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The University of South Carolina Prevention Research Center (PRC)
is committed to conducting research that benefits the public's health
and to translating research into practice. The PRC receives core funding
in 5-year cycles from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For the current funding cycle (2004-2009) the PRC has established
a research agenda to achieve its vision of Physically Active People
in Active Community Environments. This agenda consists of four goals:
1) to understand how individual, interpersonal, organizational, environmental,
and policy factors relate to physical activity (PA) within community
settings; 2) to evaluate the influences of changes in community environmental
features and policies on PA behaviors; 3) to promote PA across the
lifespan; and 4) to affect social, environmental, and political influences
on reducing racial and ethnic disparities in PA.
Core Research: The USC PRC's participatory, community-based core research project is titled "Policy and environmental change to promote PA: A participatory, university-community partnership." This quasi-experimental study uses a series of repeated cross-sectional telephone surveys to assess and evaluate determinants and correlates of physical activity and community intervention effects. The core research project is directly related to the PRC research agenda and mission of conducting research that benefits the public's health, promotes physical activity, and translates this research into practice. This project is conducted in Sumter County, SC, through the Sumter County Active Lifestyles (SCAL) coalition. Other Core Activities: The PRC training/education plan facilitates
development of physical activity practitioners who can implement
evidence-based interventions and inform volunteers to provide grass
roots support for policies and environments supportive of PA. The
communication/dissemination plan uses an integrated spectrum of
print and electronic media to ensure that findings from PRC research
are disseminated to physical activity and public health researchers
and practitioners in a timely manner. Center-level evaluation assesses
the contribution of the PRC research agenda to partnerships and
public health practice. |
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