Individual Projects
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We are participating in the “Addressing Cancer Disparities by Studying Issues of Coverage, Convergence & Cost in Multiple Settings” Health-E-NC project. This study uses a community-based participatory research approach to identify local settings for cancer prevention and screening interventions with African-Americans and Latinos. NC SPEED will assist with conducting a social network analysis to quantify the extent of convergence among the settings in Cumberland County.
Cumberland
We are participating in the “Circles of Care: Supporting African Americans with Cancer” project. This project recruits and trains community members in the Support Team Model, a coordinated method to extend practical, social, and spiritual support. Teams extend support to African Americans with cancer. NC SPEED will be part of the research team that recruits and trains volunteers in New Hanover County and evaluates the project.
New Hanover
We are working with a community health center to tailor a colorectal cancer screening toolkit for all health center providers in NC; toolkit is based on national American Cancer Society model.
Harnett
We are providing or have provided technical assistance to local organizations delivering wellness programs (nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation) to their low-income residents.
Cabarrus
Cumberland
Moore
Wake
Wayne
We conducted two regional evidence academies in Western North Carolina (colorectal cancer) and Eastern North Carolina (breast cancer) to disseminate evidence-based guidelines and findings from new research. The evidence academies will stimulate new research partnerships between academic and community settings.
Buncombe
Burke
Carteret
Dare
Edgecombe
Forsyth
Guilford
Halifax
Haywood
Henderson
Iredell
Jackson
Macon
Madison
Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Nash
New Hanover
Orange
Pasquotank
Pitt
Robeson
Rutherford
Swain
Tyrrell
Vance
Wake
Washington
Wilson
We are training ob/gyn and family practice residents to deliver tobacco screening and treatment services for pregnant and post-partum women.
Buncombe
We are participating in the “Healthy Stores, Healthy Communities” project. This study uses an integrated community assessment approach to identify risk factors of tobacco use, diet, and physical activity. NC SPEED will collect data in Buncombe and New Hanover counties.
Buncombe
New Hanover
We implemented and evaluated a social marketing campaign to increase uptake of the HPV vaccine; project was initiated by a group of local health directors in south-central NC.
Cumberland
Harnett
Richmond
Robeson
We are training for leaders in public health research and practice; workshop topics include grant writing, research 101, program evaluation, participatory approaches to research, translational research, communicating health information, and evidence-based interventions.
Guilford
Nash
Wake
We helped to plan and presented at the March 19, 2010 Symposium, “Translational Research to Address Health Disparities across the Lifespan.”
Orange
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