| The Prevention Research Center is working to build a healthy environment in a renewed New Orleans. As one of 33 Prevention Research Centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, our focus is on the impact of the physical and social environment on obesity. Our research seeks to understand how our environment influences behavior and impacts health. We also collaborate with a number of local agencies and community groups to promote healthy environments. Our work takes shape in a number of different ways: - PACE, our core research project, will assess the impact of environmental
change in an Upper Ninth Ward neighborhood. - We are one of the founding organizations of the Food Policy Advisory
Committee. Authorized by the New Orleans City Council, the Committee
is working to improve access to fresh, healthy food throughout the city and
the state. - The Food Ubiquity Study is looking at the prevalence of snack foods
available at non-food retailers. - Our work in schoolyards compares children’s activity levels before and after
play equipment is installed at school playgrounds. - We are also studying the impact of food availability on diet and the role of a
work-site physical activity and nutrition intervention.
We offer seminars on topics related to our mission, and publish products that help
us and others explain the issues and impart change for better health. As our center grows, we hope to learn more about how to reverse current staggering
obesity trends and improve health. We look forward to working with our partners and
with policy-makers to improve the physical environment in ways that will make being
healthy easier. Thank you for visiting our site. The PRC presents a spring 2009 paid practicum opportunity with Liberty's Kitchen in New Orleans. Click HERE to learn more and for application information.
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| | PRC Seminar Series Sarah Perl, MPH
Bureau of Tobacco Control, NY City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene
Monday, January 26 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
TDW Room 1210 Loren Demerath, PhD
America Walks, Shreveport
Friday, Jan. 30 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
TDW Room 1206
Kimberly Morland, PhD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Friday, March 13 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
TDW Room 1206
David Harsha, PhD
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Friday, April 3 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
TDW Room 1206
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Communications Workshop Series A look at research and evaluation services
Lynne Jenner, MA
Co-director of the Policy and Research Group
Thursday Jan. 15 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
TDW Room 1210 Overcoming the fear factor: Communicating effectively with reporters and the public
Patricia Thomas, MA
Harvard Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism
Friday, February 6 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
TDW Room 1206 How to write a scientific paper
Thomas Farley, MD, MPH
Chair, Dept. of Community Health Sciences and Principal Investigator of the PRC
Friday, March 6 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
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