanic Youth (Journal of Urban Health) EPub ahead of print Association of Medicaid Healthy Behavior Incentive Programs With Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss, and Annual Preventive Health Visits (JAMA Network Open, online article The University of California, San Francisco PRC’s recent publications include: Aligning Programs and Policies to Support Food Security and Public Health Goals in the United States https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=30444684 (Annual Review of Public Health) Comprehensive Diabetes Self-Management Support From Food Banks: A Randomized Controlled Trial https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30024798 (American Journal of Public Health) Challenges and opportunities to increasing fruit and vegetable distribution through the US charitable feeding network: increasing food systems recovery of edible fresh produce to build healthy food access https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19320248.2018.1484315 (Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrtion) Low-literacy Level Instructions and Reminder Calls Improve Patient Handling of Fecal Immunochemical Test Samples https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=30503967(Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology) Population health interventions to improve colorectal cancer screening by fecal immunochemical tests: A systematic review (Preventive Medicine) HONORS and AWARDS The University of Iowa PRC’s Dr. Edith Parker has been appointed to the Iowa Public Health Advisory Council. The council provides recommendations to the Iowa Department of Public Health to support improved organization and delivery of critical public health services across the state. The University of Pennsylvania PRC’s Dr. Karen Glanz was the keynote speaker at The Prince Mahidol Award Conference held in Thailand Jan. 29-Feb. 3. The theme of the conference was “The Political Economy of NCDs: A Whole of Society Approach.” Glanz also recently was named Associate Director for Community Engaged Research and Leader for the Cancer Control Program at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center. The Morehouse School of Medicine PRC’s Dr. Tabia Henry Akintobi received the Dr. Tom Bruce Award of Honor at the annual American Public Health Association meeting. The award recognizes a collaboration between the Morehouse School of Medicine PRC, the Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, and the University of Michigan to advance equitable partnership. Case Western Reserve University PRC's Dr. Martha Sajatovic received the Rebecca Goldberg Kaufman AES Clinical Award in Ethical Neuropsychiatry. She spoke at the Interprofessional Care Symposium: Ethical Considerations That Impact Professionals Caring for the Patient with Epilepsy. Her presentation on “Self-management Support and Collecting Behavioral Health Outcome Data” highlighted the Managing Epilepsy Well programs. CDC PRC SPECIAL INTEREST PROJECT RESEARCH The Case Western Reserve University PRC announces two new toolkits: Shared Use Implementation Guide, which provides steps and guidelines to help anyone prepare and organize opportunities for shared use sites within their community. Spearheaded by the Prevention Research Center for Health Neighborhoods, this guide is based on the HIP-Cuyahoga Shared Use Initiative and provides action steps, implementation methods, and suggestions for shared use through community.  Healthy Food Retail Implementation Guide, provides available resources and helpful tools when working with owners of corner stores to increase their selection of healthy foods and engaging residents in the process.