Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers

Additional Information:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=237399

Description:
This FOA will support a network of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers (PRCs) to conduct applied public health prevention research. The types of applied research approaches supported by this FOA include behavioral interventions, environmental, or systems-wide solutions and strategies that address major causes of disease and disability. Research addressing underserved, minority and other populations that focus on diseases and health hazards and risk factors which are most amenable for health promotion and disease prevention interventions.The funding provided by this FOA will be used to: 1. Support the development of a comprehensive prevention research center with the key elements of infrastructure and administration; community engagement, partnerships, and technical assistance; communication and dissemination; training; and evaluation; and 2. Support one applied public health prevention research project in one of three broad categories to address an evidence gap in public health research. Etiological research will not be supported for the applied public health prevention research project.